Chapter 5
Hardrive
"Okay, time to blast off . . . Well, soon," Mr. Larson said.
I gulped. Yeah, I was nervous. Of course I was!
"Go ahead." Mr. Larson said, gesturing to our left.
A white door was there. It was the shuttle, it looked like a door though.
We slowly approached the door. It slid open, and I expected mist to come out. But it didn't.
The Raiders and I went in and gripped anything we could. Since it was up straight, we had to climb our way to the seats. I took the head seat, Blaze to my right and Halen to my left. Erik sat behind me and Turv on Erik's right, Mina on Erik's left.
We all strapped ourselves in. Put our helmets on. Erik had a hard time.
"Well, this is comfy." Erik moaned.
I grunted.
"Erik will you shut up?" Blaze said.
"Sorry," Erik said quietly.
"Prepare for blastoff," someone said in our small radios on our suit.
"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six . . ." he started. "Five, four, three, two, one . . . Blast off!"
The space shuttle jerked. Erik gave a yelp of surprise. It was very loud as the engines busted to life and fire spewed from it. The space shuttle jerked again and we started slowly into the sky. It went faster and faster, it got hotter and hotter.
I clenched my teeth together. I was sinking into my seat.
Soon, we were out of Earth's atmosphere and into the galaxy. We leveled out, and went straight. The boosters had fallen out and we were in the white part.
"You can unbuckle yourself," the radios said.
We all unbuckled ourselves and we started to float in the air.
"No gravity." Mr. Larson said.
"I'm flying! I'm a bird!" Erik said stupidly.
"Erik . . ." we all moaned.
I swam over to my seat and went to the control panel. Saw a button that said "Gravity Control" under it and motioned for everyone but Erik to go back in the chairs and buckle themselves in. I did too, and hit the button. Erik fell to the floor.
"Ow!" he screamed. "What'd you do that for?!"
The rest of us laughed.
Then we unbuckled ourselves and walked to him.
"You were annoying us," I said.
"I was having fun." Erik said madly, standing up.
"Okay," Mr. Larson said. "It's going to take three days to get to the moon. Where are you right now?"
We all talked to each other through our helmets. There was a small speaker and microphone in the helmet, but now we had taken them off and were talking normally to each other. The people back at NASA talked to us through our radios. We could also take off our radios.
"We're by the control panel and chairs," I said to Mr. Larson.
"Okay, turn around and walk away from the control panel. There will be a small hall that has some rooms. There are three rooms, two people will have to share a bedroom. One will have to have three. There are a change of clothes in the rooms and the bathrooms are in separate rooms near the doors of the bedrooms." Mr. Larson explained. "For now, pick your rooms and get changed. You are going to have to go in a sleeping egg thing that puts you to sleep for three days. Over and out."
We all picked our rooms. Mina and Halen in one, Turv and Slash in one, and Blaze, Erik, and I in another.
I walked into our room and looked around. Nothing much, a few chair things, a few other things and a closet. Blaze, Erik, and I walked to the closets. They had a lot of our suits we had on at the NASA place, with our sizes.
We took turns changing in one of the three bathrooms to the left of our bedroom door. Soon Mr. Larson called for us on our radios.
"Are you all changed?" he asked.
"Yeah," we all said.
"Good. Now, turn left and walk straight. A few doors down you'll find a door with a sign that says 'Sleeping Eggs' on them. That's what we call them. Go in that."
We walked toward the Sleeping Eggs room and soon found out. Went inside, and waited for instructions.
"Okay, when you're in, someone stay back. The other six go in an egg. There are different sizes so pick your size. Stand in it with your back against the padding. For the person who is staying back, walk to the panel on the right wall." Mr. Larson said.
The others went into Eggs and I walked to the panel.
Mr. Larson only talked in my radio now.
"Okay, hit the number three on the panel. Then hit enter. It'll ask you how many eggs to close and hit six, and it'll detect the ones who have people in it and they will close by themselves." Mr. Larson said. I did what he told me. "Go in the Master Egg. It's much bigger then the others and it has a panel in it. Once your in, hit close and then you're set to go to sleep. Call me on the radio when you're awake. Over and out."
I hit close and the Master Egg's door shut. Mist came up and I soon fell asleep.
Hardrive
"Okay, time to blast off . . . Well, soon," Mr. Larson said.
I gulped. Yeah, I was nervous. Of course I was!
"Go ahead." Mr. Larson said, gesturing to our left.
A white door was there. It was the shuttle, it looked like a door though.
We slowly approached the door. It slid open, and I expected mist to come out. But it didn't.
The Raiders and I went in and gripped anything we could. Since it was up straight, we had to climb our way to the seats. I took the head seat, Blaze to my right and Halen to my left. Erik sat behind me and Turv on Erik's right, Mina on Erik's left.
We all strapped ourselves in. Put our helmets on. Erik had a hard time.
"Well, this is comfy." Erik moaned.
I grunted.
"Erik will you shut up?" Blaze said.
"Sorry," Erik said quietly.
"Prepare for blastoff," someone said in our small radios on our suit.
"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six . . ." he started. "Five, four, three, two, one . . . Blast off!"
The space shuttle jerked. Erik gave a yelp of surprise. It was very loud as the engines busted to life and fire spewed from it. The space shuttle jerked again and we started slowly into the sky. It went faster and faster, it got hotter and hotter.
I clenched my teeth together. I was sinking into my seat.
Soon, we were out of Earth's atmosphere and into the galaxy. We leveled out, and went straight. The boosters had fallen out and we were in the white part.
"You can unbuckle yourself," the radios said.
We all unbuckled ourselves and we started to float in the air.
"No gravity." Mr. Larson said.
"I'm flying! I'm a bird!" Erik said stupidly.
"Erik . . ." we all moaned.
I swam over to my seat and went to the control panel. Saw a button that said "Gravity Control" under it and motioned for everyone but Erik to go back in the chairs and buckle themselves in. I did too, and hit the button. Erik fell to the floor.
"Ow!" he screamed. "What'd you do that for?!"
The rest of us laughed.
Then we unbuckled ourselves and walked to him.
"You were annoying us," I said.
"I was having fun." Erik said madly, standing up.
"Okay," Mr. Larson said. "It's going to take three days to get to the moon. Where are you right now?"
We all talked to each other through our helmets. There was a small speaker and microphone in the helmet, but now we had taken them off and were talking normally to each other. The people back at NASA talked to us through our radios. We could also take off our radios.
"We're by the control panel and chairs," I said to Mr. Larson.
"Okay, turn around and walk away from the control panel. There will be a small hall that has some rooms. There are three rooms, two people will have to share a bedroom. One will have to have three. There are a change of clothes in the rooms and the bathrooms are in separate rooms near the doors of the bedrooms." Mr. Larson explained. "For now, pick your rooms and get changed. You are going to have to go in a sleeping egg thing that puts you to sleep for three days. Over and out."
We all picked our rooms. Mina and Halen in one, Turv and Slash in one, and Blaze, Erik, and I in another.
I walked into our room and looked around. Nothing much, a few chair things, a few other things and a closet. Blaze, Erik, and I walked to the closets. They had a lot of our suits we had on at the NASA place, with our sizes.
We took turns changing in one of the three bathrooms to the left of our bedroom door. Soon Mr. Larson called for us on our radios.
"Are you all changed?" he asked.
"Yeah," we all said.
"Good. Now, turn left and walk straight. A few doors down you'll find a door with a sign that says 'Sleeping Eggs' on them. That's what we call them. Go in that."
We walked toward the Sleeping Eggs room and soon found out. Went inside, and waited for instructions.
"Okay, when you're in, someone stay back. The other six go in an egg. There are different sizes so pick your size. Stand in it with your back against the padding. For the person who is staying back, walk to the panel on the right wall." Mr. Larson said.
The others went into Eggs and I walked to the panel.
Mr. Larson only talked in my radio now.
"Okay, hit the number three on the panel. Then hit enter. It'll ask you how many eggs to close and hit six, and it'll detect the ones who have people in it and they will close by themselves." Mr. Larson said. I did what he told me. "Go in the Master Egg. It's much bigger then the others and it has a panel in it. Once your in, hit close and then you're set to go to sleep. Call me on the radio when you're awake. Over and out."
I hit close and the Master Egg's door shut. Mist came up and I soon fell asleep.