As one of the Cosmorovers gives it another shot inside the huge room, she is still amazed on what was in front of them. Kahit na nakita na nila iyon kahapon ay labis pa rin ang pagkamangha ng dalaga.
"Let's proceed?" yaya ni Seventeen sa dalawa. Iginaya nito ang dalawa sa loob ngunit bago pa man magbukas ang pinto ng parihabang sasakyang kanilang gagamitin sa paglalakbay, a hologram flashed before their eyes. Couple of codes appeared but only an intellectual could decipher.
Hindi na binigyang pansin ng dalawa ang ginagawa ng kanilang kasama until a minute later, the door opened. Dahan-dahang lumitaw ang hagdan at isa-isang bumaba ang mga baitang niyon hanggang sa dumikit ito sa puting sahig.
Seventeen stepped on the stair and leads the way. As they completely entered the G300, the stair disappeared since the stair was just a holographic illusion and then huge door closed.
"Zero, you will be in charged in the left front whereas Eight, you will be in charged in the right front side of the ship. There, you will see the special room which is the core of this spaceship—the navigation and power. I left you the Navigation Room Zero since you have a sense of direction and you are quite familiar with T1480 since you make thorough research about its location. Eight, you will be in the Power Room since it is your specialty and since both of you aren't that familiar with this ship, I will be the one in the Main Room." Tumango ang dalawa sa tinuran ni Seventeen. Since, they were Cosmorovers, they are trained to supervise and pilot a ship at para sa kanila ay sisiw lamang ang pagmamaneho niyon.
The two part their ways. Si Seventeen naman ay naiwan doon sa gitnang bahagi ng sasakyan at pumasok sa nag-iisang kwartong naroon.
Nang makapasok siya roon ay kinuha niya sa bulsa ang susing ibinigay sa kanya ng reyna. He inserted the key at the key hole from the table covered with cylindrical glass before twisting it. The huge monitors of the room turned on and thereupon a sudden illumination of the room.
On the other hand, the holographic monitors Eight and Zero had in their rooms turned on too. Eight's monitor can be seen the image of the two—Zero and Seventeen, Zero's was Seventeen and Eight, and Seventeen's flashed the two Cosmorovers.
They were sitting in the swivel chair, wearing their suits to protect themselves if they officially land on T1480. However, unlike Seventeen's suit, it wasn't that special as what Eight and Zero are wearing which Queen gave them. They also had their earphones wore in their ears to communicate as well as a small microphone.
Too many unfamiliar buttons can be seen below the monitors. Tanging sila lang ang may alam kung para saan iyong mga kakaibang buton na nasa harap nila.
"Are you two ready?" tanong ni Seventeen sa dalawa na nasa kanyang monitor. As an Intellectual, he has the responsibility as what the Queen tells him to do so.
Eight, Zero and Sixteen are friends. Since Sixteen has something to be fulfilled, the Queen ordered Seventeen to take part of their journey. Eventhough Seventeen is an Intellectual, he was the Head of Intellectuals and has capability to be with Cosmorovers as well as to be with their mission. Gayunpaman, hanggang sa makababa lamang ang kanyang kasama sa kanilang pupuntahan siya maaaring sumama at pagkatapos niyon ay babalik na muli siya sa Enceladus—ang kanilang tinuturing na tahanan sapagkat wala siyang kasuotan na katulad ng ibinigay ng kanilang reyna na kanyang magagamit kapag nakatuntong siya sa object Earth maliban na lang kung mananatili siya sa kanilang spaceship.
"Fasten your seatbelts," babala ni Seventeen sa dalawang imaheng nasa monitor.
"Roger!" sabay na bigkas ng dalawa.
Seventeen pressed the green button as he officially checked the two then the countdown starts. Nakaprenteng nakaupo ang tatlo ngunit nabasag iyon ng boses mula sa kanilang sinasakyan.
"You only have a minute. Please make sure to fasten your seatbelts," sabi ng boses. Inayos muli ng tatlo ang seatbelt at nang maisaayos iyon ay umupo sila nang maayos.
After a few moments, nagsalita muli ito. "The ship will officially start in three..." Umugong ang kanilang mga upuan, tanda na nagsimula nang umandar ang makina ng sasakyan. "Two..." the ceiling slowly opened where stars and other floating stones started to unveil themselves. "One..." the ship immediately and uncontrollably penetrates the hole from above. Sobrang bilis ng kanilang paglipad. Nagsara lamang iyon nang makalabas ang sasakyan sa loob ng labindalawang sulok ng kwarto.
As the roof of the room totally closed, Zero pulls the fuse. Nagsimulang tahakin ng sasakyan ang daan patungo sa kanilang pupuntahan.
Hindi naging madali ang paglalakbay nilang iyon. They should be careful and have extra focus to their assigned area to make the ship more balanced.
After a few hours, Eight felt the uneasiness in his new body. Hindi tulad ni Zero na sobrang nagagalak sa misyong iyon kung kaya't hindi siya nakakaramdam ng ganoong pakiramdam, tila ine-enjoy niya pa ang kanyang bagong wangis.
Eight decided to leave the room. Nagmadali itong pumasok sa comfort room malapit sa kanyang kwarto.
He unzipped the top part of the suit. Kitang-kita sa salamin ang kanyang itaas na parte ng katawan. Many scratch marks are reddening because of his continuous rub against his skin. Wala siyang nagawa kung hindi ang kamutin ang kanyang panibagong balat dahil sa sobrang kati niyon.
Bago pa man siya bumalik sa kanyang kwarto ay yumanig ang kwarto kung nasaan siya gayundin sina Zero at Seventeen kaya't napaluhod siya ng marahan sa kinatatayuan niya ngunit tumayo naman ito kaagad. Eight quickly ran towards his room.
"Eight, where have you been?" nangangambang tanong ni Zero.
"What happened?" tanong ni Eight sa dalawang imaheng nasa monitor at tila naintidihan naman agad ito ng kanyang kausap.
"The satellite which absorbs the energy or power from the sun has been diverted to anywhere so the fuel level of G300 becomes lower than before. Thus, several stones bumped against our ship. Bumagal din ang sasakyan dahil doon," paliwanag ni Seventeen at agad na pinihit ni Eight ang manibela.
Agad namang narecover ni Eight ang sasakyan matapos ang ilang nga sandali kung kaya't maayos na muli ang takbo ng sasakyan.
"May isa pa tayong problema," dagdag ni Seventeen.
"Ano?" sabay na tugon ng dalawa mula sa monitor.
"May butas ang Genesis 300 dulot ng pagbunggo ng mga bato kanina." Tumingin si Seventeen nang masinsinan sa monitor kung saan makikita roon ang iba't ibang bahagi ng spaceship at isa sa mga monitor na iyon ang pumukaw sa kanyang pansin.
He swiped the monitor where the hole can be seen and it was transfered in one of his monitor where they were conversing, making the two see where the big hole was.
"I-I think, it was in the right side of the ship, malapit sa kwarto ni Eight!" paliwanag ni Seventeen sa dalawa. Seventeen swiped back the monitor after informing the two where the hole was.
"Ang problema ay hindi natin iyon maaayos sapagkat wala tayong ibang kasama rito at maaaring mag-malfunction muli ang sasakyan kung sakaling aalis tayo sa ating mga kwarto." dagdag ni Zero.
Malapit na silang makapasok sa Earth's surface ngunit tila palaki na nang palaki ang butas ng kanilang sinasakyan. The air outside slowly infiltrates the whole ship and it might be a great problem for Seventeen when he returns to Enceladus.
Masama ito.
To be continued...
A/N:
'Oumuamua' is the spacecraft I used to describe the whole ship used by the character.
This is the picture.
The first known interstellar object to visit our solar system, 1I/2017 U1 ‘Oumuamua, was discovered Oct. 19, 2017 by the University of Hawaii’s Pan-STARRS1 telescope, funded by NASA’s Near-Earth Object Observations (NEOO) Program, which finds and tracks asteroids and comets in Earth’s neighborhood. While originally classified as a comet, observations revealed no signs of cometary activity after it slingshotted past the Sun on Sept. 9, 2017 at a blistering speed of 196,000 miles per hour (87.3 kilometers per second). It was briefly classified as an asteroid until new measurements found it was accelerating slightly, a sign it behaves more like a comet.
©NASA
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