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dead man must have been a part of the security force, a man with a military background. There weren't many of them aboard. Mostly there wasn't much need for them because of the mood elevating drugs. It had been presented in the brochures as an unnecessary role amongst the recruited establishment. A police style security role was added as a political move so there was a visual representation of law, so all citizens would keep the peace. They are glorified baby sitters. Luke's fingertips searched further and he also found a UCSC wrist device, more advanced than the standard device assigned after deep sleep. He rotated the device around and looked for the restore to factory settings switch. He pressed it, and then placed the device onto his wrist. It flashed on. A blue light beamed out of the device and it forced Luke to turn away. His eyes had adjusted to the darkness of the ship and weren’t ready for the brightness of the device. It scanned for a moment, and then processed information, before an image and details about Luke Mason appeared on the small screen. He checked the radio on the device. It wasn’t working. Just my luck . Thankfully, some intranet services were still available. He could still send and receive calls.
    The rattling from before sounded again. Luke jumped to his feet, alert. It almost sounded like a dog chained to a post, only more aggressive. The passageway split into a few different directions ahead of him. He glanced at his wrist device and opened up a high resolution map of the UCSC Defiance. It pinpointed his location on the map, and showed it as a pulsing blue orb. He zoomed out, there was one other blue pulsing orb on the map, several green pulsing orbs and hundreds of red pulsing orbs. There were also thousands of greyed out orbs throughout the map of the ship which didn’t pulse. He knew what that meant. They were signifying the people who no longer had a pulse. Luke had to take hold of his thoughts. Elizabeth was one of those greyed out orbs. She didn't have a pulse. She was no longer alive. Luke didn't have any answers. The madness aboard the spaceship still continued to plague him. I've woken up from my deep sleep to my worst nightmare. Elizabeth is dead. Why? What could have made her take her own life? What would have pushed her to do it? Did the man whose boots I wear kill himself? His flesh wasn't mangled or eaten by those creatures... Those things, what are they? Why can't I escape this nightmare? Luke stared at the coloured orbs on the device. What do those other colours mean?
    Luke placed the wrist device in front of him self to light up the passage. The path ahead forked out in two different directions. The fastest way to the power section of the ship was past the room with the rattling noises. Luke gulped, he couldn't believe what he was thinking of doing. Play it safe , a part of him thought. But another part wanted to reach his sister as fast as he possibly could, yet curiosity got the better of him. He built up his courage, breathed deeply, and then headed down the forked path to his right. I need answers. I need to find another living person. Are the blue pulsing orbs like me? Lost and alive?
    The passageway changed into a larger corridor. Luke slowly moved forward, keeping his footsteps as quiet as he possibly could. The rattling chain noises sounded again as he stepped further down the corridor. He noticed a door, broken and bent out of shape. It wouldn’t close, it couldn’t close.
    The rattling grew in intensity, as Luke approached the door. Maybe it can hear me…? Or smell me? He put his back against the wall near the broken door and slowly poked his head through the gap. There were bedding sheets spread over one side of the room and more sheets were also placed like curtains to separate the room into two halves. The other half of the room was stripped clean, just the metal plating of the floor of the ship. The chain was long, and twisted. Luke followed it. It was attached