Chapter 3: Meeting The Crew and Confrontations
Natalie's POV
Luckily, we made it into the ship just in time before the guards could get to us and we shut the door. Captain EO then said as we continued to catch our breathes,
"Come on, we've gotta get this ship out of here!"
I nodded and said, "Ok."
And with that, we raced over to an elevator and it took us up to the control room. As we were riding up, Captain EO took out some sort of long whistle and blew into it.
I then asked in curiosity, "Why did you do that for?"
He answered, "To let my crew know that we're coming."
I nodded and said, "Ok." in response.
We then finally reached the control room and when we arrived, I saw an array of aliens. Ones that looked conjoined, one that looked like a tiny little fuzzball with butterfly wings, one that was a tall robot and a shorter robot, and another that looked like an elephant. I knew they were going to be there, but I forgot.
I then said to myself, "Huh, I should've seen this one coming."
The one that looked like an elephant spoke up and asked, "Whose she?"
The taller robot added, "Yes captain, I've never seen her before."
Captain EO then said, "Everyone, this is Natalie and she is now apart of our crew. She will be our new space cadet."
The big robot said walking towards us, "Greetings Natalie, I am Major Domo."
The shorter robot said as he came over to us, "And I'm Minor Domo."
One of the conjoined aliens said in a feminine voice, "I'm Idy"
The other chimed in with a masculine voice, "And I'm Ody."
The elephant-like alien spoke up after he made some weird noises, "I'm Hooter."
I nodded in response. The little fuzzball with butterfly wings then came over and flew in front of me. I said with a smile as I gave him a little pet,
"Hello, little guy."
Captain EO giggled as the little fuzzball landed on his shoulder. I asked, "What's his name?"
He answered, "It's Fuzzball."
I then turned away feeling dumb. Huh, that was also his name. Go figure. I then said with a smile,
"Well, it's very nice to meet you all." Everyone else smiled and nodded in response.
Then all of a sudden, we felt the ship shaking and some sort of security alarm went off.
Idy shouted in fear, "What's happening?!"
Major Domo shouted, "Invaders!"
The captain and I looked out the window to see the same guards that attacked us trying to smash the ship.
The captain then said, "We've gotta get this ship out of here!"
He then shouted while running towards the steering device, "Everybody get to your stations!"
With that, everyone went where they were supposed to be. Minor Domo went inside of Major Domo. Fuzzball flew over to a little periscope while wearing little headphones. Idy and Ody remained where they were and Hooter ran over and jumped onto a small bed with his stuff. I was so lost, I didn't know what to do.
Panicked, I asked the captain, "Wait, captain what do I do?!"
He answered pointing to an area with a lever and blinking buttons,
"Go towards those controls and I'll give you more instructions."
I ran towards the controls and then asked, "Now what?"
He asked as he used the steering device to move forward a little, "You see that lever in front of you?"
I answered, "Yeah?"
He then instructed,
"It works like a gas pedal in a car, except it goes twice as fast, but you need to use those two levers above you first to make it work. For the lever on the right, you have to push it up, and for the one on the left, you have to swipe it from the right to the left."
I asked "But which one of the controls do I have to use first?"
He answered,
"You have to use the one on the right first, then the left, and then the lever that's in front of you. I'll tell you when to use them."
I nodded in response and said "Okay."
For the next minute or two, the guards of the planet tried to blast us with laser guns as we tried to fly away.
I then heard Captain EO shout, "Natalie, now!"
I quickly pushed the right lever up, swiped the left lever to the left, and I placed my hands onto the lever in front of me. didn't know how far to push it, so I pushed a little more than halfway and we literally went zooming from the planet. It was so fast that I couldn't help but scream out of the shock it sent me in while Captain EO cheered in excitement. After zooming through another few stars and planets, Captain EO finally said,
"Alright Natalie, slow it down a little."
I then said, "Okay."
And with that, I pulled the levers above me back to where they originally were, and pulled the lever in front of me back a little and we started to slow down as I fell backwards because of the impact.
As the ship finally slowed down and I was still feeling dizzy on the ground, I looked up and I saw Captain EO walking up to me as he said with a big grin,
"Wow Natalie, that was really fast."
Idy and Ody added, "Yeah, that was really something!"
Hooter made some alien noises in response. The captain then said as he helped me off of the ground,
"That was really impressive, I've never seen this ship go that fast before."
I then said with a sheepish grin, "Well, you did tell me how to use them. I was only afraid that I was going to crack under pressure."
He then said with a reassuring smile, "Trust me, you did really good, Nat."
I smiled back and said, "Thanks."
Then all of a sudden, we saw a hologram of a man flash in front of us as he said,
"Captain EO! Come in, Captain EO!"
Although I knew who it was, I still had the urge to ask, "Who's that?"
The captain answered, "That's Commander Bog."
He then turned to the commander and said standing tall, "Yes sir, what is it?"
The commander asked, "Captain, have you found the map to the Supreme Leader and her planet?"
Captain EO answered, "Yes sir, it was found on the planet Jupiter, guarded by some robots."
The commander nodded in response.
Commander Bog then turned his serious gaze towards me and asked,
"Who's this Captain EO, I've never seen her before?"
He answered introducing me, "Sir, this is Natalie. She is our newest crew member and space cadet."
I spoke up standing tall with a kind smile, "It's a pleasure to meet you, sir."
He answered back with a smile, "Likewise."
Captain EO also added, "She also helped me retrieve the map."
The commander asked, "How?"
He explained, "She distracted the robots while I got the map."
I also added, "We also managed to fight them off when they tried to attack us."
He then glared at Captain EO and snapped, "You were in engaged combat with them?!"
I could tell things weren't starting to go very well as the captain said,
"Yes sir, we had no choice."
Commander Bog then said, "Captain, I already instructed you not to engage in any combat with them!"
I then said as I tried to intervene, "Commander, we had no choice. We had to get the map and they tried to attack us, but we-"
He then snapped and said dismissing me, "Save it, space cadet! This is between me and the captain!"
I then bit my lip and looked down nervously.
Captain EO then said trying to calm down the situation, "But Sir, why should that matter? After all, we got the map."
He then said in a serious tone,
"Yes captain, that's true. But do you realize what could've happened? You could've set off another war within the galaxies! This is the reason why I have a hard time trusting you in these kind of missions."
The captain said,
"I'm sorry about this sir, but I did what I had to do to get the map, even if it meant going into combat. And besides, Natalie did her part in an outstanding way and we were able to escape them with the map before they could do any real harm to us and the ship."
Commander Bog then lessened his glare and sighed. He then said in a serious tone,
"Captain EO, from here on out, I don't want you or any other crew member of yours to go into anymore combat with any other being from any planet."
The captain then tried to say, "But Commander Bog-"
But he cut him off and said,
"If there is any failure to comply to my instruction, you all will be drummed out of the core, is that understood?"
The captain then said with disappointment in his eyes, "Yes sir, we won't go against your orders."
We all nodded in response.
The commander then said, "Good, now I will be back in the morning to check in. And captain, please try not to get in any fights."
The captain said, "We won't sir."
He nodded in response and he then faded away with the hologram.
Captain EO then turned away from me and looked down to the ground in frustration.
I nervously said, "Captain?"
He then said seriously while looking away from us, "Major Domo, I want you to take the controls."
Major Domo then said a little worried, "But captain, we don't know where the location of the Supreme Leader is."
The captain then said in a more irritated tone,
"And that's why we have the map, so we can find the Supreme Leader and her planet."
He then sighed and said, "Now, if you all excuse me, I'm going to take a break in my resting quarters."
As he started to walk away. I tried to say as I jogged after him, "Captain EO-"
He then looked back at me and said with a disappointed look on his face as he handed me the map,
"Here Natalie, take the map. I need you to continue to work the controls that you were using before. If you have any other questions, Major Domo will be there give you further instructions."
He then turned and walked away quickly, as I tried to reach out to him but I let my arm fall down in sadness as I was left standing with the map in my hand.
I felt bad for him. I knew that Commander Bog wasn't a bad guy and that he only wants to keep the peace between the galaxies and planets. But still, that shouldn't be any reason for him to go off at Captain EO like he did. I knew that he was upset, and that he felt like Commander Bog didn't take him seriously enough. I hated standing by and watching him walk away, feeling bad about himself. There must be something I could do, there just had to be.
