The Last of Us

Ch. 2 : TAKEOFF

Jordan shook me until i was conscious.
"Get up! Rebekah! Hello?? We gotta go!" He half yelled as he continued to shake me even though i was yelling,
"Im awake! Im awake, god dammit!"
"Oh." he said as he dropped me back onto my bed. "Sorry." he said kind of sheepishly. " you do realize that its 6 am and we have takeoff at 8 am." he said, getting back to business.
"Shit." i thought.
We quickly got dressed in our custom made extreme heat resistant body suits, and walked downstairs with all of our possessions we were taking along. I felt horrible because just when we got downstairs, Jordan's phone started to ring. It was his dad.
"Well, what are you going to do?? Answer it! " I said.
"I...i..." He stuttered. "I dont want to. I'll miss him too much." he said, a lump already forming in his throat.
Poor Jordan had this nasty guilty look on his face that made you want to kill yourself. He must feel horrible.
"Hmm....Well at least let me answer it." i said as i swiped the buzzing phone out of his hand.
"Hello? " I said.
"Oh! Hi Rebekah. How are you?"
"Im good, how are you?" I said, nervously.
"Well im actually here to talk to YOUR dad, Rebekah. Your dad and i have some things to discuss."
I knew he would never be able to talk to my dad right now, its too busy.
"Well, hes kind of busy at the moment," i started to say, but Jordan's dad cut me off.
"Hes expecting a call from me, Becky. You arent supposed to know this, but im coming with you. So would you ple"
I immediately dropped Jordan's phone.
"Jordan! Your dad!"
"My dad what?" He said.
"Your dad.... is coming with us!"
"Wait.... how do you know?"
"What do you think im retarded? He just told me!! "
Just then i was engulfed by a massive body in a hug. I could feel Jordan's hot tears through the suit i was wearing.
"I guess i should give the phone to my dad. " i said.
"I guess so." Jordan said, smiling at me.
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"Hey honey, Jordan," my dad said. " so Rob (jordans dad) is on his way."
"What possessed him to come?" Jordan asked.
"I kind of asked him. it wouldnt be fair to you to not have any family."
"Yeah. Thank you so much Mr. Lance. i would feel guilty for leaving him behind too."

Chuck ( jordans husky ) followed behind us, looking up at the ship in our desert-like backyard.

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Its finally time to board. first, the twenty strangers boarded, then me, Jordan, Chuck, Rob, and my dad would all be staying in the cockpit. There would be enough food supply for all of us for three years, and when we get to Mars, robots are already there with the materials needed to build our special infared- uv light flaring sunray blocking domes that we live in, also protecting us from the 20" miles per hour winds and lethal dust storms. There has also been a discovered water source about a half a mile from our civilization, and we will drive in bubble cars to retrieve the water. There, we will also have greenhouses in our civilization, making us also able to have fresh food.

We all strap in, and begin our 3 month journey to Mars.

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LIFTOFF.