{"sf1_id":742925,"sf2_id":null,"title":"Dead Space Dissolution Chapter One: Lost in Space","author":"LucarioZer0","words":1966,"posted_at":"2014-08-12T05:17:00.000Z","tags":["Bad Language","Fanfiction","Violence (not In Yiff)","dead space","necromorph"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/742925-dead-space-dissolution-chapter-one-lost-in-space","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/view/742925","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=742925\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"","content":"Chapter One:Lost in Space            There was nothing but darkness all\naround me. Darkness, and the shapes that moved in the shadows. I couldn't\nreally see them, but I knew they were there. I could sense their malice, and I\ncould hear them as they moved. There were scraping sounds, like blades being\nsharpened against each other. There were growls and shrieks, but their source\nwas no where to be seen. I felt a chill pass through my body.Where was I? What the hell was going on?My eyes shifted to the left. I could feel something moving\nnearby. I could hear it. I felt my pulse quicken. I gulped as my breathing grew\nshallow and rapid. I didn't have to turn to know it was there. I could feel\nsomething looming behind me. I didn't want to move, didn't want to face\nwhatever this thing was, but my body seemed to move of its own accord. I still\ncouldn't see my own nose, let alone anything else in the darkness. I still had\nno idea what I was facing. What the fuck was going on? Where was the damn\nthing? What was the damn-I screamed in pain, but no sound came from my mouth. Nothing\nbut silence. It felt as though someone had just stabbed two huge blades through\nmy body; one through each shoulder. I struggled desperately, trying to pull\naway, to fight back, but the blades only seemed to sink in deeper. I felt my\nblood flowing out around the blades, running down my body to pool on the ground\nbelow. I could feel the warmth seeping out of my limbs as my body started to go\ninto shock. It was then that I felt a pair of jaws clamp down over my neck. The\nteeth punctured my skin easily. More blood started to flow. My blood. The\nthought scared the shit out of me.The jaws pulled back and tore a ragged chunk of flesh right\nout of me. Consciousness began to slip away as I lost my hold on what little\nlife was left in my body. It was then that one thought rung out clearly through\nthe agony. I knew in that moment that I was going to-\"En! Enneth dammit, wake up!\"My eyes snapped open. I was covered in cold sweat and my\nheart was pounding. My throat felt coarse. I blinked a few times and realised I\nwas looking up at the familiar stern eyed face of a blonde woman. She was Mara\nBrosson, the woman in command of our current mission. I looked around. The\nother three members of our team were all starring at me as though concerned. I\nlooked back to Mara, confused. \"Wh-what's going on?\"From his seat opposite mine our team's communications\nspecialist, Donio Lezal, gave a hoarse laugh. \"Well, you were just shoutin'\nyour head off like you were being murdered. Something about 'slasher'. I gotta\nsay, fear isn't particularly inspiring coming from one of our security guys.\"Mara placed a hand on her hip and gave Donio a hard look. \"Stow\nit Lezal. We don't need you being a smartass right now.\"Turning back to me she asked, \"So what's wrong with you En?\"I stood up and shook my head, trying to clear away the images\nfrom what had apparently been a nightmare. \"Nothing. Just a bad dream, that's\nall.\"Besides me and Mara there was one other security officer on\nour mission named Wardy Lesanch. He was the one at the helm of our shuttle-the\nUSG Defiant. As he turned away from me and back to the instrument panel he\nsaid, \"That sound like a dream from hell if you ask me. But, on a slightly\nsunnier note, we're gonna be at Kreemar in just a few minutes.\"Kreemar. It was a planet in the Proxima Centauri system, and\nit was known for being generally unremarkable. It was devoid of live and was even\nconsidered to be unworthy of a visit from a Planet Cracker. Unfortunately, that\nuseless hunk of rock was where our mission was taking us. EarthGov had received\na distress signal from the planet, or more precisely from a ship that was now\norbiting the planet. The ship belonged to the Merchant Marines and flew under\nthe name 'Solar Spirit'. According to the distress signal, the Spirit had\nsuffered some sort of failure in their Shock Point drive that had resulted in\nthem coming out of Shock Space with only enough power to secure their orbit\naround Kreemar. They were effectively stranded, mainly because they didn't have\nthe necessary parts to repair their ship.It was also suspected that the Spirit's long range\ncommunications were down, as nothing further had been heard from the ship in\nthe two days since the original signal was sent out. So there we were on our\nway out to some back water planet with a cargo hold full of parts to repair the\nSolar Spirit. Along with the parts we had brought two repair specialists. The\nfirst was Donio. The other was an expert engineer: Juster Barnand.Though he was highly qualified-and likely necessary to the\nmission-I couldn't say I liked the guy in any way. He seemed to think he was\nbetter than the rest of us. He spent the whole trip sitting away from the rest\nof the team, and the few times he did speak it was with an unmistakable air of condescension.\nBut then, that was pretty normal for a Unitologist.Now though he was looking at me as though I were suddenly\nworth his time. \"This dream of yours...what was it, exactly?\"I quirked a brow. \"Why the interest?\"He smiled and leaned in a bit. \"I ask because I've often\nbelieved that dreams-especially the negative ones-may be messages or warnings\nfrom a higher power.\"I rolled my eyes and snorted derisively. \"Right. Well, I'm\npretty sure they're just dreams, so I don't think I'll be sharing.\"Juster was about to reply-venomously judging from his\nexpression-when Wardy said, \"Y'all best brace yourselves. We're 'bout to\nde-shock.\"I returned to my seat and Mara took the one beside me. She leaned\nin close and quietly asked, \"Are you sure you're alright En? This isn't the\nfirst time you've had a dream like that recently.\"I smirked, trying to portray confidence beyond what I was\nfeeling about the subject. \"You must be worried to be showing concern for me in\nfront of other people.\"She pulled back from me with a haughty expression on her\nface. \"Well then, just forget I asked.\"I rolled my eyes and took one of her hands in one of mine. \"Mara,\nI'm fine. Really. Look, if it makes you feel better, after this mission I'll\ntry to get some time off and...I don't know...get some kind of psyche evaluation.\nOkay?\"She pulled her hand out of mine but her eyes softened a bit. \"Okay.\"Donio cleared his throat to get our attention. \"If you two\nare done with that little display it looks like we've arrived.\"Looking out the forward viewport we could see he was right,\nthe pulsing silvery waves of Shock Space fading back into normal space. Ahead\nwas Kreemar and in a high orbit around it was the Solar Spirit.Donio snickered. \"Hey, could someone explain to me why the\nhell these military types insist on making their ships look so damn phallic?\"I rolled my eyes. Donio and I had worked together before, and\nI liked him well enough, but he could be a little high strung and was tactless\nat times.Mara shot him a dirt look. \"Now's really not the time Lezal.\"Donio held up his hands in plaintive gesture. \"Hey, it's a\nlegitimate-\"Wardy turned in his seat and cut Donio off. \"Mara's right\nDoni. Now shut your trap and git up here, I need you to try to get in touch\nwith the Spirit.\"Donio stood and shook his head with a sigh. \"Touchy, touchy.\nFine. Time to get to work then.\"I watched as he trudged up to the front of the shuttle where\nhe started flipping switches. After a moment he started speaking into the comm,\ntrying to hail the Solar Spirit. \"Merchant Marines ship Solar Spirit, this is\nthe USG Defiant. Please respond. We're carrying a payload of replacement parts\nin response to your distress signal. Come in Solar Spirit. Please acknowledge.\"He tried for another minute or two with out any reply as we\napproached the ship. Growing impatient Mara stood and walked up behind him. \"What's\ngoing on Lezal? Why aren't they responding?\"Donio shook his head. \"Damned if I know. Maybe their short\nrange communications are down. All I know is, I don't like it. They should have\nresponded by now unless there was some problem.\"I stood and walked over to join them. \"Let's not get too\njumpy. They're probably just trying to verify our identity.\"Donio looked back at me. \"And what if it's something more serious?\nLike what if-\"I held up a hand to stop him. \"Calm down. Just give them a\nminute.\"Donio looked to Mara, and she nodded her agreement with my\nsuggestion. Donio sighed. \"Fine. But I still don't like it. And I reserve the\nright to say 'I told you so'. Just don't blame me if something goes horribly\nwrong.\"Wardy chuckled. \"Doni, you really gotta learn to chill out and\nnot be so dang jittery all the time. It ain't good for you. It's like my momma\nused to tell me-\" \"Oh would you please can all the southernisms and farm\nstories? It's getting really damn old Wardy.\" Donio snapped at him.\"Hey now, if y'all got a problem with how I talk, just ask\nnice like and I'll tone it down. No need to go jumpin' down my-\"Wardy was interrupted as the comm crackled and a male voice\ncame over. \"USG Defiant, this is the Solar Spirit. Glad to see EarthGov sent\nsomeone out here for us.\"Mara sighed. \"Finally.\"Mara leaned past Donio and activated out end of the comm. \"Solar\nSpirt, this is the Defiant. Do you have an approach vector for us?\"\"Affirmative Defiant. Sending you the information now. You're\ncleared to dock in Bay 2.\"Mara nodded. \"Good. Wardy, take us in.\"Wardy did as ordered, and following the prescribed course the\nshuttle approached the starboard side of the Spirit. As we neared it became\nclear just how much damage the ship had sustained. It appeared as though a\nsignificant portion of her drive and engineering sections had been torn open\nfrom the inside by an explosion, exposing them to the cold vacuum of space.I let out a whistle. \"Damn. Looks like you guys are gonna\nhave your work cut out for you. I can't help but wonder how many crewmen they\nlost.\"Donio grumbled. \"That's a bright outlook. Let's just get this\ndone quick guys. I've still got a bad feeling about this.\"I clapped him on the shoulder. \"You've got a bad feeling about\na lot of things. It'll be fine.\"\"I hope you're right En. I really do.\"The Defiant shuddered slightly as she was guided into the\nSpirit's hangar, docking beside one of the larger ship's own shuttles. The\nDefiant jerked one last time as it came to a stop and was locked into position.\nA moment later the port side exit opened and the ramp extended, giving us\naccess to the Spirit's flight deck.One by one we got up and filed out of the Defiant. I was the\nsecond one out behind Mara, followed by Donio, Juster, and finally Wardy. There\nwere two men waiting for us as we stepped out onto the flight deck. One wore\nwhite armour and a serious expression; clearly a soldier or member of ship\nboard security.The other one was an older man in a pristine officer's\nuniform with greying hair and a matching mustache. He smiled tightly and saluted\nas we approached. \"I'm Captain Ruce Bennes. Welcome aboard the Solar Spirit.\""}