Chapter 1
This story begins at the end of episode 8.
Way up in geosynchronous orbit of the planet remnant sat an almighty ship, miles long and bristling with weapons, majestic as it was its current state was one of battle weary. There are holes and fires and bits of other ships smashed into the hull. This ship had just left a major battle, one that was won, but hard fought. But while this was a ship made only for war, its purpose here was not so violent. As a matter of fact they were simply sitting and waiting. "Commander Keys" A familiar voice announced from the darkness. "Sir, we are in stable orbit above the planet, all systems check and we are initiating repairs now… Is there any reason why we are here sir?" she asked the man (a term she used lightly considering he was only 17, not that she was any older of course.) Sitting in the captain's chair. "Well now that you ask commander, I have no idea it was in the heat of battle and I accidentally landed on the jump computer." "AFTER THE FUCKING SHIPS ENGINES EXPLODED!" an eerie silence followed for several seconds. He sat back down after realizing he had snapped at the woman who had saved him many a time. "My apologies commander, it will not happen again." He said right before collapsing from blood loss caused by many cuts and gashes, and the long sharp piece of metal sticking out of his back. "MEDIC, WE NEED A MEDIC OVER HERE!" she shouted barely grabbing him before he collapsed into heap. A man wearing white armor with a red cross on his chest. The medic began bandaging the boy on the floor, shouting for more medics and supplies. "Keys… I'm sorry, I should've listened before ordering us into the middle of that death trap of a battle." He said right before passing out in the medics arms. Another medic showed up with a stretcher and they carried him out, with a very nervous commander following right behind.
Many hours later.
Colin woke up to a very red eyed commander keys sitting next to him. "Hey there beautiful" he coughed out. The commander rushed to his side hugging him. He grunted in pain. "Oh my god I'm so sorry" the commander said quickly backing up. "It's okay, we can continue the hugging session after I'm back in one piece." He said smiling quietly. The commander blushed but stayed sitting. "You need your rest if you want to keep working, I suggest you go back to sleep." She said in a quiet voice. She looked up at him awaiting a snarky reply, only to see him sound asleep. She walked back to the command bridge and grabbed her list of "things to do" and went back to work. After a full day of working on ship repairs and supply listings and reassessing inventory, the commander laid back in bed and passed out almost instantly. She awoke to the smell of bacon, eggs, and pancakes. She looked up to see Colin at the oven cooking. "Hey I thought you had more sleeping to do." She asked an apron clad Colin. He turned around revealing a classic 'kiss the cook' apron. She got up and walked over to him, wrapping her arms around him. "I think guys who can cook are super sexy." She said in a seductive tone. "While I would love to join you with the flirting and foreplay, but I just left the doctor and he said no heavy activity for a week." He responded, giving her a kiss on the cheek. "Now let's eat and get back to work." After breakfast Colin and the commander got back to ship repairs. The ships state had improved over the last 72 hours, but it was still not combat ready. This is when the fun started. Colin and the commander were walking through deck 7 section A24 when Colin made the mistake of leaning against a still not completely repaired bulkhead, then it gave way. Into outer space. He managed to armor up and threw the broken panel back onto the ship. While still flying away he thought to himself "well damn, this sucks." Right before entering remnants gravity well and began hurtling towards the planet. The commander ran back to the command deck after catching her breath. Being nearly sucked out of an airlock really takes your breath away. She ran onto the command deck, "Colin was sucked out of the ship, track him!" she shouted at the radar officer. He quickly began typing and a hologram popped up from the nearest table. It showed a big green blip, and the planet. It also showed a very small blue blip hurtling towards the planet at ever increasing speed. "Can we catch him?" the commander asked. "Commander, we couldn't even leave orbit if we wanted to. And all of our strike craft, boarding craft and transports are still undergoing repairs…. Doesn't the commander have his Nanites?" the radar operator asked. "Yes he does, but he is still not up to full strength and needs more time to rest." "Where will he land?" she asked. The radar operator typed some more and the planet rotated and a dotted line went from the Colin blip to the largest continent, a little south of the ocean. "When we have a ship available, send it down to pick him up." She sighed and thought to herself "why is he not just flying back to us?" Colin however didn't have a choice, his nanites were losing power rapidly and he hoped he had enough to shield him during reentry.
Ruby put her pajamas on and walked to the window and looked out at the night sky. She was just appointed leader of team ruby! She was so excited she knew she would not go to sleep tonight. Then something caught her eye, a shooting star. She remembered the old story about wishing upon a shooting star, so she wished for a good year, good friends, and fun. Little did she know that shooting star would become a friend, if he survived the landing.