*beep beep beep*

"Ugh..."

*beep beep beep*

"Fine, I'm up, just shut up already!"

I grumbled awake as my alarm on my phone continued to beep.

I hastily tapped the "OK" button then got up and out of my bed. The blanket slid off me as my soles touched the cold ceramic floor, "This feels...

Strange...

Huh... Must be Monday morning."

I ignored the strange sensation and walked towards my bathroom. A high pitched squeak echoed through the small bathroom as I turned the tap, the water flowed out of the spout smoothly before the water began to seemingly slow down "What the...?"

Flabbergasted at the strange phenomenon, in curiosity I reached for the slowly flowing water and swiped the flow; sending droplets of varying sizes into the air. The droplets flew unaffected by gravity, "Wha... Am I still dreaming?"

*bzzzt*

"Huh?"

The environment around me seemed to freeze and blur out.

A large red sign appeared in the air, “Error, connection to the main computer lost.”
The world faded to darkness, before the vast field of the dark sprouted hundreds of red signs. The red signs rapidly to appeared, one after another before one final red sign appeared only inches away from my face, "Error, Connection to ship lost, initiating overdrive mode,”

A pause…

“Error.”

There was another pause before another sign re-appeared, “Rebooting…”

“Rebooting failed,” Suddenly the field of red signs reduced to nothing but a black void.

A blue sign appeared suddenly, “all remaining power diverted to life support.”

“Initiating cryosleep in…

3…

2…

1…”

I felt a sudden strong and powerful chill shoot up my body before the world fade to nothingness.

I woke up to a strange sensation of weightlessness, nausea and mild confusion, I couldn't tell which way is up or down. My body felt unnaturally cold and tired.

I forced open my eyes against the cold only achieving a squint. The sight that greeted my squinted eyes is probably one of the most beautiful views of my life. A field of blue glowed softly under a thin layer of white cotton. The fine white line that separated the blue, to the vast numbers of constellations made up of small bright lights in a sea of black. In the corner of my left eye, I can see a bright yellow orb shining brightly, enveloping the ground, thousands of miles beneath in light; And a small white beautiful marble watching over the world beneath itself.

A strong overwhelming feeling of awe and wonder buzzed through the core of my being as I continue to gaze through my squinted eyes. It then it hit me, "I'm in space..." A mix of excitement and awe welled up inside. I'm on top of the world; Time to cross off something that has been on my bucket list since childhood, this is much better than looking through digital screens.

A small sigh escaped me as I continue to take in the amazing view that was gifted to me the moment I awoke from my dream of confusion. My weightless body orbited around the planet, over the dancing curtains of auroras, over the deep blue ocean, over the arid plains of the desert, over the lush green forests, and over the white tipped mountain tops.

"... I... I literally have... No... Words..." My eyes began to close, the tiny squint I struggled to hold became a closed curtain that left me in the dark as fatigue lulled my mind to slumber.

I woke up once more to a less pleasant sight and sensation, I can hear liquid around my form vibrate with intense energy as heat stung my skin. My eyes snapped open to the pain, my body still couldn't move, I was as helpless as a newborn infant. The vibration shook the eyes inside its sockets creating a blur of images.

"Abnormal heat levels detected, injecting coolant..." An emotionless voice of a woman echoed through the liquid jar. The stinging pain from the heat became more bearable as a wave of cold washed over my being.

I can roughly see bright red feathers licking past the glass that shielded me from the vacuum of space. The blurry sight of red feathers slowly melted into a deep orange. Small bright sparks began to streak across the glass from multiple angles.

The not so smooth ride began to take a tumble, literally. The pod flipped and rolled as gravity pulled me to what I can guess is the planet I saw before I fell into slumber. It felt like as if the glass pod became a cocktail shaker. I could feel bile rise up my throat only for it to stop and choke me before rushing back down to my stomach.

*BOOOOM!*

The loud boom of the explosion made my ear ring as the flames licking the outer surface of the glass pod dissipated and vanish into the air as the liquid containing my body became even colder. I can catch glimpses of the land as I tumbled violently down to my final place of resting.

The pod's constant flipping and rolling became faster as I hear muffled vibrations of the glass against the rushing air. Up to this point, I'm just surprised I'm still alive, and not dead from motion sickness.

The pod flipped around once more giving me a split-second, extreme close-up view of my doom before the pod's fall came to a sudden and fatal stop for me. The moment the pod touched the soil beneath, I felt nothing but another small sigh escaped me before my entire body was set ablaze with pain. My insides felt like a drill has gouged my stomach and blended it into a thick paste, my limbs burned with intense pain as if it was twisted the multiple times, and my head felt as though it was pounded by a sledgehammer.

My thoughts were empty as I take in what is presumably the last thing I'll ever see. A glimpse of dirt pressed tightly against the glass. The chaos of signals sent to my head threw me and my consciousness into the darkness once again.

I awoke with a headache. Still breathing... Thankfully, "now tell me something here, how in the seven gates of hell did I survive a fall from space?" I thought tiredly as I weakly attempt at moving my arm, "nothing..." I thought achieving nothing.

Tired of being unable to move, I attempt to move my body with all my effort only to feel a large jolt of burning pain from literally everywhere. The sudden and unexpected shock forced me into a state of panic. I clenched my eyes tightly as my muscles locked up in its position. Slowly, I crack open my eyes as the pain began to settle, letting my body relax and fall. The first thing I noticed as I tried to focus through a blinding headache is that I am no longer submerged in the strange blue liquid, the glass chamber that held my body was shattered and the blue liquid is slowly leaking through the cracks.

Noticing the awkward and uncomfortable angle of my body, I realized that I was facing down with a good view of the hardened soil pressed against the other side of the cracked glass. I also noticed that I was being restricted from planting my face on the glass due to some harnesses around my torso attached to the chair. I looked down to see each hand, clamped down under a thick band of metal. I tried to struggle against it only to feel another jolt of pain travel up my arm.

"R-reco❚▚▛▜ry mo-o-ode on..." A familiar and emotionless female voice stuttered.

A small mechanical arm with a cylinder connected with a tiny needle attached to the end of it revealed itself from underneath each armrest. The opposite end of the cylinder was connected to a clear tube. A hiss echoed through the pod as the tube began to fill up with gray metallic fluid.

"I have a very bad feeling about this..." I groaned.

The needle primed itself as a ring flicked itself up and extended out towards my hand. I could feel the ring against my skin as four very small sharp looking clips clicked and extended out from the ring. The clips then suddenly pierced my skin letting a small trickle of blood to run down my forearm.

"Oh no... It's going to happe-GOW!! Yep, it did..." Both needles on each side, thrust into my forearm and began to pump the gray fluid into my bloodstream. I can immediately feel its effect, the pounding headache slowly subsided and soon disappeared, the aching in my body became non-existent.

My arms stung as the needle continued to pump the gray liquid into my blood streams, "Should I even be awake for this?" I thought as the needle suddenly pulled out of my arm leaving me with a strange annoying pain deep within my arms.
"It is rec-c-co▝▜▞nded that subject re▚ains in the pod until f▜▝▟ther notice." A flat-toned voice noted.

"Wait how long am I going to stay here? Please tell me it's not going to be long, I am sick of being stuck in this damn pod."

The following morning was unpleasant, the position of the pod forced me to sleep in a very awkward angle. Sleeping with my front facing down while tilted in an angle wasn't the most comfortable way of resting, of course, this caused me to stay up hours after the sun down.

A couple of things I learned during my forced stay; one, the tubes that are still lodged in my throat are very uncomfortable; two, the two small tubes that are shoved up my nose pumps air and oxygen into my lungs; three, at random times a small splash of water would travel through the pipe in my mouth, I don't know what it is but it's probably keeping me alive.
Also, I noticed after the events with a needle, that I am in a forest of some sorts. A soft glow from the sun filtered between and through each tree. The trees seem a bit small for a forest, I don't know much about trees but I never once saw a picture of a forest with trees this small.

My body felt light and refreshed when I awoke.

"Subject r▘▙▚ery complete...

Un▜▜ ▀own planet detected...

Scanning...

De▙▛▜▞d signs of oxygen, n▙▚▛en and un▙ ▚▛wn pathogens in the surrounding air...

Gathering...

Processing...

V▙▛▚c▜▚▟▞e complete...

Injecting..."

The moment the word, "injecting," were processed in my mind I knew what was coming,"Oh no..."

The needle revealed itself from underneath the armrest once more. A large mechanical arm folded out and descended from above the pod with a clamp holding a small cartridge in it. The cylinder attached to the base of the needle flipped open and a large mechanical arm then inserted the cartridge into the cylinder securing itself. The cylinder then closed its flap and primed itself for another injection.

Once again a ring-like attachment flicked up and extended out making contact with my skin, the four clips of the ring pierced the same spot re-opening the minuscule wound. After the cartridge inside was emptied into my blood streams, the needle simply yanked itself out of my arm and retracted back under the armrest.

*Clink*

The clamps holding down my arms finally released itself after a long night. “Gah…” I groaned as my body flopped onto cracked glass, the webs of cracks now simply a mess of sharp lines and corners. The blue liquid wasn’t there to cushion my fall, it has leaked through the cracks and into the dirt underneath it.

I slowly picked myself up from the glass and looked for a way out. “I don’t think I’m strong enough to break through the glass,” I thought to myself as I looked for an emergency exit of some kind.

”There has to be some kind of hatch somewhere… Is it… This one?” I asked myself internally as I spotted a small rectangular hatch with a small shiny handle. Positioning myself onto the seat, I pushed myself up and opened the hatch revealing a red button.

“Uh… Fuck it,” with slight hesitation, I pressed my finger against the button while shutting my eyes tightly to wait for something to happen. There was nothing but silence after I pushed the button, I peeked through one eye and looked around, nothing changed.

No door opened, no explosions, nothing.

Luck has decided that there was no other way out of the pod but through the glass.

I slowly dropped to the cracked glass and braced myself, ”This is gonna leave a mark,” With all the strength I have, I rested my elbow and threw it forward. The glass shattered around my elbow letting it pass through the thick glass. With a relieved sigh I pulled my elbow back into the pod.

My clothing is now slightly torn, my elbow is covered in scratches and it's also bleeding. I tried to widen the hole I made by pushing around the hole with my palm, which did not have any effect. Another attempt at widening the hole is by slamming my heel through the glass, which did work while giving me multiple scratched on my feet.

“This is PISSING me off,” I am losing my patience by the second, “I have been trapped inside this glass prison for FAR too long!” I shouted to nobody before winding myself up for another kick and thrust both my legs out with the intent to shatter the glass.

That was my first mistake, the moment my legs slammed against the glass, the whole structure of the pod decided to soften too much and the two heavy steel ends of the glass chamber decided to crush the glass under it including me.

“OH NO NO NO!” My mind and body reacted in an instant as I used my legs to push against the metal structure, struggling to prevent it from crushing my fragile body. With the now shattered glass against my back, I struggled with the weight as I slowly dragged myself out of the ditch the pod was in. The glass behind me scraped the underneath of my body as I crawled out of danger letting the metal structure drop with a deep sounding thud.

I slowly picked myself up and observed the damage. My clothes are now riddled with multiple tears and spotted with blood, none of my bones are crushed, but half of my body is now covered in scratches. “This day cannot get any worse than this… Shit is going to happen to isn’t it?” I asked myself knowing that everything can still go wrong.

Not only have I noticed that I’m in a forest and slowly bleeding, I have no water, food or knowledge on how to survive in the wild.

As I carefully plan my next move, I hear a faint conversation between two people. Turning around in surprise, I slowly approached the source of the voices.

"The stars have sent us a Messiah, our mother will soon be avenged and her vision will be complete..."

Author's Note

Again... How did I do?

I'm writing this with a goal of improving my writing skills so please don't just leave a comment saying that my grammar is bad without saying why.

If you like or hate the story, that's fine, I hope I can improve as I go along.