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Jen pressed the red button. Marcus said, “See it’s fun, now keep pressing, one of these must stop it.”

“Well, I guess there are only the two.”

“Ejecting escape pod.”

Jen grabbed Marcus and swung him into a small silver room just as the door closed.

Marcus yelled, barely audible, “Why? It should have been me.”

Just then the command pod was ejected. Jen smiled. “It was.”

As Marcus and the rest of the ship exploded, Jen began to steer her pod to the planet below.

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