A few hours later, the bus stopped, once again, a few people entered, of course, only after, getting shouted at by the major, for being slow, just like every one else.

Slowly, the bus, was filling up, now, almost eight hours later, it was two thirds full. I was sitting, near the middle, of the bus. We had just made one more stop, finally, the last group of people entered, the bus. A young, black guy sat near me.

“Hey there, im Jim, nice, to meet you man.” He politely greets me.

“Nice, to meet you too, im Spike.”

“So, my friend, got any information, on where we are going?” Jim asks me.

“Unfortunately, no... The major, hasnt told us anything yet, what about you? Know anything?”

“haha, too bad, I dont know anything either. Still, a pleasure, to meet you Spike.” Jim, really is a warm guy.

Jim, unlike me is tall, I would roughly say around 195~ maybe? His body, is a mountain, of muscles, he has a big, flat nose, his eyes, are black, and he has no hair, a baldie, but, the most funny thing, about him is, his his mouth. You see, when he sits still, he really looks, like a big, black, chocolate sculpture, because, of his almost black as night skin, so, when he smiles... You might go blind, or think. That this is the end, because, when his teeth, begin, to show, it is as if a small sun, had just began, to shine.

Really, this guy, his funny smile and a friendly attitude, soon, made, everyone in the bus feel beter.

A few minutes later, me and Jim, were already talking, like, good old pals, we, had this usual talk, about girls, about cars, even about RUGBY!!! Do you know, how rare it is, to find, somebody, who likes old sports nowadays?

“Listen up kiddos, in ten minutes, we will be at the launching site.- The major, began to speak, and everyone went silent, while, listening, to him.- Now, every one of you will find, a small metal ball, in, the boxes, I am about, to give you. Once you get your box, you will swallow, that ball understood?”

we answered in unison - “Yes Sir!”

“good, now, after swallowing it, you will go, to sleep. That happens, to every one, so dont be scared. That is all.”

each, of us, received, a small box, like major said, inside it, there was a small metal ball. I took it, and looked at it, but it just looked, nothing more, than a ball. Still, I was thinking, what it could be, as I swallowed it. Moments later I and the rest of the bus were sleeping soundly.

Major then contacted his superior.

“We are at the launching site, all kids are sleeping sir.” He said, into, his communicator.

“Good, transport them, into, the shuttle and return, to the carrier.” He got a reply.

“Understood sir, we will be there in a few hours.”

the bus drived, into a small shuttles inside, where a few more, uniformed people entered, the bus. They walked, from one man, to another, slowly putting, some, kind, of helmets, on them.

Once, every person, had a helmet on, they gave a signal, trough, theyre comm, and the shuttles engines, came back to life, slowly, generating power, needed, to lift off.

When, I came back, to my senses, I had a strange helmet on my head, whatever I tried, I couldnt take it off. After a few tries, I looked around, and found, that everyone, had, a helmet, like mine, on theyre heads. Only then, did I felt, that headache... It was like a rock concert, was going, inside of my head, but it was slowly fading away.

---hello, boys, and girls, this is your captain writing. --- A sentence, appeared, in front, of my eyes, on the helmets glass.

---In a moment, your HUD will be activated, and directions, to your pods will be showed. Each pod is made, from two sepparate pods, so, find a friend, to go into one, of those together, you and your partner, will be working together, in the future, so choose wisely.--- Some more information appeared.

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I looked at Jim, and we nodded, to each other with a smile, like the captain wrote, in a moment a line appeared, on the ground, and we all began, to follow it.

It took, us, no more, than five minutes, to reach, the pods. Just, like the captain said, they were double pods. I and Jim, took, one, of, the pods, near the end, of the line, and slowly entered it.

It slowly closed, filled itself, with some kind of a jelly substance, that slowly cowered us, being, with those strange helmets, we were able to breathe, but it still was an unusual experience.

//Initializing...

//Initialization complete.

//Program start.

Again, I slowly drifted into sleep, only to wake up, moments later, I found myself in an old school, class room. Many people, were sitting, behind, the desks, like I was. Soon, we all were given tests, after them, we went, to a gym, to exercise, then, some more tests, and finally, we were led, to our own, separate rooms, where we could get, some rest.

After, a week, of repetitive tasks, learning, about, many new things, to us, for example, about, gravitational fields, of asteroids, minerals, and materials, that, humans on earth, will take hundreds, of years, to discover, theyre natural appearing places, and so on, we spent our time. Then, came the simulators, space flight simulators. They probably were, the best thing so far.

We roughly spent a month, inside, the pods. And when we finally got out, we no longer were total greenhorns, now hawing some experience, and understanding, of space, we were ready, or so we thought.

---Greenhorns, each team, report, to information officers. There you will receive, your directions and designation.--- We once, again read, words, on our HUD's.

Information officers, were located, on the lower decks of the carrier, our group of newbies were going there all together. All thanking god, for this HUD thing, for, we would be lost without it, in this maze of a ship. Some time later, we finally reached, the IO's.

We all entered there, with our partners. When it was mine and Jim's turn, we both were a little sweating, because, of our future, being, decided there.

A young woman, was there, behind a desk, there were two simple chairs in front of her. She showed us, to take a seat, with her small, blue hand. We quickly sat down, and began, to wait.

“So boys, welcome, to IO, lets do this quick, as there are a lot of your friends waiting outside. So, Jim, and Spike correct?” She asks of us.

“Yes.” We both answer in unison.

“So boys, I got you two offers, one is a job, for mechanic, and a programmer, other is a job, for, a pilot, and a miner, so witch one would you like, to get?” She smiles at us, and many, small teeth, can be seen in her mouth.

For a moment, we look at each other, understanding each others thoughts, without words, we want to go to space, so yeah, obviously pilot and a miner.

“Pilot, and miner designation please.” Again, we speak in unison, making this woman smile.

“mining it is then! Take, these keys, and go, to the medbay, there you will find all of your equipment and your superior, just ask around, for “Oneye Joseph”.”

we leave, her office, and go off, to medbay, its on the other side, of the ship, so it's going, to take us a few hours, to walk there, walking, while, talking, about, some small things, we go to find our new supperior.