Chapter 5: Finding The Planet

Natalie's POV

I had just woken up in a cold sweat. I couldn't help but think about the dream and who was talking to me. His voice seemed so familiar, but I just couldn't place who it was, but he did say that I would find out eventually. But I did remember the words he told me, to be brave and hopeful, to use my heart and to not give up. I had to take them to heart, because if I was going to help Captain EO deliver the gift to the Supreme Leader and her planet, I had to finally start believing in myself and that's what I needed to do. I knew it wouldn't be easy, but somehow, someway, I had to do it.

I looked around to see that I was the only one in the room as the others must've gotten up already.

I said to myself, "They must've gotten up already and gone to their stations. I guess I should too."

And with that, I kicked off the blankets, climbed down the ladder, put on my boots and left the room. As I was walking towards the elevator that would take me into the control room, I noticed that Captain EO's door to his room was still closed, telling me that he might've still been asleep or he was getting ready. But regardless, I shrugged my shoulders and continued on. I got into the elevator and it took me up into the control room.

Once I got there, I walked up to Major Domo and asked, "How's everything going Major Domo?"

He turned to me and answered,

"Everything's going fine Cadet Natalie. There hasn't been any threats so far, and we seem to be going in the right direction."

I said with a nod and asked,

"Well that's good to know, but are you using the map? I gave it to you yesterday before I left to go talk with the captain."

He answered, "I gave it to Idy and Ody."

I said with a nod, "Okay."

I then walked over to them and asked, "Hey Idy, Ody, Major Domo told me that he gave you the map, do you guys have it?"

They both turned to me and Ody answered, "Oh no, don't worry. We gave it to Fuzzball."

I nodded and asked,

"Okay, but do any of you guys know where we're going? We have to stay on the right course if we want to find the Supreme Leader's planet."

Ody answered, "Don't worry cadet Natalie. If we get lost, we have the map to look at."

I then said with a nervous sigh, "Okay."

Hooter chimed in as he was sitting at his resting station,

"And besides, this ship has been traveling all night, so we should be getting closer to the planet by now."

I nodded in agreement as I heard Ody say as a asteroid was flying towards us, "Oh, there's an asteroid coming up ahead."

I said, "I got it!"

As I ran over to the Captain's controls and pressed a button that blasted away the asteroid and we continued to fly by.

A moment later, I heard Ody saying as we were approaching a planet, "This planet doesn't look so dangerous, Idy."

Idy asked, "Is this it, Ody?"

I said shrugging my shoulders, "It probably is."

Ody answered back, "We'll see."

Idy said with a nod, "Oh."

He then said as he started working some controls, "We better find that landing beacon."

I said, "If this is the planet, then it shouldn't be too far from here."

Idy then shouted looking to Hooter, "Hey Hooter, we're almost there!"

Hooter shouted while getting up and making alien noises, "Oh boy!"

Major Domo warned while walking towards us, "Don't get too close, or you'll trip their intrusion alarm."

Fuzzball chimed in as he flew over to us, "Yeah, don't blow it you guys."

I said to them,

"Don't worry, no one's going to blow anything. We're just going to find the landing beacon and deliver the gift to the Supreme Leader."

Ody added, "Yeah relax, there's no problem."

Idy chimed in, "No problem."

Suddenly, we heard a siren going off and Idy shouted with panic, "Intrusion alert!"

Ody shouted, "Battle alert!"

Idy repeated, "Battle alert!"

I said with a panicked yet serious tone, "Crap! We've got to evade them somehow!"

As I ran towards the captain's controls to try to steer the ship away from the battleship. Minor Domo started beeping like crazy and hid behind some controls. I looked around in panic and stress as Major Domo warned,

"Don't panic! That's what got us in trouble the last time!"

Fuzzball shouted in frustration, "What?!"

Idy shouted in defense, "It wasn't our fault last time!"

Fuzzball chirped in agreement and flew away.

Ody shouted, "It was Hooter's fault!"

Idy chimed in, "Yeah, it was Hooter's fault!"

Hooter shouted some alien noises at the conjoined aliens.

Both of them shouted, "Oh!"

Idy shouted in dismay, "Oh Hooter!"

I then snapped in frustration, "Enough! All of you! Come on, we gotta work together!"

Then all of a sudden, we heard the sound of a whistle informing us that Captain EO was coming.

Major Domo said, "Straighten up men, it's the captain."

We all turned and stood tall to see Captain EO arising from the elevator as I smiled with great joy to see him. I then switched to a more serious look as he faced us while Major Domo said,

"It looks like we tripped their intrusion alarm, sir."

Hooter said walking towards the captain. "Idy and Ody flew it, they got too close."

Captain EO said with a nod, "We're going in." I nodded in response.

We then turned our attention to Major Domo as he said,

"Sir, the ship is in absolutely no condition to go into battle. I thought we'd begin by cleaning up Hooter's bunk."

Hooter retorted while throwing trash at Major Domo, "Rust bucket!"

The captain and I scolded in response, "Hooter!"

He then spoke up in a more serious tone,

"Listen, the Command considers us a bunch of losers. But we're going to do it right this time 'cause we're the best. If we don't we'll be drummed out of the corps."

I then said with confidence, "Well that's not going to happen today, sir!"

Major Domo chimed in, "We won't let you down this time, sir."

Ody chimed in with confidence, "We're gonna do it right!"

Idy added, "That's right, we'll be perfect sir!"

Hooter added with a salute, "By the book!"

And made some alien noises in response.

The captain giggled quietly to himself and said with a smile, "Okay."

And then gave us a more serious look and saluted back to us.

Idy then spoke up, explaining our situation, "Captain, there's something weird out there!"

Ody added, "A patrol ship!"

I added in a more serious tone, "And it looks like they're right on our tails."

Captain EO replied while working some of his controls, "I thought so. Maybe we can out run them."

I asked a little more concerned, "You think?" He nodded to me in response.

Idy shouted as the patrol ship started flying towards us, "It's going to ram us!"

Ody screamed in fear while Hooter made alien noises and covered his eyes with both of his hands and ears. I then warned the captain as I tried my best to remain calm,

"Remain calm, everybody! Captain, we've got to get this ship out of here, now!"

He said as he pulled the steer over to the left and addressed everybody else,

"You're right, Natalie. Everybody, get to your stations!"

I shouted in response, "Yes sir! Come on everybody, battle stations!"

We all did as we were told and went to our stations. I ran towards the station with the levers that the captain showed me the day before. Minor Domo went inside of Major Domo. Fuzzball flew over to the little periscope while wearing his little headphones. Idy and Ody remained where they were and Hooter ran over and jumped onto his small bed with his stuff with a scream.

The patrol ship then sent out two more little ships that flew out towards us and blasted us with laser beams. Idy screamed out in panic and I shouted, panicked and startled,

"Woah!" As sparks were flying throughout the ship.

Captain EO shouted to try to calm us down, "Hold on, everybody! Hold on!"

As one of the ship's alarms went off.

He then said as he pressed one of the buttons in his controls, "Somebody get the map! Where's the map?!"

I explained to him as I held onto my controls, "I gave it to Major Domo, but then he gave it to Idy and Ody."

Ody chimed in and said, "And then we gave it to Fuzzball."

We all turned to Fuzzball as he said in a high pitched voice, "Hooter has it."

Major Domo shouted in agreement, "Hooter has it!"

The captain and I shouted in unison, "Hooter!"

Hooter then shouted in panic, "I think I ate it!"

Idy and Ody shouted in shock, "You ate it?!"

I shouted in panic and shock, "YOU WHAT?!"

The patrol ships continued to blast at us as we flew through a more landfill-like planet.

I shouted as I looked at a small window behind me, "Captain, look out! It's shooting from behind us!"

He then pulled the ship over to the left to avoid being shot at as I made it go a little faster and said,

"Thanks, Nat."

I said with a small smile, "Don't mention it."

Then all of a sudden, we heard a voice shouting, "Captain EO! Captain EO!"

As we saw the hologram of Commander Bog flash behind us.

Captain EO muttered in realization, "It's Commander Bog."

I said in a more sarcastic tone, "Perfect timing."

Commander Bog asked, "Captain EO, you are late reporting in. Are you having a problem finding our landing beacon?"

The captain answered as we all tried to gain control over the ship, "No sir! Everything's under control, sir!"

Sparks then flew from one of the control panels.

The commander asked looking around with concern, "What's going on?"

The captain answered as we tried to avoid the blasts coming from the patrol ships,

"We're just having a slight malfunction, sir!"

I added trying to sound a little more calm, "Yeah really, it's no problem."

Commander Bog then asked in a more interrogating tone, "Captain EO, are you engaged in combat, against orders?!"

As I whispered to Hooter while signaling to the Commander and he threw some sort of fruit at him.

The commander then asked as he was blinded, "Can't see! What's going on?!"

Hooter then made some alien noises as I patted him on the back,

"Good job, Hooter."

Captain EO cheered in delight as I giggled in amusement, despite the fact that we were still being shot at by those patrol ships.

Idy then spoke up as we heard an explosion, "Going through!"

Ody warned her, "No! Idy, the sail's not in."

As we were flying through walls of pipes and garbage.

Captain EO then shouted to Hooter, "Hooter! Bring in the sail!"

He shouted back as he was trying to find the red button that brought in the sail, "Okay!"

The captain informed him, "It's right behind you, Hooter!"

He then shouted in panic as he struggled to reach the button, "I can't reach it!"

Commander Bog then asked in a more serious tone as the fruit juice slid off of him, making him able to see as we tried to avoid the blasts from the enemy ship,

"What's going on?!"

The captain shouted as the ship's lights went out, "Somebody, push the red button!"

Major Domo shouted to Hooter, "Use your trunk, Hooter!"

Idy shouted, "Come on, Hooter! Stretch!"

I shouted to try to encourage him, "Come on, Hooter! I know you can do it, just jump!"

He then finally jumped and used his trunk to push the red button, bringing in the sails.

I turned to Captain EO as he shouted to me, "Alright Natalie, kick it!"

And with that, I turned my attention towards my controls. I quickly pushed the right lever up, swiped the left lever to the left, and I placed my hands onto the big lever in front of me and pushed it as far as I could, sending us zooming into the station, causing the two enemy ships to crash into it and explode.

Captain EO shouted in excitement and I shouted with a laugh, "Yeah!"

As everybody else screamed and shouted in delight and excitement. As we were flying through the station, we were starting to lose control.

I asked in panic, "W-What's happening?!"

Ody said in a worried tone, "We're losing power!"

The captain instructed me, "Natalie, try to slow it down!"

I did as told and undid the controls that made the ship go fast as everybody started to panic. But it wasn't working and I gasped in fear as everybody started to lose control and things were flying everywhere.

Captain EO shouted to try to keep us calm, "Everybody, hold on!"

I then screamed in panic, "We're gonna crash!"

And with that, we crashed right into the ground filled with garbage as everybody went flying. The impact sent me flying directly into Captain EO's direction as I tried to warn him,

"Captain, look out!"

And he turned around and gasped as we collided head on into each other and all of the lights in the ship went out.