Flashing Red

You hear a tssssst. Your hands and feet are ice cold. As your eyes adjust to the flashing red lights in the corridor, you hear the cybernetic voice of a masked guard.

“Follow the orange route to the escape pod,” he says, staring with red digital eyes. “Try not to die along the way. Take this.”

The guard grabs your shivering hand and puts a circular data chip in your palm. 

“What is it?” you mutter, teeth clenched. “Souvenir keychain?”

He doesn’t answer. There are three colored lines on the space station wall in front of you. Gray leads to a hallway 20 feet to the left. Orange leads to a hallway just ahead on the right. The guard runs down a red path that leads further to the right. He turns a corner and disappears.

You slowly step out of your cryo-cell, bones aching. Neck cracking. You’re wearing a black prisoner uniform. As you get your bearings, the floor beneath you trembles. The last thing you remember was an explosion inside the enemy’s comm center. An explosion you caused. Did your team make it to Tylo? Were they captured, too?

Out of the corner of your eye, you see the guard who helped you. He’s being led back around the red corner by a superior officer, who’s dressed in a stark white uniform adorned with shining silver medals.

The superior officer is pointing a laser pistol at the guard’s head.

What would you like to do?

• Take the orange route.
• Take the gray route.

If you’d like to save the soldier, take a look at your outfit.

• If you’re wearing any bright colors, click here.
• Otherwise, click here.

Header art illustrated by Kenny Keil.