Usually, a node is the quiet part of a soundwave...I think?

Captain Node was the loudest woman alive. I look up to her for that. I was in fact six years old when she got taken in by Mother Twandra. I loved her and I had never even met her. But my moter and father would tell such great stories about her it just somehow all happened. Node was my life.

I always wondered to myself if her name was really Node. Who names their kid that, right? Her parents had to look into her eyes and go, 

"That right there, sweetie, is a Node." And the fact that nobody else in their family said anything about her name, is somewhat concerning. Node flew people around in space and she was amazing at her job. And she would still be working, if Mother Twandra hadn't taken her. 

Mother Twandra is a mystery to all humans. She roams the universe, choosing who she does and doesn't take. And It's scary because I wonder, would she take me? She chooses who she does and doesn't want to kill. A new religion was even formed worshipping the huge thing. Twanders they're called. Twanders are insane, in most eyes. But I can see where they're coming from. Being a space captain myself, looking at Node's achievments makes me realize that I'm honestly not that great of a captain.They start training you as young as age twelve. So of course, I've only had four years of experience but it's still pathetic.

Node was my age when she got taken. She was flying as many as 10,000 passengers when her arch nemesis, Sandy came with his group of one 100 space pirates. Node had taken him down on a variety of occasions and they hated each other with a burning passion. In the middle of the fight, nother TWandra came upon them, taking only him and her. The pirates, chose to lead to ship to a safe destination after coming to their senses. But Sandy and Node were both gone.

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Humanity mourned for two years. Twanders began to hate Node, it was to their belief Mother Twandra only attacked the non-pure ones. And like with the children when Barney cussed on live TV, my childhood was crushed. 

I finally got over it at age ten, but it's getting to me again. Because I feel like, we're in a crisis. Node would know what to do. A few days ago, it was my regular routine. And I was waking up and getting dressed in my apartment, because I was on my usual one month break from my job as a captain. There we thousands of space ships in the air and they looked pretty darn foreign to me.

I couldn't even recognize them. I then later in the day got an alert from the governemnt, that we were flippin' under attack. It wasn't ever usually violence just "aliens" wanting to stop by and say hi. Then world leaders started getting assassinated. That's when I finally started getting slightly concerned and since then things have been getting worse and worse. That's just a fast description of what happened. 

Node was warrior in her own right. And she would've been able to help. Nobody's allowed to leave or enter Earth. Node would've helped us. Tomorrow, all captains have to go to a meeting with the remaining leaders to discuss things. About what, you ask? I have a feeling they're stripping us of our name in till these guys get what they want. Node wouldn't've let that slide. She always got what she wanted. 

I envy her in so many ways. But then again, I'm the one alive not her. If Earth is under attack, there's no way any of us should be staying here. This could be a mssacre for all we know. In revent years, it's become a thing, where, a planet gets invaded, and then they forbid anyone from leaving or entering. Then, they just demolish the whole place. And many are under the impression that this is the case. 

I haven't thought about the angry woman in years, but Node would throw a fit.

My mother would always say, "Go Node." She was a huge Node fan. "Go Node" was slang for make a stance, and don't give in. Before we got seprated because I got drafted for the captains program, I used to scoff at that staying. But maybe she was onto somethng.