IN THE ORBIT OF THE LYCAN WORLD

One month later, the space ship had successfully entered into the orbit of ‘The Lycan World’

“Wohoooo!!” Vivian screamed as she jumped out of her seat, only to be pulled back again by the harness.

“Ouch!!” She exclaimed, rubbing her waist.

“Calm down, Vivi. We don’t want to destroy the spaceship before completing our mission.” Ruza said, pulling down a large lever.

The screen flashed, ‘Stealth Mode Activated.’

“Ru…Ru…Ru….Give me that Telecamera quickly. I can’t wait to see what is on the planet.”

“Not at all, Vivi. I am not going to risk this. You are so excited that you will end up breaking this.” Ruza refused sternly.

Vivian sat quietly, pouting her lips and crossing her arms while Ruza set everything up. She unbuckled the harness and walked to a corner of the spaceship.

A small slot was ejected when she pressed a button. The moment she placed the Telecamera in the slot, it slid back in.

Ruza shook her head when she saw Vivian’s forlorn expression. Ruza wondered how Vivian became an astronaut. She got angry and excited just like a child but she was innocent just like a child too.

Ruza’s lips stretched in a wide smile as she said, “Vivi, don’t be upset. I have connected the device to your IAD. Please stream it on the screen.”

“Really, You are awesome.” She exclaimed and got to work.

The screen lit up with the image of the planet below. The camera was equipped with hundreds of lenses, which gave them a 360* view of everything around it.

“Damn! The stealth shield is so effective.” Vivian said, clapping her hands.

“How do you know? Maybe we are at such an angle; the device can’t capture it.”

“Wait a minute, hun,” Vivian muttered as she tapped some icons.

The left thumbnail displayed a redlight. She pointed at the screen and said, “See, that is the emergency warning light from our spaceship.”

“You are right. It is terrific. I wonder why Mr. Dixon changed our space ship to the latest one. Do you think we will find dangerous creatures on this planet?”

“I hope not!” Vivian said, shuddering at the thought of pictures she had seen of a planet named Xerra. It was covered with giant plants that ate flesh. She shook her head to get rid of those images and focused on the screen.

Suddenly the camera zoomed in on a particular region. Two beefy men were uprooting a tree. The muscles of their arms flexed as they pulled it right out of the ground.

Vivian turned around to see Ruza drooling. Snapping her fingers in front of Ruza’s eyes, she said, “I thought you had a boyfriend, girl.”

“I will dump him if I can get any one of them.”

Vivian chuckled as she looked at the screen again. The men were really hot but weren’t they supposed to watch the live footage from the Telecamera. Why was this playing?

“As much as I hate to say this, don’t you think you should stop this video and play the footage from the Telecamera?” Ruza said, realizing the same thing.

“But hey! Don’t delete this one. I want to feast my eyes during the return journey. If I can look at them, one month will feel like one minute.” Ruza said dreamily, and they both burst out laughing.

Vivian squealed and jumped to her feet. This time she had managed to get off the harness even in excitement.

“This can’t be happening! There is something wrong with our baby; let’s run the security checks.”

Ruza’s forehead creased in a frown, but she started running a check on all aspects of the spaceship.

“There is nothing wrong, Vivi….” Ruza stopped talking when she saw the stupefied expression on Vivian’s face.

She followed her line of sight to see the two men sitting on the trunk of the tree they had uprooted a while ago.

Did Vivian start liking hunky men too? Why hadn’t she changed the video yet?

“Sweet baby bunnies!” She exclaimed when she finally caught on. The landscape was not like anything found on Earth; instead, it was identical to the landscapes predicted for the Lycan world.

“I am not dreaming right, Ru pinch me.”

“Ouch!!” Vivian screamed in pain when Ru actually pinched her.

“You dumb headed girl! I didn’t ask you to pinch me for real.” Vivian seethed, rubbing her arm.

“Sorry, I needed to ensure that I wasn’t dreaming too.”

Vivian glared at her before getting back to her work.

“Let us start making our report Ru. I can see our names being written in History with Golden letters. Who would have thought?

For the next few hours, they were engrossed in preparing a detailed report on the Bipeds found on the Lycan World.

“Vivi, I can see their lips moving. Do you think they might be talking to each other? If they are conversing, how would their language be?”

“Hmmm…I have been wondering that too. The Telecamera is good, but it gives us the view of the people in open areas, which seem to be few on this planet.”

“At least they haven’t ruined the nature like the Earthlings,” Ruza said, sighing deeply.

“We need to find more, Ru. We have come so close to this planet. If we return without concrete information, it would be a waste.”

Ruza’s eyes widened as she asked, “What are you planning, Vivi?”

“I want to go down!”

“No way! Did you forget Mr. Dixon’s instructions? We can’t land without his permission.”

“Then, let us ask for his permission.” She typing out a short message.

### Bipeds like human found, Seeking permission to land and investigate.###

As soon as she clicked the send button, the screen flashed with the following details.

The time needed for message delivery: 3 days

The time needed for getting a reply: 7 days

“That is quite a bit of time for getting a simple reply. What will we do till then? It is all because of you, Ruza…”

“Vivi, I know you are excited to find more about the men in The Lycan World, but better safe than sorry.

If we take permission and land, Mr. Dixon will keep reinforcements ready in case something goes wrong.”

“Hmmm…” Vivian said, pursing her lips.

“Till then, let us watch the show!” Ruza said with a mischievous glint in her eyes.

Vivian couldn’t help smiling at this. She said, “It is too bad we don’t have popcorn.

“But we have energy-pills,” Ruza said, popping one into her mouth and handing another one to Vivian.

Vivian looked at it with distaste before putting it into her mouth, “Wish we had a way to get real food in space.”

“Vivi..”

“Hmmm…”

“Will you promise me something?”

“What?” She said, eyeing Ruza suspiciously.

“ Promise me that you won’t do anything reckless. You will return quietly if Mr. Dixon doesn’t permit us to land.”

Vivian was confident that Mr. Dixon would give them permission. He had permitted to explore Planet Vosta, which had an unfavorable atmosphere.

There was no reason for him to refuse permission to land on a planet similar to Earth. So, she said, “Okay, I promise.”