The others reached for Benny, hugging him tightly, each of them talking loudly trying to be heard over everyone else before they started to nudge him away, urges of “go, go!” spurring him on. Jenny reached over and gently rubbed his back as he squeezed tears out of his eyes.Īnd then, “I’ll be waiting for you, Bluebird.” The receiver clicked off, indicating the call had been ended.ĭenny covered his ears, eyes wide at the explosion of screaming that followed. It has long been my goal to be able to meet you, and I sincerely hope we get to do so face to face soon.” All was silent for a moment, the only sound to be heard being Benny’s shuddering breaths. Your crew are still quite famous back home, your deeds and feats well known. This is an opportunity I have strived for my entire life. My name is Daniel O’Neil, the new Chief of Security for the Space Corps Moon Base. “As your current assignment has you off base, I was unable to meet you last night, so I wanted to take a few minutes to introduce myself. The chief continued on, unaware of the crew’s dilemma. ‘You okay?’ Denny mouthed to the blue-suited astronaut, but Benny didn’t answer, instead hugging his helmet to his chest so tightly that it creaked under the pressure. Denny gave the rest of his crew a curious look as they fell utterly still. “Good afternoon, Station Alpha,” the chief greeted. “To what do we owe the pleasure of this call?” “Afternoon, Chief O’Neil,” Denny greeted jovially. “Probably the same old spiel about how it’s ‘an honor to work with such a distinguished crew’ so he can forget we exist two seconds after.” Ken gave Denny the go-ahead to answer the call. Wants to introduce himself or some shit.”īenny rolled his eyes. “We got an incoming call from the base, I think from the new chief. “You guys got back in just in time,” Denny told them. Their banter continued as they finished their work, then headed back inside. I think Control gave up on that like a hundred years ago.” “Wonder if Control sent him up here cause they think he’ll actually have the energy to ride herd on us,” Benny snickered.
Thirty-one, or something like that.” Penn gave an impressed whistle. Kinda young to be security chief too, oddly enough. “Control seems to think he’s the best thing since sliced bread. “Great, another Wilkins, just what we need,” Jenny sighed. Should have gotten out here at some point last night.”
“Been some rumors going around the guy’s a real stick in the mud, one of those by-the-book hardass types. Which you could have found out for yourself if you’d bother to check your emails on a regular basis.” He sounded amused. “When did you find that out?” Benny asked. The remark earned him the stares of the rest of the crew. A few minor repairs, a bit of cleaning- nothing serious, but nothing that ought to be left unattended either. “Did you all hear there’s a new security chief to replace Wilkins, back at the moon base?” Lenny said conversationally as they began maintenance work on the space station for the day.
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