The Cryopod to Hell Classic is the original version of TCTH, written based on the original writing prompts, expanded into a full series, with 490 chapters of fun adventures. However, it is extremely flawed, with paper thin characters and plotlines that don’t resolve properly. It abruptly ends at the finale of Route C, and was never finished with a proper ending. Classic is best read after Refresh so you can appreciate where the story came from. As its own story, Classic has too many flaws for anyone to recommend reading first.
The girls and I emerge from the Voldarian portal and step onto our ship’s bridge, with Ionis popping through a second later. I seal the portal up and sigh. "I’m going to miss the feeling of grass under my feet." "And sun in the sky," Samantha chimes in, as she slumps into her seat at…
"Aaaaaiiieeehh!!" A horrible scream, one that might curdle milk if I were holding any, blasts out of Dosena’s mouth, as she leaps backward in fright, toppling over her chair and falling on her back. An instant later, before I can try to calm her down, an invisible force smashes my body against the wall behind…
A peaceful meadow. Flowers are blooming, the small sun in the sky beams down rays of warmth, the wind isn’t blowing, but it could be if this planet had anything resembling a pressure system, and all is well on the very small planet of Voldarius. The four of us step out of the portal and…
A far more cheerful Cassiel and I enter the lunch hall, and we spot Samantha doing her exercises. This time, she’s standing on a single toe and bending over backward in the most gravity-defying stunt I’ve ever seen, with her other leg stretched out in front of herself to balance the rest of her body,…
Marie’s rapid exit leaves me standing alone on the bridge, with only the Sentinel and the air between us. The giant murder-machine stares at me silently, and finally I pull away from his singular gaze. "Ionis, given you know more about the Volgrim than me, would you be willing to look through the data Marie…
YOU WILL TAKE ME TO THE FOUNDERS. Ionis shines his singular blood red eye on me, staring at me without moving. The Robot stands eight feet tall, a full half head higher than me, and I get the distinct impression he would look down on me even if I were twice his height. His order…
"Why are we going to Earth anyway?" Samantha leans against the wall in the lounge, standing on her hands and stretching her legs up to touch her toes to the wall, before gently kicking away from it and walking around on her palms. "It’s a dead planet. There’s nothing to see." Cassiel watches Samantha with…
I can’t see anything. The fog around me is so thick and dense; it reminds me of smoke. I want to choke on it, but I can’t breathe. Your fault, whisper the voices in the distance. I pull my body across the ground, an inch at a time, but my left arm isn’t working. My…
The man who calls himself ‘Hero’ stares up at the robot, a hint of wonder and fear in his eyes. It is a look everyone in my facility once shared. Given the eons we have lived with Ionis protecting us, it is only natural that our fear and distrust have given way to admiration and…
Samantha’s tail twitches back and forth anxiously, like a cat waiting for a dog to sniff up a different tree, while Cassiel’s wings quiver with excitement. As for me, I sit and watch the world roll by under our craft, silently wringing my hands. Samantha has been uncharacteristically reserved ever since she woke up, while…
