The day came when he was going to leave for the far reaches of the universe.
3....2....1....... lift-off! and the rockets thundered into action and before he knew what was happening the slight around him became darker and the ride eased off into a gentle steady drift. He had left the earth's atmosphere. The crew in control of the capsule in which they were travelling punched buttons and pulled levers as if they knew what they were doing...... of course they actually did know what they were doing.
Back on Earth his Friends, who had been watching over a video link between the launch site in Houston and Blackwall firestation where they were all on Duty, were cheering as the rocket took off and their crew member was blasted into space. They were all extremely envious of him. He had chosen to try a moon walk and then spend a while just cruising around the star systems of the milky-way. They knew he would be away for some time but these days space travel had become pretty fast. Up until 2005 it was a primitive form of travel into these new and blackened lands but then they discovered Hyper-space travel. Rob was particularly fascinated by this as he felt it was named after him. So he may have been the most envious of the guy.
Pearce came into the room speaking to a new face whom the watch had never seen before. He was a slightly older man who claimed to have once been a member of the notorious blue watch crew. The others were all interested to hear what he had to say. Sally, Recall, Hyper, Hi-Ho, George knew alot about the station they had been there together as a team for an amazing 12 years and felt as if time had flown by, they were all pretty lucky that they had spent so long together. Keri a newer member of the crew was filling in for Adam whilst he was away on his expeditions. She had only been there a little less than 2 weeks so she was still tackleing the initiation. The older man sat down, he seemed about 60 years old had silvery grey hair and wore glasses. Sally couldn't help wondering why he seemed familiar but shruged it off as just being a Deja-Vous. He was talking about how he rememberd his watch. He knew they way around the whole station. He didn't mention any names however but he described how once he was off work and his watch had to deal with a tough shout. It was at a hospital, the first superhospital which was opened in London not long before. He told how all but one member - a female firefighter - had perished in the flames of the burning building. He said he had heared about it on the Radio.
The Bells began ringing and the present bluewatch members all sprung into action all at once. They left the man alone at the table. He watched them go and whispered under his breath..... "just like I remembered it..... just like I remembered them."
On the way to the shout the firefighters began thinking about what the man had been saying. None of them wanted to admit it to the others but they were a little freaked out by it but none of them said anything else to the others. There was a deadly silence which was unusual for them. They were all wondering also about how much of it could have been true. In their long history at the station none of them remembered any such event happening like that. Or even so much as a history of what happened before they arrived.
They didn't have much longer to think about this though. They arrived at their destination and forgot all about it as they got stuck into their work.
Adam had been in space for a little under three hours now and they had already arrived and were preparing to land on the moon. The new Hyper-space travel allowed them to get around space alot quicker than they would have been able to do before. Adam looked out of the window and was excited about how big the moon appeared in the window of the ship, and how small the earth looked in the other window. In his excitement he hit one of the dashboards, knocking a couple of buttons. All of a sudden the moon began getting smaller and smaller and the rocket rumbled.
"Ohhhhh well done you stupid Berk!" one of the crew members shouted at him as they tried to regain control of the spacecraft but none of their attempts seemed to be doing anything.
Adam couldn't do anything about it, all he could do was sit and watch as they sped through the wilderness. His excitement turned to worry and fear almost as soon as he had pressed those buttons, now he knew he had wrecked the whole trip.
They were lost.............. in space.
3....2....1....... lift-off! and the rockets thundered into action and before he knew what was happening the slight around him became darker and the ride eased off into a gentle steady drift. He had left the earth's atmosphere. The crew in control of the capsule in which they were travelling punched buttons and pulled levers as if they knew what they were doing...... of course they actually did know what they were doing.
Back on Earth his Friends, who had been watching over a video link between the launch site in Houston and Blackwall firestation where they were all on Duty, were cheering as the rocket took off and their crew member was blasted into space. They were all extremely envious of him. He had chosen to try a moon walk and then spend a while just cruising around the star systems of the milky-way. They knew he would be away for some time but these days space travel had become pretty fast. Up until 2005 it was a primitive form of travel into these new and blackened lands but then they discovered Hyper-space travel. Rob was particularly fascinated by this as he felt it was named after him. So he may have been the most envious of the guy.
Pearce came into the room speaking to a new face whom the watch had never seen before. He was a slightly older man who claimed to have once been a member of the notorious blue watch crew. The others were all interested to hear what he had to say. Sally, Recall, Hyper, Hi-Ho, George knew alot about the station they had been there together as a team for an amazing 12 years and felt as if time had flown by, they were all pretty lucky that they had spent so long together. Keri a newer member of the crew was filling in for Adam whilst he was away on his expeditions. She had only been there a little less than 2 weeks so she was still tackleing the initiation. The older man sat down, he seemed about 60 years old had silvery grey hair and wore glasses. Sally couldn't help wondering why he seemed familiar but shruged it off as just being a Deja-Vous. He was talking about how he rememberd his watch. He knew they way around the whole station. He didn't mention any names however but he described how once he was off work and his watch had to deal with a tough shout. It was at a hospital, the first superhospital which was opened in London not long before. He told how all but one member - a female firefighter - had perished in the flames of the burning building. He said he had heared about it on the Radio.
The Bells began ringing and the present bluewatch members all sprung into action all at once. They left the man alone at the table. He watched them go and whispered under his breath..... "just like I remembered it..... just like I remembered them."
On the way to the shout the firefighters began thinking about what the man had been saying. None of them wanted to admit it to the others but they were a little freaked out by it but none of them said anything else to the others. There was a deadly silence which was unusual for them. They were all wondering also about how much of it could have been true. In their long history at the station none of them remembered any such event happening like that. Or even so much as a history of what happened before they arrived.
They didn't have much longer to think about this though. They arrived at their destination and forgot all about it as they got stuck into their work.
Adam had been in space for a little under three hours now and they had already arrived and were preparing to land on the moon. The new Hyper-space travel allowed them to get around space alot quicker than they would have been able to do before. Adam looked out of the window and was excited about how big the moon appeared in the window of the ship, and how small the earth looked in the other window. In his excitement he hit one of the dashboards, knocking a couple of buttons. All of a sudden the moon began getting smaller and smaller and the rocket rumbled.
"Ohhhhh well done you stupid Berk!" one of the crew members shouted at him as they tried to regain control of the spacecraft but none of their attempts seemed to be doing anything.
Adam couldn't do anything about it, all he could do was sit and watch as they sped through the wilderness. His excitement turned to worry and fear almost as soon as he had pressed those buttons, now he knew he had wrecked the whole trip.
They were lost.............. in space.