By Daniel
Pekker
Space races are exciting. Whenever I rush past the asteroids and meteors I feel that fantastic flow of adrenaline. I looked to my right to see my friend, Lucas. We both were confident in beating the other.
“Racers, start your interstellar drives and
engines.” The announcer yelled through the megaphone.
I typed in
the command to start my ship and grabbed onto the controls.
“Ready, Set, Go!” The announcer seemed as
excited as us because he was shrieking so loud that one of Lucas’s pit crew
members fainted.
I shot out in
front of Lucas and immediately attached a fuel cell to my ship’s speed engine.
A huge blew flame blasted out it. I dodged three large asteroids and then made
a large loop over a huge comet.
Lucas
mimicked me and attached a fuel cell to his ship. He flew up to me until we
were side by side. I tried slamming my ship into his to push him away, but
something went wrong. I heard a click and then my ship exploded.
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I woke up in
a hospital bunk. Wires and liquid bags and tubes surrounded me. I felt weak and
tired. The hospital was very quiet, as if it was empty. I looked around and
also noticed someone slumped against the wall.
“Hello?” I said with my greatest effort.
The person
shuddered and looked up. It looked like Lucas, except that he had burns and
scars that hadn’t healed yet all over his face. Under his eyes were large dark
spots.
“You’re awake! Great. How are you? Feeling
better? Did I surprise you?” He barraged me with questions until I silenced
him.
“What happened?”
“When our ships crashed you flew out of the
ship into space. The medics quickly picked you up. I didn’t sustain any
injuries, just landed back and…”
I fell asleep
later. I don’t know how long I slept, but when I woke up many people surrounded
me.
“He woke up!”
someone yelled.
“Where…is
Lucas?” I asked with immense exertion.
Everyone got
quiet. Then a doctor came up and said, “Lucas flew out of his ship when you
crashed into him. He is gone forever…”
June 2009
