Chapter 3
Impossible. The word echoes in my mind as if haunting me. Captain Phoebe allowed me to leave the bridge, and I decided to head back to the hangar. I laid down where my life had changed forever. I thought about my family, about how worried they must be. I thought of Smokey, my cat, who I already miss as much as my family because he is family... My thoughts were interrupted by the young boy, Miles. "How are you doing?" He asks me. "I dunno. I like being here, but I miss my family. I just don't know." I say, shaking my head.
"Well, if it makes you feel any better, I don't mind you here." He says, cheerfully.
"Thanks, Miles."
"Hey, you wanna see my room?"
"Sure," I say, getting up.
"See, isn't it cool?" Miles says as he shows me his room.
"Actually, I think it's pretty awesome!" I exclaim "What's that?" I ask, pointing to a blue and black rectangular object against the wall.
"Oh, that's my Blastboard! Watch this!" Miles says excitedly. He zips around his room, doing loops and other tricks. When he was finished, he lands in front of me. "Wanna try?" he asks. "Definitely!" I respond, stepping onto the board. He goes into an explanation on how to use the Blastboard, stuff not to do, etc. and when he's done with the quick rundown, I go out into the hall and try to do a lap around the hallway. I fall off at the first corner. "Dang it!" I exclaim. "Don't worry, I wasn't that good when I started either. Just keep trying, you'll get it eventually." Miles explains.
"I guess..." I say, feeling bummed.
"Hey, why don't we see what Loretta is up to?" Miles asks me. Upon seeing my confused face, he explained "Loretta's my sister. Ya know, the one who told you what year it is?"
"She sounded annoyed when I questioned the year," I recall.
"She has a thing called a Bracelex, and it's connected to the TTA Databank."
"Oh. So she knows almost everything?"
"Yep. Come on, you gotta meet her!" Miles urges me.
"Alright, let's go!" I reply.
"Hey, Loretta!" Miles says to his sister. "Hey, Miles. What's up?" she responds.
"I wanted Jacob to meet you!"
"Hi!" I say. "Hello, Jacob. Sorry, you have a slim chance of returning home. Anyways, I have been researching the data the Admirals gave us. The second burst at around 9:00 is the wormhole closing. At least, I think it is a wormhole. I'm not entirely sure…"
She goes on to explain some stuff that I didn't understand. "Does she ever stop talking?" I whisper to Miles. "Eventually," he whispers back. She finishes her explanation. "Uh, I think we ought to be going; uh, let you research some more. Bye!" Miles and I dart from Loretta's room.
"I thought she would NEVER shut up. Whew." I say, out of breath.
"Yeah, Loretta does that sometimes." Miles puffs, also out of breath. "Hey, do you wanna meet my parents?" he asks me. "I already met your mom, she's really nice. But I haven't met your dad." I reply. "Then come on! We can take the Multivator if you want." Miles starts heading towards the Multivator doors. "That would be wonderful," I reply, following him.
Leo is busy working on a robot when Miles and I walk in. "Hi, Dad!" Miles greets as he walks into the workshop. "Hey, Miles! I figured out what was wrong with M.E.R.C. His battery was fried. No power means no robot. But the replacement arrived today, so could you help me install it?" Leo didn't have to wait for a response. "Astrolutley!" Miles almost shouts. Leo then notices me. "Jacob, are you okay?"
"Don't worry, Mr. Callisto. I'm fine!"
"You can call me Leo. Can you get me that parcel, Miles?"
"Sure, Dad!" Miles grabs a box with TTA written on the side. "Here you go, Dad!"
"Thanks, Miles. Jacob, could you hold this door open for me?"
Me? He wants me to help? "Uh, Sure!" I hold open a door on the side of M.E.R.C. Miles and Leo keep exchanging tools and parts, and just when my arms were starting to get tired, Leo exclaims, "That should do It!"
The robot comes to life. M.E.R.C chirps a few times, as if uncertain, then notices Miles and gives him a big hug. "I've missed you too, M.E.R.C!" Miles says to M.E.R.C. "Thanks, Dad!" Miles hugs Leo. "No problem, kiddo." M.E.R.C. then notices me. He squawks questionably.
"Oh, M.E.R.C.; meet Jacob. We found him on our ship. He got here from a wormhole!" M.E.R.C. looks at me. "Uh… Hi, M.E.R.C., How are you?" M.E.R.C. chirps happily. "That's, uh, great to hear."
Stella startles the bunch. "Attention. Incoming call from the Tomorrowland Transit Authority."
"Alright, let's get to the bridge!" Leo says.
A/N
Whew. Midterms are over.
Anyways, I have a bit of a writer's block right now, so I think I'll wait until the next episode is released for some more inspirations.
Also, this is the first time I have ever written something over 1K words... Yeah, I'm not a born writer.
And, FFnet is weird. It strips empty lines which I used as transitions. So I replaced them with horizontal lines.
As always, hope you enjoy!
