2009- The scientists from all over the world met at international council solving out the problem with endlessness of universe. They made a deal.
2010- The space legacy was created…
2034- After twenty four years of researching they invented the first independent space ship with ability to recycle the air, energy and water, and to work for over five hundred years without technical control.
2040- Six years of testing and trying the new invent came to successful end. The crew of five 15 years old scientists and classified people were chosen to the journey across the universe. Three men, and two women.
October 10, 2043- The Icarus mission started…
“Lux aeterna- The end of universe”
Chapter One: Loneliness
Star date: January 25, 2082
Time: 20:45 CET
Distance: 467.98 millions miles from earth
Location: somewhere in outer space
Everybody was sleeping. Captain, fifty three years old man called Joel, was walking across the huge hall and looking out the windows. He was watching this emptiness of space for hours. After thirty eight years of traveling and seeing the black holes, death stars and planets of all kinds, he just couldn’t get enough of it. Anyway, there was nothing else to do. Everybody seemed reserved. He hadn’t talked to anyone else for weeks now. He started to feel madness crawling up his back trying to get to his head. He looked at dying star which they were flying around for third day now, and he realized the only reason why he’s here, is to see, to discover. His biggest dream was to be the first one to know the truth about space. What’s in the end? That question had bothered him for his whole life. Maybe now he would finally find out. Hopefully he would…
The cabins were at floor 7 sector B. Cassie couldn’t fall asleep. She was the type of woman with the gift of speech. And she wasted it on this ship. Not because she wants to be quiet. She has to. Last few years that’s the rule on this ship. Talking is forbidden. Useless words may cause arguments and they have to finish the mission and avoid the fights. She was going crazy, literally spoken. The only man she has ever fell in love with is also the man onboard. Love is the only thing that helps human brain to relax. After she lost him 9 years ago she wasn’t able to get together. She is closed book with no chance to open up to the world.
Capo is his name. The name of the guy she fell in love with. They got together in the beginning of the flight. After years of nothing interesting that was brought in their relationship they needed pause. At least he felt it that way. But she didn’t. For her, Capo was the man she would love forever and ever. He was the man of her dreams. Cassie had never got over it. Capo is the type of person that needs adventure in his life. The ironic thing is, that the greatest and best adventure of his life, traveling for the answers of creation and existing of human beings to the end of universe was also the most boring for him. This journey wasn’t the journey about discovering or adventure. It was about waiting. It was about human minds trying to survive the most claustrophobic flight in their lives.
For last 6 years, literally, nothing happened. Coordinates are given and the only thing the crew can do is to feed themselves and sleep. They brought two hundred and sixty seven books onto the ship. Each member of the ship read all the books. After first seven years. And also there is an unwritten rule not to talk. So opportunities are none. The third man onboard was also the most unstable one. His name was Andrew. Ten years ago he went crazy and for that long ten years he’s caged in the prison cell, tied to the bad, with pills for sleeping. Captain wanted to shoot him at the very beginning because the wasting of air, but moral aspects of humans won and now the only thing that’s waiting for him till the end his days are laying on the bed. He used to scream from dreams. He’s the lost being with no chance but to suffer, hopefully, one day he will be at least little alright. But his point that this ship is cursed was right anyway.
The last member is also the interesting one. Her name is Jane. She’s the one with the heart on this ship. She’s trying to talk to other members, unfortunately, it doesn’t work. She started this flight at the age of twelve because the one who supposed to go got sick, and she was the only one left. She had never had a real love in her life and this flight is something which she thinks is the purpose of her existing. She was sleeping in the 7B sector when the alarm turned on, what is the first excitement in 6 years. The last incident happened long six years ago. Then it was almost the end of mission. The cooler of the ship started overheating and the motors were getting hot. They worked it out by little trip to the open space. Thank god everything ended up fine. She had to wait the longest six years for another interesting thing. That’s way too long.
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