ROCKS FALL, EVERYONE DIES - angstacular, sorry about that! D:alder_knightJanuary 8 2010, 08:15:14 UTC
This Final Frontier is a vacuum, darkness and silence, and when the hull finally rips apart it's taking them all with it and their screams will die before they ever leave their throats, tossed with bits of the Enterprise herself to burn up before they're ever found.
She's in Red Alert, and everything that can be done has been done, and Scotty's stopped replying from Engineering, head in his hands, tears leaking from the corners of his eyes; Uhura has left her station to sit quietly with Spock, his fingers on her temples; most of the crew has found their own way of coping, or not, but it's looking increasingly certain that everyone aboard is going to die.
Kirk's never been so beaten before - never, never ever, he always finds a way, it's what he does, and he fights back hysterical laughter as he paces the bridge, raging, wracking his brains for a solution that isn't there - it's the end, the end for all of them, and the doctor comes up behind him so quietly that when Kirk turns to pace back he walks dead into him, and they stare at
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Re: ROCKS FALL, EVERYONE DIES - angstacular, sorry about that! D:lizzie_marie_23January 8 2010, 11:59:19 UTC
Oh, wow. This is amazing and terrifying and so emotionally charged. I love seeing how everyone deals with imminent doom in their own way. This is really lovely, though, beautifully written, and it made me cry. Thank you so much.
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She's in Red Alert, and everything that can be done has been done, and Scotty's stopped replying from Engineering, head in his hands, tears leaking from the corners of his eyes; Uhura has left her station to sit quietly with Spock, his fingers on her temples; most of the crew has found their own way of coping, or not, but it's looking increasingly certain that everyone aboard is going to die.
Kirk's never been so beaten before - never, never ever, he always finds a way, it's what he does, and he fights back hysterical laughter as he paces the bridge, raging, wracking his brains for a solution that isn't there - it's the end, the end for all of them, and the doctor comes up behind him so quietly that when Kirk turns to pace back he walks dead into him, and they stare at ( ... )
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That said, I'm really flattered that you thought so highly of it, thank you!
*hugs*
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