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Astrodude wakes up from a four year long coma on his upgraded spaceship now called Hail Astro. He has no memory of his identity or recollection of the past. Astrodude awakens in the hybrination pod, laid down. A robot claw reaching out to him.
Breathing steadily … heart … beating. Administrating feeding solution to the individual …. ON. - said Ei.Sar
Mmmm … - said Astrodude still half asleep after suspended animation.
It's time for your nutrients sludge .- said Ei.Sar trying to feed the half unconscious astronout
Astrodude falls out of his suspended animation bag and tries to walk but can't. He keeps blabling nonsense.
What's two plus two ?? Answer first then eat the sludge.- Ei.Sar said
Astrodude falls back asleep . After a few minutes he hears it again.
What's two plus two??- said Ei.Sar
bkfjgoirjf - said Astrodude
What he meant to say is to leave him alone
Incorrect- said Ei.Sar in his soft spoken and gentle tone.
What's two plus two ?? - said once again ai robot
wehopfjosd !!- said Astrodude
Incorrent- said ai robot
(What's going on ?!? I can't see . I can't hear except for this robot voice. I can't feel . Well I can't see because my eyes are closed. Why can't I open my eyes!?) - Astrodude thought.
Astrodude time to place you back into your bag. You are a very naughty human. - said Ei.Sar before lifting Astrodude back into his place where he belongs.
(Darn it!!) - Astrodude thought.
(Anyway I will try to open my eyes …. open …. aaaaannnnd … OPEN!!…. Darn it why can't I open my eyes??)- Astrodude thought
(Open!!)- Astrodude thought
Astrodude's eyelids creep open , The blinding white light seers his rednas .
ufgber0wofiho-says Astrodude
Astrodude keeps his eyes open with the sheer force of will. Everything is white with the shades of grey.
Eye movement detected .What's two plus two??. -says Ei.Sar
Astrodude is fed up with this robotic nonsense.His eyes are adjusting with him starting to see shades and shapes.
(Can I move my arms … No… my legs… No… I can say stuff which is mostly gibrish.). -said Astordude
afkjbdafnad-says Astrodude
Incorrect astronout - said Ei.Sar
(The shapes and colors start to make sense. The furescent lights shine down and cameras watch my every move. hmm I must say creepy as that is I'm more concerned about that robotic claw.) - thought astrodude
uwfgfioh . hooo hmmmm . - said astrodude
Incorrect yet again - said Ei.Sar
Astrodude summons all his strength and his will power.
ffff…f...ff..four?? - said Astrodude
Correct - said Ei.Sar
(Thanks to Alvaro . I can speak … sort of.)-thought Astrodude as he breaths the sigh of relief .
(Wait I can control my breathing. My throat and my mouth is soar and I'm wearing a breathing mask. Maybe I can get up??)-thought Astrodude
(No but I can move my head a little)-Astrodude thought
Astrodude looks down on his body . He's naked and connected to more tubes than he can imagine. There's one in each arm , leg and in his uhhh gentlemen's equipment.
(Oh sweet Alvaro!! I'm guessing they are where the Sun doesn't shine. THAT CAN'T BE GOOD)-Astrodude thought
Wooooewhfio wheezes Where … am … I??- said Astrodude
What's the cube root of eight??-says Ei.Sar
Where..am…I??-Astrodude reapeats himself
Incorrect-said Ei.Sar
Two-said Astrodude
Correct- said Ei.Sar
Astrodude feeling tired drifts into sleep again. Then he wakes up later.
(How long was I out for??It must have been awhile since I feel rested. Hmm my fingers move as instructed. ALRIGHT!!)-Astrodude thought
Hand movement detected. Please don't move- says Ei.Sar
(what why??)-thought Astrodude
The claws move fast and they remove each tube from the astrodude's body. Well most of them anyway. Only the IV , the tube up his butt and one other.
(Those ladder two are the ones that I wanted to remove but OK !!) -thought Astrodude.
Astrodude raises each of his arms and then he lets them fall back down . They feel heavy . He sees his arms are muscular . This doesn't make sense. There shouldn't be there a muscle atrophy and shouldn't there be doctors or the sounds of the hospital ?? and what's with this bed??
Fae… mmmm take the tubes out.- says Astrodude
Ei.Sar doesn't respond
He sits down . Well on his butt tube and this isn't a pleasant experience but when butt tube ever felt comfortable ??There are two more people. He feels reliefed . Maybe we are terminally ill and we are in some submarged submarine?? Astrodude wasn't sure. Astrodude slides off his hybrenation pod. Ei.Sar blitzes towards him .
Full body motion detected.- said Ei.Sar
What's your name ?? - asks ai drone asisstant/ Ei.Sar.
ffffjoifjp … Seriously??-said Astrodude
Incorrect.Please stand your name.-said Ei.Sar
uhhhh-said Astrodude
Incorrect.Please say your name.-said Ei.Sar
(oh no I don't know who I am !!) - said Astrodude
ummm.-says Astrodude
Incorrect-says Ei.Sar
The wave of fetigue hits Astrodude. the ai drone must have suddated him. Astrodude feels sleepy. Robot claws law Astrodude gently to bed. He wakes up again some hours later. Ei.Sar is on his face.
iehfijkvjnsa!!!-Astrodude shutters in shock.
Ei.Sar backs to the ceiling. Astrodude feels his face being smooth almost beardless.
You were shaving me??-said Astrodude
Consciousness detected…. What's your name??-said Ei.Sar
I don't know my name.-said Astrodude
Incorrect.What's your name??-said Ei.Sar
He suddenly remembers one name. It feels familiar yet so distant.
Fae??- said Astrodude.
Incorrect. Please say your name.-said Ei.Sar
He takes IV out of his arm.
Bite me.-says Astrodude.
Incorrect.-says Ei.Sar
The butt tube comes out without a hinch but the 3rd tube does hurt . Astrodude screams in pain.
Physical distress detected - says Ei.Sar
The claws begin to chase Astrodude . He crawls to get away from this creepy claws. He hides under another bed. The claws don't give up … they wait. Astrodude's head falls back and he gasps for air. Astrodude has no idea what's going on . He tries to wake up his other crewmates.
Hey!! wake up!!-said Astrodude
They don't respond nor wake up.Astrodude goes over to their habrynation pods.
Dear Sir please do not disturb the others… - said Ei.Sar
Astrodude opens their pods and he's greeted with corpses. The sight is horrifing.
Decesed engineer Olesya Ilyukhina . Decessed commander Yáo Li-Jie. Astrodude's heart drops. He is the only alive person in the crew.
Emotional distress detected . Proceeding cautions … take deep breath.- says Ei.Sar.
(Take a deep breath) Where …. am I??? I must be somewhere … (looks out of the window) OH! I'm in space … I must be somewhere Neptune-ish then.I mean there's no way I'm that far away from home we can turn back. - said Astrodude
Then he goes to a pilot seat and checks the computer. He's not exactly in the Solar System.
Just how far away am I??( he keeps scrolling towards the immediate glactic neighborhood) Wait that's a long way from home. No way !! 11.9 yl . I'm in the Tau Ceti System. I'm a long way from home.
Hello pilot - says Ei.Sar
I'm not a pilot!!- says Astrodude
Astrodude then makes a makeshift funeral for his dead crewmates. He places Olesya in the exit lunch off.
Olesya I wish I could remember you . We probably knew each other . I… I have this picture of you sneaking into the Kremlin . You must have been a brave young woman . I'm sorry I stole your three bottles of vodka . I owe you that. You … were an … amazing friend … I think - Astrodude sobs as he finishes the ceremonial stuff and sends Olesya's body into the deep space.
Zao it seems like you were such a comedian according to these photos . You have a happy loving family and grandkids back home. Maybe… so do I?? It was an honor to have you on this mission.- said Astrodude then he sent commander Zao's body into the deep space.
Time for your feeding time . What's your name??-said Ei.Sar
Oh not this nonsense again!! I hope it's not that disgusting sludge!!-says Astrodude
It's beef strongnoff since you can eat something more complex now.-says Ei.Sar
Sure… wait do I have a kid ?? - says Astrodude
(Something like a memory keeps flickering in my head ) - Astrodude thinks
(Flashback)
Hey Junior !! Hey Honey !! I sure do hope he is happy with the galactic clothes I bought !!- says Astrodude happly
He can't stop bragging about his new cool clothes in school Honey. You have a quite an eye for fashion- says Astrowife
Meanwhile Astroson is rocking his toy ship like a legend in the background and playing with PD who brought his own ship.
Dude check this out it's USS Enterprise!! This is led by Captain James T. Kirk, is the main setting of the original Star Trek series and Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973–74). Matt Jefferies designed the ship, and its core components – a saucer-shaped primary hull, and cylindrical secondary hull, and a pair of outriding engine nacelles – established the core ship design for the franchise. Enterprise footage was rotoscoped for its depiction in the animated spinoff. - Playerdude nerds out to Astroson about Star Trek.
……..- Astroson just rolls his eyes
So yeah umm did you hear about the Sun dimming??Nasa sent a space telescope near Venus to observe that. - says Astrowife
Yeah I've heard about that from my boss and my boss's boss . It's something called a petrova line that stretches from Venus all the way to the Sun. At the moment there's no more info about it .- says Astrodude
Well I sure do hope they find something soon enough…. - says Astrowife
All of a sudden Astrodude receives a call from Houston. Astrodude hangs up a call with his family and enters a call with his boss Houston.
Hello Sir??-says Astrodude
Astrodude we need you back on Earth to help us with the Sun problem !! You need to do some research with us !!- says Houston
Sir I'm not a researcher I'm an astronout and plus I can't comeback to Earth.-says Astrodude
Doesn't matter Stupiddude . this is a dire situation life on Earth could go extinct!!So get your astro butt home!!-says Houston
On my way Sir-says Astrodude as he hangs up
Hey Astrodude psst!! - says Luna
Oh Luna??what's up??- says Astrodude
I've been earsdropping on your conversations. You seem to know a lot for what's been happening to the Sun recently.
cough cough I need a space doctor!! ouch … - says the Sun
In short it was a Petrova line and Nasa brought back samples from the Petrova line near Venus's orbit. Nasa send a space telescope thingy . For some reason something is eating the Sun. That's all I know . Now Luna I need to come back to Earth because my boss says so- says Astrodude.
Oh ... well I hope you will come back to us after the mission Astrodude . - says Luna
Yeah I sure do hope so too- says Astrodude as he leaves and come back to Earth.