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While manipulating the space rocket's control panel, Susan felt her heart beating 1000 times per minute.
And in the midst of the panic, Susan tried to remember her training to activate the rocket's autopilot to take them back.
With the last of her strength, Susan turned on the autopilot and sighed with relief as the rocket ignited and took off.
A message was also quickly sent to the space station that was waiting for them in Earth's orbit, hoping they would help them.
As the only one conscious after they are hit by the cosmic cloud that is supposed to arrive next week, Susan was the only one who could try to call for help to save them in this situation.
As the ship moved away from the asteroid and he saw all his companions unconscious, he wondered why this was happening and if they would survive.
Without the strength to hold on any longer and falling gently to the ground, Susan recalled how things had come to this as she also lost consciousness.
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The travel time from Earth to a space station in space was 4 hours.
And after the space station, the group traveled to the designated asteroid, taking 4 days to arrive.
Following the training they had received, Ben and Johnny landed the spaceship and checked that everything was in order before manipulating the board in front of them.
The space rocket they were traveling in was special.
Just because of its enormous size, one could say that it wasn't simple, and it was strange that they only had 5 people as a crew.
But the reason for its size is the laboratory rocket assembled to the main rocket.
After pressing several buttons on the ship's control panel, the rocket-laboratory detached and they could now take it to a remote location on the asteroid.
This rocket-laboratory contained many samples of living tissue and other materials, and even had a rodent vivarium that would keep them alive and fed long enough for the experiment.
And since they couldn't stay while the cosmic radiation passed through the asteroid, the rocket-laboratory will be able to take off on its own and travel to the space station where it will be received by them and begin its investigations.
With the plan agreed upon, the group went out in their spacesuits and began to separate the rocket-laboratory and took it to a secluded place.
And when they had it installed correctly, Ben and Johnny powered up the rocket-laboratory and checked the programming so that the rocket would return automatically, while Reed, Susan, and Victor checked that everything was working properly with the laboratory.
And some time later Ben and Johnny arrived to help with some things.
"Is everything alright with the return schedule?" Susan asked.
"Yes, we just need to power up the ship before we leave," Johnny replied, and Ben confirmed what his brother said by nodding his head.
"Ben, Johnny, could you take this outside?" Reed asked, pointing to some metal boxes for Ben and Johnny to take outside the lab.
Everything inside the laboratory will be affected by cosmic radiation, but there are many samples that have to be protected from outer space by the laboratory.
In contrast, these metal boxes will be opened and expose different types of fabrics and materials directly to cosmic radiation, and Reed wanted to analyze the differences.
And these metal boxes are also smart, as they will be able to return to the laboratory on their own and join their shell before it takes off.
"Sure," said Ben, and he started carrying the metal boxes alongside Johnny.
Meanwhile, Reed and Victor continued doing their work, unaware that Susan had also left the lab pulling a small trailer loaded with several suitcases similar to Reed's.
According to Peter, she had made them in these ways so that they would go unnoticed and no one would suspect her if they found her, so Susan could do her secret work in peace.
Unlike Ben and Johnny, who had to carry several of these metal boxes to different locations, some of which were far away, Susan only had to carry the boxes Peter had ordered to a flat area before returning to the lab.
"Where is Victor?" Susan asked when she didn't see the man in the laboratory.
"I don't know"
"I was here a few moments ago," Reed said when he realized the other man was missing.
"It doesn't matter," Susan said and continued checking the animal facility.
The rodents in the animal facility must remain alive until they return home, so you must ensure that everything is in place.
Rodents must be kept fed, hydrated, and have their waste removed.
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Suddenly, the laboratory shook and the lights flickered.
Reed and Susan tripped and almost fell to the ground, but managed to grab onto some surface and looked at each other wondering what happened.
Reed suddenly thought of something and his eyes widened in shock.
"Quick, let's get back to the rocket," Reed said as he stood up.
"What do you mean?"
"What's going on?" Susan asked as she also stood up.
"He's coming," Reed said.
"The cosmic radiation cloud is coming," Reed said, and Susan's eyes widened in alarm.
"Wasn't the radiation supposed to come later?!" Susan shouted.
"I don't know what happened," Reed replied, wondering what he had done wrong.
"We must warn the others and return to the rocket."
Reed's words reminded Susan, and they both immediately tried to contact the others.
"Ben! Johnny! Victor!"
"Can you hear me?!" Reed asked through the communicator.
But he only received static sounds and cursed as he and Susan returned to the rocket.
"¡Johnny!"
"Answer me, Johnny!" Susan shouted, trying to communicate with her brother.
But he received no response and his body was filled with anxiety at the thought that his brother would be injured or even killed.
".... Sister?"
"What's happening?"
And just as they reached the rocket, Johnny's voice came through Susan's communicator and she opened her eyes happily.
"Johnny, get back in the rocket!"
"The radiation is coming!" Susan shouted.
On the other side, Johnny heard his sister and opened his eyes to what was about to happen and decisively dropped the metal box in his hands and turned around to go back.
Meanwhile, Reed was able to communicate with Ben and told him about the situation while checking the ship's computer.
"Alright…"
"Let me take this to its place and I'll be right back," said Ben, thinking it wasn't that serious.
"No!" Reed shouted.
"Drop everything, come back right now!"
"The cosmic cloud is almost here!" Reed shouted in alarm as he watched the image on the computer.
Ben heard the alarm in his friend's voice and understood that the situation was urgent, so he dropped the boxes on the floor and turned around to go back.
Very different from Victor's reaction, whom Reed was able to communicate with now and told him about the situation.
"Damn Reed!"
"You said the cosmic cloud would arrive later!" Victor shouted angrily.
Reed grimaced, but did not respond sarcastically as he did on other occasions.
'Where had I gone wrong?' the man wondered as he looked at the ship's screen at the trajectory of the cosmic cloud, which would pass by the asteroid and soon hit them.
"Return to the ship"
"The rocket has some radiation-mitigating shields that will protect us," Reed said through the communicator.
Unlike the laboratory that had to receive the cosmic radiation for the experiment, the main rocket was different.
Although his calculations said that the cosmic cloud would still pass within a week, Reed wanted to be sure and keep the group protected, so he took charge of personally participating in the exterior construction of the rocket and its correct installation.
Although he didn't know if it would work and protect them from the cosmic cloud, he hoped to mitigate the dangers to his group.
"No!" Victor shouted.
"The machine is not ready!"
'Machine?' Reed wondered when he heard Victor, since he didn't know about this.
Susan also heard it and knew that she wasn't the only one who had other plans within this space mission.
"What machine are you talking about, Victor?" Reed asked, but Victor just grunted and didn't answer.
Instead, he was busy trying to assemble the machine to function properly when the cosmic cloud passed.
Inside one of the secondary rocket's bays, Victor stood in front of a machine that took a long time to assemble and only just began to turn on.
His hands and fingers moved quickly, risking his life to turn on the machine.
After all, he hadn't spent so much money to join this space mission and then give up at the last minute.
Moving quickly to calibrate the machine, Victor smiled as the machine started working.
He turned around and went to the exit of the compartment before leaving.
But …
"Noooooooo!" Victor shouted when he turned around and realized that the machine had started throwing sparks.
Due to the rush, he had calibrated the machine incorrectly and now there was no time.
Especially when the machine seemed about to explode.