Angel of Vanishing
Ravenna: I have no idea where we are.
Bus: Want to go back the other way?
Ravenna: No, I doubt the labs are that way. This is vaguely familiar.
Bus: Well, I think this area is modeled after Zetsfir's main lab on Earth.
Ravenna: If that's the case, I think I know which way to go.
Ravenna: Here. I'm going to see if they have any medical supplies.
Bus: I'm going to check out that room over there. It looks... important.
Bus: Rave... you might want to come take a look at this.
Bus: I think I found the room we saw in the data.
Ravenna: Whoa... this is...
Bus: Our old friend, Mr. Brain-in-a-tank.
Ravenna: Hey, Bus...I've gotta tell you something.
Ravenna: That brain is my Uncle Gesh.
Bus: What...? You're serious? I thought...
Ravenna: I'm serious. My Dad told me Zetsfir recovered it in secret.
Bus: How...? How is that even possible? I thought the explosion...
Ravenna: Listen, Bus. You can't tell a soul.
Bus: Don't worry. The secret is safe with me.
Bus: By the way... come over here for a moment. I found something interesting.
Bus: I managed to use my Dad's old password to get in. There's a lot of info here.
Bus: For one, this whole setup is some kind of space-time distortion system.
Bus: Hey, Rave? You okay?
Ravenna: Sorry, Bus. I zoned out.
Ravenna: I'm starting to get dizzy from the blood loss.
Bus: Rave, maybe you should sit down. Don't push yourself.
Ravenna: Bus... I'm sorry... I kept a lot of information from you because my Dad made me promise...
Bus: It's fine, Rave. I already figured a lot of it out on my own.
Bus: I know your DNA has code for this system in it... the experiments... this brain thing...
Bus: Plus my Dad was working on this project, too. I spent hours reading through the data.
Bus: So... this system is gonna create a wormhole in space to make the migration shorter.
Ravenna: How long is the migration supposed to take? Hundreds of generations, right?
Bus: It says here that this ship will sustain life for seven millennia.
Ravenna: That's longer than the age of the Pyramids in Egypt...
Bus: Yeah, almost twice as long. That's hard to imagine.
Ravenna: Maybe they don't want to take chances. Once this ship is on its way., there's no turning back.
Bus: I'm skeptical this thing will hold together for 7000 years.
Bus: The destination is about 444 light years away. Damn... no wonder...
Ravenna: Yeah, the news has been talking about it. Some Earth-like planet in the Pleiades cluster.
Bus: Everyone currently aboard this ship will never see it.
Bus: Kind of sad if you think about it...
Bus: Rave...? You really should take it easy...
Ravenna: Ugh... Bus... something isn't right...
Ravenna: I... think... I think I'm starting to hallucinate...
Ravenna: What the... holy... hell...?
Ravenna: Stay... away... from... me...
Bus: What is that...? What's going on, here...?
Ravenna: Get back... Bus... Run... Get out of here...
Ravenna: This is just like what happened to mother...
Ravenna: Mother...? It can't be... No...
Ravenna: Stay... the... hell... back...
Ravenna: GET AWAY FROM ME!!!
Bus: RAVE!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!!!
Bus: LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!!!
Bus: Rave! Get a hold of yourself! The system activated somehow!
END OF CHAPTER 1
