Three

The sound of the solid object shattering the atmosphere with its appearance carried downwards below to the world of innocent beings. The friction which resisted against the solid force which descended from the heavens caused a luminous amber aura to burn bright. It's light illuminated the entire sky, the gate to the world above opening and welcoming the heavenly being which descended from above into the world below. The object itself was a pearly white dot from within the sky that approached at rates that exceeded what a meteor would on a normal circumstance. Whether it was the gravitational pull, or the force which the object applied for certain, it was unknown.

Below in the fields of wheat and crops was a rather nimble old man. Ranging into his 70's the old human walked around with his do by his side, checking the crops to be sure that they weren't being eaten by any rouges. At this time of night, thieves of all kinds loved to steal the food which he harvested here. The same went for all the other farmers, though he found himself a tad special, considering he had the biggest farm in the country. The field measured for acres and acres on down, almost farther than the eye could see. Ranging up hills then down them, full of vegetation and growth that he would sell for a profit at the end of the year if he made it that far.

"Papa. Papa!" the young voice bellowed, the sound of the thin wooden screen slamming against the frame behind the door. The old man could hardly hear, but after the young voice yelled once more he finally heard him. Turning around the dog did the same as the young boy came closer and closer, huffing and wheezing after chasing after him into the fields. Then raising himself he smiled brightly before finally delivering the news.

"Dinners ready! Mom made your favoriiiite!~" the young boy chuckled with the old man that followed. Soon they found themselves trailing back down the dirt road back into the house where they would feast upon the recently acquired food. However they were unaware of the tragedy that would soon occur.

"Oh dad!" the mom spoke, calling her dad in for the special surprise. Excitedly the old man walked up the small set of stairs and into the dining room to feast his eyes upon a beautiful sight. Several assortment of foods, ranging from juicy steaks, to soft mash potatoes, and then to the sweet yams that were on the side. Everything and more that he could ever want, even feasting his eyes upon the buttered rolls which glistened in the light of the room. Liking his lips as if he was starving, he staggered over to the chair before pulling it out and sitting at the table with the rest of the family.

On this day the family had came out to visit their grandpa who ran this land on his own now. His wife had died 2 years ago due to a epidemic which took half the world by storm. It wiped out several billion people, and left no one who was inflicted alive. Due to that he had vowed to stay on the property alone and spend the rest of his days waiting for his departure to the after life where he would dance in a eternal harmony with the woman whom he had exchanged vows with at the age of 24.

Two

The light that had at once illuminated the sky only faintly now for sure broadcasted its appearance to everyone across that side of the globe. The table in the dinning room began to rattle, and the light bulb above flickered. The windows in the room began to shone with a bright light that poured itself through into the visions of the little children that now screamed in terror and fright. The entire diner became a uproar, the screams of the family didn't sound to the old man's ears, but rather he heard a faint bell ring suddenly.

One

A high-pitched, yet faint bell that sounded into his ears. He wasn't afraid by anything that occured now, nothing in life scared him. The only thing that mattered to him was his dear wife. The sound of the bell was then followed by several other harmonious bells that run in sucession and then together in one coordinated symphony, and the light increased to a flash of bright pearly alabaster. Then suddenly everything was relieved from his shoulders, the screams, the farm, everything that ever existed seemed to fade away. His body vibrated before he closed his eyes and everything was over.

Outside the entire circumfrential area of this globe had been engulfed by a iridescent, yet translucent light that completely assimilated everything. The result was utter mayhem and destruction, the apocalypse as the world new it had come, but it was just beginning. This nation which sat in a order of 7 rows of planets, this was the outer-most and smallest planet. Along with that this was the first planet to feel the judgment and might of the force that was unexplainable by any form of words. The light slowly began to clear, revealing absolutely nothing on the surface of 1/4th of this planet.

Daylight? Ethereal twilight streamed through the windows before dawn broke. Realizing that something was out of the ordinary, Karrah stirred in her bed. She mumbled groggily, batting uselessly at the light, and she buried her head in the pillows. This was too early... It hit her. Karrah bolted upright with a look of sudden realization on her face.

Her clock read four AM. It was twilight outside. She slide her comm from underneath a recessed compartment in her nightstand and dialed up the one person who could answer her questions.

"Aberl, what in creation is going on? It's daylight here in Parosk!" she yelled over her comm.

"We don't know. The outpost's sensors picked up an extra-terrestrial object on a collision course. It must have hit. Oh shit- we've got sensors readings back from the effected area." A hoary voice responded with absolutely calmness.

"What, what?" she asked.

"I don't know what to make of it. One minute there was a massive energy spike... now there's nothing." said Aberl, pausing mid sentence to mutter.

"Nothing. That's good, right?" she asked nervously.

"No, I mean nothing whatsoever." replied Aberl stoically. Karrah scoffed, savoring the notion that Aberl couldn't handle the destruction of a useless planet and civilization without resorting to stoicism.

"Well then... I'm not staying planetside anymore. Get me out of here as fast as you can. You know where I am. The military should be too busy with the unrest that's about to hit. Meet me at the Clyde Park landing zone! Got to go! Bye!" Karrah hastily hung up the phone.

She barreled across her flat and began shoving items into a duffel bag, one which was hanging conveniently on a nail inside the pantry. Food and medical supplies were cramped into that bag; in an emergency, it had to last her.

Finished with loading her bag full of supplies, she busted through the drywall with a solid punch and withdrew a technocratic assault rifle. The weapon was eerily out of place in this setting, with its blue-green finishing and metallic, etched picatinny rails. She shouldered her prize possession, turned for the door, and... paused.

Contrary to all human reflexes, she sat tight. With her duffel bag in one hand and gun in the other, Karrah slouched onto her narrow couch and watched the streets outside. The time was not yet right.

...

The outpost was engaged in some panicking of its own. Their Colonel brought up military command and requested assistance ASAP, considering how likely it was that another power had engineered this event. Command berated the Colonel for requesting a small force, amazingly enough. They had suggested sending a rapid response fleet, but the Colonel demanded a regiment of their finest troops and nothing less. He would get to the bottom of this.

His troops were due to arrive by matterscreen in five hours.

Now this massive forceflew through time and space, as out on the new planet of Trantor, nicknamed Kedora by some, Trantor Black Ops had a conference. “What kind of freaking power wipes out planets yet leaves them alive somewhat. I want suggestions, yesterday!”
“Borg?”
“Second Coming?”
“The Singularity?”
“Monoliths?”
“No, no, no and hell no!” the officer said, “Now learn what the fuck you are talking about before sprouting random suggestions!”
Sir, you asked for those.” One of the newer officers said, “I ask for many things but … augh, send out a cruiser boat, and make sure the Motoko class are with their VF groups. I need a reason to justify our existence to Kedora .”
“Sir!” the group all saluted in unison, “We shall accomplish our mission!”
The lower decks of the floating station were full of new production units, being made for more exploration and other reasons, but finally, these Motoko units, an A class and a IWSP type would awake, their AI downloaded from the massive Database which linked Trantor together. “Database active… all systems green. Motoko … Motoko A…Allen awake.”
“Sister’s so sloooww,” IWSP said, “Call me … Isabella, Isabella is nice,” she said, “Ok Isabella,” Allen said, “Shall we head out?” The two laughed, as they headed into space, the skyhook transporting them to the awaiting space-carrier type. It would take several days for the vessel to even near the source of the cosmic disruption, but for the two sisters, it would be moments.
“Food supply confirmed. Location confirmed. Drives online. Captain, say the word and we head out.” The younger man adjusted his hat, saying, “All units, prepare to launch!” With that simple cry, the ship headed out, transmitting its form into the state that allowed it to cheat the laws of physics, heading for its multi day trip. Investigating this power would be a… interesting enterprise for Trantor.

Jager looked up. What an odd light. It was pretty though, even if it was the middle of the night. It glowed so nicely, like a piece of artwork.

"What do you think of it, Violet?" Jager said. Violet was pretty, but a little dark. In fact everything about her was dark, she looked like a shadow of a girl, except she stood. Jager had met her at age 8. She was very nice, even though nobody else seemed to like Jager. They all thought he was insane, that voices were in his head. How could they not see that Violet was standing right there?

"I think that we're about to die," Violet said, "Unless Aro gets here. Now." Aro was new to Jager, he hadn't been around long. He only seemed to appear when Jager needed to make a getaway. Aro sure was fast. He looked like what Jager would think lightning would look like in a human form, spiky, edgy. Suddenly Aro grabbed Jager and ran like crazy.

"WHERE ARE WE GOING!" Jager shouted his eyes wide with shock. He hadn't even seen Aro show up.

"Somewhere safe," Aro said, a little rumble, like thunder, to his voice. In seconds they were on the other side of the world. Then Jager heard it. The most deafening sound he had ever heard. He couldn't even call it a BOOM or a BANG. It was some indescribable sound so loud, he was surprised he didn't go deaf. Aro was gone now.

"That was close," Violet said.

Flint quietly but quickly worked on a new invention, sketching out the blue prints and at the same time making the shell. Steve, a monkey that Flint found, sick on the side of the road, Was running around Flint's lab searching for gummy bears, his favorite snack. Steve had a device that reads his thoughts and says them, that's how Flint and Steve communicate. Steve suddenly stopped what he was doing and turned towards the window, he ran over and looked outside. Scared, he ran over and began to pull on Flint's hair, trying to get him to go to the window, Flint grabbed him in frustration and put him on the table" Steve! Knock it off!" He yelled, he then noticed something, their was a white glow in Steves eye. Puzzled, he turned towards the window, he walked over" It's 3 in the morning ... and it's bright out ..." Flint whispered, he looked up in the sky, this wasn't from the sun. He's eyes widened before he began to shut down all the computers, Steve watched him with a confused look, not understanding what was going on. A doorbell was heard, he ran over to the window and looked down to the door, it was Sam, his girlfriend" Flint, What's going on?" She yelled up, he shrugged" I'm not sure, hold on, I'm coming down" He closed the window and picked up Steve, he then ran through a purple tunnel and went down an elevator, he opened the door and Sam was there waiting, They hugged and gave eachother a quick peck on the lips" Eww" Steve said, Sam giggled, her face then went serious" So, what's with the light?" She asked, Flint shrugged" I don't know, but it's not from the sun. We have to get out of the area" Flint explained, Sam nodded and followed him to the docks. Flint jumped onto a speed boat and began switching around wires" Flint! We aren't stealing a boat" She said, Flint looked at the motor of the boat as it started up, he Looked at Sam" Yes, we are" He took her hand and helped her onto the boat, Sam sat down and crossed her arms" Can you even drive a boat?" Sam asked, Flint put the engine in reverse and took hold of the wheel" Never to late to learn" He looked behind him as he gently, and amazingly well, backed up the boat out of the docks, once he was out of the docks, he put the engine back to normal and sped away from the little island. Flint sighed, he knew he just abandoned his father, but so many things would have went wrong if he came. Sam watched the water rush by while Steve clung onto Flint's leg" So, where are we going anyways?" Sam asked" The mainlands, we can at least get a car their" Sam looked at him" You're 16 Flint" She said, Flint looked at her" And you're 20, I obviously won't be driving it, but you will be" He looked back at the front of the boat, watching where he was going. It wouldn't be to long till they got their.

The distant ripples of madness echoed throughout the society of humans. Scattering they all went mad, panicking over the destruction of a piece of their world. This was to no ones suprise, since this dwarfed swine flue or any other small epedimic that had been considered fatal threats. Things like this made Crimson smile with elation and excitement, the few times he actually placed a smile on his face.

His speed accelerated, driving on the blocked off free-way on his motorcycle. Crimson was one of the brave few who did whatever the hell he felt like doing, and being a mercenary meant that he went out of his way, delving into danger for the smallest things. Even if he didn't know before hand he was getting paid by someone, trouble always found him, or he found trouble. In the end it earned him money, and that was all that mattered.

The free-way was cut off perfectly, as if someone had cut a perfect horizantal line, and from then on there was nothing. Crimson looked on past the barren wastelands that seemed to go on forever. Surpisingly it was interestingly cool, and the fresh breeze brought some refreshment to him. In the city it was always either extremely hot, or insanely cold. This was the perfect blend between the two, and his guess was that whatever had happened, it was almost as if it reset everything. Tempature, and the world itself.

Revving the motercycle, he jumped from the top of the street on to the leveled field below. Landing he would continue down the dirt rocky path that would hopefully take him to the cause. Crimson was insane for going alone, but at the same time he didn't care. He lived life as if it was his last day, and dreamed as if he would live on forever. This was the life, of Crimson



The world began to tremble, and the waves of the sea began to quicken. Storms began to form and rage throughout the entire world, as the object that struck deep within the planet began to vibrate. It's body was sending tremors throughout the now destroyed earth, and causing scarlet flames to shoot from deep within the planet. This made the zone a dangerous place now, and even around the world everything began to lose its eco structure.

Sam sighed as she stared at her feet, boat rides always made her sick, she pulled her knees tight to her chest and rested her head on her knees. Flint looked at Sam, concerned" Are you ok?" He asked, she slightly looked up" Sea sickness" She said quietly. Flint stopped the boat and kneeled beside her" Do you want me to stop for abit?" He asked, she nodded" Ok" he whispered, he looked up at the sky, it was getting cloudy, he also noticed the waves where getting slightly bigger with every one that passed. He got up and watched the pattern of the water" Under water tremors" he whispered. He looked back into the sky, he could see lightning strikes in the distance" We have to keep moving" Flint announced, Steve sat beside Sam and comforted her. Flint grabbed a bucket that was by the motor and handed it to Sam, he then went behind the wheel and started moving again. The waves where so big that every so often the boat would fly out of the water, but Flint had to keep a straight corse for the mainlands.

As they got closer, Flint noticed something he didn't want to. The city was trashed, as if a huge tornado went through. Flint slowly docked the boat, He walked over to Sam" You ok to walk?" He asked, she nodded and put the bucket down, she never used it, which was good. Steve jumped onto Flint's shoulder as Flint stepped onto the docks. He helped Sam get out of the boat, she gasped when she saw the city" What happened?" She asked" I don't know. But my guess is that we have to go south" Flint told her as he began walking, Sam held onto her stomach and followed" What makes you say that?" She asked" The light" He said, pointing to the sky" It hit everywhere but south" He walked over to a parking lot and looked at the cars, he searched for one that wasn't locked.

Jager and Violet walked back to the crater sight. The intense heat emanating out of it was enough to give you a severe sunburn. The pretty light was somewhere in there. Jager wanted it, he liked to look at it.

"Violet can you do anything about the heat?" Jager asked her.

"I control darkness, not temperature," Violet said. It was too bad no one else could see or hear her, she was very nice. Jager wouldn't be able to get the light, for now. There was always a chance another person would appear to him, maybe someone who could control water or, like Violet said, temperature. He only had two people unique to him right now though. In the mean time he would search for more material ways of getting past heat. He wanted that light. It was nice.

Sam walked over to Flint and rested her hand on his shoulder, he looked at her" You ok?" He asked, she nodded" I'm fine, but we aren't stealing a car. We can walk" Flint shook his head and saw that the drivers side of the cars window was open, he climbed over the hood and reached in, searching for the unlock button, Sam sighed" Fine, Steve and I are leaving" When she said that, Steve ran over to Sam and climbed up onto her shoulder, she began to walk away. Flint sighed as he took his arm out of the car and ran after them" Sam, wait!" He yelled after her. Sam stopped, their was a huge crater, and a guy. Flint stopped beside her" Why'd you stop?" he asked as he just noticed the crater, his eyes widened" Whoa! Cool!" He ran towards it and stopped just before it started, the heat was intense, Flint ignored the fact that he was standing beside someone. Sam walked up behind Flint and looked into the crater, she turned to Jager" Pretty wild morning" She said, trying to make things a little less awkward.

"Yeah it has been," Jager said. Violet stared at the new people with a glare. "Oh, this is Violet," Jager said, forgetting that no one but him could see or hear her. Thinking quickly Jager then said, "My shoes, their violet. I'm umm...colorblind." Jager's shoes were obviously black and white with green laces. "Do you guys have a way to withstand heat?" Jager said, "There is a pretty light in there."

Sam's eyes showed confusion as she looked at his shows, she looked back at him with a smile" There black, silly" She giggled, Flint looked up at Jager from the crater when Sam giggled" Withstand heat?" He asked" Umm ... I could ... make something but ... my labs back on the island and ... " He was interrupted by steve jumping on his face" Steeeeeeve" Yelled his text to speech thought translator. Flint desperately tried to get him off, Sam sighed" What Flint meant to say is no ... we don't" She looked and watched Flint and Steve, is was quite funny to watch. Sam then turned back to Jager" Can we come with you?" She asked, she said no more then that.

"No." Violet said. Jager just stared at him like they had heard her, then remembered they couldn't.
"OH! YEAH! SURE!" Jager said suddenly realizing. I'm not sure where we would find a way down there, I suppose town would be a good place to start. Suddenly Aro appeared. Jager tried to whisper as quietly as possible to him, "Not now." Aro ran away, they couldn't see or hear him either, but it would be quite odd if Jager suddenly started flying in a random direction at over 500 miles per hour. Jager began walking toward town, like his normal, slow, human self.

Once Jager started walking away, Flint looked up at Sam" I don't like him" He said, She smiled and grabbed his hand, dragging him towards the town" Well I do! Besides, he kinda cute" She giggled, Flint just stared at her, she rolled her eyes and ran up to Jager, she walked beside him" So what's your name?" Sam asked with a smile, Flint walked quietly behind them with Steve on his shoulder, he stared at Sam, he couldn't believe she was actually falling for Jager. Steve picked at Flints messy brown hair" Why do you want the light so bad anyways?" Flint asked.

"I'm Jager," Jager said, "And if that light destroyed almost the entire world, imagine what good we could do with it.
"That doesn't make any sense," Violet said. Jager looked over at her, "Of course it does, it's a light, it can't do any harm, in fact, I bet it was a falling star." Jager had looked really ridiculous when he said that, as it had seemed that no one had talked before him. He looked over at Sam and Flint. "I wonder if this crash threw off our orbit around the Sun,"

" That's actually a good observation" Flint side, now walking in between Jager and Sam" The force of ... whatever the light was, could have either sent us towards ... or away from the sun... or we never moved" Flint explained" Hopefully the never moved part is what happened" Sam said, she then looked at Jager" I'm Sam" She said with a wink, Steve climbed onto Flint head again" Steeeeeeve" Yelled Steve's translator" That's Steve, obviously" Sam giggled" And Flint" Sam told him, Flint looked at the ground as he thought about what Jager said, was he going to use the light for harm? And, how would he get the lights power if it's so hot? Everything Jager said really got Flint thinking, and wondering.

Violet was glaring so hard at Sam, Jager was sure that her head might explode suddenly. They had finally reached a small town. Jager thought this looked very rural, only used for the gas station and a small general store. All the lights were off, it was still somewhere around 6:00. Jager knocked on the gas station door, but no one answered. The door was automatic, but it was apparently shut down for the night. Suddenly the lights turned on and the door opened, Violet must have done something to the power. Jager walked inside only seeing snacks and slushies.
"Well I guess a slushie could cool us down," Jager said in a sarcastic tone of voice, "Didn't you say you could invent something if you had your lab? Are you a scientist? Could you make something with the materials here?" Jager stared at Flint in innocent awe.

Both Sam and Flint thought it was really strange that the power suddenly came on at the gas station, They walked in and looked around, it was just a normal gas station, food, drinks, a restroom, cigars behind the counter, lotto tickets. Flint heard what Jager said, He walked over to the slushy machine and pulled it away from the wall" No, just an inventor" He said as he reached behind it, the side of it suddenly fell off. He looked through the machine" I might be able to ... I could get the cooler out of the slushy machine ... then attach a generator to it and put it on the back of your clothes, but I'll have to cut a hole in your shirt ... Plus, it may not even be cool enough" Flint explained.

"It's worth a shot," Jager said, "The next big city is almost thirty miles away." Jager wondered what would happen if they even got the light. Would someone fight them for it? It didn't seem like they had any competition yet, which was surprising because Jager would have expected someone other than him to be interested in the thing that turned night to day. Even if this didn't work Jager could get Aro to get them to a big city, although he would have to explain everything to Sam, Flint, and Steve, and they would all think he was insane. It had happened before.

[ krap srry D: I've been busy with art class and school and argh]

Flint nodded, he knew it probably wouldn't work but he had to at least try. He unhooked all the cords and slowly dragged out the cooler, he went over and did the same to the other slushy machine. Except this time he got shocked by one of the cords" Ahh!" He said in a surprised tone, he shook his hand and quickly went back to work, Sam rested her head in her hand. Flint looked at the coolers, he then went behind the cashier counter and went through the drawers. He took out a pair of small scissors, why they where there? Flint didn't really want to know. He went over to Jager" So you are completely sure about this?" Flint asked. He figured he was known worldwide because of his last invention, which is why he asked.