Dreams do come true

Chapter 16

Day 80

All they had to do now was wait.

They had their suits on, just in case everything else failed. But it wouldn't. Of course it wouldn't, Lena had tested the magnetic field a lot on Earth. Kara was 100% sure that all this worrying was for nothing. Well, 99%, maybe 95, but she hoped Lena would never know.

So they waited.

Alex and Sam spent the whole morning holding hands. With their suits on. No physical
contact whatsoever could be felt but it was something, and they needed anything.

Worst case scenario the magnetic field Lena had added to the ship wouldn't resist the power of the flare, which may cause permanent damage to some parts of the ship while also exposing them to a lot of radiation for the rest of their expedition — if nothing big was damaged and there was a rest of the journey to think of.

Best case? The shield did its job to perfection and nothing happened other than maybe the cameras capturing a few cool photos.

Without any damage to the ship they could still face the radiation problem, but it wasn't like they were going to instantly die or anything. At least not in a short period of time. But they needed the shield to work so they could install it on their camp on Mars. That way, the radiation wouldn't be too much and they could keep going without having to worry about this again.

Astronauts always had a lot of things to worry about, a lot of things could go wrong at any time, so one less thing would be very much welcomed.

So they kept waiting.

The noise alerting them that the flare had reached them began just after they had lunch.

It lasted an hour.

After everything was said and done, Kara was right. "I told you guys that Lena's amazing shield wouldn't break, she's amazing!" She cheered and as soon as Lena finished taking her suit off, Kara was hugging her. "You're amazing."

"Yeah, yeah, we know." Nia patted Lena's shoulder, "You did good, Luthor."

"You do know that it wasn't just me, right?"

"Careful there with your big head" Maggie sarcastically added.

Alex gave Maggie a high-five before smiling at Lena, "You deserve the praise and the credit, just take it for once."

Lena shot her a small smile and a nod.