Michael P. Calligaro - Last Man

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Last Man

by Michael P Calligaro

"Okay Houston, we'll see you again in just over an hour."

"Roger that, Intrepid. Houston out."

Eva pulled off her headset and let it drift beside her. Alex leaned back in his copilot's chair and took a

deep breath. The first reusable space craft to orbit the moon--it was a momentous occasion.

Something nagged at his mind, causing him to frown. Why did that seem wrong? Didn't they have

reusable moon-orbiting ships fifty years ago? He glanced back to ask the research scientists, Steve and

Gary, what they thought, only to find that his and Eva's were the only seats in the cockpit.

His forehead tightening, he asked, "Eva, aren't we supposed to have two other passengers with us?"

Incredulously, she asked, "Where would we put them?"

Alex scratched at his neck. Where indeed?

"Are you feeling okay, Alex?"

Smiling weakly, he looked back at the stark white bulkhead and then to her. He almost lost himself in her

dark eyes. While he'd love to be alone behind the moon with such a intelligent and level-headed woman,

everything seemed wrong. "Sure. I must have just flashed back on another mission. I was thinking there

were two other people with us."

She shook her head. "Well, the only other mission we've ever flown together was the last one, and we

were alone then too."

Great, bring up the last mission. She'd rattled off idea after idea for getting the maneuvering thrusters

back on line while all he could do was sit back in a panic and draw blanks. Being alone behind the moon

with her didn't mean a thing. Even without her strict rules against dating astronauts, she'd never go out

with someone so inept as him. Where she was brilliant and beautiful, he was dumb and ugly. He'd have to

be the last man on Earth for her to consider making an exception.

He nodded dejectedly. "Yeah, I don't know what I was thinking."

His vision of the small cockpit jerked wildly to the left, though he didn't feel anything. He threw his gaze

forward. "What was that?"

A male voice from behind asked, "What was what, Alex?"

Alex spun back around and found two people sitting in acceleration couches behind him and Eva. Gary

looked concerned. Eva added her own worried expression. "Are you all right, Alex?"

Alex looked carefully from Gary to Eva. She didn't look at all surprised at Gary's and Steve's arrivals.

And Gary didn't look surprised at appearing out of nowhere. Steve just ignored the three of them and

stared out a viewport at the moon. With a deep breath, Alex nodded. "I'm fine. I just had a strange

feeling of . . . well, sort of like deja vu, only different."

Gary nodded. "Interesting. You'll have to tell me more about it sometime. But right now," he unfastened

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