A/N: I know this chapter is kind of short. Don't worry the next chapters should be longer.
Later, everyone was gathered in the gate room to decide what they were going to do about their situation.
Winston walked up next to Garth and Hutch. "Is everyone here?" he asked.
"Yes, sir," said Garth.
Winston nodded. Then he faced the large crowd. "Listen up," he said loudly. Everyone turned and listened. "You've all heard about our situation. I know, it's horrible, but it's true. In less than twelve hours, this ship will fly into a star, and there is nothing we can do about it. So here is what we're going to do. We have a working shuttlecraft. There are three planets out there that might be inhabitable. We will only have enough time to make one trip with the shuttle, so we are going to have… a lottery."
The crowd began murmuring amongst themselves in confusion.
Winston continued. "We will draw fifteen names out of a hat. Those people will have the chance to go to one of those planets on the shuttle."
"FIFTEEN?" shouted someone angrily. "The shuttle can carry way more than that."
"Not with all the food and supplies we will be sending with the shuttle," said Winston. "Plus, the shuttle only has enough life-support for seventeen people. In addition to those fifteen, I will also be sending two more people of my choosing who will have the skill and knowhow to help the others survive."
"I bet I can guess who they will be," growled Candu loudly. A bunch of other wolves shouted and nodded in agreement with him.
"I understand what you're thinking," said Winston. "But you should know that I will not be one of those two people, and I will not be including my name in the lottery. I'll go down with the ship."
Eve, Kate, and Lilly gasped at this.
Winston then looked back at Candu. "And anyone who keeps complaining will also have their name removed from the lottery. For now, I suggest you all try to wait patiently while we get ready. That is all."
The crowd instantly began murmuring again. Eve, Kate, and Lilly immediately went up to Winston.
"Winston, you can't sacrifice yourself," said Eve.
"My mind is made up," said Winston.
"But dad…" said Lilly.
"I'm doing what is best for the crew."
"The crew needs you're leadership," said Kate.
"Look. I'm injured." He gestured to the cane he was using to walk with. "We need healthy people, who will have a better chance of surviving, to go."
"Winston…"
"My mind is made up," Winston interrupted Eve before walking away.
"So how are you going to get the thing off the ship?" Hutch asked Humphrey. They, along with a bunch of other people, including Lilly, Kate, Garth, Shakey, Salty, Mooch, Reba, Janice, Scar, and Claw, were gathered in the observation room. They were there because of an idea Humphrey had had to record their final messages on a Kino and then send it out into space for someone to find.
"I'll have one of the people leaving on the shuttle send it out an airlock," explained Humphrey. "Then I'll move it around with the remote. We might even be able to get a look at the outside of the Destiny before the Kino gets out of range."
"Humphrey, I don't mean to put you down, but you realize nobody is probably going to find this, right?" said Garth.
"I know," said Humphrey. "Lets do it anyway. Okay? Lets do something, leave something of us behind. No one will probably ever see it, but at least, in a way, a part of us will still be here."
They all nodded in agreement, and started making the video.
A/N: I case you haven't figured it out by now, the main characters are based off of the main characters from SGU. Humphrey = Eli, Garth = Lt. Scott, Lilly = Chloe, Winston = Col. Young, Hutch = Greer, Candu = Spencer, Salty = Brody, Mooch = Franklin, and Shakey = Volker. Also, to me, Tony is sort of like a cross between Rush and Col. Telford, Eve is sort of like a cross between T.J. and Wray, except she has a nasty temper, Reba and Janice are both sort of like Lisa Park, except Janice likes Shakey and Reba likes Salty, the closest thing I could find to Kate is Lt. Vanessa James, except she was in a previous relationship with Humphrey, and I couldn't find anybody for Scar and Claw, so they are just two solder wolves. Thank you for taking a brief glimpse into the mind of StarswordIsCool.