Day 1

Getting to the space station was no problem. Right now the crew is settling in after the long flight. We’re a long way from Earth so we’ll have to take care of any issues that do arise. There’s 6 of us so that shouldn’t be an issue. I know we’ll be ok, these people are good at what they do and we trained together a very long time before this. They’re my friends and I’ll be the best captain I can be for them.

Day 8

Still no issues so far. We’re doing well and haven’t gotten annoyed of each other yet. Checked in with Houston, they wanted to see how everything is going. I know this is mostly an experimental mission, just seeing how well a crew can do so far away from Earth. Maybe if this mission goes well I can prove myself.

Day 12

We caught something interesting today. I thought it was just the normal background radio waves but this was different. Karah agrees with me. We’ll be watching the radio waves to see if we can find anything else like it.

Day 18

We saw it again. A similar radio signal. Almost sounded like voices. Karah is working on it, seeing if she can find anything useful. On another note Dillion thinks we saw something while doing maintenance outside the station. We’ve decided we won’t tell Houston about this yet. We want to either find a logical explanation or enough evidence that they won’t think we’re crazy.

Day 23

Dillion saw something again. Claims it looked like a very large ship. We keep getting something on the radio as well but can’t understand it. Karah says it isn’t the regular radio waves and it seems like an attempted transmission. The station is safe from what we’d expect to find but on the off chance, and rather unlikely chance, that there is something out there we’re sitting ducks. We’re still keeping this under wraps, don’t want the mission cut short because of paranoia.

Day 28

There’s definitely something out there. The whole crew agrees but we don’t really have evidence. We’re going to try to get evidence of whatever it is. Audio recordings, pictures, anything we can get. As far as Houston knows nothings out of the ordinary has happened.

Day 36?

We were right, there was something out there. They attacked the station. I tried to protect them, I’m their captain of course I did, but I got hurt. Dillion tried to and I don’t think he’s alive. He’s was the first to be taken after we were brought into the other ship. I heard him scream. They took Alice when his screams stopped. I can hear her too. What are they doing to her.

Day 53?

There’s only two of us. I tried, every time they came for one of us I tried to stop those aliens but I couldn’t. My friends called for me. Every one of them wanted me to save them and I couldn’t do anything. Karah thinks she’ll be next. I will try to protect her. I want to save at least one of my friends. I can’t make many entries because I’m afraid the aliens are watching and I don’t know what they’ll do.

Day 65?

Karah is gone. They took her. I couldn’t save her. I can hear her screams. She’s calling for me and I can’t do anything. I’m helpless. I failed my crew, my friends. I’ve failed as a captain. I can’t believe they were right about me.

Day 72?

Karah has stopped screaming. I know I’m next. I don’t know why they left me for last, I don’t know what they’ll do to me but I know it’ll hurt. I deserve it. It’s punishment for failing them. I don’t know if I want to survive.

Day ?

I lived. I don’t know how but I lived. They put me in a cell with another alien. This one is different. Maybe another species. It looks like it’s been in a lot of fights. It’s hands are covered and they have a metal mask. It’s tall, has detrigrade legs and pointed ears, dark skin and violet eyes. I don’t know why it’s in here with me. Whatever the aliens did to me it hurt. I don’t remember what they did but I remember the pain.

Day ?

The one in the cell with me is named Aken. According to her the reason I can understand her is some translator the ones that captured us, the Zanthar according to Aken, put some translator in my head. She also said that they were using my friends as experiments to see how humans would react to what they did. Aken also said the only reason I can breath right now is some experimental shit they did to me. Probably put some other species lungs in me. I want them dead. I want to kill them. For my friends, for what they put us through. I don’t know what I’ll do after but I don’t really care right now.

Day ?

Aken is a fighter, I was right. Apparently they weren’t always a fighter. Said they didn’t want to be a fighter but were taken by the Zanthar and was forced to fight. She’s nice. Maybe it’s just cause we’re stuck together. I find it hard to believe she’d want to befriend me.

Day 137

A lot has happened. I found out how long it’s been. Escaped the ship I was on with Aken. And I got what I wanted, I killed some of the Zanthar. I may have gone to far but it’s what they deserved. Aken got us on a ship and out of there. But when we were safe, I broke. I cried sitting in the copilot seat. Aken got down to my level. She seemed unsure how to comfort people, or at least a human which is fair. After a moment she cupped my face, asking if I was hurt in the commotion of our escape. I shook my head but still couldn’t properly respond. It was a bit comforting having her here. We stayed there a moment while I tried to calm down and I realized the hands that cradled my face, tilting my head up to look into the eyes I had grow to love, were soaked in blood. But they cradled me. And I leaned into them. Aken held me on the floor of the cockpit until I calmed down a bit. I then realized how much blood there was . Blood was covering the controls, all over both me and Aken. Once I’d calmed down enough we took care of each others injuries. Fairly minor and easy to take care of, probably because most the Zanthar were preoccupied with other prisoners. Aken went to clean up the blood on the control panel so I’m sitting alone in the cargo hold right now. I don’t know what I’m going to do now. I’m stuck in space, lost my crew and I don’t know what sort of experiments were done on me. How much have they changed me? Can I go back to earth after all this?

Day 142

Aken suggested we go to her planet, maybe we can get help there. Getting there is going to take a while but I’ll be happy to get some help. Aken said she doesn’t know how well her leaders will react to a human. Apparently humans were supposed to be left alone. Given the circumstances she’s hopeful it’ll go well. I’m just glad to have a friend.

Day 155

Our ship was shot down. Aken got hurt. The Zanthar had come for us, probably tracking the ship we took. I knew I couldn’t fight them so I got Aken out of the ship when we crashed and hid in a cave not far from the crash site. The Zanthar didn’t find us. But Aken was hurt. I refused to leave her. I wasn’t going to lose another friend. We made it to a town and got Aken some help. When we can we’ll start heading to her planet but we can’t go till she’s ok.