ABBA - Into The Unknown...

Prologue

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This is the sequel to Lovers Live A Little Longer. Hope you like it. 🥰

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"Björn... I'm not sure if we should do this..." Agnetha pouted. She was scared to do it. They had young kids, and this could be dangerous. In the last couple years, technology advanced exponentially and in just a couple months an enormous expedition will take place. For the first time in history an expedition would go out of this world. Into the space... further than ever... out of our solar system and into a new still largely undiscovered space. The research has been going on for years and 5 years ago, a new liveable planet, far away from Earth has been discovered. No more than 100 people from all over the world have been chosen to go on this long journey. They'd be the first to live there and see what this planet could give. In the last 5 years a small village was built with everything they may need. Among those 100 people were also all four ABBA members and big part of their families. Not everyone would go, but they sure represented a big part of the expedition.

It has been 8 years since the release of their last album in January 2006 and it was now already 2014. The expedition would leave on the 6th of April 2014... exactly 40 years since their Eurovision win all the way back in 1974. Their families have grown since then and now it they were one big very close family... who would go on this journey together!

"It's something incredible! Something so new! ABBA has always been on the edge of technology... why should this time be any different? And you did amazing in training... we all did... and even Frida's up for it..." her husband tried to persuade herm. "Well Frida doesn't have a new-born on her hands..." she countered. She wasn't really against it. This really was a one in a lifetime opportunity and she didn't wanna miss out on it either. Come on we still have 2 training sessions to do in these 2 months before we leave the Earth..." Björn chuckled and took their youngest one from Agnetha's arms. She had to chuckle... he was so into this and even with all the little ones, she knew they could do this.

"Hej," said Benny as he saw his wife beginning to wake up. "Hej..." she greeted happily. She was very excited. Today they'll do the first real simulation of how the flight to the new planet will look and how it would feel to float in the space. On their last session they'll do something of a dress rehearsal for the flight and repeat some of the emergency procedures. "It's already 9.00 AM! We need to get ready! We need to be in Stockholm by 11.30 AM!" she exclaimed, making Benny chuckle. It was only 6.00 AM but, in the mornings, she was always confused. "It's only 6.00 AM, don't worry... we have time..." he kissed her on the lips, and they proceeded to make love to each other. Luckily, by now, their kids knew how to knock...

Soon enough everyone was gathered at the new Space Station in Stockholm, and it was time for the session to begin. These final sessions were done in smaller groups as they would be better prepared this way. As there were so many of them ABBA always had their sessions with their families only.

"Ok... we've divided the total expedition into separate spaceships, and you are in these spaceships," the leader of the Space Station said, pointing at the sheets of paper on the table. The adults gathered around the table and read everything... there were also their ages on the departure date.

Spaceship 4 (– 20 seats; 18 occupied)

- Björn Kristian Ulvaeus, 68*  25.4.1945

- Anni-Frid Synni Andersson, 68*  15.11.1945

- Benny Bror Göran Andersson, 67*  16.12.1946

- Agnetha Åse Ulvaeus, 63*  5.4.1950

- Synni Eva Andersson, 15*  25.12.1998

- Saga Agnetha Andersson, 13  3.2.2001

- Magnus Ingvar Ulvaeus, 12*  17.10.2001

- Ingrid Anni-Frid Ulvaeus, 12*  17.10.2001

- Oscar Göran Andersson, 12*  15.11.2001

- Sigrid Åse Andersson, 12*  15.11.2001

- Esther Nina Ulvaeus,10  5.4.2004

- Signe Arntine Andersson, 10  6.4.2004

- Gösta Benny Andersson, 8*  25.12.2005

- Folke Björn Ulvaeus, 8*  25.12.2005

- Sonja Frida Andersson, 8*  25.12.2005

- Vera Agnetha Ulvaeus, 8*  25.12.2005

- Clara Sofia Ulvaeus, 4*  30.9.2009

- Solveig Birgit Ulvaeus, 0*  29.6.2013

Spaceship 2 (- 20 seats; 14 occupied)

- Ann Lise-Lotte Ulvaeus, 47  25.2.1967

- Jens Anders Ekengren, 41*  20.10.1972

- Linda Elin Ulvaeus, 41  23.2.1973

- Peter Christian Ulvaeus, 36*  4.12.1977

- Tilda Eliza Frida Ulvaeus-Ekengren,13  27.1.2001

- Elsa Anna Ulvaeus, 12  4.3.2002

- Maja Frida Ulvaeus, 12  4.3.2002

- Jan Kristian Ulvaeus, 10*  30.8.2003

- Frida Agnetha Ulvaeus, 7*  5.6.2006

- Lovisa Anni-Frid Ulvaeus-Ekengren, 7*  6.7.2006

- Kai Lucas Ulvaeus-Ekengren, 4*  23.8.2009

- Claes Peter Ulvaeus, 3  17.3.2011

- Sven Alfred Ulvaeus-Ekengren, 1  5.1 2013

- Linnéa Lise-Lotte Ulvaeus, 0  26.12.2014

"Beside these two spaceships there are a couple more... all of them have 20 seats, but there is different number of passengers on each spaceship..." he showed them another list.

Spaceship 1: 10 people (8 adults)

Spaceship 2: 14 people (4 adults)

Spaceship 3: 20 people (8 adults)

Spaceship 4: 17 people (4 adults)

Spaceship 5: 8 people (4 adults)

Spaceship 6: 12 people (8 adults)

Spaceship 7: 7 people (6 adults)

Spaceship 8: 12 people (4 adults)

The tests and the exercises were soon done, and everyone was getting ready to go back home. They were all tired and needed rest... "I should warn you about something though..." their leader said. He didn't know how they'd take it. They did have kids at 60 though so it shouldn't be so hard to handle... "There is a big possibility of different galaxies and atmospheres to have an impact on your age... more likely to de-age... if I'm quite honest... And there's a possibility of everyone that's over 18 getting pregnant during the flight..." he tried to say in one breath. Silence. "But that could only happen right in the moment you cross over into the other galaxy..." he tried and quite honestly no one cared at this point. If they'd have more kids ... that was fine too... as long as they were younger... They nodded their understanding, just glad that it couldn't affect their younger kids and packed their stuf before heading off to their homes.