With his lookalikes’ spacecraft heavily guarded, Elon had no choice but to commandeer one of his own rocket launches in Cape Canaveral.
“You’re taking over the launch?” the engineer asked, aghast. “But it’s unmanned—“
“I do not care!” Elon exclaimed. “Just tell the rest of ground control. And change the launch coordinates to these.”
The engineer checked the message on his smartphone.
“But sir, these are for the middle of space. The rocket’ll never make it there—“
“Do it!”
The engineer nodded, his eyes wide, and turned to his computer.
Elon rushed out of ground control.
“I am headed home.”
* * *
Author’s Note: This drabble is a sequel to “Escape!”, the link to which can be found below.
To read the entire drabble series from the beginning, check out the Elon the Alien Index.
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Stephanie Hoogstad
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Comments (4)
Oooooh. Can't wait to see what happens next. These are brilliant and evidence of what a sharp satirical and imaginative mind you have.
Heading home to nowhere land - he will be happy floating out there with his mind keeping him company. Great job on all of these! Original, clever, hints of truth, sci-fi - you wrapped it all in!
I wonder if this plan would work out hahahaha
I am absolutely LOVING all these Elon stories 😁 If he stumbles across them, do you think he will be mad?