The Andromedan Saga (Among the Stars Book 1)

by C. O. Amal

  Samson looked at the scene patiently. A group of Xhilarians is storming at the building toward James and his team. Samson could clearly saw the creatures through the window. Other soldiers in Samson’s team also saw it. They quickly opened the windows and trained their guns at the Xhilarians. The Xhilarians haven’t noticed them yet, but soon they will. A moment of silence. Then Samson and his team opened fire at the creatures. Most of the creatures fell down. Rest of the creatures turned their head toward Samson and team in the second level. The creatures start to shoot at Samson. But James and team immediately emerged from the building and shot down the creatures. The creatures didn’t stood a chance. They were exterminated from both sides - Samson and team from above and James and team from below the building.

  After the blood bath James looked up and saw the soldiers on the second level.

  “Good work all!” Samson’s radio beeped.

  “Same to you.” Samson said through the radio.

  “Search the building for any information regarding the pandemic.” James commanded through the radio.

  “Copy and over.” Samson said back.

  Samson and team started their search mission. No Xhilarians are on this part of the building. They reached the end of the corridor and a new stair way arise on the side to the third level. Samson looked at the soldiers. Everyone nodded and all climbed the stair way to the third level. Third floor is also empty. They slowly moved through the corridor. One soldier carefully entered inside the first room they saw and began to search.

  “Documents are all in their language.” The soldier said.

  Samson got inside and checked. The documents are in fact in that unknown language.

  “We will never get through this.” Samson said. “Ok move on to the next room.”

  Samson and the soldier got outside the room and walked toward the next room. Other soldiers are already at different corners of the current level securing the perimeter. All the rooms are empty.

  “There is nothing good in these pile of garbage.” Samson yelled.

  “It may not be a garbage to those alien scums.” One soldier suggested.

  “It will be, when we kill every last one of them.” Samson said.

  Samson took out his radio and switched it on. “James do you copy?”

  “Loud and clear. What is the situation there?” James asked through the radio.

  “Nothing good. Every document is in their mother tongue. It’s garbage to us. What do you want us to do?” Samson said.

  “Come back down here. You may want to see this. In the basement we found some live humans possibly here for experiments. And Samson, they do speak English but they are not Green Planet’s residents.” James said.

  “What? What do you mean by that?” Samson said.

  “Come and hear for yourself.” James said and the radio went silent.

  Samson stood there with amazement and excitement.

  “What is it sergeant?” One of the soldier returned Samson from his thoughts.

  “James have found live humans in the basement of this building and he says that they are not born in Green Planet. They are from someplace else.” Samson said.

  “What?” Soldiers asked in unison.

  “So there are humans in other planets too?” One of the soldier asked.

  “Let’s go and see and then we could verify that.” Samson said.

  Everyone slowly climbed down the stairs. Suddenly a sharp shriek sound came from below. Samson and team looked below. There are hundreds of wolfdogs all running toward the building from all direction. Then a distant hum a ship could clearly be heard. Everyone looked at the sky. They couldn’t believe what they are seeing. Three normal sized ships are coming toward the building. There will be hundreds of those creatures inside the ships. They are really in the middle of a war now.

  Chapter 37

  Wintoria, Green Planet

  “Shoot down everything.” Samson yelled.

  Soldiers trained their guns on the windows and opened fire. First three lines of wolfdogs immediately went down. Some of the wolfdogs are inside the building now. Suddenly the ships start to fire in Samson’s direction. Laser bolts cut through the concrete walls Soldiers hide behind the wall but there is no use in that. The laser rounds are easily destroying the walls. Two small explosion happened from below possibly by James and team. Then one of the ship is on fire. Someone shot down the ship using mini plasma cannon. Bright light of flash grenades emerged from there and there from below.

  Samson and team fired back in excitement. Samson threw a flash grenade at the nearby ship. The grenade exploded in mid-air and damaged the front glass of a ship. Samson and other soldiers kept on firing. Suddenly a wolfdog emerged from the stair way and it jumped on to the nearby soldier. The soldier wrestled with the beast. Samson pointed the gun and pressed the trigger. The plasma bolt cut through the beast’s head and it immediately went limp.

  More wolfdogs ran inside the building and emerged from the stair way. Samson threw a flash grenade at the stair way. A moment later the flash grenade exploded. The corridor filled with a bright light. All the approached wolfdogs are dead. More explosions occurred from below. The fire fight lasted half an hour. Then the two remaining ships landed on the ground. One soldier carefully trained a mini plasma cannon at the ships entry way. The ramp of the ships opened and more Xhilarians emerged from the ship.

  Boom! Boom! Boom!

  The mini plasma cannons fired three rounds in to the crowd of Xhilarians. All the approached creatures immediately dropped to the ground. There is only a small number of wolfdogs left now. They all ran away into the distance leaving the building’s perimeter. Soldiers raised their arms and danced with excitement. They have just destroyed the enemy fleet. They will not recover easily from this.

  “Ok. We should now head to the basement.” Samson said.

  Everyone nodded and slowly climbed down the stairs. Blood of the wolfdogs is sprayed on the walls. Dead creatures lay everywhere. Finally they reached the ground floor and moved outside the building. James and his team were waiting for Samson and team there. James leaded them to basement. Basement is lit with small incandescent lamps. Three humans were sitting on the floor. Samson reached near them.

  “Is this them?” Samson asked James.

  “Yes they are the one I talk about.” James said.

  “Where are you guys coming from?” Samson asked to the persons sitting on the floor.

  They looked up toward Samson. They are really tired. The Xhilarians must have tortured them good.

  “We are from Santora galaxy about hundred light years away from here.” One of the unknown person said.

  “So there are human races throughout this universe?” Samson asked.

  Soldiers tuned their ears for the answer.

  “Yes there is.” The man said.

  “Do you have any idea what these creatures are doing?” Samson asked.

  “They are looking for something inside humans. These beings are colonists too. They are like parasites that feed on humans.” The man said.

  “But our researchers said these creatures have evolved from humans.” Samson said.

  “We don’t know about that. But these things want something from humans.” The man said.

  “Do you know anything about the monkey disease they have unleashed?” Samson asked.

  “They did that to our planet too. Our citizens are wandering monkeys now.” The man said.

  “Is there any cure to this?” Samson asked.

  “We don’t know anything about that. But I assume that they must have a cure somewhere.” The man said.

  “What is your name?” Samson asked.

  “I am Raj and this is Amber and Davidson.” Raj said.

  “It’s nice to meet you. We better get going. You guys can come with us.” Samson said.

  “That’s nice of you. Thanks for the offer.” Raj said.

  “We will talk more about it on the way.” James said.

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sp; Everyone nodded and start to move toward the town. The rain has started again. Its noon now but the sun’s rays hide behind rain clouds. It’s like evening now. Finally they reached near the Humvees. Everyone got inside the Humvees and whispered about the victory.

  “Ok drive to our base.” Samson said to the driver.

  The driver nodded and started the engine. He put the Humvee in drive and a moment later the Humvee is rushing through the gravel road. They have now passed the town of Wintoria.

  Boom!

  The front tire of the Samson’s Humvee exploded. The Humvee turned upside down and slid through the gravel road some distance then it stopped sliding. Then soldiers in the second Humvee saw it. It’s a Battle ship, with laser cannons on both sides. Soldiers got outside and start to shoot at the ship. But the plasma rounds aren’t penetrating the ship’s hide. The ship shot back. The Humvees explode when the laser bolts hit them. Fortunate for Samson and team, they already crawled outside. They lost the driver but everyone else is fine.

  Some soldiers take out mini plasma cannons and trained it. Then fired it.

  Boom! Boom!

  Plasma bolts exploded when they hit the ship. Ship’s hull is weakening but it’s still floating in the air intact. Some soldiers armed flash grenades and threw them in front of the ship. With a sudden blast the front glass window of the ship exploded. Then the ship start to fire the laser cannons. The laser bolts cut through everything in front of it. The ship rotate in an arc and the laser bolts cut through everything in that arc. Fortunate for the humans they have ran to the nearby trees. Soldiers start to fire again from the trees’ hide. They concentrated their fire power on the ships front window. A moment later the ship exploded and the big fire ball rolled through the gravel road.

  Soldiers jumped with excitement.

  “But how are we going to reach our base? Our Humvees are in pieces.” One soldier asked James.

  “We have a long way to walk.” James smiled.

  Part 8: Earth’s Destiny

  Chapter 38

  Saxonvilla Space Research Center, Green Planet

  “Do you really thing the Xhilarians will let us go? Wake up guys! They want us as lab rats. We have to fight back and kill every one of those bitches.” Jasper said.

  “Well, negotiations work too.” Thomas said.

  “That’s because you haven’t seen what they are doing.” Jasper said. “They will cut open your body if they have to. Look what happened to Jenny. Those things didn’t even hesitated when injecting her with the virus.”

  “Ok you win! Then tell me how we are going to get out of this thing alive. Based on our recordings they have many ships and are armed to the teeth. Do you really thing we stand a chance against that.” Thomas said.

  “But we can’t surrender our self. There will be some weak points to Those Xhilarians. All we have to do is find it and use it against them.” Jasper said.

  “I will never surrender or negotiate with them after what they have done to me.” Michael said.

  “I will fight till my last breath.” Thomson said.

  “We will have to infiltrate all their bases and kill every last one of them. And Thomas, don’t even talk about negotiations. Because they are hunting humans not some monkeys. You’re a human, are you not?” Mason asked.

  “Ok I am sorry.” Thomas said

  “We are really going to infiltrate their bases you believe it or not. And this mission will come in effect as soon as Samson and James returned.” Mason said.

  Mason left the room and went outside. Jasper didn’t said anything. He shifted his concentration on the computer.

  “You know, Xhilarians actually came from the xhilaria universe. Look at this.” Jasper pointed at the monitor.

  Thomas and Thomson looked at the monitor. There are about five ships all moving in one direction.

  “This is taken by the space telescope inside the xhilaria universe about which mason have talked about. I manage to hack into it.” Jasper said.

  “Where are they all going” Thomas asked.

  “My guess is that to the black hole. It is the short cut to our universe.” Jasper said.

  “What do they want? They look wealthy. Why a highly intelligent life form trying to exterminate other species?” Thomson asked.

  “They may be insane about conquering other worlds. Mad passion for war and things like that.” Jasper said.

  “I am going outside. I need some air.” Thomas left the room and went outside.

  ***

  Samson, James and other soldiers decreased their pace. They all are tired after the long journey.

  “I am very curious. They have this good road and everything but I haven’t seen a single vehicle on the road.” Samson said.

  “May be they care too much about pollution.” James said.

  After an hour of journey they reached a town called Ronovilla.

  “I am really tired man. I need some water.” One of the soldier said.

  “Let’s look at one of the houses.” James said.

  Everyone nodded and they stopped in front of the first house they saw. They slowly walked towards it. The door is unlocked. James slowly opened the door and got inside. Other soldiers followed James. The house is completely empty. James walked toward the kitchen. When he reached there he walked toward the sink and opened the tap. Water rushed out through the tap. He drank a handful of water.

  “Tasty.” James said.

  Other soldiers took out glasses from the shelf and take water in it and drank. After everyone are refreshed James motioned at everyone to be ready to move one. Soldiers nodded and checked their weapons. Once they are satisfied everyone one by one went outside the house. They began their pace toward the next town. Suddenly Samson’s eye caught something. He stopped and motioned others to stop. Everyone saw it too. A big ship is flying toward their direction.

  Based on its movement the aliens haven’t detected them. Soldiers hide behind a house. The ship passed them and moved to the distant horizon. Everyone took a deep sigh of relief. They slowly walked toward where the ship have come from. They are standing in an elevated ground and below on the small ground was five other ships all resting on the ground. About fifty wolfdogs are patrolling the perimeter.

  “Do we have to take them out?” One of the soldier asked.

  “No. It’s better if we go in our own way and besides we don’t have the protection of the vehicles now.” James said.

  Soldiers slowly moved away from the location toward the next town.

  ***

  Lucy looked again at the generated sample. No sign of the presence of a cure.

  “It’s all a waste of time. I don’t think there is a cure to this disease.” Lucy said.

  “What do you mean by that?” Samantha asked.

  “Like Graham said, it’s difficult to reverse the effects of mutation. I don’t think there is actually a way for it.” Lucy said.

  “But we can’t just give up!” Samantha said.

  “Nobody is giving up. It’s just I am tired of all this. Did you check others reports?” Lucy asked.

  “Nobody haven’t reached near as you.” Samantha cleared her throat. “I don’t think they will succeed at this speed.”

  “We can’t minimize our hope. There must be something that we haven’t noticed yet. This virus quickly turned to gaseous form once it is taken outside and it die out very quickly. So for short we can’t analyse it whole day.” Lucy said.

  Lucy loosed the face mask from her face and walked outside.

  “I need to get some air.” Lucy said.

  Samantha nodded and concentrated on her research. Suddenly the glass vial fell on the floor and the virus escaped in to the air. The gaseous virus covered Samantha. Unfortunate for Samantha she wasn’t wearing any face mask.

  “Lucy, please help me!” Samantha yelled.

  Lucy quickly rushed toward Samantha but she stopped moving once she saw the gas.

  “Samantha, what have you done?” Luc
y asked.

  “I am sorry it was an accident.” Samantha cried. “Please, I don’t want to be like those creatures. Please.”

  “I am sorry. I...I can’t do anything.” Lucy said.