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Chapter 8

(His POV)

Tatlong araw mula noong check-up ni Joy at heto, balik na uli ako sa trabaho.

Halos lahat ay hindi na makausap dahil may kani-kanilang ginagawa.

Masyadong hinahapit ni Commander Douge ang buong NASA para sa Project na ito dahil baka gumising na lamang daw kami isang araw na hindi na kami nakakahinga.

Earth is already suffocated, paano pa kaya ang mga nakatira dito?

Halos wala ka nang makitang puno.

Lahat ng anyong tubig, puro basura.

Ang buong lugar ay nababalot na rin ng usok ng mga sasakyan.

Mula rin dito sa NASA, ang Ozone Layer ay patuloy ng naging manipis kaya hindi nakapagtatakang kahit pinakamalamig na bansa ay nakakaramdam na rin ng init.

Wala rin namang magawa ang buong mundo sapagkat parang halos lahat ay wala ng pakialam, basta ang alam lang nila, nakakakain pa rin sila at may internet.

Kaya parang napakaimposible pang ibalik ang dating mundo dahil ngayon ay parang robot na ang mga tao.

Nakakalungkot mang isipin pero wala na rin namang magagawa kaya't kami dito sa NASA ay ipinagpapatuloy na lamang ang aming nasimulan.

Sapagkat kapag naging successful ang Project na ito, sisiguraduhin naming lahat ay matututong disiplinahin ang kanilang mga sarili, hindi lamang para sa kanila kundi para sa susunod na henerasyon.

"You good, bro?" Ted suddenly asked me.

"Yes. Just thinking what will happen to us on Mars." I answered.

"We're gonna see aliens." Ted jokingly said.

I just smirked at him.

I started to open the monitor in the Communications System Station inside the Spaceship.

I suddenly noticed the time and date.

"Damn." I whispered.

"Why?" Ted asked again.

"It displays error about the clock." I answered.

"They didn't even check it. Perfection, my ass." Ted exclaimed.

I went to Set 3 of the Spaceship to tell Commander Douge about it.

Gladly, I found him.

"Commander!" I called him.

He turned around and saw me approaching him.

"What is it, Herrera?" He asked.

"We need to change the CMOS Battery on this Artemis Program #19 circuit board." I told him.

"Malfunctioned. Go, do your job. I'll tell the other Department to take a look on their respective stations." He said.

I just nodded at him and went back to my station.

"Hey, Ted. Help me." I said.

"I'm tired, bro. I need to eat and sleep." He protested.

"Should I punch you? You know we'll be flying within these days." I told him.

He just f*ck you'ed on me.

We get the circuit board of the ship and started inspecting it.

"There are many problems here. Russian work, huh?" I said.

"I'll just get the new CMOS battery." Ted suggested.

I nodded at him and started to remove the battery.

CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Battery is important since it gives backup power to CMOS of a computer to keep some parameter values like Real Time Clock.

"Here." Ted handed me the battery.

I started replacing it when I noticed something again.

"Go get the soldering iron." I commanded him.

"Am I your assistant?" He suddenly asked me.

"You jerk, just get it!" I shouted.

He stomped his feet on the ground like a 6-year old kid but he eventually did what I said.

Ted came back with the soldering iron.

"Last one, Ted. Give me some LED." I requested, again.

"You're getting on my last nerve, Sylvian." He said then, glared at me.

"Do you love you job?" I asked him.

"Of course." He answered.

"Then, go." I said.

Tumakbo na lamang siya palayo.

I started to heat up the soldering iron.

They only soldered it too little and it can cause the component to not have a good connection with the circuit board and might not work the way we want it to.

I soldered it, more.

"Here." Ted handed me the LED (Light Emitting Diode).

Then, I replaced it.

I inserted the circuit board, again.

Finally, everything's right.

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We're now at the cafeteria to take a break from our job.

It's really exhausting.

"Damn, man. I want to quit." Ted protested.

"Gago." I said.

"What?" Tanong niya.

Wala nga pala ako sa Pilipinas at hindi niya maiintindihan kapag minura ko siya.

"Nothing. Just eat." I answered.

*phone ringing*

It was an unknown number.

I answered the call.

"Who is it?" I asked the person from another line.

"This is Patricia Lawrence. Joy's Gynecologist." She answered.

Oh, it is her. Pero, bakit siya biglang napatawag?

"Why did you suddenly call me? Is Joy with you?" I asked her.

"She is and I need you to come here now." She commanded me.

Sounds serious.

"I'll be back. Tell Commander Douge that I need to do something important." I told Ted.

"What? Where are you going?" Ted asked me.

"Homeee!" I shouted then, I started to ran.

When I finally found my car at the parking lot, I started to drive faster.