The Andromedan Saga (Among the Stars Book 1)

by C. O. Amal

  Jenny’s eye widened.

  “What do you mean by they have unleashed the plague?” Jenny asked.

  “I don’t know exactly what it is. But it was airborne with short lifetime. It causes instant mutation…I don’t know how to say this… they somehow manage to create a virus or a chemical which turns human in to apes.” Jasper finished.

  Everyone went silent for a moment. Panic is stirring inside all of them.

  “We have seen one or two human ape thing. You mean they were once human?” Samson asked confused.

  “Yes. Exactly. But I heard they were all captured by those hellish people?” Jasper said.

  “How exactly did you came to learn about this? How come you have escaped the plague? Jenny asked.

  “Our job was to search for deep beyond our visible universe. We were experimenting on travel to another universe through black hole. We were doing our regular work that day. Suddenly we detected some unknown ships which have entered into our planet’s atmosphere. That’s when they released that plague thing. It lasted about five minutes or so. Exposed people first said they are experiencing problem to breath. But then it happened. Instant mutation. They turned into some other creature like monkeys. Those who have escaped the plague have been hunted down by those wolfish thing. I barely escaped all.” Jasper said.

  “So we need to find a cure to this plague.” Jenny said.

  “Yes. But I don’t think that’s an easy job.” Jasper said.

  “Well Jasper, How did you know about us?” Samson asked.

  “We were aware about the presence of extra-terrestrial life forms for generations. But we have not attempted to contact because that may change lot of things. Which may also result in massacre. So we kept it a secret. We have made satellites which hide the presence of life forms. But they somehow manage to penetrate through our defences. We thought all our hopes were lost, but that’s when we remembered about you guys. I manage to hack into one of your satellites and easily manage to contact you.” Jasper said.

  They finally reached the Skylark. Hangar door was already opened. Trucks rushed inside. Samson got outside and hit the hangar door’s close button. The hangar door closed with a loud thud.

  Part 4: The Mysteries

  Chapter 16

  Near Skylark

  “Sandy and team already got back.” One of the soldiers said.

  “Yes. They have contacted me on the radio about some creatures chasing them and also said Justin and Smith were dead.” Samson said.

  “What? By those creatures?” One of the soldiers asked loudly.

  Samson nodded.

  “The ship seemed silent. Where is everyone?” Samson asked.

  They moved to level two.

  “Sergeant I spotted some dead creatures lying outside.” Corporal Wendy said.

  Wendy is the only female soldier came with them to this planet.

  “Sandy and team must have managed to kill those things.” Samson said.

  Samson and Jenny walked to ship’s control room. The control room is also empty. No sign of Captain and pilots Josh and Jimmy. Thomas is also missing.

  “Where is everybody?” Jenny asked.

  “I don’t know. Let’s check the cafeteria.” Samson said.

  Jenny and Samson walked towards cafeteria on level four. At the time they reached there other soldiers and researchers are already there. They were all eating. Everyone is hungry. On one corner Wendy was petting a dog.

  “Wendy, did you saw captain or Sandy? And where did you find a dog?” Samson asked.

  “No. We haven’t seen anyone. This dog was here all alone when we came here.” Wendy said while swallowing a gulp of orange juice.

  Samson Walked forward toward the mic. He took the mic in his hand.

  “Captain, Sandy, this is no time to play. We have a dead soldier with us. We all are mourning and we are tired for today. Please come out.” Samson called out.

  Samson’s voice reverberated through the ship. They all waited for an hour.

  “This is it. Something must have happened to them. We need to check the entire surrounding of this ship.” Samson finally said.

  Everyone stood up and start to leave the room.

  “Everyone, take the plasma gun from the defence wing. It is the only thing effective against those creatures.” Samson yelled.

  Everyone paused for a moment and then all at unison nodded. Everyone moved to level five to the defence wing. Each of them took the plasma gun from the far corner. Some researchers also came to the defence wing and took pistols and mini laser guns.

  “Careful with those.” Samson said to the researchers.

  They nodded.

  Everyone went to the level two.

  “Jenny, do you know how to contact with earth?” Samson asked.

  Jenny nodded.

  “Then come with me to control room.” Samson said.

  Jenny and Samson walked toward the control room. When they reached there Jenny sat in front of a computer and start to type in some commands.

  “We will be live in a few minutes.” Jenny said.

  “Good.” Samson said.

  They waited a few minutes then suddenly the screen start to show video feed. Then a silhouette of a middle aged man appeared on the screen. Jenny immediately recognised him.

  “Professor Thomson, we are from Planet Green.” Jenny said.

  Thomson stared back at them with wonder.

  “Jenny, it’s so good to see you. How is planet Green?” Thomson asked.

  “It’s…”

  “We don’t have time to play. We need military backup. The inhabitants are exposed to some virus or chemical which causes instant mutation. We need a good medical team too. Doctor Graham is missing.” Samson broke their conversation.

  “You’re saying?” Thomson asked.

  “I am saying is that the inhabitants of Green Planet somehow turned in to apes with no functional brain.” Samson said.

  “And you need military backup?” Thomson asked.

  “Yes.” Samson said irritated. “There are some advanced life forms here, some colonists or something, it’s them who have done this to Planet Green’s residents.” Samson finished.

  “I will immediately see what I can do.” Thomson said.

  “That will be great.” Jenny said.

  Then the screen became blank.

  “Jenny do you know in any way to track our missing persons using the tracker injected in their body.” Samson asked.

  “I am sorry. I don’t know the commands for doing that.” Jenny replied.

  “Ok then” Samson said.

  Samson and Jenny walked out of the control room and moved to level two. Everyone were waiting for them.

  “We have contacted earth and they may be sending reinforcements soon.” Samson said to everyone.

  “I have spotted Sandy and his team’s plasma guns on the hangar. It seems they are being abducted.” One of the soldier coming from hangar said. “There is signs of struggle.”

  Everyone start to whisper with panic.

  “Everyone please be quiet. We will find them and rescue them, meanwhile researchers are advised to stay with the ship. Some soldiers will be positioned to look after you. Rest of them come with me. We are going to search this entire planet if we have to. Take all the magazines for the plasma gun.” Samson said.

  “We are not staying here. They were abducted from this ship. How can you make sure our safety? We are coming with you too.” One of the researcher said.

  All other researchers nodded at agreement.

  “People, reinforcement will be here soon. So no need to worry. Besides this ship can protect you. They must have captured when they opened the door.” Samson said.

  “We are not changing our mind. Besides how long do we have to wait for the reinforcement? We can’t wait for years.” One of the scientist said.

  “Fine, come along, but all of you must be armed. Everyone take some water and some food with you. We leave at noon.
Samson said.

  They have to wait for an hour to noon.

  “Jasper, are you in this.” Samson asked.

  “They have destroyed my family, they have killed all my friends, since you have weapons of mass destruction, I am in.” Jasper said.

  “Then everyone, ready to go out. First we check the surroundings of the ship then move toward from where those creatures have come. It’s our only lead. Since our people may have been abducted there may be involvement of those advanced beings. So ready for a war.” Samson said to everyone.

  Everyone nodded.

  Chapter 17

  Washington DC, White House, Earth, 2075 A.D.

  President walked inside the board room. Every board members were waiting for his arrival. President sat down in his usual place. Thomson stood before the president.

  “So you are saying the team who have went in to the Andromeda galaxy have contacted you.” President said.

  “Yes, they did contacted me, and also they requested for reinforcement.” Thomson said.

  “Why reinforcement?” President asked.

  “They said some other intelligent life form is present there other than the Andromedans. And these intelligent life forms are responsible for the human massacre on the Planet Green. They also said that these enemies have unleashed a plague on the inhabitants. This plague causes instant mutation and nearly all of the human residents of Planet Green are exposed to this plague.”

  “Are you saying that the human inhabitants of Green planet have turned in to some creatures?” President asked.

  “Yes sir, they said the humans have turned into some creature. And this creature is like monkeys. They also said that this monkey people have lost their brain functionality.” Thomson said.

  “What? Humans have turned in to apes?” President asked.

  “That’s exactly what they said. They also said they need some medics to experiment there possibly to find a cure. And they said their leading researcher doctor Graham went missing.” Thomson said. “I fear that they may be in grave danger.”

  “Defence minister, do you have some elite troops to go there.” President asked.

  Defence minister stood up.

  “Yes, we have elite soldiers.” Defence minister said.

  “Then find a medical team and send them with soldiers. And also take all our advanced weapons. I fear that those intelligent life forms responsible for this human massacre will come for us too. I don’t want to take any chances. All threats to our planet must be eliminated.” President said.

  “I will do everything I can with my power Mr President.” Said the Defence Minister.

  “Then this meeting is dismissed.” President said.

  Everyone walked out of the room.

  “Professor Thomson.” Defence minister said.

  “Yes!” Thomson said

  “Come with me. I have an important matter to discuss. You should be in the research team who is going to the Green Planet.” Defence minister said.

  “Ok.” Thomson said.

  Thomson walked out of the white house with the defence minister.

  “We are first going in the barracks of Los Angeles.” Defence minister said. “All our troops are there.”

  Ok then.” Thomson said.

  Thomson walked into a military Humvee. Defence minister followed. The Humvee rushed through the road. Finally they reached a heliport. One military helicopter was there. Thomson and defence minister went outside the Humvee and moved toward the Helicopter.

  “Take us to LA barracks.” Defence minister said to the pilot.

  The pilot nodded and opened the door of the helicopter for them. Pilot got inside the helicopter and started the engines.

  After the long journey they have reached LA barracks. At the time they reached there all soldiers were training.

  “It’s good to see you minister.” Major said to defence minister.

  “It’s good to see you too. I have come here for some more soldiers to go to the planet Green.” Defence minister said.

  “What happen to the team who have went down there?” Major asked.

  “We fear they may be in danger. Some of them contacted earlier today and they have requested for reinforcements.” Defence minister said. “And also I need a medical team too. Do you have anything like that?”

  “We could send the military medics. The medics in here are trained well. They could carry out research works. Our medics are leaded by Sergeant Lucy.” Major said.

  “Then send them to planet Green. They should leave today.” Defence minister said. “President have given permission to use all our advanced weapons down there.”

  Major called out a meeting and explained everything to the soldiers. All of the soldiers are ready to take on the mission.

  “Sergeant James will lead you all in this mission. You will be going in our military ship Victoria. Miller will be your captain. All of you leave today. So pack your things now.” Major said.

  The room thinned out abruptly. Everyone leaved to pack their things.

  The ship Victoria is one of the newest ship in military. It’s capable of wormhole travel and it is the fastest ship built by the Americans.

  Everyone packed their stuff. Professor Thomson changed his cloths to military outfits. Everyone went inside the Victoria which is parked in the yard of barracks. When everyone got inside the ramp is closed by the captain from the ship’s control room.

  Victoria’s engines started, then the ship start to ascend from earth’s surface. The ship quickly reached the earth’s orbit. And after a sling shot through earth’s orbit it start to glide through the space at blazing speed. The course for the Green planet is already depicted on the ship’s control panel.

  “Opening wormhole in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 Wormhole opened.” One of the pilot said.

  Victoria is capable of building wormholes from anywhere instantly.

  They instantly transported to the center of the Andromeda galaxy through the wormhole. Ship automatically adjusted its course to Green Planet.

  “Everyone go to the cryogenic compartment for hibernation. The ship will wake you all when we arrive at Green planet.” Captain’s voice echoed through the ship.

  Everyone went to cryogenic compartment and one by one all of the people entered in the hibernation chamber and start to hibernate. The cryogenic compartment automatically closed.

  The ship Victoria glided through the space to its destination carrying hundred and fifty souls.

  Chapter 18

  Unknown location, Planet Green

  Thomas woke with a sharp pain on his back. He found Graham and Sandy lying on the floor. It seems that they are inside a cage made up of metal rods which are welded together. The only thing he remembered is that he was opening the hangar door of the Skylark for another human possibly a Green Planet’s resident. Then a bright blue light. Then this cage.

  Thomas heard a growl sound coming from his back side. He turned back. What he found shocked him. It is a wolfdog. The only difference it showed from other wolfdogs is that it is lot bigger. Watery material oozed down from the creature’s mouth. Thomas stepped back from the creature even though the creature is outside the cage. His back hit the wall of the cage. He stopped moving.

  The creature stared at Thomas with hungry eyes. Suddenly four more creatures joined. They all growled. Sharp teeth can be seen protruding from their mouth.

  A moment later Sandy and Graham woke.

  “Where are we? Who let in that creature inside our ship?” Sandy asked.

  “We are in a cage. What creature are you talking about?” Thomas asked confused.

  “The last thing I remember is a human hybrid creature, which walks upright but with elongated head and ear, inside our ship.” Sandy said. “Then a blue light and then here I am inside this…cage.” Sandy looked at the interior of the cage closely.

  Suddenly he stepped away from the cage’s wall when he saw the wolfdogs staring at them with hungry mouth.

  “G
raham stared at the creatures for a moment. “Where is everyone else?” Graham asked.

  “I don’t know.” Sandy and Thomas said in unison.

  “What is the last thing you remember?” Thomas asked Graham.