by Avera, Drew
“Thank you, sir,” Ben said, lifting his hand in a salute to his captain. Grant saluted as well.
Lancier returned the salute with a smile.
“Thank you, Ensign Benjamin Borden and Ensign Grant Lancier.”
“Ensign?” Ben asked; his eyes wide.
With a coy smile Captain Lancier replied, “Of course, only commissioned officers are allowed to pilot my ship.”
And with those words the bridge filled with cheers.
The End
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For generations pockets of humanity have been floating through space in search for a new planet to call home. Scattered like sand in the wind, the travel throughout the universe in spindle-shaped ships, living in confined spaces, and witnessing the spread of humanity to every inhabitable planet and moon they can find. Not every ship lands to colonize, though. Instead, they continue their drift outward to the expanses of the universe in hopes of colonizing the next Earth.
Ben and Grant are teenage boys. Having lived their entire young lives on the Helix, they have grown accustomed to life where they are nurtured by adults and live in their own dreams. What happens when that is all taken away and they find themselves alone and on a collision course with certain death? Do they have what it takes to survive?
HELIX is a science fiction short story about two friends coming together to save one another…if they can.