Space Kids: Blast Off! by Aleesah Darlison

Author:Aleesah Darlison
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Big Sky Publishing
Published: 2022-05-15T00:00:00+00:00

Everyone craned their necks, gazing out the windows as they watched the other blasters taking off in front of them. As expected, Slasher put on a huge burst of speed, its burning fuel lighting up the dark sky of space. The neon orb blaster carrying the GLOW team was surprisingly fast and a close second to Slasher while the Kitty-Kat, Starthorn, and Robo-Wolf teams weren’t far behind. The Squid team had stalled and wasn’t going anywhere.

Ventura zoomed past the Squid team, rocking from side to side.

‘We’re getting jet stream turbulence,’ Cooper said. ‘Kids, stay in your seats!’

Ventura continued to rock violently from side to side, the jet stream from the large fleet of blasters playing havoc with the smaller craft’s stability. Cooper struggled to keep the blaster upright and at one point the spaceship flipped upside down. Nash felt his stomach swirl and hoped he wouldn’t be sick. Beside him, Finn looked as green as his suit.

As they were jostled against one another, Nash smiled, trying to put the other boy at ease. ‘I’m glad you made me come,’ he said. ‘I’d rather be here than anywhere else in the world. Wouldn’t you?’

‘I guess.’ Finn gave a tight smile. His knuckles were white as he gripped his seat. Pluto had disappeared into the backpack, but Nash could hear him whimpering.

‘You’ll be fine once you get used to travelling so fast,’ Nash said. ‘Deep breaths. That always helps me.’

‘Ventura, get us out of here!’ Cooper said.

‘Certainly, sir,’ Ventura replied.

With a shot of fuel from the thrusters, Ventura burst up and out of the jet stream to where it was easier going.

‘We’ll need to fly wider of the pack for a while,’ Dad said, ‘to ensure we stay out of those those jet streams. It’s a slightly longer trip for us, but it will be safer.’ He showed Cooper how to chart a new course to the moon.

Now the going was smoother, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, even Finn. They gazed out at the stars and began to enjoy the ride. They soon overtook the Viking and Starthorn teams, although Nash noticed the Squid crew had been able to get their blaster racing and weren’t far behind them. Up ahead, the Kitty-Kats were in the lead followed by Slasher, then the Robo-Wolves, and the GLOW team.

‘Come on, V, you can do it!’ Cooper said.

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