Greek Runaway

Σαράντα τρία(Forty Three)

3rd Person's POV

As they entered the Air and Space there was a lot of commotion happening.

"One giant leap for a mannequin..." An astronaut said.

"D.C., this is Air and Space. We are back online and fully operational."

"The Tuskegee Airmen are on the march once again." One of the Tuskegee Airmen said.

"Can you stop narrating everything we're doing? Just live in the moment." Another said to him.

"The Tuskegee Airmen are living in the moment!"

"Miss Earhart?"

"Yes." Amelia stopped.

"I wanna say thank you."

"What for, Captain?"

"A lot of people didn't think we could fly, either. Thanks for clearing the runway, ma'am. Race you to Paris?"

"You're on!"

"No! Not now! We gotta..." Larry said grabbing Amelia's arm.

"It's just a quick jaunt over the pond."

"No. Gotta find the Einsteins. Come on, we gotta go. We don't have time. Come on!" Larry said.

"Sorry, it's in the blood." They continued walking until they found a red plane. "There she is, Mr. Daley. Old Bessie, the old family bus. That gal took me across the Atlantic!" Amelia went towards it and Katalina followed her.

"Okay. I think the Einsteins are over here, though."

"This is Mission Control. Flight check complete." Mission Control said.

"Where'd you go? Where'd they go?" Larry asked himself not seeing the Einsteins.

"You are clear for launch."

"Contact!"

"D.C., this is Mission Control."

"No, no! No!" Larry said as a bunch of people started allowing fight to happen.

"All systems go and green for lift-off."

"Roger that."

"We are green for lift-off."

"No, we're definitely not green for any kind of lift-off!" Larry said.

"I want a "go, no-go" for launch."

"I say no-go. Let's not go." Larry said.

"Go!"

"Go!"

"Go!"

"No! No go!" Planes started flying and a rocket started up.

"Torquing angles incoming. Tone it down with the torque. Torque it down."

"De-torque. De-torque." Larry said dodging planes.

"Commence ignition sequence."

"Roger that, flight."

"We have launch commit."

"No. No, no, no!" Larry said seeing the airplane.

"Ten, nine, eight, seven..."

"Hey, that's mine." The guy from mission control said as Larry took his microphone.

"No, we do not have commit. Repeat. We are decommissioning the committal of the launch and it is now a negatory launch phase. We are in a no-fly, no-go phase. That is a November-Gorgon phase of non-flying!"

"Fine!" Amelia and Katalina said from inside the plane.

"You will take me another time?" Katalina asked.

"Of course."

"And we're gonna say good night. Thank you. Good work. Over and out. Sorry." Larry finished saying into the microphone.

"Damn, that was disappointing." The mission control guy said.

"Come on. I'll buy you a cup of coffee." Another guy said.

"Hey, little space monkey," Larry said seeing a monkey standing behind him. "You're Able. Okay, good. How you doing?" Able saluted Larry. "Yes, good. At ease. All right. You're a polite little fella, aren't you? Hey, you happen to know where those
little Einstein bobblehead guys are?"

"Mr. Daley! I found your Einsteins." Amelia said.

"Great. Hey..."

"Gentlemen, we're trying to crack the combination of this tablet doodad, and the writing here says we'll find it if we figure out the secret at the heart of Pharaoh's tomb."

"That's an easy one. The answer's in the question." One of the Einsteins said.

"What does that mean?"

"'Figure out'. It's a figure! I.e., a number. And the Pharaoh's tomb, i.e. the pyramids. Don't you get it, kid? You're looking for the secret number at the heart of the pyramids."

"Well, whistle me Dixie, the answer's pi!" Amelia said.

"Pi?"

"'Εχω κυριολεκτικά δεν καταλαβαίνουν τίποτα(I literally don't understand anything)." Katalina whispered to herself.

"3.14159265, to be exact."

"Yes! 3.1495265." Larry said getting it wrong.

"No, no, no, 3.14159265."

"Yeah, okay, 3.14... I'm sorry, I can't tell. Is it yes or no? Cause you just...I know it's hard, could you just..." Larry asked putting his hand on top of the Einstein's head.

"Don't touch the hair."

"Sorry, I can't tell if it's up or..."

" I'm a bobblehead, dummkopf, and that's the way we like it. All together, now!"

"That's the way We like it." They all sang together.

"You know, we can't all be Einsteins, so..."

"I can!"

"We are!"

"He is!"

"Me, too!"

"Okay, all right."

"Okay, here it is."

"Can you slow it down a little bit? Okay." All the Einsteins groaned.

"Okay. 3.14..."

"I've got it." Amelia said. "Thank you, Mr. Einsteins."

"Thank you." Larry said and they walked away.

"May I ask, what do you keep saying in Greek?" Amelia asked Katalina.

"Yeah I was wondering that too. And what did you teach Nick?"

"What did I teach Nicky? I do not remember that was two years ago. But we only had one lesson so it was probably just 'Hi, how are you?"

"Right. He still says it to me."

"Really?" Larry nodded.

"Well, what did you say back there by the Einsteins." Amelia asked.

"I said 'I literally don't understand anything'."

"But you do understand," Larry said.

"No, I don't. I don't know anything. I don't know what Amelia is talking about most of the time, I don't know what Einstein is, and I definitely don't know pi." Katalina said angrily. This was the most anger Larry had ever seen come from her.

"Hey Katalina, it's okay. You lived way before any of this. Plus it's hard for me to always understand what Amelia is talking about."

"You're right. Sorry I got angry. I am just confused."

"You can always ask. I will answer any of your questions."

"Thank you, Larry."