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// 2 
// Story: The Sorian 
// by Robert Emerald Fountain 
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However, Flurry Heart was not dead. She was knocked unconscious by the dish. Unfortunately, her suit battery was knocked loose when she hit the ground. Oxygen was still pumping, and she was nowhere close to running out. She woke up slowly, and realized she was left behind. After getting back inside the habitation facility, she took off her suit and broke down in tears. After calming down, she began to examine what had to be done in order for her to get rescued. She knew that the dish was her only hope of getting word to her comrades that she was still alive. Being the crew's tech specialist, she had repaired the dish twice already. Looking over maps of Soria, she found the next landing site at a huge crater that was 300 miles away. Right now, she had to focus on notifying her crew, so she got the dish repaired over the course of three days. The crew was already a large distance from the planet, so they would have to turn around. Soon, Flurry managed to match the radio frequency for the Cosmos. Before speaking on the headset, she hooked a heart monitor to herself to show that she was alive.

45,000 miles away on the Cosmos...

"Twilight, something freaky is going on with my monitor over Soria.", Thorax called.

"That's strange. What do you see?", she responded.

Thorax indicated that he was seeing vital signs for Flurry Heart, which caused everyone to go speechless. No-one at Mission Control in Canterlot was aware of this, because Flurry had been able to broadcast it only to her crew. Cadence had Twilight disable the protocols that allowed Canterlot to guide the ship by remote control. In other words, they were committing mutiny. Flight Director Neighsay immediately called the crew and demanded what was going on.

"WHAT THE HAY ARE YOU DOING?, he hissed.

"My daughter is alive. We are rescuing her.", Cadence replied.

"IRRELEVANT. EVEN IF FLURRY HEART IS NOT DEAD, YOU MUST CONCENTRATE ON RETURNING HOME SAFELY.", Neighsay yelled back.

"Nopony gets left behind, Neighsay. I will not let my precious niece die. We will return. I promise.", Twilight spoke up.

Realizing that Twilight was telling the truth, Neighsay set a new mission into effect for rescuing Flurry Heart.

Soria...

Flurry received a call from her crew while driving the crew's rover to the next site.

"This is Twilight, we are coming for you Flurry."

"Thank you for coming back, Aunt Twilight. I am on my way to the Astro IV landing site.", Flurry called back.