Tag: Sci-fi adventure story

Pegasus (Part 92)

Futuristic spacecraft escaping a rocky explosion above an alien desert

Sunlight could finally be seen in front of the ship.

Derek gripped the controls. “We’re almost there”

Flashing red light appears in the cavern. “What the hell?” Derek asked.

Maeve clattered through the options in front of her. “It’s an emergency message. They are shutting down the base?”

Derek turns his head to face her. “Are they looking for us.

A pale Maeve replies, “I don’t know, maybe?”

Derek knows what he has to do. He fires the thrusters, accelerating the ship.

The opening begins to close. Maeve yells, “We’re not going to make it!”

With shaking hands, he accelerates the ship. Flashbacks of all that has happened whiz through his mind.

The gap is small now, and he steers the ship to its side. A second later, and the ship out. Back to freedom, and the dream for some more.

Cries of “Yay” come from Derek and Maeve. Large smiles impossible to contain.

The ship rose up above the clouds. “Where now?” Derek asks.

“Let’s keep to the plan. Back to Liverpool and the others.” Maeves taps away and brings up a holographic display of their current position, and their destination.

“Let’s rock,” Timothy roars, a mix of fear and excitement about what lies ahead.

Distant Love (Part 91)

Large futuristic hangar with multiple spacecraft being assembled and serviced by workers and robots.

“They are getting closer, Derek.” her voice trembling.

“Almost there,”

The ship shudders. The control panel indicates a hit, but no permanent damage.

Warning messages that Derek ignores are being received.

The landscape begins to change. Plains are becoming hills and mountain. Only seconds away now.

The ship does a deep dive. “We’re here!”

They fly into an opening on the side of a green mountain.

“Welcome to the Merican ship construction facility, Aidrey”

She gasped, “And just in time too.”

Radar indicates they are no longer being pursued. Everything, is going as planned. This place

On either side row after row of spaceships hung from large metallic hangers.

“So, Maeve. How do we get out of here?”

Maeve moves her hands back and forth. “Hold on, I’ll bring up the schematics.”

She pressed different buttons. “Dead ahead for two kilometers. Take the passageway on the right. There’s an exit after a further three kilometers.”

Below ships of various shapes and sizes were being constructed on a multitude of assembly lines.

“Aaron had this part very well worked out. I hope that the rest of the plan went as well.,” Derek says.

“Yes, let’s hope so. I’m worried about just getting us back safely at the moment.”