Mission Log A Mission Of The Highest Honor - 1960 Words

Mission Log: 001 January 4th, 2127 My identification number is 9777, but everyone here affectionately calls me Sevens. I have been living in hell for the last six months, or as our supervisors call it, the Exodus Rehabilitation Center. We are here to be prepared for â€Å"a mission of the highest honor†, but we all know that is a lie. They have been feeding us some propaganda that we will be a part of historic mission that will help unite our planet, when in reality we are the last ditch effort to save us. What they don’t know about me is who I really am. Long before I was born our world fell into a class war, and by all accounts a nasty one that the upper class â€Å"won†. The poor were pushed out of the cities. They were stripped of their†¦show more content†¦I didn’t realize that though, I was only ten at the time. I was in the park when the sirens sounded; it was too late at that point though. I was knocked to the ground and slammed my head onto the merry go round. The last thi ng I remember was my brother screaming. When I woke up I was in the ghetto near my city in a small ragged tin house with a women and her daughter standing over me. This would be my new family, my new home, my new way of life. Or so I thought, till the government came and rounded up all of the prospects, or as we refer to ourselves, space slaves. Mission Log: 002 January 6th, 2127 Today the shuffled us into the auditorium immediately after our post lunch workout. Io looked like he was about to erupt out of anger, he doesn’t take kindly to any authority figure giving him instructions. That’s why I gave him the nickname Io, I always thought it was fitting and he didn’t know enough about Jupiter’s moon to realize I was poking fun at his volcanic temperament. The temperatures of the moon are actually about negative 202 degrees Fahrenheit [8] which makes sense if you believe that maybe Io is a nice guy deep down. The volcanos though can reach temperatures of 3000 degrees Fahrenheit [8] which makes a little more sense with his personality. And the moon appears to be red, yellow and orange [8] which about describes his face when he is about to beat someone to a pulp. I did this for everyone though, they made it to easy. I was an