Captain Fumperdink took stock.
- No signal.
- No fuel
- Oxygen running low
- No route logged
‘We’re dead’, he said.
Navigator Grubbeldump nodded.
‘I thought as much captain, we must’ve died when the booster exploded. The more space travel you do, the narrower your odds get. But. Stuck in purgatory …with …you?’
‘Wait, I think I’m getting up a signal.’
‘Now I understand. This is hell for me. And purgatory for you.’
‘They’re sending help, we’re saved.’
An Roinn Ultra - Irish Science Fiction 