The Rescue

"I can't believe Angela's gone." Grandma Taters sighed.
"Hey guys, we can't be sure she and the others are gone for good." The Junk Man said.
"No, but we can't be sure she isn't either." Beautiful Gorgeous said.
"It's probably a glitch or something." Professor Calamitous said.
"One thing is certain, if she is playing a prank it must be a good one." Baby Eddie said.
"It's not a prank." Grandma Taters said.
"Meldar!" Beautiful Gorgeous hissed.
"I'm not sure Meldar is responsible." Professor Calamitous said.
"How can we be sure he's not?" The Junk Man asked.
"Good question." Grandma Taters said.

The planet of Neptune loomed up in the distance, and Meldar was heading towards it.Everyone could tell that his ship was even damaged. There were five dent marks on the side of it along with a scratch on the underside of the hull. The engines seemed to be humming alot and there was alot of smoke coming from the exhaust pipes.

"Meldar here." Meldar said.
"What is it you want?" The Junk Man hissed.
"Heading towards Neptune." Meldar replied.
"We'll follow you, but you had better not try anything foolish." The Junk Man threatened.

Meldar slammed his fists against the consol, he couldn't believe what he had just heard. Now everyone was blaming him for his mothers disappearance. Couldn't they see that even he was depressed with what had happened? A tear fell past his cheek and he roughly brushed it away. Vandanna had even grown a somewhat alliance to his mother, and she was depressed at what happened.

"Vandanna, do me a favor and send out a signal." Meldar said.
"What type of signal?" Vandanna asked.
"A signal to find my mother." Meldar said.
"Right away." Vandanna said.

A hidous racket of whistles, horns, and bangs rang through the systems, spaceships of all kinds turned towards it, but found that the signal wasn't for them. But way over on the left side of the solar system, on Planet Smedion, the signal hit a radar that sent back a reprimand. Ten forms were lain on the ground, all with pained looks on their faces. None of them moved and none of them gave a signal of life.

Angela was the first to open her eyes, both of her legs ached with such terror that she felt like screaming. Slowly and carefully she pushed herself up, clinching her teeth and making up her hands into tight fists she saw that everyone was strewn out around her. King Goobot was on his side, a crack was on his shell. Libby had a cut along her temple with a few scratches on her arms and legs. Her clothes were badly ripped. Sheen, Jimmy and Carl had multiple scratches and cuts on their faces, arms and legs. The worst being on their legs. Nancella and Boclar had cuts on their faces and a huge puddle of blood surounded their heads. Cindy and Eustace had the worst injuries. Both of their legs, and their arms were cut open, their faces had alot of sratches on them. Their lips were curling with chapping.

Angela slowly walked over to her friends and sprinkling water over their mouths, they slowly sat up. King Goobot felt like a dozen spikes were being driven into his soft exterior. Libby, Sheen and Jimmy sent out moans of pain before they finally collapsed with exhaustion. Nancella and Boclar groaned as they pulled thier aching bodies up. Cindy, Carl and Eustace screamed bloody murder as their injured muscles pushed them up. They felt their wounds open more with every push.

"Calm yourself, take it easy." Angela said.
"What happened?" King Goobot asked.
"I'm not entirely sure myself." Angela said.
"All I remember was us being hit by an asteriod." Eustace said.
"I seen to remember that too." Libby said.
"You guys talk, I'll get a fire started." Angela said.
"Were's the ship?" King Goobot asked.
"Not right now." Angela said.
"Well, I'm going to find out." King Goobot said.
"You do that." Angela said.

Meldar watched as the radar flashed from green to red. He had found his mother, she was on the worst planet in the solar system. Planet Smedion was a desert based planet with no life. The planet was almost twenty thousand miles away from them, and it looked like they were in enough trouble as it was. Vandanna slowly pushed up a dial and they saw a small dot shine on the western form of the system.

"Junk Man." Meldar said.
"Yes, what is it?" The Junk Man replied.
"You go on ahead to Neptune, I'll meet you there." Meldar said.
"Where are you going?" The Junk Man asked.
"To find my mother." Meldar said.
"Good luck." The Junk Man said.
"Want any help?" Tee asked.
"No Tee, this is something I need to do myself." Meldar replied.
"If you need any help, just call." Tee said.
"Will do." Meldar replied.

Meldar pressed a button and the autopilot directed them towards the outermost planet. His expression darkened a little and he made his hands ball up. Vandanna had retreated to the cargo hold to retreive a few first aid kits. She had a feeling that what they were going to find on that planet wasn't going to look pretty. Meldar made a mental note to check every single space of land on that planet.

"Vandanna." Meldar said.
"Yes Meldar." Vandanna replied.
"Get a few cots won't you." Meldar ordered.
"Already out and ready." Vandanna said.
"Good, I have a feeling we'll be needing them." Meldar said.

Angela watched as the sky darkened to a distant span of purples, blues and reds. She could hardly see two inches in front of her, and that few inches was hardly enough for them to see if they were to be rescued or not. King Goobot had salvaged all that he could from his ship, but that had been dwindled. His ship was a total mess. The wings, hull, engines, and cockpit were all missing. All that he had found was a few boxes of supplies which hadn't floated out to deep space. Angela's generators were the only thing that she had been able to salvage from the ship, but they were very much in despret repair. Libby, Sheen, Jimmy, Carl, Nancella, Boclar, Cindy and Eustace had nothing but the clothes on thier backs to live with now, all of their stuff was missing. Even so, Boclar was missing a generator.

"What'll we do now?" Libby asked.
"What can we do?" Jimmy replied.
"That's a good question." Sheen said.
"We'll have to wait." Angela said.
"Wait with what?" King Goobot said.
"Yeah, all we have is enough rations to last five days." Eustace said.
"I've been through much harder hardships than this dear." Angela said.
"Like what?" Libby asked.
"Like living on Velexia for a month without water for a week." Angela replied.
"She had just moved onto Velexia at the time." Nancella explained.
"Oh, are we going to be fine?" Libby asked.
"Yes." Angela said.
"I mean, are we going to die." Libby repeated.
"Absolutely not, I'll stop eating before that happens." Angela exclaimed.
"For real?" Jimmy asked.
"Yes." Angela replied.
"Guys." Carl wheezed.
"What's up Carl?" Jimmy asked.
"I...cannot...breathe." Carl stammered.

Carl had lost his inhaler and suntan lotion on the way down to this planet, he had a rip in his back pocket from which his inhaler had been. He was having a really bad problem breathing, gasping every second on the second. Angela ran over to him, regardless her screaming leg, and slowly sat down beside him. She picked him up tenderly and sat him down between her legs, what came next surprised everyone.

"Don't be afraid, Carl. We'll slow this down together. Feel my chest. Feel it moving in and out. Breathe like me. Breathe like me. Come on. Stay with me. I know it hurts. Be strong baby. It'll pass. It'll pass. Don't be afraid of what's happening. Believe it's going to pass. Believe it. Just wait. Don't be afraid. The air is coming. Believe. We don't have to be afraid. It's about to pass. Here it comes. Don't be afraid. Here comes the air. Don't be afraid, Carl. Feel my chest. Breathe with me. Together. The air is going in our lungs. Together. We're the same. We're the same." Angela soothing said.

Jimmy watched as Carls breathing slowed down and became regular. He was really scared for his friend, but what he had just seen was incredible. Angela had saved his friends life by telling him that she was there and that she wouldn't allow anything to happen to him. A tear flowed past Jimmy's cheek and he didn't brush it away. Everyone was crying, and they were all frightened. Cindy walked over to Angela and sat down beside her. King Goobot, Libby, Boclar, Nancella, Sheen, King Goobot and Eustace did the same. Jimmy walked over a few minutes later and before long they were huddled together.

"Meldar I see them." Vandanna said.
"So do I." Meldar said.
"What now?" Vandanna asked.
"We set her down and go help them." Meldar said.

Angela felt her heart lift, her son was here. Jimmy, Sheen, Libby, Cindy, Eustace, Boclar, Nancella and King Goobot jumped up for joy. Carl started to cry, he was so happy. Angela picked him up and regardly her leg, she carried him to the ship. The plank was lowered and she entered. Setting Carl down, she returned and picked up Sheen and Eustace. She came back three more times to get Jimmy, Cindy and Libby. Then she went back for the supplies. King Goobot, Nancella and Boclar tried their best to help her but she insisted that they go rest up. Soon she was back on the ship, exhausted and hurting.

"Everyone here?" Meldar asked.
"Yeah, we're all here." Angela gasped.
"You okay?" Libby asked.
"Yeah, just going through alot of pain." Angela admitted.
"Sit back and relax, we're going to Neptune." Meldar said.
"I'll help you guys." Vandanna said.
"Thank you." Libby and the other whispered.

This has got to be the most saddening chapter I've written so far. I placed in alot of detail of this planet and yes, I did use some of the quotes from that movie Signs. I don't own that part. I just figured that would make it more dramatized. I was clearly surprised with my character helping Carl, I had my eyes closed the entire time. Hope you enjoy this chapter.