1. Lights Out
By Sam W
“Three cheers for the Astronauts!” As they entered the very top of the rocket,
the brave pioneers, John, Adam and Robinson waved back to their families
below. As the engine ignited, they set of on their perhaps one way mission.
After twenty years of training this day had finally come! The G-Force from the
take-off made them a bit giddy but that was the last thing on their mind. They
smiled at each other then gazed out of the window. It was spectacular. They
had two months’ worth of flight before they reached the stranded satellite but
they never got bored. It was the best two months of their lives and their last.
Finally, when they reached satellite it was nothing like they expected it to be. A
report from Houston came in: “Houston to copper Head 11 copy, there is an
unidentified object west of your pursuit , do not make contact I repeat do not
make contact.” Adam reported back: “Copper Head 11 copy can`t get a
positive ID on the abound so I’m gonna send Robinson out for an
investigation”. Robinson climbed out of the craft and approached the orb
attached to the satellite. He touched it. A surge of electricity shot through him
he was dead in an instant. Adam shut the door as fast as he could. He hadn’t
trained for this but being a clever man he had a good idea of what to do.
He called for John who came straight to the co pilot seat. Then they sealed the
windows so they couldn’t see out. There was a banging out side the oxygen
tank split and communication went down. John thought the workers weren’t
stranded they were dead and this how they died.
The banging out side out side suddenly stopped. Now they were in a broken
space ship millions of miles away from Earth, with only enough oxygen for one
person to get home. The once enthusiastic men now had no hope at all.