What If
"Samira Irvine, please report to the main deck for blast off." I heard my name called via the enhanced intercom system. I was so excited; I would be the FIRST human to try hyperspace travel, and if anything went wrong, let's just say my life wasn't that great in the first place. I sadly remembered her fiancé that I left to be an astronaut.
His long, swept back hair blew in the chilly wind; they were standing on the deck of a cruise ship, ready to leave to their wedding location... I looked down, but I could still sense the hurt in his eyes. "So, you're leaving me? Just to go on some stupid rocket adventure? Did you once stop and think what would happen to me if something went wrong on this, this trip? I can't believe you would do this to me, Samira… Just go, I guess you don't love me." he answered with a chilly voice before turning to face the other way. "Okay, so I'm going on some stupid rocket adventure, does that matter to you? This is my life's dream, and you, my only love, can't let me fulfill this?" "Samira, must we-""You know what? If you can't accept me for who I am, and can't live with my hopes and dreams, then maybe we aren't together..." "Samira you wouldn't!" I threw the ring on my finger at his face before running away, only to get off of the cruise ship before it left.
I sighed. It was three years since our break up, three long hard years of training. Now, it was finally the day, but guilt haunted me. Slowly, I tied my long brown hair in a bun, and put my space helmet on. I then slipped into my jumpsuit, before getting into my astronaut uniform. I gracefully walked down the corridor of the space lab to the deck where I would enter the space ship. A professor met me there. I looked out into the waiting crowd, 30 miles away for safety, and smiled and waved. The professor looked at me with a smile, only to raise his mustache in a funny way. He then became serious, and told me to pay attention. "This hyperspace rocket will only fit two people, and because you are travelling to a warp hole that might go anywhere, you will need the extra room for supplies. We have packed clothing for you, water, non perishable space food, and other necessities. Also, you will not be able to communicate with us while in the warp hole, and if you go farther than our radio signal, you will be on your own. In the ship is a program with a virtual map of all the nearby galaxies, so use that to help. Don't forget your training, and DO NOT take off your helmet unless you are sure there is oxygen in the air. There may be life forms that can sustain off of different air. We also gave you an oxygen tank that turns carbon dioxide into oxygen, so no refills needed. You may die on this mission, remember that. Now, are you ready?" I nodded after his long speech. I climbed into the rocket and set the coordinates to the warp hole. I radioed control tower that I was ready to launch. I heard the numbers being called out, "T- minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Launch!"
I braced myself as the rocket ship began to move, gradually speeding up with every moment. Then, it was all a blur; hyperspace had been activated, and stars were flying past me with such speed it was hard to focus. Then, I noticed a slowing of the ship, and saw a huge, wavy blob in the way. This was it, the warp hole. "Samira to base, I can see the warp hole. Now what do I do?" "Base to Samira, don't touch anything, it is all automated." I simply sat there, and in a flash, there were random beeping noises in the rocket. It was preparing to go through the warp hole, and I was getting nervous. I knew what would happen, they prepared me for this, and I would be in my rocket and safe. Then, the rocket blasted forward, and it went down into the warp hole. The lights flickered, and there was extreme turbulence. I became scared; this wasn't how it was supposed to happen. In a moment, the rocket ship came out, but to a star system I did not know of. I turned on the virtual map, and it couldn't recognize any of the stars here. I was in a different part of the universe.