Year 5: Dark Moments Flash Fiction

To Be Recalled

“Sir, are you sure?” said the junior coder, Heath.

Captain Spec pursed his lips. He was aware of the consequences; they needed a life-threatening technical error to be recalled by central command. He refused to be stranded out here another 389 days. “Yes,” he said tersely. It was a reasonable loss.

“I can’t.”

Spec pushed Heath aside, he’d already done most of the work, Spec didn’t need him any longer.

“Wait,” Heath cried uselessly; it was too late. Spec had already cut section B's oxygen supply. Spec turned to the view of sprawling stars, soon he’d be free of it.

First published by Black Hare Press in Year 5: Dark Moments (can be found here https://books2read.com/BHP-Y5).