Smaragdine Tarp
By PT
...“Last thing we do is take our clothes off. Put on this ratty shit.”
“I dunno why Sec stopped the drills. How long we supposed to be stranded
here?”
“30 days.”
“Not gonna work.”
“Let’s just set up that tarp. We can improvise the rest.”
“Are they sure they don’t have drones?”
“Naw. No way.”
“What about ours?”
“I think they sent them out. Can’t tell.”
“Wish we could talk to them…. Hey! I gotta say good-bye to Patricia. I’m going down.”
“They won’t open the door. We may never go back down.”
The ship became visible on the horizon.
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