Hey everyone, here's chapter two of No Way Out. Like I said before if you have any suggestions, no matter if it is spelling corrections or story ideas, we would love the feedback. Enough of this talking, here it is.
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“We can help with that.” commented Teresa, as the group agreed with her.
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“Alright, Jim, here’s the team.” commented Chase. “What makes you think that something happened to Tom?”
“He didn’t answer when I tried to answer his transmission that I missed. That you made me miss.” replied Jim.
“He never answers.” commented Rebecca, a little bitterness in her voice. “That’s nothing new.”
“This was different.” commented Jim, as he played back the last communication. “See? Hear that bang? How about the slight breathing?”
“I think Jim is right.” commented Amy. “It’s worth looking in to.”
“You would.” mumbled Ashley, as she grabbed the equipment. “I’ll set everything up.”
“Fine, we’ll look into it.” commented Chase. “But I’m sure he’s fine.”
“Then why do you think his breathing slowed?” asked Jeremy.
“He could've just tripped over his chair and hit his head.” replied Jason, before Chase even noticed that Jeremy had asked him a question.
“It’s not like that would be the first time.” commented Ed.
“Just get the rest of the fucking transmission!” yelled Jim. “And put aside your differences with Tom for five fucking minutes!”
Mumbling things about Jim under their breathes, the team set everything up to get the rest of the transmission.
“Alright, it’s all ready.” commented Jason. “All you have to do is play back the message.”
“Are you sure you want to do this?” asked Ashley.
“Just play it back.” commented Jim, better that no one believed him.
The first thing that everyone heard after Rebecca played back the transmission was a very loud stream of static.
“There’s obviously something interfering with the transmission!” Chase yelled over the static. “Can’t you get rid of the static so we can hear the transmission?!”
“We can turn down the volume on the static!” Jason yelled back.
“Just do it before we all lose our hearing!” yelled Jeremy.
As the static died down, Ed commented “We can always just get our hearing fixed. Losing our hearing wouldn’t be permanent.”
“We don’t give a crap!” barked Chase. “We’re here to listen to the message, not lose our hearing!”
“Just saying.” mumbling Ed.
“Shut up you guys!” barked Jim. “I’m trying to listen to the transmission!”
Mumbling under their breathes, Chase and the team did as they were told and listened to the transmission.
What Jim, Chase, and the team heard was:
“Jim! Come in! Jim! Damn it, Jim! It’s my job not to answer! Jim!”
“Jim! Damn it! Answer! The transporter is going to crash! The engine and everything else is failing! I only got about another fifteen light years! The next planet is over twenty light years away! A little help here! Jim!”
“Ok, this is old, but I guess . . . Mayday! Mayday! Transporter going down! Mayday!”
“See I told you!” exclaimed Jim. “And you made me miss his transmission! We could’ve saved him before he crashed into the planet! Find out what planet he crashed onto now!”
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“How are we going to get him titanium?” asked Carrie, once the group of friends were safely in Nelson’s room.
“Yea, the planet ran out years ago.” commented Jake.
“I don’t think it has.” commented Teresa. “And even if it has, we can always just grab our families’ old titanium suits.”
“Why don’t you think that there’s still titanium on the planet?” asked Nelson.
“The original people used it all for those suits.” commented Blake.
“Yea, it’s not like it can be grown.” commented Kelly.
“Actually that’s exactly what I think is happening.” commented Teresa. “I think the planet grows titanium all the time just to counterbalance the lava.”
“Even if you’re right, we can’t get to that titanium.” commented Andy.
“It would probably be way underground, if that was happening, I mean.” commented Terry.
“I know a way to get it.” commented Teresa.
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Looking out of his destroyed transporter, Tom sighed “How’d I get myself into this situation?”
Turning his attention to the energy grid of his transporter, he commented “Even if this planet was made of titanium, there still won’t be enough to get this disaster running again. I wonder if I can contact Jim, maybe he can send someone after me.”
Walking over to the communication system, Tom tried to turn it on. “Nope, it’s busted too.”
“At least the archive is still working.” commented Tom, as he pulled up the planet’s information again. “No wonder I crash landed. That’s one hell of a gravitational pull. I’m surprised that the transporter is still basically in one piece, and that I’m still breathing.”
Looking over the archive’s information on the planet for a few moments, Tom groaned “I’m never getting off of this planet. No one has even gotten a history. Let alone come anywhere’s near this place. It’s deemed a waste of time. I’m doomed.”
Just then a huge flash of light lit up the sky, blinding Tom in the process.
Looking up, Tom tried to look through the light to see what was causing it. “Oh, shit!”
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“Hey, Mike, hold on a second.” commented Karen.
“What’s up, mom?” asked Mike.
“Were there any problems at school today?” asked his mother.
“No.” replied Mike. “Why?”
“Nelson and his friends took a long time to get home tonight.” replied his mother.
“Well, Susan and I told him and Lola about our dad.” commented Mike. “But they weren’t really upset about any of it. Just confused. So I don’t think that’s why.”
Sighing, Karen replied “Alright, I’m glad you told me. They should know. Nothing else happened that you know of?”
“Nope.” replied Mike. “Lola and Susan walked home with me. They didn’t mention anything either.”
“Mention what?” asked Susan, as she and Lola walked into the kitchen where the conversation was taking place.
“Nelson and his friends took a while to get home tonight.” replied Karen. “Did anything happen at school today that you know of?”
“Nope.” commented Susan, as she sat down at the table.
“Are you sure they got home late?” asked Lola.
“Yea, I’m sure.” replied Karen. “They haven’t been home for very long. Why?”
“Because they left school before we did.” replied Lola.
“They left before us?” asked Mike.
“Yea, Nelson went to his locker right after school, and then they left.” replied Lola.
“Then why did it take them so long to get home?” asked Karen, as her three kids shrugged, not knowing the answer.
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“That transporter is really destroyed.” commented a shadowy figure that was hiding in the darkness of the forest.
“Sure is.” agreed another shadowy figure. “I think we should take it from him.”
“I don’t know. It’s really far gone.” commented the third figure.
“It wouldn’t take that long for us to repair. And then we can get off this dreaded planet and cause havoc all over the universe.” the fourth figure commented, with a whole lot of evil in his voice, while a total of nine figures agreed with him.
“We’ll just watch for a while longer, and strike when the time is right.” commented the first figure, as the ten figures continued to watch the transporter.
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Sneaking out of his room, Nelson made sure that his mother and his siblings were fast asleep in their rooms.
Quietly, Nelson went down the stairs, trying to make as little noise as possible, not wanting to get caught.
Hearing noise coming from upstairs, Nelson dived under the staircase.
Peaking out of the door under the stairs, Nelson saw a figure walking toward the door that he was hiding in.
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“How long are they going to take?” Tom mumbled from under the communication system, as he tried to fix it.
Zap! “Shit!” exclaimed Tom, as he got electrocuted by the very energy source that he was trying to disengage.
“Even when this stupid thing has crash landed, it’s still being a pain in my ass!” exclaimed Tom, as he finally got the energy source disengaged.
“Now what the hell is wrong with this fucking thing?!” exclaimed Tom, seeing nothing wrong with it right away.
Zap! “What the hell?!” yelled Tom. “There’s no fucking energy source! How is it fucking possible that I just got zapped again?!”
“Wait that didn’t come from down here . . .” commented Tom, as he slowly got up, only to see a figure standing over him.
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“Where’s Nelson?” asked Kelly.
“Maybe he couldn’t sneak out.” replied Jake.
“Maybe we should go on without him.” commented Carrie.
“No way.” commented Blake. “He hates being left behind.”
“Alright, let’s go back for him them.” commented Terry.
“What about the titanium?” asked Teresa.
“We’ll come back.” commented Andy.
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Stopping in front of the door, the figure put his hand on the door handle. Turning the knob, the figure stopped, being interrupted.
“Lola, what are you doing?” asked Mike.
“Huh? What?” asked Lola, as she snapped out of her trance.
“Sleep walking again?” asked Mike.
“I guess.” mumbled Lola.
“Alright. How about both of us go back to bed?” commented Mike.
“Yea, all of this sleep walking makes me tired.” commented Lola, as she made her way back upstairs.
The two siblings laughed, as they went back into their rooms, allowing Nelson to breath again.
Waiting a second to make sure that no one else was coming down, and then Nelson pushed the door open and left the house.
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“Calm down, Jim.” commented Chase. “We can still help him.”
“If he’s even still alive.” mumbled Jim.
“If he’s dead, then we can at least bring him back.” commented Chase. “Not that I’m saying that he’s dead.”
“How can we bring him back or help him if we don’t even know where he is?!” exclaimed Jim.
“The team is on it.” commented Chase. “Just calm down.”
“The team?! The team?!” barked Jim. “You mean the team that basically hates him?! The team that doesn’t want him back?! That team?!”
“Umm . . .” is all Chase could think of to say.
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“Hey, guys!” yelled Nelson, as he saw his friends coming toward him.
“Nelson. Where’ve you been?” asked Andy.
“Sorry, Lola was sleep walking again.” replied Nelson.
“Trapped under the stairs?” asked Blake.
Nodding, Nelson came to a stop in front of his friends.
“Did she almost open up the door again?” asked Carrie.
“Of course, she did.” replied Kelly. “She knows things when she’s unconscious that she doesn’t know when she’s awake.”
“Yea, and I’m sure Mike stopped her.” commented Jake. “He hears everything.”
“Yea, Lola almost had the door opened, when Mike stopped her.” commented Nelson.
“Alright, Teresa is about to burst.” commented Terry.
“Let’s go get the titanium.” Teresa blurted out, as she turned around and started back, followed by her friends.
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“That’s not possible!” Amy blurted out.
“What’s not possible?” asked Ed, turning to see what Amy was looking at.
“The only planet near him when he sent the transmission was Ravelson 27.” replied Rebecca, noticing that Amy wouldn’t be able to answer.
“The lava planet?” asked Jeremy.
“The very same.” replied Ashley.
“Jim is not going to like this.” commented Jason.
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