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Zero X Nine: The Black Out

“On your report dated on July 16th, that Zero X Nine had experienced a black out of some sort.â€?

At that time I had thought it was a black out, but apparently a man went a little mad and shut down half the stations power and life support.
It was a big mess. We had lost good men and woman in that black out.

We were never able to find the man who did it.
But you felt his breath his movements behind you. You knew he was watching you.
Many couldn’t handle that, and that’s why we had about a thousand a day of transfer.
It was mostly family’s they had gotten there heads clear of any clarity and headed for somewhere safe.

It took me almost a month to insure safety among the people. I had to lie my ass off as much I could. The new recruits where coming in and I did not want them walking into a mess.
Its not fun working at a place that’s just getting empty everyday!

One guy had screamed at me that I will lead the people here to there early graves.
I did not believe him.
But it haunts me every day and night.

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