Chapter 2: A Shuttle to Mars
Jim used to be happy, until the moon exploded. The original shuttle to the Moon and Mars crashed down, mostly the rich were abroad. Jim was a poor and later made pretty decent money on bounty hunting.
Jim and his younger brother, Joey, were on the first passenger shuttle to Mars. Their mother loved to have the first letter of their name to be the same, but she's gone now, only the pictures in the poorly made suitcase keep them close. Before he went aboard the ship, he ate his last sunflower seeds he ever have. Jim's thought of starting fresh, not a thief that he once was. Holding on to his brother hand and said,
"Let us find a job and we would work together." Joey was anxious to see Mars and looked at the window.
"Where is Mars?" asked Joey with face of optimistic.
"Up there, you can't see it now, but that our new home," said Jim
"Passengers on the shuttle 542, please abroad now, the shuttle is finished its
"Check up," the announcer said.
Jim holds his brother hand and walked to the shuttle. Joey looked puzzled, stared at everything that huge like little kid would in the airport.
"What that?" Joey points to the shuttle.
"That the shuttle to Mars," replied Jim.
"Really?"
"Yes."
They went on abroad on the shuttle with a hope of starting new.
" Hi, this is the captain speaking. This is the first flight to Mars; it's going to be a long trip, so try to eat as less as you can."
The shuttle went on a bumpy trip to break through the lithosphere. They pretended it was the first roller coaster they've been to.
"So this is outer space," as Jim mumbled and gazed through the window. He knew spend his money on some food in that broken shop.
Joey asleep on the chair, it's probably the first time that felt something that more luxury that that broken old shack, when they lived in Cuba.
Their parent decided to escape to US, so they have a better future. Unfortunately, their father got caught by the Cuban guard, it was the last time they ever saw him. It got worse when moon exploded just a couple days later.
Joey slowly went to slept of a life of freedom and propriety. Some people said Money isn't important, but those people are usually rich to begin with.
A life with no regrets, it's that impossible to live by.
When they awoke, it was hard to tell if it's a new day or not. There're no sunny that seems to rotate around them. Joey started to play with kids about same age as he.
Jim went to end of the ship, where people can see outer space. He was quite disappointed of what became of earth, a wreck, not as beautiful as the textbook has shown. He thought that earth's brothers and sisters were jealous of him, so they decided to beat him up. He just smiled at the idea, a horrible idea. He soon left to the food court, even though he wasn't hungry. Every time he was excited about something, it always ended up as a disappointed, so he tried to prepare the worst.
"Can I have this seat?" said, a mysterious lady. She was about the same age as Jim, and pretty good looking too.
"Oh, it's ok, so what your name?"
"My name is Elizabeth Costello, what's yours?"
"Oh, my name is Jim, Space is pretty, heh."
"I never really got to take a good at it."
"I'll show you, unless you're getting food."
"I'm not getting any food, so where is it?"
"I'll show you."
Jim and Elizabeth stood up and went to end of the shuttle.
"Oh it's so beautiful, look there earth," said Elizabeth with a cheery voice, "and look that broken piece of moon."
How she said those last words tell that something happen.
"Is there anything wrong?" said Jim with deep concern.
"Oh nothing," said Elizabeth with the cheery voice.
Is this love in first sight, maybe there is a hope after all.
The trip was a pleasant trip, probably the best days of their lives.
"This is the captain speaking, this first attempt to land on Mars with this type of design, so fasten your seat beat."
The shuttle's light fluttered and Jim and Joey thought as a roller coaster ride again. A life is a roller coaster ride; we have our ups and downs, to live be a grand adventure.
When they got off, Mars looked so beautiful, nothing like they ever seen. They were something in Mars, that much different.
"It looks so beautiful," mumbled Jim. He was just breathtaking.
It was like his mother told a story when he was young.
A long long time ago, their was this extraordinary place, where everybody is free, where the king shared much of his wealth to his people. Peace was the word that everybody said. Many other kingdoms despise that place because such sadness and gray skies have taken over their own land. What so great about that place, why it is blessed by the gods? They all say.
One day, this god of war decided to take over this place cause of its divine spirits and it had no army. Ares stuck his sword straight to the beloved king's heart. Love had vanished within the people as they scream out for mercy. Merci Merci. Only the dust that remain red for all these years have been left of these people, broken love.
"It's a hard knock life for us," sung Elizabeth, who was just right behind. That movie is probably the only movie they watched.
Jim always seems to look at the sky, it looks so different. It's not blue, it's red.
Jim quickly made a job and made good enough money for him and his brother.
One day, a problem occurs within the machine that supplies equal amount of gasses that's needed for suitable life in all 5 kingdoms. Most "pioneer," called by earth, died. The first colony was a failure.
That colony is often called the broken love dust. Some best kept memories were there from Jim and Joey. The hearing of people coughing from the dust particle is still kept in that dream world, a world I was born into.
Jim survived, but too hopeless to save his brother and his first crush Elizabeth. Jim never gotten the courage to say, I love you, but that's all to late.
It was happen during Mars two moons all aligned almost perfectly, the day Friday March 13. Jim was in bathroom during his late night shift at a job moving crates around. All of sudden, there was people with the astronaut suit grabbing people and tied them with ropes. Jim gotten new pant for that accident.
The cause of the malfunction is unknown.
Joey and Elizabeth lived happily ever after they awoke up from the dream. Not all fairy tales should have a happy ending.