Perplexing Pegasus--Jawaad

It was time. Pegasus was finally fueled and ready for its majestic launch. Its sleek white exterior was dotted with small glass windows all around the front and sides. Its grandiose wings gleamed in the early sunlight as three brave men and a fearless woman appeared from the bay doors of a building located to the right of Pegasus. 

A large crowd had gathered overnight to witness this unbelievable event and as the large black bay doors of the building shut, the crowd cheered and rejoiced. Their eyes full of awe looked upon the four individuals dressed in egg-white suits with small contraptions jumping out from the arms and neck. They carried their pitch black helmets under their left and held their countries’ flags in their right. 

The woman walked in front of the three other men. She had fair skin with sleek, shiny, straight hair that reached past her shoulders. She had a very serious face on and didn’t look at the crowd once. She looked ahead at Pegasus and proudly held the white, blue, and red stripes of her country as she made way to the ramp. The man that walked behind her was a tall, broadly built, dark skinned man who walked with a smirk on his face. The more he waved around his flag containing a small leaf in the center, the more the crowd raged with cheers. He enjoyed the spotlight and kept leading the crowd on. The last 2 tan-colored men both held the same flag and also cheered the crowd on much like the tall, dark skinned man. Their flag consisted of a yellow sun-like image located on a white triangle. The triangle itself was on the leftmost side of the flag with its peak pointing towards the inside where it met with a red and blue stripe. 

The sound coming from the congregation of people grew louder as the 4 individuals walked up a glistening silver ramp that led to an opening a few feet under the tip of Pegasus.

The woman, Captain Kavaloski, walked inside and didn’t turn back to the crowd while the the tall dark skinned man, Major Felix, and the two tan-colored men, Private Tolabam and Dr. Elleinad cheered and swung their flags one last time. With the final swoosh of their flags, the three men walked into Pegasus. A small red beacon began to siren and a large white door slowly hissed down covering the small opening the 4 individuals walked through. With a loud thud and a final hiss, the white doors sealed the Astronauts inside. 
 
The insides of Pegasus were extraordinary. After the white door was sealed shut, Major Felix led the Dr. Elleinad and Private Tolabam through a wide hallway lit up bright source of light the was located at the horizon of the floor and the side of hallway. The hallway led to 4 foot circular hatch to the left of the men. Captain Kavaloski had already entered so the hatch lay open. The three males Astronauts entered the hatch and began to climb upwards and found themselves in the main control room. On the ceiling read in large red letters, T he Heart . The windows to look outside were located on the ceiling along with the pilot seat and the pilot controls where Captain Kavaloski had already positioned herself. All the seats faced ceiling but could move up and down allowing the three remaining Astronauts to take a seat with ease. They positioned themselves correctly with Major Felix sitting a few feet directly to the right of Captain Kavaloski. Dr. Elleinad sat a few feet from Captain Kavaloski and Private Tolabam sat a few feet from Major Felix. After they had all strapped in, Captain Kavaloski pressed a small blue button in front of her and said in a slow, yet confident voice, “We are all situated” 

Authorities came and began to herd the crowd further away from Pegasus and towards the building. After a few minutes the lot of people had translocated themselves behind a large protective viewing window. With the large viewing window being approximately half a mile away from Pegasus, it now sat all alone upon a quiet platform in the desolate quietness of the morning. 

A large intercom from the building the Astronauts came out from sounded. P egasus Launch in T minus ... There was short pause. 10...9...8...7... As the monotone godly voice of the intercom continued, the thrusters at the base of Pegasus fired and omitted a perfect blue flame. 6...5...4... The supported rockets kicked in omitting a perfect yellow flame. 3 ...2...1... With a large boom, the thrusters exploded with rage and Pegasus began to gain ground. The viewer's gazed with stretched eyes as Pegasus climbed higher and higher in the air.
Captain Kavaloski began pushing buttons and increased the throttle. To her surprise, a morbid robotic voice sounded. She knew this voice all too well and she experienced an overwhelming feeling of fear. “ System Failure System Failure... ” It repeated those words, over and over again. She fell unconscious because of her fear and lay slumped on her commanding seat. 

Back on the ground, a large siren abruptly sounded splitting the crowds cheers. As it wailed emergency vehicles arrived and rested next to the spectators. The viewers were confused as to what was happening but only for a moment. There was bright shining light in the sky followed by the sound of a thunder. Pegasus exploded. 

Captain Kavaloski woke up suddenly, sweating. She was still seated in her seat in the Pegasus. She checked the watch on the underside of her left wrist. Nine hours had passed since she boarded Pegasus. She looked to her right and screamed. In the Major Felix’s seat was a skeleton. Scorched with its jaw open it was looking directly at the Captain. She looked behind her to find the same thing. Burned skeletons sitting in the Dr. Elleinad’s and Private Tolabam’s seats. Captain Kavaloski screamed.