Chapter 4: Faith.
AN: *giggles nervously* heh heh.........er- hopeful no one read my mates little review....er- if u did just ignore her she's a loser, was a bit annoying losing the money on that bet tho *mumbles*,
*ducks as various items fly across the room at her* I AM NOT!!!!!!! (^.^;;)
*sigh* she's kinda crazy oh and another thing I am not (repeat NOT) 'ur little sci-fi gurl' I'M OLDER THEN U DAMNIT! and I am so not stressed *eyes twitches* maths was so hard! *whimper* I need a good grade to get into physics and I don't think I did well enough *starts to cry* life's not fair!!!!.......
sorry u came to read the story, not my life crises, on wiv the fic...............
Location: Flight Deck-
''So, have a good time and I hope to see you back on Earth real soon, bye!''
Dryden smiled as he listened to all his messages from back home, while completing the systems overlook that Hitomi had started before her shift ended. It was late, but Dryden knew that his crew mates were far from being tucked up in their beds, like they should be. Since Hitomi's discovery of Van and Allen's little secret she had made them share. Dryden smirked as he listened to his next message, wondering if Dilandau could even hold his pop.
''209 messages remaining.'' Merle's voice rang out. Dryden hit the play button on the control panel above his head.
''Hey Dryden!, remember me? sure hope you haven't forgotten all your friends now that your a hot shot astronaut, anyway, just wanted to let you know that I'm thinking about you''.............
~~~~~
Location: Dinning area-
Hitomi, Dilandau, Van, Folken and Allen sat around the clear table, finishing the last of the results from Van and Allen's experiment, needless to say the experiment had worked well.
''So Folken, they had frogs when you were a kid right?'' Allen asked, pop in hand.
''Lots.''
''And then we killed them.'' Allen continued, throwing his hands in the air. ''every last one, now since frogs breathe through their skins, they react to the toxins in the air more rapidly. That should have been a warning, don't you think?''
''What's your point?'' Hitomi asked from her stop between Folken and Dilandau.
''We should have seen it coming, that's all.'' Allen replied.
''No.'' Dilandau disagreed, ''we did see it coming, just didn't do anything about it.''
''You see guys,'' Allen started again, dispite the collective sigh that came from Van, Hitomi and Dilandau. ''Mans a party animal, if he's doing OK, that's all that matters.''
Folken stepped in, ''Unless there are more powerful forces at work then Biology.''
Allen turned to Folken, and smirked, ''Uh oh, we're gonna talk about God now aren't we, cause if we are I'm gonna need another pop.''
Folken's face remain expressionless, ''No, not God, Faith.''
''Oh, I had a girlfriend named Faith, she cheated on me, with a girl named Chastity.'' They all laughed, except Folken of course. When the laughter died down he replied,
''You wouldn't be ridding over 3 million km, into outer space and back, in a ship nobody ever tested properly, if you didn't have a little faith.''
Allen took another cylinder and chose to ignore Folken's successful come back, ''OK, OK listen guys, lets forget about all the hypothetical stuff for a moment. I say, commander Hitomi, when we get to Mars, we just take it, just take it for ourselves.''
Van chose this time to speak, ''Call Earth, tell 'em it's sucks and don't come.'' Dilandau chose this time to rest his head down on the table, he was so not able to handle pop.
Allen laughed, ''Yeah, whatever keeps out the riffraff. Folken, you can do the religion thing, you, Van can keep the space Jon working, Dilandau's, passed out and I can handle pretty much everything else.'' He finished, a smug look covering his face.
''What about me?'' Hitomi asked, looking at the now straight faced Allen.
''Well, you can be my queen.'' Even Dilandau looked up again to see Hitomi's reaction to that, but Allen continued, ''propagation of the human race.''
Hitomi glared, but didn't say anything, she didn't need to. She got up and left the room leaving Allen to stutter in his defence, ''It was just a joke............commander Hitomi,..........just a joke.''
Folken stood up and looked at his remaining companions, ''and on that note gentlemen, I suggest we retire.''
~~~~~
''Mars 1, this is Houston, you have acquired orbit. Congratulations on over 6 months of smooth sailing, and welcome to Mars.''
The communication rang out over the ships speakers so everyone could hear it.
Van was in the access corridors, pumping loud dance music through the other speakers. Folken was relaxing in the dinning area, his headphones on, listening to classical music. Dryden and Hitomi were up on the flight deck and Allen and Dilandau were in one of the ships many labs. Hitomi had opened all the communicators so they could talk to each other from anywhere on the ship, there was a lot to do before they could land on Mars.
Van was the first to speak after the message. ''Find a good parking space?''
Hitomi laughed, Van always made her laugh, she kinda liked it. ''Yep, right between Phobos and Deimos.''
''I prefer one moon you know.'' Van said to no one in particular. ''That way you know what to call it, 'the moon'.''
Dryden laughed in his space next to Hitomi, ''More colour commentary from the janitor.''
Van frowned, though no one could see it. ''The correct team is 'mechanical systems engineer.''
''but you'll accept space janitor.'' Dilandau butted in.
Allen spoke up, ''Enough of this chit chat, after 6 months I'm ready to get out of this hamster cage, what do you say commander?''
From her place on the flight deck Hiotmi looked to Dryden, then said ''Merle, start all pre-launch systems checks.''
''Yes, commander.''
''Gentlemen,'' Hitomi addressed her crew, ''We're eating dinner on Mars.''
AN: *giggles nervously* heh heh.........er- hopeful no one read my mates little review....er- if u did just ignore her she's a loser, was a bit annoying losing the money on that bet tho *mumbles*,
*ducks as various items fly across the room at her* I AM NOT!!!!!!! (^.^;;)
*sigh* she's kinda crazy oh and another thing I am not (repeat NOT) 'ur little sci-fi gurl' I'M OLDER THEN U DAMNIT! and I am so not stressed *eyes twitches* maths was so hard! *whimper* I need a good grade to get into physics and I don't think I did well enough *starts to cry* life's not fair!!!!.......
sorry u came to read the story, not my life crises, on wiv the fic...............
Location: Flight Deck-
''So, have a good time and I hope to see you back on Earth real soon, bye!''
Dryden smiled as he listened to all his messages from back home, while completing the systems overlook that Hitomi had started before her shift ended. It was late, but Dryden knew that his crew mates were far from being tucked up in their beds, like they should be. Since Hitomi's discovery of Van and Allen's little secret she had made them share. Dryden smirked as he listened to his next message, wondering if Dilandau could even hold his pop.
''209 messages remaining.'' Merle's voice rang out. Dryden hit the play button on the control panel above his head.
''Hey Dryden!, remember me? sure hope you haven't forgotten all your friends now that your a hot shot astronaut, anyway, just wanted to let you know that I'm thinking about you''.............
~~~~~
Location: Dinning area-
Hitomi, Dilandau, Van, Folken and Allen sat around the clear table, finishing the last of the results from Van and Allen's experiment, needless to say the experiment had worked well.
''So Folken, they had frogs when you were a kid right?'' Allen asked, pop in hand.
''Lots.''
''And then we killed them.'' Allen continued, throwing his hands in the air. ''every last one, now since frogs breathe through their skins, they react to the toxins in the air more rapidly. That should have been a warning, don't you think?''
''What's your point?'' Hitomi asked from her stop between Folken and Dilandau.
''We should have seen it coming, that's all.'' Allen replied.
''No.'' Dilandau disagreed, ''we did see it coming, just didn't do anything about it.''
''You see guys,'' Allen started again, dispite the collective sigh that came from Van, Hitomi and Dilandau. ''Mans a party animal, if he's doing OK, that's all that matters.''
Folken stepped in, ''Unless there are more powerful forces at work then Biology.''
Allen turned to Folken, and smirked, ''Uh oh, we're gonna talk about God now aren't we, cause if we are I'm gonna need another pop.''
Folken's face remain expressionless, ''No, not God, Faith.''
''Oh, I had a girlfriend named Faith, she cheated on me, with a girl named Chastity.'' They all laughed, except Folken of course. When the laughter died down he replied,
''You wouldn't be ridding over 3 million km, into outer space and back, in a ship nobody ever tested properly, if you didn't have a little faith.''
Allen took another cylinder and chose to ignore Folken's successful come back, ''OK, OK listen guys, lets forget about all the hypothetical stuff for a moment. I say, commander Hitomi, when we get to Mars, we just take it, just take it for ourselves.''
Van chose this time to speak, ''Call Earth, tell 'em it's sucks and don't come.'' Dilandau chose this time to rest his head down on the table, he was so not able to handle pop.
Allen laughed, ''Yeah, whatever keeps out the riffraff. Folken, you can do the religion thing, you, Van can keep the space Jon working, Dilandau's, passed out and I can handle pretty much everything else.'' He finished, a smug look covering his face.
''What about me?'' Hitomi asked, looking at the now straight faced Allen.
''Well, you can be my queen.'' Even Dilandau looked up again to see Hitomi's reaction to that, but Allen continued, ''propagation of the human race.''
Hitomi glared, but didn't say anything, she didn't need to. She got up and left the room leaving Allen to stutter in his defence, ''It was just a joke............commander Hitomi,..........just a joke.''
Folken stood up and looked at his remaining companions, ''and on that note gentlemen, I suggest we retire.''
~~~~~
''Mars 1, this is Houston, you have acquired orbit. Congratulations on over 6 months of smooth sailing, and welcome to Mars.''
The communication rang out over the ships speakers so everyone could hear it.
Van was in the access corridors, pumping loud dance music through the other speakers. Folken was relaxing in the dinning area, his headphones on, listening to classical music. Dryden and Hitomi were up on the flight deck and Allen and Dilandau were in one of the ships many labs. Hitomi had opened all the communicators so they could talk to each other from anywhere on the ship, there was a lot to do before they could land on Mars.
Van was the first to speak after the message. ''Find a good parking space?''
Hitomi laughed, Van always made her laugh, she kinda liked it. ''Yep, right between Phobos and Deimos.''
''I prefer one moon you know.'' Van said to no one in particular. ''That way you know what to call it, 'the moon'.''
Dryden laughed in his space next to Hitomi, ''More colour commentary from the janitor.''
Van frowned, though no one could see it. ''The correct team is 'mechanical systems engineer.''
''but you'll accept space janitor.'' Dilandau butted in.
Allen spoke up, ''Enough of this chit chat, after 6 months I'm ready to get out of this hamster cage, what do you say commander?''
From her place on the flight deck Hiotmi looked to Dryden, then said ''Merle, start all pre-launch systems checks.''
''Yes, commander.''
''Gentlemen,'' Hitomi addressed her crew, ''We're eating dinner on Mars.''