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Authors: Mkululi Nqabeni

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They entered the Orange level. Something crossed on
Yolanda’s mind. During the White House meetings, she remembered the
elite astronomers’ team warning her about the Orange level. They
told her nothing escapes the orange level.
‘’Charles could you press the
‘’Freeze’’ button please’’ Yolanda asked. Charles pressed the
‘’Freeze’’ button and the spacecraft froze outside to at least -
350,000 degrees. The meteors, stars, rays, flashes of light in
front of the spacecraft started disappearing from their eyes as
soon as they entered the orange zone level. They enter the orange
level and they hear a loud bang on the spacecraft.

‘’
Something is trying to break in our spacecraft’’ Charles
said. The spacecraft trembled as
a heavy invisible forces try to crush the
spacecraft into pieces but could not succeed. The screeching and
tearing of the spacecraft continued until it stopped an hour late.
They passed the orange level and breathed a sigh of relief. ‘’
Charles, I think we should start preparing to set the nuclear
bombs’’ Yolanda said. Charles stood up and went to the artillery
room to pre-initialise the nuclear codes. He takes out the notepad
full of codes Yolanda gave him. He set the bomb and went back to
the workstation. ‘’ We are about to enter the Event Horizon and as
soon as the spacecraft enters. We drop the bomb and hide’’ she
said. ‘’ Copy that, do you realise if we do not get through the
Event horizon, we are finished’’ he said. ‘’ Have a little faith, I
think we are going to be alright. Our spacecraft has carried us
this far’’ she said. Looking at the spacecraft from the video
footage they notice the ice on the exterior of the spacecraft has
melted. Huge creatures similar to jelly fish appeared and stuck to
the spacecraft. These creatures are trying to melt the spacecraft
into nothing but couldn’t because the spacecraft sped off and
entered the event horizon.

The windshield nearly cracked. ‘’ Our windshield has
cracked and I’m worried. If any small air comes in, we will die in
few seconds’’ she said. They ent
ered a huge black cave with huge black
stones similar to bitumen and coal. The cave structure is
sophisticated and well sculpted. ‘’This is beautiful, but I don’t
think people live here’’ Yolanda said. ‘’Maybe alien slaves built
this. Charles said. They both laughed. ‘’ I don’t think aliens
exist maybe you are on to something though’’ Yolanda said.Charles
set the bomb to detonate within 10 minutes. After he finished, he
went back to the workstation.

‘’
The nuke will go off in 10 minutes, lets drop now and hide
our spacecraft. The nuclear bomb was dropped on the floor of the
cave. They sped off and hid their spacecraft
in a huge cave space and waited.
‘’Why did we set the nuclear bomb knowing it will wipe us all here.
No matter where we are. Do you remember Hiroshima?’’ he said. ‘’
No, Charles this spacecraft has survived bigger challenges on our
journey here.

10 minu
tes later. The nuclear bomb exploded causing a lot of havoc
inside the black hole and it seemed almost all the natural laws,
systems and flow of the Black Hole was disrupted. The cave trembled
and was crushed almost everything inside. They heard Screams of
monsters and creatures. Flying and ground creatures were on fire
making huge terrifying noises to Yolanda and Charles. Yolanda took
off her seat belt and sat on Charles’s lap and held him tight. Tons
and tons of large stones fell on to the spacecraft and they nearly
crushed it.

They also
heard screams and different sounds they have never heard before.
The Spacecraft trembled for few minutes then it stopped. There was
silence and they breathed a sigh of relief. ‘’ That was very
close’’ Yolanda said. ‘’ I think we are going to survive this’’ he
said. ‘’ I hope so too’’ she said.

On Planet Earth, the sun has never
risen for the past 6 days because it
has disappeared. Everyone screams when they witness explosions in
the sky. The explosion seemed like its coming down to earth but it
never did. Everyone in the White House went outside to see this
explosion from the sky. President Sharon Washington points to the
sky. ‘’ That’s our nuke right? She said. He chief of staff comes
closer to the president. ‘’Yes Madam President, that’s our nuke’’
he said. President Washington sighed. ‘’ May their souls rest in
peace’’ she said.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUPER DARK FORCE

Everything inside the spacecraft is upside down, papers,
cupboards broken on the floor.
They woke up from unconsciousness holding their
heads. ‘’ Do you think the explosion worked? Charles asked. ‘’I
think so’’ she replied. Charles switched on the nuclear engines,
tries to fly the spacecraft but it was unable to move. They were
stuck, the tons of large stones buried them deep under. ‘’There’s
nothing we can do except wait and see what happens next’’ he
said.

‘’
I agree’’ she said. ‘’I’m headin
g to the kitchen, do you want to join
me? Charles asked. ‘’Yes, it’s been 12 hours since we last ate’’
she replied. They headed to the kitchen, stretching their arms.
Yolanda opened the fridge and took out, lettuce, tomatoes, ham and
cheese. ‘’ We have achieved our objective, right?’’ he asked.
‘’Yes, we have fulfilled our objective’’ she replied. Charles took
the bread and handed it to Yolanda. As she was preparing the
sandwiches, took mineral water bottles from the fridge. ‘’What were
those sounds? He asked.

‘’
I don’t know but they were very frightening sounds’’ she
replied. ‘’ Maybe they were aliens…… or dinosaurs’’ he said.
Yolanda stopped what she was doing and looked at Charles, shaken to
what he just said. Charles laughed out loud at Yolanda. ‘’I got
you’’ he said. Yolanda calmed down and continued putting ham on to
the slice of bread. ‘’Stop that Charles, you know I
never liked scary
staff’’ she said. She finished making the sandwiches and gave
Charles his. ‘’ This sandwich is good’’ he said. Yolanda also took
a bite of the sandwich. ‘’ I think there is life here in the Black
Hole. Those horrifying sounds were living creatures’’ she said.
After they finished eating, they cleaned the kitchen, rooms and
workstation. ‘’ I have never cleaned my room before in my
lifetime’’ Yolanda said. ‘’Well, there is a first time for
everything’’ he said.

As they were teasing each other
and enjoying themselves, they felt
the spacecraft trembling. ‘’ Did you hear that?’’ he said. ‘’I
think so’’ she replied. They stood still, looking around terrified.
The large stone above and in front of them kept moving. They looked
at each other with confusion all over their faces. They hear
strange sounds from the other side of the stones. They sound like a
tractor truck when it’s going on reverse or a clock alarm sound but
louder. They saw lights from the little holes in the
stones.

‘’
I think they are removing the stones’’ he said. ‘’ Who is
removing the stones, Charles’’ she screamed. ‘’ I don’t know’’ he
replied. ‘’I’m scared’’
she said. They were at the workstation; Yolanda
sat on Charles’s lap and leaned on him. Yolanda could hear
Charles’s heart beating faster and faster. The stones were removed.
The lights were brighter pointing at them and, covered their eyes
and they couldn’t see clearly.

‘’
State your business’’
a huge automated sound said. Charles pressed on
the microphone and loudspeaker button. ‘’ We are from Planet Earth,
we here because the Dark Matter has disappeared from our planet. We
wouldlike it to be available on our planet’’ he said. There was
silence for few seconds, Yolanda and Charles heard what Charles
just said being replayed by the machines. They flew towards the
spacecraft, Yolanda looked closer. They were round, same size as a
gym ball, black and some were gold, they were drones. They flew
closer and attached themselves to the spacecraft and stuck to it.
They pulled out the spacecraft and the other drones attached
themselves at the back of the spacecraft lifting it up. The gold
drones had ‘’Quake Drone’’ printed on it and the black drones had
‘’Clump Drone’’ printed on it. They lifted the spacecraft and flew
away with them. ‘’Where are they taking us’’ Yolanda said. ‘’ We
are taking you to our new god of the Super Dark Force, Xakes’’ The
drones said.

There was confusion in both Yolanda and Charles’s eyes.
‘’Don’t worry, the only thing that is keeping us alive right
now is the
spacecraft. We are not in danger’’ Yolanda said. ‘’ I hope you are
right’’ he said. The drones took them inside a huge cave. Inside
the cave were hundreds of 70cm flat screen TV on the wall, showing
every development in every planet, galaxy and universes. In front
of every flat screen TV was a drone watching it. ‘’This looks like
a CCTV control room of the milky’’ she said. ‘’Astonishing’’ he
said. The drones took the spacecraft to a large dark and quiet,
dropped it to the ground and they left. The cave trembled for a few
seconds. A huge large screen appeared. It was bigger than a cinema
screen. In the middle of the screen, there was a red horizontal
moving from left to right like a heart monitor.

‘’
You are the radicals, that tried to overthrow my kingdom of
the Super Dark Force before it began’’ the voice from the screen
said.
Yolanda
pressed the loudspeaker button. ‘’We came here to save our species
in planet earth’’ she said. ‘’ I don’t care what you have to say
about your little planet. I will give you credit though, for
entering the Black hole without being destroyed’’ the voice
shouted. ‘’Who are you?’’ Yolanda asked. ‘’I am Xakes, the true god
of the Super Dark Force. We have joined forces with the gods of the
Andromeda galaxy, Black Hole and the Dark energy’’ Xakes said.
Yolanda and Charles looked at each other and looked back at the
screen. ‘’ Alright’’ she said. ‘’Merging with these galaxies is
nearly 80% complete and the Super Dark Force kingdom will be
formed. The Milky Way will be all mine and an advanced version of
every species will be created. Everyone will worship Xakes and bow
down to me’’ he said.

‘’
Where is the Dark Matter and what have you done to it?’’
Yolanda asked. Xakes laughed out loud. ‘’You mean Xotron? He and
his goddess, Mother Nature are in prison in the Island of Oblivion.
They will spend the rest of their eternity in there’’ Xakes said.
‘’ What are you going to do with us?’’ she asked. ‘’ Join us, you
can be of use to me
in exploring the alternate universes and unknown
worlds’’Xakes said. Charles looks at Yolanda and shook his head
with disapproval. Yolanda ignored Charles’s advice.

‘’
Spare our people and planet earth. Only then we can work
with you’’ she said. ‘’Fair enough, what was that weapon, you used
inside the Black Hole? Although It was very effective, it destroyed
a lot of our systems but we recovered within seconds’’ Xakes said.
‘’ It was a nuclear bomb, it is effective as gumma rays but it
spreads to thousands of kilometres’’ she said. ‘’ I am impressed’’
Xakes said. Charles grabbed Yolanda’s hand. ‘’You can’t do
this’’
he
said. ‘’ What choice do we have. Let’s work with him and our planet
will be spared’’ she said. Charles shook his head and went back to
his seat. ‘’ I have a bad feeling about this’’ he said. ‘’Can I see
the weapon’’ Xakes said. ‘’ Of course you can’’ she replied.
Yolanda rushed to the back at the artillery room. She took the
North Korea Nuclear bomb and placed it next to the exit door. She
wrote the codes, instructions on the piece of paper and pasted them
on the bomb. She released the nuclear bomb outside the spacecraft
to the ground and closed the door. She rushed back to the
workstation and pressed the loudspeaker button. ‘’ What do you
think’’ Yolanda asked. Charles looked down with defeat in his eyes,
and shook his head.

‘’
Now take them to prison’’ Xakes said. ‘’No!
You promised’’ she
shouted. ‘’Take them now, I will use this bomb to destroy your
dearest planet earth’’ Xakes said. ‘’No’’ She screamed. The drones
picked up the spacecraft and left the cave. Xakes laughed out loud.
The drones threw the spacecraft into a huge dam. The water was
spinning and also the spacecraft was spinning in the centre of the
dam going down and deeper. Yolanda cried uncontrollable and
thinking about what she has done. The spacecraft kept spinning
deeper and deeper into this huge shallow, never ending downward
spiral.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ISLAND OF
OBLIVION

 

 

The spacecraft was ejected into the
island of Oblivion. The spacecraft crashed into the beach sand and
rolled 15 times until it stopped. The seatbelts have snapped.
Yolanda and Charles are lying on the floor unconscious. The
spacecraft is 85% damaged and nuclear engines have been wrecked.
Only the solar engines are working. Emergency alarm rings, smoke
comes of the engine and moves inside the spacecraft. A sprinkle of
water comes down from the ceiling of the spacecraft. Charles
coughs, wakes up feeling a lot of pain all over his
body.

He sees Yolanda lying
unconsciously on the floor. She had blood on her forehead.
‘’Yolanda, wake up’’ he shouted. Yolanda coughed and opened his
eyes. ‘’Charles... where are we?’’ she asked. Charles took the
‘’Oxygenex’’ mask and placed it on her face. ‘’It’s ok, just
breathe’’ Charles said. He went to his bedroom, took the pillow and
rushed back to the workstation. He gently lifted Yolanda’s head
then placed a pillow under her head. Yolanda looked at Charles, she
grins a little bit but felt pain afterwards. Charles took the fire
extinguisher; he put out the fire in the engine room and the
workstation. He went to the 1
st
aid room, picked up the
1
st
aid
kit and rushed back to the workstation.

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