Evacuation
Mowe Outer District - Life Boat 178 - Esitio System - UEN Outer Colony
Darion POV
"I forgot how much these shelters sucked" I complained.
"Would you rather be outside Da...ri...on" Tommy joked while dragging out my name, I hated when he did that and he knew it.
"No" I snapped glaring at Tommy.
"Oh did I hit a nerve" Chucked Tommy.
'Has anyone told you how annoying you can be' I thought.
Ding Dong
'Danger level increased, this shelter is now in lockdown, please fasten your seatbelts as this shelter may be launched'
Ding Dong
"Getting worse out there aye" I looked at Tommy whilst doing up the 5 point harness they called a seatbelt.
Tommys smile was gone as he leaned over whispering "that thing practically one shot a UEN Cruiser, there is no way we are surviving that"
I gulped, as soon as I put the last clip of the harness in the life boat shuddered,
Ding Dong
'Danger levels have increased, all shelters are now launching, this shuttle is TENTH in queue, brace for sudden acceleration'
Ding Dong
"I hate how computers sound so cheerful even when the world is ending"
I looked at Tommy surprised, i know he disliked computers, but are announcements really a reason to hate them.
The life boat shuddered again and loud clicking could be heard while it engaged with the rails under the city.
"This is the fun part" Tommy laughed,
He conveniently forget to mention that the reason for the evacuation is at the end of this ride.
I felt a slight tug as the life boat moved along the rails followed by a sudden burst of acceleration planting me firmly into my seat.
"HELL YEAH" shouted Tommy, "Best ride ev-oug"
The life boat pitched up and we continued accelerating, straight up.
I looked at the info screen and it showed the space elevator with a highlighted dot and eighth of the way up it's massive length, several other dots where higher than us and one more just started the vertical climb.
"We are on the elevator now" Tommy smiled.
I can't believe we went from the outer district to the base of the elevator so quickly, "we must be moving rather fast"
"Yeah, but that's nothing, looked" Tommy nodded towards the info screen, we were already half way up the elevator, "if that UEN ship is gone, who is gonna pick us up?"
"Huh"
"Well that ship was blown up fairly recently, and it was the only ship out here, plus messages to Earth take a year, so how would we ever get help, the nearest system is a few weeks away"
I got goosebumps, sometimes Tommy talks his mind at the worst possible moment.
"There must be a cargo ship departing for inner space" I replied hopefully.
"They where all full of grain, simply no room, besides this boat has enough supplies for a 6 month drift through space, and the elevator has a 'jump launcher' that will get us to the edge of the system and out of harms way"
As soon as Tommy finished his not so encouraging explanation the PA chimed again.
Ding Dong
'Unshielded jump in 30 seconds, you may become nauseous and light headed, this is normal, please use the provided bags and dispose of your waste carefully'
Ding Dong
Great, I thought to myself, I hope nobody gets sick, or this is going to be a very unpleasant 6 months.
"Hey Darion" Tommy whispered in my ear, "apparently the last life boat rescued was over 10 years ago, the person was drifting through space for 2 years, damn lucky they found him, they say he survived be eating the other survivors, and it looks like the guy over there is getting a bit hungry"
A shiver ran down my spine, and I went to punch Tommy and his ugly smirking face, when suddenly reality shifted and stretched and with a gut-wrenching pull, everything stopped, then with a loud pop and a dizzying blur, reality came back to normal.
"That wasn't so bluugfff...."
Yup, I was it, of all the people to loose their guts, it was me, and I only just made the bag too, who invented this terrible "bluurgff" uhhg twice, I feel horrible, I just want it to end, and yet I have just made this one of the most uncomfortable life boats out here.