Touchdown?

(Peresent time)

Zero was in her police station, on the phone with the manager of SUPPLY PROBE 1's maneuver control center.

"Hello? Yes, this is Zero. What do you need? Really? I'm coming right away!"

She ends the call, grabs her keys and opens the door into her police car. She drives straight to NASA headquarters, even if it's just a walking distance away. Can't lose any strength or speed on the way there!

* * *

"Why can't we hack it anymore?!" Said the Purple Two.

The Terrible Twos stood in the 2nd room in the left hallway of the 32nd floor. They had locked the door from the inside, and are attempting to hack the computer for the 3rd time.

"C'mon Purple! I think that police guard is gonna arrive soon!"

"I'm trying to hack it amigo! It won't let me anymore!"

"Quick!"

* * *

"T minus 1 minute and 2 seconds before touchdown."

It's all hustle and bustle in the maneuver control room for SUPPLY PROBE 1. Their current duty is to steer the probe as near to the shore (without it crashing into the shallowest waters) in less than a minute.

"You, go there!"

"Coordinates please?"

"How far can we steer it to the shore without it hitting the seabed?"

"Calculating telemetry right away!"

"Steering 23 degrees to its right.."

"T minus 42 seconds."

* * *

"This way, officer Zero."

Zero leads Zero to the computer which was previously hacking SUPPLY PROBE 1's controls.

Up the elevator, through the left hallway and stopping in front of the second room.

* * *

"Open up!" Said a voice from outside the door.

"Quickly amigo Blue! Let's get out of here!"

"But how?"

Police officer Zero pounds at the door.

"If you don't let me in, I'll do it myself! On the count of 3.."

"Through here!" Said the Purple Two, pointing out a window.

"2...1... I'm breaking in!"

The door pops out its hinges and lays on the floor among a cloud of dust.

"Who's there?" Said officer Zero to an empty room.

"Officer Zero, the window is open."

* * *

It's going to be okay, I won't land in the water..

Ten told herself, looking out her window and seeing only blue.

No crash landings for me! Heh. Everything is under control.

I won't land in the water, I won't land in the water..

* * *

"T minus 30 seconds."

The world held its breath. Everyone from toddlers to news forecasters were either watching everything from the living room TV, trying to get a peek through their windows or filming themselves in the news centers, in the middle of the action.

In the maneuver control room, everything is still a flurry.

"T minus 15 seconds.."

* * *

"Corre amigo, corre!" (Run friend, run!) Said the Blue Two, running away from officer Zero behind them.

"Ella está detrás de nosotros, más rápido!" (She's after us, faster!)

"Donde nos escondemos?" (Where do we hide?)

"A través de este callejón!" (Through this alley!)

"No, eso es un callejón sin salida! Y ella nos está alcanzando!" (No, that's a dead end! And she's catching up with us!)

"Vamos al auto! Entonces podemos irnos!" (Let's get in that car! Then we can drive away!) Said the Purple Two, pointing to a car which Four was exiting.

"¡Buena idea!" (Good idea!)

Just as Four opened the door to leave, the Terrible Twos pulled him out. Grabbing the keys in Four's hand, they entered the car and locked him out.

"Hey! Stop there!" Shouted Four.

"No! This car is ours now! Step on it, Blue!"

"Right!"

The Blue Two drove the car away from Four, who raised his fist in the air, shouting something while trying to catch up with them.

And they kept driving. And driving. And driving. Until they were gone.

* * *

"T minus 3 seconds!" Said Zero.

* * *

I'm not gonna land in the water, I'm not gonna land in the water!

Thought Ten, pushed to the back of the probe by it's falling speed.

And she loses consciousness.

* * *

Zero looks out the window as Zero counts down.

"The probe is now clearly visible to the naked eye!"

"2..1.."

They spot a splash in the water, with a trail of smoke above it.

"And crash landing of the SUPPLY PROBE 1!"

* * *

Ten wakes up in the probe and finds herself sitting on its floor. The force of the crash broke her helmet, so she took it off along with her bulky EVA suit. But there is also water up to her waist.

Hold on.. if the probe has water.. I crash landed in the sea. But I need to get out of here..

The water is now up to her chest. She stands up and feels some pain in her wrist.

"Agh!"

Hmm.. I'll get it checked out later. First I need to open the airlock. Quickly.

She fumbles with some buttons.

What? None of them work?!

* * *

"Come on.. It's got to be here!"

Zero, Zero and Zero are aboard a boat (with a motorized boom arm) borrowed from a nearby fishing dock. They are currently 27 meters away from the shore, and are searching for the crash site.

"Wait.. is that it?"

"What?"

"Over there, by the purple coral."

There it was, a shiny shape half-buried in the sand. The normally straight corals around it were now bowing outwards from the force of the crash.

"Yes that's it! That's where Ten is!"

"Hold on.. Are the probe's outsides waterproof?"

"Uhhh.. Not when it crashes.."

"We need to her out of there, quick!"

* * *

As the water rises to her chin, Ten faces upward.

Feeling under the water for any more buttons, she takes a deep breath and closes her eyes as the probe fully fills up with water.

There has to be another.. button.. somewhere..

And she loses consciousness once again.

* * *

Ten wakes up on one of the boat seats, with a bandage on her right wrist and a blanket draped over her back. She sits upright, and sees SUPPLY PROBE 1 in front of her. Zero passes by and spots Ten.

"Oh! You're awake! Thank goodness.."

She walks toward her and sits beside her.

"You can tell me all about your time up there later, but for now, let's just get to the shore and have you checked up in the NASA clinic."

"Okay.."

A few minutes of silence pass by. But Ten actually made it. She actually made it back! As Ten celebrates in her imagination, Zero asks her a question.

"So Ten, do you have any other plans?"

"For what?"

"For going to the moon."

"Huh?"

"When you asked mission control if you could go to the moon, you sounded as if you were hoping for them to say yes. Do you still want to go up there?"

"Umm.. I think I'm gonna stick to my jetpack and some nice, solid ground, okay?"

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