Feeling Haunted

[Marcus Vesner]

Marcus awoke from sleep in a cold sweat, memories of the horrors of the last few years were burned into his psyche and often kept him awake or woke him of late. Marcus remebered so clearly the day his entire world changed, the day of the arrival of the Muadru fleet.

The morning had begun like many others Marcus had spent time with his wife and twin children and then departed to the orbital ship yards to suppervise the final construction of some ships in his star fighter program. The ships were going to be delivered to his younger brother who had arrived that morning to pick them up, his first purchase. Marcus and his brother had not always seen eye to eye, but that did not matter to Marcus. Even his brothers recent work with Radentia had not diminished Marcus' affections.

Heading to greet his brother at the air lock Marcus had stopped to watch the ship dock, unfortunately as his brothers ship slowed for docking it erupted in a ball of flame and then debris which showered towards Marcus cracking the air lock window. Marcus stood a moment paralyzed in shock after his initial shout of anguish from watching his brothers death, soon though there were more explosions and the station rocked. Regaining his composure Marcus was just able to save himself before the shipyard was completely destroyed. He did so just barely, by raining himself down to Isis in an unpowered drop pod, it lay hidden among the rapidly expanding wave of orbital debris, the remnants of his brother and his shattered pieces of his hopes and dreams.