The Longest Journey E-Book

Adam Cox

• Herausgeber: BookRix
• Kategorie: Abenteuer, Thriller, Horror
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016

Beschreibung

Four voyagers go on a daring mission to go faster than the speed of light, but when they reach home somethings not right. They traveled back in time! How will they survive in the late cretacous period with monsters on the loose?

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Adam Cox

The Longest Journey

Adam Cox

To Great Gram, who is one of the strongest ladies I will ever have the pleasure of knowing.BookRix GmbH & Co. KG81371 Munich

Liftoff

Chapter 1

Liftoff

        “We have officially made it to the final hour of our countdown.” Said the man on the TV.

I was there. I was on that ship. I am Kevin Pardington, and if anyone finds this diary we are all dead. I remember sitting there in our spaceship thinking “What if something goes wrong? What if I don’t make it back?”

“In less than an hour, ladies and gentlemen, human kind will officially be able to go faster than the speed of light. It has taken 60 years of trial and error, and over 70 lost men and women, but today is going to be the day!”

Today’s going to be the day. I will never forget those words. The confidence of idiots astounds me, but somehow I believed those words, and so did the rest of the crew.

“Our brave astronauts from around the world will be the first people ever to go faster than the speed of light. From Great Britten, Samuel Fernand. Sam was born in 2117 in London and grew up with his family of 4. 22 years later, he got his masters in rocket science, so he is defiantly a smart cookie ladies and gentlemen! Now at the age of 24 he is getting ready to ride his own invention to be one of the fastest people in history.”

“Next, from Japan, Akari Kim. This remarkable young lady was born in 2119 and grew up in the suburbs of Tokyo. She fled the country when she was only 6 when her home town was bombed by the invading Russians. She fled to America where she got a good education and in 2140, she graduated college with her doctorate in medicine. What a remarkable young woman. Her parents should be proud.

“And finally, we have the captain of the ship from America Keven Pardington. Keven was born in 2119 in Yakima, Washington where he was established as a born leader. He graduated from college with, of all things, a survivalist degree.”

        At this point, the rest of the crew appeared on the scene and we all talked for a little while of our upcoming endeavor. We were all obviously nervous but it was my job to keep them calm. Over the past year that we all trained for this mission, we grew very close.

        At the ten-minute mark before our mission, our boss, General Maxwell, came up to us and told us some disturbing news.

        “Listen up,” he said, “I have some interesting news. The president of NASA, Jose Pererez has demanded that he also joins the trip. I am very sorry; I couldn’t change his mind”

        The crew and I loathed this man from the moment we met him. He was an attention hog and made our live a living hell every time we were around him. Just as the general finished his sentence, Jose walked in.

        “Hello everyone. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you, but I am the new captain of this ship.” As Jose said this, a maniacal smile spread over his face. I wanted to punch him so bad there, but kept my nerve because I knew this was going to be a six-week mission, and I didn’t want to start it badly.

        It was officially time for liftoff. The general told us to get to our seats over the intercom. I took my seat and the rest of the crew took theirs. Then Jose walked up to me and said “Get up. That’s my seat now.”

        I was forced to get up, and the technicians came in and literally welded a seat in the back for me to sit. With only a minute left, I took my seat. I could feel the blood rushing. I was sweating up a storm, but somehow I wasn’t scared. The general got back onto the intercom and wished us all good luck. Then the countdown started. Ten, I took a deep breath. Nine, I gave a thumb up to my crew members. Eight, seven, I could hear someone preying. Six, five, I heard the engine start. Four, three, I scrunched up into my seat. Two, one, everyone was silent.