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David B. Mendelsohn
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ACT ONE
EXT. DEEP SPACE ORBIT 1000 MILES ABOVE PLANET EARTH -- NIGHT
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MCDOWELL (V.O.)
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PRESENT:
RUSSIAN COSMONAUT GAGARIN "GARY" SAVITSKAVA
MCDOWELL (V.O.)
When I saw him with the alien I knew it for sure. This guy
loved to attract attention was all. Feed his ego and calm
his fear was how he put it later on. So if he was the center
of the universe for even a short moment in time so much the
better for him.
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Me. I was trying to act like the calm cool pilot I'd been
trained to be. But deep down inside I was shitting my pants
when it all got started. And the shit only got that much
deeper as things got progressively worse.
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The other ones from the European Space Agency were mainly
good guys. But there were a few bad ones too. Several were
incompetent political appointees. Seems like bureaucrats
can be the same the world over. But I found out that
international means something completely different in space.
It doesn't just mean earthlings. It also means the other
terrifying creatures lurking out there. Extraterrestrial
life. Demons. Or even the devil himself. Lurking out there
in some form or another.
But the fire was the worst of it all. A true demon or devil
that we know is all too real. Fire is one of the most
dangerous things to happen in space. The Russian space
station Mir caught on fire. That fire was caused by a standby
oxygen container. This one was caused by the creature. It
tried to cook us alive. Guess it didn't like to eat its
meals raw. Just dead. And a lot of people died. Died
horribly. So horribly. The screams still fill my head at
night. If only that damned satellite hadn't crashed in to
us. The creature never would have gotten aboard. If only
the watch officer had been paying more attention when it
did. None of this would have happened. None of the blood
would have flowed.