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Chapter 9 - Chapter 04: Resolved to prevail

_Father! - Jawara screams in desperation and pain, there was a moment of silence, the aftershocks returned, but this time it was a 16 degree earthquake.

_We have to hide, Jawara! The earthquake is too strong- says Yadir desperately

_But my father has already risen upwards! I have to help him, Yadir! We must get on the Airspace-wanderer! - said Jawara- I must find dad.

_You're crazy! We don't have a runway. We're in the city and we have no way to take off.

_Yadir! Look!

As we leave the auditorium, you can see that several buildings begin to rise towards the sky.

_Oh my God, what is all that? - says Yadir shocked. I saw the formation of a hole in the sky! I also saw a ship with technology never seen before falling to Earth at full speed!

The earthquake reached a magnitude of 17 degrees, all the people desperately look for somewhere to hide, but at the same time, many people rise upwards too, there was no time to listen to what Yadir said, since it was something much more sinister than FIREFLY could have found out. But the worst of all was that they went out into outer space. So that event claimed the lives of almost all the people of New Jersey. It could also be seen that the buildings were swallowed by the earth like quicksand, but it was in a matter of seconds. Sharon, shocked, supports the idea of ​​fleeing with the star plane. Edward Malenfant runs to where the Airspace is - hoping that his son can pilot it.

_Father! I saw that you flew up! - says Sharon scared hugging him at the same time - What happened?

_I'll tell you later daughter, now we must flee.

_We have to flee! If we don't go, that mysterious thing will pull us up too- says Sharon with great fear

_ Come on! Let's get on the plane, but let's also save as many people as we can.- says Jawara- Yadir, you know how to fly, help me! I can't fly the plane without a co-pilot!

_ You're completely crazy! I can't fly that plane!

_ You have to do it! Believe me, you have to do it! If you don't, we'll die!

_ This plane is too technologically advanced, it's not like the other planes I learned to fly. I can't!

Sharon and the others put as many people on the plane as they could.

_ Come on!- said Joshua- don't stay there! Get into the Airspace-wanderer!

On the other hand, you can see little Jacob and his mother trying to find a place to hide, Sharon arrives with them to tell them that it's safe in the Airspace-wanderer.

_Mrs Henderson! The Airspace-wanderer is safe. Everything is rising up!

Suddenly, little Jacob rises up too

_Mom! Mom!

_Jacob! - shouts Mrs Henderson

Seeing that Jacob could die, Jawara risks his life to save him, and quickly gets off the space plane.

_Madam! I'll go get Jacob, Yadir, you drive the space plane

_Now you've really lost your brain! I can't do that!

_No, no, no! - says Mrs. Henderson, distressed - I'll go for my son

_Get on, Mrs. Henderson- says Sharon at the same time that she manages to get her on the plane against her will

Jawara runs to help Jacob, at the same time that he begins to fly upwards like the other people, the earthquake calmed down and went down from 17.0 to 10.0 degrees, he manages to get to where Jacob was: at the top of the Starwater holding on to a railing, Jawara grabs onto the same railing and takes Jacob by the hand.

_I've got you, champion!

_Mom, he went up! - says Jacob very scared.

_No, she's fine

Suddenly, they feel the Starwater begin to take off and want to rise too

_Come on! There's still room! This plane is safe!

_Sharon! We have to go! Were they able to fit a lot of people in?!

_Yes! We have to wait for more!

Many people managed to get into the plane, but many others, terrified, did not trust the means of protection and ran away to their deaths. Yadir tried to turn on the plane, although he had some experience in piloting planes, this time he felt that he could not handle the Airspace-wanderer. Suddenly, the plane began to rise upwards.

_That gravity is taking us into space! - Yadir shouts - We are going to die! Oh Jawara, why did you order this thing from me?

On the other hand, it could be seen how the Starwater also began to rise upwards

_ Hold on, Jacob! - says Jawara - The Airspace-wanderer will come to help us soon!

_ I'm scared! - shouts Jacob

Yadir felt great despair, but he did his best to remain calm. The earthquake was so strong that even in the plane it was felt very strongly. People were screaming with great fear and desperation.

_ Calm down! - said Iris - the pilots will take care of it, stay calm!

_Oh my God! - says Yadir - How do I start it now?

_We have to start the plane. Yadir! - says Sharon - There's a button that activates the oxygen in the plane! It's on your right! It's a small blue button.

Find it and press it.

_ And how do you know, Sharon?

_ Just listen to me!

_ I can't see it! It's too small!

_ It's small but it's visible

On the other hand, Blossom opened the door to be able to help Jawara and Jacob, she can see them in the distance

_ Jawara! Here we are!

_ Very well champion, let's fly there! - said Jawara.

Jawara takes Jacob and takes him to the Airspace-wanderer, it was a great challenge to reach the small door of the space plane, Jawara managed to do somersaults and pirouettes. They were about to lose oxygen, but although the Airspace-wanderer was not yet on, Yadir was able to move it close to Jawara and Jacob so they could enter, Jawara manages to get there and Blossom takes them by the hand.

_ I got them! Are you okay?

_ Yes! Flying is super cool-says Jacob

_Jacob!-Mrs. Henderson shouts- You're okay!-she gives her son a big hug- Thank you very much for helping my son, Mr. Malenfant

_Mom, this flying to the sky is super cool!-says Jacob enthusiastically

_Fasten your seatbelts-says Jawara- this isn't over yet, we're being extracted into outer space

_What did you say?-says Mrs. Henderson scared

_Follow my instructions, and we'll survive

Jawara runs up to the cockpit. Yadir kept looking for the button, but he couldn't find it, the plane was already getting very high, it was starting to look dark. The oxygen was starting to be lost.

_What happened Yadir?-asks Jawara

_I still can't find the button. What color is that button? Isn't there another way to activate the oxygen?

_It's on your right at the bottom, Yadir. Turn it on! We're running out of oxygen!

_I saw it. That's it! All right babe, show us what you can do.

Yadir found the button in time, oxygen was activated throughout the plane. It was only a matter of seconds to reach outer space. But something unexpected happened. The plane began to creak, and to lose its ability to move. It seemed like a normal plane that if it went outside, it would disintegrate and explode. Jawara asked Sharon and Blossom to go down and activate the "space" mode, which would allow the plane to fly in space. But there was a problem: the lever wouldn't go down because in order for it to go into operation, the plane had to start, and Jawara hadn't been able to start the plane yet.

_ The lever won't go down honey! You have to turn on the plane or else the plane will collapse!

_ Damn! If we don't activate space mode, the plane will explode-says Jawara desperately

_And you can't activate it from here?-says Yadir

_The thing is that it has to be activated before reaching outer space. And since we are already in outer space, the function is frozen and can only be activated from below

Being in space, the plane began to disintegrate, although in a slower way, since it was created with the ability to travel to space, they had time.

_What are those cracking sounds?-says Yadir fearfully.

_The Airspace-wanderer is disintegrating-answers Jawara

_What do you mean?

_The plane is disintegrating. But don't worry, I designed the plane so that it could withstand being in outer space for a period of time without having the space function activated

_And how much time do we have left?

Jawara turns to look at him intently

_30 minutes

Panic increases in the Airspace-wanderer, below, Sharon tries to calm them

_Calm down, passengers, we are in good hands, this plane is designed to survive here in outer space-says Sharon who at the same time feels very scared

_Excuse me-says Jacob to Sharon

_Tell me little one

_Is it possible that aliens exist?

On the surface it was just the innocence of a child asking about that, but the reality is that Jacob had the firm belief that aliens are real, he just wanted to know if Sharon shared his point of view.

_Not really, if not, they would have already invaded our planet-Sharon answers surprised to see the little boy's bravery, Jacob did not show fear in the face of the situation, for him it is a dream come true to see the universe up close, meanwhile, Sharon was shaking with fear.

Jawara and Yadir worked hard to start the plane. They had the lives of 250 people in their hands. Adding their own. At one point, Jawara became distracted. He saw in the distance a very bright light, like that of a star, a very strong fiery red color. And he managed to see that the buildings and houses that were going into space due to the strong upward suction were heading towards that light. But in the same way, that light was pulling them towards it, and the more it pulled them, the more the plane began to disintegrate.

_That thing is pulling us! Wait. I think I've found the fault that prevents us from starting the plane!

Yadir put all his effort into fixing what was preventing the plane from starting. The light was pulling them at a high speed. Jawara could see how that light was opening up and turning into a black hole. If they couldn't continue,

That hole would suck them in and they would all die!

_It's a black hole! - says Jawara - The estimated time for that hole to swallow us is 20 minutes

_Let's go! First a strong earthquake hits New Jersey, then, people are extracted into outer space,

Sharon, Blossom and Jawara's other friends tried to calm people down. They were scared. People were very scared. There were elderly people, children, men, women. In a quick and efficient way they managed to get many people in. All thanks to the fact that they managed to stay calm. But it also contributed a lot to the fact that people knew how to organize themselves well to get into the plane. They trusted in the capacity of Jawara's space plane. But, even so. It could be seen how many lost their calm. How they did not see what Jawara promised fulfilled, and seeing that the probability of dying was very high. A great disturbance formed in the plane. No matter how hard they tried, Blossom and the others could not calm them down. Now they needed the ability to maintain control in a matter of much more tension. Since they were basically living through an event that humanity has never experienced before. How is it possible that humans cannot perform well in these types of situations? Although humanity has put its effort into improving, discovering to be better every day, there are still many questions that still have no answer. But at that time there was no time to think about what they did not have, they had to focus on the resources they did have. You will not always have a competent team, or you will not always have the necessary skills, at that time, you only have to use effectively what you have at your disposal. Be it a lot, or a little.

They find a microphone, Sharon decides to stand in front of the passengers to calm the strong tension. The tension was so strong that many began to bet on who to take out of the plane, since maybe with fewer people, the plane could get going. They also began to shout that it was all a farce by Jawara. That he should be thrown out first. If they were going to die, he should be the first.

_Malenfant lied to us. Let's kill him and throw him into space!

_It would have been better to die down there!

_Why did we trust him! We don't deserve this! Kill Malenfant!

Many complaints were heard. Jawara's friends tried to calm them down. Sharon spoke loudly. But still no one listened to her until she said almost shouting into the microphone

_If we want to survive, we must be "Resolved to prevail"!

The passengers began to calm down. She was right. There was no point in causing a disturbance.

_Listen to me. I know you are scared. I am too. But we cannot afford to look for someone to blame now. That is why problems are not solved. We have to humbly recognize that we cannot have control over everything that happens to us. My brother needs to concentrate, now! He is working very hard together with the co-pilot and also with our help to be able to fix the problem. Nobody expected this. No one is prepared for something like this. Right now we see something that has never been seen before. A strong cataclysm hit New Jersey. We see a natural phenomenon that humanity has never seen before. But we must fight. We must be determined to prevail even though the problem is too big. We are still alive. Give our full support and we will survive. If we remain calm. Up there they will be able to maneuver the plane, otherwise we will die, and a large part of it will be our fault as well.

People became silent and shocked when they heard Sharon's speech. They needed to remain calm. The situation was getting worse. Oxygen was starting to be lost as well due to the serious damage the space plane was suffering. The upper part of the plane started to break and wanted to take off. So the situation became more alarming. Because if it took off completely, everyone would lose their lives. Because of this, people began to feel weak and their blood pressure dropped.

_ Yamal! You are a doctor, help people! - Blossom said

_ I need a nurse with me!

_ I am a nurse! - said a female voice, it was Melanie - I am Melanie Winterhall, I am going to help you, doctor

_ Very well! I know that your husband is a doctor so with that and since she is a nurse she knows the code between a doctor and a nurse, let's help the passengers!

Jawara and Yadir worked very hard. There were 5,000 km left to reach that mysterious black hole.

_Jawara, I was able to fix it!

_Very well, Yadir! Come on little one, turn it on.

Jawara communicates with Sharon and Blossom

_Blossom, Sharon! We already fixed it. Lower the lever

The plane started, now it was already moving. Sharon and Blossom ran to lower the lever.

_The lever got stuck! - said Sharon

_Guys. Help us! Blossom says

Joshua, Iris and Wally went to help.

_Hard! Pull!

After 20 seconds, the lever came down. The plane

 was now completely safe and it was now possible to maneuver it completely.

They were already very close to the black hole. But Jawara came up with the idea that in order to avoid being sucked in, they should avoid it by dodging downwards.

_How are we going to do that you say!

_Let's descend as if we were going to land, but in a very abrupt manner. Warn the passengers

_Passengers, we inform you that in order to avoid the black hole, we are going to descend the plane as if we were going to land. I know it sounds illogical. But this wonder was created for that. Fasten your seatbelts and hold on, because we are going to get out of this alive.

So, Jawara and Yadie intelligently maneuvered the plane and lowered it before they reached the black hole. It was in an abrupt manner. But the plane was able to hold on. Afterwards, they did a somersault to return. The black hole was just a millisecond away from swallowing them, as by the time they descended, they were already 1,500 km away. They managed to survive. The children screamed with excitement. Since they love to play things like this, they would never imagine it would be real. Their enthusiasm calmed the mood. Their excitement made the passengers take it as a fun adventure, the tension caused began to calm down.

Jawara communicates with the passengers

_Ladies and gentlemen. I thank you in advance for having contributed to everything going well. Believe me, although we do a lot of the work, you help a lot when you calm down. Thank you for listening to my sister Sharon. I know I have failed you. But just like you, I am not prepared for something like this. I do everything I can to prepare myself for strong tensions like this. But that does not mean that I know everything. Now, let's look at the positive side. You have been able to see space, you even saw a black hole that has never been seen before. Let's enjoy the good things that this cataclysm brought us.

The people were very grateful. Jawara and his friends saved many souls. But, they still don't know what they're going to find when they return to Earth. What they saw is nothing. They have no idea what they're going to find out when they return and see what happened to all of New York. This isn't even the beginning. A powerful cataclysm doesn't just wipe out a small part of the Earth. What's next?

_ What a cataclysm! - That was too strong! I'm going to call my sister and Joshua... Joshua, Sharon! Go up to the cockpit please.

When the boys get in, Jawara begins to question them,

_ Now, what's going on?

_ What are you talking about? - said Joshua

_ I'm an engineer! But you know more about space science and Earth than I do. Sharon, why is all this happening in space?

_ The rectilinear movements of the stars do not allow for precise theories or theories that are partially accurate, but I think the eclipse has a lot to do with it.

_ What are you talking about, sister?

_ I think you know the answer- said Joshua- although astronomy is not my specialty, what I can say is that the movements of the atmosphere responded with molecular stability of the dimensional matter that burns organic matter, but that's saying that they responded well by holding on, but the ozone layer along with the stratosphere, fulfilled the purpose along with gravity, that not all of the United States was extracted into outer space, but it is outside the laws of physics why only New Jersey was extracted into outer space, what can you say, my love?

_ The Eclipse! An astronomical phenomenon that causes a lot of enthusiasm to humanity or at least to a large part of the population, but we know everything that happened during the eclipse, it was a world event much more sinister than the COVID-19 pandemic, it was clear that it is a sign!

_ What sign, little sister?

_ It's the end of the world!

Absolute suspense