Iscehznut - A Wild Escape

An unknown object

The missile ripped the vacuum space of the exterior Black Zone and hit the meteorite. It collapsed with the large meteorite, Khafa which was shattered into burning flakes all over the Black zone. “Ahhh, that’s it! It was a close call, wasn't it?”, Aiden heaved a sigh of relief. “Yes captain, finally we blasted it before 0.25 astrominutes as prepared”. The burned pieces started to shoot around while one medium-sized rock was advancing the spaceship in a speedy movement. “Captain, alert! A burning rock is nearing the ship. It could damage the east wing of the ship!”, Lucy warned him, as he hastened the ship to the max to escape from its uni gravity orbit. “Captain, you are pacing near the semi-central area of the Black Zone. It’s highly dangerous to drive in the Danger field!”, her robotic voice yelled a warning for him. But he had no option to escape from the rock’s attack other than diving into the semi-central area. “Lucy, we have no other option, do we?”, he asked and accelerated the ship so close to the Danger field. “I don’t think so we have another option… Just be careful with me, Captain!”, she sounded in a concerned tone. He dodged the mini rocky pieces and paced to the final orbit of the Black Zone. Unfortunately…

THUUUUUUUUUUUUUD!!! THUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUD!!!

The spaceship started to miss its balance near the Central Black Zone and the uni gravity drew the ship towards its central core. “Oh s**t!, I’m losing stability...Lucy, come on check the pressure point here! FAST!!”, he yelled as he tried to get the ship off its current uni gravity orbit. The sucking pressure was so strong near the poles as the black energy attracted the ship towards its kernel. “Captain, the pressure is 12978 Pascal. We have 14000 inbuilt pressure fans set in our ship with sufficient charge. It will be able to work now! But it has to be ignited manually.”, she suggested him a way out of this suction. He quickly automated the ship’s acceleration and got up from his control seat.

   “AUTOMATIC MODE ACTIVATED!”

The ship’s robotic voice announced as he ran to the device control room to ignite the pressure fan. The room was full of wires, “Where are the grey and red ones..!!?? Oh come!”, he searched for the pressure wires and connected them with the pressure propeller and the neutral gravity board. 

   “ENTER THE ACCESS CODE!”

All set now and it was asking for the access code, to verify if it was Aiden jack, the Captain. “Where is my card! Where is my card!???”, he dug his shirt and coat pouches when Lucy shouted in her robotic tone. “Captain, be quick!!! Another rock which seems twice the earlier one is approaching us. If this one beats the ship, the fuel will leak!”, “Oh, s**t! f*** me!”, he cursed and dug his hand in the side pocket. He found the access card and he scratched it there for approval. “Captain, the pressure is increasing! Faster!”, Lucy again yelled with another warning. “Just a second, Lucy!”, he said and typed the code quickly with his trembling hands.

   “ACCESS VERIFIED!”

The robotic voice verified the access. “Uh, fu**** finally!”, he said and pulled the ignition holder of the pressure propeller. The pressure exerted by the propeller induced a sudden fluctuation on the ship which made Aiden collapse on the ground. He got up in an exhausted manner and ran to the Prime Control Room. “Ah so exhausting, Lucy. I need caffeine.”, he blabbered and rested on the control seat. “Captain, I’ll arrange your caffeine, now take a look at that approaching rock, we have to move away soon!”, she said and he looked at the decreasing pressure and gasped, but his eyes quickly widen looking at the huge rock coming towards them. “s**t! s**t! s**t! Set the mode to manual, fast!” he said, grabbed the handle closer to him, and locked the seat belt. Lucy set the mode manual.

   “MANUAL MODE ACTIVATED”

As the robotic voice informed, he gazed at the dimension panel to note down its trajectory data. The pressure fan pushed the ship out of the Semi-central zone to the exterior protected zone. The ship was pacing normally as the giant rock moved toward it. The rock approached with a full speed sufficient to destroy the ship completely, with a fraction of a second... Aiden carefully dodged by moving left to an angle of .76 degrees. 

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!

The rock hit another huge asteroid behind the rock and blasted, glowing like a silver star. “Good one, Captain!”, she exclaimed at his expert move. “MISSION COMPLETE and it’s officially our vacation”, he waved his hands in excitement. “Lucy, do set the mode back to automatic and the final destination to Orana Planet! And I need caffeine now after this exhausting time!”, he directed her as he raised the seat belt and rose from the control seat. “On it, Captain!”, Lucy set the mode and destination as he moved out to freshen up.

   “AUTOMATIC MODE ACTIVATED!”

She set the coffee machine for a strong cup and it began brewing.

BURRRP!!! BURRRP!! BURRRP!! BURRRP!! BURRRP!!

The sound of the coffee machine stopped after a few seconds. Aiden entered the Prime Control Room which was packed with a strong caffeine smell. “Wow, Caffeine, my love”, he grabbed the cup from the machine and sat on the couch near it. “I’m so relieved as everything went well at the end”, he said and sipped his coffee cup. “Yes, Captain, I’m glad that you didn’t smash me anywhere”, he smiled and sipped it again, when his eyes landed on the trajectory orbit display. There was something unusual that appeared from nowhere, suddenly. It was an object in the main orbit which glowed brighter than the others. He dropped the cup on the table and walked to the display. He observed it for some time and found it really strange. “Lucy, what is that thing near the Red pulsar?”, Lucy analyzed the angular data of the unknown object. A long series of data codes began to run on the screen before him. After a few astroseconds, the screen stopped with an error message.

   “OUT OF THE DATABASE”

The room echoed with a robotic voice. “Captain, it’s not a planet, not a pulsar, not a quasar, not a star too. It’s not matching my current database, might be a new planet or star?”, she said him who was watching the unknown object on the main orbit of Red Lava Galaxy. “Who are you, newbie…?”, he hummed and took his tab in his hand, and sat on the couch.

Meanwhile, here on the Orano Space Control Board. The room had a lot of displays glowing colorfully with a lot of data running on it. “President, he did it!!!”, the researchers and all the control team members yelled with excitement. “That’s my boy”, the president said with a wide grin on his face. “Finally, the Agri Satellite is safe on its orbit and we can proceed on with the crop cultivation. Hailey set a meeting with the Agriculture Board, I’ll announce them officially”, he ordered his assistant who was standing behind him. “On it, President”, she nodded in positive and walked out of the Space control room. The primary range observer turned and looked at the President who was standing a few meters away from the display, and informed, “President, Ora Speedy 127 is in the Semi-central area of the Black Zone now, we should be able to contact him when he is out of the Black Zone”. The President nodded and said, “I’m leaving for the meeting now, just let me know if anything is emergency. I’ll be back before Aiden reaches here, if not just inform me once he landed here”, and walked out of the room followed by his bodyguards. The men in the room began observing different displays and monitored the data in them. Suddenly, a man 5’7 tall and fair entered the room very silently without anyone noticing, wearing 3/4th jeans and a loose red t-shirt. He was the same age as Aiden, around 23. He stood behind one of the men, Dr. Benjamin who was observing the screen with full concentration. He didn’t notice the man behind him, and suddenly, “BOOOOOOO!!!!”, he screamed and the man sitting on the chair frightened up and gazed at him in horror. “Kevin!!!! I nearly died in a heart attack!” Dr. Benjamin said while Kevin laughed loudly. “How the hell did you get in?”, he asked looking at him in confusion. “Well, I used the advantage of President’s son!”, he said and winked at him with a cute giggle. “OMG! You can’t go stealing his access card just because you are his son. It’s completely illegal”, he shouted in a worried face as everyone looked at them. “Members, just chill and continue your works, he is just overreacting because he forgot his BP pills”, Kevin said, burst out laughing. Dr. Benjamin gave him a petty tap on his back playfully. “Okay come on, sit here!”, he said and Kevin took a seat near him. “So Uncle Ben, where is my bro Aid?”, Kevin questioned him as he stared at the displays which projected the Ora Speedy 127’s trajectory. He looked at him in confusion, “Why the f*** is he in the Black Zone, Uncle? Isn’t it dangerous for him?”, he asked Dr. Benjamin as he shouted in anger and confusion. “Um, some scientific and gravitational issue, but he is fine! And the mission is a bloody success.”, Dr. Benjamin assured Kevin with a soft smile. “When will he come back? I’m missing him already… I begged him to take me with him, but he never listens to me”, he said with a pouting face. Dr. Benjamin laughed at his reaction, “He’ll be back in 43 astrominutes! He didn’t take you with him because it is a dangerous mission and you have just completed your education. You still have your internship and training left. Maybe one day I’ll be able to see you in this trajectory screen.”, he said with a smirking wink. “Yeah yeah! Whatever!”, Kevin said and twisted his mouth. “I guess you have all planned for your vacation with him?”, Dr. Benjamin asked looking at him curiously. Kevin smiled, “Yes, I and dad have a surprise for him, he is working all the time in all the f***ed up mission. He needs some time off well not without me of course!!”, he squealed in excitement while Dr. Benjamin let out a giggle. 

BEEEEEEEEEEEEP!! BEEEEEEEEEEEEP!! BEEEEEEEEEEEEP!! BEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!

The danger indicating red light and alarming sound filled the control room. Quickly, Dr. Benjamin and Kevin focused on the screen which signaled danger. Everyone’s eyes widen staring at the screen. “Oh! s**t! What’s that, Uncle Ben?”, Kevin asked in a worried tone.

Here in the Ora Speedy 127, Aiden was analyzing the trajectory data of the unknown object with his tab. “Captain, the data is strange, really strange! Nothing matches our currently updated Universal Directory.”, Lucy’s robotic voice informed him. Aiden rubbed his forehead and sat on the control seat, “I guess, it is something new and a yet to be discovered object. I’ll find more about it soon once I reach the OSCB”, he said and stared at it for some time. But, all of a sudden…

THUUUUUUUUUUUUUD MHUUUUUUUUUUD!!  THUUUUUUUUUUUUUD MHUUUUUUUUUUD!!  

The ship startled and spun half in the astrowest direction due to some collision force. The coffee mug, table, couch, and all other things in the ship moved in all directions losing equilibrium, and Aiden who was sitting on the seat fell and rolled on the metal floor. He grabbed the dutch lock near the operating board and finally balanced to stand in a place.   

   “WARNING, WEST WING IS DAMAGED!!”

A robotic voice warned the ship, as Aiden looked confused. “What the he** happened?”, Aiden yelled at Lucy who was checking out the condition of the West Wing of the ship. “Captain…”