Wrote this story for my Writing class:
Sorry for the terrible layout... I wrote it on an iPod. I had to change a few things so it wasn't so internetish...
This story is based off real-ish events. Some names have been modified for no reason.
Chapter 1
Aboard The Argos
"This is not good..." I said to myself as I ran down the main corridor towards the control bay. The chrome plated walls shook and steam burst from the pipes as our starship Argos was shot down by the enemy fleet. The automatic doors opened to the control bay where dozens of high ranking crew members stressfully typed away on their touch monitors trying to get the ship to regain power. The captain, leader of the clan ARES, was in his chair on the upper deck staring out the window at the attacking fleet. I looked too. They had just destroyed the Flare, my own personal ship I had built the month before. I was the head engineer on the Argos. The captain noticed I was there and turned to me. Nobody knows his actual name. He is known only by Comrade.
"Yes, what is the damage, Makanix?"
I hesitated for a moment because I knew he would not like to hear this. "The engines were hit with a torcreep, sir. They are currently in flames and impossible to repair."
"Then we have no choice..." Comrade flipped open a glass case on his chair and pressed the red flashing button inside. The room lit up red and the people at the controls worked faster than before. A hatch opened in the floor and a steering yolk rose from it in front of the captain. He switched into manual pilot. He grabbed the controls and turned to me.
"Take everybody on this ship and evacuate into the pods!"
"What are you doing? There's no engines!"
"Just go!"
I nodded and ran out the door. The others in the room followed. I ordered them to alert everyone and I would prepare the escape pods. They saluted me and ran off as ordered. That's a first. I opened the first escape pod and checked the conditions. The oxygen supply was low so I loaded another canister into it. The rest were operational and the crew members were coming down the hall. The whole crew. I loaded them all into the pods with just enough room to close the doors. I got into the last one and closed the door behind me. I waited to make sure all of the other pods deployed before taking off myself. I watched out the window at our ship with Comrade still trying to pilot it. Suddenly, the entire ship exploded. The captain had triggered the fuel room to open into the burning engines. The explosion propelled the ship straight into the enemy mothership, destroying both ships and killing Comrade. I watched the final explosion as my pod fell back into the earth's atmosphere.
My pod shook and heated up as I passed through the thermosphere and landed somewhere in the Atlantic along with the other pods. My pod was empty except for one other person. I had taken the prison pod that contained the most dangerous criminal on earth. Poiuyt. At one point, he was my friend and an ordinary citizen. He studied archeology at iEvent, a highly respected clan that specialized in hyper engineering, what I do. One night during his studies, he made a discovery. An unusual form of energy which he harnessed and used to try and overthrow the iEvent leader, Tom. He succeeded but was nearly destroyed by his own powers. Soon the magic wore off and he returned to his weak self. Tom, after years of reconstruction of his body, returned to be the leader of iEvent, but now is half mechanical with robotic arms and legs. He must also wear a helmet to survive.
Poiuyt remained cryogenically frozen in the back of the pod while a rescue ship loaded us onto the ship. I quickly got out of the pod and was greeted by Ting, the co-leader of ARES.
"Makanix. We just got word from the captain."
"What? But how?"
"The Captain has his ways."
In the corner of the control room, a teleport station lit up and Comrade walked out of it.
"Boys."
Ting stood up straight and saluted. I did the same.
"Makanix. You have shown great bravery and you should know that the crew of the Flare has survived as well. It was they who rescued me. But, unfortunately both ships have been destroyed."
"Shall I begin work on a new ship?"
"There will be no need of that. I think you deserve a break. You've trained your engineers well. I'm sure they can handle it."
"So, what do I do now?"
"ARES will be going into hibernation for repairs. You are being relieved of your duties until we reopen."
"So I'm being fired?"
"No, relieved. I'm giving you a break to go and enjoy yourself and I will not let you decline it."
"Very well then... I guess I'm off."
"From all of the crew at ARES, and I personally, thank you."
I nodded with a smile and walked out. When the ship landed at the main ARES base, I said goodbye to everyone, one last time, and walked out.
Chapter 2
Tom and iEvent
Coming soon... maybe... probably never... I'm too lazy...
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