Chapter 10: Preparing For a Ride

Throughout most of the next day Peter and Alma did nothing but fix the shuttle using only the blueprints stored inside. There were a few complications they had to overcome in the morning, such as how to find 340 tonnes of hydrogen and an ignition spark. However it was soon realised that these could be overcome in simple ways. The hydrogen could be collected from the running river, and lightning had enough energy for an ignition spark. Alma had a look at some of the prototypes to see if there were any other problems, and found a couple - most notably being the fact that once the shuttle starts running, the amount of lightning in the area at any given minute would be increased 10-fold.

Unfortunately there was no possible way they could solve that problem, and just hope that the lightning didn't cause too much damage to the area of launch. The shuttle was almost completed, but there was still one short problem: could the family actually fit into the cargo bay? There was only one way to find out, Peter and Alma called over the family and asked them to go inside. One by one they went in, starting with Arlo and ending with Ida. Eventually they all went in, not the most comfortable of spaces but they managed to fit nonetheless. It was a success for Peter, that the craft could fit them, but then another problem came to show.

"What do you mean 'could it lift them up'? Of course it can lift them up Peter." Alma interrupted. Peter sighed before announcing to the family that the shuttle was fit for launching. Now all they needed was a plan for what to do if they get to Earth. That was going to be the most challenging part of this new mission, as comparing both worlds it's easy to see which was more complicated. What would happen if they were spotted? Would it be safe to show them to the public? If not where could they hide? So many questions arrived from this plan that it was difficult to keep track. Alma had thought of something but surprisingly Peter found a flaw in the idea, each time they found something new the other would say something that would get them back to square one.

By what seemed like 5pm, Alma and Peter had given up. But then Peter and Alma thought of one last thing that could work, both of them were satisfied and immediately told the family what it was going to be. The idea was that when they arrived they would keep the family in the shuttle for most of the time, whenever they would go outside it would be in the middle of nowhere or in a building that no one went into. The second part of the idea was to have the family stay at a place for no longer than a day, and by the end of the day they would show them to the public before leaving. In the case that anyone thought they were real, Peter and Alma would prove that they were not real and only life-like animatronics, at that point the family could speak normally to prove their point.

The idea was more flawless than their other ideas, but they still knew it was not perfect. Anything could still go wrong, and Peter was already looking up Murphy's Law (the idea that if anything could go wrong, it will go wrong). It was decided that the day after tomorrow would be the best time to leave their world and go back to Peter's world. The next day Peter, Alma and asked the family if they had any concerns regarding this temporary trip, and most of them did not have any at all. Obviously Ida had concerns over the safety of the others, to which Peter and Alma promised that nothing bad would come to them. It was a hard time going, so for now Peter and Alma decided to take the family on a trip around the world they were in now.

They went across many places that the family had not been to before. The shuttle went higher, revealing more land and sea that was unknown to the family before. Eventually they went so high they could see the curvature of the planet, the awe-inspired family looked down as Peter and Alma flew around the planet, it was a sight like no other.

"Any chance you could get us there?" Peter asked Alma, pointing to the moon. Naturally, Alma increased the speed of the spacecraft, such that it would take about a minute to travel to the moon. When they got there, Alma turned the shuttle around so that the family could see Earth at this distance. It looked so small, and realizing that everything they knew was on it was... well, almost impossible to describe. Landing back down near the homestead. Peter and Alma asked them one simple question.

"Now, do you want to go to our world?" In which they all responded with one single word...

"Yes."

A/N: Gee, did not know this chapter would take this long to do. I've tried my best to get this chapter as long as it could be, since it's coming to the main point now. Next two chapters should hopefully be longer. I hope you enjoyed this chapter - and more importantly the story so far, there's much more to come, though how many chapters specifically I'm not sure. Let me know what you think so far, and as always... see you, in the next chapter. Bye for now!

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