It has been eleven years since your team colonised Mars and you are waiting to greet the expansion crew. Half of them will be joining Richard's crew and the other half will be joining yours. Roman and Ivan have joined you in case anything has gone wrong. You doubt it. You start to think about what brought you here in the first place.
"Schatzi what are you thinking about?" Kelsey asks. You can tell that you are deep in thought about something.
"Everything that has happened to bring us here," You respond. You wish you could go back to the days of the constellation missions where the missions were a lot simpler. However you are glad that you got the opportunity to lead the Nova crew through many ups and downs along the way. You can feel Kelsey's hand wrap around yours.
"Well let's just say I'm glad that Neil brought us together," Kelsey responds. It's true if Neil had not taken you to the multi axis trainer you wouldn't really have talked to Kelsey. Your sentimental thoughts are interrupted by the comms chime.
"Proxima to Fifi, do you receive me?"
"Proxima we read you loud and clear. What can we do for you?" You use the standard response.
"I'm letting you know that we are about to start the reentry maneuver," the commander of the latest mission responds.
"Thank you commander Scott," You acknowledge the warning.
"Over and out," Commander Scott ends the communication. You are relieved that everything is going well today. You will be glad for some fresh faces. Ten minutes later you are looking for the Starship that is carrying the new crew.
"I've found it," Roman announces. He points it out to you. Another twenty minutes later the Starship has landed. You, Kelsey, Roman and Ivan are checking on the crew. You are joined by a bright eyed man.
"Thank you for helping us Commander Collins," He remarks as he offers his hand for a shake.
"Don't worry Commander Scott. In fact I think we can ditch the formalities," You give him the same speech you gave Richard.You take Commander Scott up on his handshake offer. After Ivan has checked over everyone the others join you in the rover.
"So Lilly what should we expect?" Commander Scott asks.
"Well Joel make sure you expect the unexpected," You respond. You are glad that the expansion is finally getting underway. It's a pity that Your dad, Buzz and Neil can't see the hard work that you have put into the colony.
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Constellations
Fanfiction"I am so sorry Neil" "It will be alright Lily," he responds. Lily Collins yearned to follow in her father Micheal Collins' footsteps but there was one problem. She was stuck serving coffee to people at NASA. One fateful day she ends up spilling cof...
