- Chapter 6: Busy Work- Dream Sequence

EDIT: Added some things to make it more similar to the movie.

Once they had landed the Endurance, the work began. First in business was to get the pods off of the now grounded Endurance. They could use the extra linkages to build other things that they might need later. Luckily, they had tools for taking apart the Endurance, in fact there was practically a manual for it. Because they were only a robot and a human, this was going to take a very long time.

The first modules to come off were the living quarters and the cryo module. After they had successfully removed the cryo module, that was about one month of work, including getting generators set up with the solar panels.

"CASE, how long are the day and night cycles here?" CASE pulled up Wolf's data.

"Each day and night are approximately 35 Earth hours each." Amelia thought about the time back on Earth. She would sometimes think about how weird it was that they thought about time the way they did. Seconds, minutes, hours... If there were other life forms out there, did they think of time as the same thing? Or did they even know about time as a thing? Her head was constantly plagued by these random thoughts that could not be answered. And the only "person" she could elaborate to was CASE. Again, not the best conversationalist.

They had finally finished hooking up the solar panels to the living quarters. In the living quarters, there was a small full functioning kitchen, and a place to eat, which Brand figured she wouldn't use, since there was always going to be work to do. There were bunks, each holding their own personal storage unit. There was a strip of velcro above each door so the crew could put their name tag on it. Romily, Doyle, Cooper... She was going to start to take the contents out of each storage and put them away, for later use, if needed.

Brand started with Doyle's room. There were only some cloths, nothing too personal. She put them away in a storage container. ... Doyle... I'm so sorry... It's my fault for getting you killed on Miller's planet... She let out a deep breath, trying to compose herself. A piece of paper fell out of one of Doyle's pants pocket. Brand picked it up and turned it over. She about dropped to her knees. It was a picture of a young girl, with dark brown hair. She was wearing camo hunting gear, and was holding a buck head. Doyle was standing next to her, smiling. Brand turned the picture over and saw writing. Kendra's first kill! Way to go sis! She almost started to cry. Doyle had told them that he had no family. She put the picture in the box and continued to clean out his bunk.

Underneath his mattress, she found a diary. The pages looked old from being thumbed by nervous hands. She opened it up and flipped a few pages. One of them stuck out of the book, and she happened to catch a glimpse of what it said.

May 15.

I told them that I have no family. I want to leave this place. Kendra is still sick from all of the dust, we need to find another planet for us to live on, and fast. There was a guy who found our facility, and now I'm being told that he is coming with us. He has a family though, why are they letting him go? Or is it a forced thing? I don't now. For now, I hope that we can return home as soon as possible.

Doyle

Brand closed the diary and put it in the box as well. Not for me to read. Brand took down Doyle's name tag from the door. She closed up the box and stored it in the floor. Next was Rom's.

She walked over to Romilly's quarters and started to empty his unit out. Brand thought about Romilly. He was quiet, and very dedicated to his work. When they had come back from Miller's planet, she couldn't believe that this was happening.

"Why didn't you sleep?"

"Oh, trust me. I had my share of stretches."

He stopped, fidgeting with his hands.

"I- At some point, I thought you were never coming back. I thought it was wrong to just, sleep my life away."

Brand walked up to Romilly, touching his face.

"... I learned as much as I could about Gargantua and-"

Brand interrupted his sentence.

"I-I'm so sorry Rom..."

Brand finished emptying out Romilly's bunk and took his name tag off of the door. She stored his things next to Doyle's.

Lastly, Cooper.

Brand knew this one was going to take her a while. She took his clothes out and put them in the storage container. While rummaging about, she found a walkman. Wait, wasnt that- She turned it over. On the back was an worn out piece of tape with "Coop" written on it. It was weird, seeing something that old. Since she moved underground, she never had to see the dust that was killing the crops. Some people called it the "Food Fight", and others called it The Second Dust Bowl. Since the blight started to speed up, people went on rampages, wrecking the tech that the humans had made.

"Why are you not doing anything about this?!"

"My farm is dying!"

"We don't need more technology, we need food."

Computers were wrecked, airplanes sabotaged, it was like a zombie apocalypse, without the zombies. Apparently, there were not a lot of cell phones, tvs, and medical machinery because they took them apart to help make more farms. Brand had been sheltered from the life outside. When she had seen Cooper for the first time, she was slightly confused and amazed at how he looked. He looked like he could take on the world, but she didn't know what was fueling him to go on, and stay strong.

Now she knew. And she had taken Cooper away from what fueled him to go on. He had had hope to save the humans back on Earth, and as a last resort, he sacrificed himself so she could go on, and start Plan B.

Brand was angry with herself. She had had so much hate for Cooper after he had chosen Mann's planet over Wolf's. Brand had spat so much venom at Cooper. So much... She wished that she could go back, and slap her self.

Brand finally understood what Cooper was. He was a caring father, who made mistakes, honest and selfish. He thought about others rather than himself. Cooper was... Cooper was a great guy, and an amazing father. She decided that she would teach the children about their journeys, and about Cooper's amazing sacrifice to save the human race.

When she cleared out his last cubby, she found his old helmet, the one with the crack in it from Mann's planet. Brand thought about what happened.

Brand was rummaging about, taking things from the Lander and the Ranger and recording them. Suddenly she heard her radio crack with static, then, Cooper's raspy and panicked voice.

"... rand! Doctor Brand! Help... No air... Only... Ammonia..."

Suddenly her head cleared of the fog that had been there.

"Cooper! Hang in there! CASE!"

"I have a lock."

Brand jumped over the wires on the floor.

"Go, CASE, go!"

"A-and away!" CASE started the ignition.

The Lander roared to life, spraying ammonia snow all over Brand's faceplate as she hurriedly scrambled into the Lander. Brand's voice was panicky and cracking from the adrenaline that filled her veins. She stumbled to the front of the Lander.

"Cooper! Cooper! Hang in there! Small breaths, small- CASE, STEP ON IT! Don't panic Cooper, I'm coming!"

That was one of the more heart racing situations she had been in. That event on Mann's planet had really opened her eyes.

Her blood roared as she began to feel very scared.

"Cooper! Don't worry, I'm on my way!"

"I have his coordinates."

CASE was flying fast, just missing the frozen clouds. Time seemed to slow down, each passing second slipping by like a long winter night.

"Come on CASE! Faster faster faster-"

Why did she feel like this? Didn't he choose Mann's planet over Wolf's in spite of he-

Brand stopped. How could she think about something that stupid and petty at a time like this? Cooper's life was in danger, and depending on her actions now, his life was in her hands. Her mind raced back to Miller's planet, and how Cooper had yelled at her to come back to the Ranger. She had been so stubborn that it costed Doyle's life. When she thought about it more, she deserved this, not Cooper.

As they flew past the various mountains and valleys of ice, she saw a figure laying on the ice.

"I-I see him! CASE!"

As the Lander approached the ground, Brand threw the lock open before it had even gotten down. She jumped out onto the ground, wincing as her ankles popped. She ripped out her oxygen can and ran over to Cooper, who was laying still.

His eyes were glazed, barely moving. Had she been too slow? Was he dead now because of her? Brand fiddled with his helmet to try to get it off, and ultimately took his face visor off and shoved the mouthpiece into his mouth. She yelled with all of her might.

"COOPER!"

His eyes flung open as he started to sputter, breathing the oxygen. She picked him up to help him walk to the Lander. As they got into the Lander, Cooper took out the mouth piece.

"Cooper! Keep breathing-"

"Brand... I am so... Sorry... Mann lied..."

She took a second to process what he was saying.

Brand shook her head, and pressed her forehead against the cold glass, closing her eyes.

"Cooper... I am so sorry."

More flash backs~ : D Now... Whether to torture yall more... Hahaha im kidding. The next few chapters are going to be short, because it alternates between Cooper and Brand's views.