An alarm buzzer breaks the empty silence of the bunker and Steve wakes from his dream. Its 6am. His alarm went off at this time every day as he liked to get up early and get things done. That was when things were a bit more normal though, when his problems were things like avoiding traffic and what to wear that day. He’d forgotten about the alarm being set before he went to sleep and now curses it.

The one day I could have slept in…

He hits the switch on the wall and the lights flicker on lighting up the bunker. Everything as he left it. The robotic contraption stares back at him, like a sentry to his fortress. Watching over him as he slept. The dreams were disturbing but at least he was starting to understand what happened. Hopefully a few