As the stars glisten over my head, I’m lost to the unknown worlds that lie in the space ahead. The last three planets we’ve rested at haven’t exactly been welcoming. But I will forever hold out hope that there is a planet for humanity.
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“Dyeann?” My husband called softly.
Let’s see, looking at the computer I’d say he’s wondering about dinner. So, I slipped off the window seat and followed his desperate moans to the loading bay.
He awkwardly fumbled with the deep space harpoon while our little girl ran circles around him.
“Need some help?” I asked, taking the harpoon away before he accidentally shot it off.
With a sigh of relief he replied, “I was worried I’d have to get dinner tonight.”
“Don’t be silly Zorban,” I jeered as I picked up little Sora. “Remember the last time you went hunting?”
“How could I forget,” he replied, gingerly kissing my cheek. “That was the first time we met. If it wasn’t for you I would’ve been Star-ray food.”
“Yuck, I bet you’d taste gross,” Sora remarked, sticking her tongue out.
“Yeah, he’d probably taste like metal, and plastic.”
We laughed as he rolled his eyes.
“Hey,” Zorban protested. “If it wasn’t for me, you’d be left to your mom’s cooking how about that?”
Sora looked at me with wide eyes before burying her face in my thermal puff jacket.
“That’s what I thought,” Zorban added with a devilish grin.
“Anyways,” I redirected. “I’ll get the star-ray, you set up the kitchen. And why do we need two people for the star-ray Sora?”
“Because they go bad within four minutes of touching air,” she answered confidently.
“Good girl. Now go with you dad and get ready. I’ll be back in three minutes tops, anymore and press the emergency recall ok? I wouldn’t want to be lost, floating in space forever.”
She nodded enthusiastically as she skipped back to her dad. I gave him a nod, then preceded to place the harness over my arms and waist. Once the straps had been tightened, I retrieved a digital spacesuit from the wall, placing the little round disc on my neck. Once activated, I was concealed in an air bubble and ready for my journey to the final frontier.
The mouth of the loading bay gradually fell open. This allowed a crack just wide enough for me to slip through but thankfully, not large enough for any of the other vehicles. Cautiously, I floated onward.
Though I was concealed by the spacesuit, I could still feel the temperature drop As I exited the time capsule. At least, that’s what we’ve always called the ship. We were told how our ancestors filled containers and hid them for future generations. Well, as far as we know, that’s what happened to us. We’ve lived for at least twelve generations on board this ship, with information, relics, and about five million little little bits we think are called seeds. Really though, you’d think they would’ve left some clue as to what happened, how we got here, or where we were from, but no. Maybe it’s too painful? Or maybe, to embarrassing?
At any rate, I always seem to think of these things when coming out here when I should be focusing on dinner.
As I glanced down, a single star-ray came straight up at me. I kicked my boots together and blasted myself away. This gave me just a few more seconds, and a little more space to prepare my harpoon.
The star-ray whipped it’s tail back spewing out a volatile acid, then soared at me with it’s rounded wings slicing through the darkness.
I held my harpoon at the ready. His size, much the same as mine, came flying forward, but as his wing fell down, I caught a glimpse of a single blue green orb.
It’s light radiated from it’s edges. The colors building a raging fire in my heart, that of hope.
In my new discovery though, I had made the fatal mistake of lowering my harpoon. The next thing I knew, the ray’s tail was inches away, and my heart stopped.
Then, the harness retracked with a violent clash and my body was ripped back to the safety of our spaceship. I don’t think I’ll ever truly appreciate how close I came to the end that day. If it wasn’t for my family, if it wasn’t for that quick retrieval button…. I don’t even want to think about it. What’s most important was that I lived, that I found myself laying on the floor of our metal home.
“Mom!” Sora cried as she threw herself over me.
Rushing to my side, Zorban pressed, “What happened!? Did the ray get you??”
“No no, I’m fine,” I assured as I wiggled myself upright.
Really I was fine besides my pounding head. However, as I massaged my scalp, I seemed to pull my discovery front and center.
“Wait, have the computers read anything?” I started in a mad panic.
“No? Should they have?”
I sprung to my feet, snatching up Sora as I went.
“I found something!” I shouted as I ran to the control room.
Bursting through the doors my eyes were greeted by the trillions of dazzling stars each scattering their light across space.
Setting Sora down, I squinted through the window until finally, I found my little blue green orb.
“There,” I informed as I pointed through the freckled space.
Zorban activated the window pane magnifier, and this beautiful, lush planet was brought into perfect view.
“What is it?” Sora asked, clinging onto my pant leg.
“That’s a planet. A beautiful, possibly life changing planet,” I replied as I stared on in awe.
“Not possibly,” Zorban added. “It is.”
We both looked back at him as he activated the hologram. It depicted the planet, showed its contents to be mainly water, with plants, animals, and oxygen. I truly think if our eyes were attached to our heads they would have budged right out.
“It perfect in every way,” Zorban continued. “Down to it’s basic elements it’s exactly what human kind needs to survive.”
I glanced over the flashing numbers before questioning, “How have we never discovered this planet before? If it’s so perfect, why isn’t it filled with humans?”
“I don’t know. But…. But I have the strangest feeling we belong there.”
My heart leapt at his words. I knew exactly what he meant because I felt it too, just before i was nearly Star-ray food.
Straightening myself, and clutching Sora in my arms I suggested, “Full speed ahead?”
Zorban nodded.
“Full Speed ahead.”
Until The Next Adventure!
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I really like this one. But not really sure are they human? Robot? Alien?