Aubade: Chapter 2

Alone

After last week’s first chapter of Aubade I received some encouraging “What happens next?”

Want to know the truth? This is probably my declaration of love for all sci-fi and action movies I’ve seen throughout the years — all distilled through a strangely romantic and perhaps pulpy lens.

It’s definitely stuff teenage me would’ve loved to read and watch. As a young child I used to sit two meters from the TV screen and watch the original “Battlestar Galactica.” So, you’ve been warned. We’re entering sci-fi land. Which can be a divider. Which in itself also is an invitation to all of you who also love “Alien”, “Terminator” and all sci-fi movies we’ve forgotten the names of but loved (and hated), and hundreds of trashy romance novels, and technology we barely understand, and strong and weak characters we end up sort of liking, or hating. I’ve tried to include them all, because I love that kind of stuff. Even if I’m lightyears from that teenager, she’s still here on the other side of the time membrane.

I don’t know how keen I am to publish another serial but let’s give it a try. You have to tell me when you’ve had enough. There’s a lot of Aubade material in the crypt.

If you haven’t left yet — you’re welcome onboard the spaceship Aubade. Yes, there are those beepy sounds you always hear in a good space movie. And the blinking lights. Yeah, I’ve got those too.

New here? Read Chapter 1 here before you continue on with Chapter 2.

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Alone

Sara followed Evelydia to the meeting hall.  She looked around and noticed mostly younger looking people. Sara sat down in the back row and counted about fifty available seats. She wore simple yet practical and well-fitting clothes in a dark blue color.

She felt as if she was viewing everything through a long tube and felt disconnected. She was not scared or even tired, but as she watched people mill into the room she began to sense that something was missing. 

Captain Meadows began speaking:

"Good morning.  I am Captain Meadows. We have worked very hard to make the awakenings as smooth as possible, and I am proud to say that we've had no complications so far."  The middle-aged looking man gave a nod in the direction of Evelydia and Dr. Renni.

The feeling of disconnectedness became overwhelming until she became unable to focus on what was said. She was alone. She was alone out in space together with people she had never met before.  She had never been to space before, and she had never had any desire to go.  Alone!  Nausea began to set in.