Rachel couldn't breathe, panic rising in her throat. She looked at David's face, which lost its fear and became hardened, watchful. She could almost s...e how hard he was listening for for sounds and knew well how he felt. Neither of them could afford to get caught messing around at work. Thankfully, the heels kept walking past the door, but it brought home how vulnerable they were in this closet. Suddenly, David said "I have the key to the VPs office. I forgot she gave it to me before going on. A nearby clock read 3:47 AM in little red figured.Exhaling loudly, he fell back onto the matress. That had been... intense. No matter; it was just a dream, after all.He rolled over, and tried to get back to sleep.The next time he awoke, it was to the shrill voice of the telephone at his bedside. After a quick grope with his head still stuck in the pillow, he grabbed the reciever, and gave a muffled "Hello?" Jeremy Kilborn?" The voice on the other end was officious and very, very serious. Jeremy. "YOU HAVE THIS OUT IN THE OPEN! What are you thinking?"The Lt. was unable to answer before the Captain continued berated her for her lack of judgement."Get this through your skull. This object is of unknown origin. The last object that was of unknown origin was found on Eden Prime. You saw how that turned out. Our exo-suits are not equipped to handle this sort of radiation. CLEAR OUT," yelled the Captain to her women.Grabbing her radio, the Captain called to her ship, the S.S.V. Konpeki for the. At the far end of the room, there was a glass coffee table on some plastic sheeting and what looked like a homemade gold throne. There was a stink of cannabis in the air and as we carefully stepped our way through the piles of overflowing ashtrays and half-full glasses and mugs, no one spoke.Holly stood in front of the throne and stared at the middle-aged balding man who was sprawled over the seat. He scratched the stubble on his chin as I ran my eyes over the beer belly protruding from beneath.