Cosmic Energy

Chapter 15: Comet: Pluto

 Noticing that Pluto is coming in fast the SHIPS start to fly away, trying to get out of the way of Pluto. SKIZZY steers his ship around the curve of Pluto's atmosphere as it approaches, trying not to let himself crash on it, and locking into its gravity letting it pull him with it. Unfortunately a bunch of other ships crash on the surface of the planet, unable to do what SKIZZY did.

SKIZZY (On speaker): Tipper, are you okay.

TIPPER'S SHIP

TIPPER: Yes, what just happened?

CUT BETWEEN SHIPS

SKIZZY looks out the window to find Pluto moving through space.

SKIZZY: It seems like Pluto is on the move!

TIPPER: What?

ALGA: You know how Cosmic Energy is elastic, right?

TIPPER (Looking at her): What does that have to do with anything?

ALGA: When the army of ships came from Earth with their Cosmic Energy, it must have created a tension in space.

TIPPER: But Cosmic Energy isn't able to stay attached to a ship when it drops out of hyperspace.

SKIZZY (Quoting Bible): "Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken." Hundreds of ships came this way, reinforcing each other, until...

TIPPER: What does that mean then?

ZRINK: Pluto is headed straight for Earth. The collision will destroy the both planets.

Meanwhile, back on Earth, the world goes into panic as the news of Pluto heading towards Earth breaks.

Back over Pluto.

SKIZZY: We should have no problem stopping it, right? I mean we can just create a pull of equal value in the opposite direction.

ZRINK: Don't you see what happened, after all this, there aren't enough ships remaining to do that.

TIPPER: There has to be something we can do.

Suddenly, ALGA looks at WEAPON SHIP.

ALGA: There is. That ship is full of Cosmic Energy.

SKIZZY: What about it?

ALGA: If we found a way to release all that Cosmic Energy at the right angle at once, we may be able to destroy a planet enough to break the connection between the two planets.

EVERYONE ELSE: What!?

ALGA: Just listen. If we destroy one planet, the other one will have a chance to survive.

SKIZZY: We can't do that! Thousands of people will die either way.

ZRINK suddenly sends a call out to Mr. Melnyk, and MR. MELNYK appears on the screen.

SKIZZY: What are you doing?

MR. MELNYK: What do you want?

ZRINK: Listen Mr. Melnyk. Do you know what's happening?

MR. MELNYK nods.

ZRINK: Because of this war, Pluto is now on a course to collide with Earth.

MR. MELNYK nods again.

ZRINK: I'm told that that giant weapon has enough Cosmic Energy to... Listen, we know that one planet has to go to save the other.

MR. MELNYK (Snapping): I will never destroy Earth!