[ WP ] NASA makes their Mars announcement . Turns out , they 've discovered the location of MH370 .

When the announcement had been made, CNN had immediately fired Tapper, Cooper and the rest. They hired a couple of college kids, put interns behind the desk during prime time, sold off most of their equipment, started shooting in Wolf Blitzer's living room. They'd kept him on out of pity, poor guy had been in the Situation Room for so long it would be impossible for him to adjust to a new format. Plus, his presence lent a thin veneer of respectability to the whole operation. 
 
 Very thin. 
 
 CNN devoted its new savings entirely to getting its correspondents onto Mars. They changed their name to MNN, partnered up with SpaceX and milked their parent company for as much money as they could get. Amazingly enough, three months after NASA announced that the wreckage of MH370 had been found on Mars, CNN actually managed to land a bunch of interns -- and Wolf -- on the red planet. 
 
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 `` This is Wolf Blitzer with MNN, and you're in the Situation Room -- Mars Edition.'' 
 
 Wolf was ensconced in a thick spacesuit with'MNN' emblazoned on the front. Behind the graying anchor was a vast expanse of ruddy dust. The clear night sky above was speckled with stars. Mons Olympus could be seen towering in the background. 
 
 `` We, ah, have n't built the actual room yet. But look! Is n't it beautiful anyway? 
 
 `` Our lead story tonight is the discovery of the remains of MH370 right here on Mars. We'll follow that with a discussion of the MH370 flight, and end the program with some speculation about the Malaysia Airlines flight 370. 
 
 `` Now, over to Andrea at the wreckage. Andrea, what are you seeing over there?'' 
 
 The shot switched to Andrea the nervous intern, who was standing a few miles closer to Mons Olympus, near the wreckage of the plane. 
 
 `` Thanks Wolf,'' said the nervous Andrea, even though the man had said nothing remotely thanks-worthy, `` What we're seeing here is the same as described by NASA -- it's the scattered remains of MH370 all right. How it ended up on Mars is anyone's guess. The other strange thing is, there's no sign of survivors. Perhaps they've wandered off?'' 
 
 `` That's eerie,'' said Wolf, scrambling to fix the intern's absurd mistake. Maybe, given the intelligence of their viewership, they could actually play up the `` there may be survivors'' angle. `` So, you mean to say that there could be people out there on Mars right now, people who need help?'' 
 
 `` It's more than likely, Wolf. And we're going to be devoting all of our coverage to the issue until then.'' 
 
 `` Thanks, Andrea.'' 
 
 *** 
 
 The oddly-dressed woman and the man who'd been pointing the strange weapon at her gathered their belongings and walked away. Maybe he'd taken her hostage? 
 
 With grim determination, the girl who'd been watching them from the hatch-door to her underground colony set out after them. These new visitors were strange, and she could not spot the wreckage of the plane they'd come in. 
 
 Nonetheless, she would save that girl. It was what her great-grandmother would have done, no matter what got in the way. So, with a steely resolve that she'd inherited from her famous mamaw, Amelia Earhart IV set off running after the MNN news crew, ready to save the day.
