(pitch black - animal side 1/?)

Pitch Black fic / gen (possibly het?) / Animal Side ~ 2176 words, chapter 1 / ?

Carolyn Frye struggled against the pain of her pounding head to open her eyes. She managed to open them only slightly before slamming them shut again. If at first you don't succeed . . . she tried again, very slowly, and succeeded. She'd been thrown from her cryo locker and had landed against an air duct. That probably accounted for her amazing headache.

She carefully tested each limb, rotated her shoulders and turned her head from side to side. Nothing broken, which was good, but she'd be stiff in the morning. An area on her right thigh was especially tender, and she figured she’d have a glorious bruise there later. She touched a hand to her throbbing head. Blood had crusted in her hair, but at least it wasn't bleeding any more. She'd clean it if she found water.( Read more... )