Sometimes goodbye is a second chance

The room was dim with the walls lined with gold filigree that shined in the low light. He saw what might have been a door, outlined in the same glass as the console. It pulsed happily while Alex felt his heart pounding painfully against his ribs. He had instinctively backed away from the unknown and ended pressed against the far wall; his fingers were pressed against smooth glass and were chilling the longer his body remained taut in panic.He turned and felt his stomach fall.The glass was an observation window and for as far as the eye could see was nothing but stars, not a planet in sight.He was on a fuckingspaceship.