Chapter 6 | XENO1N -- Listen to the previous 5 chapters to get the whole story -- The first officer decides to wake up the captain and explain to him what happened. The captain is confused but understands the problem. If they continue this way the ship will get severely damaged and they will never reach their destination. He discusses with the strange girl and the first officer to destroy the watch, but the strange girl refuses and tells them to put her in hypersleep first. Otherwise the memories will overtake the first officer and make her decide mistake after mistake. Meanwhile, the first officer cannot see the difference between her memories and the ones of her alternate version from the other universe. ------- FEAR THE OTHER ME (A space rock opera) Lyrics by MIIKA (c) Oct 2026 Story idea and writing by MIIKA (c) Sept 2026 ------- [First Officer] Captain, you have to believe me. The signal came from our own ship. I saw the girl, I heard the warning, Then watched our future start to slip. [Captain] I've read the logs, I've seen the damage. Our engines won't survive this strain. If we keep drifting toward that signal, We'll never reach our world again. [Strange Girl] Then break the watch. Destroy the link. Before the two worlds start to sink. [First Officer] You crossed into my ship, my life. You want me to believe you're right? [Captain + First Officer] Enough. We end this here tonight. [Chorus, all] Break the watch. Cut the thread. Save the ship before we're dead. Break the watch. Cut the thread. Save the ship before we're dead. [Captain] Give it to me. I'll crush the casing. No more whispers in her head. No more borrowed lives and memories. No more waking up among the dead. [Strange Girl] You don't understand what you're holding. You can't just smash the thing apart. If you break the link while I'm still here, You may tear both worlds apart. [Chorus, all] It's in my head. It's in my veins. Whose life is this? Whose fear remains? It's in my head. It's in my veins. Whose life is this? Whose fear remains? [Strange Girl] Put me under. Now. Don't wait. Lock the pod and seal the door. Let me sleep before she loses What is hers, and nothing more. [Captain] You want me frozen while you hide? How do I know which one has lied? [Strange Girl] Because I'm asking you to stop me. Because I know what comes next. [Captain] You say you came here to save us. Then why am I afraid of you? [Strange Girl] Because the memories are waking. And soon you'll think my thoughts are true. [Captain, to First Officer] Look at me and stay with me. Tell me whose voice you hear. [First Officer] I hear you, Captain, and I hear her. Then I hear myself from somewhere else. [Strange Girl] When her memories take control, She'll steer us straight into the collision. She'll call it saving everyone. She won't know it's my decision. [First Officer] What decision? [Strange Girl] The one I made before I died. [Chorus, all] Put her under? Break the watch? Save one world and lose them both? Put her under? Break the watch? Save one world and lose them both? [Captain] I need the truth. [First Officer] I need my mind. [Strange Girl] Just put me under. There's no more time. [Captain] Open the pod. [First Officer] Captain, wait!! [Strange Girl] Don't let her wake me. [First Officer] Which one of us are you afraid of? [Strange Girl] Both of you....
