Flying By

Today was the last official meeting, General Moon pacing back and forth between the individual desks in the room.

"Today is the last meeting. The last 2 meetings were talking about your expectations during training, today we'll talk about the courses and such. This meeting is very important, I suggest writing these things down in your notebook." Everyone pulled out their notebooks, flipping to an empty page in it prepared to write down.

"Training is 2 years. There are 13 courses in total, each course taking 2 months. 13 courses, 8 weeks each course, 104 weeks total. You'll be doing the same training that astronauts do, as you will become them. Of course, becoming an astronaut for Earth has requirements…like going to College, but this is different. We will train you all so well and make sure you understand everything so that you don't need a degree."

The crew looked at General Moon and nodded their heads in unison.

"Let's begin then."

At that moment General Moon began describing the individual courses. Some of the courses included things from each of their individual fields, so when it came to that part they began to ask questions.

"If everyone will be learning about all of our individual fields, what's the point of having one of us appointed to it?" Jenn asked.

"Individually, you're appointed to a subject you're best at. When it comes time to fully research something based on it, you will be in charge. Over your certain subject you have the say so, and the others are only there to help you." Jenn nodded and then wrote it down, smiling to herself. General Moon continued talking about the courses, making sure to write everything on the board behind him.

As he finished, the 6 made sure to write it all down, making sure to get the dates as well.

"So, in essence, training fully begins on January 4th of next year. We will send you guys a letter with all the courses and things you need to bring, just in case. Just remember that the harder training is at the beginning, and the subject learning comes in the last couple of months." As General Moon finished talking, everyone slowly closed their notebooks and shoved them in their bags. They all then got up and went to the last floor as it was something they were supposed to do. They all got on the elevator quietly, patiently waiting to get to the last floor.

"So, training starts soon," Dominique said, sighing.

"I hope I'm not the only one extremely nervous," added Alexander, rubbing his stomach. Everyone grunted in agreement, walking out the elevator as it stopped. As Phoenix put it in the code to open the ship, they all sat down at the cockpit and placed their books down, Jenn pulling out the white board that General Paris had the other time.

"Okay…so, I wrote down all the courses yesterday before we left last Monday. 13 in total, just like they said. The first one is the SVMF, second one is Microgravity, third is Precision Air Bearing Floor, fourth is the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, then Shuttle and Space Station Systems, then Guidance and Navigation, then Material Processing, and after that we start with Oceanography and go up until Astronomy and Astrophysics." Everyone looked at Jenn, nodding their heads.

"What if we die?" Phoenix says, laying her head down on the table.

"You won't, maybe I will though," Jenn replies, pushing the whiteboard back into its slot. She sat down between Sapphire and Dominique, also laying her head on the table.

"What are you guys' plans for New Years?" Silas asked. Everyone shrugged and yawned, almost falling asleep on the table.

"Well, given the fact that we have 6 days with nothing to do before training, nothing," Sapphire replied. Everyone groaned in pain.

"Why did I sign up for this? I regret everything sometimes," Jenn said. Everyone raised their hands in agreement.

"Let's get out of here, I really want to take a nap right now," Phoenix grunted, getting up. She pulled everyone out of their seats, dragging them out. As she closed the door, they all went back on the elevator and went to the first floor, where they would proceed to go outside into their cars with their parents and drive home.

As the 6 got home, they automatically flopped on their beds, taking naps for what seemed like forever, hopefully waking up when their training was over and they were ready to lift off.