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A Different World

 

The thing about earth is that it's so small and yet this is the one planet that is so different from the others planets in the galaxy, so different that those things called humans has spread everywhere...

 

We live in a society that is advanced. People can read your mind and transport objects with them. This might seem interesting for a moment, but it can be used as a weapon.

 

Present Day

 

The world has turned into a Forbidden Forest.  Darkness is everywhere and people are wandering about trying to find whatever remains of their homes. A few years ago there was a civil war that tore everyone apart. The government was caught kidnapping ordinary people for an unknown experiment, trying to use their mutated brains to test them somehow. The rebels tried to fight back but the government was too strong. During this time, cities were destroyed and crops were burnt down by fighter planes. Now people are staying in safety camps where they have food, water, and shelter.

 

Where I am now is called the VISIT room. It’s where all the government’s experiments are, and it happens to be special. Why? I have no idea. It doesn’t seem like a very important place to me because there is dirt and dust everywhere. Plus, everytime it rains it looks like the roof is going to cave in. Somehow the people who work here seem to think this is a “top secret” room, but really they are crazy if they still believe that. At this very moment, there are people hacking into their system, breaking down their buildings until they are piles of rubble, and getting ready to aim their fire.

 

2 Days Ago

 

Shallow breaths, shallow breaths that’s the only thing that keeps me alive. Ann and Rune are alive and will come and get me. Keep it together, Cara. Shallow breaths…

I black out.

 

The blinding light is the only thing that keeps me awake. I feel a tiny needle poke into my lifeless arm.Someone says my name in the distance, but it’s to exhausting to talk. They let me sleep some more.

 

When I finally gain consciousness, I find myself in a dark, run-down, cold cell. There are no bars, just a bed and a toilet. I slowly walk to the front of the cell. This must be a joke. I propel myself forward into the muggy corridor. The carpet seems like it’s stained with something that looks a lot like blood. Suddenly, I see an outline of a person right behind me, I brace myself for impact waiting for the blow to come. Nothing happens. The person turns a dark shade of blue before walking right through me!

 

My heart is racing. What was that? I turn to look inside what seems to be a control room. There are switches everywhere and a remote control as well. Lastly, I see on the very tip of the control panel lies a bright red button. I know in the movies they say: Never press the red button, but they do it anyway, well that is what I did. Everything goes silent. I can’t even hear my own breathing. Turn around in a circle, a white globe forms around me. In the center of the of the globe lies 3 words: FIND THE EXIT.

 

What does that mean? The white globe dissolves around me making the temperature drop another 15 degrees. The lights in all of the rooms have all turned on, making hard for me to see anything. I look into the screen in the doorway, it says: Acess Denied, shutting down building in 5 min.

 

When I was still a child, I remember playing hide and seek with my sister, she would always tell me the key to staying hidden was to hide in hind sight. A whispering voice inside my head tells me to go to the beginning. Of course!

 

I race to the end of the corridor, from which I entered, the pale blue figure I saw earlier is nowhere to be seen. A book lies at the very entrance of the cell. The title of the book is An Adventure In Time. I look around, this is where I was when I first arrived, so the exit has to be here. I look up and see a yellow stained window. This is the only way out. I heave myself onto the ledge and pull the bars as hard as I can. Surprisingly, they come off. I break the glass with the bars and step into a room full of people.

 

All of them have warm smiles and are looking at me like it’s the happiest day of their lives. The leader says: Hello Cara! We are happy to say that you passed the initialization test. We are the leaders of the government, and have been watching you. You seem to have an interesting capability. Your brain can record and remember things to predict the future. We seek someone with this special knowledge for our secret mission. Will you agree to help us?

No, why would ever help you?

 

Present Day

 

Since I declined their offer, they put me in the VISIT room. They said if I didn’t agree to help them then I would never see my family again. I had no choice. I agreed to complete this secret mission and the only thing they told me was I was going to a different world.

5 Years Later

 

Dear family,

 

I hope all is going well, and that you are all healthy. I have had the experience of being involved in the greatest space mission ever. I have to say this has been a great change for me. The things I have seen on this mission, were only in my dreams before. I have to confess there is something  thing I regret . Though I have seen a lot of things in my time in space I realized that no matter what, family is the most important thing. The mission the government sent me on was to see if I, with my special capabilities, could live on a planet known as Wesater III by myself for a decade. I tried to get a hold of you, but they cut off communication from earth. I couldn’t take it anymore, so I ended it. This was the message I sent:

MISSION FAILED, cannot be done.

So I know I chose to take this on myself, but if you can forgive me that is all I ask.

 

Love,

Cara