Broken Hero: Part 2 by Chris Hennessy

Author:Chris Hennessy [Hennessy, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B00C3VTGKO
Goodreads: 16457407
Published: 2012-12-10T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 3

Adam woke drenched in sweat. For once, it wasn’t because of the bad dreams and memories. He had actually slept quite well. This time it was because of the heat. It felt like it was at least forty degrees. There was a small vent in the wall behind his head blowing out cold air, but it did little to cool the room. He placed one hand on the bare metal of the wall beside him. It was hot, not enough to cause any pain, but it was unpleasant.

A cold shower brought temporary relief to the heat, but an automatic timer had cut the water off after just a couple of minutes. A small sign on the wall indicated that the shower wouldn’t be available again for another twelve hours.

After dressing in the same clothes from the day before, he made his way out into the corridor. Seeing it with the lights on for the first time, he now knew why it was so difficult to keep up with the captain the night before. The sides of the corridor were lined with crates and random spare parts, the larger pieces were strapped to the walls or under thick netting to keep them from moving around. The smaller items were just tucked into any available gap, and in many places were sprawled out over the deck.

Just down from his quarters on the opposite wall, a large panel was missing from the wall exposing the normally unseen wires and pipes that ran through most of the ship. Just above that, black scorch marks covered the rest of the wall and ceiling.

Further down the corridor, just past where the floor plating was bent and sticking up in the corners, there were two more closed hatches then a sharp turn to the right. Still uncertain where he was going, Adam continued. The dull greys and faded browns of the corridors seemed to continue in every direction until he eventually saw a well-lit, white room, at the end of one of the corridors.

Adam stepped through the open hatchway into a large, clean room. There was a long table surrounded by chairs that looked as if it could seat about fourteen. To the right of him, there was a large kitchen. The polished steel bench tops and modern appliances would have looked at home in any restaurant back on Earth Station.

“Not what you were expecting, eh?”

Adam look behind him to see the captain stepping through a nearby hatch.

“It’s a bit extravagant for a cargo ship, isn’t it?” Adam asked, as the captain squeezed past him and headed for one of the kitchen counters.

“For a cargo ship yes, I suppose it is. But this is also our home. If we’re not sleeping or fixing something most of our time is spent in this room.”

The captain slid his hand across the polished metal surface of the counter.

“Every crew member has their special part of the ship, that one place that makes them feel at home. This is mine. As long as I have my kitchen, I don’t care where we’re headed.

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