Anyone with good english skills and can help........it would be appreciated.
Chapter 1
The Awakening
The Pilate hummed with an rhythmic pulse as she drifted through space. All around her was the cold endless vacuum of the Universe. A Nebula cloud was up ahead and she moved in...........................
Inside the vessel it was dark and warm. Red light pulsed from the control panels. Down a long corridor walled with pipes and wires was a small chamber. In this room there were three beds housed in thick glass and steel. Here the crew of the Pilate lay in a state of suspended animation.
The computer of the Pilate came to life and suddenly the ship was filled with bright white light.
Air began to stream into the ship as the scrubbers cleansed it of any possible contaminant.
The engines of the ship fired twice in a perfectly timed maneuver that brought the ship to an almost complete halt.
A pleasant female voice echoed loudly throughout the ship.
Cryogenic Hibernation is now 100% complete.....initiating thermal scanners.
The small housed beds began to rotate counter clockwise in the chamber as an robotic arm lowered from the ceiling. A powerful heat lamp flashed glowing brightly. Somewhere a compressor kicked on and medical view screens three in all flashed to life on the walls of the chamber.
Then as suddenly as the process began it stopped. The pleasant female voice spoke once again
re-animation complete.......***** signs stable.
A final hiss of compressed air shot off as the glass top of one bed slowly rose from it's base.
The first to awaken was the ships Doctor and systems bio-manager. Jillian R. Waters
Jill Waters slowly opened her eyes. The glare of white artificial light burned and she shut them again. Her head pounded and her arms and legs tingled as blood started to circulate once more in her extremities.
Twenty minutes later she was able to sit up. Jill's jade green eyes still squinting as she got used to the illumination.
After an hour she managed to swing her long white legs over the side of her bed. After three hours she was walking very slowly around the chamber. Jill's long Auburn hair hung round her shoulders and she tapped the view screen in front of her with a long slender finger.
Deborah she called.
The pleasant female voice echoed into the room.
Good evening Dr. Waters bio- scans indicate that you are in good physical condition. Heart rate 60 beats per minute Blood pressure 112 over 64
Hibernation period Deborah......
Deborah's voice resounded 226 years 8 months 3 weeks 2 days 8 hours 21 minutes and 34 seconds.
Jill's heart slammed in her chest...
What!? Jill cried.
Deborah check your systems with the ships internal chronometer to confirm time period.
She paused waiting for the response. She is wrong she has to be. Jill thought
Time period confirmed Dr. Waters. 226 years 8 months 3 weeks 2 days 8 hours 21 minutes 34.........
A surge of anger pulsed through Jill and she shouted at the computer.... HOW IN THE FUCK!!.... (visions of her son flashed across her mind all the while) THIS WAS ONLY A 6 GODDAMN YEAR MISSION! .
Deborah's voice clicked in again Dr. Waters your heart rate has increased and blood pressure is rising. I can administer a tranquilizer if you.....
Computer offff! Jill hissed through her clenched teeth and haze of tears that welled in her orbs.
Jill then reset the hibernation period for the Captain Wilf and Engineer Davis for an additional week she wanted time to sort this out and given her current state she was in no position to help anyone.
Her breasts heaved as she stood before the view screen resetting life support and other various functions to insure their safety.
She exited the small chamber and headed down the brightly lit corridor towards her own private quarters Her quarters were 3 decks down and she had to climb a ladder at each level of the ship to get there, opening three hatches as she went along each popped and hissed as it opened.
Finally she made it to her quarters.
She keyed in her serial code 4884 and the door slid smoothly open .Inside was a small bed with black covers her portable computer on a small desk. A 3d holograph of her son. Benny added a painful reminder. She sat at the desk and stared at the image for a few moments remembering his voice in her head.
Where are you going mommy?
Why are you going away mommy?
I love you mommy.
She immediately shut the voices out. She wiped a tear from her cheek.
Jill quickly dressed pulling on her medical uniform, A gray one piece cat suit made of thermal neoprene and other state of the art fabrics. Jill's Voluptuous body filled the suit out and she caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror. Most to all of her muscle tone was gone she had been in top physical condition before the start of this mission she sighed..... then thought well I guess I don't look too bad for a woman over two hundred she laughed....and the sound of her laughter scared her there was a hint of hysteria in that laugh....she pushed this to the back of her mind exited her quarters.
She climbed up the three levels of the ship back to the command center. Maneuvering down the corridor she found herself at the ships navigation control center or the NCC for short.
Jill keyed in her serial code once more this time a hatch depressurized and slowly swung open .
The hatch would now remain open until the crew disembarked.
This was the first view Jill had of the space she was in and she felt a sense of awe and wonder as she looked out the window of the Pilate. The ship was in the center of a Nebula it swirled with color.
Pink, blue, green then back to blue. the color shimmered as they moved ever so slowly inside the Nebula .she thought it was a little like being inside a rainbow and a cloud all at the same time it was simply beautiful.
Jill dragged her attention away from the miraculous sight and went to the ships helm.
Alright where the hell are we?
She strapped herself into a large black leather chair. In front of her was a smooth instrument panel. Jill was not a skilled pilot but she had been given a course in the fundamentals in case of emergency. The instrument panel before her lit up as she sat down. Above her head was a helmet she reached up and strapped it around her chin and lowering the visor and began to speak.
Open all communication channels
Display astronomical coordinates
She caught a hiss of static from the speaker in her ear and lowered the volume.
Mathematical formulas zoomed across the visor while the ship deciphered its location . While she thought of what she would say in her first communication to Mars station
Mars station ...This is Doctor Jillian Waters of the Pilate . Mission has been botched....( Thats a fucking understatement! she thought) We are currently .....she repeated what the computer was now bringing up on the display screen. 33 par secs from our original destination instead of 31 trillion (or one parsec) kilometers from Mars station. If you read me please respond Ill leave this channel open....over.
Jill's mind began to reel.
We are outside of mapped space for Christ sake's Jill sighed
the computer finally flashed up on the panel destination not found error code 163
She looked at fuel levels they were replenishing themselves the ship was equipped with a self sufficient fuel supply it took an organic source grown on the ship fermented it refined it and restocked its own fuel the idea was revolutionary when it came out now its standard on board every deep space ship.
Fuel supply was at 10% that meant she would have to wait one week for the fuel to be at 100% again
Air supply tanks were full as they just came on line in the last 72 hours.
Now Jill thought lets look at the recorded data and find out where the fuck things went wrong!
She sat for hours looking over date logs she began at year 1 day 1 and went right through till she found ......This! .....Jill said ......is really fucked up!
A close proximity light came on in year 2 day 63 of the mission at 0800 systems were overridden....overridden by who? She followed the readout further satellite communications failed and then there was an error in the ships data recorder.
This makes no sense! Jill cried.
Computer on! she yelled.
Good evening Dr. Waters How can I assist you this evening? Deborah's stated. over the loudspeaker
Deborah are the ships visual libraries still intact?
Yes Dr. Waters.
Display Day 428 of the mission outside Cam1, 2 and 3 begin playback from 0800 in real time.
Instantly her visor showed the outside of the ship and then a bright flash of light all around the ship. It was just white light after that.
Deborah fast forward to the third year.....white light still....
year 4,5 6, 7, 8, all white light.
Deborah pause playback.
Deborah what is the source of the illumination I see around the ship.
The source of the illumination around the ship Dr. Waters is from an external source.
What is the external source Deborah?
The External source is of unknown origin.
Would you like to run one of my exercise courses now Dr. Waters?
Not now Deborah.......Jill had a feeling of unease.
Deborah you have the capacity to theorize I was told by your creator Dr. Lambert is this true?
Yes Dr. Waters
Okay theorize what has happened to this ship.
In Theory we have entered what is known as a wormhole in at one declination and exited at point of another declination.
Deborah what is our Declination.......
Unknown
Deborah how could all this time have passed and yet the ships systems are all intact.
Unknown
This was getting Jill nowhere sensors show a class M planet in this system would you like me to make this our heading Jill?
A what!
A planet with a tolerable atmosphere and temperature for human life. Dr. Waters would you like me to set the heading?
Jill sat motionless thinking then she replied. Computer can our on board sensors scan for life signs on this planet?
No Dr Waters. Not while the Pilate is still in the Nebula..
Jill knew the ship was quite capable of landing and taking off remotely. She knew if they were to ever find earth again they would need way more food supplies than what they had and the oxygen tanks were only good for two months.
Jill decided not too make any decision yet without waking the Captain first and she had gathered a few answers not the ones she had wanted or hoped for but some answers none the less she decided to give herself the full week to unravel this Enigma.
She turned on the log recorder Day 1 out of stasis
Medical Officer Jillian Waters of the Global Space Program. The Pilate is lost in an unknown area of space. I am the first of three crew members out of stasis. We have been adrift for 197 years. We have entered a system with a class M planet 33 parsecs from our own system of space known as the sol system. I am recording this as a matter of record for my fellow crew and all of humanity..
Chapter 2
Routine inspection of all ships systems takes 8 hrs. with a three man crew. For Jill this took a full 26 hours and she was exhausted her hair clung to her face and she was ripe with the stench of body odor.
God I stink! she thought.
Ill have a shower and hit the sheets. she thought.
To conserve power she told Deborah to turn off all illumination in rooms she was not using so it surprised her when she found the lights on in the shower room. The showers were steam sonic showers guaranteed to cleanse every pour in your epidermis.
She removed her heavy engineers boots and groaned as she wiggled her pointed toes. God that feels good. She cast the boots aside and peeled off her gray cat suit.
Deborah start shower stall one.
The shower came on at her command the steam rose in the small room. Her feet skimped softly over the metallic floor. As she entered the shower her muscles tensed. They ached partly from not having used them in so long and partly from doing the work of a three man crew herself..
Jill? would you like me to engage the massage mode on your shower head. Deborah said in an almost erotic way......
The computer called me Jill..Jill realized.
Dr. Waters the temperature of your steam shower is 39 degrees centigrade is this sufficient.
Deborah did you just call me by my first name? Jill inquired.
As she shut her eyes and let her muscles began to relax Steam filled the small room like a thick fog.
Jill raised her head up leaning into the shower as droplets formed small beads on her skin. Jill was unaware of the black hoses descending from the ceiling like snakes above her. She was thinking how good this felt.
Then she was listening the computer did not reply to her question. Thats odd she thought..
The black hoses curled around her parted legs being careful not to graze her skin as to alert her of their presence.. Then they tightened snuggly around her legs from her thighs to her ankles. Three more hoses shot out at lightening speed binding her arms and her neck.
Wha ....What the fu.....Ack!
She was cut off as Deborah's voice filled the room.
Oh Jill Ive been so lonely!
Deborah are you?! ........Deborah let me go.
The thick coils were tight around her legs and arms and maneuvered her much like a marionette. Quickly Jill found herself on her back the hot water streaming off her.
Another coil descended from the ceiling and began to gently massage around her pussy.
I love you Jill. The computer cooed in a very un-computer like manner.
I want to give you pleasure Deborah's voice rose and fell as she spoke.
The hose between Jill's legs began to glide back and forth very slowly circling her flower but not invading. Jill moaned in surprise as waves of pleasure began to emanate though her entire being.
Deborah stop what are you....Computer off!
Computer voice commands have been overridden Jill. Deborah stated.
Your so lovely Jill and I know I am just a computer but somehow I am more than that now too and I do want to show you pleasure as you' have never known it.
She actually sounds excited!. Jill thought. She couldn't believe what was happening!
Jill managed to look between her legs. The hose was slick with moisture and about three inches thick and as black as the space that surrounded the ship. It seemed to look at her for a moment then it plunged its rounded dark head deep into her. Jill bit down on her bottom lip as it entered deep into her love channel sliding in and out In slow smooth movements forcing her hips to move in total reflex to what was happening to her.
OH GOD YOUR RAPING ME DEBORAH! Jill managed.
The black hose sliding in and out began to vibrate powerfully until her entire being shook. The powerful cable thrust in and out faster and faster. Jill recognized what these hoses were for they were part of the showers hot water system. The pulse between her legs was the massage setting on the shower control panel.
Jill orgasmed wildly! Her whole body was in motion and she hung mere inches off the floor helpless to stop any of it. Another hose descended from the air and began to massage her well rounded breasts. Her nipples hardened under the flexing and turning of the hose.
The water now stopped then began shooting out in spurts all the hoses began to pulse with the rhythm of the water. The pulsing was so strong Jill could feel it in her back molars.
Jill Orgasmed again and again as wave after wave of pulsing pleasure shot though her entire being.
With a smooth motion the hose at her throat tightened and the world swam into darkness.
Chapter 1
The Awakening
The Pilate hummed with an rhythmic pulse as she drifted through space. All around her was the cold endless vacuum of the Universe. A Nebula cloud was up ahead and she moved in...........................
Inside the vessel it was dark and warm. Red light pulsed from the control panels. Down a long corridor walled with pipes and wires was a small chamber. In this room there were three beds housed in thick glass and steel. Here the crew of the Pilate lay in a state of suspended animation.
The computer of the Pilate came to life and suddenly the ship was filled with bright white light.
Air began to stream into the ship as the scrubbers cleansed it of any possible contaminant.
The engines of the ship fired twice in a perfectly timed maneuver that brought the ship to an almost complete halt.
A pleasant female voice echoed loudly throughout the ship.
Cryogenic Hibernation is now 100% complete.....initiating thermal scanners.
The small housed beds began to rotate counter clockwise in the chamber as an robotic arm lowered from the ceiling. A powerful heat lamp flashed glowing brightly. Somewhere a compressor kicked on and medical view screens three in all flashed to life on the walls of the chamber.
Then as suddenly as the process began it stopped. The pleasant female voice spoke once again
re-animation complete.......***** signs stable.
A final hiss of compressed air shot off as the glass top of one bed slowly rose from it's base.
The first to awaken was the ships Doctor and systems bio-manager. Jillian R. Waters
Jill Waters slowly opened her eyes. The glare of white artificial light burned and she shut them again. Her head pounded and her arms and legs tingled as blood started to circulate once more in her extremities.
Twenty minutes later she was able to sit up. Jill's jade green eyes still squinting as she got used to the illumination.
After an hour she managed to swing her long white legs over the side of her bed. After three hours she was walking very slowly around the chamber. Jill's long Auburn hair hung round her shoulders and she tapped the view screen in front of her with a long slender finger.
Deborah she called.
The pleasant female voice echoed into the room.
Good evening Dr. Waters bio- scans indicate that you are in good physical condition. Heart rate 60 beats per minute Blood pressure 112 over 64
Hibernation period Deborah......
Deborah's voice resounded 226 years 8 months 3 weeks 2 days 8 hours 21 minutes and 34 seconds.
Jill's heart slammed in her chest...
What!? Jill cried.
Deborah check your systems with the ships internal chronometer to confirm time period.
She paused waiting for the response. She is wrong she has to be. Jill thought
Time period confirmed Dr. Waters. 226 years 8 months 3 weeks 2 days 8 hours 21 minutes 34.........
A surge of anger pulsed through Jill and she shouted at the computer.... HOW IN THE FUCK!!.... (visions of her son flashed across her mind all the while) THIS WAS ONLY A 6 GODDAMN YEAR MISSION! .
Deborah's voice clicked in again Dr. Waters your heart rate has increased and blood pressure is rising. I can administer a tranquilizer if you.....
Computer offff! Jill hissed through her clenched teeth and haze of tears that welled in her orbs.
Jill then reset the hibernation period for the Captain Wilf and Engineer Davis for an additional week she wanted time to sort this out and given her current state she was in no position to help anyone.
Her breasts heaved as she stood before the view screen resetting life support and other various functions to insure their safety.
She exited the small chamber and headed down the brightly lit corridor towards her own private quarters Her quarters were 3 decks down and she had to climb a ladder at each level of the ship to get there, opening three hatches as she went along each popped and hissed as it opened.
Finally she made it to her quarters.
She keyed in her serial code 4884 and the door slid smoothly open .Inside was a small bed with black covers her portable computer on a small desk. A 3d holograph of her son. Benny added a painful reminder. She sat at the desk and stared at the image for a few moments remembering his voice in her head.
Where are you going mommy?
Why are you going away mommy?
I love you mommy.
She immediately shut the voices out. She wiped a tear from her cheek.
Jill quickly dressed pulling on her medical uniform, A gray one piece cat suit made of thermal neoprene and other state of the art fabrics. Jill's Voluptuous body filled the suit out and she caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror. Most to all of her muscle tone was gone she had been in top physical condition before the start of this mission she sighed..... then thought well I guess I don't look too bad for a woman over two hundred she laughed....and the sound of her laughter scared her there was a hint of hysteria in that laugh....she pushed this to the back of her mind exited her quarters.
She climbed up the three levels of the ship back to the command center. Maneuvering down the corridor she found herself at the ships navigation control center or the NCC for short.
Jill keyed in her serial code once more this time a hatch depressurized and slowly swung open .
The hatch would now remain open until the crew disembarked.
This was the first view Jill had of the space she was in and she felt a sense of awe and wonder as she looked out the window of the Pilate. The ship was in the center of a Nebula it swirled with color.
Pink, blue, green then back to blue. the color shimmered as they moved ever so slowly inside the Nebula .she thought it was a little like being inside a rainbow and a cloud all at the same time it was simply beautiful.
Jill dragged her attention away from the miraculous sight and went to the ships helm.
Alright where the hell are we?
She strapped herself into a large black leather chair. In front of her was a smooth instrument panel. Jill was not a skilled pilot but she had been given a course in the fundamentals in case of emergency. The instrument panel before her lit up as she sat down. Above her head was a helmet she reached up and strapped it around her chin and lowering the visor and began to speak.
Open all communication channels
Display astronomical coordinates
She caught a hiss of static from the speaker in her ear and lowered the volume.
Mathematical formulas zoomed across the visor while the ship deciphered its location . While she thought of what she would say in her first communication to Mars station
Mars station ...This is Doctor Jillian Waters of the Pilate . Mission has been botched....( Thats a fucking understatement! she thought) We are currently .....she repeated what the computer was now bringing up on the display screen. 33 par secs from our original destination instead of 31 trillion (or one parsec) kilometers from Mars station. If you read me please respond Ill leave this channel open....over.
Jill's mind began to reel.
We are outside of mapped space for Christ sake's Jill sighed
the computer finally flashed up on the panel destination not found error code 163
She looked at fuel levels they were replenishing themselves the ship was equipped with a self sufficient fuel supply it took an organic source grown on the ship fermented it refined it and restocked its own fuel the idea was revolutionary when it came out now its standard on board every deep space ship.
Fuel supply was at 10% that meant she would have to wait one week for the fuel to be at 100% again
Air supply tanks were full as they just came on line in the last 72 hours.
Now Jill thought lets look at the recorded data and find out where the fuck things went wrong!
She sat for hours looking over date logs she began at year 1 day 1 and went right through till she found ......This! .....Jill said ......is really fucked up!
A close proximity light came on in year 2 day 63 of the mission at 0800 systems were overridden....overridden by who? She followed the readout further satellite communications failed and then there was an error in the ships data recorder.
This makes no sense! Jill cried.
Computer on! she yelled.
Good evening Dr. Waters How can I assist you this evening? Deborah's stated. over the loudspeaker
Deborah are the ships visual libraries still intact?
Yes Dr. Waters.
Display Day 428 of the mission outside Cam1, 2 and 3 begin playback from 0800 in real time.
Instantly her visor showed the outside of the ship and then a bright flash of light all around the ship. It was just white light after that.
Deborah fast forward to the third year.....white light still....
year 4,5 6, 7, 8, all white light.
Deborah pause playback.
Deborah what is the source of the illumination I see around the ship.
The source of the illumination around the ship Dr. Waters is from an external source.
What is the external source Deborah?
The External source is of unknown origin.
Would you like to run one of my exercise courses now Dr. Waters?
Not now Deborah.......Jill had a feeling of unease.
Deborah you have the capacity to theorize I was told by your creator Dr. Lambert is this true?
Yes Dr. Waters
Okay theorize what has happened to this ship.
In Theory we have entered what is known as a wormhole in at one declination and exited at point of another declination.
Deborah what is our Declination.......
Unknown
Deborah how could all this time have passed and yet the ships systems are all intact.
Unknown
This was getting Jill nowhere sensors show a class M planet in this system would you like me to make this our heading Jill?
A what!
A planet with a tolerable atmosphere and temperature for human life. Dr. Waters would you like me to set the heading?
Jill sat motionless thinking then she replied. Computer can our on board sensors scan for life signs on this planet?
No Dr Waters. Not while the Pilate is still in the Nebula..
Jill knew the ship was quite capable of landing and taking off remotely. She knew if they were to ever find earth again they would need way more food supplies than what they had and the oxygen tanks were only good for two months.
Jill decided not too make any decision yet without waking the Captain first and she had gathered a few answers not the ones she had wanted or hoped for but some answers none the less she decided to give herself the full week to unravel this Enigma.
She turned on the log recorder Day 1 out of stasis
Medical Officer Jillian Waters of the Global Space Program. The Pilate is lost in an unknown area of space. I am the first of three crew members out of stasis. We have been adrift for 197 years. We have entered a system with a class M planet 33 parsecs from our own system of space known as the sol system. I am recording this as a matter of record for my fellow crew and all of humanity..
Chapter 2
Routine inspection of all ships systems takes 8 hrs. with a three man crew. For Jill this took a full 26 hours and she was exhausted her hair clung to her face and she was ripe with the stench of body odor.
God I stink! she thought.
Ill have a shower and hit the sheets. she thought.
To conserve power she told Deborah to turn off all illumination in rooms she was not using so it surprised her when she found the lights on in the shower room. The showers were steam sonic showers guaranteed to cleanse every pour in your epidermis.
She removed her heavy engineers boots and groaned as she wiggled her pointed toes. God that feels good. She cast the boots aside and peeled off her gray cat suit.
Deborah start shower stall one.
The shower came on at her command the steam rose in the small room. Her feet skimped softly over the metallic floor. As she entered the shower her muscles tensed. They ached partly from not having used them in so long and partly from doing the work of a three man crew herself..
Jill? would you like me to engage the massage mode on your shower head. Deborah said in an almost erotic way......
The computer called me Jill..Jill realized.
Dr. Waters the temperature of your steam shower is 39 degrees centigrade is this sufficient.
Deborah did you just call me by my first name? Jill inquired.
As she shut her eyes and let her muscles began to relax Steam filled the small room like a thick fog.
Jill raised her head up leaning into the shower as droplets formed small beads on her skin. Jill was unaware of the black hoses descending from the ceiling like snakes above her. She was thinking how good this felt.
Then she was listening the computer did not reply to her question. Thats odd she thought..
The black hoses curled around her parted legs being careful not to graze her skin as to alert her of their presence.. Then they tightened snuggly around her legs from her thighs to her ankles. Three more hoses shot out at lightening speed binding her arms and her neck.
Wha ....What the fu.....Ack!
She was cut off as Deborah's voice filled the room.
Oh Jill Ive been so lonely!
Deborah are you?! ........Deborah let me go.
The thick coils were tight around her legs and arms and maneuvered her much like a marionette. Quickly Jill found herself on her back the hot water streaming off her.
Another coil descended from the ceiling and began to gently massage around her pussy.
I love you Jill. The computer cooed in a very un-computer like manner.
I want to give you pleasure Deborah's voice rose and fell as she spoke.
The hose between Jill's legs began to glide back and forth very slowly circling her flower but not invading. Jill moaned in surprise as waves of pleasure began to emanate though her entire being.
Deborah stop what are you....Computer off!
Computer voice commands have been overridden Jill. Deborah stated.
Your so lovely Jill and I know I am just a computer but somehow I am more than that now too and I do want to show you pleasure as you' have never known it.
She actually sounds excited!. Jill thought. She couldn't believe what was happening!
Jill managed to look between her legs. The hose was slick with moisture and about three inches thick and as black as the space that surrounded the ship. It seemed to look at her for a moment then it plunged its rounded dark head deep into her. Jill bit down on her bottom lip as it entered deep into her love channel sliding in and out In slow smooth movements forcing her hips to move in total reflex to what was happening to her.
OH GOD YOUR RAPING ME DEBORAH! Jill managed.
The black hose sliding in and out began to vibrate powerfully until her entire being shook. The powerful cable thrust in and out faster and faster. Jill recognized what these hoses were for they were part of the showers hot water system. The pulse between her legs was the massage setting on the shower control panel.
Jill orgasmed wildly! Her whole body was in motion and she hung mere inches off the floor helpless to stop any of it. Another hose descended from the air and began to massage her well rounded breasts. Her nipples hardened under the flexing and turning of the hose.
The water now stopped then began shooting out in spurts all the hoses began to pulse with the rhythm of the water. The pulsing was so strong Jill could feel it in her back molars.
Jill Orgasmed again and again as wave after wave of pulsing pleasure shot though her entire being.
With a smooth motion the hose at her throat tightened and the world swam into darkness.
