I am working on a new book, you can find it in my blog as well,
Here it is...

COPYRIGHT TO JOHNNYBOYC 2005




Jordan Ridge woke up that morning to the sound of his alarm clock. He stayed up too late last night, and felt underslept, but he couldn't sleep last night, he was nervous. He looked at his desk calendar it read "April 17th 2047," he tore out the page as he clumsily woke up and walked to the bathroom of his home near Cape Canaveral. He wish he hadn't stayed up so late, today was the big day. He and 4 others were being sent up into a new space station. The Space Station 'Myth'. But it wasn't good. The five had been chosen to go to up to Myth, stay there for 10 weeks and then rocket to an asteroid that was on a collision course with Earth. This was possibly the most important day in Human History. When they landed on the asteroid they would each be given rovers to ride around the asteroid and plant small atomic explosives all around the area of the asteroid, then rocket off to the station and detonate them, henceforth destroying it and saving Earth.
After he showered and brushed his teeth, he got in his Mitsubishi and drove off towards Kennedy Space Center. He had been trained and put through virtual simulations for the past 10 years. As he pulled up his car after the 15 minute drive, he got out and headed towards the entrance. He inserted his drivers license into the scanner and the doors clicked open. He headed towards the room labeled "LEVEL 10 CLEARANCE ONLY" He put his Drivers license, his Space Center ID, His Myth Access Card all at once into the three slots and pushjed the red button. The first light changed from red to green. He then bent down and put his eye to the retina scanner, the second light turned from red to green. He then places his hand on the hand scanner and the third light turned green. The door slid open and then slammed shut 5 seconds after. He was in the hangar.







As he nervously strolled through the doors he gazed upon the hangar. Scientists, astrophysicists, doctors, engineers, programmers, The CIA, representatives of NASA, and at last, he spotted them, the five others going up with him. Nix was a tall man, strong too, he was the man that would fix problems on the exterior of the station, and pilot the probe. Mandy was small, but had a hell of a brain. She would be on the computers most of the missions, as well as monitoring our health from the probe once we were on the asteroid. Tom was medium height, he was an engineer, he would know everything about the machinery on the ship. Michael was tall too, he was an expert on space. Jordan was also on computers with Mandy, but he could fufill any position in a time of need.
"Hey Jordan," called Mandy as she walked away from the press, "are you ready to do this?"
"Well, I'm not sure. Im pretty nervous." said Jordan
"You'll be fine," said Nix, "your tough enough, just stick with me"
"Well I don't know, all these years of training and this is what it all led up to."
"So what, the craft is safe, so what are you worried about?" said Tom
"Nothing I guess, just scared." said Jordan

Jordan felt a tap on his shoulder, he turned around and saw Dr. Jefferson, the lead Project Coordinator, he wouldn't be going up, but he organized the entire project.
"Well, team, the last bits of the project have been arranged, you will be known as Team Safeguard."
"Understood, Doctor" said Jordan
"Are you all prepared for me to start the countdown?"
"Yes Doctor" said Jordan
"Ok," he said, "Initialize Segment Alpha One of Mission Now." he said into his headphone.
The large television screen showed the countdown:

ONE HOUR UNTIL LAUNCH TO SPACE STATION MYTH

CNN was covering the entire project, they were the only press allowed into the hangar. They were showing a live feed of the countdown on television screens all over the world, as well as on the monitor in Times Square.
Jordan still felt infinintly apprehensive. But Earth lay in his hands.

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