Did I Kill Them?

Posted on Fri Jun 14th, 2019 @ 7:19am by Ka'see 'Cassie' Anderson (*)

Mission: Ishimura
Location: USS Ishimuru
Timeline: 2243
288 words - 0.6 OF Standard Post Measure

I rest my head against the wall trying to take deep breaths to calm down. I'm glad for the change. The lights are dark which is nice. The planet hurt my eyes, it was pink and purple colours I am not used to at all. The voices keep telling me to calm down when I need to let out a scream of anger.

There aren't many people around, at least not that I can see. No Johnathen, No Kendra... Where are they? I was meant t protect them? Did fail? Did the planet get them all? They've not come to visit. I don't know how long I've been in here, but it seems like a really long time. Just me. No family, no friends, just food and sleep. Not even calculations on genetics is helping me focus. I just can seem to get out of the haze. The planet kept whispering to me that it wanted to hurt my friends and crewmates.

Did I really lock them in the shuttle? The person who comes to visit me keeps asking me if I am ready to talk but I don’t know if I am.

"Sorry," she replies apologetically. "It's just too dangerous to let you out there."

"Dangerous?" I exclaim. "I'm not dangerous!"

“It isn’t you Ensign. You had a different reaction to the planet. We just need to get you well again. It is taking longer to get the toxins out of your body.” It was the same every time they came to visit me. What if I killed them? They keep telling me they are okay but how do I know when they won’t let me see them?

I need to know what happened.