Jayden

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Alex entered the ships control room and gazed upon the mass of buttons, switches and monitors that took up the majority of the cockpit before taking a seat in the rich leather seat that read 'Pilot' on the back. Searching his mind to remember what he had to do to prepare the ship for re-entry he flicked several metallic switches surrounded by buttons above the pilots seat. A monitor to the left of him came to life and read 'Jaden - P.M.P'.

Alex had worked for Jaden ever since he was 17 in training, so he knew that 'P.M.P' stood for progress, maintain and protect, this had more of less become the motto for the whole of Earth. While in training Alex underwent a series of tasks and exercises to prove he had what it took to be apart of the largest projects in the world. He scaled walls a mile high in mere minutes and defused a atomic bomb without having to lay a hand on it, or at least not a solid hand. Alex looked down at his badge and admired his position. The badge was dark red which to Jaden indicates the ruby rank, the highest rank after diamond, the badge read 'Ghost - 2/6/2977'.

The ship began to emit a low humming noise indicated it was ready for re-entry. Alex pressed an orange button labelled Jayden and almost instantaneously the ship started to turn towards the Earth, angled up slightly and started hurdling forward at a great speed. As the skies turned a deep blue a sheet of red and orange engulfed all visibility from the ship and the walls began to rattle and shake. After approximately thirty seconds the flames died down and the deep blue of the sky returned. There were no clouds and through the glass dome that covered the front of the ship, Alex saw everything; oceans, mountains, cities, wind farms and even the worlds largest solar farm as he passed over the country of France.
As he crossed English Channel and came to the coast he already saw his destination, in the city of London resided a building that almost stretched to the clouds. It engulfed most of the city within its shadow and was by far the largest structure on the planet, and it was called Jayden, the most technological advanced place in the world. The 'multi-pyramid' masterpiece was almost three kilometres tall and including the support buildings around it that also had the same pyramid shape the width of the building was at least 3 kilometres.

"S.S.27 do you read me?" A sudden voice came from a small wired radio next to the joystick. Alex picked up the radio, held a button on the side and said
"This is S.S.27 I copy."

"Whom am I speaking to?"

"Alex Ghost, ruby rank, Codename Ghost."

"Well Ghost your clear for landing, head to platform 14 for us."

"14?" Alex questioned, "Is 27 not available?"

"Platform 27 is currently undergoing maintenance and until that's complete we have assigned your ship to platform 14."

Alex accepted his instructions and ended the call with, "Over and out." Before pulling up a holographic screen that looked to be an overview map of the Jayden landing pads with '27' currently highlighted in green before he set a new destination point for pad 14. The ship automatically switched into hover mode as it got close to the semi-circular landing strip which was bridging off one of the pyramids and touched down with a noise that sounded like an air valve exploded. Immediately several red holographic error displays appeared where Alex's map was, another "whoops," followed.

He frustratedly stomped his way through the ship, past the kitchen and knocking the door to Charlie's bedroom as he went. "Coming!" Said the man who locked himself away to work.

The ramp door at the bottom of the ship opened and Alex ran out followed by a mass of steam and smoke.
"Piece of crap." Alex scolded while he kicked one of the 4 landing gear legs.
A group of 3 people with fire hydrogear came bursting though the nearest door and proceeded to the ship as a thin trail of black smoke floated away from the crime scene. Followed by them were 2 men in black suits and dark sunglasses.
Charlie emerged from the smoke as the fire team ran past and begun to spray foam from the packs on there back.
"Smooth landing." Charlie said sarcastically.

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