A Light In The Dark (Tales from the Deep Dark) by Nathan Lowell

Author:Nathan Lowell [Lowell, Nathan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Science Fiction
Publisher: Durandus
Published: 2011-07-21T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Deep Dark: November 25, 2333

Ten weeks.” Kravitz didn’t take her eyes off the distant cluster of bright dots.

Gunderson looked over at her. “Huh?”

Her eyes flickered once and Gunderson noticed the tightness around the corners and a pinched look across her brow.

“Oh,” he said and sighed. “Yeah. Ten weeks.” He turned and followed her gaze out to the Deep Dark. “Have you seen any more flickers?”

She grunted. “A few. Sometimes I think it’s just my eyes playing tricks. It happens so fast.”

Gunderson saw a star blink off and then on again. “Like that one?” he asked.

“Yeah. Like that one, captain. If we both saw it...”

“Well, I did.” He scowled in concentration. “That’s a different part of the sky isn’t it?”

“Yes, sar. It’s a few degrees off from where we first saw it, but they’ve been creeping in that direction over the last couple of weeks.”

They sat in silence for a few ticks, lost in thought.

“Will we ever get home, sar?” Kravitz whispered.

Gunderson sighed and turned to her. The woman’s face looked cast in stone and she refused to look at him, keeping her eyes fixed on the distance outside the armorglass.

“I don’t know, Ms. Kravitz. I hope so.”

She did look at him then. “Thank you, Captain.”

“Just the truth, Ms. Kravitz. I’d be a bigger fool than I am if I tried to tell you anything else.”

The stony mask relaxed a fraction and a smile threatened the side of her mouth.

Gunderson turned his chair to look out at the Deep Dark again–watching for more stellar semaphores to prove that they were not out there alone.

The scrape of a shoe on the decking and Kravitz’s voice made him spin back around just in time to register Jordan swinging the broom that connected with the side of his head. The blow sent him crashing to the deck and wiped the consciousness from his mind.

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