Finally, being the son of the smartest man on Great Moon paid off. I was actually on one, a real spaceship, seeing the planet that we used to inhabit, but was now a barren wasteland with nothing living on it. Fascinating, how it once held so many people, and now no one walked its surface. A shame scientists never fully explored it, but life goes on. And then there was the planet itself, as unfinished as the research started there. It was intriguing, the huge, gaping hole where Asia should be, the pollution in the water visible from here, and the small area left unharmed by the bomb, almost swallowed by water. The place once called Mexico, vanished under the waves, North America reduced twenty percent, Nunavut was completely gone. I was certain nothing could live there, it was impossible. The animals would have been killed by the pollution, the humans killed by lack of recourses. Why would anyone want to come back here after living on Great Moon, with unlimited supplies and running water? But that was why we were here, to see if earth was suitable to occupy life once again. Pointless in my opinion, but we were here nevertheless.
"Son, get over here. You need to see this!" My father called.
"Yes?" I looked at the monitor he was pointing at.
"These readings say that the levels of radiation are liveable in Canada! Fess up!"
I made a bet with my father that if earth was liveable again, I would own up to every bad thing I've ever done and give him forty percent of my birthday money, but I wasn't out of this race yet.
"Just because radiation levels are low, doesn't mean we can live there again. I can see the pollution in the water from here."
"Nonsense!" He rolled his eyes. "You're being paranoid!"
"Oh ya? Look at these scans from 2015. I believe the water is blue in these pictures."
"So?" My father started to look uncomfortable. "Who cares if the water is blacker than your mother's muffins, the streams are probably clean!"
As you can see, my father likes to yell.
"You really think 4.2 million people can live off of streams?" I countered.
"Cameron.." He started, but a minor scientist interrupted.
"Sir, something's wrong with the motor, we're losing power."
"What do you mean?" My father asked, and the ship began to fall rapidly.
"Aaaaahhhhhh!!!!" I screamed, and I'll admit, it was a little high pitched.
"Get to the escape pods." The captain said, and his calm voice was reassuring.
Then again, he was a robot, so he couldn't sound anything but calm.
I ran to the escape pods and jumped in, I was about to launch the pod, but I waited for my dad. All of a sudden, the ship stopped falling. The sudden stop jarred me and I slammed into the launch button. The pod detached from the ship, and I hurtled toward the earth. When I broke through the atmosphere, I passed out.
When I regained consciousness, a big African American boy was standing over me, and a girl.
"Where am I?" I asked, hoping the answer was Mars.
New Winnipeg Manitoba." She answered.
"New Winni- is this earth?" Panic raced through me.
"No. This is Mars. Of course it's earth!" She snapped sarcastically.
I passed out again.
YOU ARE READING
To the Moon and Back
Science FictionThe year is 6078. Our hero suffers from a split personality, although it's not exactly a textbook case. It's almost like she literally has another person inside her, and they're both fighting for control. With such strong personalitys, it makes thin...
