Science+Fiction+StoryAJ315

Earth, the year is 3012 in the city of Sasnak which was known as the city of Kansas. The National Aeronautics Space Administration is creating a new device to bend the throttle to the extraterrestrial space planet known as 537 Mars. Leonitus Benson is the one over-seeing this operation. Leonitus is the smartest man alive at this point in time with a 6.2 GPA, an IQ of 207, a Bachelors Degree in Biology, a Masters Degree in Astronomy, and a PhD in html Coding. This operation took about 12 years, and they are almost finished. Leonitus is assembling a team to travel to 537 Mars in about a year. The trip takes about two years. By getting this spacecraft ready by 3013 we will launch in January of 3014 and will approximately get there around February of 3016. This is one crazy operation to achieve and it takes a lot of dedication to finish it, and that's exactly what Leonitus Benson has.

Nigel Catolina is quite an interesting character. He lived in India until he was 10. After India his family tried to illegally immigrate to the US, but got caught by the Vietnamese pirates. Nigel parents were killed in Vietnam trying to escape prison. Nigel was left by himself in prison. After 10 grueling years in prison Nigel was let free for good behavior. He traveled to the border and to Cambodia where he stayed for a year until his brother in the US came to get him. Nigel was 25 when he went back to the US and from there he joined the Marines and is still currently serving for the US. He will retire from the Marines in 3020. Nigel met Leonitus at a laboratory while he was station in Sasnak. Leonitus explained to Nigel how they need a tactical person with military background on the mission. Nigel agreed to go on the spacecraft with them and be the weapons specialists.

Claw, Claw is the last man in this mission. There is a story that this man got into a bar fight with another man, Claw did not have anything to fight with so he used his hands. They call him Claw because supposedly during that fight he clawed out the mans eyeballs and ate them. There were also many other stories of to how Claw got his name. We really don't know a lot about him, but he is a very secretive guy who keeps to himself. When you need to torture or hurt someone bad Claw is there for you. The one thing he doesn't need though is weapons, Claw never uses weapons. His hands are his weapons.

" We are 20 Minutes out from launch," said Leonitus. " Suit up and get ready to board." Leo, Claw and Nigel put on there spacesuits and were ready to board the spacecraft.

" Yo, Leoooo should we put on the combustible launchers at 10 minutes till?" asked Claw in a deep voice.

" THE COMBUSTIBLE LAUNCHERS !!!" screamed Nigel in his distinctive Indian accent. " They will explode when you turn them on!" he added.

" He is right" Leo replied, " Don't touch that button at all." They were 15 Minutes out from launch, they were 15 minutes from becoming the 2 team to reach 537 Mars.

" I will turn on the force field now." exclaimed Claw

" Roger that" replied Leo and Nigel. Claw went to go press the force field button and he wasn't paying attention and hit the combustible button

"Oops ... uhhh Leo I hit the wrong button," said Claw

" What button did you hit?" asked Leo

"...The... Combustible Launchers button," exclaimed Claw softly.

" RUNNNNNN!!! " yelled Nigel. All three of them ran for there lives and hid behind the barracks. They heard a big explosion and saw the rocket take off. After 13 long years and preparation for this mission they have wasted their time and they have wasted 12 billion dollars. The message in this story is to pay attention because you never know it could come down to something important. After the rocket took off all the men were scared and did not know what to do.

Nigel ended getting deported back to India and lives the rest of his life out there. Claw was removed from the space program and moved to Canada with his mom. Leonitus died unfortunately in a car accident from the way home one day, because of his intelligence his brain was froze and is currently being studied by college students around the world.