NaNoWriMo '08

This year for NaNoWriMo I am writing a novel called "The True Story of Roswell, New Mexico (A Blatant Fiction)." I started last night and I have 3,280 words so far out of 50,000 needed to win. Here is a little of what I have written so far.

“Crap, crap, crap ,crap!” Kitom said.

Kitom had been flying through space at probably illegal speeds when his ship’s engines decided to die right in the orbit of some planet. He was trying his best to start the engines up again, but nothing was working.

“Sir, the engines have gone off line,” The ship’s computer said.

“Thank you for that computer,” Kitom said. “Can you turn them back on please?”

“Attempting to initiate request…” The computer said. “Negative. The engines will not start up again. I’m sorry.”

Kitom let out a growl of frustration as he hit the dashboard. The ship rumbled a bit and started falling towards the planet. Kitom groaned.

“Sir, the ship is currently falling into the gravitational pull of the planet, please pull up.”

“I can’t pull up! The engines are dead!” Kitom shouted at the computer.

“Please turn on the engines so that you won’t fall to the planet sir,” the computer said.

“You just told me that they won’t turn on!” Kitom shouted.

“I am sorry for the misinformation sir.”

“Misinformation? So they can turn on?” Kitom asked.

“Attempting to restore power to engines…” The computer started. “Failure. Engines will not receive power.”

Kitom yelled again. He looked out of the front display and looked at the planet. It was so very blue. He hadn’t ever seen a planet that color before. If he was one of those nature hippies that plagued the fourth planet of the star Ashtron, he probably would have found it pretty.

“Sir, please don’t make impact with the planet,” The computer said.

Kitom wanted to chuck something at his computer right about now, except that would make his problems worse. “What do you propose I do about this problem computer?”

“Please turn the engines on first sir,” the computer said.

Kitom’s eye twitched for a moment. “The engines don’t work! Remember?”

“Attempting to restore power to engines,” the computer said yet again.

Kitom looked out the front display again. It was red. His ship was being pulled in fast, the hull was heating up. “Computer, stop giving power to engines! Turn on the atmosphere shields!”

“Confirmed. Atmosphere shields up and running.”

Kitom saw the Atmosphere shields going up. Hopefully they would be able to withstand this planets atmosphere. At least they slowed his decent considerably.

“Thank you computer,” Kitom said. “Do we have any information about this planet that we’re falling towards?”

“Searching database, please wait,” the computer said.