Prompt: A New Life | Word count: 1000 | Genre: Sci-Fi/Space Opera/Drama?
Kelton shuddered awake; alarms piercing his fogged brain. He felt trapped, the weight of his exo-armour unresponsive as the systems slowly rebooted, warnings flashing across his HUD.
COR Offline – System Malfunction – Pressure breach. He wasn’t in good shape, but he’d skirted the reaching grasp of the reaper once again.
He drew a deep shuddering breath against the negative pressure of his suit and realized he’d been drifting. He triggered the refresh and winced, COR was still offline, and he was at half pressure; no wonder he was getting light-headed.