Ch.5 Off Course
"Tails. Tails! TAILS!"
"What?!
What's wrong with the shuttle?!" I asked frantically.
"It's
you're turn to fly, Tails," Knux said.
"Thanks for scaring the heck out of me, Knux," I grumbled as I got out of bed. I walked into the cockpit and noticed that Earth wasn't in sight. I knew immediately who to yell at. "KNUX!"
"What?"
"Did you fall asleep when you were flying the shuttle?" I asked.
"So what? I just decided to take a short nap," he replied. "Why? What's the matter?"
"What do you mean 'what's the matter?!' We're off course! The earth isn't even in the side windows!"
"Oops. Sorry Tails."
"Get on a damn space suit and go outside to check where we are!"
"OK." After he had gotten on a space suit, I shoved him into the airlock.
"How could he be so stupid?" I asked myself before I put on a pair of radio headphones. "OK, Knux. What do you see?" I asked him.
"A lot of black stuff, white dots, and a big, blue dot."
"Thanks. That big, blue dot is Earth. Where is it?"
"Um, behind you."
"OK. You can get back in here, now."
"Thanks, I think," Knux said. After he came back in and took off his suit, he collapsed onto his bed.
"OK,"I said to myself. "Time to head home."