Chapter 19
Hardrive
BOOM!
The ground behind us exploded! We all jumped out of the light.
We were out!
BA-BOOM!
The place we just jumped out of exploded.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM-BOOM!
The place was tearing apart.
We hit the ground. Tumbled around in the moon dust. I was face down. I put my hands on the ground and lifted my upper body a bit. Turned my head around and looked back at the opening.
Lord Kromazor wasn't there. He wasn't jumping at us. He was . . . Dead.
And so was Neo.
He helped us escape. And the Detonators. He gave up his life for us.
"Thanks, Neo . . ." I said quietly to myself.
I stood up. So did the others. We watched the huge alien blow up from a distance. Little things of fire exploded from it's skin.
BOOOOOM!
One huge explosion covered the alien. We all turned our upper body around and shielded our eyes. When we turned around, the alien was gone.
We all sighed in relief.
"That was a close one . . ." Kaio sighed. "Thank you for saving us."
They shook hands with us.
"Let's go to the shuttle," I said.
The others nodded. We started our long walk back to the shuttle.
We finally reached it. We went up the stairs and inside. We changed out of our suits and grabbed our radios.
"Mr. Larson?" I said. "You there?"
"Yeah, I'm here. Are you guys okay?" Mr. Larson asked.
"Yeah. We have the Detonators here, safe and sound." Blaze said.
"Great! So you'll be heading home, right?"
"Yeah . . ." Halen said.
"But we want to eat first," Blaze interrupted.
"Um . . . Okay. You can set the course to Earth, and go in the Eggs whenever you're ready." Mr. Larson explained.
"That's fine," I said. "Over and out."
We put our radios away and went to the kitchen. Blaze and I went over to the small fridge. The others sat down.
Blaze opened the fridge and we both looked inside.
"Toothpaste?!" We both said.
"Toothpaste?" The others asked.
"No, no, no . . ." Turv said. "That's what astronauts eat. They all have a certain flavor."
I found the cokes. That's the first thing I pulled out. I got eleven and gave one to everyone, including where Blaze and I would sit.
We had everyone pick what they wanted. I got a cheeseburger and fries. They didn't taste the same way, but pretty good. And I couldn't look at it, because my brain thought I was eating toothpaste.
"Uh . . . I'm having a hard time eating this . . ." Erik moaned.
"So am I," everyone else said.
"Just don't look at the tube," I said. "It helps."
My heart was still pounding.
"You have not finished me," something said.
I gasped.
It was . . . Lord Kromazor! Had he survived the explosion?
"You have not finished me," Kromazor said again.
I looked around. Had he gotten a radio?
"You will have to do better than that. I will be back . . . For revenge."
Everyone was quiet. Lord Kromazor stopped talking.
"Did he . . . Survive the explosion?" Mina asked.
"I guess so," Max said.
"That's almost impossible . . ." Maya said.
"Unless he took a passage," Blaze said.
"I don't want to think about it," I said.
We had arrived at the main space shuttle and we were walking toward the Eggs room.
"Okay. Time to go to bed," Erik said.
The others walked into their Eggs. I hit the panel buttons to close the ten Eggs they were in. Then I went to the Master Egg and stood there. Punched the buttons to close it.
Zooom.
The door closed. Mist came up. And I dozed off.
Hardrive
BOOM!
The ground behind us exploded! We all jumped out of the light.
We were out!
BA-BOOM!
The place we just jumped out of exploded.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM-BOOM!
The place was tearing apart.
We hit the ground. Tumbled around in the moon dust. I was face down. I put my hands on the ground and lifted my upper body a bit. Turned my head around and looked back at the opening.
Lord Kromazor wasn't there. He wasn't jumping at us. He was . . . Dead.
And so was Neo.
He helped us escape. And the Detonators. He gave up his life for us.
"Thanks, Neo . . ." I said quietly to myself.
I stood up. So did the others. We watched the huge alien blow up from a distance. Little things of fire exploded from it's skin.
BOOOOOM!
One huge explosion covered the alien. We all turned our upper body around and shielded our eyes. When we turned around, the alien was gone.
We all sighed in relief.
"That was a close one . . ." Kaio sighed. "Thank you for saving us."
They shook hands with us.
"Let's go to the shuttle," I said.
The others nodded. We started our long walk back to the shuttle.
We finally reached it. We went up the stairs and inside. We changed out of our suits and grabbed our radios.
"Mr. Larson?" I said. "You there?"
"Yeah, I'm here. Are you guys okay?" Mr. Larson asked.
"Yeah. We have the Detonators here, safe and sound." Blaze said.
"Great! So you'll be heading home, right?"
"Yeah . . ." Halen said.
"But we want to eat first," Blaze interrupted.
"Um . . . Okay. You can set the course to Earth, and go in the Eggs whenever you're ready." Mr. Larson explained.
"That's fine," I said. "Over and out."
We put our radios away and went to the kitchen. Blaze and I went over to the small fridge. The others sat down.
Blaze opened the fridge and we both looked inside.
"Toothpaste?!" We both said.
"Toothpaste?" The others asked.
"No, no, no . . ." Turv said. "That's what astronauts eat. They all have a certain flavor."
I found the cokes. That's the first thing I pulled out. I got eleven and gave one to everyone, including where Blaze and I would sit.
We had everyone pick what they wanted. I got a cheeseburger and fries. They didn't taste the same way, but pretty good. And I couldn't look at it, because my brain thought I was eating toothpaste.
"Uh . . . I'm having a hard time eating this . . ." Erik moaned.
"So am I," everyone else said.
"Just don't look at the tube," I said. "It helps."
My heart was still pounding.
"You have not finished me," something said.
I gasped.
It was . . . Lord Kromazor! Had he survived the explosion?
"You have not finished me," Kromazor said again.
I looked around. Had he gotten a radio?
"You will have to do better than that. I will be back . . . For revenge."
Everyone was quiet. Lord Kromazor stopped talking.
"Did he . . . Survive the explosion?" Mina asked.
"I guess so," Max said.
"That's almost impossible . . ." Maya said.
"Unless he took a passage," Blaze said.
"I don't want to think about it," I said.
We had arrived at the main space shuttle and we were walking toward the Eggs room.
"Okay. Time to go to bed," Erik said.
The others walked into their Eggs. I hit the panel buttons to close the ten Eggs they were in. Then I went to the Master Egg and stood there. Punched the buttons to close it.
Zooom.
The door closed. Mist came up. And I dozed off.