A cry for Help

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"Help is there anyone there"

"I need help this is Captain Thomas Prescott of Sterling47 jetliner, we were hit from behind by an unknown source."

"We've lost an engine they've completed shattered through our defenses"

"Hello is there-"

10 minutes later

"Men it was my honor  and pleasure to come on this expedition with you and to be your captain, if we die today we died in honor"

On Earth... A year later

A news broadcast was on television and the 11 year old Prescott twins sat beside their grandmother on the sofa looking at the television earnestly with crest fallen faces.

"The matrix has confirmed that the ship containing one of our beloved Captains, Thomas Prescott and his crew is missing. They were months behind on their report and we've heard nothing.

We know nothing of their whereabouts and the ship seemed to be behind the next communication point. A search team was sent to retrieve the, but they found nothing".

Luna couldn't believe what she had heard it was like time had stood still. She looked at the tv then to her grandmother but she couldn't hear a word she was saying.
Her grandfather had said he was going to come back, he promised her. He never broke his promises.

And in that moment Luna let the tears roll down and  she broke into an outrageous sob, longing to see the smile of her beloved grandfather but knowing she wouldn't be able to.

After losing her parents and then her grandfather Luna wasn't sure how she would cope she felt her heart wrenching and squeezing in on itself but she had to be strong not only for herself but for her brother too.

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