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HELP NEEDED

Months passed like minutes.............

"Laisy I need help, help me, please. HELP!!!!!!" I was walking as fast as I can (not run). I couldn't see anything, so dark, so dusty, so dry, who was calling me for help? I don't know...... my head hurts a lot. I was feeling very weak. "I'm scared, I don't think I'll make it." I heard it again. Suddenly it became so bright around me and then I realized I was lost in-crowd. There were many people who looked similar to us but they were sure not one among us. "You are so close. Come find me now." it let out a loud cry. I was all sweating not knowing whom to find, how to find, how to get out of this crowded area, and most importantly where the hell am I in? I was about to walk forward when something pulled my leg and I rolled away to escape from it. 'THUD' owwwwww......... I fell off my bed on the floor. Hearing the loud sound, dad was already coming upstairs. Seeing me on the floor he asked "Again a nightmare? Hmmmmm........ did you hurt yourself, dear?". I told him I'm fine but I couldn't stand up properly and it did hurt pretty bad. Why am I having lot such weird dreams lately? I have such nightmares almost every day now and I don't remember most of them. Why do I feel like all these are a warning for me?

Months went by like minutes.... It was finally the day for Uber to go. He was so nervous and we were worried. I was feeling so guilty, he is going for me. Dad too came to see him, all dressed, trusting us he was standing there near Canney. "Let's hope you won't let us down Uber," Main said patting him, he was looking at us and it was clear he didn't wanna go. Canney knelt down and told him "Uber, you are gonna do a very important thing and you look either lost in thoughts or hopeless. Is that how someone who is assigned something like this is supposed to be? You need to be so confident, motivated, proud and always be in present your mind shouldn't wander around.". Nodding at what she said, he came to dad and me before leaving and hugged us. "Do keep the connection always, whatever happens, try your best to survive and you'll. If an emergency or if scared immediately send us a message and if connections aren't working well, I'm here you can inform me through telepathy. So no way you get stuck there, I'll send help okay? See we all are here for you." I said to him pretending to be so confident. "Baw, baw I know Laisy and I trust you. That's not what I wanted to tell you, don't worry about me and don't risk your life unnecessarily. I'll be back." he said to dad and me. All three of us knew things aren't as easy to do as to say. All these are just our beliefs and we knew well as an animal is not like a robot he himself won't be able to do anything nor will he be able to adjust there that easily and I have no idea how long it will take to reach there if he needs any help, anyway not seconds or minutes. Turning back at us for the final time, he entered in and fastened his seat belt. It didn't take much longer for the spaceship to take off and the journey was in the same way as that of Nono138. Except that as it had already collected important details from Moon, Uber don't have to stay there and will directly move to Earth in the spaceship after landing on Moon. The spaceship couldn't move as fast as in the case of Nono138 as it won't be good for Uber's health and landing too would be so hard if speed is more. So it will take about a day, 24 hours for him to reach near Ozone. All were starting to leave. "I've lost your mom like this, in front of my eyes she left. Not the same again......" dad said turning around to leave. Have I even thought of what to do if he gets stuck there? How to get him? 'No, be positive Laisy nothing will go wrong' I tried to convince myself. But......seriously??

In 30 seconds Uber will land on Earth. We were all eagerly waiting for the spaceship to land. Following the same path as Nono138, this time to the spaceship passed through the Ozone layer of Earth and was traveling towards a deserted area. On the big screen is shown at last '5...4....3....2...1....0.....L..A..N.................. beep.....beep....beep......CONNECTION LOST' What??? But.....but how? I....no. It all happened in a fraction of seconds. Like he was about to land and almost landed then....then how? The cause for connection loss soon flashed on-screen 'Cause: Hard landing, the spaceship system shut down.'. Am I still in a dream? This can't happen. Main looked at me in surprise, "Laisy try telepathy." I didn't know why but I hesitated for a second. My mind was blank and it wasn't calm at all. "Laisy, sit down somewhere and try to connect with him through telepathy," Bea said turning to me. But something inside me told 'If it is bad news from him then you really don't wanna know that.' Ya, I don't wanna know if something went wrong with him. "Laisy please before Uber does something wrong. He might be so scared now." Canney said from behind. But I don't think anything she said reached my brain than at that time.

Canney's POV..........

Laisy wasn't in a state to listen or understand I knew that. She isn't calm now and can't make any connection when her mind is not focused. But I'm worried this would make things go worse. I sat down and tried to make a connection with him but as I'm not so close to him it was just a waste of time trying. I had to ask Frank, Laisy's dad who was standing far away from the others. But I don't think he too was in a state to do that. Owners are closer to their pets than any others. I was already getting worried about Uber. What could have happened? People who worked on the spaceship were all telling each other about how hard they worked on the connections of the spaceship and last time when the robot was sent this issue wasn't there. They worked on connections to make it better than last time so that there is no chance it gets lost. Bea, Clara, Jain, dog trainers, and many others who knew Uber were trying the best they could to send a telepathic message. But everything went in vain. Only Laisy could do something now. I walked close to her, placing my hand on her shoulder I told "Laisy just take a few deep breaths and try to stay calm for a while. Forget about the whole thing, concentrate on Uber, try to ask him how he is doing, and stay focused you'll receive a pleasant message from him. She just looked at me thinking deeply for a few seconds and then nodded.

Laisy's POV........

As told by Canney, I closed my eyes and took a few deep breaths, and tried to calm myself down. It was too noisy there to concentrate. All were talking about Uber and I keep feeling guilty every time I hear his name. I..... it's all my bad, I knew it was very important to make a connection with him very soon or else I'll lose him too the same way as I lost mom. But I couldn't focus. Knowing that I was not being able to do anything, Canney asked me to follow her to her office which was next to where we were. Being all dim light and quiet inside it she said I'll be able to concentrate more. Closing my eyes I tried to focus. No......no.....no, I can't.... how could I do this to him? I was not able to make any connection or was it that my message couldn't reach him? Might be because he is frightened he couldn't receive it. What to do now? I shouldn't have joined the project, I lost everything, everyone. I can't do anything now, how do I get him out of there?