Inside Space

                                                     Inside Space
                                                            By
                                                  David Semenske

     A spaceship is traveling through deep space at light speed on a historic mission as it travels into the next solar system, something no one has done before.  It's called the Beagle, a highly advanced type of spacecraft that is equipped with long range scanners, a view screen and a private viewer. It is manned by three men Captain Billy Morgan, Science officer Francis Drake and Navigator Charles Darwin. The mission is to explore the next solar system and report back with their findings.
     Drake is looking perplexed and anxious "Is something bothering you Mr. Drake" Asks Morgan.  Drake answers the question with "I am just wondering what we will find" Darwin reports a Planet straight ahead "That is what we are here for" says Drake as Morgan orders Darwin to set a course for it so they can launch a probe and take soil samples. After the Probe returns Drake Analyses the findings and shakes head "I Don't believe it!" he exclaims "What is that?" Asks Morgan. Drake informs him"According to my findings the planet is completely dead, not even water, I Don't know what is holding it together?"
     Darwin reports another planet "Maybe we will have better luck with this one" he says  but again the planet is completely dead. Darwin finds two more planets with the same results. "What happened here?" asks Drake. Darwin proposes a theory "Space virus?" Drake tells Darwin to keep his theories to himself he will work only with Scientific facts.
     Darwin finds the sun of the solar system and brings it up on the main viewer. "Captain" Drake says to get his attention "This system died" he continues "because the sun died, that is all I can figure out". Morgan adds "lets hope there was no life forms here before that happened".
     Morgan turns to Darwin whose eyes are bugging out of his head staring at the screen. Morgan looks at it and sees it has turned a metallic silver, everything else is gone. Drake instantly moves to the private viewer and informs Captain Morgan that it is immensely huge "Whatever it is". Darwin reports they are being sucked into it. "Reverse engines, mister Darwin!" orders Morgan. The ship begins to shake and shimmer as Darwin reports " No use Captain, our engines are not strong enough".  Captain Morgan then orders "Go with the flow Mister Darwin". The viewers briefly go dark and then show another solar system. Darwin informs the Captain that the system seemed to move around at random then settle. "Where are we Mister Darwin?" Captain Morgan asks. "I don't know until I can figure out what solar system we are in" He replies. Drake adds "We may never see home again"
     In a hospital room a nurse has taken a blood sample from a Leukemia patient, labels it and throws it into a bin for lab work. A voice that can only be heard in another galaxy, universe, solar system is saying from the bin "No Mister Drake, once Mister Darwin figures it out we will see home again and soon"