Y/n's pov:
The next morning, we all meet up in the control room to discuss how we can close the breach. Gary starts off with a motivational speech, which honestly kinda works before HUE tells us there is pretty much nothing we can do and that we're all going to die.
Nightfall then walks up to the table and tells HUE to set the coordinates directly into a sun. We all start to question her on why she would even suggest that. She continues to explain that there is a titan named Bolo that can help us, but he's imprisoned inside a place called inner space, and light folding into that sun, will get us to him.
He's our only shot so, we go for it.
We get to the sun as HUE and Nightfall explain the challenge of light folding at exactly the right time. As the ship gets closer, the navigation system gets damaged do to the heat, and Gary takes the wheel. I get more worried the closer we get, but quickly pull myself together remembering that this is our only shot at closing the breach.
The closer we get the more Quinn starts yelling at Gary. Until, in the blink of an eye, we make it through. And as I open my eyes after being blinded from the light, we see Bolo.
The titan. At least one hundred times bigger than our ship. Trapped inside what seems to be a glass cube.
All of us freeze, looking at him with shocked expressions, and then Nightfall says:
"Welcome, to Inner space."Nothing happens for a little while, before Gary starts to whine about it. And that's when the ship suddenly gets sucked into Bolo's mind, with the feeling of being stretched and pulled around.
"Did we just get sucked into dude's mind?!" Gary asks freaked out about what just happened.
"Don't worry, that's normal." Nightfall says in a calm voice.
"A warning would have been nice" I say, as I try to calm myself down.Gary then lands the ship on one of the... what looks like a weird, brain like, lily pad. We then exit the ship and look around at the space like place we just entered inside Bolo's mind.
"Oh hey, there's a guy" Gary says pointing at the blue M&M with skinny legs in front of us.He then proceeds to yell at him to get his attention, even tho he's already looking at us. The M&M then starts yelling back, saying we are late. Not sure what he's talking about I try and ask as Gary and the M&M are arguing, before I get caught off by him smacking Gary in the face, twice.
The M&M guy then stumps his staff to the ground and shoots us through space.
"Explain to me... what just happened" Gary asks freaking out.
"We hopped over to brain chamber two" the M&M explains like its nothing.
"Hopped?! No, no, no, no! we were hurled-" Gary doesn't get the chance to finish his sentence as the M&M makes us hop to brain chamber six.I try and catch my breath before I look over and see blood coming out of Gary's eyes. My eyes widen in shock and worry, but I don't get a chance to check on him before the M&M hopes us over to brain chamber 795.
"Here we are. Chamber number 795. Bolo's mind palace. Beyond this point, only one of you may enter, and it's already been pre-selected. YOU!!" the M&M explains, before yelling and pointing his staff directly at Gary.
"You've been chosen. But then again, you ware already selected before you ware even born!""We'll be hare, Gary" Nightfall tries to reassure him.
"You got this!" Little Cato joins in.
I give Gary a reassuring nod, as I place my hand on Little Cato's shoulder.Mooncake too tries to show his support before KVN gets in the way, and suffocates Mooncake in a hug, as he, of course, breaks into a stupid, annoying song.
Gary then walks off and disappears into a beam of light. We all stand there waiting for a while.
"What's going on with Gary?" Quinn asks, a bit worried.
"He's fine" the M&M answers unbothered
"Where is he?" I ask getting worried myself."Show them, gatekeeper" Nightfall says like this isn't her first time here.
"Reveal you secrets!" Little Cato says joining in.
The M&M then raises his staff while looking at the kid. I get a bit worried he might try and hit Little Cato, so I take a step closer towards them, ready to act if he tries anything.
"And if you hit me, I will end you" Little Cato says thinking the same thing."Oh my gosh! You are all so sassy! Just watch and leave me alone already!" The M&M says before showing us a 'screen' of Gary talking to... his father.
"...John?" I say in a slight whisper, a bit shocked to see him and Gary together on the 'screen'.
"You know him?" Little Cato asks looking at me.
"It's Gary's father... But he died year ago..." I answer.
"Whoow" Little Cato says."He is dead. We're inside Bolo's mind, remember? Gary is just visiting him in the time right before he dies" the M&M says in a know-it-all voice.
"Oh ye, that makes sense" I say sarcastically, as the M&M glares at me.
We continue watching Gary and John, they talk, hug, and beat up the Lord Commander together, before they ready the bomb to close the breath.John then goes outside the ship, and I can see the sadness and desperation in Gary's eyes as he watches his father die, for the second time. The M&M takes away the screen just as Gary appears before us. Little Cato and I waste no time running up to him. Gary breaks down crying as we slow down before walking up to him.
"I'm so sorry Gary" I say putting a hand on his shoulder.
"Didn't know we were members of the same club" Little Cato says, as Quinn joins us beside Gary.
"Gary, you still wanna do this?" Quinn asks him. I take away my hand before Quinn puts her hand on his shoulder.Gary pauses for a moment before answering:
"I'll try my best" While wiping away a tear.
"That's good enough for me" Quinn says with a smile.
"Wait, were you watching me and my dad?" Gary asks.
"No... No" Quinn says.
"But yes..." I say, before we all share a smile.Gary then lays down on his back, looking up. And Little Cato, Quinn and I join him.
"Should we get up?" Gary says
"No. We have a little time" Quinn says right before the M&M appears, staring down at us while yelling:
"Actually, you don't! Get off your sass buckets!!"We get back to the ship and set the course for Earth. Ready to find the bomb to close this breach.
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Stick together - A Final Space story
FanfictionY/n Y/l/n is a woman at the age of 32. She is a human and has grown up on planet earth with her childhood best friend Gary Goodspeed. Later in her young adult life she takes an opportunity to go into space. But unfortunately for her, she ends up...