Girl on Mars by Jack McDonald Burnett

Author:Jack McDonald Burnett [Burnett, Jack McDonald]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Manuscript Template
Publisher: Combat Haiku Press
Published: 2017-10-23T23:00:00+00:00

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She came to with a horrible headache. Her breathing bubble and O2 tanks were off, and she was strapped into a comfortable seat. She knew she was on the Pelorian spacecraft. “She’s awake!” she heard Ryan stage whisper, beside her. Just then she experienced the gut-roiling sensation of new weightlessness. Her hair lifted and splayed like tentacles around her head.

“Izzy?” she croaked.

“Here,” Izzy said quietly, from one of the seats in front of Conn. “Thanks to you.”

“Who should I thank?” Conn said.

“Ryan. Ryan pushed past me and went back out to get you. You can thank me for dragging you up into the spacecraft, I suppose.”

“Daniels?”

Nobody said anything.

A decidedly human man pulled himself back from the cockpit to their seating area. Conn was puzzled, until she remembered avatars. This one was fair-complexioned, dirty blond hair, deep-set eyes that probed Conn’s face. Conn looked back for long moments.

“Conn,” Izzy said. “This is—”

“Persisting,” Conn said.

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