In the Orano Space Control Board, Dr. Benjamin was seriously tapping the keys in his keyboard without taking his eyes off his computer screen. In a few astroseconds, the door was opened and Aiden came inside in a hurry. "Uncle Ben, what happened? What's the problem?", Aiden asked in a concerned tone, trying to control his deep breaths. “Aid, come sit down and take a look at this”, uncle Ben said, pointing at the chair near him. Aiden nodded and took a seat near him, fixing his eyes on the screen. Aiden continued to be silent waiting for him to explain while uncle Ben pointed to the screen, “Look here, Aid. This Gravitational specimen wasn't here before and nothing matches the records of the space directory”. Aiden narrowed his eyes to get a good look at the object which seemed like a large body glowing like a fireball. That strange object was out of the Red Lava galaxy’s orbit yet close to the Orano planet. “Is it a threat or something, uncle?” Aiden asked, looking at the weird object that glows brightly on the screen. “At present, we can't decide whether it is a threat or it is another heavenly body in our Galaxy but on observation, we can conclude on something”, uncle Ben explained as Aiden noted down its altitude and graphical measurements. “Shouldn't we inform the president about this stuff?”, uncle Ben asked as he removed his eyeglasses and placed them on the table. Shaking his head, Aiden stared at the screen, “Not now, I just don't want him to worry about this. Can you keep this one a secret until I tell you?” Aiden looked at him, waiting for a positive answer. “Ummm...Yes I can do that, just take care so I don't get into trouble, young man”, he said in a dramatic tone, pouting at Aiden. Aiden nodded with a smile, “Keep me posted regularly with its location status”, Aiden said as he got up from his chair in a hurry. “ Ok, seems like you are in a hurry, Aid”, he said in a sarcastic tone, looking at Aiden, puzzled. Aiden paused near the door, turned, and looked at him with a smile, “ pretty much yes!!!” Aiden said and when he was about to leave the room he was stopped by uncle Ben’s question, “Hey, just a second, what happened to Speedy 127? I heard something bad about it…”. Aiden heaved a deep sigh, “It's nothing serious just an internal fuel leakage, it's been a long time since I renovated its parts. I guess it's an effect of that”, Aiden explained…
[RINGING SOUND FROM AIDEN’S PHONE]
Aiden pulls his phone out of his pocket and checks the caller ID. “Zara…”, he picked the phone call, “ I gotta go, uncle”, he said walking out of the room. In the corridor, “Yes, Zara? Collected all the metals listed by Arnar?”, he asked, walking out of the building. “ Everything is done, we are leaving for the lab, I just want to inform you”, he hummed and said, “Just take care of Arnar’s requirements till I get there. I'll be there in an astrohour”, he said and hang up the phone, leaving it in his pocket.
After a few astrominutes, Aiden reaches the Speedy 127’s parking lot. He grabs the card from his pocket and scans to enter inside the speedy 1:27.
“ACCESS APPROVED!”
“WELCOME CAPTAIN AIDEN JACK”
The ship’s robotic voice welcomes him as the door slides on either side leaving a way for him to enter. He digs the card back into his pocket and rushes inside to grab his stone notebook which he used to take the readings of that strange object during his mission. Pushing the papers to the other side he went to all the details he wrote that day and finally found the page which had the orbitary details. “Lemme check… Where is it, where is it!???”, he checks impatiently when the altitude and magnitude measurements match, he stands frozen there in shock. “Why am I getting a bad feeling about this… what are you?”, he stands there staring at the measurements in his notebook. he sighs deeply after staring at it for a few astrominutes. Grabbing the Notebook in his hand he dugs it in his jacket and starts walking out of the ship.
In a few astrominutes, Aiden enters Arnar’s lab which was so silent. “Zara? Kevin? Where are you guys?”He called for them but there was no response. He walked inside his lab chambers and found all the three busy with something. “Aid, please don't yell, Arnar is trying to concentrate”, Zara warns Aiden in a serious tone. “Haa?”, he asked, puzzled looking at them. Aiden just walked to them and took a peek at what they were doing. There was a paper flat on the table while they surrounded it, trying to solve something. Aiden narrowed his eyes to keenly concentrate on understanding the language on the paper.
BUUUUUUUUUZZZZZZZ
BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!
BUUUUUUUUUU ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!
Aiden’s phone’s ringing sound startled everybody in the room. “SHHHHHHHH!!!” Kevin and Zara signaled in irritation, both giving death stares to Aiden. “Ouch! I am in trouble!”, he mumbled, walking out of the lab to attend his phone call. “Oh! It is the old man…”, Aiden picks up the call, “Hey, old man!”, said excitedly, trying to be cheerful. “Ahhh! Just cut this off. I need to know the truth now”, Aldric said in a serious tone, leaving Aiden puzzled. “Oh s**t…”, he murmured without knowing what to say…