Without thinking twice Ellison quickly removed his sweater and tied it over TJ's mouth. "Man, what do you think you're doing?!" Seth hissed, careful to be quiet.
"Going on an adventure." was Ellison's response. Hey, maybe it was stupid, but Ellison was feeling strangely in power. now I'll be a pilot, he thought, finally. He picked up the squirming girl, hurried down the corridor, ran Davenport's ID card along the scanner and entered the landing bay. Seth clamored in behind him. "Band this is only gonna get us into serious trouble."
Ellison scoffed it off. "Yeah and taking this baby on our own wouldn't?" He pointed to the vessel they were approaching.
"But this is Davenport's daughter!" Seth protested.
But Ellison just laughed. "From now 'til we get back she's just another member of the crew." Performing another scan to open the vessel's doors Ellison lifted TJ into the ship and climbed in himself. "You commin Seth?"
Seth stood frozen in place, balancing the odds. "We'll be leaving without you if you don't get on now," Ellison warned.
This was my dream to fly a vessel! Seth suddenly thought, and I'm not gonna give it up for anything. He moved into the vessel.
Slowly Ellison lifted the vessel and activated the doors on the landing bay ceiling to open. The ship glided gracefully up into the outer space beyond. Ellison closed the doors.
by that time TJ had removed her gag. "What do you think you are doing?!" she sputtered. "You two may be adventurous rule- breakers but I am not." She banged her fist on the dashboard. "Take me home right now!"
Suddenly a beeping warning sounded throughout the vessel. "Girl, what did you do?!" Seth cried as Ellison re-moved her hand.
A small button was underneath, one that Ellison knew about very well. He looked at his crewmate with dread. "She just pushed the hyper-drive activation button."
All Seth and TJ could do was stare in surprise before the ship blasted off at uncontrollable speed, leaving the Starcademy behind forever.
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