Prologue: part 2
3 years later
I sat down and prepared myself for the journey that lied ahead. As I waited in the space shuttle waiting station. I wondered what my job would be like. I couldn't believe that mankind has come this far in technology. Space travel was now a common thing. I laughed in my head as I thought of how primitive we were back in time. When I was in school I remember learning about the first man on the moon and how it was such a brilliant task to accomplish back then. But 500 years in the future seemed to change that. Here I was about to board a shuttle rocket to mars. Mars was the first planet to have the space colony program completed. Nowadays it was possible to live a somewhat healthy life on mars. And it's kinda funny now because just getting to the moon used to be a life threatening task. And now we could hop on a rocket and go from earth to the moon and back in a matter of hours.
Suddenly my thoughts were interrupted by a lot of brushing sounds on the floor next to me. I looked down and stared at my pet rabbit that I picked up recently. Shortly before arriving to the station I went to a pet store and picked up a little rabbit. I figured that it might be kinda lonely up on mars so I got a pet to keep me company. Apparently my rabbit seemed to be getting excited and started running all around in its little pet cage. "You don't seem to be the type of guy that would be running around with a pet rabbit nearby." A soft yet womanly voice spoke. I looked up to see a woman in what seemed to be some type of military uniform. She then calmly sat down next to me. "Heh, I only brought this pet for company." I casually said back to her. I took this time to check her out. She was a rather pretty looking woman. She had brown long hair that seemed to flow down to her shoulders, and a very nice face.Very cute, yet sexy looking.She hadblue eyesthat seemed to glow. I wasalmost mesmerized by them. Then I noticed the uniform she was wearing. It was a blue military combat vest of some sorts. The kind you would wear for really rough combat. Mine was similar except mine was green.
I asked her if she was going to the same place as me. She simply nodded her head. I sat back and thought about were we was going. I was heading to a military base that just happened to be built in space. It was owned by the Union Aerospace Corporation. (U.A.C.) The U.A.C. was a multi-planetary conglomerate. They specialize in the research of radioactive chemicals, scientific research, and military weapons manufacturing. I was being sent there to receive military training and to be a security guard for a while. The company has existed for years. And it was just recently that they decided to broaden their corporation into space. "Hey, have you heard the news on their newest project?" I shook my head and turned to the woman who just spoke. I tried to remember what she was talking about. "Oh yeah" I replied. I just thought about what has been going on mars recently. A while before I went to the station. I heard that the U.A.C. was working on a new invention that will bring a whole new method of transportation. They were working on teleporters. And when they mean teleporters, they mean actually having your body instantly transport from one location to the next. And the cool thing is that the prototype should be completed soon. While this did sound really cool I had a funny feeling about it. Like something was gonna go wrong when this technology gets abused. However I could no longer think about it now. The space shuttle has just arrived.
I got up and picked up my rabbit cage. I then proceeded towards the shuttle with the woman following me. Right before I stepped into the shuttle I had to ask her something that I probably should've done earlier. "What is your name by the way?" I asked. "You can call me May" She replied. I smiled at her as we stepped aboard the shuttle. And the door hatch was closed. I marched my way through the other people as I tried to find a seat. I found 2 empty seats. I sat down on the one closest to the window while may sat down next to me. "And what was your name?" She asked. "Flynn Taggart" I replied. After that an announcement came over the loudspeaker. "Please fasten your seatbelts. We are now leaving the alpha space station. Our destination is the mars U.A.C. military base. It is recommended you remain seated at all times." And with that I heard the space shuttle door lock and the booming of the rocket engines in the back of this rocket. A few minutes later, the shuttle finally began to take off from the space station on earth and soon enough I found myself looking out my window at the darkness of deep space.