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Genre:
Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi, Suspense, Romance
Disclaimer:
"Martin Mystery" and "Totally Spies: Undercover" is owned by Marathon Animation
"NASA" is a trademark of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Soundtrack: (Lyrics removed due to new policy)
Green Day - American Idiot
PG-13 or T rating for Offensive Language
For the astronauts who died in shuttles Columbia and Challanger
Chapter 2 - Creepy Space Much?
JOHN F. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - 03:30 PM
The John F. Kennedy Space Center is the NASA space vehicle launch facility on Cape Canaveral somewhere in Florida. The space center is a major tourist attraction to visitors in Florida and the site also serves as a wildlife sanctuary.
A giant crowd had gathered outside the space center hours ago. Some holding anti-Terry signs as a protest to President Terry's weak leadership. 3 Miami Police Ford Crown Vics were leading a black WOOHP 2003 Chevrolet Suburban and one of The Center's white 2005 Hummer H2 to the space center's main entrance. The Suburban carried Jerry, Sam, Alex, Clover and Marty while the Hummer H2 carried Henry, Martin, Diana and MOM.
Once in the space center, Sam, Alex, Clover, Martin, Diana, MOM and Marty were quickly suited up in the inner orange NASA spacesuits. Only Jerry remained in his usual black suit and tie. Each of the spacesuits had flags of their home countries emblem on the suit. Once they did so, they were off to a giant hanger with some NASA officials, waiting for the other astronauts to arrive.
Martin looked around and asked, "So who are we workin' with?"
Henry removed his shades and "They're comin' towards us right now"
The spies, Martin, Diana, MOM and Marty turned around. 4 astronauts dressed in inner orange spacesuits walked proudly towards them. They were chosen carefully by President Terry for this mission.
Walking from the far left was Neil Shepard, a quiet, bald, bespectacled 34 year old who did not spend a lot of time socializing. This left him a lot of time to peruse his dream by becoming a British astronaut. He once piloted the NASA Space Shuttle Discovery and was a regular at the International Space Station.
Alan Armstrong. An experienced 43 year old American Astronaut. Despite his good looks, he still remained single. Once served in the Gulf War in Iraq, he was chosen as astronaut 2 years ago. He was very serious in doing his job
Walking next to Alan was Yuri Leonov, a highly ranked and experienced Russian cosmonaut. This 48 year old Russian was one of the cosmonauts to travel in Braun, the retired Russian space shuttle's first and only flight. At times, he was very forgetful and tends to be a grumpy.
Valeri Gagarin, a nephew of Yuri. He was 25 years younger than Yuri and he usually looks up to him. Despite his age, he was an experience cosmonaut and once spends 8 months in the International Space Station. Currently the youngest Russian to pilot a spacecraft and to go out in space.
"Um... right, what are we here for again?" Yuri asked one of the NASA officials in a Russian accent.
"By request of the President of the United States, you 11 specially chosen people are here today are on a mission, a mission to save the world." Henry responded.
"What is this somekind of joke?" Yuri questioned with his arms open out. The NASA officials all looked back at him with a no nonsense glare. Yuri face turned red and kept quiet.
"As you know, the crew of STS-207 Orbiter Atlantis and STS-206 of Orbiter Discovery were killed by extra-terrestrials this morning. Now, the alien spaceships are above the skies of every major city in the world. The Center's radar also detected an unidentified object in out solar system. It is about 3 times the size of Jupiter. Whatever are its intentions, we know that Earth is not safe and we're taking this as an intergalactic invasion."
"Now that's a laugh!" Yuri blurted again. Everyone looked at him with a glare.
"Mr. Leonov, please." Henry spoke in a nice tone. "We're gonna send 2 shuttles to the mothership. On the way there, you will fill the fuel tank with Nitrous Oxide at Mir 2, the Russian Space Station. After that, the shuttle will travel over 50 000 miles per minute (MPM) to the mothership. Once there, you will plant a special nuclear bomb in the center the mothership.
"And what exactly is this special bomb?" Clover enquired
"From the outside, it looks like any ordinary silver cylinder. But once it has been activated, it will cause an impact that can destroy everything on the surface of the Earth also making a giant hole about 3900 miles deep and 4200 miles wide."
Sam paused to register the statements made by the official. "That means it could disintegrate half of the Earth!"
Henry gave a wide smile and replied, "Exactly."
"How are we gonna plant it?" Neil then asked. "We don't really know what's inside the alienship."
"Don't worry, we've found a solution. We have developed a computer that will scan a radius of 500 miles. Information is then transferred into the monitor in a form of a 3D map. Now, since you all are suited up, we're gonna introduce you to your rides."
The giant hanger door slowly slid opened to reveal a pair of spacecrafts that resemble the current space shuttles. It was 5 times bigger and more advance that the current ones. It was silver metallic in color with a touch of black on the nose and some parts on the wing and boosters. Both shuttles had the American flag followed by the words "UNITED STATES" emblem in white on each side. On the left wing of the left shuttle, it had the NASA logo followed by "Constitution UE5" decaled below it. The other shuttle also had the NASA logo, but the words below it read "Independence UE5" instead.
"Ever since the Columbia incident, the President had commanded NASA and the Russian Federal Space Agency to secretly developed these new gigantic 'Space Transportation System Universe Explorer 05 Space Vehicles', or known simply as UE5 Space Shuttles, 3 years ago. It was originally meant for an expedition to Mars and possibly the rest of the universe with Russia. Speeds could reach up to 3 000 000 MPH and it is the most advanced shuttles ever developed using technology ahead of it's time."
"Awesome..." Commented Alan as he looked at the gigantic Shuttle
"That's almost as fast as the speed of light." Diana concluded.
"Yeah, but unfortunately the pair had not been tested. Since this is an emergency, we have to hope that everything goes well and it won't explode while launching it. Oh and another thing, once you passed Mars' orbit, you're on your own. The only way you can keep in touch with us is to send us videos, but it will arrive Earth in 30 minutes or so."
"Were gonna split you up into 2 teams." Another NASA official spoke up. "Samantha, Alexandra, Clover, Martin Mitchell, Yuri and Alan are the crew of space shuttle; Constitution UE5. Martin Mystery, Diana, MOM, Valeri and Neil will be the crew of shuttle; Independence UE5..."
"Wait, Jerr's not comin'?" Alex questioned.
"I'm sorry spies." Jerry addressed the spies and Marty. "But I'm currently leading the ground forces here on Earth. This is however an official WOOHP mission so I promise that you all will be back safe and sound."
"Thanks Jerr." Sam, Clover, Alex and Marty responded. It was a promise made by WOOHP. Till today, Jerry has never broken any of his promises to his agents and staff. With that over with, Jerry gave a quick smile before boarding into his WOOHP Chevrolet Suburban.
30 minutes later, shuttles, Constitution UE5 and Independence UE5 were already set up at a pair of specially built launching pads. All 11 astronauts walked out of the building 5 meters away from the launching pad, wearing their inner orange NASA spacesuits and proudly displaying the flags of their home countries. Canada for Martin Mystery, Diana Lombard and MOM. The white, blue and red stripes of Russia for cosmonauts Yuri Leonov and Valeri Gagarin. Neil Shepard proudly displaying the flag of United Kingdom on his spacesuit. And last but not least, the United States of America for Alan Armstrong, Samantha Simpson, Alexandra Vazquez, Clover Edwing and Martin Mitchell.
They walked towards the Space Shuttles via a path was created by the army. A big crowd had already formed hours ago outside the Kennedy Space Center, When the reached the elevator to the shuttles, they were greeted by a familiar face, President Johnny Terry. He was dressed in his usual black suit and red tie. As he lead the astronauts up the stage to address the public, there was jeering against President Terry. Giant Anti-Terry posters and signs were displayed among the crowd.
"My fellow Americans and people of the world. Today, I'm talkin' to you not as the President of the United States, but as a citizen of planet Earth. Everything they wrote is science books is gonna change. The question that whether we're alone in this universe has been answered. We are not alone." Spoke the President, dragging the syllable of the final part of his statement. The crowd started to scream in confusion. Anti-Terry signs were still being displayed among the crowd.
"Today, March 8th is a day where we all forget our problems and hope that we can live for centuries to come. No alien scum is gonna destroy our planet where we live, play, work, raised and born. We have the tools to combat these aliens. What makes them think that those bastards can come and destroy our beautiful planet! WE WILL NEVER BACK DOWN AND FIGHT BACK WITH ALL OUR MIGHT!"
With that statement the anti-Terry protest signs lowered and everyone cheered on even louder.
"The dreams of an entire planet are focused on these 11 brave souls risking their lives. And may we, citizens the world, see these events through. God speed and good luck to all you."
The crowd gave a loud wail as the President shook hands of all the 11 crew members of both Constitution and Independence. And before they knew it, they were then strapped into the seats of the giant UE5 space shuttles. Valeri and Neil are the pilots of Constitution while Alan and Yuri are the drivers of Shuttle Independence.
"Mission STS-208, standby for lift off. T minusTen..." A southern accented man spoke through the public address system. The countdown had just begun.
"Boosters, checked." Said Valeri as he turned on the engine.
"Nine..."
Alan looked at the fuel gauge. The meter was at the full point. "Fuel tank's full."
"Eight..."
"Hopefully, the shuttle won't blow up like it did in Challenger." Neil exclaimed
"Hopefully!" Cried Clover
"Seven..."
"Let's get this show on the road!" Yuri cried as he turned on the engine.
"Six..."
"This is it... I guess." Cried Marty and held tightly onto Alex's hand. Marty was really scared.
"Five..."
"C'mon...C'MON! What's taking these American idiots so long?" Yuri yelled as he banged his hand on the joystick. Alan looked at him with a strange look on his face.
"Four..."
Martin looked to his left. MOM was sitting beside him. She looked very calm. "Wow MOM, you're really into this thing aren't you."
MOM looked at Martin and responded "I'm not agent Mystery."
"Three..."
"Yuri." Clover called the cosmonaut. "I've got one important question."
"What's that?" Yuri appealed.
"Will the lift off ruin my hair?"
"Two..."
Neil and Alan closed their eyes as they held their hands onto the leaver which will activate the boosters.
"One...Lift off!"
Neil and Alan pulled the leavers. Shuttle Independence lifted off the ground followed by shuttle Constitution, 3 seconds later. 2 minutes after lift off, the boosters break away from both shuttles, leaving the giant Orbiters to fly upside down to let fuel from the giant external orange fuel tanks run into the Orbiters. 8 minutes later, the giant orange fuel tanks detached away from the Orbiters, and under its own power, Shuttles Constitution and Independence were on their way to the Mir 2 Russian Space Station for another fuel up.
Ha ha! Tried to be as accurate on the lift off as possible. So what do you think of the names of the shuttles? (Constitution UE5 and Independence UE5) I think it sucked though. If you could suggest a name let me know.
Mathew: Thank you very much! Hmm… yeah. Thanks for pointing that out. I'll read your stories if I have the time. (But I'll read it) So you wanna do a joint story with me? Hmm... Okay... Can the story be about the spies and us on vacation maybe…No WOOHP involved… I'd like that…But hey, you canare the author…
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Marty