Far Horizons: Tales of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror. Issue #11 February 2015 | Page 29

“Ok, I’ve had enough.” Star said, she raised the laser
pistol and fired.

The ship exploded silently in a brilliant man-made
nova, the shockwave causing her little life pod to
As Kirkpatrick fell, the alarm klaxons began to wail.
shudder as the emergency thrusters got her out of the
Star moved quickly to the emergency self-destruct con- radiation zone.
sole, as she entered in her command codes the eerie,
raspy voice of the ship’s AI sounded over the intercom. Holly strapped herself in to the pod’s chair and activated the distress signal. Hopefully, someone would find
“Twinkle, twinkle, little Star, you don’t know how dead
her.
you are…”
“Shut up, bitch.” She said, finalising the codes. She
turned and ran hard to the escape pod.
Star threw open the hatch and clambered inside, she
only had minutes to escape before the core went