[ WP ] You are the last engineer left on the ship , the captain , as well as the rest of the crews vital signals are all offline . The engines are off . How are you getting home ?

Darkness flooded from my sight as my eyes slowly opened. Murky fluid drifted by my vision as the stasis ended its cycle. A hard slush drained the last liquid impairing my hearing. As I looked down at my body the thin skin like protective layer started to harden. I've been through this cycle a hundred times over but the last part always startled me. I pulled my hand up from it's now hardened confines, cracking the second skin and grabbing the tube sealing my lungs. I closed my eyes and started pulling on the tubes handle as hard as I could. I felt the shell covering my face starting to pull, the uncomfortable feeling of the tube turned to a burning sensation as my body recognised it as foreign object. Heaving to make the expulsion easier I pulled harder, harder, one more time, pulling with it the skin like shell from my face and neck. I opened my eyes, vision still blurry and tried to take my first breath. An explosion of coughs released the oxygen fluid that was trapped in my lungs by the tube. I hit the container release button to escape the near death trap to go on all fours and cough up the last of it. The floor felt cold as my lungs emptied and they tried to find a rhythm again. Still trembling from the horrid yet still familiar experience I cursed the name of the women who invented the thing. 
 
 Breathing slowly, I tried to take control back over my body. First thing you learn when you come out of the Limbo machine, is that you feel your body. Recognise what you feel, feel out the environment, calm yourself. Moving my fingertips across the grate I started counting the holes, I took controlled breaths as I tried to listen for my heartbeat. I focused on the holes, counted them, listening, counting, listening. My eyes shot open. I ca n't hear my heartbeat. That ca n't be. No heartbeat equals death. I balled my fist and hit the grate. A soft thump of flesh hitting metal echoed through the chamber. My hearing fine, that's not it. I put my hand on my chest to feel out the heartbeat. Nothing. A low hum started to fill my head, the hand on my chest felt a vibration through the skin. I closed my eyes once again and started listening more closely. Making out small ticks spaced out a couple of seconds. It's my TAH. Total artificial heart, placed there to act as back-up for when my original eventually failed. This ca n't be, I should have at least 10 more years on my original. Shit, this is bad, this is bad, really bad. I took my strength and pushed myself of the ground, putting myself on my two feet. Knees where still a bit wonky but I could stand. I started to stretch, shedding the last of my hardened skin. Grabbed my nearest clothing kit and jumped in my uniform. I hit the medway intercom as soon as I could and waited for a response. 
 
 Silence. No static, nothing. I hit it again. `` Hey Gene, you on duty! I got a problem! GENE!''. Nothing. I looked around to see if there was anyone to help me. All the Limbo's where still intact. But something felt wrong. Soft red lights flashed on each and every monitor. It felt like my heart sank. I ran over to one and read the status. Vital readings, all is green, except for heartbeat. This ca n't be, I ran to another, same read out, and another, same! Every monitor gave the same reading. Everything is normal except for heartbeat. I felt the cold of the grate on my knees pressing through my uniform. My hands were warm as they held my face. My breathing long and slow. This ca n't be. 
 
 There is one last thing I can check. I rolled up my sleeve, tapped on my wrist and pulled up the crew information monitor. They ca n't all be dead. A small holographic screen opened in front of me. I pulled the vitals for every crew member on the ship, all three hundred and forty three of them. I scrolled as hard as I could to see any green vital lights. There was one. It... It was mine. 
 
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 I'll try to write more when I'm back home. 
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