Cosmic Energy

Chapter 12: Earth

 They drop out of hyperspace near Earth, TIPPER stares at Earth.

ZRINK: You have a nice planet.

TIPPER I'm home.

ZRINK: Yes, there is definitely another of us down there. I don't like it.

SKIZZY (Entering): We can't land without notifying for proper clearance.

TIPPER: Aren't you forgetting, we don't have a radio anymore.

Suddenly, ZRINK turns his head to the right.

ZRINK: Over there, get in closer.

TIPPER (Turning the ship): Okay.

They approach a satellite, and ZRINK looks at it.

ZRINK: I think that I may be able to connect with that to send a signal down to Earth.

TIPPER: Okay, sounds like alien stuff to me.

Shows somebody working on their computer in an office tower in Miami. Suddenly, the words, "Cosmic Energy found by Skizzy and Tipper, looking for landing clearance." Appears on the screen. The PERSON rushes out of the office.

PERSON: Did anybody else receive that message?

PERSON 2: Weren't those Skizzy and Tipper kids assumed dead a few weeks ago?

PERSON: I don't know, but we should report this to NASA.

Shows MR. MELNYK standing, and watching some screens for another space mission, when his MESSENGER comes up.

MESSENGER: Mission Cosmic Energy may have returned.

MR. MELNYK: Prepear for their landing. Tell them they are clear to descend.

Back in the ship, ZRINK looks at SKIZZY and TIPPER.

ZRINK: We're clear for decent.

TIPPER: Okay, let's do this.

The ship starts heading down for the planet, when TIPPER suddenly stops.

TIPPER: Uh, we've never actually landed on a planet before. At least not on our own, and without a crash.

SKIZZY: Yes we have, remember, uh... (Pause) Let me take over.

TIPPER (Handing the controls over): I guess if we have to die this close to home, at least it doesn't have to be by my hands.

SKIZZY starts aiming for the planet. The ship starts to enter the atmosphere, burning as it heads down.

TIPPER: We're up so high!

SKIZZY: I think we can make it.

The shuttle plummets from space, into Earth, and everybody gives cries of horror. Suddenly, everything goes black.

SKIZZY opens his eyes in the pilot seat of the space ship at the space station in Florida.

SKIZZY: I think I landed okay.

ZRINK: Yes, the Plutonian is nearby, but not close enough for me to pick up anything, but...

TIPPER: What?

ZRINK (looking out the window): I don't care for this place.

Shows them getting out of the space ship. Nobody is around.

SKIZZY: That's odd, where is everybody.

TIPPER (Pointing to the building): They should be back there, plotting the next mission or something.

Suddenly, MR. MELNYK appears and slowly walks up to TIPPER. He reaches TIPPER and hugs him.

MR. MELNYK: I thought you were dead, why didn't you call back?