Dead Equestria: Isaac's Final Sacrifice
PROLOGUE
Isaac, why did you fail me?
Why are you still resisting?
The end is near, and the inevitable is bound to happen.
Even now we come ever closer.
We can see you.
We can hear you.
We are nearing the end.
Make us whole...... Make us whole...... Make Us Whole...... Make Us Whole...... MAKE US WHOLE!
Isaac snapped out of his dream, soaking in his own sweat while panting heavily. It has been a few months since the even on the Sprawl, and Isaac had suffered from terrible nightmares. Ever since Ellie left him he couldn't find a good nights sleep. But to Isaac, this will soon be the least of his problems.
He however had no clue about this, and did what he always did. With a loud grunt, he got up and stumbled towards the coffee machine. Still half asleep, he turned it on, only to find it was not working. "Not this again" he mumbled to himself under his breath, as he gave the machine a whack on its side. As though it was a miracle, the machine came back to life.
"Thank god!" He yelled, giving the ceiling of his apartment a praising smile. As the machine prepared his coffee, Isaac went to the bathroom, took a quick shower, and put on his clothes. The coffee machine was perfectly in sync with Isaac's routine, because when he arrived at the kitchen, his coffee was ready.
Now sipping from a fresh cup of coffee, he went through his daily mail. There was nothing really special; just a few last warnings to pay his rent, and a few holomails he had tried to send, only they didn't reach the recipient, so they came straight back to him. He, however had received a newspaper, that quickly got his attention. In big, black letters the entire front page of the newspaper read;
"Church of Unitology bigger than ever"
Much to Isaac's dismay, he all too well remembered the events on the Sprawl, and he knew that damned church was to partially blame for it.
But He didn't have time to be angry, as he was hired for his first job in a long time, and he really needed the money. It would be a standard EVA transition of a shock space drive onto a military class ship. Nothing Isaac couldn't handle, but he still needed a colleague to operate some of the engines more delicate parts as he slipped the necessary replacements in.
That's where Roarke comes in.
Isaac never liked Roarke
He always had something smart to say, and it didn’t seem like Roarke liked Isaac too much either. “Fuck it.” Isaac said, shrugging off all that wanted him to stay in his small apartment. Taking one last long sip from his coffee, he locked his door and left to meet Roarke
“God dammit Roarke” Isaac said to himself. Roarke was already fifteen minutes late, and every minute they weren’t in space repairing that ship, they didn’t earn any money. Fonally, almost thirty minutes late, Roarke showed up. “Hey Isaac! Long time no see, how’s life treating you?”
“Fuck you Roarke, you’re thirty minutes late. We almost lost more money than we can make on a job like this because of your lazy ass!” Isaac Shouted. “Woah there kiddo,” temper, temper. I’m here now aren’t I?” Isaac hated it when Roarke called him ‘Kiddo. It almost felt degrading to Isaac, knowing that Roarke was only a mere three years older than him.
“Yes you are, so now we need to double time it to that ship or we won’t make a profit anymore” Isaac said as they walked to the launch site.
“Whatever you say, Kiddo”
“Fuck you roarke”
As they both climbed in the small space pod, Isaac couldn’t help but feel like he was making a grave mistake going on this repair mission with Roarke, He didn’t have any time to protest though. With a loud roar of the engines they shot up into the unknown darkness that awaited them.
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