Searching the Stars for Redemption
Trix flicked on the ship’s main channel. “We’re about thirty minutes from Deimos. Prepare for stable orbit.” After turning off the speaker, she reached around her console to turn various knobs and pull switches. Stars lay beyond her cockpit window, the culmination of a childhood dream.
One she’d shared.
The feelings of betrayal were now moot. What good was holding a grudge when her twin couldn’t beg for forgiveness anyway? Orville had been traveling the stars for years with the absolute best. He probably didn’t remember the sister he’d left behind.
Static came over the channel before Dustin hollered, “Isn’t this where the Star Jumper lost contact?”
Stars Apart from True Advance
Stars and debris enveloped the pod. Limited power, no communications. Yet nothing compared to the betrayal on Trix’s face.
Orville remembered the sudden call to the administrator’s office. Sweat beaded on his neck until he opened the door. Face to face with Benjamin Quail, the first astronaut to land on Mars, he lost his tongue. Jaw practically unhinged, he gawked at the legend before him.