Stranded (Part Two)

Part two of the Stranded chronicle series. I should have stayed down. A long ago thought. An unwelcome memory worn thin by time. I shake my head and the memory drifts loose. I let it go. Every story has a beginning, says the voice. But yours, Traveler, is a story of beginnings. “What the hell is that supposed to mean?” is what I want to say, but can’t seem to think of the words. This bothers me, I think, but the thought disappears before it can fully form. Around me, the darkness shifts restlessly. It …