34 Am I Having a Concussion? (1/2)

After spending hours playing with thread and getting entangled with the thing, Mina found herself drifting off to sleep in a warm corner of the room. When she woke up, she could tell from a small opening it was a little after midnight.

Mina stretched and gave the thread a sideways look as if to say that she would not be tempted again. She eventually realized that her stomach was churning violently.

'I'm starving!'

It was the early morning hours but she couldn't help but feel the hunger pangs. Studying her environment, she saw that the general was still in bed.

'Should I wake him up or not?' she thought while staring at the man who seems to be deeply asleep.

'Would it be too harsh if I asked him to get me something to eat?'

Mina made her way to the door to explore on her own but she couldn't open it. This door was too heavy. She really needs to talk to that old man again and tell him to communicate with her human. The windows were also shut close. But even if they were open, she would rather take the stairs. All the landing on both feet business still feels scary to her.

Left without a choice, Mina climbed up on the bed to find a warmer spot. Eventually, she drifted off to sleep.

When Mina opened her eyes, she could see nothing but darkness.

'This feels familiar.'

She took a few steps to the left and then to the right, but nothing happened. There was nothing but pitch blackness enveloping her. Unlike the last time she dreamed about this, she felt more at ease now. She tried to feel her way around the place until she felt a wall in front of paws.

'Come to think of it, the last time I had this dream, I had human hands, not paws.'

Feeling bold, she jumped up while thinking 'Who gets hurt in a dream?'

To her surprise, she landed on something solid. Startled, she tried to move around and the surface she docked on lit up.

'I've been here before.'

'This looks familiar.'

As Mina walked across the panel to examine it, a welcome screen. Remembering how she saw different stats the last time she entered the space, she swiped through the panel again and saw a bunch of numbers that she could not decipher. Each swipe brought her to a different page. She couldn't help but feel intrigued. While trying to make sense of the information, one paw pushed a button on the panel. Suddenly, the whole area lit up.

When Mina looked around, she realized that she was standing on a panel with an unusual shape. The surface appeared to be rectangular at first but now that everything was illuminated, Mina realized that the surface was in the shape of a half moon. The buttons were even designed to look like craters of the moon. When she looked beyond the panel, the view almost took her breath away. It was the same thing she saw in pictures. The place looked like the milky way and she was suspended on one side of the path.

Curious, Mina walked towards the edge of the curve but a sudden knock distracted her. Although she could barely hear the muffled sound, she managed to decipher the meaning behind all the mumbling.

”Finally, a tech! It took the higher ups forever to send one.”

Thinking the sound came from below, Mina tried to look under the panel but her face came in contact with a solid surface. The impact was so strong, she thought her brains spilled out. She had to feel her head with her paws to see if everything was still there.

”You alright there buddy?” the voice asked with urgency.