A Story A Day Challenge 2025 – A Leap Backwards Part 31

Robert switched from the readouts to visuals and watched Richard in the hallway approaching the stasis room.

His hand danced over the controls and the screen split into different sections, giving him the scan readouts and visuals on the hallway and stasis pods.

Opening the comms, he said, “Be careful, buddy. Got you on camera.”

This is why I’m not officially with the defense fleet.

He checked the readings again. Everything was normal.

We’re being paranoid, he thought as the cockpit door behind him slid open.

What the hell? It took him a second to register the sound and turn.