Into The Void (33 page)

                                          “To Captain Steele, the one who braved the dark space between galaxies,

                                                                      who faced adversity,

                                                                      who faced the unknown,

                                                                      who faced perils untold,

                                                                      who faced certain death,

                                                                      and who sacrificed himself,

                                          May you forever be remembered as the one who saved a galaxy.”

              And next to her statue was the memorial Captain Steele made of her.

              She enjoyed coming out here, especially after closing time, and just sitting. It was extremely peaceful and the birds would come and sit in the trees along with squirrels, rabbits, and other small creatures running along the ground. Occasionally there would be a deer or two out there eating the grass. The sound of the waterfalls were oddly quiet for some reason. She didn't care to read up on why. It was just so peaceful. The sun would set behind his casket, and due to the odd wobbling rotation of the planet it would sometimes raise above his casket as well. The planet also had two ring systems around it. One was directly overhead, pointing straight up, and was stationary and didn't move, while the other one moved in different directions due to the planet's odd wobbling rotation around its axis.

              Jamie went back into the museum and closed it up. She thanked people for showing up. Even 1,000 years after Captain Steele came to the Overlapping Galaxies people were still so excited to hear his story and she loved to tell it. People loved talking to her and she loved talking to others about both her and Captain Steele. 

              Jamie loved her life. Not only had Captain Steele given new life to the galaxy but to her as well. She missed her friend, but if she couldn't be with him, then nothing made her happier than to tell everyone about his life.

              Jamie was deeply grateful for her life. Every single time she floated through the museum memories of Captain Steele and her would fill her mind. She loved being there after hours when no one else was there because it reminded her of when she was alone on the ship with him. She loved recalling everything and she considered it a great honor to do what she was doing. Captain Steele always took care of his team and he also made sure to take care of her long after he was gone. Jamie would often go to the actual ship that they traveled in after the museum closed and just spend time in there. She loved Captain Steele for who he was, everything he had done for her, and the journey they had taken together.

              Jamie floated out to Captain Steele's casket and sat down in front of it just as the sun started to set. The sun hit the ring that was tilting at a 35 degree angle just above the horizon. The sun hit the ring at just the right point and it looked like the entire ring peacefully caught fire. It lit up in a dark red where the sun was then slowly reached outward and changed to an orange then yellow in each direction. When the sun hit the ring an aurora of violet to green came from the ring until it filled the sky and split directions so that it stayed on both the left and right side of the ring until the sun set below the city that was off in the distance.

              Jamie knew she had made Captain John Steele proud. She knew that he we has happy for the time he had spent with her and she was happy for the time she spent with him. She knew that if he was alive today he would be deeply honored and extremely proud at what she had done with both the museum and the memorial she had given him. She knew he would be proud of her and she knew he would be happy.

              Jamie loved every single day of her life. She never got tired of what she did and she never grew tired of the view and was extremely grateful for her life and for her friendship with Captain John Steele.