The Lost Astronaut

The Lost Astronaut

by Zion Black

He was angry and all his pros gave up, but Cam gave charisma. He remembered all his skilled training to make fuel. To make fuel you need minerals. Good thing Cam packed them. Cam slowly got out, made the fuel, and put it in. Josh was rushing him so when he was coming back he shut the door and it locked so he couldn’t go back in and the space shuttle driver didn’t know Cam was in it so he drove off. So Cam was stuck in the middle of space, low on oxygen. But no one knew he had an extra walkie talkie so he wrung in his boss Mr. Jordan and told him what happened. He said he will call up another space shuttle with full fuel and he will have a serious conversation with Josh.

Josh is back at his job and he thinks Cam is dead. He said, “Mr. Jordan I think Cam might be dead, he has low oxygen in the middle of space.”

Mr. Jordan said, “I already got a plan. I need to have a talk with you.”

Josh said, “Where is Cam? It’s been an hour. I’m officially announcing he’s dead.”

So Cam was going to his dream job interview, he was all dressed up. When he got there he got a serious call. The call was saying his sister and his mom got into a serious car accident on 3rd street and you need to come down to the hospital immediately. Cam was shook. He quickly calls his brother to break the news, then he calls his boss saying he can’t make it, then he calls his brother and his brother says, “Go to your interview, mom and sissy would be proud.”

So Cam calls up his boss and says, “I’ll be there.”

Cam arrives at the interview building sad, but he keeps thriving. The interviewer says, “Welcome. I’m sorry about what happened. I’m gonna introduce myself, my name is Mr. Jordan. I will be interviewing you today. First question: why do you think you will be a good fit for this job? What are your pros and cons?”

“Well I don’t have much cons, but pros I have a lot of. Lemme start off first: my pros are I cheer my peers and congratulate them on their success which is a big part of teamwork and helping with others.”

Mr. Jordan said, ”Yes, it will continue.”

“Also I treat my co-workers with respect. That is the number one thing.”

Mr. Jordan said, “YES, you’re right” with a smile on his face. “That’s what you need. You’re accepted, but I need you to do one big important task. I need you to come to space. Don’t worry rookie, you’ll have three pros with you, you will do good.”

The next day Cam is nervous, but he starts talking to the people he goes to work with making sure everything is straight because Cam is very cautious. The next day he gets to work worried and nervous, but he strives through. He gets on the ship and he notices there is not much fuel left, so he tells Josh, one of the pros. He says, “We will be okay.” So Josh was joking about the fuel coming out when they get blasted into space and guess what happened — they got stuck. Cam was mad at Josh but still showed praise because that’s one of his pros.

They called his brother. When Mr. Jordan called he said, “I’m sorry to announce your brother is dead in space. He was low on oxygen when he was in space and he was trapped in space, so we think he suffocated. Come down to the space station and I’ll tell you the rest.” His brother appeared at the space station. He said they are having the funeral tomorrow and to be there at 8:00 sharp. Mr. Jordan starts doing his condolences. He starts off, “Cam was a young influencer. He was nice and he stood tall. He knew what to do and how to handle it. Mr. Jordan finished, then his brother started. He finished, then finally Josh went and then he finished. Then he passed the mic to Cam.

They said, “Cam do you have anything to say—” in shock, they said over, “CAM, we thought you were dead.”

“The space shuttle just arrived when I was on empty, then I refueled. I got back to earth and got a sandwich and I came back to say thank you to Mr. Jordan.”

Later that day Josh got demoted down to a farther spot. Cam got promoted to the pros and took Josh’s spot after Mr. Jordan pulled him back to his office and said, “Thank you for your creativity and your hard-working efficiency. Nothing would have gone your way, thank you, Cam.”

Then Cam walked out the space station with his brother and he remembered his mom and his sister, and his brother said, “They’re good at home waiting for you, so go surprise them.” They walked in the house and started to pray. They prayed that God is good and they don’t want anything to split them up.