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[Story] [Science]
The War with the Oobleckans
I sat trying to relax in the easy chair while
watching TV over the yells in the cockpit. I
decided to check it out.
"Fuel! Fuel!" irritated and angry Andrew
exclaimed, the pilot and the commander of the
spaceship, "Doesn't everybody know they should
bring extra 'fuel' on a trip?! Common sense,
Jennifer."
"I thought we wouldn't need extra fuel if we are
only going to Mars," said Jennifer.
"We always need extra fuel! Expect the
unexpected," he said as his face turned less red.
"Now we have to stop somewhere and use resources
from there."
My heart stopped pounding hard and fast as
Andrew got less angry. I couldn't stand it when
elegant Jennifer got yelled at. Who would yell
someone as beautiful and peaceful as her?
I went back to the entertainment room and looked
out the window at the different colored stars we
passed by. In about an hour I felt our spaceship
land.
I looked outside once more and saw a
greenish-yellowish-orange sky. I tried to see what
the ground was like but all I saw was light
green.
I left the room and went back to the cockpit.
Andrew had his feet up by the wheel with his arms
folded and he seemed to be trying to sleep.
"Andrew," I said softly. "Andrew," I said again.
"Andrew!" I had grown impatient.
"Whoa. What? Okay, whatever," he said then
immediately went back to sleep.
Since I was his brother I had a right to do
this. I smacked him in the face and shook him. He
punched me back in the stomach as a reflex. I wish
he didn't work out so much.
Finally, he woke up.
"What, Thomas?" he asked angrily for he lost his
temper easily.
"Where are we?" I asked him.
"I don't know but it looks safe, now leave me
alone."
I left him alone and decided to hover down to
the land and examine it. As soon as I got out of
the ship I felt a chill down my back. It told me it
wasn't safe here. I hovered down and realized there
was no ocean, but what seemed like an ocean. It was
gooey and green. I didn't have a good feeling about
this. This place seemed lonely and scary like when
you are in the middle of the sea. I decided to go
back.
I entered the entertainment room and saw
Jennifer putting on an astronaut's suit.
I asked her shyly, "Where are you going?"
"To see what's in the green gloop," she answered
shortly.
"May I come with you?" I asked.
"Whatever," she answered.
She still seemed upset about Andrew yelling at
her. I understood.
I quickly put on an astronaut's suit and soon we
were in a cold, gooey slime that made your muscles
sore from swimming in it. It was so thick that I
couldn't see where I was going. I decided to turn
back. I had to keep going to the surface to see
what direction the ship was at. When I was about 10
feet away from our ship I felt something touch me
on my side. I tried to see what it was, but the
slime was too thick to see in. My stomach started
to get butterflies like someone was watching me so
I headed back to the ship as quickly as I could.
When I got in the door I thought I saw three eyes
stare at me for a few seconds then disappear.
When I got back to the entertainment room I saw
Jennifer watching a video.
"Why did you come back in so quickly?" I
questioned.
"I couldn't see anything in the green goop," she
answered. "What took you so long?"
"Oh, nothing," I replied.
Just then Andrew came out of the shower.
"When are we going to leave here?" I had a look
of eagerness in my eyes as I stared into my
brother's face.
"Why do you want to leave? I just want to relax.
What's wrong with this place?" he answered.
"Nothing," I said.
The rest of the day went by quickly because I
was doing research work. When night came I couldn't
sleep. I felt alone. My stomach had butterflies and
I started to shiver. My skin was clammy. I wobbled
to the window and looked out. I saw six glowing
eyes looking and examining the ship.
Another three eyes were staring at me like it
was killing me.
I wanted a better look so I got my flashlight
and shined it outside. When I looked the nine eyes
were gone. I suddenly felt normal again and very
sleepy.
When I woke up I found my hands tied behind my
back and my ankles tie together. My mouth was
closed with what seemed like a handkerchief and
I seemed to be in a sac.
I could hear weird noises from outside the
sac.
"Blah oo bli ble oal blab bub?" said the first
thing. I thought something was wrong with my
hearing.
"Blek obi eleo bobi blem ol bleb," answered
another thing.
I suddenly realized that those things were
aliens from this odd planet. They had a very
unusual dialect.
After a while of listening to those strange
noises I felt my sac get picked up. I was dropped
on something hard like wood, which made my
backache. I felt like I was on a boat. In what
seemed like ten minutes we stopped somewhere. Just
then I remembered Jennifer and Andrew. I hope they
were okay.
I soon felt myself being lifted again. I could
hear a lot of those weird voices so I thought I was
in a village. I heard a door open and then my sac
got dropped then became untied. I looked around and
saw a round green creature with three eyes, two
arms, and three legs untying me. On the other side
of the room I could see Jennifer and Andrew being
untied, too. Again I looked at the unusual creature
untying me. It stared at me with its three glowing
eyes. I started feeling clammy and cold. It
finished untying me and I kicked it. Immediately,
the feeling went away. I realized that these
creatures had powers with their mind to make you
feel ill. They have to be focused so if you
distract them the feeling will stop.
It stared at me again and I kicked it. It gave
up and followed the other two creatures going out
the door. It slammed the door and locked it.
I crawled over to Andrew and asked, "What's
going on?"
"I don't know," he answered trying to sound
brave but sounding scared at the same time. "You're
the scientist."
I saw Jennifer sitting in corner thinking.
Sometimes she seemed braver than Andrew.
I got up and looked out the little window in the
door. I saw houses or whatever the creatures called
them made out of what looked like orange sand.
More towards the odd looking forest I saw a
creature that had a crown on. I figured he must be
the king.
By studying the way they lived I could tell they
weren't very smart.
After studying them for about three days I
figured out a way to escape. I explained it to
Andrew and he agreed. That night, when the weird
creature gave us our dinner, I took the utensil
made out of wood. When it left I started digging in
the hard sand. Andrew and Jennifer started helping.
We soon finished our small tunnel. We snuck out
knowing the creatures were asleep. We got to the
green gloop shore and took a boat. Since the gloop
was so thick we hardly made any noise. It took an
hour to find our spaceship.
We refueled our ship quickly with the gooey
ocean and got ready to take off, when we saw a
whole army of the weird creatures coming towards
us.
They started throwing little bombs with their
hands but kept missing. I noticed the green ocean
start to get upset because of the bombs. I stared
at it as it was bubbling while Andrew and Jennifer
started getting our bombs and guns.
"Wait," I yelled to them.
"What?" Andrew yelled back.
"The green ocean. Something is going to happen,"
I said.
They both grabbed a gun and came to the window.
The creatures kept throwing bombs until one ordered
them to stop. They looked at the ocean bubbling and
became scared. They looked at us. I flinched
getting ready to feel ill, but nothing happened. I
looked back at them and realized they were looking
at us like we were gods. They thought we did that
to the ocean. The ocean soon stopped and the
creatures rowed away with fear as quickly as they
could.
I thought our trip was over, but for some reason
I didn't feel us liftoff. I went to the cockpit and
saw Jennifer and Andrew pointing their gun at
creature. The creature was bowing down to us like
gods.
I stepped up to it and said while pointing to
myself, "Me, Thomas."
I figured it was a he so he said, "Me,
Oblis?"
When he said that I realized they weren't as
dumb as I thought they were. Jennifer and Andrew
put their guns down. After that Oblis said, "I am
spy of Oobleckans. Me spied you since came." "How
did you learn to speak?" I asked him slowly.
"I learned from studying you three and reading
dictionary book."
"Can you show us to your king?"
"I lead way."
He rowed us to the little island then led us to
his king.
"What want me tell king?" Oblis asked.
"Tell him we are not gods, but will teach him
our ways," I said.
Oblis turned to the king and said something in
his language. All of a sudden, out jumped an
Oobleckan and he started to worship us.
He said a weird chant in Oobleckan.
"Orbe," yelled the king.
Orbe ran to the king, while Oblis came to
us.
He said, "King Oobla say he enjoy having
schooling about your planet and language. Orbe, the
Oobleckan who worship you is commander of army.
He bless you."
Suddenly he smiled, but it was so unusual for I
haven't seen anyone in a long time.
We stayed and taught the Oobleckans for the rest
of our lives and Jennifer and I got married.
Unfortunately, none of our children went back to
earth so that is why the planet Oobleck did not
become known until someone many years later came to
Oobleck.
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