Return to Earth – 02
Daniel tossed and turned. The screams were coming from everywhere as he watched helpless people burning. He couldn’t help them. He tried to get to them but they got farther away. He was in space. The station was miles away. Its black and silver shell reflecting the sunlight as it turned on the axis. Five thousand people still went about their lives as the Emporium burned. What went wrong did he miss something? Maybe the deactivation didn’t work, did they change it? He tried to swim to the station. Tiny bits of light started to emerge along bottom where the emporium was. More screams echoed the others. He saw panic in her eyes as explosions rocked the station taking out one level then the next. Twelve levels full of all types of people. He screamed …