Chain Letter 17

Ken was at Stacey’s side as soon as he could get there. The paramedics said that she was banged up and bruised a bit, and might have a concussion, but she was going to be just fine. They would need to take her to the hospital for a few tests and to observer her. Ken was relieved, but only partially. His twin brother had obviously not fared as well.
As advanced as things had become on the moon, they didn’t have a good trauma center hospital, so Keith would have to be taken via ambulance back to earth. It was a long and dangerous journey for someone in as bad a condition as Keith now was. They had quickly determined that there was some head trauma, and several broken bones, but perhaps the most significant for Keith – his throat had been partially crushed. They had to perform an emergency tracheotomy just so he could breathe. Even if he did survive, he may never sing, again. Stacey, Ken and the boys all traveled along back to earth just behind the ambulance, getting updates as the journey progressed. The used the high def video connection equipment from Cisco to talk with Keith’s wife back in Australia, so she was aware, and heading to meet the ambulance. One of the best trauma centers in the world was in, of all places, Baghdad, Iraq. Still an unstable place after almost 2 decades of democracy, they had developed excellent trauma skills in their main hospital from all the casualties. They would have to chance the landing there, despite the dangers.
It was almost midnight in Baghdad as they arrived at the international space station, Terminal A. The medi-vac helicopter was waiting to take them, when suddenly; out of the sky to the west, a surface to air missile was launched in their direction…

Chain Letter 15

Suddenly, Stacey feels someone grabbing her by the shoulders and screaming, “Stacey! Wake up Stacey!” This beautiful dream comes crashing down and she is quickly immersed into a horrific reality. “Oh, thank God!”, Ken exclaims after he sees her come back to consciousness. Stacey looks around and sees chaos all around her. Her head was throbbing as she noticed that her vehicle’s windshield was shattered and the front of the car was bashed in. From what she could figure, she had been sent flying from her car after colliding with Keith and had smashed her head on the ground. But almost more horrifying, was the state of Keith’s car. Not only was his windshield broken and front destroyed, but his car had been flipped several times.
She looked and could see a crowd of people surrounding the driver’s side of his vehicle, with two emergency workers in the middle. She knew that Keith was the one being attended to. Her eyes began to fill with tears as several emergency workers came sprinting to her side. They began to check up on her and asked her several questions, but all she could do was focus on Keith. She soon saw a stretcher being brought over to his position as she could see his lifeless body being secured down…

Chain Letter 13

Stacy was fascinated with herself now that she knew 3 languages! English, French, and Russian! Although this first thing the captain said was just random gibberish that he said to impress the wealthy Americans, she did not care she just sat down and enjoyed a good book as the Russian missile hurtled them through the emptiness that was outer space. As she had time to think to herself, she recalled how her life had drastically changed when Keith had disappeared from the planet with no evidence of where he had gone. She had just about fallen to sleep if it hadn't been for Ken who was always there to comfort her. "Мы здесь!" Yelled the captain (which Stacy perfectly understood as "We are here!"). The eager family gazed out the pod's window at the wonderful sight that was the moon. They all threw on their suits and jumped out to play as they had brought soccer balls and baseballs to play with once they got there. Suddenly over their radios there was sudden static interference and then a strange noise, music, Stacy thought, Impossible! This was the moon! But Stacy recognized the patterns, but she had not heard the music in 10 years! They decided to go explore. The family hopped into their moon vehicle (which looked oddly like a silver Range Rover Sport) and followed where the signal was most strong. Ahead in the distance she saw a large dome, strange, she thought, for the moon! They parked the vehicle outside and opened the door to find Keith playing a guitar on a stage in the center of the dome!!!!! "KEEIITHH!!!!!" she screamed as the two hugged each other after such long years of absence!!....

Chain Letter 16

As Stacey woke up the next morning on the moon she remembered how much fun she had with Ken and Keith last night. But she still was in shock that she was on the moon! Soon she would be leaving back to her home in San Francisco. “Stacey is there anything you want to do on the moon before you leave the moon?” Keith asked. “Let’s race the moon cars!” Stacey knew she would have fun, she loved the moon cars and it would be fun to see the moon more. “Ok let’s do it!” Keith and Stacey both got into their moon cars and started their engines. Their goal was to go all the way to the fifth crater, circle it, and head back. It was going to be quite an adventure. When the race started she could feel the power of the car racing through the space air. “This is amazing!” She thought to herself. After seeing four amazing craters of the moon she is coming round the fifth crater. Going very fast she hit a pot hole and the car started to flip over and over again. She could not get the car to stop rolling. Stacey became very scared…

Chain Letter 14

The years passed swiftly for Stacey and Ken. Could it be true that they were going to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary already? Little Keith and Ariel were already 6 and 8 years old. What a voice Ariel had. Too bad Little Keith was tone deaf, but that just made his Dad laugh, “Just like your Uncle” he would say. “God had been good to us,” Stacey thought. How else could they explain having won the the $100,000,000.00 lottery? It was kind of fun to have a building named after their family at NRCA, but Stacey was getting tired of calls from the headmaster for more donations. “We need some adventure”, Stacey thought. They had just been to the IMAX theater to see the documentary about the Hubble telescope. That gave Stacey an idea, “I will donate money to the Russian Space Agency and buy four tickets for the next trip to the International Space Station!”, she declared. The kids thought this was fantastic. Ken was a little leery as roller coasters usually made him sick, but he reluctantly agreed. The launch day was set for April 1, 2011. They went through the pre-requisite training at the Russian Federal Space Academy, also known as Roskosmos, and before they knew it, were strapped into the capsule a top of a Proton rocket, with Captain Vlaz Perchopnik at the helm. “Des-syat, deh-vyat, vo-syem, syem, shest, pyat, cheteeree, tree, dva, raz”.....blast off!

Chain Letter 12

Stacey’s heart was beating so fast she could hear it…..Was it that she was standing at the base of the Eiffel Tower? Or that she was on the front row of the Keith Urban concert? Or standing on that front row beside Ken?....who really did look exactly like Keith. How did she already have this instant connection with him? The crowd was on their feet, (thank goodness she had been able to get some funky Viktor and Rolf shoes!) the “concert fog” had rolled in and the loud but random applause and yelling had transitioned to a steady and repeating clap timed with chants of KEITH!, KEITH!, KEITH!... Keith was standing as the fog cleared and when the crowd grew silent, he started with an emotional opening song: “But For The Grace of God”. (Stacey heard someone directly behind her scream “BLESS YOU!!!” She glanced back at the beautiful tall blonde American lady with cool glasses who yelled. She had an extremely handsome family. She, her husband, two sons and daughter all had NRCA t-shirts on. She wondered what that stood for….. :).) When the song finished, Keith explained that God had given him so many wonderful things- including some real tests and hardships that eventually brought him closer to God. He went on to say, “One of the most special people in my life, helped me change the direction of my life and that person is here tonight, my brother Ken. In appreciation for all that you have done for me, little brother, I have asked someone to come help me sing one of your favorite songs. I love you little brother!” The stage went totally dark, the lights on the Eiffel Tower were electric blue for the night but they didn’t allow much light at all. In the darkness, the music started for “Just The Way You Are” and when the lights eased on, there stood Bruno Mars beside Keith! Stacey couldnt believe THIS was one of Ken's favorite songs, too....

Even though so many amazing things had happened over the past few weeks, this was a night Stacey would never forget. She was still humming "Just The Way You Are" as she drifted to sleep in her fabulous hotel room.....

Chain Letter 11

Stacey woke up to the face of a doctor who informed her that she had suffered a concussion but was not severely wounded. She would just have to be especially careful to not fall on her head in the next few weeks. In no time she was out of the Western Wing and off to her room to tidy up for the concert. She was very excited and she had purchased a dress at Neiman Marcus on her earlier shopping trip that morning. Just as she was about to leave her hotel room, she heard a knock at the door. It was Ken. He asked her if she would like to accompany him to the concert. She answered yes before Ken had finished talking. She grabbed her purse and set off down to the lobby. Ken had ordered a fleet of silver Range Rovers to take them to the concert. Little did he know that this was Stacey's favorite car! The couple set off towards the concert which happened to be at the base of the Eiffel Tower. This was Stacey's favorite landmark. She knew that tonight was going to be one of the best ever!