The Dimension Travel Trilogy: A Three Part Science Fiction And Fantasy Novel

by Pidoriano, Joseph

  Tom asked, "Excuse me officer, why are you asking us all these questions?" The officer answered, "Well, I am suspecting that you three are the perpetrators behind the attempted murder of my royal master. Now, who is going to ask the next question?" Light asked, "Why are you insinuating that I am behind this attempted murder?" The officer answered, "Well, because you were there when Cornelius fainted from the mercury in his dessert." Light replied, "Well, that's true." The officer asked, "Any other questions from anybody else?" Will answered boldly, "What gives you the prerogative to interrogate us?" The officer answered the question, "I had an interrogation warrant."

  Will asked, "Can we leave now?" The officer answered, "Yes.

  The officer left the room. And, the trio of suspects also left the room and walked outside of the nook down the hallway past Cornelius's bedroom. They started to open the door. A siren sounded and the lights in the Alien Estate kept blinking a red color. Twenty five officers moved down on their ropes and one of the twenty officers asked the departing trio, "Where do you think you're going?" Tom answered, "We’re leaving.”

  Cornelius was awake. Cornelius walked up to the trio and commandingly said, "Officers, move out of the way." The twenty officers moved to the side and stood side by side. They made room for the alien brute to walk up to the trio. On one side, there were ten officers standing; the same with the other side. Cornelius asked, "And why do you three think that you're leaving?" Tom answered, "Because we tried killing you." Light went behind Tom, who's good at making a folly of himself, kicked him and he fell. From there, Light was handcuffed. Light asked, "Why are you shackling me?" The officer answered, "You are under arrest.”

  After Light was shackled, and officer grabbed Tom and Will's arms and shackled their arms. Tom was pulled up from the hard, stone floor by one of the officers. Cornelius asked, "Do you know what's happening to you?" Light answered, "Yes, we are under arrest."

  Cornelius replied, "Right! The three of you will probably go to the hole because of what you did to me or attempted to do to me." He then told the officers take these three away." The officers pulled each one of them away. Tom was pulled first. He screamed, "No! You idiot police will pay!" He reiterated it twice. He was taken to the last door on the right. Next, Light was pulled. He remained quiet and didn't give the officers a struggle. Lastly, Will was taken. However, before he was taken, he was shackled on his legs too. He asked, "Why are you cuffing me on my legs?"

  The officer who was cuffing him answered, "You are the lead perpetrator of the attempted murder of our leader." Will replied, "I ain’t going to jail." The officer dragged him to the last door on the right. The last door to the right was a room that was six feet wide by ten feet long. The trio of suspects was held in a room that was a black.

  It had black walls and one wouldn't know where they'd be heading. It looked like outer space without planets. Tom asked Light, "Do you know what's going to happen to us?"

  Light answered, "I have no clue regarding that. However, I know this though." Tom asked, "And what would that be?" Light answered, "You're nothing but a big mouth. If you would've kept your mouth shut, none of this would've happened. You suck at being discreet about your actions." Tom replied, "Well, you shouldn't say such an arrogant comment." Light said, "Well, I just did. And what are you going to do about it?" Tom answered, "Absolutely nothing." Light asked, "Why?"

  Tom answered, "Because I am shackled." Light replied, "Right! If you were good at keeping your dang - nam mouth shut, maybe we would've been out of here and we wouldn't be in this mess." A door had opened up and light had entered the dark rooms in which Light, Tom, and Will were placed in. A royal guard named Walter said, "Tom Jackson report to the Court of Cornelius!"

  The guard escorted Tom to the area of Cornelius's throne. The throne was made of solid glimmering gold which shined in the light.

  Cornelius sat on the throne like an influential ruler. Adjacent to Cornelius was his daughter Princess Alpha, who was placed adjacent, on his right side. And on his left side was Squire. In the Alien Estate, there is only one Squire and the Squire in the Alien Estate is used as the king or ruler's counterpart or second in command. Cornelius looked at Squire and asked him to read the charges. He wore reading specs which had a very mundane appearance.

  The specs had two circular lens which were extremely hard to clean, and were used only for reading. A scroll had the charges of each individual criminal. Squire had sophisticated jet black hair. His hair was very lengthy and wavy. He wore a cloak which had blue and white colors which was the flag symbol of Starmos City. He had a wrinkly face and blue eyes like all of the other aliens of the large alien city or kingdom.

  He asked Cornelius, "Aren't you supposed to ask the hostile's name when they are brought up to the throne by the officer?"

  Cornelius answered, "Yes." When Tom arrived to the royal throne of Cornelius Von Alien, Cornelius asked, "What's your name?" Tom answered, "Tom Jackson." The alien replied, "Okay. Do you know why you are in my presence at the throne?" Tom answered, "No." The alien replied, "Well, you are here because you are a “hostile.” And Squire will read you your charges."

  Squire started to read Tom's charges from the scroll, "Count One: You will hereby be charged with an accessory to attempted murder. Count Two: You will hereby be charged with defacing property. Count Three: You will hereby be charged with attempting to leave the royal Alien Estate without permission." Cornelius said to Squire, "Thank you." Then, he told Tom, "Before your sentencing, are there any words from you or anybody else in my presence?" The room remained silent for one minute. Cornelius said, "I hereby sentence you to life in the hole.”

  He then addressed Walter, "Get the next prisoner." The royal guard escorted Tom back to the dark room or the last door on the right. He then said, "Will Von Alien, report out of your cell now!"

  Will followed the directions of the royal guard. They started to walk to Cornelius. But, during the mid-point of their walking, Will started to turn around and run down the hallway in his shackles. He opened a door, an exit door from the Alien Estate. An alarm sounded. The Alien Estate was placed under lockdown.

  A manhunt for Will was ordered throughout Starmos City. The officer returned to the cell. When the officer returned to the holding cell, he said, "Light Speed Cycle report to the royal court of Cornelius Von Alien." Light willingly left the holding cell and walked over to Cornelius Von Alien. The royal brute, Cornelius, asked the royal officer, "What has happened?" The royal officer answered, "The prisoner escaped." Cornelius asked, "Which one?" Walter answered, “Will." Cornelius told him, "I will deal with this later. Now, I will get to the charges of this “hostile."

  He addressed Light, the second “hostile”

  by asking him his

  name. Light answered with his full name. Cornelius asked him, "Do you know why you're here?" Light answered, "I am here to visit you your royal majesty." Cornelius replied, "Thank you for saying that.

  However, you're not going to get away with what you did." Light said, "I realize what you are saying." Cornelius said, "Now, I am going to tell Squire to read the charges that you have." Squire read the charges, "Light S. Cycle, Count One: You will hereby be charged with failing to report a crime to an officer."

  Light replied, "That's it." Cornelius said, "Yeah, that's the only charge. Why, do you want more charges brought on to you?" Light answered, "Absolutely not." Cornelius replied, "Good, it is time for sentencing. I will hereby sentence you to life in the hole." Light willingly accepted the punishment. The room remained silent. Within ten sudden seconds, Walter was being shackled by two other royal guards. While this was occurring, another guard escorted Tom back to the black room. Now, back to the royal forecourt, Walter was being shackled and placed under arrest.

  He asked Cornelius, "What's going on around here?"

  Cornelius answered, "You are under arrest." Walter asked, "Why?"

  Cornelius answered, "Well, squire will let you know." Cornelius whispered to Squire the char
ges that Walter was going to be charged with. Squire then read out loud the charges that Walter will be charged with, "Hostile number three Walter Von Alien will be charged with the charge as shown: Count One: Negligence on the job." Cornelius then said, "Very well then. I'll sentence you Walter. You shall be sent to the hole for life." Walter shrugged his shoulders and started to kick the floor. An officer escorted him back to the black room. Tom asked Walter, "What are you doing here?"

  He (Walter) answered, "Gee, if your friend didn't escape. I would be out of this hideous room." Tom replied, "Well, I guess, here are the evils of Starmos City." "I can also give you the secrets of Starmos City because I am going to the hole for a very long time."

  Light asked, "How long?" Walter answered, "Life." Light replied, "Same here." Tom also reiterated the words that Light said because all three of them received a life sentence. He then asked Walter, "Can you tell me all of the evils of Starmos City?" Walter answered, "Not yet.”

  Foolish Tom asked, "Why?" Walter answered, "I hear something. Be quiet." In the beautiful bright hallway of the Alien Estate, footsteps were being heard. Followed by that, a turn of a key sounded. However, it wasn't the room that the trio of “hostiles” was being held. The turning of the key noise was heard from across the hallway which was the dog room. Inside that room were Con Pups.

  These pups were made to look nice for the “hostiles” to pet but were trained to bite when the hostile would pet. After they would bite, there would be a burn mark on the victim of their bite because their saliva is so hot and they have a very high body temperature. Two officers outside of the cell trained the Con Pups. One officer grabbed Tom. He (Tom) said, "Nice doggy."

  Foolish Tom went up to one of the dogs and the dog sniffed him. The dog was a very chubby male dog. This dog had a cute face that anybody would want to pet, including people who have a rancorous attitude towards dogs. Tom pet the dog. The nice dog bit him. A scream left Tom's mouth. The dog was pulled back and a burn mark appeared on the arm of Foolish Tom. Next, the other two “hostiles” were escorted out of the dark holding cell. The other two “hostiles” discreetly walked out of the cell, and not a single word left any of their mouths.

  At the foyer of the Alien Estate, there were three helmets. The officer placed the comfortable fit helmets on the three hostiles. They were escorted to the hole. The hole had a stone door. One guard lifted the fifty pound door and placed the door on the side. Tom was grabbed by the officer, who was handling the door, and he (Tom) was tossed into the hole. Light, who was the next “hostile” in line, was grabbed by the officer.

  He resisted going into the hole. "You idiot police will pay,"

  said Light. The officer replied, "Well, yeah, like that'll happen." Two other officers ran up to the resistant “hostile” and to help toss him into the hole. The two officers grabbed Light. One grabbed him by his metallic shoulders and he was tossed into the hole. The last “hostile”

  made a run for it. Walter reached into his pocket. The guards looked up and noticed his chains were off of him.

  One of the guards contacted the watchman at the gate post.

  Walter and the watchman looked each other directly in the eyes. The Watchman had fiery red hair. And the almond eyes of the Watchman and the bright blue eyes of Walter faced each other for a brief minute.

  The watchman pushed a red button to close the gate. The two guards that attempted to toss Walter in the hole started to run after him. The other guard slid the stone to close the opening of the hole that held the other two “hostiles.”

  Within a matter of seconds, Walter slipped through the gate.

  He escaped the Alien Estate by the skin of the teeth. Meanwhile, Light was rubbing his tin head in the gloomy place he was tossed in.

  The hole of which they were housed in was a miserable place. It had chains, and carcasses of alien hostiles were found in this gloomy hole.

  Orangish water spots were found within this hole. This was due to the fact that droplets of water came from the ceiling inside of the hole.

  When the stalagmites formed, the stony ceilings started to lower which made it extremely uncomfortable for prisoners.

  Tom was just able to fit inside of the hole. "This hole is uncomfortable" said Tom. Light replied sarcastically, "Oh I don't think it is so bad." Tom asked a rhetorical question, "How could you not think this place is bad?" Light answered, "I was being sarcastic when I said that comment. This hole is a living hell. This is the most unthinkable place to be in. I never even dreamed of entering such a dark, scary place like this." Tom replied with a spirit of good cheer, "Well, why don't we try to get out of here?!" Light pessimistically said, "It is physically impossible to leave this hellhole."

  Tom replied, "Nothing is impossible when you put your mind to it." Light said, "Well, why don't you try to do it." Tom told Light, "I will." Tom started to push the fifty pound stone up. It wouldn't work.

  The feebleness of Tom Jackson started to show. Light asked, "Did I not tell you that it would be impossible?" Tom answered, "You did tell me. And you are completely right." Light replied, "Thank you."

  Outside of the horrible hole, the sun started to set. Within a matter of minutes, the dark started to emerge.

  It was nighttime at the Alien Estate. This was the second night, Tom and Light spent in Starmos City. All of a sudden the stone slab was lifted. One guard stood in front of the stone slab. Tom asked, "Are we free?" The guard answered, "Absolutely not." Tom then asked, "Well, why did you open the door?" The guard answered, "It is chowtime. I have bowls of liver soup for you." The guard handed cold liver soup to Tom and Light. After the guard handed the soup over to the two hostiles, the stone slab was shut and the hole returned to its original darkness.

  Light asked anxiously, "Do you want to have the soup first?"

  Tom answered, "Absolutely not. You have more experience in this city with the 'cuisine' here so that means you should eat it first." Light replied, "You bring up a pretty good point." He started to grab the spoon and gradually moved it towards the food. He started to sniff the food on the spoon. His head turned away after he sniffed the food. His eyebrows crinkled.

  Tom asked, "What are you waiting for?" Light hesitantly answered. "Nothing." He then placed the spoon with the food up to his mouth and within a matter of seconds, the food entered his mouth.

  He gulped the food down. After gulping the food down, his eyes opened widely along with his mouth. His metallic blue skin pigmentation started to change to a dark green color. He vomited and said, "This food is disgusting. They must use horse excrement for this food." Tom replied, "I bet it's not even horse excrement. It's probably dog excrement.”

  Light said,

  "You bring up a pretty good point." He walked up to the stone slab started knocking on it. From there, the guard opened it. He asked, "What do you want you low life of a hostile?" Light answered, "We want to know the ingredients they use in this so called 'liver meal'." The guard replied, "By the way, it is not a liver meal. It is dog poop crushed and mixed into a soupy form." The slab closed.

  Tom said, "That's disgusting." Light replied, "Thank you. I know."

  Light said, "Should we fall asleep?" Tom answered, "No." Light asked, “Why?"

  Tom answered, "Look up." The stone slab started to open again and a ladder was brought down. A smile started to show on Tom's face. From there, one of the guards walked down the ladder.

  The guard that walked down the ladder sternly said, "Do not touch the dog. He will be chained here for the night." Tom replied, "Okay." The stone slab closed. Light nervously asked, "Do we have to live with this dog every night that we're down here?"

  Tom answered, "Probably." A soft spoken female voice was heard from the distance. This voice came from the pitch black area of the hole and she emerged out of the darkness and entered the lighter area of the hole. She had jet black hair which was straight and waved in the air every time she tossed it. She was the perfect lady. She was far from a prune. She wore a green dress
and she had blue skin. A shining silver line in her face made her look extra beautiful. She was very soft spoken. She asked Tom, "What's your name, honey?" Tom's dark skin started to change a brown color to a red color. He was flushed by her charm. He blushed when he saw the way she acted towards him.

  He hesitated in awe and answered, "Tom. What's your name beautiful?" The soft spoken lady hostile answered, "Nova." Tom replied, "Nova! That's a beautiful name." She said, "Thank you." Then she asked, "What are you here for, Tom?" He answered, "Betraying the ruler." Nova replied, "Same here. How long did you get?" Tom answered, "Life." Nova also received the same sentence. She then asked, "Did you know I was Cornelius's ex-wife?" Tom answered, "No. But, how long were you his wife for?" She answered, "Ten Years." Light broke out of his one minute silence and asked Nova, "How long have you been down here for?" She answered, "I have been down here for five years." Light replied, "Five years." She said, "Yes. Five years." Tom asked, "How was it like living down here for five years?"

  She answered, "It was a living hell. You will never want to even dream of such a dark and scary place like this. This is the stony lonesome." Tom replied, "Thank you. They served us gruel that was made of dog excrement for God sakes." She said, "I didn't even get any food for two years." Tom asked, "What was that like?" Nova answered, "It was also a living hell. I was so hungry that I could have eaten a horse. Instead they gave me slop, which was made to look like a horse. Still, it was packed with lots of protein. It also added some pounds to me." Tom replied, "Well, that's horrible that you couldn't eat for two years. So, you’re saying we are basically being treated like royalty and you were treated like garbage. Is that correct?" She answered, "Yes." Light asked, "Did you ever try to escape here?"

  Nova answered, "No. I would never even think about escaping. First thing's first, I am not able to lift that fifty pound stone and second, the guards here are super strict." Tom asked, "Is there any possible way that we can be able to get out of this hell hole?" She answered, "Absolutely not. Once a “hostile” in Starmos City, always a “hostile” in Starmos City." In the hole there was a light bulb that depended on a wire to hold it up. The light bulb turned off and the hole was pitch black. The guards above screamed for them to get to bed. She said, "Goodnight all." In return, Light and Tom both said goodnight back to her. As soon as they started to fall asleep, Tom passed wind in nervousness. Light said, "Tom, that's disgusting." One of the guards above screamed, "Shut Up!"