Battle of the Smithsonian (sequel to Night at the Museum "From Sunset to Dawn")

Chapter Nine: Air and Space

The moment Larry and Amelia walked in, everything slowly started to wake up. Jets, old planes, rockets, mannequins. Amelia's eyes teared up a bit, memories coming back in her mind. A voice in speakers started to talk

-D.C. this is Air and Space, we are back online and fully operational-

Larry and Amelia began their search. While they were walking, they saw a group of black skinned airmen coming their way

-The Tuskegee Airmen are on the march once again-

-Can you stop narrating everything we're doing? Just live in the moment- said the Captain

-The Tuskegee Airmen are living in the moment-

The Captain rolled his eyes and kept walking. When they reached Larry and Amelia, they stopped

-Miss Earhart?- said the Captain

-Yes-

-I wanna say thank you-

-For what Captain?-

-A lot of people didn't think we could fly, either. Thanks for clearing the runway ma'am-

The Captain saluted, and so did Amelia

-Race you to Paris?- said the Captain

-You're on!-

Larry intervened

-No! Not now! We gotta...-

-No, it's just a quick jaunt over the pond!-

-No. Gotta find the Einsteins. Come on, we gotta go, we don't have much time, come on-

They continued walking around the museum

-Sorry, it's in the blood- apologized Amelia

Larry didn't answer. After a while, Amelia changed direction again

-There she is, Mr Daley. Old Bessie, the old family bus. That gal took me across the Atlantic!-

-Okay. I think the Einsteins are over here though!- said Larry

He made a turn, and stopped dead. The glass theca that that morning contained seven bubblehead Einsteins was empty

-Where d'you go? Where did they go?- gasped Larry

Suddenly, the voice in the speakers started talking again

-This is Mission Control. Flight check complete. You are clear for launch-

-Contact!- shouted a man upstairs

All at once, jets, rockets and planes started their engines

-No! No no!- shouted Larry

-D.C. this is Mission Control. All systems go and green for lift-off-

-Roger that, we are green for lift-off-

-NO! We are definetely not green for any kind of lift-off!- shouted again Larry, and he started running towards the Mission Control area. He reached the tables

-I want a "go no-go" for lauch- said one of the men at the computers who was holding a microphone

-I say no-go. Let's not go-

-Go!- shouted someone

-GO!- shouted someone else

-GO!- shouted Amelia

-NO! NO GO!- screamed Larry, trying to get some attetion -DE-TORQUE! DE-TORQUE!-

But still nobody listened to him