Maeve feels her heart beating, “I’m not sure I can do this, Derek.”
“Yes, you can. Remember when you thought you were a goner in Terminutus V? I messaged you that you could do it, and you did. And I’m telling you now, you have this.”
She grinned. “You always were my biggest supporter. If I do make it through this, we must meet up. You can show me the best places in Moon Sector C. What do you say?”
There is a pause for a few seconds.
“Yes, we’ll do that. I promise.”
The holographic display begins to flicker, and a red dot appears. Maeve purses her lips. “There’s something wrong.”
Back on the moon, Derek is trying to understand what has gone wrong and what can be done to rectify the situation. He bites his bottom lip as he looks at the timer at the bottom right of his screen. It shows fifteen minutes counting down. It denotes the time left before Maeve either lands safely or dies in a massive fireball.
You can do this, Derek.
“Okay, Maeve, we need to cut off the fuel to a thruster. Press the red dot three times.”
She did so, and the display stopped flickering.
Derek tapped his desk. “Okay, Maeve. Here comes the hard part.”
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