The Risen
by Olivia Ciacci
A spaceship exploded at the edge of Earth’s galaxy early this morning…
Among the debris was a cell phone containing text messages between two sisters held prisoner onboard…
Investigators believe the texts provide clues to the fate of the two teens…
As well as a warning to the human race…
Bri u there?
OMG Cam ur alive! Didn’t know if the Risers got u or…
Don’t let anyone see u texting!
In my bunk don’t worry. How’d u get phones to work?
Computer camp ☺
Earth :-/
Don’t think the Risers can detect the signals…
So good to know ur there don’t care. Risers so creepy!!
2white2b human. Almost blue. Have u seen them eat?
No…They’ve been running tests on my blood and one of them sorta drooled. U?
Same. Super weird. How do they stay alive??
Don’t want to find out…gotta escape somehow…
Any more tests and imma explode!!
…and all that meat stew they’ve been feeding us will fly out lol!!
Like that time we got stuck on the road in that blizzard…
Totes ur idea to eat the dog food ☺
…but u were the one to barf it up!
Miss the dogs☹…any chance Risers going to let us go home?
They said home was attacked, exploded. This is IT. Survival. We owe THEM.
U believe them?
No choice until we can escape…u think Risers got Mom & Dad or…
Or did they die at home???
Don’t know. Been trying to use phone to hack into ship’s system for info. Blueprints, maps, anything.
Ship has 3 levels…bunks @ bottom, next to engines & control rm. U hear engines all the time?
Yup…like on a plane.
Lab is on 2nd level and top level I can’t get to. Elevator has special code for top.
U been sneaking!
Sneaking rt now…left the bunk, in hall…scared.
I got u…almost into system…
OK reached the 2nd level open area. See 3 doors, 1st one is lab, gonna take the third, farthest from lab, lucky hunch…
Middle always sucks!
Omg door creaked, hope no one comes
Got through system!!! U ok?
Yeah, going down hall now to door at end…stairs!! Curving ones, good 4 hiding…
Go!!! So many files…
Shit…voices at top of stairs. Can’t go back. In the middle.
Hang tight, found something here…
Door at bottom slammed!! Trapped!!
Keep going up! Don’t stay on stairs!!
Voices gone…going up! Worried about bottom door…haven’t heard steps...
Don’t let anyone see you!
Got to top! Out! 3rd floor all clear…
FOUND BLUEPRINTS!!!!!
YESSS! Which way do I go?
Turn left out of stairs go down corridor with weird symbols!
On my way…freezing up here!
Some kind of refrigerated space, maybe to insulate lab? Where r u now?
At end of corridor…heavy door…OMG
WHAT
Frozen bodies bags of blood EVERYWHERE
WTF???
Bodies wrapped in plastic just piled on top of each other…oh no
Mom & Dad?
Dead.
BRI get out of there. NOW.
…All this blood Cam…
BRI there’s a system warning GET BACK DOWN TO BUNK
…in hall hear footsteps running
GET TO STAIRS
going dwnstrs
elevators shut down
stuck on 2nd floor?
YES HIDE!
which room??
MIDDLE
Holy shit it’s the cafeteria…Risers DO eat…
Tell me it’s empty.
Yes but they left in a hurry. Bowls rimmed in blood…
Holy shit do you think…?
I don’t want to think trying not to vomit smells like death in here
They’re scanning the ship HIDE
U2! Bunk can’t be safe either!
…moved to latrines…working on counter-attack…
…tried to hide in trash bin… OMG CAM we’ve been eating PEOPLE
WTF??!!
trash bin has BONES in it…Cam they’re cannibals WE WILL NEVER ESCAPE
Don’t give up!! I’m not giving up…
…if we’ve gotta go let’s take them with us – gonna use bone as weapon!
Stay where u r Bri going to override the control room and blow this ship to bits
DO IT no matter what DO IT
coding as fast as I can
someones coming hiding under table now
launched override Bri hang in there
3 of them roaming the cafeteria one of them just sniffed
TEN SEC
theyre so close
don’t breathe Bri just count
one of them turned feet coming towards me
BRI
Riser crawling on floor now OMG
BRI 5 SEC
bye…
BRI?!
THIS IS FOR MY FAM-
App