Zero 'g' by Srujanjoshi4 Page A
Authors: Srujanjoshi4
Please be on board with us , Henry. I know this is not an easy pill to swallow, but we
just don’t have any other choice. This may be the only chance that
we have to save the planet.”
“ OK, OK. I get it. So ,
do you have a plan? How are we going to do this?” Henry said with a
sigh.
“ Well , we would have to
find a place that would suit an asteroid crash, right? You know,
try to minimize the damage as much as possible,” Linus
added.
“ Exactly,” Carly said. We just need to take a look around
and find a suitable place. If we can somehow control this
situation , then we can save
the planet with minimal damage and loss of lives.”
“ OK , let’s get out
there and take a look.”
“ Ugh, just when I was getting used to some
normalcy ,” Linus
said.
Carly laughed . “I hear
ya. Let’s go, boys; we have a world to save.”
Linus opened the door and slipped out. As soon as he
stepped outside , he began to
once again float in the air. Carly and Henry both followed suit and
began to float around as soon as they left the moon room. Henry and
Linus floated right to the laptop and started the search. The goal
was to scour various image feeds all over the world. The hope was
to find a way to safely crash an asteroid into the planet. They
were going to search until they found a suitable place to do so.
Carly wasn’t entirely sure there would be a perfect place. After
all, the world was pretty populated; they might not be able to find
an area safe enough to spare all life. But they were sure going to
try.
Carly glanced up at the ceiling where David resided. He
looked awfully lonely up there. Just looking at the child pained
her. Not only did he remind her of Rose , whom she wasn’t sure she would even see again, but
she couldn’t imagine how such a small child would ever understand
what was going on around him. She was desperate to do the right
thing by him. Was sending an asteroid plummeting to Earth the right
thing? She wasn’t entirely sure, but it seemed the only option they
had.
She moved up alongside him and pulled him into her arms.
His eyes snapped open , but he
seemed to relax when he saw Carly.
“ Hi , David. How are
you?”
He shrugged , looking
as if he wanted to say, “I miss my mom.”
She smiled softly. “I know you do , and I’m sorry this is happening to you. But you have
been a very brave boy today. This is going to be all over soon, and
then we will find your mom, OK?”
He nodded.
“ Just hang in there a little longer. I just need you to be
brave until we are done , and
everything will be back to normal.” Carly smiled as she said it,
hoping it sounded genuine. She had no idea what was going to
happen, but she needed him to believe that things would be OK from
now on. She also hoped that somewhere her daughter also felt safe.
She needed to believe that her own family was safe at home, waiting
for her to return.
She looked down at the boys working.
“How are you guys doing down there? Did you find
anything?”
Linus looked up at her and chuckled.
She imagined she was quite a sight up there with David. “Not yet.
We are still looking, but there are people everywhere. It’s hard to
pinpoint an area that’s completely cleared. We would at least need
an area the size of Texas to allow for the asteroid’s size. Where
are we going to find an area that big?”
An area that big …Linus
was right. Where were they going to find an area that big? Maybe it
had been a pipe dream to think that they could really fix things.
The size of the asteroid meant that they would need a huge area.
Where could they send it? She puzzled until a smile broke across
her face.
“ I got it !” Carly
shouted.
All three boys looked to Carly with
surprise. “You know where we can send it?”
“ Yeah , I do. The
Bermuda Triangle. It’s perfect.” Carly couldn’t believe she hadn’t
thought about it before. The Bermuda Triangle was the ideal spot
for the asteroid to hit. It was a loosely defined
just don’t have any other choice. This may be the only chance that
we have to save the planet.”
“ OK, OK. I get it. So ,
do you have a plan? How are we going to do this?” Henry said with a
sigh.
“ Well , we would have to
find a place that would suit an asteroid crash, right? You know,
try to minimize the damage as much as possible,” Linus
added.
“ Exactly,” Carly said. We just need to take a look around
and find a suitable place. If we can somehow control this
situation , then we can save
the planet with minimal damage and loss of lives.”
“ OK , let’s get out
there and take a look.”
“ Ugh, just when I was getting used to some
normalcy ,” Linus
said.
Carly laughed . “I hear
ya. Let’s go, boys; we have a world to save.”
Linus opened the door and slipped out. As soon as he
stepped outside , he began to
once again float in the air. Carly and Henry both followed suit and
began to float around as soon as they left the moon room. Henry and
Linus floated right to the laptop and started the search. The goal
was to scour various image feeds all over the world. The hope was
to find a way to safely crash an asteroid into the planet. They
were going to search until they found a suitable place to do so.
Carly wasn’t entirely sure there would be a perfect place. After
all, the world was pretty populated; they might not be able to find
an area safe enough to spare all life. But they were sure going to
try.
Carly glanced up at the ceiling where David resided. He
looked awfully lonely up there. Just looking at the child pained
her. Not only did he remind her of Rose , whom she wasn’t sure she would even see again, but
she couldn’t imagine how such a small child would ever understand
what was going on around him. She was desperate to do the right
thing by him. Was sending an asteroid plummeting to Earth the right
thing? She wasn’t entirely sure, but it seemed the only option they
had.
She moved up alongside him and pulled him into her arms.
His eyes snapped open , but he
seemed to relax when he saw Carly.
“ Hi , David. How are
you?”
He shrugged , looking
as if he wanted to say, “I miss my mom.”
She smiled softly. “I know you do , and I’m sorry this is happening to you. But you have
been a very brave boy today. This is going to be all over soon, and
then we will find your mom, OK?”
He nodded.
“ Just hang in there a little longer. I just need you to be
brave until we are done , and
everything will be back to normal.” Carly smiled as she said it,
hoping it sounded genuine. She had no idea what was going to
happen, but she needed him to believe that things would be OK from
now on. She also hoped that somewhere her daughter also felt safe.
She needed to believe that her own family was safe at home, waiting
for her to return.
She looked down at the boys working.
“How are you guys doing down there? Did you find
anything?”
Linus looked up at her and chuckled.
She imagined she was quite a sight up there with David. “Not yet.
We are still looking, but there are people everywhere. It’s hard to
pinpoint an area that’s completely cleared. We would at least need
an area the size of Texas to allow for the asteroid’s size. Where
are we going to find an area that big?”
An area that big …Linus
was right. Where were they going to find an area that big? Maybe it
had been a pipe dream to think that they could really fix things.
The size of the asteroid meant that they would need a huge area.
Where could they send it? She puzzled until a smile broke across
her face.
“ I got it !” Carly
shouted.
All three boys looked to Carly with
surprise. “You know where we can send it?”
“ Yeah , I do. The
Bermuda Triangle. It’s perfect.” Carly couldn’t believe she hadn’t
thought about it before. The Bermuda Triangle was the ideal spot
for the asteroid to hit. It was a loosely defined