I had only been with The Company 16 days. My team had collected mountains of scrap, but we were wiped out a day before we could sell it all. Wiping salty tears from our visors we planned one final trip to the snowy planet of Rend. Upon landing the thunder around us cried, the four of us marching to the front door in our orange suits. The mansion on the dead planet was dark, all I could hear was the pattering feet of something sinister. As we explored, I looked over to my coworker, my peer, my friend, before he was blown away with a single shotgun blast. The cold, unfeeling face of a nutcracker gazed to mine, before I grabbed what little was left on the floor and ran. I heard screaming coming from the remaining two employees, then a single scream, then silence. I ran for the door, speeding up and almost reaching its metal door handle. My head popped off as a Coil-Head met my rear, the ship I once called my office left the planet, and my service to the company was over.

I had only been with The Company 16 days. My team had collected mountains of scrap, but we were wiped out a day before we could sell it all. Wiping salty tears from our visors we planned one final trip to the snowy planet of Rend. Upon landing the thunder around us cried, the four of us marching to the front door in our orange suits. The mansion on the dead planet was dark, all I could hear was the pattering feet of something sinister. As we explored, I looked over to my coworker, my peer, my friend, before he was blown away with a single shotgun blast. The cold, unfeeling face of a nutcracker gazed to mine, before I grabbed what little was left on the floor and ran. I heard screaming coming from the remaining two employees, then a single scream, then silence. I ran for the door, speeding up and almost reaching its metal door handle. My head popped off as a Coil-Head met my rear, the ship I once called my office left the planet, and my service to the company was over.