Super World by Lawrence Ambrose

Author:Lawrence Ambrose [Ambrose, Lawrence]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-09-18T06:00:00+00:00

JAY WAS in trouble. Most of the trip to the moon had gone okay, about as breathtakingly fast as he'd expected, but as he circled around to the dark side of the Moon, eager to explore the same buildings as Jamie, he noticed a strange drag, for lack of a better word. Then his containment field seemed to fizzle. Something was going horribly wrong. Flashing waves of color around him made him think his Phantom Zone was short-circuiting.

He about-faced, hoping to teleport back to Earth, but instead found himself plummeting to the pockmarked surface of the moon. He retained some control of the descent – enough to propel him to the bright side where his transponder could connect with Earth if it came to that. Though it was hard to imagine how it would from within what the DARE physicists were calling N-Space (or "No Space"). And if he left N-Space, knowing where he was wouldn't help him.

The short-circuiting waned, but he couldn't manage much motion, not to mention teleporting off the small world. He noted that he was feeling heat, probably from the surface of the moon. Feeling anything while in his phantom phase could not be a good thing.

Normally, this would be the biggest moment of his life so far. How many people had walked on another planet? But it was hard to appreciate the austere beauty of the moonscape and the monumental majesty of the moment when your protective shield appeared to be disintegrating around you.

Jay wasn't feeling optimistic. His theory for what was happening didn't lend itself to optimism: his physical energy was simply inadequate to fuel long trips. It wasn't the rigors of space, not heat or cold or radiation or vacuum – though he supposed they might play into it – but simple energy drain. Unlike Jamie and others with stronger constitutions who got their energy from the sun or wherever and didn't need to eat or breathe or perform other bodily functions, he still needed to do those things. And that, he guessed, would prove to be his downfall.

Jay looked up at Earth. It was much larger than he'd expected, much larger than any of the famous photographs he'd seen taken from the moon, and he could actually see it spinning, which was freakily beautiful.

He could think of worse views to have in the final hours - or minutes - of his life.

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