Orbit: The Era of Evolution

Capturing a White Hole

Capturing a White Hole

Mike sighed. "I'm telling you, Aria, this isn't going to work." "You don't know that until you've tried it!" Aria retorted. "Come on! You want us to catch a literal WHITE HOLE, which we aren't even sure actually EXISTS with a literal CLAW! DO YOU REALIZE HOW DUMB THAT SOUNDS?!"

"How dare you! It's more than just a mere claw... It has scientific properties for capturing something like a white hole such as..." Mike didn't wait for Aria to finish, "I don't give a crap even if it could pick up the entire universe! No matter how you put it, it's JUST A CLAW."

"Agh, whatever... we need the white whole to spawn first," Aria reasoned. "How do you even know that's gonna happen, 'Ria?!" Mike blinked. Did Zyxon just call Aria a pet name?! He dropped his controller.

"Mike you idiot!" Treil'on screamed, "You could've broken that thing! I don't care that Zyxon just-" She stopped herself, "nevermind I kind of do."

Zyxon looked confused, "what do you mean? What'd I do?" Aria facepalmed, "That boy has the looks but he is so thick I swear..." Zyxon raised an eyebrow. "I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING," Aria quickly added, "whatever. To answer your question, Zyx', we don't. We're just hoping this works 'cause it's literally the last thing we can possibly do."

Mike and Treil'on exchanged glances. "Since when do they call each other by pet names?!" "Since now apparently-" Aria cleared her throat.

"Oh hey Aria! Wait... Aria?!" Mike gulped. Aria sighed. Zyxon screamed. "GUYS THE WHITE HOLE, IT APPEARED!!" Treil'on made a clicking sound with her mouth, "Y'all need to trust my bestie more-"

Mike rolled his eyes. "I can't tell which is stupider - the fact that we went with THIS of all plans, or the fact that it actually worked... 'Aight, we got our white hole. Now what?!"

Aria rolled her eyes back at him but said nothing. Instead, she focused on piloting her spaceship closer to the white hole. She pushed a button to control the claw.

Zyxon stood aside watching as his girlfriend- wait, did he just think of Aria as his girlfriend? He shook his head, wanting the thought to subside. He watched as his friend expertly maneuvered the spaceship into the correct position and raised the claw. "Wanna do the honours, Z?" Zyxon took a second to realize Aria was addressing him. "'Course."

He pressed a green button with a sign on top of it that said capture white hole - one time use only. It missed. Zyxon felt his soul leave his body. Even if the black hole didn't murder him, his girlfriend- ARIA, sure would.

He slapped himself on the face. What was up with his brain today?! "That was well-deserved, idiot," Aria commented, "ya pressed the wrong button."

Zyxon rolled his eyes. Explode white hole - one time use. Not capture. "Ya really think I would make our ability to capture the white hole limited to a one-time use? You're too dumb for me to trust you to do it on the first try," Aria explained, "Treil'on, show him how it's done."

Treil'on blinked. "I don't know how it's done though!" Aria sighed, "Whatever you could probably still do it better than that buffoon." Treil'on gave her a glance before pressing the button herself.

The white hole had been captured. "See? Told ya you could do it better," Aria said triumphantly. "Ehh, valid," Was Treil'on's professional response.

"'Aight, we got it captured," Mike said, "now what?" Zyxon sighed, "I didn't pay attention to anything Aria said and even I know that we need to navigate over there next."

Aria blinked. "Excuse me, did you just say you didn't pay attention to anything I said earlier?" Zyxon raised his hands in surrender. "N-no!"