[ WP ] it 's 2147 and NASA confirmed their mission : 'edge ' . A mission that sends 3 astronauts into space to go as far as possible . What they 'll find is beyond anybodys imagination .

The whole thing started with an innocent sounding ’ pop. ’ Lights flashed before our eyes, our guts were in our mouths, the pain was n't pain, it was a cold fury raging through our bodies. In those few instances, my world faded to black as sparks and indescribable shapes appeared before me. 
 
 Beep…beep…beep… 
 
 I woke to the gravitational system check. I ’ m alive. 
 
 I unstrap myself from the coms seat and float over the unconscious sitting crew, they aren ’ t moving. Pushing off the bulkhead I drift down to Victoria. Her golden hair floats gracefully around her Italian face. I ’ ve been watching her since space candidate school. We ’ ve talked about our feelings about each other before but agreed that our careers were more important then a relationship. 
 
 I push aside her hair to see her face. In shock I shove myself back away from her, fear racing through my burning veins. I slam back into the bulkhead. I can hear the crack of my scull connecting with metal, can feel the tingling pain wash over my face from the back of my head. My heart is pounding, I can ’ t breath. I look over all 7 of the crew and realize none of them are moving and to my horror, the thing that scared my soul from my body has happened to all of them. They ’ re skin was stretched over they ’ re bones like a leather drum, there eye sockets totally sunken in, mouths open in an death scream. 
 
 “ what the fuck! ” I scream into the silence. My eyes watering over, blurring my vision. “ What the fuck! ” I scream again, my hands in my hair. 
 
 The ship replied with silence. 
 
 I ’ m stuck in this space with the dead, my friends, my lover, all dead. 
 
 I wipe the globs of tears from my eyes and push myself to the coms chair. “ Odis, show me the jump data. ” The screen before me flickers to life. Just as soon as it turns on the ships jump data comes on screen. Everything looked fine, the jump initiated without a problem, we ended up in the right system, in orbit around the right planet. But, what happened to my crew… 
 
 I felt stupid when I asked Odis the date, but I had to start somewhere. 
 
 Four numbers lit up the screen 3455. 
 
 My hear falls like a canon ball to the pit of my stomach. 
 
 “ Odis ” I say with a shaky wavering voice…show me the forward ship display. 
 
 The screen lights up, what I see is further beyond my fear and comprehension then I can withstand. My world fades to black once again. 
 
 When I awake I ’ m being shaken. 
 
 “ Joshua, ” I hear from a distance “ Joshua. ” It ’ s Victoria's sweet voice. We ’ re in her bed, I ’ m safe. I can smell the shampoo she uses. It was just a dream! I think to myself. I can feel the relief wash over me like warm rain. 
 
 I open my eyes and see Victoria's mummified face. Horror floods me. Her sunken eye sockets like dark wells, her hair still golden. I can hear the cracking of her cheeks splitting as she says, “ come back to us, Joshua. ” 

