Disclaimer- This Story takes place in an alternate universe that is similar to ours and how it works. The rules such as physics and biology still apply, the planets in our solar system and the milky way are different, however.

                                                  Pete Ink Chapter 2 Operation Red

What?

As Pete laughs hysterically, No one else in the room says a word

.....

Wait?...

"You cannot be serious right?"

'Even in prison, I cannot be left alone....'

I AM A PRISONER! IS THAT NOT ILLEGAL?? Enraged Pete Shouts

"Yell again and I'll break your teeth you fucking mongrel." one of the guards retorts.

I calmly explain "I have no license to touch a space ship much less fly one into space."

"See I told you he's smarter than you think" Miss Holiday whispers to the governor.

The governor lights his cigar "We are not joking Pete, you and a group of the most notorious, disgusting criminals put on death row will be dying to benefit America."

"It's better than being a test subject for a vaccine trust me"

"If you ever saw how their brains would turn to mush and leak out of their ears, there's a reason no one talks about this stuff Ink." The governor laughs out with no sympathy for fundamental human rights

Why don't you just fucking do it yourselves yo-

"No", Miss Holiday interjects

"This mission is way too dangerous to send our employees or soldiers, when they go missing it will be suspicious and damaging for us and our cooperation. Families will mourn and cry to us about it."

"But you guys? They would celebrate."

"Uhhh... not really they would be scared because they would assume that were on the loose, not celebrate."

'True....' the guards/soldiers' minds resonate as they all thought the same thing.

"It doesn't matter pieces of shit like you deserve to die. At least die doing something beneficial in life you fucking prideless scum.", Miss Holiday angrily voices her opinion.

'You don't get to choose what's beneficial or not to me'

Pete visibly annoyed tries to end the conversation but out of slight fear of what he's getting himself into he tries to bargain after-all they are threatening the thing he holds most dear, his "peace of mind".

"So your willing to waste millions of dollars to send a man that can hardly read a textbook!"

"On a spaceship?"

As the Governor laughs.

"Money isn't a problem Mr. Ink we can always print more."

'....Corrupt fucks.'

"Ya see Ink... the problem is global warming, overpopulation that shit we need somewhere else to live, can't keep paying criminals off to poison the water supply or pay workers to put more electric outlets in the fucking bathrooms"

It's not getting the job done quick enough we need to leave this god-forbidden planet once and for all.

In pure disappointment of what I'm being forced to do, I can't help but chuckle "This is some illegal shit, and because I don't have a choice you are going to force me to do it."

"You no better than rapists."

As the Governor shrugs.

'Fuck, the guilt tripping isn't working, I'm not surprised, I knew bullshit like this happens around the world just didn't know it would happen to me for fucks sake.'

One of the soldiers enters the prison cell and takes the chains off my arms.

Miss Holiday throws a book at me in the same manner in which a child throws food at a starving dog, scared to approach it out of disgust but still willing to "help".

'And yet I'm the disgusting one?'

"So, this is a space mission and you want me to take fucking pictures like I'm in a high school photography club", I do my first facepalm in 3 months.

"Yes, that book is very important you don't have much time to read it, study, it it's your survival guide, you have 1 week."

As they walk away from my cell I open the textbook

It's a hardcover textbook around 7 x 10 with roughly 400 pages, I open it and see the book is torn, stained, and missing pages.

Some parts of the book are glued together, some parts have fingerprints stained in blood.

Multiple sections are missing.

"Wait"

"What does this have to do with the word red, are we visiting a special red planet? This book is fucked."

"I don't know The word red just sounded cool is all." Miss Holiday replies with quirky

"Oh my god.... what the fuck is happening"