Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 3 2018 | Page 187

Journey to the West
Korean International School, So, Maximillian -14
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ear 2765: Earth’s resources are depreciating faster than ever, for what is known as the sixth
extinction, the Final encounter. "Project ATHNOS is now intact" said commanding officer Imma
Urwrecked.
It was an expensive project; US$165 billion for a spaceship travelling 298 543 198 m per second, near the
speed of light. People are lacking a great amount of water and food. The human race is suffering from
extinction.
The objective of the mission was to find a habitable planet, suitable for humans, with a competent amount
of oxygen or nitrogen. The enhanced Hubble telescope on Neptune had transmitted a number of planets,
three with a satisfying amount of elements in the atmosphere; namely Persphone, Syclite and Quostra.
Teleportation, a technique originated for about seven centuries as destructive scanning January 23, 2015 was
the invention of quantum teleportation.
Quantum teleportation information a distance of ten feet, but conceivably, it means that larger objects can
be transported even longer distances. But traveling as far as 2648 light years without a wormhole on the
other end, is impossible to reach the Manxirious Syncry but total internal reflection triples this distance, and
is very common in the Kuiper belt, due to its variety of different angles. There was no hope for reaching the
comet-rich area as the rocky orbit would break our bones vexatiously. This scintillating knowledge led to
the origin of the project.
I, electric engineer, Cyber Hydroid, had been kidnapped a year ago, had distinctly hired to help the
program which mostly includes stealing illegally dangerous components for the ship of my electric skills and
considering my well known skills, had been hired to join the crew.
The ship, named Athnos, was a combination of the god Athena, meaning wisdom and Chronos as in “right
time” in Latin. The Ship was armed, with six heat blasters, and seven binocular suited assault rifles (in case of
comets/asteroids flying in space).
The ship was now intact, its wings spread out, blasters ready for the trip. The port shield model was blue.
The crew went on board and as a ramp amplified. As the chamber dispersed, sunlight shined onto
ATHNOS, making it look seductive. One of its wings incandescent, qualified for launch. The ship’s
seatbelts junctioned.
The crew set in motion, the whole regiment interjecting: I, Cyber Hydroid-combat forensic scientist
engineer, Combat pilot - Viper Victor, Intelligence Secretariat - Nicro Dalpar and of course the Captain,
Imma Urwrecked.
“This is going to be a long six hour trip,” said Victor, “Seatbelts on!”
The ship zoomed across the galaxy like a bolt of lightning, meaning Victor had the ship going to near light
speed.
5.8 hours later...
There was an alarm, causing me to awake from my sleep.
“Mayday! Mayday! The ship crash landing on Triton,” said Delpar.