This is my contribution to this week’s Monday’s Finish the Story, brought to us by Barbara Beacham. Thanks once again Barbara 🙂
Finish the story starts with: The crew of the Angel Flame received orders to head out.
She made her way quickly towards the edge of the Great Southern Ocean to retrieve what was left of the space shuttle Explorer, which had broken up on re-entry a few hours ago.
They were expecting the worst, and a hungry media was feeding their every move live into homes and offices around the world.
Captain Shepperd was about to brief the navy divers when he was interrupted by his deputy. “Sir, you need to see this.” His expression pulled the captain away from the waiting men as he thrust a sonar printout into Shepperd’s waiting hand. “What am I looking at here, Rogers?” The Captain’s confused expression matched his own. “The Explorer sir. It’s impossible, but the ship is still intact, underwater. And it’s coming right at us.”
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Not so different, space and sub surface. Not so different! This is good.
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Thanks for stopping by, glad you liked it 🙂
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Great surprising ending. I didn’t expect that at all. Very nice twist 🙂
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Thanks lrod, it’s hard to make something work within the word limit!
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You did a great job 🙂
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Suspenseful ending! What happens next? Great story TN! Thanks for this contribution to the Mondays Finish the Story challenge! Be well… ^..^
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Thanks Barbara! I was imagining some kind of time continum story where the space shuttle had been gone a lot longer than they thought, and in the end it would be the Angel Flame which would need rescuing 🙂
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Sounds like a great story!
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I love how you ended with an “uh-oh” moment. A fitting twist.
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thanks Ameena – glad you liked it!
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I can imagine the shuttle splashing down and the crew inside yelling suggestions at each other as the pilot tries to navigate his way underwater back to land 🙂
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all that distraction might’ve been why they crashed in the first place!
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“Left a bit!” “You’re going too fast!” “Nose up, nose up!”
“Will you guys shut…” SPLASH!
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yep – just like that. That made it sound like an episode of Red Dwarf!
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“Uh, Holly, those cargo bay doors we talked about…”
“The phrase cargo bay doors is not in my lexicon.”
🙂
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heheh.. ahh Holly. good times! :p
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Great story! To me, it was as though the world was upside down with the ocean at the top and the earth beneath it. Very different, but very good!
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Great cliffhanger ending. Engrossing story and very well written, Az.
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thanks Millie 🙂
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I really like the setup here. It reads a bit like a prologue, so now I want to know what happens next! Do I get to find out?
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Thankyou for the words of encouragement 🙂 as for what happens next..well I’ll have to think about that one!
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