[ WP ] When you were little , your mother always sang a certain lullaby to you . You hear the same tune in an unexpected place .

I sat on the clouds of Venus in a feather made of metal. It ’ s a strange feeling, floating along clouds as though I ’ m sailing on the ocean, but this ocean of clouds is far more deadly than any ocean on Earth. One step over and a person will fall down to the surface. 
 
 We were sent here to study the viability of living in the upper atmosphere of Venus. With such a dense atmosphere all we needed was regular old air to keep us afloat. Dozens of scientists like myself lived in modular pods, we started off connected to each other and as needed would disconnect from the rest of the group to perform certain experiments, and there were plenty of experiments that needed to be run. 
 
 My experiment was simple, using sound to propel my pod rather than rockets or wherever the atmosphere happened to take me. I can ’ t just hang some speakers out the back window, my setup used ultrasonic sound so powerful anybody on the surface of the planet could detect it through the thick atmosphere. 
 
 Rachel ’ s voice came over the radio. ” Anna, everybody is clear of your flight path, you can start the test when ready. ” 
 
 I checked my screen. “ I have no warnings and I can confirm the flight path is clear. Here we go. ” 
 
 I clicked the go button and the pod vibrated from the sound being emitted. “ The sound engine is running. ” 
 
 “ You ’ re moving! ”, Yelled Rachel, “ Well, a little bit, but you ’ re moving a lot more than I thought you would move, which was not at all. ” 
 
 “ Thanks for being a supportive friend. How fast are you showing me moving? ” I waited a minute for a response from Rachel, but none came. “ Rachel, are you there? ” 
 
 There was finally a response, but not one I was expecting. “ Night time comes with shadows trailing; Anna ’ s eyes are open wide. Watching what the twilight pale hides behind her yellow veil. ” 
 
 “ Who the hell was that? ” Rachel finally came on over the radio. 
 
 I recognized the voice. “ Mom? ” 
 
 “ No, this is Rachel. ” 
 
 “ I mean, that was my Mom. ” 
 
 The vibration from the sound engine filled my pod, Rachel knew there was no way my Mom could be on the radio, my Mom died back home while we were heading to Venus. 
 
 My mom ’ s voice came back. “ Sleep and rest, sleep and rest. Mamma knows that sleep is best. ” 
 
 I had never been an emotional person, but hearing my Mom ’ s voice again made me break down. I wiped tears from my eyes. “ Mom, where are you? ” 
 
 “ Sleep and rest, sleep and rest, below the yellow veil is sleep and rest. ” 
 
 The yellow veil? Those words are wrong, my Mom sang that lullaby to me so many times when I was little. It ’ s supposed to be the purple veil, it ’ s about night. There's only one place that would have a yellow sky. “ You ’ re on the surface of the planet? ” 
 
 “ Anna knows where her Mamma is, a loving daughter she ’ s always been. ” 
 
 My Mom wasn ’ t dead, somehow she had come to Venus and was down on the surface. “ How did you get down there? Can I come down there? ” 
 
 “ Anna jumped into the veil. Mamma caught her loving daughter. ” 
 
 The airlock was the only way out. I opened the first door, a few feet in front of me stood the door to the outside. If I jumped I could see my Mom again. “ Mom, I love you, I ’ ll see you soon. ” 
 
 I closed the first door, put on an oxygen mask, and entered the command to equalize the pressure to the outside. The green light indicating the pressure had been equalized turned on. I opened the external door and looked down. The beautiful yellow colors of the clouds swirled below me, my favorite color. 
 
 I jumped into the clouds, a smile on my face as I fell. I would see my Mom again.
