Where No Man Has Gone Before

I write this with the faint hope that some day, some way, I can send it to the men of Earth. (Maybe via the Internet?)

It's been over a year now since that night... I had been driving later that night than usual for me. You see I'm just a single, middle-aged guy who's good at fixing stuff. I had gotten a job repairing industrial equipment, although it kept me on the road most of the time I received a fair amount of gratification knowing when I'm done things work, as they should.

The only major drawback is 'on the road' doesn't leave much time for a personal life.

Where was I… oh yes, let's get back to the driving. I was about 100 miles outside Kemmerer, Wyoming. On one of those moonless nights when even, your 'Brights' don't seem able to cut the darkness. Oh sure, every once in a while you could see some lit up areas way off in the distance. However, I didn't even run into other traffic, at least not for a Hell of a long time.

I looked out the window to my left and saw what looked like marker lights from a Cessna. To tell the truth I was kind of glad for the company. Even though I knew it wouldn't last too long (With him going about 170 knots and me going 65 mph.). I looked again and it seemed we would have intersecting courses. He'd probably go right over top of me. I thought, 'cool, maybe he'll get close enough for me to garner which model' (Damn I'm stupid.).

No way, that thing was a Cessna. Whoa was it fast! That sucker was overhead in a heartbeat! I looked out the window on the other side of the van but I couldn't see it keep going. Either it presented an aspect, which hid the marker lights or it made a drastic course correction right over me? No way it could have stopped. (Wrong!)

The van's engine died and the headlights went out. As I rolled to a stop, the van was, enveloped in pink light. Don't laugh. I swear it was pink!

Then my lights went out too.

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When I came to, and could finally focus my eyes, you guessed it. I was in a pink room, naked, strapped to a weird lounge chair, with the exception that it resembled those stirrup things for women in the doctor's office, although this was way more comfortable, form fitting, supporting my body everywhere it felt like it hugged me? The other difference was I was quite securely strapped in.