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'Everyone, this is captain John speaking. We made it safely into space. It is now allowed to unfasten your seat belt. Remember: no floating here. On this ship we have an gravity engine that prevents floating, so everyone can walk normally. Also is your astronaut helmet not required, we have air pressure. We wish everyone a great time on the ship, but don't forget: Everyone has his own task. Don't distract each other from their work.'  Max walked to the cockpit. He opened the safety door with the code and said, 'Hi dad, nice work!' John looked behind him and saw Max there standing. 'Hey kiddo, it's just my work. Remember that this was supposed to be my job. But anyways, how was it back there? Went everything well?' He asked. 'It was fine dad, you didn't unlearn your job!' Max walked through the cockpit while he said 'Hey mom, nice work from you too!' Mom smiled. 'Thanks buddy! It was long ago I flew in a spaceship, but it went so well!' Max smiled and walked back to the central room and bumped into Philip. 'Oh hey young man! Maybe you should go to work now we're in space.' Max apologized for the bump and said 'Yeah, let's get to work.' He walked to his own cabin where he strapped his work suit on. He walked back to the cockpit and asked 'Mom, what can I do now?' Mom looked back and said 'Go, take a look at the engines for regular maintenance. Do exactly what we teached you.' Max turned around while he said 'Yes mom, I remember everything. Be right back!' But what he didn't know is that he would not return for a while...

Once he got to the engines, he unscrewed the maintenance hatch. But in the first second, he saw something strange. A few little things, it looked like worms, crawled in and out from a little hole in the fuel hose...

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