#gemini 1

View of the Gemini-Titan 1 (GT-1) Launch Vehicle on Launch Complex 19 at night. The launch pad lights are all on and there are spotlights in the background. The Gemini Spacecraft stacked on the Titan II (GLV-1 12556) is a Gemini structural simulator. The real Gemini Spacecraft was stacked on March 3.

Date: February 5, 1964

      “Target has perished. Virgo killed him with a fast-acting poisoned knife thrown to his knee caps.”

    “Excellent work, all of you. You may now leave.” The girl standing in front of the shadows bowed before she turned and left with her comrades. The shadows twisted and turned, before they settled on being a human-like entity. The entity grinned before standing up and exiting the room. He laughed deeply at another victory against another target.

    He soon entered his own personal quarters where he decided to rest. Earlier he had to drag the Geminis from each other, and Gemini #1’s kicks are not the same as being hit by feathers. The Entity took out some special supplies for his kind, since he was not of human race.

    While fishing for the supplies, he noticed an old box. The entity grabbed the box and opened it, and what was inside made him grow a sinister smirk. For in the box, was all the stolen goods. Everything he stole from the Zodiacs and has held over their heads in order for them to work for him. When he had tricked them into signing their life lines to them, he had stolen something from each of them, so they had to work for him, or else. Everything he stole was something special to said person. He fished out the first item from the box.

    Aries’s strength. The entity laughed lightly at what he was holding. It was a piece of Aries’s red belt, to symbolize his strength. The entity took it from Aries, making his strength go out of control. Aries became meaner because he soon developed an unhealthy view that everyone was now below him, which would have been better news for the entity, but Capricorn beat Aries, and the mean attitude has been seemingly lost.

    The next one up was Taurus, and the item in the chest was a stress ball. The entity held it in an almost fond sort of way. The original Taurus was long gone, all of them dying...except for that one Ozzie person, he ran away successfully, he even managed to retrieve what was taken from him. But the stress ball was signifying the current Taurus, and how the entity has taken away the constants in life, making Taurus a nervous wreck. He is efficient, but always looks depressed, which brings unwanted attention.

    Up next were two items, an academic award and a marathon medal. The Gemini twins. He remembered seeing the two girls and managing to convince them go inside his building and sign his contracts. He noticed that the older twin rushed through and signed everything, while the younger twin adjusted her glasses and carefully read the contract. I only managed to get her to sign it when I threatened to call it off if she didn’t hurry. She fell for it out of fear of losing her twin sister. For the sister that rushed, I took her higher thinking, and for the one that carefully read, I took her higher athletic ability. Gemini #1 brags about how she was better at assassinations now that she is free from having to think hard. Gemini #2 adjusts her glasses and bites her tongue, she knows that higher knowledge is better for planning better attacks, but wishes to not waste her knowledge on those who refuse to listen.

    Up next was a right arm. This was Cancer’s then. She loved her right arm because it had tattoos of her girlfriend and anything else that was important to her. She took pride in that arm, and she was destroyed when she lost it. She took up the role of leader to try to help the others that would follow her. And for the most part, it worked.

    Next up was a pie slice. The entity grinned for this was a gag representation of Leo’s loss. Leo was a rambunctious jokester, and it took a lot of persuasion for him to finally realize that part of his sanity was taken from him. He soon became slightly crazy, kept only in check by his fellow members.

    Next was a pair of song sheets, which meant was next Virgo. Virgo was a sweet and quiet little girl. She had a melodic voice, though, and would be seen usually singing on the sidewalk. The entity reminisced at the memory of Virgo clutching her throat and crying when she realized that the entity took her voice away. This made her formidable in the public eye, but terrible at base. Thanks to Gemini #2 and Capricorn, she learned how to communicate with sign language.

    Next up was a smiley-face sticker, which indicated Libra. She was almost always seen with a smile on her face, and she still smiles today, but reasons are different. She used to smile genuinely, now she smiles as a facade. She’s desperately trying to mask her newfound sadness with a smile, but she cracks every now and then. With her happiness stripped away by the entity, it’s hard to maintain a smile for long.

    The entity grabbed a restroom sign and smirked. Scorpio was an interesting one, to be sure. They were once a young woman with a fierce attitude and a knowing smirk. She was confident with her body, and existed with others perfectly. She was disturbed when her gender as a whole was stripped from her. Her femininity was gone, and she now had to navigate the world now with (sometimes) ruder remarks about how she looked and acted. She was no longer secure with herself, and to make it worse, she couldn’t tell anyone. The entity made it so she was unable to correct anyone should they assume her gender. It was almost as if her vocal chords would fail anytime she said or alluded to anyhting relating to the female gender. She couldn’t even write it down. Scorpio became saddened when she found this out. From now on, she would never again be a “she”. “She” was now known as “they” and “them”, and that was something they had to now live with it. To some, they got off lucky.

    Next was a bubble of light, for the young Sagittarius. Sagittarius was always a bright person, bringing light to any negativity that was around. The entity preyed on this, and took the bright and cheery from him. Sagittarius found only the negativity in life, almost as if there was a shard of evil in his eye and his heart had frozen over completely. He then became grouchy and mean towards everyone but the entity, out of fear that the entity would kill him.

    A calendar soon came up next for the youngest of them all, Capricorn. Capricorn was a child full of hope. He was curious and wanted to do everything in the world. His future was bright, and it was now gone, whisked away by the entity, who now has it. Capricorn lost his aspirations, and now would only have to murder in order to please the entity. The entity cursed himself at the fact that he should’ve taken away the curiosity from Capricorn, as his curiosity had snagged him a partner. A strange shadow monster that was now bound to Capricorn physically, mentally, and emotionally. The monster would help with assassinations and comfort Capricorn when he was down. The monster and Capricorn became a dynamic duo, and together they were a weird ticking time bomb of emotions.

    A snow globe was pulled out next for the dear Aquarius. The young boy was not from your average household. He came from a home under the water. Not quite a glorious Atlantis, but from a town akin to it. The boy was born with lungs and gills, and was great at switching terrains. He wanted to make his town proud, and the entity saw this and took it. Leaving Aquarius desperately trying to appease the entity, in hopes of making leniency, but so far, no dice, no dice at all.

And finally was a heart encased in a ribcage. This was for the final member of the Zodiacs: Pisces. Pisces was a young girl with kindness radiating from her. She had deep bonds with her family, and loved them all. The entity originally took Pisces’s twin, as they were close. But eventually the twin accidentally killed himself, which left nothing to dangle above Pisces’s head. So the entity did the practical thing: take something else instead. So the entity did, he took Pisces’s heart to make up for the twin. Pisces was now solely dependent on the entity to survive, since the entity made a mock heart for her in order for her to stay alive.

"Inside the Mission Control Center, flight controllers work during the Gemini I mission, an orbital test of the Titan-II launch vehicle.

The Mercury Mission Control Center in Florida played a key role in the United States' early spaceflight program. Located at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the original part of the building was constructed between 1956 and 1958, with additions in 1959 and 1963. The facility officially was transferred to NASA on Dec. 26, 1963, and served as mission control during all the Project Mercury missions, as well as the first three flights of the Gemini Program, when it was renamed Mission Control Center. With its operational days behind, on June 1, 1967, the Mission Control Center became a stop on the public tour of NASA facilities until the mid-90s. In 1999, much of the equipment and furnishings from the Flight Control Area were moved to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex where they became part of the exhibit there. The building was demolished in spring 2010."

Date: April 8, 1964

"Lift off from Launch Complex 19 of the Gemini Titan II booster with the GT-1 capsule onboard as a payload at 11:00 a.m. This is the first ever launching of a 2-man spacecraft and the first flight phase of the Gemini Program."

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Date: April 8, 1964

Workers lift Gemini 1 to mate it with its Titan II rocket.

"CAPE KENNEDY, PLA. PAD 19-the Gemini I spacecraft is raised to the top of the gantry for mating to the Titan II launch vehicle. Prime objective of the First Gemini-Titan II flight is to demonstrate the structural compatibility of the spacecraft and launch vehicle from launch through orbital insertion."

Date: March 3, 1964