Hera bolted the last panel onto the contraption. With a satisfied sigh, she stepped back to admire the work. Eva painted a glowing orb, with a thick, dark ring going through it on the right shoulder. it was perfect, considering that this machine would return the Earth to its natural orbit.

Soal and Eva came up beside Hera. Eva stumbled forward, as her rib cage protested that she shouldn't stand, and her legs were weak from hardly standing. Hera wrapped Eva's one arm around her neck and then wrapped one of hers around Eva's waist to support her. Eva looked up at her and replied to the support with a small "thank-you."

Hera bent a little to ask Eva, "what do you think?"

Eva looked at the finished product. Her eyes gleamed with excitement. "It looks functional!"

Hera's chest started to quake with laughter. "Well. I hope so."

"I know so. Good job, little sis."

Hera tightened her grip on Eva. Just a little. She appreciated the confidence.

Soal grinned. "How does it work?"

Hera continued to hold Eva as she walked around the completed contraption and explained how it worked. "Inside, the liquid, nitrogen infuser pumps, of course, nitrogen, into the hydro pump. The hydro pump converts humidity from the surrounding air into the water, and this fills up to produce energy for the Solar Shield. Now, the nitrogen infuser also dumps into the Fuser Ignition. The Fuser Ignition is built to sustain cataclysmic explosions and practically turn the explosive energy into laborative energy. So, what will happen is the explosive energy developed inside this Fuser Ignition will form a magnetic laborative energy. This magnetic laborative energy will energize the magnetic field of our plant, making it a thousand times stronger. The magnetic field will attract us towards the Earth's orbit field that was left behind when the Earth split apart. Of course, with the stronger magnetic field, there is a possibility that other planets will start to attract to the Earth - which I'm confident that it shouldn't happen. But, if it does, with the help of the Solar shield, they'll be repelled and maintain their natural orbit."

Soal's eyes were wide. "Wow. That's a mouthful. But, may I ask a question based on the magnetic attraction?"

"Shoot."

"How do you know that Earth will be attracted to its own orbit field?"

"I studied that when I first was hired as a coding technician at N.A.S.A.. I learned that each planet has its own unique magnetic polarity. Mercury to Neptune - and even the asteroid belt - has a certain degree of magnetism. And, like a magnet, where north is attracted to south, the magnetic polarity for the orbit field and planet core are opposite, which, in turn, attracts them to each other."

Hera turned to look at Soal directly. "Interesting fact, if the polarity of the magnetic field of either the core of a planet or its orbit field was to change, even a little, then the planet would be thrown off course. That is why they maintain a constant degree of magnetic polarity."

"Interesting," Eva said, looking up at Hera. "But I know you stated earlier that you were to increase the degree of Earth's magnetic field. How is that supposed to work if both the orbit field and Earth's core are to maintain a constant degree of magnetic polarity?"

"Good question. I'll have a map of when we'll be aligning with Earth's orbit field. This will alert me to when it will be time to switch off the machine, and Earth can pull itself the rest of the way towards the orbit field."

"Smart."

Soal spoke up. "How do we even know what the magnetic degree of Earth is?"

"Simple. Back in 2020, there was a scientist named Charles Benton. He was successfully able to extract a piece of material form the core and test the magnetic polarity. Although the piece was only a fraction of the core, he found that the polarity of the whole core was equal to 278.971 adp. (Amplified Degrees of Polarity) So, knowing that magnets are attracted to the opposite, all we have to do is turn Earth's adp into a negative number to find the orbit field's adp."

Soal created an explosive motion with her hands. Eva agreed with her. "I know. Impressive!"

"It's a lot of information to digest. Even for me!" Soal exclaimed.

Hera took time to take in a deep breath. "So. After tons of mathematical and aeronautic equations, I'm 99% sure that we'll be back in orbit within a week or so."

"What's the other 1%?" Soal asked.

"That it's all going to fail and we're going to die."

"Well, let's hope that doesn't happen," Eva responded.

Hera nodded.

"Well?" Soal asked. "Are we ready to turn this thing on?"

Hera's free hand went to a switch on the machine's control board. "As ready as I'll ever be."

One - Hera

Two - Eva

Three - Soal

The switch was thrown.