The Andromedan Saga (Among the Stars Book 1)

by C. O. Amal

  “Let him go you bitches.” Michael yelled.

  The creature stood before Michael smiled and said something.

  “You’re really pathetic creatures.” The device translated. And the creature left the scene smiling.

  The creature with surgical knife slowly traced the knife through the soldier’s neck to abdomen. The soldier took heavy breaths with panic. The creature smiled and then it pressed the knife on the soldier’s abdomen. Blood pour out of the wound.

  “Ahh...Please...Please...” The soldier cried out loud.

  The creature’s smile widened. The creature seemed to enjoy this. The creature put the knife in the drawer and then took a tool looked like a metal cutter. The creature pressed a button on the tool and the cutter blade suddenly came to life. The blade rotated at high speed. The creature brought the cutter to the soldiers head and pressed it against the scull. Blood sprayed everywhere. The soldier immediately become motionless and his arms dropped to the sides.

  The second creature came forward and helped the other creature to remove the body of the dead soldier from the table.

  Michael suddenly saw something. He walked to the side of the cage and looked carefully. A sharp metal rod is protruding from the cage. Michael took all his might and bended the metal piece to and fro several times. Quickly the metal piece broke away from the larger body. He has a weapon now. Michael placed the metal rod in his waist line of the pant. The creatures were busy trying to remove the soldier’s dead body. The wolfdog growled at the soldiers on the cage.

  One of the creature said something to the dogs.

  “Go away from here.” The device translated.

  The wolfdog obeyed its master and went away from the scene. On the way one of the wolfdog bit the dead body on the side and dragged it along with the wolfdog. The human like creature’s mouth widened at the scene. One of the human like alien opened the cage and came forward. Michael eyed other soldiers. The soldiers nodded. Whatever conveyed by Michael, the soldiers understood it. The creature captured one of the soldier and dragged him through the floor to outside the cage. Michael quickly take out his weapon and walked behind the creature. Suddenly he humped on top of the creature and pierced the creature’s neck in a fluent movement. The creature screamed in pain. Soldiers quickly got outside the cage and jumped on to the other creature. The creature outside tried its best to keep the soldiers at bay using its hand. But the soldiers quickly take over the situation and stopped the creature from moving.

  Michael draw back the metal piece from the dead creature’s neck and walked toward the creature outside. He pierced the creature’s neck. The creature screamed in pain but the sound didn’t come out.

  “Take their guns.” Michael commanded. Wendy took the laser gun from the creature’s waist. Other soldiers took guns from dead creature inside the cage.

  “It seems that they haven’t noticed this. We may have a chance against them.” Michael said.

  Michael and team slowly crawled their way away from the cage. Suddenly one wolf dog rushed at them from darkness. It caught one soldier and bit him in the neck. The creature lifted the soldier in mid-air and threw him away with a fluent motion. Wendy quickly shot the creature on the head. A wide hole appeared in the Wolfdog’s head and it immediately dropped to the ground.

  Michael approached the fallen soldier and looked for a pulse.

  “He is gone. We need to be careful.” Michael said.

  Everyone nodded and followed Michael. They all slowly walked away from the horrific place into the darkness.

  Chapter 32

  Michael and team walked toward the nearest town they saw in the faint moon light. Most of the place is covered in pitch darkness. Everyone is moving slowly keeping their head low. Suddenly the place is lit by blue light coming from a nearby pod ship. They have been found. Michael, Wendy and other ran to the nearest house they saw. They tried the door but it is locked. Michael took all his might and kicked at the door. The door with a loud thud parted away. Everyone got inside and watched what is happening outside.

  Two more pod ship has joined the search. Pod ship surrounded the house Michael and other soldiers were in.

  “What should we do?” Wendy asked.

  “It’s over man. They have found us.” One of the soldier said struggling to hold back the tears.

  “If they caught us it’s really over.” Another soldier said.

  “They haven’t caught us yet. Also they haven’t landed their ship. We will kill anything that comes through the door with those alien scums’ laser guns.” Michael said.

  “It’s not that sergeant. We have no doubt in you. But they have that blue light thing that can be used to control us like they have done before.” One of the soldier said looking through the window.

  “You remember?” Michael asked.

  “I remember the blue light.” The soldier replied.

  “Ok then. We move through the back door. Stick to the darkness. Remember we still have to travel much more distance to our base.” Michael said with a serious look.

  Everyone nodded. They silently went outside through the back door. The pod ships are circling the house. Everyone stopped outside the house in the back yard. One ship passed in front of them. Fortunate for Michael and team the light didn’t reach everywhere. As soon as the pod ship went out of sight everyone rushed away from house into the nearby bush on the opposite side of the narrow lane. Suddenly a sharp howl came from behind them.

  “Oh god! What do we do? It’s the wolfdogs.” One of the soldier said.

  “Oh my god! Please Save u...” The soldier didn’t get time to finish it. One of the wolfdog jumped on top of him. The thing bit the soldier in the neck and lifted him from the ground then it just threw him away into the distance.

  Michael, Wendy and other remaining soldiers sprinted toward the house in front of them. Thankfully the door wasn’t locked. Everyone got inside the house and closed the door just in time when one wolfdog collided with the door.

  “It won’t hold long. We should find another escape route fast.” Michael said.

  Suddenly one of the wolfdog broke the door and jumped into the hallway. Wendy quickly shot the thing using the laser gun. Laser bolt made a hole in the creature’s chest and the wolfdog dropped to the floor. One of the wolf dog immediately came through the door. Wendy shot down that creature also. Everyone got outside the house since it doesn’t matter whether they are in the house or out here in the open road. Everyone ran through the road.

  The pod ships went past Michael and team. One pod ship stopped in front of them and lit the whole place using its head light. Michael and others have been spotted. Then Michael saw the escape route. Near the road was supposedly a forest.

  “Everyone run in that direction.” Michael yelled pointing in the direction of the silhouette of trees.

  Everyone ran with maximum speed they could muster. Finally they reached the woods. Everyone glanced back. The creatures aboard the ship are now on the ground with big guns possibly laser guns, they are moving toward the woods now.

  “Run! No time to waste.” Michael yelled.

  Michael and team ran through the small forest. Suddenly laser bolts began to illuminate the forest from their back side. The creatures are shooting at them now. Michael and team reached near an elevated ground. Below them was possibly a river. The sound of flowing water confirmed that.

  “Jump or find another way?” One of the soldier asked.

  “We jump, all at once.” Michael said.

  Everyone nodded and all took a deep breath then they jumped to the fast flowing water stream. The river was deep enough to break their fall. Everyone swam towards the land. Everyone took heavy breaths. Suddenly a wolfdog jumped in front of them from out of nowhere. It growled and waited, its teeth are clearly visible now.

  “Shot it down.” Michael said.

  “I can’t. The laser gun wasn’t water resistant.” Wendy looked toward the other soldier who have gun. But his gun is also dead
.

  Michael took out the metal piece in his hand.

  “Come on you piece of shit.” Michael yelled.

  The creature growled again. This time it took a deep howl and rushed toward Michael. When the creature reached a safe distance it jumped to Michael. Michael with a fluent movement dodged from the creature’s claws. The creature collided with a tree and fell down. It quickly got up and rubbed its head with its paws. Michael, without hesitating jumped on to the creature and stabbed several times at the creature’s neck. The creature rolled on the ground in hope that Michael would let go. But Michael stayed still and whenever Michael emerged from the ground he stabbed several more times at the creature’s neck.

  Finally the creature went down. Michael proudly stood before the soldiers.

  Suddenly Wendy fell on to the ground without making any sound, a wide hole was in her chest. The laser bolt came out of nowhere, they in fact didn’t even see the path of the laser bolt. Everyone looked up. Above on the elevated ground was a human like creature whose face is covered by some sort of helmet. Michael could clearly saw the creature in the moon light.

  “No!” Was all come out of Michael’s mouth. A few more creatures came behind the first human like creature, all carrying big laser guns. A moment later they all started shooting at Michael and team. A few more soldiers’ mutilated body fell on to the ground. Everyone ran to the trees. Some of the trees also fell down after laser bolts hit them. A laser bolt brushed past Michael’s arm. Michael fell down with pain.

  “Ahh...” Michael couldn’t hold back the pain. The human like creatures finally came out of the elevated ground to the river bed through a small narrow path. The creatures poked the dead bodies using their big guns and made sure everyone was dead. They saw Michael’s desperate movement. The creatures went near Michael and said something in the unknown language.

  “What do you think of our weapons you human vermin?” The device translated.

  “In fact you bitches were evolved from humans you son of a bitch.” Michael couldn’t hold back his anger.

  The device translated Michael’s words into the unknown language. The creature’s stayed still. Michael couldn’t say their facial expression because their head is covered with helmet.

  “What do we do with him” One of the creature asked.

  “Let him return to the humans, he could tell the story and how rude we were. Let there be panic.” One of the creature said.

  With that the creature’s left Michael. Michael cried with pain in his arm. One wolfdog came out of nowhere and smelled Michael but it didn’t do anything. It left the scene immediately. Even the wolfdog didn’t want him.

  Part 7: The War

  Chapter 33

  Saxonvilla Space Research Center, Green Planet

  Samson and James flipped through the pages of documents stacked on the wall shelf. Lucy is awake now. She is looking something in the computer. Her face is still wrapped in bandages.

  “So Mason, any idea where the mother ship carrying project Omega Leaf is?” James broke the silence.

  “It was near Bontovilla black hole at the time we tried to activate it.” Mason said sitting in a chair on the far corner.

  “Why you guys name everyplace with the suffix villa?” Samson asked curious.

  “Well, I don’t know the exact reason for that...Ehh...Scientists and other social workers may have some rule about it.” Mason said smiling. “Why do you ask?”

  “Well, all the name we came before are suffixed with villa such as Locovilla, Saxonvilla and now Bontovilla. I am actually curious about it.”

  “So do you have any picture about the xhilaria universe?” James asked Mason.

  “Well I don’t think we have a full picture about xhilaria universe. That’s the universe we detected in our radio telescope when those creatures have arisen.” Mason said

  “So you guys actually put a radio telescope inside a black hole?” James asked.

  “We sent one to xhilaria universe. Those Xhilarians must have detected us during our communication with the telescope.” Mason said.

  “So there is actually more life forms across our galaxy and the entire universe?” James said.

  “Yes there is.” Mason said.

  “Sergeant James, you need to come with me right now.” A soldier came to the communication room and announced

  What is it?” James asked

  “It’s Sergeant Michael sir.” The soldier said.

  James and Samson immediately followed the soldier to the medical tent. At the time they reached there a group of medics were examining Michael. James went near Michael and looked at him closely. Looked like his arm is damaged very badly. Arm is blackened due to burned skin, possibly he got shot by a laser gun. No sign of the rest of his group members.

  “Michael what happened?” James asked.

  Michael looked up. He has been crying all this time. He cleared the tears with his right hand which is intact. “Sergeant, they killed all of my men...I...I wasn’t able to do anything...”

  “Calm down Michael, tell us what happened?” James said.

  “We have been captured by those human like creatures from Rodovilla sir. Enemies used the blue light thing on us. We didn’t get any chance against them. Then...Then they cut open one of my men from their prison. It was a horrific moment. I watched them cut open his head...Then we killed two of those human like creatures and escaped from that prison.” Michael said in between hiccups.

  “Well where is rest of your team?” James asked

  “They are dead sir. I watched them all get killed by those creatures. After we escaped from the prison those things found us. We ran inside a forest in hope that they would let us go. But those things followed us and killed every one of my men with those freakish laser guns.” Michael said. Tears well up in his eyes.

  “How did you escaped?” Samson asked.

  “Well you see..., they let me go. To inform you about this. They want us in panic.” Michael said. “They are experimenting on humans and on those human monkeys.”

  “Samson ready your team. We need to be prepared for anything and this means a war is coming.” James announced.

  “I will do that.” Samson said and left them.

  Samson quickly paced towards the soldiers’ training area. All soldiers were in the middle of the training session. Some soldiers are on lookout posts watching for any enemy movements.

  “Sandy, call everyone. I have an important matter to discuss with everyone.” Michael said to Sandy.

  “Everyone, stop what you’re doing and gather around.” Sandy yelled the command.

  Every soldiers lined up in front of Sandy and Samson.

  “Brave soldiers, there is a war coming in our way. And I want you all ready for that. What is your weapon situation?” Samson asked.

  “We have only a few magazines for the plasma gun. That will run out soon.” One of the soldier said.

  “Ok then. We will go to our ships and retrieve as many magazines as we can.” Samson said. “We need to go now. I want ten volunteers for this. And rest of you need to watch over the perimeter and should make sure our safety.”

  “You have your orders now. Don’t waste time standing here, go and do your jobs. Volunteers, get inside the Humvee parked outside the gates. That’s all. Go now.” Sandy said.

  Sandy and Samson went outside the gates to the Humvee with the ten soldiers. Everyone got inside the vehicle.

  “Go to the location of our ships Victoria and Skylark.” Samson said to the driver.

  The driver started the engines and put the Humvee in drive. Humvee slowly moved through the road. Samson and team travelled half an hour to reach near skylark. Both Skylark and Victoria are still at their initial position. Samson and other soldiers got outside and moved toward Skylark.

  “Captain Steven, it’s us. Open the boarding ramp.” Samson said through a small mic attached near the boarding ramp.

  A moment later the boarding ramp opened with a loud thu
d. Samson, Sandy and other soldiers got inside the ship and moved toward second level. At the time they reached level two Captain Steven and ship engineers were standing near level two waiting for Samson.

  “Captain it’s good to see you again.” Samson said.

  “It’s good to see you too. What brings you here?” Steven asked.

  “We have come for weapons and ammo. We think we are on the verge of a war.” Samson said.

  “So lot of thing happened while we were away.” Steven said.

  “Yes. A lot of things happened while you were here. You know, you could come down there with us if you’re feeling lonely here.” Samson said.