"Abandon all hope, you who enter here."

[Exodus]

The alarm went off. Reynard was forced to get up and check what is going on. With his head as heavy as ton of iron, in a dizy state Reynard staggered in the empty corridor towards the elevator which would take him to the bridge. After several seconds, which for him was an eternity the doors of the elevator opened and the red light of the alarm system almost completely blinded him. In a few seconds his eyes adapted to the light. Through the windows flames and burning wrecks were visible. The crew on the bridge was acting thoughtfully, contactin Sedona Station and several open communicaton channels were audible. Reynard stumbled and could barely catch the edge of the captains seat.

"Prepare the guns and aim at the closest target!" The crew was surprised looking at each other, deciding what to do. "Didn't you hear that?! Get to your bloody station and prepare for conflict damn it! MOVE, NOW!"

Reynard recognized that something is wrong. No one followed his order when finally someone asked him: "Do you think thats the best we can do Pope? I mean, for the sake of the Chao, shouldn't we help them instead of aiming our turrets towards them?"

The burning wrecks used to be a dromedary and an osprey a few minutes before the alarm went off. They have collided but both of their pilots were able to eject. One of them had a blue capsule which triggered the actions of Reynard. With him struggling with nightmares and fear of the Spirits it was an evil coincidence that almost lead to the death of the two pilots. The person who asked Reynard to stand down, explained the situation to the captain then he tooks his place at his station. Reynard wasn't sure at all if he is doing the right thing but a moment later he considered to see a small blue ship closing in on the Mendacium. He screamed for alert once more and this time he took controll of the turrets.

The Mendacium was fireing towards the empty space, sometimes hitting a few rocks and the energy pulses dissapeared in the asteroid cloud. Nothing was out there, beside the blue asteroids which were unhamrful in most of the time, yet now Reynard saw the enemy in them. He was mumbling something and his eyes were not clear anymore. The doctor arrived just in time. Reynard was heavily sedated and a team of medics took him out of the captains seat. The alarm was turned off, and capsules were beamed.

Reynard was sleeping in one of the beds in the Sickbay where all the unstable and sick people were kept. The 24 hours gone in a blink of an eye.

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