Mars 12

We received a strange signal. It was alluring and also very terrifying I quickly told Anthony to hurry up with a patch job make it as sloppy as can be and hurry the hell up to get back in here. He asked what was wrong but I told him he wouldn't believe me if I told him what we were hearing. Matthew was still inside the ship and he heard what was going on in the bridge and he quickly radioed me to ask what was going on and I straight up told him I had no idea what is going on anymore. I feel like I'm losing my mind but like it's like a collective of everything that's happening. I know that I'm not the only one hearing this I know that the others are too but this signal is just too weird for me. I mean I've always believed in aliens but I never thought we would actually encounter some or something that is extraterrestrial because on Earth where are fleas. Were humans were not aliens from each other on a different planet that is when we're aliens and if we're off that planet wandering around in space that also makes us aliens so to actually get a strange signal it is alien to me and I am an alien to it. But it wasn't threatening to say the least. In that moment I felt scare. Yet at time same time the signal was calming I felt myself relax even in this paranoid state of mind that we're all going to die. Is something in me that just told me to trust it even if I didn't want to trust it.

I don't know but for some reason, this felt like a first date that I had a long time ago. A part of me was terrified of it and yet I still did it. I still said yes. I still met her at the movies and we still spend so much time together. This was how I was feeling because of the signal and it's throwing me for a loop because how can something sound do this? But then I thought about it on Earth we all love music. Music was a universal thing, it all made us feel things and if you were with someone you find their voice and learn to one of their best qualities. This is how the signal felt even if it was extraterrestrial. I snapped myself out of the trance and recorded the signal and sent it back to Earth.

We made First Contact. We made the first contact going to a different planet we made history and we continue to make it. This was just all too surreal and I needed to nap but I couldn't. My anxiety and paranoia were getting the best of me this was something that we had to take care of immediately. But how can we take care of something that we don't even know? This was just something I was just going to have to play itself out. Or was this my need to stay in control because everyone was counting on me. Yes, that was most likely it. I needed to stay in control in order to save myself. So the first thing we needed to do before making contact again for that matter is to save this ship and her people, then land on an alien planet and start to survive then make contact. All in that order or so help me I will lose my mind even more.

However, that was to much too ask for. The red lights came on with that annoying siren. "Ahhhhh what the fuck!" I yelled in anger. "All I wanted was something to go right or at least okay but no we got red lights and sounds and a damn man outside this fucking this bird trying to repair this!" I yelled and hit the desk. I need to calm down. I can't let my anger get the best of me when my anxiety is already acting up. Breath. I tell myself, breath. And I do, I close my eyes and began to think of a plan. I start to mumble to myself when Matthew comes racing into my office space. "hey dude bro, sister, I know you are already stress and stuff but you need to come to the bridge and see this shit because I think I am high as hell right now," he said. I looked at him like he was crazy but following him out and into the bridge area.

As we walked to the bridge the main computer was up and running. Now that wasn't strange, I order the crew to fix it. the strange part is the writing that was appearing on it. The stranger writing or hieroglyphic's. I was in awe and at the same time scare as hell. We needed to send this back to earth and have them take a look at it. This was beyond something we all dream of and at the same time, this was something we were all working towards after settling on Mars. This was all happening too fast and too soon. But nothing was happening. "Look, guys, I know this is a discovery of a lifetime and we call all be in awe of it later but we need to fix this shitty ship and save ourselves then we can all go crazy about this later," I said to my crew. They all nodded there heads and went back to work. "Hey I have no idea what your name is but I need you to send this back to that green-blue planet we all left," I said to her. "My name is Ling-yu and yes captain," she said. "Good to know Ling-yu, I also need you to keep an eye on this, you are the only one who will watch this until I can find another person," I told her. "Yes ma'am," she said and nodded her head.

I left her to her work and checked in with everyone else. Most of the wiring was back in place and about all the monitors were in working order. I couldn't let myself relax. This was just one of the many problems solved. With many more to come, this was something I was not looking forward to but as acting captain, it was my job to save this mission.