Chapter 2 The Long Sleep
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She watched from a distance as people boarded the ship. There were old people, middle aged, and young children. She noticed that it was mostly younger people boarding it. Her brother tugged at her shirt, "What arethey doing?" She looked at her brother. "I don't know…" She replied.
They watched until it seemed that everyone had almost boarded the ship. She took her brother around in the woods so they wouldn't be seen. She wanted to get a look at the front of the ship where everyone was boarding at. She stopped suddenly and looked amazed. There wasn't only one ship, but maybe 50 other all lined up in a row. She saw that some ships were done loading and closed the doors on the craft. She looked at her brother and told him to be quiet and not to say anything until she said it was okay.
It started to rain as they crept closer to the ship. They managed to find crates of contents and hid behind them as they watched the last ship board more people. They were all giving the guards at the entrance silver cards. They took then quickly and put them in a box. She heard some of the talking from the distance that they were at, 'Are all the people that are going to be left on earth really going to die?' She heard a little girl tugging at her mother and asking her. She looked at them in sadness as she remembered her mom. The little girl's mother replied, 'Yes, people have treated it so badly that it can't let us live here anymore.' Her mother looked ahead and gave the security guard her silver card and boarded with her child.
The rain started to pick up as she looked towards the sky. It was turning a deep, blood red and started to swirl with black. She heard thunder as the lightning lit up the sky for a second. They had to get on the ship. The earth wasn't going to last much longer and they needed to get on it. She saw as the last people started to board. She grabbed her brother's hand and ran to the people in the back. They were standing in front of a couple that didn't seem to notice them.
They finally got up to the entrance of the ship as the couple in front of them handed them their cards. She grabbed her brother's hand and looked down at the platform so they wouldn't see her face. She didn't won't them to catch her and her brother. Hopefully, they would mistake them for the couple's children and let them board just like the child did with her mother. She took a deep breath and walked through. She lifted her head and felt the shilling air of the spacecraft and the new smell it had to it. The only light was from the opening behind them.
The ship, Project Seed, shook as the door behind them closed. They were left in dark until the lights flickered on. She could now see the inside of the ship. There was a huge opening where there were layers and layers of… tubes? She didn't know what they were but saw as people got into each one and saw the doors shut down on them. A clear white mist would spray over them and they slept. She didn't know what was happening, but she knew that she and her brother were not getting into one of those things. She saw the guards come from behind her and watched as the people noisily got into their tube. This went on for half an hour before the very last people were getting into thier's.
The girl looked around and saw a hallway with one of the crates that had opened and ran over to it before anyone could notice. She looked in the box to see it empty and lifted her brother in there and got the top to the crate. She could see as the guards went around to each one of the tubes and check them. They then went around to check if anyone was left before getting into their own tubes and drifting into sleep with the other people. She was about to lift the box's lid when she heard some people coming.
Her and her brother heard nothing but the footsteps and as they approached the box and went by. She looked through a crack in the box to see who it was. She saw a lady in her mid 20s with long, black hair and blue jeans with a shirt. With her she had4 other people with her. One girl had glasses and short hair. There were three guys. One was tall and muscular with short, black, wavy hair. Another looked short in comparison and also had glasses like the girl, and the other was just as tall and well built with black hair.
She heard them talking, 'So, they're all asleep? Looks like everything's ready for take off,' the girl with the long, black hair said. She then heard as the others speak and walk away. The lady with the long, black hair stayed behind and looked at the people in the tubes, 'They are our last hope. Sweet dreams. Let's hope we can find another planet soon that will be able to support human life.' She smiled sadly and walked up to the crate and stopped.
She was scared that the woman was going to open the box and discover them. She didn't know what they would do with them if she found them there. She didn't really want to be on the ship, but she didn't have anywhere else to go with her brother, and she didn't want to stay on earth. Everything seemed to get worse that day and it didn't look like it would get any better.
They woman stopped at the box and slowly lifted the lid to see what was inside. She was expecting some materials for their lab, but instead she found to small children looking up fearfully at her. Her eyes softened, "Well, what do we have here?" The litte boy started to softly weep into the older child's shoulder, "Don't worry I won't hurt you. What's your name?'
The little girl didn't know what to do, but she slowly stood with her brother that was now holding onto her waist and crying, "My name Maiko and this is my little brother, Kaori." The lady smiled warmly and picked the little girl and boy up and setting them outside the box. The little boy seemed to stop crying and looked up at the lady with big, red puffy eyes from crying. The lady noticed how both of the children had the strangest eyes. They both had bluish grey eyes. Their eyes were such a perfect reflect of blue and grey that it looked like you could see deep inside them. She smiled and said to them, "How did you get here and where are your parents? How did you get on the ship?" The little girl looked up at her once more and started to tell her story, from when she got home with her brother to how she got on the ship.
The lady sighed, "Well, we can't let you off now since we're about to take off, and I wouldn't do that anyway. Hi, my name's Rem. Are you hungry?" she asked them as she held out her hand for them to take. The boy just looked up at her and grabbed onto his sister's arm and waited for his sister to do something. The little girl, Maiko, took the lady's hand and shook her head. The lady smiled sweetly at them and led them to the cafeteria. She felt sorry for them and wanted to help them. It looks like she would have to take care of them along with the other two boys in the ship. She smiled again at the thought.
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