Authors: Steven Brockwell
“You already know who I am and why I am here Carl
”, said Jeramaya.
“How come you know my name?”
“Maya has informed me of everything that has taken place, it is now my duty to restore balance to this planet”, said Jeramaya.
“To restore balance would mean erasing everything Sonard has created, even us!” replied Carl
“ We have traveled the future, and have seen mankind destroy himself and his planet, what was not meant to be, can never become, the evil that was created shall be cast out from this world, leaving the meek to inherit what is rightfully theirs,” said Jeramaya.
Jan stared at the tall man, his words brought a sense of tranqu
ility, comfort nothing like she or anybody had ever experienced before
”
come with us Carl; join our crusade to restore what nature had created”.
“My place is here with my people, my friends,” replied Carl.
“Like hell it is”, shouted Jason and pushed them both into light, “now get out of here before Sonard arrives”.
Jeramaya smiled at Jason, his actions were those of a true friend; knowing Carl would be an asset to Jeramaya and his crew as they set off to challenge Sonard in another distinctive time zone, leaving one battle to take on another.
The light faded taking away all who stood with in its beam, everyone stared into the skies as the ships cloaking shield flicker reveling its vast under side”, holy shit! Now I have seen it all,” mumbled Jason as the magnificent cruiser once again disappeared into the darkness.
As for nick and Jason their major battle had only just begun, in the distance they could hear the sound of choppers approaching, Sonard was on his way
. Now with only three of them to take on Sonard they would be greatly outnumbered. Jason pulled his revolver out from under his belt; Jack took one look and laugh”, what you goanna do with that?” He asked.
“Well unless you got anything that packs a bigger punch, then I guess this is all we got,” replied Jason. Jack continued laughing as the choppers grew closer
”, come, follow me”, said jack
Nick shrugged at Jason as they both followed jack to his house, and down into the basement
. Jack walked over to a large cupboard, and pulled the doors open. Jason, nick stared not believing what they were seeing,” holy cow, what are you a one man army or something”, said Jason.
Over the years jack had collected various types of armaments, which he used to get over the black market, it was one of his hobbies.
Jason selected one of his favorites the Enfield, it packed a punch, and that is what he was after. Nick took the A.K 47, while jack pulled out a 12-gauge, pump action shot gun. And also a Russian type reusable grenade launcher, which to Jason seemed somewhat odd.” Do you know how to use that thing old man?” said Jason.
“What do you think
? I use to be fishermen remember?” replied jack. Jason looked over to nick”, what’s that got to do with it?” asked nick. Jack smiled and said,” believe me you don’t want to know.”
Sonard was one of
the first to touch ground, he ordered his men to search for the spear, not knowing Jeramaya had been there just seconds before him. Jason kept an eye out for Sonard’s men, as they carefully approached jack’s house. “This is it guys,” said Jason, feeling comfortable in these surroundings. Nick on the other hand trembled with fear; he had never been in any type of engagement, well not of this kind anyway. As for jack, well he was old and saw this as an adventure, something to look back on, that is if he ever made it out alive.
Jason stepped forward as Sonard’s men gained ground, releasing a volley of shots
. Suddenly the air came to life as tracers lit up the skies, a chopper approached from the side to give Sonard’s men cover as they advanced; nick grabbed the grenade launcher and picked his target. Having never used one before, he fell backwards as the missile blasted through the air striking its target. The chopper explodes, sending a ball of fire crashing to the ground. Jason shouted “eeh ha,” to claim his victory, however, it was not over yet.
The explosion gained the attention of the local police force, whom where soon on the scene, only to be greeted by a string of shots that pierced their squad cars
. The police took up positions and engaged calling back up, returning fire. “Holy shit the Calvary have arrived, “said nick, as jack pumped his shot gun deafening everyone around him.
The battle raged on throughout the night, as Carl and his companion Jan, raced across the skies with Jeramaya and his crew
. Their friends would be missed as they set out towards a new life onboard an alien deep space cruiser, which had the capability to travel through time to seek the very man that had the knowledge, information needed to erase the past.
Jeramaya now had to find Adameus.
Chapter fifteen
The captive
E
ver since Carl and Jan had boarded Jeramaya’s spacecraft, they had to undergo the same decontamination process as Maya did, breathing in the decontamination mist, cleansing the lungs and the outside of their bodies. They were also provided with uniforms and standard living quarters, which reminded Carl what it used to be like living onboard their 35-foot boat, meaning space was limited, since there were now six people on board. In addition, there life support systems could only cater for one more persons, which Jeramaya hoped would be Adameus, the very person he had to find. However, the task would not be a simple one, since Sonard had cast him into the past, tracing Adameus would not be easy.
That’s were Carl’s theory came in, he explained to Jeramaya how he thought Adameus might have been influencing someone to write prophesies of the future, with his research in the library, Carl had quite a good idea in which year they needed to travel too in order to find Adameus
. Maya also had some knowledge on how to detect Adameus, since she had discovered that he could still be wearing his teleportation tag, allowing them to locate his exact position.
However, Gale had just informed the captain, that since they had traveled to and throw from their planet to earth several times, the ships power cells were desperately in need of recharging, meaning for the time being they were going nowhere.
Jeff, their ship’s technician, tried desperately to preserve whatever energy he could, only it would not be sufficient for them to travel the speeds needed to achieve time travel. Maya had overheard Jeff, explaining about their dwindling power supplies, and she recalled something she once heard Sonard say, since at one time he had also went through the same problem as they were. ‘Excuse me Jeramaya! I think I could be of some help,” she said
“And how do you think you’re going to replace our power source?” asked Jeff.
“Well I am not quite sure how it’s done! However, I once heard Sonard say how the earthlings were confused when they landed on the planet, in a corn field to recharge their power source,” replied Maya.
Carl realized what Sonard meant by this, he recalled several news reports of strange shapes being created in several deserted corn fields, and most of these shapes materialized just after a storm had taken place in that area.
“Lightening, That’s it if you found an approaching storm, and landed in a vast corn field where there are no buildings, since your craft will be the only metal object with in that area, lightning would surely strike the ship,” Said Carl.
Jeff was stunned, lost for words realizing that humans were not dumb at all, and were able to adapt to their new surroundings quite easily. Jeramaya thought it over calculating if this would be possible, he even ran a computer simulation with gale, seeing what alterations would have to be made.” well Jeff what do you thing?” asked Jeramaya.
“This could be
achieved, and it might just as well work, although the ships power intact would need some slight modifications,” said Jeff.
Finally,
they had hope; all they needed now was a storm and a deserted field where no one would know what they were up too.
Jeff began work at once, altering the ships power intake, which supplied their power cells
. While Jeramaya tracked down a developing storm over the continents, which was now trouble at all, since hundreds of thunderstorms take place almost simultaneously.
There they waited for th
e storm to materialize, while the rain slowly pattered on their ships, glass shields. Jeramaya took this moment to recall his younger days, and how the massive corn field where they had landed, somehow resembled his home land, before their planet became a frozen waste land, were the fields now lay tens of feet below the ice and snow. A flash of lightning lit up the sky bringing Jeramaya back to his senses, while Jeff franticly raced to alter the ships power intake. He would have to isolate the energy as it traveled towards the ships power cells, forever hoping to contain the intense voltage carried in one single bolt of lightning.
A farmer gazed into the sunset as the storm grew nearer; hoping the lightning would not ignite his cornfield
. The rains intensified, as thunder roared all around his isolated farmhouse, a bolt of lightning raced towards the earth. The farmer looked on hoping his fields would remain intact, a fire at this stage just before harvest, could destroy his entire crop.
As the heavens roared, a second lightning bolt crackled through the sky
, striking virtually in the same place as the first, temporarily exposing Jeremy’s ship as its cloaking screen, slightly shimmered for a split second. The old farmer rubbed his eyes not believing what he had just seen, while Curiosity led him to gather his dogs that forever howled as if for some reason they sensed, something was out there.
Armed with his old double-barreled shotgun, the farmer went to investigate as to what it was he had just seen
. His old pickup truck splashed across the muddy, dirt track leading to the same place that Jeramaya and his crew had landed, hoping to discover the unknown. However, to his surprise the only thing the farmer found was a large patch of his wheat field had been flattened by Jeremy’s ship, leaving a precise imprint of its underbelly.
The farmer would later on report this to the authorities, as they batter their brains hoping to find an answer
, as to what had made this strange shape, knowing it was not the first to be discovered, or even the last.
Carl’s theory had been successful, the lighting
had recharged the ships power cells to the max, which Jeff could feel as he pushed their cruiser to its limits, blasting out of earth’s orbit in just a matter of seconds.
Jeramaya
was in his quarters with Jade, the ship’s physician, analyzing the data storage device that Carl had stolen back from Sonard’s head quarters. The sights they were seeing showed exactly how Sonard and his crew had succeeded in transforming a primitive Ape like creature, into an intellectually being.
Maya accompanied them explaining the procedures that had taken place, only Jeramaya needed no explanation at all, the images being screen
showed what Sonard had achieved by inducing, cross breading with a primitive species, he had created the very being that dominated the earth.
Jan curiously walk around their sp
ace ship exploring her new home it all seemed like some kind of a bad dream, although she knew this dream was real.
Carl had taken time to absorb all that had happened, his mind raced while he tried desperately to answer the hundreds of questions that taunted his mind
. Although the most important question he needed answering was, what would happen to them once Jeramaya succeeds in erasing the past, eliminating humans from the face of the earth, would Carl, Jan, and Maya also mysteriously disappear? This was something Carl needed answering now.
Jeramaya had finished discussing the contents of the data, storage d
evice with the rest of his crew when Carl rudely barged into his quarters; Jeramaya turned to face Carl he could see he was stressed, then again why he should not be. Carl had been taken from his planet and was now aboard an alien space ship, even though they were not hostile and the rest of the crew had accepted them, still Carl’s behavior was something that Jeramaya knew, and had expected.
Carl sat down besides Jeramaya, and began to push him for answers; Jeramaya calmed him down explaining how time travel worked.
” Whoever traveled with in the time capsule being our ship, would not be affected by time, but would remain the same as before they had departed into a different time zone. “
Carl was somewhat relieved by this, and thanked Jeramaya for his comforting words
. As Carl stood up to leave, he slightly lost his balance, Jeramaya held out his hand to steady him, “What’s happening”, asked Carl.
“Gale, the ships computer is adjusting the ships angle before we activate our warp drive, which will allow us to travel through time,” said Jeramaya.