A galaxy and a blue flip-flop keychainA Story by Emily Dickinson Jr. A keychain causes death, a key chain causes frenzy, A keychain can not be destoyed not forever becuase you can't keep a good key-chain down.
Black, oblivion surrounds a
scene. The endless, stark expanse of
space surrounds us and little else. I
say little else for there is something here.
There are stars far off even if we can't see many. Of course, there's also the small matter of lasers
and two armadas shooting down one another.
One set of spaceships were triangular and the enemy were a sort of
rounded type tube ship. They both were
small but they both were lethal. If you
could see who was in the ships and had no idea of the chaos outside, these two
enemies would be no different. Inside
each of these ships were Legarithans from the Vexunthan planetary system. They were all the same shade of brown, and
each massive compared to their little vessels.
All had three eyes and all had four fingers. They were all simple Legarithans so why did
they shoot to kill one another? They
wanted something and each believed the other had it. None would believe the others ignorance and,
both sides suspected trickery where none existed. They shot off beams and lasers of many kinds
and there were many small explosions. One young Legarithan used a weapon
none of the others would dare. She
pushed the big red button. She would
die; she knew this. The button would
blow her up but she would take the enemy with her. That was the plan and she wanted it that
way. More than anything she wanted to go
down a hero to be remembered as the one to end this civil war between her
kind. As she pressed the button and it
blinked once, twice, thrice, a boom resonated throughout every galaxy. An explosion rocked the whole Vexunthan
system. As the dust rose and spread each
creature of every quadrant felt a pang in there heart. This pang was the pang of an entire species dying. As the dust settled a little blue
orbed could be seen flying away from the cloud, ejected by the force of the
blast. This was the object the creatures
had been seeking. Who really had this
little blue object has been lost to the history books of the galaxy. What is known however is that where this
little blue object goes terror follows. Through the great expanse of space
the blur orb flies from galaxy to galaxy it flies without once stopping. It passes grand planet after grand planet
never once slowing on its journey until one day thousands of years after the
end of the Legarithan's civil war it slows and eventually crashes to a large
asteroid only a single quadrant away from the original battle field. Down, down, down into the soil of the asteroid
it was buried. It glowed faintly not
that anyone was there to see it. With flowers in both arms a young
girl walked through the meadow by her home.
She lived comfortably with her family and the Saehi Asteroid; it was a
humble farming asteroid. Her family the
Croons lived here. She was Mei
Croon. Today however she was not
planting for profit but for pleasure.
When full grown the flowers would bloom white with rainbow specks and
from their blossoms would sprout rainbows when in their prime. She dug in a small mound of earth on the
eastern side of the meadow to plant her lovely flowers. She tried to anyways. She dug but before long she hit something
hard something unforgiving. Pushing the
soil aside she sees a glimpse of vivid blue.
She brushed all the dirt away and saw clearly the object so many
desire. It is a blue plastic sandal, a
key-chain, and broken at that. That is
what it appears to be but Mei knew much better than that, everyone with any
education knew better than that though on this farming asteroid that wasn't
many. It was the traeum. The traeum was a kind of hard drive. It contained within each cell of its plastic
all the knowledge and secrets of humanity.
It was coveted by all and because of this it cause mayhem. Now it had come to Mei's asteroid. The only thing Mei knew at this point was ‘no
one must know of what I have found, of what I have seen, of what I do know
now.". So, with that thought in
mind she went on life normally harvesting crops as if nothing had changed. However, something had changed; there was no
mistaking that. The day was long and Mei was
exhausted. Sweat was rolling down her
skin and darkening her clothes. The she
heard something "Mei! Mei, come here!”
It was her mom. She did as she
was told and went up to her. “Sweetheart, a town meeting has been called. They say it's urgent. Also, it involves your brother." With a look of alarm on her face she quickly
walked to town with her mom. On the way
she asked "Derek? What did he do to
get the whole town involved?”” Not now, you'll find out soon." Soon they arrived to see hundreds of
families all gathered. It looked as if
every person on the asteroid had come. A
rotund man stepped up and addressed the people “My dear citizens, for so long
our humble asteroid has gone unknown and underestimated. Today, this all changes because of one young
man. Step forward, Dereck
Coon!" The crown parted and there
was her brother standing in his standard overalls yet on his face rested a
smirk. He seemed very much pleased with
himself. "Dereck show the people
what you have found. Show them what will
change their lives." Just as he was
told to Dereck reached down into his overalls and pulled something all, blue,
and sandal-shaped. It was the
Traeum. He thrust it high into the air
as one would a sword of glory. Mei
reached down into her pocket. It was gone.
'Damn it! It must have fallen out
while I was working. What will you do
next, dear brother of mine? That smirk
leads me to think nothing good.' Out of the crowd several gasps were
heard interspersed. Most on the asteroid
were ignorant but there were still several like Mei who weren't. The speaker went on, "I see that several
of you recognize this object. For those
of you that don't, it is called a Traeum.
It contains the information of the universe, it contains great
secrets. With this knowledge our small existence
shall be expanded and never again overlooked!
Do it Dereck, do it now!" From
Mei's brother came a screech a howl a roar of inhumanity and it echoed off into
the great expanse. Mei was shaken to her
core 'I have never once been so afraid of my own brother'. Our leader spoke again "That call will
bring a rare species of creature and from it our researchers will yield
wonderful medical discoveries. We
learned this from the Traeum and have concluded that this is the easiest and
fastest way for us to become acknowledged.
Mae stepped forward to the crowd and spoke "Leader, brother, the
traeum gives knowledge in its purest form but it knows nothing of risk nor of
danger. Think on what may come along
with this creature. We could very well
be killed in this attempt." Superior
smirks were their response to her. “Nothing
will happen, you silly girl, just you wait." Mae would not hear of it; she was insistent
that they at least arm themselves. Her
brother gave in. “Leader there is no
doubt she is wrong but there is no harm in placating her, surely? Have the people bring a few guns and be done
with it." The leader agreed. The people didn't seem to hear any of what
Mae said and were in clusters laughing, joking and celebrating there good
fortune. They had brought a few weapons
on the leaders command but were really just using them as staffs to lean
on. She wasn't surprised; people rarely
did pay her any mind. Hours
went by and soon Mae had a feeling creep up her spine and spread across her
shoulder blades. She stared into space
in fear-laced anticipation. Soon a soft
sound was heard it was a sort of croon.
In the distance something was seen.
It wasn't pretty. It was large
and grey with many limbs. Its eyes spoke
of madness and as it came closer a rancid smell spread. Before she could notify any other it was here
and it didn't slow on land; if anything it gained speed. It began to destroy. Blood rained down from limbs being torn
brutally from corpses and from teeth ripping from cold skin to cold skin. Dereck and the leader had been the first to
fall. They died with hands a stretch and
greed shining from their now lifeless eyes.
She didn’t have time to mourn, and she knew at that speed she couldn't
save anyone, not even her mother, though she dearly wanted to. She grabbed the Traeum from her brother's
stiff hand and ran to where it all began.
She hid in the fertile mounds of the meadow. Her body shaked and silent tears fell down
her full cheeks. She could not make a
sound she knew this so not a squeak escaped her lips. She held in her whails for her life. She stayed there shaking in silent tears for
hours. Soon they left her but still she
hid for days. She watched day change to
night and repeat the cycle until she finally felt it was safe to leave. The walk into town was a slow journey,
it seemed to last forever and drag on, even though the walk was actually very
brief. All that remained were skulls and
other bones. She ran frantically and
checked each house. Each was empty. She was the only one alive and that thought
brought on a scary thought ' Now that it has killed my town what is to stop it
from going after the others?' Mae didn't
have many friends but she did have one, a very dear one, which lived an
asteroid over. Her name was Sarah and
both Mae and Sarah wore friendship charm bracelets. With that in mind Mae took her mother’s
spacecraft and went to the Neu Asteroid.
It was very quite. She walked
into town to see if she could find Sarah.
It was too late. Blood was
splashed onto the buildings and flesh littered the ground. She heard a sort of rasp, a sort of gurgle
and spun around quickly. It was a body,
a live one. It was smashed and tangled
in a clothing line. Its hair was dark
and blood matted and its skin a deathly pallor.
Its limbs were hanging limply and its left limb is what really grabbed
her attention. Dangling from its left wrist
was a bracelet, a charm bracelet. Mae
had an identical one on her left wrist, as well. It was Sarah, it had to be. This girl however looked nothing like her
Sarah; her friend always so lively.
"Sarah, is that you? You’re
going to be alright aren't you?"
The body raised its head and smiled, a tragic smiled. "Of course, I am Mae, don't be a
Silly-Billy." She rasped out and
chuckled weakly. Suddenly her eye went
wide and looked much too large for her head and gasped out “run-” and before
anything else could be said a tentacle was speared through her head and nothing
more was said. Mae didn't stop and stare
she just ran. She ran straight to
Sarah's house. She didn't look back but
if she did she would have seen the beast just a step behind her the whole way
there. As it was she could only here the
great "Thump, swish" of its great tentacled limbs against the ground
echoing behind her. When reaching the house she slammed
the door closed and bolted it shut tight.
The door trembled and loud bangs came from the other end. Mae ran to the other side of the room. Tentacles were slipping under the door and
leaking from the sides. Soon it exploded
in splinters while she cowered in the corner.
The beast came closer and she looked at it in hysteria and the madness
of a person looking death in the face.
She took out from her pocket a square metal machine. On this machine was a button a big red
button. She smile at the monster and
told it "You killed everyone but it stops here; I’ll take you with me and
end this mass of murder just like the Legarithens finished their civil
war." She kept to her word cleanly
and without further adieu pressed the big, red button. Anyone outside the house would see wind being
pushed harshly out the windows and doors. They would have seen the wood splinter and explode. They would have soon died to as the explosion
spread to the rest of the asteroid and cremated the fallen villagers. All that was left was dust but if
you had seen Mei's body before the temperature reached the level needed to
change its state you would have seen melted blue wax upon her belly. That was the fate of Mae and the traeum is
what anyone who had seen what happened this day would think. This would be thought rightly for the traeum
was mere dust in the wind for a million years.
That is, until one day on earth a baby was born. That baby would grow to be a genius; the
smartest being on Earth and even though they didn't know it the galaxy. Because, this baby was born with a sandal in
her tummy. On her fifteenth birthday
after blowing out the candle on her cake she would look up to the sky
smiling. She would see several dark
circles in the sky and she wouldn't have any idea why. © 2013 Emily Dickinson Jr.Author's Note
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