I Never Thought Traveling Was So Boring

“You seem to be an exciting candidate for this position.” the secretary said with a smirk and pushed up her glasses. “Can you start flight training and classes tomorrow, honey?” she said with her southern drawl.

Kevin grit his teeth. His hands strangled the arms of his blue leather seat that were embroidered with white thread. Fear oozed from every pore within his body. His body tensed as we felt the engine roar, saw the turbines spin, and runway come to life. As the plane’s thrusters kicked in, Kevin shut his eyes, but I didn’t. I stared through my window and watched the runway lights gradually merge into a single line of fluorescent orange. Before I knew it, I was gazing upon Philadelphia, hundreds of feet in the air, illuminated by the light of an afternoon’s sun. Our destination, the Marine Corps Recruiting Depot.

Introduction Universal Space Center, a utopian society in space, is unlike all others. It is located in space, citizens get as much freedom that they can get without pandemonium breaking free, the food is great, and the view is priceless, changing daily. The homes are shuttles, one for each family, and a smaller, faster and better equipped shuttle for some jobs available to qualifying citizens. There is a huge space station serving as the center of the “town”. Citizens are allowed to, but are not limited to walking on the moon, floating with no gravity, and exploring and discovering new planets, universes and organisms.

I loaded the shotgun walking out of the armory to the elevator. I pushed the button to go down to the hanger. I looked around the ships were ready to go, people rushing around. George was walking out of a door of a krate holding his assault rifle in one hand. That's my ride I thought jogging up to the landed krate. “Hey yo,” I said loudly when I got up to

It has been two days since we boarded the ship. It is very hot and crowded. We all had bread that i'm sure was not fit for humans to eat and soup. During the night I like to go to the top deck to get away from the crowd.Not that it help’s it’s crowded up there to. Though it is better to go up there once in awhile. As i'm not much of a people

“I truly am sorry boss, I won’t let it happen again.” I muttered and looked away.

A new planet was discovered this Friday which was named Planet X. The President of the United States had addressed the nation. “It’s huge and peculiar,” he said, “and cold, as it snows all day, but it’s ours for the taking.” Then after, he announced that an expedition would take place in a couple days. The discovery of Planet X had significant implications for the public eye.

“I hadn’t considered that, but I don’t know that I have the authority to order the Marines to escort me to Fredericks.”

After I inspected and admired my room, I quickly grew bored and played with my phone. I was energized so I decided to go play some basketball in the air craft’s gym, after all, it is not every day you get to play sports 30,000 feet in the air. As I was warming up, I saw my best friend Franklin Hall, we have been friends all twenty seven years of our lives. He came into the dark gym in shorts, sneakers, and a white t-shirt.

The building has been completed on this new type of space shuttle and it was ready for launch so all of the crew boarded the shuttle to this distant land. Throughout, this long journey there had been tons of problems

By the time my class, 25 seventh graders from St. Michael’s Episcopal Day school, reached our final destination, we were exhausted. But even that crippling exhaustion couldn’t keep us from being excited about touring the Space Camp grounds in Huntsville, Alabama. We were amazed by just about everything we saw. There were massive shuttles and rockets, thrilling simulators, and themed accommodations. But the thing that caught my eye most was the giant room where simulated missions were held. I knew from the instant I set my eyes on that massive space that the missions would be my favorite part of the trip.

“Okay but you can’t come with me to the reservation, the last thing I want is someone like you nagging me every second about the heat or the stench. All I need is a rocket and I’ll be on my way” John remarked.

The leather flight chair enclosed Olbarwulf in its embrace like an old friend which, all things considered, it might as well be. The blaring klaxons, the stamping flight boots, and the incessant shouting filtered through the cockpit canopy. All were familiar to him. And yet, even after all these years of deployment, the constant din still was still unnerving. Exhaling slowly, Olbarwulf leaned back, feeling through his coarse mane, feeling for the socket at the base of his neck. When did I last go under? he queried, touching the depression, thumbing the optic and data input cables. He needed to go under, to feel the Thunderbolt as a part of him, to fly. He yearned for that kind of freedom. But it would have to wait. His co-pilot was late, and a failure to launch fully crewed would land Olbarwulf directly in the sights of a commissar.

“Yes, but it was your last warning. Any more awkward questions to the Information Centre, and you are going to be demoted down to a cleaner or something, or worse yet, reclamation. It has happened before you know. So promise me you won’t be going to the Centre to pursue this directly.”

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