Dying Planet: A Post-Apocalyptic Novel
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Everyone nodded.
“Do you think the air is breathable to us?” Tom asked.
“I guess so.” Eric said. “And, I hope that they had fixed the atmosphere problem. They must have looted a huge amount of gold from our planet.”
“In that building, in Rostov, they were looting gold?” Emma asked.
“There is all the possibility, if Roger is right about the flying saucer part, of course.” Eric said.
“We have reached Nibiru ... Please state what you want to do.” Mira’s voice echoed through the ship.
Quickly everyone ran towards the control room. In the control panel planet Nibiru is clearly displayed. Nibiru is more like planet Earth, only that it’s lot greener. There aren’t any natural moons and there are not even artificial satellites around the planet.
Survivors looked at planet Nibiru with excitement.
“Mira, please find a suitable place to land.” Eric said.
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Chapter 25
Somewhere in Planet Nibiru
Mars Enteropeda landed in a place surrounded by trees, with a loud thud. Dust flew into a distance from where the ship had landed.
“We have successfully landed ...” Mira’s voice reverberated throughout the ship.
Ruben and Eric quickly filled their back pack with vending machine food. A few minutes later, all the nine survivors stood near the ramp.
Then Eric pressed a red switch on the wall near the ramp. “Mira, open the ramp.”
Suddenly with a loud thud, the ramp slowly fell downward. A moment later the ramp touched the ground and survivors exited the ship. They are welcomed by a cool wind. Then they looked around them and then they saw it. Nearby them, in a planar region, lays a few dozens of flying saucers. All flying saucers are in silver colour and a silence hovered over them.
“There could be people nearby. So, be careful.” Eric said.
Everyone nodded. Ruben walked in the front line with the assault rifle, and they slowly walked towards the flying saucers. All flying saucers’ doorways are opened widely and it seems that these flying saucers were abandoned long ago. Before long they passed the flying saucers and now they reached a tree land. Now they are standing atop an elevated region, and down below, they could see trees.
Survivors slowly climbed down and they moved through the tree land. They have now made a considerable distance from their ship. A few minutes later they exited the tree land and entered into a place where grass thrives. And far away they saw a building. Sun is in its highest position, but sun’s rays barely warmed the survivors.
Survivors slowly marched towards the building.
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Epilogue
Somewhere in Planet Nibiru
Before long the building fully came into view. Survivors slowly approached the building. This building actually looks like a cylinder with large diameter. A few minutes later they reached in front of the building.
“Hello, anybody here?” Eric called.
“Are you sure they are like us? Humans?” Emma asked.
“Those men we saw back in Rostov were like us. So no need to worry.” Eric said.
“Eric, here.” Tom called from a side. Tom had found the entrance.
Eric and team slowly approached the front door. Door is made up of metal and is full of rust.
Eric turned the large wheel in front of the door and suddenly the door unlocked with a loud screech. They slowly pushed opened the door and got inside. The building has no roof and they could clearly see the inside of the building. They slowly walked through a corridor. This place is dead silent. Suddenly something began to thrash on the metal door from outside.
“Who will it be?” Eric asked.
“Someone who heard us opening the door.” Tom said.
Eric slowly went near the door and he peeked outside through a small hole formed on the wall due to rust. Then he stumbled back due to fear.
“What is it, Eric?” Emma asked.
Emma went near the door and she too peeked outside. Then she too saw it. It was an infected. Its face is filled with blood stain and its clothes are all torn. It is pummeling at the door with inhuman strength. Suddenly holes began to appear on the door. The door is very rusty and it will not stand much longer. A pungent rotten smell filled the very air. That’s when survivors thought about their face masks. Would they too become infected? A moment later two more creatures joined with the first creature.
“Run.” Finally Eric said.
They ran through the corridor, away from the door. Before long they found a staircase to the top of the wall. They quickly started climbing the stairs. A few minutes later they reached the top of the wide wall. They examined the surrounding and then saw it. Hundreds of creatures are approaching the cylindrical building from all directions.
Far away they could also see the form of the buildings. The pungent rotten smell is everywhere.
“Is this how we die?” Emma asked. Tears started to ooze down from her eyes.
Is this how this ends?
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BOOK 3
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Planet Dead – The end is just a beginning…
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Prologue
Somewhere in Planet Nibiru
Under the shining sun, lays a group of buildings surrounded by barbed wire fence.
Pop! Pop! Pop!
Gunshots echoed through the land.
A fire fight is going on between men inside the city and men outside the city. Men outside the city are standing atop two flying saucers and they are shooting everywhere at the city.
Pop! Pop! Pop!
Fire fight continued. Men inside the city are behind houses and they are concentrating their shots at the flying saucers. But, none of their bullets are hitting anywhere near the flying saucers. These men inside the city are not experienced with guns. Sure, they have a good supply of weapons and ammo. But, what good is a weapon if you don’t know how to use it well.
These men inside the city are very desperate.
“What would we do?” One of the men inside the city asked a tall man.
“I don’t know. Zang Zom will destroy this city if we fell. He will rape our woman and kill all of us.” The tall man said.
“Doesn’t he know that we are not their enemy? We all should stick together and we all should fight together. Look what he is doing. He is destroying the last of the humans.” One of the men said.
Pop! Pop! Pop!
Men continued to fire. They regularly changed their magazines. There is a pile of extra magazines near the men. Suddenly screeches began to come from various directions.
“Oh, no. They have come.” The tall man said.
Then came the once human beings. These things swayed when they walked and their face and clothes are filled with blood stain, and their clothes are all torn. They are now nothing more than rabid animals that eat flesh. Fortunate for the men inside the city, the creatures are outside the fence. But, there are too many of these creatures. They came attracted by the gunfire.
Pop! Pop! Pop!
The men on top of the flying saucers continued to fire. The creatures surrounded the flying saucers and they are doing all they can to get their hands on the men who are on top of the flying saucers. But, the flying saucers are very tall and the creatures will not reach the top, unless they invent some methods for that.
“This is it. Let’s end this fight.” One of the men on top of a flying saucer yelled.
Quickly one of the men on top of a flying saucer took a rocket launcher in his hands. He trained the rocket launcher at the fence and he pulled the trigger.
Swoosh!
The rocket flew out of the launcher.
Boom!
The rocket collided with the fence and a wide hole formed on the fence.
Pop! Pop! Pop!
The men inside the city desperately fired.
Quickly the creatures outside the city rushed towards the hole in the fence. Wit
hin moments the creatures got inside the city.
Pop! Pop! Pop!
The handful of men inside the city fired at the creatures. The men on top of the flying saucers smiled and they disappeared inside the flying saucers. A few minutes later the flying saucers flew up and they glided away from the city.
“Ahh ...” Men began to scream. The creatures overrun the armed men. Then creatures began to rush towards the centre of the city.
Creatures didn’t stop there. They began to thrash open the doors of houses.
“Ahh ... Ahh ... Ahh ...” Scream of men and women filled the very atmosphere.
A few minutes later the only sound in the city was the growl and moan of the creatures. A few minutes later that also died out.
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Chapter 1
Somewhere in Planet Nibiru
“They are inside.” Eric said with a worry.
The creatures broke the rusted metal door and they rushed inside. There are many creatures outside the building and more are coming from different directions. All the creatures sharply moaned and it seems that they could detect human presence.
Suddenly creatures started to arise from the stairs.
Pop! Pop! Pop!
Ruben opened fire. Those creatures that climbed the stairs quickly went down, but they are quickly replaced by more creatures.
“Is this how we die?” Emma began to cry.
Ruben continued to fire. He changed the magazine several times and before long his supply of extra magazines ran out. Eric quickly took two grenades and he pulled their pins. He threw the grenades at the bottom of the stairs.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Grenades exploded and a wide hole formed on the wall, and the whole building vibrated for several minutes. All the approaching creatures went down. But, more creatures are entering inside the building from various directions. These creatures are not running. They approached with a slow pace and they all swayed when they walked. A few moments later the building got filled with creatures. Ruben dropped one more grenade and it immediately exploded throwing infected in different directions. But, that only attracted more creatures.
“Is this how we die” Eric muttered.
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Chapter 2
Somewhere in Planet Nibiru
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Grenades exploded and the whole building began to shake. Multiple wide holes formed on the walls here and there and the infected lunged towards the survivors. Fortunate for the survivors the creatures can’t approach them since the lower part of the staircase crumbled down. Now there is no way the creatures are gonna kill the survivors, but, the question is, now how the survivors are going to escape from this place?
Eric and Ruben peered around them, but there is no way out from this building. And the survivors are afraid that they are infected since they have no face masks and they were exposed to that rotten smell. But it’s been too long since they were exposed to the rotten smell, and back on Earth they would have turned already. Are they safe from infection? In any chance this disease is not Marselia?
The creatures’ skin colour is indeed different. It’s a little pale. And their body is filled with bruises in pink colour. Their food must be flesh and their face and clothes are filled with blood stain. And the desperate creatures bit the air and they grind their teeth looking at the survivors. This building had a number of rooms, each separated by a tall wall. Now most walls that are separating the rooms had crumbled and only the outer wall is standing with a little stability.
Fortunately Ruben ran out of grenades, otherwise he would have buried the survivors in this building.
They looked everywhere for a way out. They peered all around the building. A sea of creatures has surrounded the building and they all are trying to scale the wall. And more creatures are coming from far away. The explosions must have attracted creatures within a few miles.
Suddenly a swoosh came from the distant sky. Survivors peered at the sky with a little hope. Then a flying saucer came into view. It is moving towards the survivors. Eric and team desperately waved their hands hoping the men inside the flying saucer would help them.
The flying saucer is approaching with high speed. Then the speed of the flying saucer decreased and a moment later, the flying saucer hovered over the survivors.
“Help, us. Please.” Eric and team said in unison.
“Please ...” Emma almost cried.
Then the lower part of the flying saucer opened and through the now formed doorway fell a rope ladder. Survivors’ mouth widened. Finally they are saved. Though, they are not sure how long these new people would keep them alive. Probably they would kill them like those men had done to that air hostess back in Rostov. But, at least, they are safe from these creatures, for now.
Before long everyone climbed the ladder, and finally they all reached inside the flying saucer. There are two unknown men inside the flying saucer in the room in which Eric and team are in. And there will be a pilot somewhere inside the flying saucer. A moment later, one of the unknown men took a radio like device from his waist band.
“All clear. Let’s get out of here.” The man said into the radio.
“Okay.” Probably the pilot said.
The opened doorway closed. And the flying saucer flew away from the scene leaving the almost crumbled building to the creatures.
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Chapter 3
Dojai, Planet Nibiru
Eric and team sat on the floor. There are no windows inside this flying saucer, so, there is no way they could tell where the flying saucer is going.
“How did you get trapped in that building?” One of the unknown men asked.
“We got inside hoping there would be any survivors in that building.” Eric said.
“Ha, Ha, Ha ... Survivors in that old building. Construction of that building isn’t even completed.” The man said.
The second man also broke into a laugh. At least these men are not going to kill them.
Then the unknown men looked seriously at Eric and team. There are white light coming from a special light emitting device fixed on the wall. So, Eric and team could clearly see the unknown men.
“Where are you coming from?” The tallest man asked in a rough voice.
Panic slowly crawled through the survivors’ legs.
“We are ... We are ... We are ...” Words aren’t forming in Eric’s mouth. It is certain these unknown men would find out the secrets and they would kill them.
“We are, we are, we are. Tell us where you’re coming from. Or, I am gonna blow up your skull.” The tallest man took a hand gun from his waist band.
“You had weapons and explosives. We heard the explosions. Where are you coming from?” The shortest man asked in a rough voice.
“We are from Earth.” Emma said. “Please don’t kill us. We will do anything you say. Just let us live.”
“Earth?” The tallest man asked in confusion.
“We came in a ship which is parked near those flying saucers. Our planet had overrun by those creatures. But, something is wrong with our creatures. We had to wear gas masks or we would have turned. And the creatures in this planet seemed to be not emitting any airborne version of the plague even though there is a rotten smell near them.” Tom said.
The unknown men eased and they took a deep sigh.
“We are extremely sorry for your planet. The plague in this planet is a distant relative of the plague that haunted you. The virus has many strains and this particular strain have no airborne version and the infected creatures rot over time. That’s why there is a rotten smell near them.” The shortest man said.
“We have been watching Earth for some time, and we haven’t heard about any Earthen revealing our planet.” The tallest man said.
“Well, we have red a book about you guys. About this planet Nibiru.” David said.
“Oh, you’re talking about the book ‘Earth’s Forbidden Secrets’. Aren’t you?” The shortest man as
ked.
“You know about that book?” Eric asked.
“Yeah.” The tallest man said. “A long time ago, our atmosphere started to disintegrate and we needed gold. So, our people had visited your planet several times. Some of us even stayed there. We were gods at those times. Some of us lived hundreds of years. Anyway, after our atmosphere started to collapse, we started dying out quickly. Now we are like you, with a maximum of hundred earthen years of life span. Even though we fixed the atmosphere, our life span didn’t changed much, since then.”
“But, a few days ago we saw one of your people looting gold. And they killed one of our people.” Sammy said.
“They must have been the one who stayed in Planet Earth. They may have killed your people since they don’t like you.” The shortest man said.
“But, you don’t hate us?” Eric asked.
“We have our history. We learned a lot.” The tallest man said.
Suddenly the flying saucer landed somewhere with a loud thud.
The unknown men stood up and they walked towards the now opening doorway. A moment later the doorway fully opened.
“You will be safe here. This is the city of Dojai. There are only friends here. So, don’t worry.” The tallest man patted Eric’s shoulder.
They all slowly exited the flying saucer and they entered into a wide open place surrounded by stone wall. A few meters away Eric and team could see buildings. There are five other flying saucer resting nearby. This place must be a parking lot for flying saucers. People are walking here and there. None gave attention to Eric and team.
“Come on; let’s find you a place to stay.” The shortest man led them towards the buildings. Eric for a moment stared at the sun which is still in its highest position.
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Chapter 4
Dojai, Planet Nibiru
A man introduced as Zach led Eric and team to a double story building where they each got a room. Eric and Emma got a single room. As soon as Zach divided Eric and team in separate rooms he left the scene. Eric and team are very happy about these new people’s hospitality towards them. But, none of the people in this place are curious about the whereabouts of Eric and team. And Eric is happy about it, especially since he is a descendant of the Martians who were responsible for damaging this planet’s atmosphere. But, Eric is very curious about why these people made the epidemic and how the epidemic in this place is different from Marselia.