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them with words she didn’t recognize. Ayita opened one to see if it was really something she could eat, and it was. The one she opened was some sort of dried vegetable. The taste was unfamiliar, but not bad or spoiled.
Ayita went back to the computer and scrolled down the list of statuses. At the bottom there was the option: “Open for Loading”. Ayita selected this and afterward she heard a whirring noise coming from the other room. A side panel of the spaceship had lifted straight up, creating an opening which she could walk through. Ayita climbed up into the spaceship and looked around. There were two seats facing a window. Ayita could see out the window from inside the spaceship, but she could not see in from outside. Below the window was a panel of buttons and a small computer screen. Within moments the computer came on and showed the same screen as the one in the other room. Ayita followed the directions for loading the food packages, which involved scanning them into the system and placing them in a specific compartment on the left side of the spaceship. As she did this, she watched the percentage go up to and then exceed 100%. Ayita decided to stock extra food just in case Earth was truly devastated. If finding food there proved to be difficult, she wanted to be prepared.
By this point, Ayita’s eyes were burning and she was feeling exhausted, but she knew that she had to leave tonight. She didn’t want to take the risk of anyone finding her here, and her thoughts kept going back to the computer system that was logging her every move.
The spaceship was all set to go. Ayita strapped herself into the seat and directed the spaceship to close the door. All that was left was to press Launch and see what happened. Ayita hesitated as she looked at the button on the computer screen. She knew that once she left, time would move more slowly for her. When she returned, her family would be gone, and very likely Aira and Acton would be gone as well. Time would not slow for them. What if she left and found nothing? What if Earth was completely empty? If she returned home, she would face the same problems, but with no one who even remotely cared.
She reflected on her father’s final words to her, and gained courage.
“I will not be here when you return, for my days will have passed by then, but I believe that you will return, and when you do, I know you will turn this planet on its head and paint all the walls of this city. If anyone can do it, you can.”
Ayita bit her lip and pressed Launch.
6
The roof of the building opened up for her departure before the spaceship shakily lifted off the platform it was on. It rose above the building, the roof closed up again, and the spaceship quickly shot through the sky: away from Zozeis, toward Earth. As the spaceship gained speed, the shakiness went away, and there was a loud noise as it tore through the sky. Ayita wondered if her father was still awake and if he would look outside to watch her leave. “Goodbye,” she said. She held the wood turtle in her hand and close to her heart.
Ahead of her was an endless stretch of sky, glittered with stars and planets. Ayita watched in wonderment for several minutes, but her eyes were burning and she knew she needed to sleep. She leaned her head back against the seat and started to relax, but the computer voice came on and startled her. It loudly proclaimed, “Destination changed. Now heading for Adonia. Travel time is one hour.” The spaceship turned a sharp right.
“What? No!” Ayita yelled. Suddenly her mind was wide awake again. She tried to override the computer but it seemed to be frozen. It would not allow her to change any of the settings. “What is going on?”
Then she remembered the main computer at the space center on Zozeis. It synced with a computer on Adonia and was transferring the records. Whoever was there knew she was on this spaceship, and they were now bringing her
Ayita went back to the computer and scrolled down the list of statuses. At the bottom there was the option: “Open for Loading”. Ayita selected this and afterward she heard a whirring noise coming from the other room. A side panel of the spaceship had lifted straight up, creating an opening which she could walk through. Ayita climbed up into the spaceship and looked around. There were two seats facing a window. Ayita could see out the window from inside the spaceship, but she could not see in from outside. Below the window was a panel of buttons and a small computer screen. Within moments the computer came on and showed the same screen as the one in the other room. Ayita followed the directions for loading the food packages, which involved scanning them into the system and placing them in a specific compartment on the left side of the spaceship. As she did this, she watched the percentage go up to and then exceed 100%. Ayita decided to stock extra food just in case Earth was truly devastated. If finding food there proved to be difficult, she wanted to be prepared.
By this point, Ayita’s eyes were burning and she was feeling exhausted, but she knew that she had to leave tonight. She didn’t want to take the risk of anyone finding her here, and her thoughts kept going back to the computer system that was logging her every move.
The spaceship was all set to go. Ayita strapped herself into the seat and directed the spaceship to close the door. All that was left was to press Launch and see what happened. Ayita hesitated as she looked at the button on the computer screen. She knew that once she left, time would move more slowly for her. When she returned, her family would be gone, and very likely Aira and Acton would be gone as well. Time would not slow for them. What if she left and found nothing? What if Earth was completely empty? If she returned home, she would face the same problems, but with no one who even remotely cared.
She reflected on her father’s final words to her, and gained courage.
“I will not be here when you return, for my days will have passed by then, but I believe that you will return, and when you do, I know you will turn this planet on its head and paint all the walls of this city. If anyone can do it, you can.”
Ayita bit her lip and pressed Launch.
6
The roof of the building opened up for her departure before the spaceship shakily lifted off the platform it was on. It rose above the building, the roof closed up again, and the spaceship quickly shot through the sky: away from Zozeis, toward Earth. As the spaceship gained speed, the shakiness went away, and there was a loud noise as it tore through the sky. Ayita wondered if her father was still awake and if he would look outside to watch her leave. “Goodbye,” she said. She held the wood turtle in her hand and close to her heart.
Ahead of her was an endless stretch of sky, glittered with stars and planets. Ayita watched in wonderment for several minutes, but her eyes were burning and she knew she needed to sleep. She leaned her head back against the seat and started to relax, but the computer voice came on and startled her. It loudly proclaimed, “Destination changed. Now heading for Adonia. Travel time is one hour.” The spaceship turned a sharp right.
“What? No!” Ayita yelled. Suddenly her mind was wide awake again. She tried to override the computer but it seemed to be frozen. It would not allow her to change any of the settings. “What is going on?”
Then she remembered the main computer at the space center on Zozeis. It synced with a computer on Adonia and was transferring the records. Whoever was there knew she was on this spaceship, and they were now bringing her
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