Life in 4014

Chapter three "The base"

As we landed in anchorage Alaska I was greeted, well kinda, by a soldier with gadgets just like the man that was with me in the shuttle. "Put this on." The soldier said. He gave me what looks like a gas mask. But this one was far more advanced than any other on I've seen before. It was a black mask that had lights on the front for seeing in dark places. "Why does this have lights on the front?" I asked curiously. "This advanced gas mask" ha. It is a gas mask " is for seeing In dark places with possible radiation in the area." He said, with a steady and loud voice. Once my mask was on, we proceeded down a trail.

It took us a little while to find the base entrance, but we eventually did. As the base doors opened, I could see inside the base. The lights that were originally the main light were in no working order. So there was instead, flood lights all around the base to light it up. At every doorway and entrance there were soldiers keeping guard. Not one was moving at all. The man, the soldier and I moved through the base. Throughout the base there were twists and turns, but we finally reached our destination. "Here we are." Said the soldier. The doors were opened by the two guards next to it. Inside the room was a large window that looked into the missile's room, a lot of computers, and some scientists looking into the large window. As I came in I heard a scientist yell' "Hey! Are the codes working?" "No!" The other one replied. Then a different scientists came in the room and looked around for a minute. "Miles brown?" I turned to look at him. "Yes?" I replied. "Ok, what you are going to do is-" he what cut of by the panicking and screaming scientists. "We need to stop that rocket! It's going to launch in 60 seconds!" Said a scientist. I heard the count down sounding out. "Quick! Cut off all rocket boosters in the rocket!" The scientist that was going to explain to me quickly said to a scientists on a computer. "Ok, boosters off!" But still the count down didn't stop. It kept going. "WE NEED TO LEAVE NOW!!!!" Said the scientist before me. Once outside the base the man, the soldier, the scientist and I bolted to the shuttle I arrived in earlier. Once inside the shuttle started right away. "Keep your mask on at all times until authorized!" Said the man. As we hovered a few feet of the ground, a loud BOOM came from the base.