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[Story] [Science]
ARE WE GOING TO SURVIVE?
"WE MADE IT!" I cried as I looked at the inside
of our spaceship covered with what I had for lunch.
I could tell that my friends were grossed out at
what they saw by the way they covered their mouths
with their eyes a little squinted.
" I'm sorry, the ride was just so bumpy, like a
roller coaster. My stomach started to feel queasy
and I just couldn't help it!" I apologized to my
friends, even though they didn't seem to be paying
attention to what I was saying.
"Well, at least we proved the scientists wrong
because the Stars and Stripes fuel actually worked.
Plus the red and white striped gasses from the fuel
were beautiful and the fuel helped us travel as
fast as a shooting star so we could get here in
less than 48 hours," I said trying to get their
minds off of my barf all around the spaceship.
"Man, that fuel sure works because we traveled
289 million miles in less than 48 hours!" replied
Kristen.
Everyone was exhausted from the trip and it was
around 12:00 so we all decided to go to bed
already.
The next day all of us were joyful as we sang
Happy Birthday to the ship designer and one of my
best friends, Brittany Nagasawa. Brittany is a very
important member of our ship. She built the ship
with all the materials that we thought were
necessary, such as the burning metal plates and the
helicopter propellers. Everyone thought that she
came on the trip to prove herself better than
Jennifer, but I knew that she came because she's my
friend. Also I know that Jennifer is another one of
her best friends
Kerilyn, Kristen, and Sarah are also very
important because they also helped make the fuel
and help paint the spaceship. Even though they were
just coming so they could be famous and get away
from home, they are still important. Although Hoku
doesn't seem to be that emotional because she is a
ROTC girl, I know and I will prove that she does
have a more emotional side even though nobody else
thinks so. Hoku came to protect all of us, but she
is nice and she is my friend and I just want her to
be happy.
All of the crewmembers are my good friends so I
know what they are like, but you don't, so I'm
going to tell you a little about each character.
Well let's see, I already told you about Brittany
Nagasawa, so lets talk about Kerilyn Gallagher.
Kerilyn or Keri for short is a very smart and
athletic person. Even though she is an all around
person she wants to become even more known in
Hawai'i. She also wants to get away from her
annoying little brother.
Now lets move on to Kristen Fujinaga. She is a
very shy little girl if you first meet her, but
once you get to know her she is really talkative.
Kristen came on this trip mainly to become well
known across the United States. Kristen was a big
help in making this spaceship. She did all of the
painting and helped with making the fuel.
Kristen Matsumoto and Sarah Kujubu are two
totally different people. Sarah is very talkative
and you could say crazy even if you don't know her.
She is a very out going person. Sarah didn't do
much to make the ship. All she did was help paint
the stars on the ship. Sarah came for reasons that
nobody else knows about because she never likes to
talk about it. Now that you've meet the crewmembers
lets go on with our journey into the planet of
Oobleck.
"EWWW! Look at that oobleck. I didn't think it
was that thick!" replied Brittany.
"Well yeah, why do you think we need these
burning metal plates?" Keri replied in a sarcastic,
but friendly way.
"We better get started collecting and testing
samples if we are going to leave in a week," I
said.
"Fine then lets get started," Sarah replied in a
grumpy mode.
I could see the oobleck turn into a solid by the
burning plates and I decided that it was time to
get some samples. As I walked out onto the solid
liquid I heard a soft whisper saying, " Get off now
get off!" I suddenly got terrified standing there
by myself so I decided to go back into the ship and
use the back-up suction tube that goes 274 miles
below the surface of the oobleck where hopefully
the oobleck is not a solid. "If that doesn't work,
I'll have to go back out there. Please don't be a
solid way down there please!!" I cried in a
terrified voice.
''Thank the Lord! It's not a solid down there!"
I yelled skipping all around the inside of the
spaceship.
With trembling hands I held the suction tube
controllers. I slowly started to start to put the
suction tube into the oobleck. Then all of a sudden
I plunged it into the oobleck and up came the
oobleck samples ready for me to start testing on
them.
I got the oobleck samples and started tests on
them, seeing if they could last on our planet and
what it was made out of. I finished the tests with
the help of Kristen and we were finally ready to go
home when one of the crewmembers called for a
meeting. We all decided to stay for a couple of
days longer and just relax.
We were all watching television, when we saw a
giant snakehead rising just outside the window.
"Aaaaah! It's a snake let's go now! I hate
snakes! Hurry up! Lets go now!" I screamed.
Everyone else didn't seem to care until
something terrible happened.
BOOM! All the glass shattered around the floor
and in came the giant 100-foot long oobleck
anaconda. Everyone started screaming and running
around like chickens without a head. Everyone
except for Hoku who didn't seem to care about the
how big, deadly, or how poisonous the snake is. She
was just standing there with a look on her face
saying I've seen worse.
Then out of the corner of my eye. I saw the most
terrible thing about to happen. It was going to eat
Hoku. They both disappeared into a cloud of dust,
which blocked my vision so I couldn't see. All of a
sudden, with my knees trembling, I thought of the
worst that could happen. If it ate Hoku, then all
of us would surely die because nobody else was
strong enough to even have a chance against that
snake, all our hard work wouldn't reach earth.
Then out of the cloud of dust came the snakehead
and all of us started weeping, like warriors
mourning over their lost their leader.
Then out came Hoku carrying the snake. All of us
stopped and kept wiping off my tears making sure we
were seeing this. We all rushed to her amazed that
she killed the snake. All she said in a depressed
voice was "Lets go home. We'll talk about on the
ride home."
So I said, "Ok, let's go home."
Then I slowly walked over into the control room
and stated up the helicopter propellers and started
flying towards home.
We all kept on telling Hoku that she was so
lucky to be a hero, and that she would be famous,
but she kept on saying, "You're the lucky ones. You
have a life. All I have is the military." Nobody
understood what she meant until we quietly thought
about what she had said.
From then on the whole ride was silent. Not one
word was spoken, all you could hear was the sound
of your breath. All of us sat there in shock
because everyone dreamt of being a hero and never
thought of all the good things we take advantage
of. Then we all tried to think of a way for Hoku to
be happy and smile for once in her life. Nothing we
suggested to Hoku, like how she should quit the
military wasn't good enough. Her father definitely
wouldn't allow it because her wants Hoku be
independent and not have to depend on a guy. So she
just whispered to us, "This was a fun trip, but all
I'll ever have is the military, I will never be
able to have a regular life like everyone
else."
My heart was shattered and tears came to my eyes
as I heard these terrible words come out of Hoku's
mouth. What made it worse was there was nothing I
could to help. What would happen to my dear friend
Hoku Denning, nobody is quite sure yet. I hope
she'll be all right.
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