Chapter 10: It's mission time
Quick notice, if you want to know how the military base in the underground city is, then go to this link so that you can get an idea as to how it looks so goodle this. ( shipyard by jamajurabaev on deviatart ) click the first link.
It was Saturday morning and everywhere in the country of Japan was quiet and peaceful as people where still sleeping in there homes as the sun was slowly rising from the west and slowly spreading it's rays of lights across everything that it touch.
But in a specific place in Japan. just 60 miles away from any populated area was a military base that was highly active in the morning. And the reason why was because a important mission was to occur today in just a few hours.
"so is everything ready for the mission Martin, I want to make sure that nothing goes wrong in the mission" Susaku Hasakawa the president of Japan said as he was watching over the top rail as he watch men and woman work on the spaceship that was facing upwards to the sky in the hole in the roof of the base.
"of course Mr. President everything is set up and ready to go, we are just waiting for our pilots to arrive and then we can start the mission sir". Martin said as he was going over some things on his tablets.
"and how long until the boy Oz arrives Martin?" Susaku ask.
"just two more hours sir, we contacted him about an hour ago and told him to meet here whit in two hours. So he will arrive here with in two hours sir and then we will star the mission". Martin said.
"ok and what about your daughter Martin?, is she ready to go on the mission Martin?, because I know that she wasn't train to go on missions like this or anything that might be of danger so I was wondering if she would be ok on going on the mission". Susaku said as he ask Martin if his daughter Ashley was going to be fine in going on the mission since Ashley has never train or prepare in doing this types of tasks.
"she will be fine Mr. President I have faith in the boy Oz to keep her safe from anything that might happen in the mission, unlike my daughter he was train to be in the military and has learn how to fight and how to handle situations like this. So I am sure that everything will be fine". Martin said as he told Susaku that he had hope in Oz in keeping Ashley safe in the mission if anything bad was to happen.
"well I am sure that he will keep her safe, I'm really excited to see how the mission will carry on" Susaku said while crossing both his hands while looking up at the space ship that was standing in the middle of the base.
OoO Scene Change OoO
Time 6:12
(car engine)
"so (tired voice) how far up is it Oz?" Sharon ho was seated in the front with him ask on how much more they had to travel until they arrive at the location that Oz was ask to meet up at.
"just about 1 hour 45 more minutes until we arrive there, (sigh) the place that was given to me is very far away from Tokyo that it's located in the country side in the far west side of Japan" Oz said as he told her how much time there was until they arrive to the give location that was given to him.
"oh well I guess I should sleep a bit more until we get there, Ada is already asleep in the back" Sharon said as she look at the back mirror to see Ada asleep in the back seat of the car.
"yeah well she still isn't use to getting up this early except for when we are going to school, but I am sure that she will be up and ready once we get to the place" Oz said.
"are you sure that it would be fine that we come along with you Oz?" Sharon ask him if it was ok that she and Ada where to come along with him on getting to the location that was given to him and watch as he goes on the mission.
"don't worry about it, it's fine since they are going to be ok with me bringing my two sisters along with me to see me go up in space, also I have the access card the G. Takeo gave me so that I can enter the place with no problems" Oz said as he took out the card that was given to him and showed it to her before putting it back in his pocket.
"well I guess it's ok, so are you still sure about going on the mission Oz?" Sharon said as she ask her brother if he was still sure about going on the mission. She still wasn't sure if he should go since she had the felling in her chest that something was going to happen.
"of course I am 100% sure that I am ok on going on the mission, have a little bit of faith in me ok nothing bad is going to happen to me, I promise" Oz said.
Sharon ho heard her brother's promise was still worried about him going on the mission that she was still asking him if he was sure on going on the mission even thou he keep on saying yes. She has faith in her brother but she doesn't have faith in the people that where sending her brother up to space.
But when she saw her brother's smile, it ease her worries away.
"ok I have faith in you Oz" Sharon said before she closed her eyes and lean back in her seat and fell asleep to pass the long road that they had.
Soon in of Sharon was asleep as Oz drove on the road to the given location that was given to him, also the car that he was driving was Break's car since he still didn't own a car of his own.
Break let him use his for today so that he can get to where he needs to go.
And while he drove on the road, his phone began to ring in his pocket so he took it out and check to see ho was calling him.
And when he look at the screen on his phone, he found Gilbert's picture being display on his phone's screen.
"hey gilbert, is everyone up?" Oz said as he put the phone between his shoulder and cheek as he drove.
"well some of us are, Elliot, Leo, Break and Kate and Alice are still sleeping. My brother and Charlotte and Echo woke up right after you left, also is it ok that we stayed over your house for the night?. I mean we don't want to make a mess or anything" Gilbert said as he ask Oz if it was truly ok that they all ended up crashing at Oz's house for the night since they arrive back home at 12:35 at night and there parents where already asleep.
So not wanting to wake up there parents in the middle of the night, Oz offered them to stay at his house for the night.
And while they where talking on the phone, Gilbert was dressed in a black t-shirt and black shorts.
"yeah don't worry it's fine, we don't get many guests at our house so it's fun having people to stay over" Oz said as he told him that it was fine with him that they stayed over at his house for the night.
"(sigh) well if it's ok by you then I guess it's fine by us, so are you sure that the glasses that have the camera on it works?" Gilbert said as he sat down on the living room couch and turn on the laptop that was on his lap and began connecting the computer with the glasses that Oz had with him.
"yeah I am sure, I can't let yall miss out on what I am doing right?" Oz said whit a laugh at the end as he took out his glasses that had been modified with a small camera that was placed right in between the lenses.
And if you are wondering why he has a small camera inserted in his glasses, it's because since he can't bring all of his friends with him to the location that was given to him, he instead decided to let them see thru the camera that he had inserted in his glasses so that they can see what 'he' sees.
And Oz ho pressed on the small button that was placed on the right top side of his glasses. Gilbert ho was able to connect to Oz's glasses saw on the screen what Oz was seeing thru the camera.
And what was display on the screen was the road that Oz was traveling in.
"oh I guess it's working fine, and sound seems to be working fine as well". Gilbert said he was viewing the details of the live footage that was displayed on his laptop and told Oz that the camera in his glasses was working fine.
"ok well I'm going to turn it off for now since I still have about one more hour and 45 minutes until I get to the actual place where everything is to start". Oz said as he turn off the camera.
"ok well I guess I will talk to you later once the mission ends, wait I almost forgot how are we going to now when it start's?" Gilbert said as he ask Oz on how they where going to know when the mission would start so that they could turn on the computer and start watching what he is doing.
"easy I will just turn them on once I get in it's simple as that, just make sure that you keep the computer plug in with the charger and keep it connected to the TV" Oz said.
"ok I guess that sound easy in of, well I guess I will see you in two hours then" Gilbert said right before he hung up on the phone.
"yeah see you later, (ends call) well I guess I still have two hours of driving(sigh)" Oz said as he put his phone in his pocket and focus back on driving on the road.
Meanwhile back at Oz's house.
"So those the thing work?" Charlotte ho came in the living room dressed in a long red sleeve shirt and rose color shorts said while scratching her head as she sat down on the couch with a tired tone in her voice.
"yeah I just finish testing it with Oz just a moment ago and it works fine" Gilbert said as he was connecting the laptop with the TV via WIFI.
"really? cool" Charlotte said with tired voice as she stretch her arms while sitting down.
"yup and even thou the camera is about 1 mm big, it carry's a lot of detail that it looks like a movie" Gilbert said as he joke a bit about the camera that was in Oz's glasses that was able to give them so much detail that it resembles that of a quality of a movie in a theatre.
"really? well that's good because it would suck if we can't see things clear in of" Vincent said as he came in the living room while eating a donut with one hand and drinking a glass of milk with the other, and he took a seat on the other couch that was vertical to the one that Charlotte was sitting witch was horizontal to the TV.
Vincent was dressed in a orange t-shirt with gray shorts.
"yeah I know that's why I told Oz to insert the new camera that I bought because it was much smaller than other small size cameras and much more better in giving out details" Gilbert said.
"well if you ask me it doesn't really matter unless we can tell what's happening" Echo said as she came in the room with a glass of milk and a piece of toast. And she was dressed in a blue cyan t-shirt with dark blue shorts.
"well I just want to see the things that he sees just as clear as he would" Gilbert said as he finish connecting the computer with the TV.
"well you have a point there but remember that it's not a show that we are watching but us watching Oz do something serious" Echo said with a serious look in her eyes as she reminded him and Vincent that it wasn't a movie that they where watching but there friend that they where watching as Oz took part in doing a very important mission.
"of course we know what's going on, we just want to be able to see what's going on with out having to have a hard time seeing what's going on in Oz's side" Vincent said.
"well we aren't going to be seeing anything for the next two hours since that's how long it will take him to get there" Gilbert said as he layback on his seat.
"two hours? well that gives me in off time to make something to eat, man I wish Oz had made some breakfast to eat because all I can make is toast, cup of ramen and cereal" Charlotte said as she got up and headed to the kitchen to make herself something to eat.
oOo Time skip oOo
After two long hours of driving on the road, Oz finally saw the gates of the base from afar.
"well it looks like I made it" Oz said as he press the on button on his glasses. And then he called out to his sisters ho where still asleep.
"hey guys we are here so wake up. You don't want to be asleep when they ask ho you guys are" Oz said as he move his two sisters with one hand while he drove with the other.
"what, oh where here" Sharon said as she woke up and stretch her arms as she was waking up from her long nap.
Ada ho heard her brother's voice just open up her eyes and sat straight up in her seat.
"ok just keep calm and let me do the talking guys" Oz said as told them to just be quiet when approaching the gates where he could see military men at the gate with assault riffles in hand as they watch Oz come near the gate.
"Ok" both Sharon and Ada said as they sat in there seats without making any noise.
And once he was at the gate he stop the car because of the soldier ordering him to stop.
"name and business kid" the guy holding a gun said as he ask Oz his name and his reason for being here.
"Oz Vessalius and I am here because I have a mission that was given to me by General Takeo and he gave me this as to enter the facility" Oz said as he took out his ID that Takeo gave him the other day when he was discussing about the mission that he was going to be taking part in.
And when the soldier saw his ID and did a quick check with the guys at the boot, he didn't had to make anymore questions because he saw the information that they got back when they check in ho he was and what the reason he was here for.
"alright your free to go, open the gates". The soldier commanded as he order them to open the gate so that Oz could pass.
"ok here we go" Oz said to his sisters as he went in, and once they enter inside and pass the metal steal gates. They enter a place where they saw many people going across the place as they where both man and woman that where going from building to building or aircraft to workshop or helping in unloading stuff from a big cargo plane.
In all the place was very busy and crowed.
"wow they sure seem to be busy in this time of the morning" Ada said when saw the busy state that the base was.
"yeah no kidding they don't rest until there job is finish, especially since today is very important" Oz said he drove to the main building of base.
"I wonder what they usually do besides doing things like this" Sharon said.
"probably the same but more crazier" Oz said as he park the car next to the main building of the base. And once parked they got out of the car and headed inside the building where even more people where inside doing things that where major important as they walk to different locations in the main building.
And the moment that they enter, a woman that was dressed in a black military uniform came up and ask them.
"is there something that I can help you with, we don't usually get visitors like you three in this type of place" the woman that was dressed in the military uniform said as she told them they didn't get visits from people that where as young as them.
But when she said that, she was talking about Ada and Sharon ho came of a bit short than Oz ho stands about two inches taller than the woman in the military uniform.
"yeah I can see why you wouldn't expect people like us but, I am here because I was given a mission that I must attend to, and I was wondering where I could find G. Takeo?". Oz said.
"oh so your the boy 'Oz' that Mr. Martin and the president have being talking about, ok then follow me Mr. Martin and the president are awaiting your arrival in the lunch pad". She said as she told them to follow her to where he was expected to meet up at.
So he and his sisters follow the woman in the military uniform to where they needed to be at.
So after going thru many turns and doors, they made it to the bottom of the base where the last door that they had to go thru was a metal door that was big in of for a cargo truck to pass by.
"ok we are here" the woman said as she use her ID that she had to have it scan so that she can get access to entering the room.
And once that was done, the big metal doors suddenly open up with a bit of air sounding of as it open, and noise also quickly filled there ears the moment they step in the big giant launch pad room that was at least 20 stories high and the space of 4 football fields combine.
"wow this lunch pad room is huge" Ada said as she saw how big the place was.
"of course it is, this is the main room that is use when they construct something new that is a bit big for normal working labs" the woman in the military base said as she made her way to the far right side of the area where Martin and the President where with the three following her.
"I can see that, and.. I can also see the big giant space ship that stands in the middle of the base" Oz said as he pointed to the spaceship that was standing upwards to the celling with a exit in the roof that was made for the spaceship to exit when it was lunching off.
(search on deviantart: "Explorer Navy Ship" the big one is the one that both Oz and Ashley will be using.)
And when Oz pointed at the space ship that was in the middle of room, both Ada and Sharon where totally shocked to see the size of the spaceship that was standing upwards. The reason for the ship being large was because it was both the spaceship and 'Betty' combine as one, and it made it look a lot bigger than what it would look when uncombined.
"t-that's what you are going to be using to get to space?" Sharon said with a shocked voice when she saw the big spaceship that was set for her brother to use for the mission.
"how do expect to use something like that big brother?" Ada said as she tug on her brothers sleeve.
"well it's kind of simply really since some of the things that your brother learn in his first semester as seniors was the same technology that was used to construct and make the spaceship". The woman in the military uniform said as she explain to Ada on how Oz was expected to already know on how to use it.
"she's right Ada, some of the things that we learn this semester was some of the new technology that has been made for all new machines and devices that are being made today. So using this spaceship would be like driving a car with a lot of buttons and gears" Oz said.
"what but that things is nothing like driving a car, are you really sure that you can use something like that?" Sharon said as she question Oz on him being serious on him being able to use a spaceship that was made with the new technology that was made to make the spaceship.
"sure it's not really difficult since I pretty much ace all of my classes" Oz said as he tried to reassure his sister in him being able to use the spacecraft with out problem.
"have faith in your brother girl, if he says he can do it then he can do it" the woman said as she told Sharon to have faith in her brother's word.
"I do have faith in him but I am not that sure in the spaceship that my brother has to use" Sharon said.
She was still unsure on the spaceship that he had to use since in her eyes it seem very hard to use and a bit to risky to use since it was made with the 'new' technology that has being recently made.
"well there's nothing to be afraid of since they test every part of the spaceship to make sure that nothing is wrong, so you can rest assure that the spaceship will function without any problems". the woman in the military uniform said as she told Sharon that the parts of the spacecraft was check to make sure that nothing went wrong.
"...alright" Sharon said as she keep walking while hoping that she was right about the spaceship not having any problems.
"don't worry Sharon, I am sure that they aren't going to forget to do safety checks since they have Martin's daughter going on the mission and they don't want to responsible for any bad outcomes that could occur to Martin's daughter" Oz said as he told her that they are bound to do safety checks since they have Martin's daughter going on the mission as well.
And everybody knows that you don't want something bad to happen to her since you will most likely have something bad happen to you if something bad happen to her while she was on the mission because of something went uncheck and it cause harm to her. So she could be assure that nothing bad would happen.
"(sigh) ok then, I trust you" Sharon said with a small smile as she told him that she trusted his words in him being safe while he was on the mission.
And soon as she said that, the four of them made it to the control center where man and woman where busy on there computers and holograms screens. And at the top of the room was both Martin and the president of Japan ho where both talking to each other.
"ok there they are, now let's go meet up with them since they are egger to meet you", the woman that guide them here said as she led them up the stairs to where both Martin and Susaku where.
oOo Meanwhile at Oz's house oOo
Charlotte, Echo, Gilbert, Vincent, Elliot, Leo, Break and both Alice and Kate where all watching the TV as they watch everything that was going on in Oz's place as they watch everything from the beginning on what was going on.
And they where all seated in the couch as they watch the Live footage with interest.
"holy crap that place is freaking big, at first I thought that the lunch pad was going to be the average size of a normal one but instead, it's at least four times the size". Vincent said as he told them his surprise in seeing the size of the lunch pad.
"yeah no kidding, especially the spaceship that it way to huge for someone to use. Sharon is right, how do they expect him to use something that big and new?" Gilbert said as he told them about the spaceship that Oz was going to fly.
"well it's Oz and we all know how serious he takes his studies, and how he actually aces all of his classes" Elliot said as he told them on how serious Oz is when doing important things.
"can you guys hush, Oz is about to speak with Martin and the president of Japan" Charlotte said as she sent a pillow to the guys face so that they would shut up.
oOo Back with Oz oOo
"(cough) Mr. Martin, Mr. President" the military woman said as she saluted to both of them when she spoke to both of them.
And hearing there names being called, they both turn to see her and Oz and his two sisters ho where behind him.
"ah Oz Vessalius it's great to now that you finally made it, am more than egger to meet the boy that is going to be taking part in a very important mission. And ho might this two girls be?" Susaku said as he ask ho Sharon and Ada where when he saw them standing behind him.
"oh sorry, this is my sisters Sharon and Ada they both attend Pandora Academy as well as me and they wanted to see me go in to space once I was sent of" Oz said as he introduced his sisters to the president and the reason as to why they where here with him.
"ah so there your sisters, well it's nice to meet you two and I am sure that you guys are egger to see your older brother take part in a very important mission". Susaku said as he spoke to the both of them.
"it's nice to meet you as well Mr. President" both Ada and Sharon said as they greeted Susaku.
"Oz it's great that you made it on time, we are about to lunch the mission with in 40 minutes. Also I would like to say how grateful it is for you agreeing in taking part in the mission since we don't really have anyone else that can take your role in this mission. It means a lot for us to be able to have you on this mission, but we would like to continue and chat but we have to continue with the mission as soon as possible since we only have one chance in doing this because of the current problems that we are facing" Martin said with a serious voice.
"Martin is right, we only have one chance in doing this because we are a bit behind with the project that we are working on, and it's also the main reason as to why this mission is in progress. And we can't wait any longer so it's very important for us to start as soon as possible". The president of Japan said as he put his hand on Oz's shoulder to show how serious the mission is.
"understood Mr. President, so what do I have to do?" Oz said as he ask what he needed to do in order for the mission to start.
"well we need you to get dress in the space suit and then we need you to get on board on the spaceship and then everything else is hand by us until you guys are in space where we well tell you two on what to do" Martin said.
"alright but where do I get change?" Oz ask.
"well I can have Madison here have you take you to the changing room" Martin said as he pointed at the military woman that guided here.
"copy that sir" Madison said as she saluted to both Martin and the president before she guided Oz to where the changing room was.
And before they left, Ada and Sharon ho where thinking in following him where stop when Martin said, "you two should probably wait here since that part of the place is kind of, off limits and also after he finish changing he will need to head over to the spaceship and get in. but don't worry his helmet will have mic so that we can talk to him once he is inside in and in space".
So after hearing what Martin had to say, they where to stay in the control room and wait for there brother to be on the screen that would broadcast on what is going on inside and to also wait for his mic to be turn on.
So for Oz he was currently walking alongside Madison as they made there way in to the changing room where he was to get change in to the space suite that was waiting for him in the room.
"so Oz how are you feeling?, are you a bit nervous on doing this mission or are you full on confident?" Madison said as she ask how he was feeling about going on the mission.
"well... I am mostly excited and nervous since this is the first time that I would be doing a mission that requires me to do something for the government and to also do something as crazy as to go up in space so... I am mostly excited than nervous" to tell the truth" Oz said as he told her how he felt about going on the mission.
"oh so you are a brave type of soldier, well that's going to be handy for you since probably any other person would be nervous as hell" Madison joked as she said that any other person that would have been pick would have probably been nervous out of there mind when doing the mission.
"well I wouldn't say brave but more like I have full confidence in my own ability in doing this with out messing up" Oz said he told her that he wasn't exactly 'brave' but had strong confidence in himself.
"well let me tell you something, your confidence is going to helpful for you since today not many people have much confidence in them selves since the way against enemy start. Many think that we aren't going to be able to fight them off since we haven't been able to fight them at all with getting destroyed in the moment that we see them" Madison said.
"well thanks, but I can see why you would say that. I have heard over the news on the internet that some countries are beginning to lose a bit of hope in winning the fight against the enemy" Oz said.
"oh so you have heard, mostly people would try and avoid hearing all of the bad things that are happening and try to focus on other things so that they don't have to hear all of the bad things that are happing right now" Madison said.
"well besides that, we are here" Madison said as she and Oz arrive to the changing room where a few men that where dressed in white uniforms and a few woman that where dressed in the same attire as the men. And in the room that was all white, there was a girl that was waiting in her seat patiently while she was cleaning her glasses with a white piece of cloth.
And to her left was an empty seat which he guess was his seat. And both seats where separated by a white piece of cloth that separated both of them.
"alright everyone, Oz is here and both Martin and the president said to start getting them suite up in the space uniform so get to it" Madison said as she order them to start, and hearing her orders they instantly stop what they where doing and started to get both Oz and Ashley ho was seated in her seat, to start getting them suited up in the space suit.
"well go take your seat on your side Oz, we don't have time to waste" Madison said as she playfully gave Oz a push so that he could get a move on.
"ok" Oz said as he went to take a seat and start getting dressed.
And once he sat down in his seat, he notice the girl with glasses that was seated next to him, and he already knew ho she was so while they started getting dressed he decided to talk to her as they got suited up.
"so I am guessing your Ashely am I correct?" Oz said as he was given new pair of white clothing to put on before he had to put on the suit.
"y-yes, I'm Ashley and I guess you are Oz right?" Ashley ask as she was doing the same as Oz.
"yes I'm Oz the lucky guy that was pick for the mission" Oz said with a bit of a chuckle as he was undressing so that he could put on the white clothing.
"so... hum... are you ready to go on the mission?, I mean are you nervous about doing this mission?" Ashley said as she was having a hard time talking with Oz since she had never really talk with someone of the same age as her since she was little. So talking with someone of her same age was something new for her.
And Oz ho pays very good attention could tell from her voice that she wasn't really use to talking with someone of the same age as her.
"well not really, I am actually kind of excited to go on this mission actually" Oz said as he was finish undressing and was now getting dressed in the white clothing that he had to put on before anything else.
"really?, well I'm kind of excited to go on the mission since we get the chance to go up in space" Ashley said this time with a happy voice as she told him how she felt about going on the mission.
"well that's good, it's actually cool to know that we are going to space, but also the mission is about doing something else besides sightseeing in space you know" Oz said as he reminded Ashley what the mission was.
"well..,,, I know that but I mean we get to go up in space, and that's something that only you can only dream of doing" Ashley said with a excited voice at the end when she said that going up to space was something that you could only dream of doing.
"well your right about that, I also think that it's pretty cool to be able to go up in to space where you can see the earth in a amazing way, and to be able to also see the stars in our galaxy" Oz said as he was now completely dressed in the whit clothing and now, he was watching as the men that gave him the white clothing started to bring in a space suit that was totally made out of both fabrics and metal titanium.
(they are using the dead space security suite with all black and grey with lines of cyan blue neon lights)
And when they brought it in, it was the black clothing that he had put on first before he put on the metal parts of the suit before he put anything else. The he had put on other things on his arms and legs. Then he had to put on the air tank that resembles a flat black backpack that cover his back entirely.
And this took about 25 minutes for both Oz and Ashly to get change in the space suit since it had so many thing to put on. But lastly they had to put on the space helmet, and they handed them both the space helmet so that they could put on.
And when they both put on the helmet, instantly everything inside the helmet went silent, they couldn't hear anything besides there own breathing. It was kind of cool if you think about it.
And also the moment that they put it on, a notification came up and ask if they wanted the mic to be turn on and also another one so that they both could communicate with one another.
The mic notification was so that they could speak to rest of the people that where block out from helmet that cancel there voices from reaching there ears.
So once Oz accepted the chat notification, he heard Ashley's voice.
"hey Oz can you hear me?" Ashley said as she ask him if the communication between her and him work.
"yeah I hear you loud and clear" Oz said as he talk back to Ashely thru the communication to prove that it work.
"ok then it's working just fine" Ashley said as she started to move around in her suit to see if the suit move easily with her.
And seeing Ashly move around in her space suit, Oz decided to do the same so that he can get a bit of experience as to how it feels when moving around.
And when he move around he could feel a 'little' bit of extra weight on him as he walk a bit and moved his arms and legs to test how flexible the suit was with him in it.
"well this suit seems good it makes moving around easy, I was a bit afraid that by wearing the suit it would cause me to have trouble moving" Oz said as he did a bit of fighting styles to see if the suit would cause any trouble in his movement.
Ashley ho was watching Oz do a few fighting styles was a bit surprise to see Oz fight in professional way, she was amuse to see him fight or practice so easily with out having any trouble that it look like he was fighting (practicing) with out the suit.
"so showing off or what?" Madison said as she watch Oz practice his fighting styles.
"no not really just testing out the suit to see if I can fight with it when inside it" Oz said as he took off his helmet so that they could hear him talk.
"I see and is it good or what?" Madison said as she ask if the suit was ok or not.
"yeah it's good I don't seem to have any problems in moving around in it so I can say that it's ok" Oz said as he told her that the suit was ok when moving around.
"so there's no problems in moving around, good because I also was worried that it might be a bit hard to move around in it since you have to have a lot of things put on you" Madison said.
"yeah that's what I though as well when I saw the space suit coming towards me" Oz said.
"so what else do we have to do now that we are done getting change?" Ashley said as she ask what else they had to do now that they where finish getting change.
"well now comes the fun part, follow me" Madison said as she told both Oz and Ashley to follow her.
2 minutes later
After going thru many doors and turns again, they where now entering the elevator that was going to be taking them up to the very top where they going to have to walk on a bridge that was made for them to get inside the space ship.
And once inside, Oz look all around him as he view everything from the elevator as they went up.
"so Oz and Ashley, are you guys excited or what?" Madison said as she pated both there backs in a playful manner.
"s-sure I guess, I mean we get the chance to go in space and fly in zero gravity and that sounds like fun" Ashley said as she told Madison what she was excited for.
Meanwhile Oz was looking at the space ship as they went up the elevator with sharp eyes as he was scanning the space ship with his eyes to see how he was going to use the space ship once they where in space.
He was looking at all of the details that the spaceship had so that he could understand the ship a bit better once he was flying the thing in space and on earth. The whole structure of the ship was made for traveling and for combat since he could see some metals doors that where closed that where located on the top and in the front of the ship, and he could also see two laser cannons on the back top of the ship.
And on the bottom of the ship he could see a rectangle shape door that was closed, and by looking at it, he could already tell what was in there and what would come out once they where in space.
"so... 'Betty' is located in the bottom part of the spaceship right?" Oz said as he continue looking at the spaceship with sharp eyes.
"hum yeah... my dad said that it would be better if we had it install down there since it would be easy to use since it won't be a bother to use when we are using it since my dad first though that we should put it at the front, but then I told him that it would interfere with the spaceships control when flying and that it could easily be damage by passing meteors and by passing debris from broken satellites".
Ashley said as she told him why 'betty' was located there and the reasons why it was put there instead of having it in the front of the ship.
"well that's good because then we wouldn't have to worry to much about the enemy wanting to attack us when we are in space so it would make it easier for us to keep it protected 'if' the enemy decided to attack" Oz said as he told her how having the weapon 'betty' being install down there could be of an advantage to them.
"nice that you are inspecting the ship for it's advantages Oz, I guess they made a good choice in picking you for the mission. Most people would just look at the space ship just to admire it's structure but you are actually doing something useful" Madison said as she smile at Oz for doing something useful.
"thanks" Oz said as he thank her for her kind words of praise for him doing something useful instead of looking at the ship with a awestruck look.
And once he said that, the elevator finally made it to the top and where there was a glass door that separated them from walking on the metal bridge to the space ship.
"well this is it, I hope that you two do a good job out there. Especially you Oz" Madison said as she open the glass door and stood to the side so that they could pass thru.
"thanks and I will make sure to do the mission with out a problem" Oz said as he promise her that he will do the mission without any problems.
"so what do you say Ashley, are you ready to go up into space or what?" Oz said as he began to walk forward as he told Ashely if she was ready to go on the mission.
"hum y-yes, I'm right behind you" Ashley said as she jogged to Oz so that she would catch up to him so that she wouldn't be left behind.
And once Oz and Ashely where at the entrance of the spaceship which was a metal door with a wheel like handle so that it open. So Oz turn the wheel and then open the door to see that there seats in the cockpit was at least 7 meters up wards since the ship was pointing up.
So in order for them to get to there seats, they where going to have to climb there way up by using the handles that where place on the walls celling and the floor.
"ok well it looks like we are going to be doing some climbing" Oz said as he saw how they there were going to have to get to there seats.
"well it's not that hard since we install handles in areas that will be useful to get to our seats" Ashley said as she look inside the spaceship while looking at he inside of the spaceship.
"yeah I can see that, well you go on ahead I will close the door and then I will go to my seat" Oz said as he move a bit to the side so that Ashely could go in and then he could go right after he close the metal door.
"ok then, but be careful you don't want to fall down to the back of the ship" Ashley said as she started to go up inside the spaceship so that she can take her seat in the cockpit.
And as she started to go up, he closed the metal door and close it shut from the inside and then he took his turn in climbing up to his seat in the cockpit.
"ok it's my turn now" Oz said as he climb up to his seat, and shortly after getting to his seat he put on his seat belt and began turning on the spaceship whit Ashley ho was doing the same thing in her part.
And after a few seconds of pressing buttons, the whole entire spaceship came to life with everything inside and outside of the spaceship turning on with lights and engines.
And when it turn on, both Oz and Ashley could feel the large amount of energy that pass thru them when it turn on.
"wow talk about horse power, this thing is overpower" Oz said after he felt the large amount of power that went thru his body when it turn on.
"yeah this thing has a LOT of power, the spaceship has about 100 nuclear engines in total and two cores that power up the spaceship in total so it's a bit of a overkill" Ashley said as she told Oz how much power the spaceship had in total.
"really? that's just in off power to fuel the entire city for about a year", Oz said.
"yeah no kidding, but there is still some things that my dad install to the spaceship that not even I know about" Ashley said as she told Oz that there was some things in the spaceship that not even she knew.
"really? well then I guess we are going to find out what those are once we are in space" Oz said as he told her that they where going to find out soon on what they are when they are in space.
And right after he said that, a communication invite was sent to them with the name by Martin. So they pressed on the accept button on the screen and waited until they heard Martin's voice be heard in there helmet's when they put on there space helmets.
"ok you guys, it's time to start the lunch sequence so prepare yourselves to feel a bit of force as you guys go up" Martin said as he told them that they where about to start the count down. And once he said that, everyone that was in the base or in the large room started to enter into rooms that had protection from the heat that the spaceship was going to let out once it lunch off.
And while that happen, Ada and Sharon where watching from the control center as they watch the live feedback that they where watching from one of the big screens that was in the control room that gave them a view on what was happening inside the spaceship of the cockpit.
And they both where nervous as they waited for the countdown to start. Meanwhile back at Oz's house, all of there friends where nervous as well as they where watching from Oz's point of view on what was going on. And for them the way that they where watching the live feedback was like them playing a first person video game.
oOo Oz's house oOo
"here it starts you guys" Gilbert said as he watch the screen while drinking some coke.
"are they lunching off or what?" Charlotte ho was in the restroom yell as she ask if they where going to start the lunch off.
"yeah there almost about ready to start the count down so hurry up if you don't want to miss anything" Elliot said as he was watching the TV with his arms cross behind his head as they waited for the count down to begin.
"ok just give me a sec" Charlotte said again from afar as she was still in the restroom.
"man I can't believe that Oz knows how to even turn on the big spaceship that his in, and there's a lot of freaking stuff to press in the cockpit" Leo said as he was eating a bag of popcorn.
"yeah I can barley even find things in my own room when I am in a hurry to get up for school" Vincent said as he was holding a bottle of water as he took small sips of water as they waited.
"yeah no kidding I remember that one time that you came to school with two different types of shoes that where totally different color" Break said as he reminded him and the rest of that one time that Vincent came to school with two different types of shoes.
"shush you guys it's about to start, hey Charlotte it's starting" Echo ho was more egger to watch the live stream from Oz, called out to Charlotte so that she didn't miss out on the live feedback.
And with that, Charlotte came running down the hallway and enter the living room and then jump on her seat from across the room which was next to Echo and Alice. Alice was a bit startle when Charlotte came out of nowhere and landed next to her.
"you scare me Charlotte" Alice said as she was scared by Charlotte's entrance.
"sorry I'm just really egger to see what's happening" Charlotte said as she apologize to Alice for scaring her.
"Charlotte it's starting" Echo said as she pointed at the screen where it was showing a countdown on one of Oz's screen in the cockpit that was counting down from 20.
oOo Back with Oz oOo
"ok this is it Ashley are you ready to go in space or what?" Oz said as he had both hands on his controls to control the ship. Meanwhile Ashley was holding on to the sides of her seats since her side of the cockpit was for monitoring the ships systems and controls so it was basically all buttons and levers and other sorts of buttons and parts.
"y-yeah, I'm ready if you are" Ashely said with a smile as she told Oz that she was ready as he was to go on the mission.
"good and don't worry, everything is going to be fine as long as I am here ok" Oz said he promised her that everything would be fine as long as he was here.
And also right as he said that, the booster engines at the end of the spaceship that would sent them off to space. They began to turn on as fire started to shoot out of the boosters and started to create a bit of wind to go around the large room.
"alright guys we are down to 10... 9... 8..." Martin started to do the countdown as he was announcing the countdown in the room and around the base. So even the man and woman that where working in the base stop doing what ever they where doing an look at the screen that was near them and watch the countdown.
And for those ho where outside, they where quietly waiting as they watch in the direction of where the spaceship was going to be launching of from the ground up.
"5... 4... 3..." Martin was now counting down to last the few numbers as the boosters started to ignite more firepower from the bottom as it was creating more rushing wind in the large room.
"2... 1..." Oz was holding on to the controls with a strong grip as he was full on focus on what was going on as he was waiting for the spaceship to lunch off.
Ashely was looking up at the sky from the cockpit as she was waiting for the countdown to finish, but she was also excited to experience zero gravity once they reach space from 65 miles up from earth.
"0... lunch off" Martin said right before the boost engines went full blast and turn from red orange to a pure white blue.
And just like that, anything that was connected to the ship got disconnected and the space ship blasted up to space. (if you want to feel how it feels to be in Oz's shoes with music, listen to this - "final frontier" by Thomas Bergersen).
""..."" both Oz and Ashley where both push back to there seats because of the force of the spaceship launching off. And even thou they where launching off, they both had to do important things as they where flying upwards.
Ashely was looking over the systems to make sure that everything was alright as they where flying while Oz had the hard part in controlling the spaceship with the controls in his hands. And just so you know it's not easy since it is extremely hard to do if you are someone that has absolutely no experience in using new technology and how to drive or fly a spaceship.
"damn, doing this while lunching off is damn hard" Oz said as he was having a hard time flying the spaceship.
"Oz are you alright there?" Ashley said with a worried voice as she ask Oz if he was ok.
"y-yeah just having a bit of hard time controlling this thing is all" Oz said.
"ok, we are 58 miles from reaching space Oz so hang on there" Ashely said as she told him how far they where from reaching space.
"ok" Oz said as he continue flying the spaceship.
Back with Martin and the rest.
"ok everything seems to be going well, well for Ashley since Oz's job in flying the spaceship is much harder then Ashley's". Martin said as he told them what was going on.
"so how much until they reach space?" Ada ask how much more they needed to travel until they where in space as she watch Oz go up in space.
"well they are about 46 miles near reaching space, so I guess in 1 minute and 38 seconds until they reach space" Martin said he measure the distance between Oz Ashley and space.
"I am impress that he can control the spaceship with out any problems since it's his first time flying one and the first time using the new technology to fly it, this is going in our country's history book if he and Ashley make it back from the doing a very high level mission at a young age". Martin said as he told them of the great achievement that both Oz and Ashley would make if the mission was a success.
"it sure would be a record to put in the history book, but let's not forget that this is a mission that we are doing and not a moment to chat" the president said as he was watching the live footage of Oz and Ashley going to space while watching it with sharp eyes.
"yes your right, we should focus back on the mission" Martin said as he got focus back on the mission on hand.
Meanwhile with Oz and Ashley.
"Oz we are 10 miles from reaching space, get ready to use the air breaks to stop the spaceship from going any further from earth" Ashley said as she told Oz how far they where from reaching space.
"alright got it" Oz said as he was still flying the spaceship, but with all the force that they where feeling and the amount of vibration that they where feeling as they past thru the earth's layers of atmospheres which they already pass the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere and the thermosphere.
The last one that they had to go thru was the exosphere which was what separated the earth from space.
"ok Oz we are about go thru the exosphere so prepare to use the air breaks" Ashley said as she told Oz to get ready in using the air breaks.
"ok just tell me when to use it" Oz said.
"ok, use it in... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1, USE THE BREAKS" Ashley said as he told him to immediately use the air breaks as they past the earth's last layer witch cause them to fly more easily.
And also when they enter space, every sound that came from outside was immediately gone as everything went quiet.
Oz when told to use the air breaks, he immediately press on the breaks of the spaceship with his right foot since that break was below his right foot.
And the moment that he hit it, both him Ashely where meet with 4 G's of force when they use the air breaks to slow them down.
""aaarrrgggg"" both of them where force to lean forward when Oz use the air breaks.
But shortly after using the air breaks, they slowly started to slow down and they where getting a bit more control over the space ship.
"ok ...we are getting control of the space ship and... we are slowing down and, we are now in zero gravity" Ashley said with excitement at the end when she told Oz that they where now floating in zero gravity.
"ok so now that we slowed down the spaceship or should I say 'war bird', what do we do now?" Oz said as he told Ashely what they where going to do now that they where in space.
"hum I think-" Ashely was about to say something until she was cut off by her dad ho came on thru there communication.
"ok guys now you guys need to be right over 24 miles due north-west from Dubai, and to get there just let the space ship float or 'war bird' nice name by the way Oz. And let it float to it's location so that you don't waste to much energy fuel on getting there, and once you are there face forward to the given location that I will give you once you are in position"
Martin said as he finish telling them on what they had to do now that they where finally in space.
"so how long will it take for us to get there by floating Martin?" Oz ask.
"well by using speed that you guys are traveling at, it would take about 1 hour until you guys are in near position" Martin said.
"ok so I guess we just sit here and wait?" Oz said as he ask if all that they had to do now was wait until they arrive to the given location.
"yeah pretty much" Martin said.
"ok well I guess I will see you again in a hour" Oz said as he turn off the communication and lean back on his seat.
"well I guess we are going to be up here for an hour Ashley" Oz said he turn around to tell Ashely that they where going to be waiting for an hour until they where told to do anything else.
But when he did he found and empty seat next to him.
"what?" Oz said as he found the seat next to him empty with nobody siting next to him.
But just as he said that, he heard Ashley's voice from behind him as he turn around to find her floating in zero gravity as she was moving around.
"hey Oz try this out, it's awesome" Ashley said with a smile on her face and with a excited voice as she was moving around freely in zero gravity.
So seeing her move around and having fun like a kid, he decided to do the same since they didn't have anything else to do, so he unhook his belt and let himself float in zero gravity.
"hahaha isn't this awesome Oz" Ashely said as she was spinning in one place as she ask Oz how cool it was to float around.
"well this is pretty cool, I'll give you that" Oz said as he started to move around inside the spaceship with nothing to hold him down.
"hey Oz check this out" Ashley said as she pull on Oz's arm and pull him to her side and took him to the side of the ship where a large piece of glass was, and the 6 by 23 feet glass gave them an incredible view of the earth as it slowly rotated.
"wow" Oz ho saw the earth for the first time from space was amaze to see it from a birds a view from space.
Ashley also was amaze to see the earth from space when she saw the earth rotate from space as she watch it from space with Oz.
And even Oz' friends ho where watching the live feedback from Oz's house.
But what made it more amazing was the many of billions of starts that you could see in space, and being able to view the earth's terrain and mountains and oceans.
And if you where in Oz's and Ashley's shoes, nothing could compare as to what they where seeing since they where experiencing it first hand.
"this is the greats thing that I have seen in my life" Ashley said as she put her hand on the window and watch the earth from the spaceship.
"same here... well since we are going to be here for about an hour, I am going to make sure that we don't waste any energy fuel and turn of some things that we aren't using so that we conserve fuel" Oz said as he made his way to his seat by using some of the handles that where in his reach to pull him to his seat.
And once he was in his seat, he began turning off light sources inside and outside the spaceship, and then he turn off some monitors and then he turn off some of the oxygen that was use to fill rooms in the spaceship that didn't need oxygen because nobody was using them.
oOo At the mission control oOo
"ok... so far everything in the spaceship seems to be running perfectly" Martin ho was seated while checking over the 'war birds' system info said as he scan thru the spaceships system to make sure that everything in the system was running smoothly.
"good because I want to make sure that those to make it back in one piece" The president said as he was watching the multiply screens that where display on the wall.
"so nothing is going wrong on the ship Mr. President?" Sharon ho was watching the screen with the one that was showing her brother Oz turning off some of the things in the ship that was using the ships power supply on things that weren't really needed in the time.
"well from Mr. Martin here I guess everything seems to be going just fine, don't worry Sharon your big brother Oz is going to be ok. So to pass the time, why don't you tell me what your big brother Oz is like?" President Susaku said as he grab a seat that was near him and place it in front of where Sharon was seated and sat down.
"well what do you mean?" Sharon ho was a bit confuse as to what the president ask, as to what he meant by his words.
"well I am just asking what kind of person he is, I am very curious about that boy since I have this feeling that your brother Oz is someone ho is completely different from anybody else. Someone ho is capable of doing things that no one else is capable of doing so please tell me more about your brother". the president said as he told Sharon what he meant in the first time.
"oh... well my brother Oz is a kind, honest, strong and very determent person ho stops at nothing to reach his goals. He take his studies and training in the academy very serious and always try's his hardest to accomplish them, he also is a caring person when it comes to helping me and Ada and the rest of our friends. He is also strong, he stands strong and doesn't fear in things that people would back out on and he always finds way to do things on his own without the help of others when he doesn't need them."
"And he is also a very highly talented person in cooking and baking food, he cooks food and meals for me and my sister since we don't really know how to cook and also because our parents are very busy in there jobs so that they can support us with a home to live in. And he also has look after us since we where born, my mom told me that he always look after us when he was with us. And he even personally taught us things that he learn that helps us in our training and studies. And that's why me and Ada look up to him since he has inspired us so much that we want to follow him in his footsteps, just like he follows our parent's footsteps and our older brother Jack ho also is in the military as a pilot"
Sharon told everything to Susaku on what she knows about her brother, and also telling him that she and her sister Ada ho look up at him for his traits that he has as there brother.
"well that's good to know, you both sure are lucky to have someone like him as your brother. Now I can see why you and your sister are very worry of your brother at the moment" Susaku said as he was able to realize why Sharon and Ada (mostly her) where very worried as to what went on in the mission that related to there brother.
"well thanks" Sharon said as she thank the president for the compliment.
"also I need to say, do you know why your brother Oz wants to become a pilot?" Susaku ask Sharon if she knew the reason why Oz wanted to be a pilot.
"oh I know, Oz told me that he wanted to be a pilot so that he can help those that are in need of help and to fight those ho can't fight for themselves and to also fight back against the enemy" Ada said with a excited tone as she told Susaku why Oz wanted to be a pilot.
"but also because he said that he wanted to follow in our parents and our older brother's footsteps". Ada said.
"hum I see, your brother really seems to make your family proud and he also seems to fight for those ho can't fight for themselves. You both clearly have a good brother in your hand" The president said with a honest smile as he told both girls that they really did have a good brother.
The president was now sure that Oz was the great choice for this mission, and possibly for other future mission that they might need help in. So here this from Oz's sisters he was now thinking that Oz could be of a great help in there problems in the war against the enemy.
oOo Time skip oOo
After and hour of waiting in space and doing nothing but float around the space ship. Oz and Ashley where now back in there seats as they where back on doing the mission since Martin contacted them that they where now just 8 miles from reaching there location.
So after a long time of waiting, they where focus on carrying out the mission that they where given and took it serious.
"ok we are now within 7 miles in reaching our designated location, so Mr. Martin what are we to do then?" Oz said as he ask Martin over the communication line as he ask him what they where going to do next while he was driving the spaceship in the given location.
"well once you are in the location and aiming towards the earth where the enemy is located, Ashley will deploy 'Betty' and then you would shoot at the enemy down below and that would allow us to have the rout that has been block by the enemy, it would then allow us to have control over the rout and allow us to get the materials that we need" Martin said as he explain to both Oz and Ashely on what they needed to do.
"copy that Mr. Martin" Oz said as he began to position the spaceship towards earth where down below the enemy was located at.
"ok we are now in position, Ashley it's your turn" Oz said as he told Ashley to do her part in brining out 'Betty' from the bottom of the spaceship.
"ok got it" Ashley said as she began to type on the computer and started to put in some access codes so that she had access in opening the big metal door that was at the bottom of the ship where 'Betty' was.
And after a minute of typing, she was now able to open the big metal door that took up all the space in the ship's bottom side. And once it was fully open, a large energy directed weapon canon came out from below the ship and show it's self.
'Betty' is something of master piece of war and destruction because everything that made up 'Betty', everything was in of to be able to A: run a facility no stop for about a week, and B: in of power to destroy an entire city to ashes in just seconds. And adding the master designs and cool features and parts, it made it look much more epic than what it already was.
And Oz ho saw it on his left monitor as he watch 'Betty' revel it's self, he was totally amaze to see something that would have compare it's self from a science fiction movie.
"wow that's 'Betty!'?" Oz said he saw the 'Betty' for the first time and saw the actual weapon that would destroy the enemy down below.
"it's pretty amazing don't you think" Ashley said as she saw Oz's reaction when he saw 'Betty' for the first time.
"yeah it's really amazing to see something that big and something that cool" Oz said as he was able to re focus and focus on the mission.
"well thanks, my dad design the whole thing himself. He spent about 8 days on design and then another 3 weeks to construct it" Ashely said.
"well... that's time well spent, anyways let's focus back on the mission, so are you ready to see what 'Betty' is capable of?" Oz said he ask Ashley if she was ready to see what 'Betty' was capable of doing.
"I'm ready if you are" Ashely said as she told him that she was ready.
"alright then, lets start" Oz said as he open up the controls for 'Betty' and started powering up the machine.
But after a few seconds in powering up the machine, a warning sign came on in all of the screens in the cockpit and a red light started flashing in the cockpit as it was telling them that something bad was about to happen.
"what? what's going on?" Oz said he stop the power up for 'Betty' and check what was the reason for the sudden warning notice.
"I don't know, hold up let me check what's the reason why we are getting this" Ashely said in scared and worried tone as she started to type fast on the keyboard and started to search what the problem was.
"ok I see what the problem is, it seems that one of the power tubes for 'Betty' seem to be disconnected, and if we don't reconnected manually, it would cause an explosion because of uneven power in 'Betty'.
"oh, ok then so... ho do you think should go?" Oz said as he ask her on who of the two would go on the repair.
"well... I'm capable of fixing this but I need to stay here and check over the systems to make sure that everything goes ok, and I can also guide you in fixing the problem" Ashley said as she told Oz that he should go instead because she needed to stay and watch over the system and also because she could help Oz in guiding him in fixing the repair.
"ok I think that sounds fair, so I guess I am going to do some repair in space. So is there a thing that can help me move in space?" Oz said.
"well your spacesuit already has one, just press on the fly mode on your right arm, and then you would be able to move in space by using your head to move around in space since the fly mode functions by you using your brain to move in space" Ashley said as she told Oz that a 'fly mode' was already install in his suit.
"oh really?, well that's good to know. Mr. Martin I am going to have to do a space walk to 'Betty' to fix a problem that we have, one of the energy tubes that connects to 'Betty' was disconnected. So I am going to have to repair it whit Ashley guiding my on fixing it if I need help" Oz said he told Martin over the communication line on what was about to happen.
"alright then, be sure to be careful out there ok" Martin said he check in with Oz and there situation. But also someone oh heard what was going on decided to get in the conversation.
"Oz is everything ok?" Sharon said with a worried tone as she ask Oz if everything was fine.
"yes everything is ok it's just an energy tube that got disconnected from 'Betty' so I'm going to have to reconnected it by doing some space walk to get to it" Oz said as he told Sharon that everything was fine.
"ok then, be careful out there" Sharon said.
"well anyways like your sister said, be careful out there" Martin said.
"copy that, moving out" Oz said he left his seat and made his way to the left side of the ship where and exit was, and he was using that one because unlike the one that they use to get in, this one had two doors so that the oxygen inside the spaceship wouldn't be sucked out and would stay inside.
So once he pass thru the first door and closed it behind him, he proceeded to the next one which resulted in having the door open slowly so that the air inside the chamber would leak out slowly so that Oz didn't get sucked out of the chamber like bullet to earth because of the space vacuum.
So now that outside door was fully open, he was able to now walk in space with 'fly mode' to help him move in space. And this time, being able to truly walk in space felt more amazing than being inside the spaceship where you could only do so much.
So now he slowly made his was to the bottom of the ship that took him about 2 minutes to reach. And once he was there he went to the back of 'Betty' where the energy tubes where. And once he was there, he saw that the tubes that where connected to 'betty' weren't small one that you could easily grab with your arms, no this one where as big as your body that you could fit inside with no problem.
And when he started to look for the tube that was disconnected, he founded it on the left side of the bundle of power tubes.
"how am I going to install this back to it's socket?" Oz said he was confuse as to how he was going to install the tube that got disconnected.
"don't worry Oz, on the left side of the cargo room there is a control panel that controls the machine that can do the repair for you, so just use the large claw like machine to help you install it back" Ashely said over the communication line as she told him how he could fix the issue without problems.
"ok thanks" Oz said he look around the room that stored the weapon 'Betty' and look for the control panel. And once he founded it he made his way to the control panel and use it to connect the lose energy tube back into place.
"ok and let's see how this goes" Oz said he started to use the control panel to reconnect the energy tube that got disconnected and put it back into place. It took him about a few try's to insert it in since it keep moving in the no gravity environment so he had a bit of
trouble in having a hold of it at first.
But soon if of he was able to insert it back and manually lock the energy tube back into place.
"ok that's done, I'm heading back up" Oz said as he told Ashley that he was heading back to the cockpit.
"ok copy that" was Ashley's response as she heard him say that he was back on his way.
So now he was going back to the cockpit, but as he was moving thru space he stop on the side of the spaceship and took a look at the earth down below and look at it. From up high you could see everything mountains, rivers, large lakes, oceans, different types of ecosystems and different parts of the world.
But when he look down on earth and on the location that he and Ashely where given, he could see something that surprise him. Down on earth, the area the contain the enemy was all black and dark that it look like nothing was even there.
And when he look around the other parts of the earth that where once lively with people or life, it was now dead and cover with a shade of black that tells you that that place was now destroyed.
And the black shade color was visible in the locations of the fallen countries that have been destroy through the past months of the enemy's attacks.
"holy crap" was what Oz said when he saw the black shades on earth that he could see from earth.
But not wanting to see the destruction of the enemy, Oz move on and went back inside the spaceship.
So after going thru the two doors that keep them separate from space and from the inside of the spaceship. And once inside the spaceship he went back to his seat and put back on his seatbelt before taking back the controls of the ship.
"ok so, did that fix the problem?" Oz said as he ask her if the repair was able to fix there problem.
"yeah the warning detail was remove as soon as the lose energy tube was reconnected, so the repair was success so now we can continue with the mission" Ashley said as she started to power up the weapon back again.
"ok 'Betty' is starting up again and we aren't receiving any bad details so we are ok" Ashley said as she read the system for 'Betty' to confirm that the problem was fix.
"ok then, so how much until we are able to shoot?" Oz ask.
"well it's at 59% so far so I think in about 50 seconds more until it's ready" Ashley said as she told him how much time there was until they where able to use 'Betty'.
"ok, so Ashley what do you think 'Betty' is capable of once we shoot at the enemy down below?" Oz said as he ask her on what 'Betty' is capable of doing once they fire the weapon.
"don't know my dad made it all by himself, and he never told me what kind of power 'Betty' use so... I don't really know. But I am sure that it's going to be surprise to see what it can do once it's done warming up" Ashely said.
"oh, well then I am interested to see what it's capable of once I get to fire it" Oz said as he hold a tight grip of his controls as he waited for the weapon to finish warming up, so once 'Betty' was done warming up and at a 100% ready.
Oz and Ashley turn quiet as Oz took control over 'Betty' and aim it at the enemy base that was down on earth. And soon in of the front part of the weapon where the energy shoot would come out was slowly growing red as it was preparing to shoot.
And as soon as it was done, Oz press fire trigger on his control and use 'Betty' to shoot a large beam of red energy that was fire out of 'Betty's' cannon and sent the full force of the weapon down to the enemy base down below. And the moment that he shoot it, it only took about 3 seconds until they saw a bright light hit there eyes as a huge explosion was set of in the enemy base.
And the large force of power that was given from using 'Betty' cause them to lose power for about 4 seconds until there ship regain there lost power and they where sent back at least 100 feet backwards from using 'Betty'.
"wow that was something" Oz said with surprise look on his face as he and Ashley just felt the power of 'Betty' when they use it for the first time.
"yeah that was totally unexpected" Ashley said as she was also surprise as well when she also felt the power of 'Betty'.
"well now that that's done I guess we should head back to base or we could go and check to see if the enemy base was destroy" Oz said as he told Ashely that they could either do two things, one would be going back to base or the other one being that they would go down on earth and see if the enemy base was really destroy.
"hum I think we should check in with my dad first, I don't want to cause any problems with him by doing something that we weren't suppose to do" Ashley said.
"ok then go ahead and ask your dad" Oz said he started to put away 'Betty' back into it's cargo room before they when flying back to earth and not get it destroy.
"hey dad are you there, we have shoot the enemy base down on the location that we where given. Me and Oz wanted to know if you could allow us to go down on to the enemy base to see if the plan work" Ashley said as she talk over to her dad over the communication line.
"funny, I was about to say the same thing since we can't pick up anything on the radar so we where gong to ask you two to go down there as well, so yeah you two have to go down there to see if the enemy base was destroy" Martin said he told her that they where already planning on sending them down to earth to see if the enemy base was destroy.
"ok dad, roger out" Ashley said as she ended the call and turn to Oz saying. "apparently my dad and the others where already planning on sending us down there to see if target was destroy so we have the thumbs up" Ashley said.
"alright then, make sure that your seat belt is on and to hold on to your chair because re-entering the earth is going to be the same as leaving it". Oz said right before he use his controls to start moving the spaceship downwards to earth as they made dive back on to earth.
And re-entering the earth was much more harder and than leaving it since you where going full speed down to the ground with less control. But they where able to gain control back once they where about 4,000 in the air when Oz was able to slow down the Spaceship in of that he was able to fly it normally.
Son now that they where back on earth, they made there way to the spot that was hit by 'Betty's' overwhelm power. And when they got there the saw the after effects of the base.
"wow I-I-it's gone, it gone and there's nothing left" Oz said he move the ship through the white and black smoke that was coming thru the ground.
"yeah... there nothing left but a big crater in the ground, I wonder how deep the crater is. Hey Oz try landing the ship on the ground could you" Ashley said as she ask Oz if he could land the spaceship down on the middle of the creator to see how deep the crater.
"yeah sure I guess, just let me take it down slowly I don't want to hit the walls of the crater" Oz said as he move the spaceship slowly to the ground in a slow past so that he wouldn't crash on to the walls of the crater.
It was a slow process but they where getting there.
Meanwhile back at control center, everyone was watching with full attention as they watch Oz and Ashley go down into the crater that was made by 'Betty' when they use it against the enemy. And so far they where astonish to see the outcome of 'Betty's' power.
Ada and Sharon where just as surprise as the rest in the room as they saw the huge crater that was made. And Oz's friends ho where watching everything from Oz's point of view where just as surprise as anyone else.
Back to Oz and Ashley.
After slowly descending on to the ground they had finally made it to the bottom of the crater at a deep of 2,463 feet.
"wow, this is about at least 2/5 of mile". Oz said as he saw the distance that they had made from the top of the crater to the very bottom.
"yeah on kidding but, we still can't see the walls of the crater since they are being cover up by the steam and smoke" Ashley said as she told him that they weren't yet able to see the walls of the crater to determine the actual size of the crater.
"well your right about, to bad we don't anything that can clear out the view" Oz said as he told Ashley that they didn't had anything to clear out the smoke and steam that was coming out of the walls.
"actually we do" Ashley said out of nowhere as she started to type on her keyboard as she started to take out something out of the spaceship that would help them out in clearing out the steam and smoke.
And once she found what she needed, she activate an air cannon that was the shape of a disk that came out on top of the spaceship that was about 46 feet in diameter.
And once it was out she fire it and cause it to shoot a shockwave of air in all directions with such force that all the smoke and steam disappear in a manner of seconds. And what was left was not walls but hills that went at least half a mile to the surface in a steady up hill.
"wow that is just amazing. I never knew that 'Betty' was actually capable of doing something like this" Oz said he saw the 'real' outcome of the attack that they did on the enemy base.
"yeah this is something really astonishing, hum... hey Oz what's that at the far left?" Ashley said as she pointed to Oz's left to where she saw something from afar. In her eyes it was like a black hole that went underground.
"I don't know I can see it but just no clear in of, hold up let me get a closer look" Oz said as he move the ship in the direction of the hole that Ashley saw.
So once the where close in of, the black hole that from afar look small turn out to be big in of to be able to fit and entire jumbo get inside the hole that had 'metal' walls in the hole. And what was even more weird was the hole seem to go on forever since they couldn't see any light source inside the large hole that went forward and in slow downhill past.
"what is this?" Oz said with a question tone as he look at the mysteries tunnel that was now in front of them.
"I don't know but I have feeling that this has something to do with the enemy" Ashley said as she examine the tunnel with her eyes as she was thinking over the possible reasons that the tunnel was under the enemy base.
"hum you know I think we should get a look as to what this might be" Oz said he suggest that they go and have a look in what the tunnel might be.
"what?" Ashley was a bit surprise to hear that Oz wanted to go inside and investigate what the tunnel was for. She also was curious but not to curious that she wanted to go and have peek.
"I mean we should go and have peek as that was is inside, I mean isn't kind of strange that the enemy would have a tunnel that's place this low underground?" Oz said.
"well... I don't know I mean shouldn't we ask my dad if we are allowed to go in there?" Ashley said.
"fair point, (open the call communication) Mr. Martin are you there?" Oz said as he call out Mr. Martin over the communication line.
"yea I am here Oz, and I also heard over your conversation with Ashley and... I don't think that it would be wise for you two to go in there with out teammates and support" Martin said as he decline Oz's offer to investigate the enemy's tunnel that they have found.
Mr. Martin and the rest that where in the room and even the president, they where all as curious as Oz to find out what the tunnel lead to. But Martin was playing it safe and telling Oz that they shouldn't go in there with out more people to help them.
"I see... so is there anyway that you guys can sent over more people so that we can investigate what the tunnel leads to?" Oz said as he ask Martin if they could send over people to have them help in investigating the enemy's tunnel.
"sorry but I am afraid to tell you that we don't have people that are available to go and help you since we don't have anyone that's not occupied with important manners to uphold" Martin said as he told Oz again that they didn't have anyone that could help them out.
"...ok I guess we will be heading back to base then" Oz said with a bit of disappointment as he lean back on his seat and took grab on to his controls.
"don't worry Oz I'm sure that we could come back next time when there's some people that could go with us to investigate what the tunnel hides" Ashely said in motivating voice as she try to cheer up Oz.
"yeah I guess your right" Oz said as he started to turn back on the main boosters of the spaceship so that they could leave but, the moment that they where about to head back up in the air, the engines died signifying that spaceship was out of power.
They where now stuck in a crater until someone came for them.