*The 3 astronauts are seen in the cockpit of the rocket. There are several complex instruments and buttons. They are planning to put on their suits and breach airlock, to perform standard maintence checks to the exterior of the rocket*
Bob: Alright lads, I’ll go grab the spacesuits from storage.
Steve: Need a hand Bob?
Bob: No mate, I’ll be fine. How hard could it be to carry, there’s no gravity up here!
Steve: HAHAHA
Captain Jimmy: Hahaha
*Bob opens a hatch, and starts floating through the large rocket. He closes the doors behind him as he goes. Soon he is floating outside the storage room. He is whistling a happy tune. The excitement of being in space is beyond his wildest childhood dreams… He can’t wait to get to Mars*
*Bob opens the storage room hatch. It is dark inside. There are boxes and cans stacked everywhere. It’s a mess. He begins floating through the room, looking for the spacesuits.*
Bob: Damn light’s not working… must be malfunctioning…now where are those suits!
*Bob finds the suits… but something is wrong…*
Bob: Hmm.. only 3 suits? I remember we packed 1 spare…
*Bob picks up the 3 suits and carries them back through the rocket. He puts his suit on, and is ready to breach airlock for the rocket maintenance . The other 2 men will stay in the rocket to observe from the windows.*
*Airlock breach…. Loud hissing, and Bob is in Space. The other 2 men cheer, watching from the window as Bob floats around, connected to the rocket by a white rope. Suddenly, a beeping sound is heard in the cockpit…*
Captain Jimmy: That’s strange… There’s been another breach to airlock at the rear of the rocket…
Steve: How’s that possible?
Captain Jimmy: It isn’t.. Someone would have to physically turn the handle to open it
*The men look outside. Bob is waving at them, clearly very excited. In the background, they can see Earth in it’s entirety. It is beautiful, beyond words…. Bob’s chatting over the radio intercom, but Steve and Capt. Jimmy are no longer listening. They stand stunned, as they watch another UNKNOWN fully suited man float towards Bob from the side…*
*The unknown man approaches Bob from the side, and throws a slow right hand straight. Bob begins to twist and tumble in the zero gravity environment. He is getting tangled in his white rope*
Capt. Jimmy: *YELLING INTO THE RADIO INTERCOM* Dear God. WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?
Vinnie Balboa (fully suited, floating in space): *Over intercom* I could, uhh, ask you the very same thing. These suits are no good. Do you have one in Burberry?
Capt. Jimmy: You stupid son of a bitch. What have you done to Bob!
Vinnie Balboa: Uhh… Bobby gone Bye-bye. I’m a fighter, see. Now which one of you guys can tell me where to get a cold beer
Capt. Jimmy: Son, you’re on a NASA spacecraft bound for Mars. You’re a long way from home.
*Vinnie Balboa continues to assault Bob in space, throwing brutal combinations… Bob is now unconscious, tangled in white rope, floating in space*
Vinnie Balboa: I’m looking for my horse. Goes by ‘fitbit’
Capt. Jimmy: THERE’S NO HORSES UP HERE YOU IDIOT, WE’RE IN SPACE
*A deep, powerful rage is ablaze in Vinnie Balboa’s heart. The fight has only begun*
Vinnie Balboa: I ain’t no idiot, see. Now I don’t like your tone – I’m gonna have to break you
Capt. Jimmy: Dear God…can we seek to resolve this peacefully?
Vinnie Balboa: haha – a peaceful resolution? … No Dice
Stay tuned for the next chapter of this arc – 2 Days from Mars.