5..4..3..2..1..Take Off. The shuttle was on its way into outer space.
Creeper was so elated, after all his attempts at staying undetected in various nooks and corners of the shuttle had proven successful. He was creating history, but nobody would know of it.
Creeper was going to be the first cockroach in space ever.
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Mahabore's Mumblings 
Nice 55F. Loved the surprise in the last line!
@Proactive Indian, thank you 🙂
I can imagine, I keep on trying to eradicate cockroaches from my home and they keep returning. 😦 Maybe they like me a lot. So I am sure creeper must have reached space.
@Bhagyashree, they have been known to be the most resilient creatures on earth 🙂
Haha 🙂 good one!!
@Aditi, glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Lovely 55 words:)
@Vishal, thank you 🙂
Wow !! The surprise was much like the cockroach, hiding till the last corner ( read ‘ the end’ ) of the story 🙂 Lovely, sir !
@Sreeja, yes, the twist was quite intentional 😉
LOL. A super 55 fiction jam. A rare distinction for a cockroach.
@Paddy, thanks 🙂 although it would be interesting to see a cockroach in zero gravity, wouldn’t it 😉
Yes it would be very interesting. But looking at the diverse and adverse conditions the cockroach dexterously survives in every household in the world, I feel outer space will be a cakewalk.
@Paddy, “cakewalk” in the literal sense of the word would not be possible in space, would it 😉
lol.. 🙂
Ha ha! Creeper is one head-strong cockroach!!!
@Shilpa, 😀 he sure is 😀
Uh-ho! There he goes to infest other planets in space!
Nice one 🙂
@Shail, thank you 🙂
This sure made me laugh out loud..>i wish all the roaches are left there…btw what would their purpose on earth be, I wonder 🙂
@Kajal, that’s quite a good question you bring up, wonder what God created cockroaches for!!!
No-body has ever sent cockroach to outer space. If all the roaches were sent to outer space , the Pest Control Companies would be out of work.. Nice F-55er.
@Kalpana, nice to see that you are concerned so much about the livelihood of Pest Control people 🙂
Jairam, I am concerned about keeping the house roaches-free apart from their livelihood..:)
@Kalpana, have to agree with you on that one 😀
I hope they don’t land on the Moon.
@Amit, you never know 🙂