Ender's Game 2

Chapter 3

The Incandescent

Everybody can be great... because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generate by love- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Some days my father would just stay for a day and leave tomorrow but there are days when he'll bring his work with him and stays for the

whole month and today, today is a special day, he will be home with us once again.

My hands holding the rusty window of my mom's truck while my head outside the window breathing in Oklahoma's spring scent. My hair dancing with the wind as my mom drives, the warm sun of May hitting my skin. "Fina be careful." My mom warned. I went back inside, the plastic bird hangging on the mirror is making some weird sounds.

"Can't you drive faster? I want to see dad now!"

"Now Fina, I know you're excited but keep it in. We still have to buy foods to celebrate." I groaned as an answer.

After the erands we drove home. Standing infront of our house is dad! Finally! I climb out of the truck window and waved my hand. "Daddy! Daddy!" The truck is still moving. "Fina be careful."

I ignored my mom. "Daddy!" My mom stopped the engine halfway to our house. I guess she's scared that I might fall. I opened the truck's door and did not bother closing it. My small feet run to my father.

But the sky turned blood red, the wind grew stronger, I can no longer stand, a huge black floating ship behind our house, the size of the ship is as big as a city. "Dad!"

He turn around to face the ship. With a flash of light from the ship, he was gone. "Daddy!"

--- Day 20

My heart racing, I stare at the brass door of the shuttle. I was catching every breath I blow out. I touched my forehead and closed my eyes, I felt the heaviness of my eye lashes, its wet.

I touched my cheeks to find it damped with tears. Crap. I was dreaming, I can't even remember the last time I dreamt. Dad, if it wasn't for them he could still be alive.

"Madame, you are awake."

"What time is it on Earth?" I wiped my cheeks with my hands. "5:36 am." So its morning. "Its time for your morning food palettes." The iron drawer opened. A pack of water and food palettes. Crap. I hate space food.

"Nebula?"

"Yes madame?"

"Search for videos of Barry Summer." I sat on my chair. The glass window turned black. "Loading complete."

The camera man first showed the green grass and forest then he close it up to my dad's view. "Hello everyone! This is world Zoology!" I watched every 209 episodes of my dad in World Zoology, I can recite 150 of them by heart.

He was always so fascinated with animals and how they behave, my mom and I does not get him but he is just so different when he starts talking about animals.

With a clang. I look back and saw Vex fell. My weird unknown species spider crab pet. The cylinder kept on rolling away at times, I've been studying Vex. I found out that he has some kind of enzyme which he uses to heal himself.

I feed him with food palettes and never for once I took him out of his capsule.

"Any signal lately Nebula?" I ask. "No madame."

----Day 28

"Nebula R and D, where is the signal coming from?"

"Searching… 25 kilometers east." Nebula answered. I engage the back boosters. "Where is it now?" I asked. "Tracking… Tracking… Tracking… Server lost."

"Lost?!" Crap. I slump on my chair and pressed my temples. "Give me our coordinate."

"18254932042742833 miles away from the booth camp."

"No, our location. Is there a planet nearby?" I ask. "There is madame, A dwarf planet, Name: Zenote, Population: 0, a ball of sulfur gas, life: 0."

"There is no way we can land there can we?" I ask. "No madame." I sighed.

-------Day 44

A month passed. Time goes by really fast when you're asleep in ice. I stepped out off of the cryo and dried myself with a towel.

"Welcome back madame." Nebula greeted. "Thank you, what is the date and time on Earth?"

"October 4, 2:09 pm." When you're in space, time and date is more like a memo. A memo that you have to go back so you have to count the days you're away.

"How's Vex? Are you feeding him?" The cylinder capsul rose from the side drawer. "Yes madame." My long candle nails tap the glass, I like the sound of my nail taping on the glass. Vex crawled to my nail outside the glass and tried biting it. "He's fat." My pet grew alot. I wonder if he tastes like a real crab... tsk! There is no way I'm eating that thing.

"Anything new Nebula?" I ask. "There is a planet 1820 kilometers away, It doesn't have a name or any analysis in my data." Nebula answered.  "Are you sure it's not the glitches?" I ask. "Yes madame."

"I want to take a closer look." The shuttle moved faster. I watch the light stretch as the shuttle goes. Nebula had full control of the whole shuttle. As we get closer to the orange red planet I can already see how lifeless it is.

"Nebula analysis?" I ask. "Loading… Loading… Loading… Loading…" Ugh its taking too long! "I'm going for a walk, choose my suit please." Nebula run my suit, my suit changed into a shiny orange suit. A one piece eye gear on my left eye, a metal belt, and a glass oxygen mask.

I opened the hatch and hop down the orange dirt. I kicked the dirt and more orange soil rose and flew with the wind. I didn't really need to check this place out but the view of brass walls, buttons, and wires are just sickening.

With another strong gush of wind some dusts entered my eye. I rubbed my eyes. Then my eye gear started focusing on a black silhouette from afar. "Zoom-in in 45%."

It zoomed in, my throat felt dry and my hands begin to sweat. It's not even cold but my goosebumps rose. I know that face and that cold stare, we were trained to get stronger to stop him and bring him back but I felt anger...an anger that was not supposed to be there. It was those aliens who took the most important person in my life and not him but the idea of him resurrecting those pests just makes me want to cut his limbs from limbs and feed his bones to my neighbor's dog, Bart.

Without hesitation I whisk the black stick and went for him, I'm going to make sure he won't see another day! "You're dead Ender!"

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