The Dome of Arbaclaw

Tom wakes up a little earlier than he needed to: 5:30 PM. He has a headache and for some reason, his arms feel a little sore. After closing his eyes and thinking about outer space, he gets dressed and walks to his kitchen for a bowl of cereal.

Tom finishes the bowl of cereal, gets in his car, and starts driving. There are no cars on the street except for his, and he gets to the SFIL Station in two minutes. He walks up to the door, and talks to the night shift guard through the intercom.

"Hey, it's Tom," says Tom.

"You're here a little early," says the guard.

"Yeah, I know, I couldn't sleep."

"Alright, come inside," the door opens with the guard's command.

Tom runs down the hall and finds the door marked, "Spaceship B2L," and enters the room. Daniel is in there already.

"Hey Tom, I wasn't expecting you here for another 20 minutes," Daniel checks his watch, "why are you here so soon?" says Daniel.

"Why are you here so soon?" they both give a laugh, "oh, Daniel, Gordon said we aren't using the Bevara stage or something."

"I know, he gave me this," Daniel shows Tom the new warping fluid, about the size of a fire extinguisher.

"Sweet. So, we are taking off at about 7:30. Ten minutes."

"Alright, I'll study the "two stages" for that time," Daniel flips his textbook to about the middle of the book and starts reading.

"No, you have to get your warpsuit on," Tom points to a large closet, "in here."

They both take warp suits out of the closet, which are basically spacesuits that are designed for warping, and get them on. This takes about 8 minutes.

"Let's get in the spaceship," says Tom, "Gordon will launch us when he's ready."

Tom opens a door in the room which leads to a huge garage with no ceiling. A few yards away stands the spaceship, which they walk over to and enter.

"Hey, Daniel, help me get this regular warping fluid detached," Tom and Daniel both pull on a red lever next to the normal warping fluid until it pops off, "alright, you get in your seat while I get this new warping fluid running."

In a few minutes, Tom and Daniel are both ready for launch, and Tom hears Gordon on his walkie talkie, "you ready?"

"Yeah, everything is ready," says Daniel.

"Okay, I'm launching you in 30 seconds," Tom and Daniel prepare.

"Ten, nine, eight, seven," Tom is nervous.

"Six, five, four, three, two, one!"

The spaceship launches off with incredible force, much greater power than that of normal warping fluids. Tom checks a digital space map in the ship, "we're on the right track," says Tom.

"Good," says Daniel.

The spaceship flies past rocks, stars, and planets and even when it hits a rock, the rock cracks into a million pieces.

"We are approaching a planet with a high chance of having alien life. We should be there in a few minutes," says Tom, "begin the last stage."

Daniel presses a few buttons in the controls, "it isn't working! These buttons don't do anything to that warping fluid!"

"Gordon, your new invention isn't working!" Tom gets no reply from Gordon, "Gordon! Answer me!"

"Tom, we have no connection to Earth," says Daniel.

"What, how is that possible?"

"I don't know, we should have perfect connection."

The spaceship starts to make a weird fizzing sound. "Tom, what's that sound?" says Daniel.

"A sound? Oh... oh no. That's the warping fluid! There's a hole in the fluid tank!" Tom gets out of his chair and runs over to the fluid tank, "Daniel you take over, I'm gonna try to fix it!"

Tom stares at the fluid tank when he realize the sound has stopped. "Daniel, all of the warping fluid has leaked out of the tank!"

"I know! There's also some gas leaking out of the cieli-" the ship explodes, with green and blue colors. Tom is unconscious, drifting through space with his parachute open, and with pieces of the ship flying through space with him. His mind lost in a peaceful place, and his body going to a strange one.