Warning: May contain spoilers for A Dangerous Path.
Sorry it took forever! I had a million other stories going and was having trouble finding time for this one. I know it's short, but I hope you like it!
Why Warriors Shouldn't Fly Rockets
Tigerstar grinned wickedly. Today was the day he would destroy earth, as well as that wretched Firestar! He looked behind him at his crew, which consisted of Blackfoot (His deputy), Oakfur, Boulder, and Russetfur. All either the bravest, or the dumbest of his clan.
"Get ready to grab control of the rocket", the great leader hissed. "Oakfur, Boulder? Create a distraction! Blackfoot? Come with me. Oh, and Russetfur?"
The she-cat looked eagerly over at Tigerstar.
"Change you name. Russetfur? Really? That's not scary".
With that, the dark ginger female slumped into the bushes to think up a new name.
"Ready? Commence operation, get the rocket thingy!"
The cats bolted into action. Oakfur and Boulder started gnawing at the NASA crew, while Blackfoot and Tigerstar lunged at the new rocket. The deputy set to work on the outside control panel, while Tigerstar helpfully supervised him.
"The green wire goes in the blue slot, not the red one!" Tigerstar corrected.
"Dude! You're colour blind!" Blackfoot pointed out.
"Oh yah!"
Finally, five minutes later, the rocket was ready. The two hopped into the the control room and started randomly flicking switches. It seemed to work pretty well until Tigerstar hit the eject button.
"Waaaaaaaaaaaa!" Screamed Blackfoot as he shot out of sight. Tigerstar shrugged and pushed a few more buttons. The engine roared to life! NASA people dove out of the way, fuel burned, the rocket took off, and Tigerstar screamed himself hoarse.
The freaked-out cat clung on for dear life and barfed his guts out. Now, I won't go into details about barfing in zero gravity, but lets just say it's pretty nasty!
Knock, knock! Tigerstar turned his head to see Russetfur tapping on the window. The tiger tom rolled his eyes and slid open the plastic covering.
"What do you want?" He called.
"I thought up a new name!" Russetfur screamed over the pounding winds.
"What is it?"
The she-cat smoothed her glossy coat and answered, "Buttercup".
"What?" Screeched Tigerstar. "I will not! I repeat not, have a warrior named Buttercup!" With that, he slammed the window shut on the pour "Buttercup's" paws.
Now, it would normally take a long time to reach the sun. In fact, it would be nearly impossible not to burn up! But somehow, our not-hero made it in about ten seconds without a signal scratch! Go Figure!
Tigerstar scurried out of the abandon rocket. He, at last, was on the sun!
Quickly, he set to work with his evil plan. Tigerstar pulled out the biggest pair of sunglasses ever and plopped them down on the scorching sun, blocking out the light!
"Ha ha!" He called triumphantly. "Earth will freeze and will have to pay me to turn the sun back on!" Grinning evilly, he plopped down to wait.
1 minute later, the earth was still sunny.
2 minutes later. If anything, it was brighter.
At 3, Tigerstar was getting flustered. Why wasn't the blasted earth freezing?
4 minutes later. Still stinking' sunny!
5 minutes...6...7... Sunny, sunny SUNNY!
Just before the 8 minute mark, Tigerstar was ready to cry.
Then, just like that, the clock struck 8 minutes and the earth clicked off, dark, like a light switch! It instantly froze and dropped like a stone. It bounced of the edge of the galaxy and bounded off Pluto. Then, earth came hurtling straight at the sun. Tigerstar screamed and hit the dirt as earth collided with the sun, melting all the ice. Then, gravity took its toll. It dragged earth back into orbit as if nothing had ever happened.
Tigerstar sat, tired. Maybe I'll just stick with ruling the forest. With that, he layed down and went to sleep. But little did he know, Littlecloud had painted a smiley face in sunscreen on his back, but that's another story!
Just a quick note on the space part of this. Do not rely on this for a report or whatever. The only solid facts are that it takes 8 or so minutes for the sun to reach earth. And it doesn't just click off. ;)
