The Invader

Chapter one

T.S.S. a spaceship floating through space made up of separate space stations to make up one large space station, blue, purple, cyan, red, yellow, orange, green, white.

One morning on the station everyone readies themselves for the day, showering, brushing their teeth and hair, dressing themselves then heading out into the cafeteria to get breakfast together.

Virgil had his headphones on listening to music to help him wake up some as he grabs a coffee and some toast.

Patton yawned and bounced through as he grabbed some Orange Juice and toast as well with some scrambled eggs.


Logan came in the main eating area, sipping from his cup of coffee, briefly browsing through some articles about a new planet to explore.

Janus was sitting across from him, still in his night clothes, still waking up. He rested his cheek against one of his hands, still struggling with the sleep schedule.


Virgil plopped down at the table tiredly eating his toast, Roman come up behind him and grab his shoulders which made him jump and he took off his headphones and turned his head.

He was relieved it was just Roman but irritated because he scared him. "Don't do that, asshole..." He said with a sly smile that he was trying to fight back.

Patton joined Virgil at the table and pulled out his phone to look at past pictures he had taken from his other missions in the past, it was mostly plant life and cute creatures he had found.

"Hey, gotta keep you on your toes." Roman booped him on the nose, setting his tray down and sat next to him. And then he leaned against him, his way of apologizing without saying it.

Janus craned his head to look over, he wasn't as easily excited as Patton but wanted to show some support, asking to see the pictures.

Logan aggressively placed his mug down on the table, visually frustrated with the documents as he closed the binder. "I just want to get this over with."


Virgil gently leaned his head against Roman, his way of accepting the apology without having to say anything to him.

Patton happily showed Janus the pictures, he hoped he would find something of interest on the new planet he would be going to.

Virgil looked up at Logan, lifting his head. "What's wrong with you? you normally aren't frustrated with missions..." Virgil pointed out as he seemed confused.

Roman followed Virgil's gaze, sharing the same confusion, and then took a sip from his tea because he was different.

Janus sometimes made comments, but he generally didn't know what to make of them, and then heard Logan put the mug down, and said without missing a beat, "Careful. We can't replace it until we get home."

"No." Logan said, pinching the bridge of his nose, pushing his glasses up. "It sounds like the last place, and I'm not sure I want this mission."

"Well maybe it will be different...you know? I'm sure it will be fine, we've been to plenty of similar planets before." Virgil tried to reassure Logan as he finished up his toast and took a drink of his coffee.

Patton looked at Logan. "Yeah, just think of it as...um..." He tried to think of a good analogy.


Logan pondered for a moment and nodded. "Right, I'm thinking too far into this before even seeing the environment."

Janus agreed. "Yeah, you never know what we'll find. Speaking of which." he stood from his seat. "I'm going to change and head out."

Patton looks at Janus. "Be careful, Jan...please." He said softly.