Chapter 2
Steve POV (Point Of View)
Fireball XL5 entered the meteorite belt with meteorites lashing against its side like whips
against bare skin.
Every time a meteorite smacked its side the ship would become unbalanced.As
you can imagine it was very hard for Robert and Steve to pilot the ship
and keep it balanced. They hadn't got very far when suddenly a
giant meteorite lashed itself against Fireball's starboard wing sending
the ship spiralling down into a crash dive towards an uncharted planet.
"Brace
yourselves" said Steve through the intercom "I'm going to try and
crash-land on an uncharted planet" "Be careful Steve" said Venus. "Ok
firing retro rockets... NOW" Steve's hand flipped the switch that was
used to fire the ship's retro rockets but nothing happened.
Steve tried again and again but still nothing happened. "Oh great" said Steve sarcastically
"If they don't fire soon we'll be finished".
Suddenly just as Fireball XL5 was about to enter the planet's
atmosphere the retro rockets responded to Steve's previous attempts and
fired and the ship began to slow down but the blast was enough to knock
the entire crew unconscious.
Robert was the only one left at his post piloting XL5 as it shot through the atmosphere like a bullet through air.
Suddenly through the main cabin's view screen Robert saw Fireball heading straight towards the planet's surface.
Immediately the robot's instincts kicked in and he realised the danger
that laid ahead and immediately lifted the craft up into a horizontal
position sending it skidding across the planet's surface and towards A Big Pointy Rock.
Within a matter of seconds XL5 crashed into the rock but fortunately it didn't explode but was still badly damaged.
What the crew were unaware though that the rock they had crashed into was of great importance to the planet's inhabitants...
In fact one could say it had a matter of pride.
Simba POV
A few minutes before Fireball XL5 had crash-landed on the planet the
sun was just rising within view of Pride Rock.King Simba walked out of
the cave where he and the other lions and lionesses slept.
It was a beautiful morning and it was the sort of day you would expect
something exciting to happen. Suddenly his advisor Zazu swept down to
give him the morning report.
"Good morning sire" said the hornbill "Good morning Zazu" replied the Simba.
"Checking in with the morning report" said Zazu "Fire away" Simba started waiting for his
friend to begin.
Zazu opened his beak to say something but was interrupted by a loud Boom-Boom.
The noise awoke all the lions and lionesses who came out to see what was happening.
Kiara huddled up against her father in fright.
"Dad I'm scared" said Kiara. "Don't worry" said Simba "I don't think it's anything serious".
"I'm afraid it is" said Kovu "Why" asked Simba. "LOOK" yelled kovu staring up into the sky.
Everyone looked up into the sky with Kovu and sure enough there was
Fireball XL5 heading straight towards the ground about half a mile away
from Pride rock.
"EVERYONE INTO THE CAVE NOW" shouted Simba.
"But Simba its not even headed for us we'll be safe" protested Kovu.
"Do as I say" roared Simba. "Ok, ok" grumbled Kovu as he and everyone else
ran into the cave.They all waited in there for a good few seconds before they heard a massive CRASH from outside.
After that there was silence...