# How I Survived One Fateful Night in the Space Mansion of Absolute Terror

Author: Nao Shadowpaws
Tags: Horror, No-Yiff, Sci-Fi, Space, prologue

So I used a random genre generator to pick a genre for my NaNoWriMo story this year and got Horror/Fantasy/Sci-Fi. Big help right? So I made a joke about it, coming up with a working title for this stupid multi genre story. How I Survived One Fateful Night in the Space Mansion of Absolute Terror. It was stupid, really, really stupid. It was like those cheesy B movies they made back in the day. Then it hit me, why not try and write that cheesy B movie from back in the day? At worst I don't complete a novel in time, at best I come up with something good, right? Well here is the Prologue for this ridiculous story. Coming in at a word count of 559 words.--- I stared out into the infinite
blackness of space. Stars twinkling as far as the eye could see. It
would have been pretty, had I been a chick and had this been my first
time in space. But I wasn't, and this wasn't my first trip.

 I flopped back onto my small cabin
bed. Barely enough room for my body. At least it was comfortable. No
one mentioned how time has no meaning up here. Without computer
displays I wouldn't even know what day it was.

 My long feline tail flicked across the
bed. I was on a transport vessel, the FSS Suloko. We were
transporting supplies to a deep space research station. The trip was
complete and we were making our way back home. With one month down
and five left to go.


 A loud beep came from the door. I
rolled my eyes, "Come in."

 I watched as the mongoose entered my
small room, the metal door sliding shut behind her. "Hiding in your
room won't help." She said

 "Look Anne, you pass the time your
way and I'll pass it mine." I said with more than a hint of
annoyance in my voice. She expressed concern for my psychological
well being more often than she should. I'm a jaguar, being solitary
isn't exactly something new for me.

 "I know Walter, but still. It's a
long trip and you barely left the ship while we were at Hitachi
Station. Would have done you some good to get out a little more."

 "I'll survive, I made it all the way
out here didn't I?" I asked her.

 "Yeah, but it isn't healthy. You
could volunteer for some time on the bridge."
 
 "Not my thing," I said softly
leaning my head back.

 "You'd rather sit in here?"

 "Of course," I said before closing
my yellow eyes.

 "I heard you signed up for a five
year trek." She said.

 "Yeah, two out with one at Zulu
Station and the trip back." I said.

 "Full year on site, how many are
going?"

 "Twelve of us, with twenty on the
station. They need someone to set up their data net system. The one
they had went down on them. Probably just a faulty relay circuit."

 "Sounds like easy work for how long
you will be there."
 "The rest of the crew will be busy
with other things. Wont kill me to hang out for a bit while they do
their thing."

 "Maybe you'll make a friend?" Anne
asked more than said.

 "Doubt it, not into friends. I'd
rather just do my thing. Though that far out the net will be slow as
balls."

 "That makes a difference?"

 "Of course, you think I just stare
out the window while I'm in here?"

 "I don't know what you do. You wont
say, I'm a counselor you know."

 "I'm fine, you can leave now." I
said opening my eyes slightly.

 "I'll be back later," She said
before exiting my room.


 Once she was gone I closed my eyes
again. If computer drives weren't so expensive I'd just travel alone.
But since they cost more than I make a year and I'm not a pilot, I
was stuck flying with others. Maybe I'd cash out after my next trip.
Go live in peace on one of the jungle worlds.


 I yawned and slowly drifted to sleep.
---There it is, if you want to see more let me know. If it sucks, let me know and I'll scrap the idea.

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