Comments on 'The Pillar - Corporal Blake'Corporal Blake's entire body was tense. He was panting heavily, sweat beading from his head and fogging his HUD-visor. But it was gone. That thing. It had disappeared in a blazing flash of light.
He swiveled his chair to survey the room. The Port Gun Control Room was unchanged. Undamaged. But also empty. Phelps and Hendricks were gone. Only a HUD-visor lay on the floor, rocking gently as if someone had lightly kicked it.
"What the hell," he muttered aloud, confused.
He turned to his console and pulled a status report. No damage to gun systems, no shots fired, GCR door locked from inside.
Activating his comm, he reported his situation. "Damage Control, Port Gun Control."
_Go..G...Go, GC._ came a shaky voice.
"Systems nominal, DC. But Captain Hendricks and Corporal Phelps are MIA." He looked around again. "They're gone."
_Copy, GC. No instructions at this time._
Blake had never been alone in here before. It's against Regs. It was too damn quiet.
And his eyes hurt.2008-05-27T13:55:46Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/31426Comment on The Pillar - Corporal Blake<p>That was a great and very telling final line.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/31426?basename=654342008-05-27T13:55:46Zthebetweenspacehttp://ficlets.com/authors/thebetweenspaceComment on The Pillar - Corporal Blake<p>Loved the line about not being alone cause it’s against regs, like that’s really the thing to be concerned about. But that’s how the mind works sometimes.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/31426?basename=652472008-05-26T14:25:44ZTHX 0477http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477Comment on The Pillar - Corporal Blake<p>I’m really proud of the last line…really got me excited when I wrote it.</p>
<p>Thanks guys!</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/31426?basename=642802008-05-23T01:38:25ZBrowncoatbenhttp://ficlets.com/authors/browncoatbenComment on The Pillar - Corporal Blake<p>I dig it! Great stuff! I’ll jump in some other time, you keep it up!</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/31426?basename=641892008-05-22T22:50:01ZJLaughterhttp://ficlets.com/authors/jlaughterComment on The Pillar - Corporal Blake<p> WOW ! So I see you did work “Corporal Blake” into your evil plans. :)<br />Perfect balance on the conversations here. Great flow.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/31426?basename=641872008-05-22T22:49:06ZKevMullinshttp://ficlets.com/authors/kevmullins