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Caleb was only fourteen. Should a fourteen year-old boy witness the end of the world? No, never. But the world’s time would had to have come sooner or later.

He was separated from his family during the panic. The meteor was only hours away from impact. The Luna Strike Force, a new military branch of the U.S. government, was conducting a large scale evacuation attempt to get as many people off of the planet as possible. The meteor had been spotted several years in advance, but the government didn’t want the world to know until there was no other solution but total abandonment of earth. When they realized that none of their weapons could stop it, they began immediate construction of transports that could get the people off of the planet as quickly as possible. The evacuation had been taking place for nearly three weeks now and there were still millions left. The LSF was running out of time. The world leaders were the first to go, and then everyone else. The reassuring military soldiers kept telling everyone that they would be okay; that they had constructed new homes on the moon and in space. But when the clock’s minutes withered away, people became more frightened that they wouldn’t make it off the planet.


Caleb was about to be left behind. The last of the shuttles took off for one last time. It was a one-way trip. The asteroid was too close to come back and attempt another evacuation. Those left behind quickly scrambled for shelter. Men, women, even children were left to fend for themselves as their doom quickly approached. Caleb was among them. He ran through the alleys and back streets of New York City, trying to find some place that looked like it could withstand an asteroid impact. This thing was the size of Iceland. It would decimate the earth.


Caleb was just about to run inside of a building when he was grabbed from the side. He screamed for help but when he looked up at the man that had grabbed him, he realized that it was an LSF soldier. Was he left behind too?


“Don’t worry, kid, I got ya,” he said. “Hang on, I’m gonna get ya to a transport.”


There was still one left? Would they make it in time? As they ran the sun began to dim as the asteroid moved in front of its rays. The sky instantly turned red and the clouds began to separate from the build-up of pressure in the atmosphere as the asteroid began to break through the first molecules of air. It was projected to hit somewhere in the Atlantic. In that case, high ground would be the better option. A tsunami would wipe New York off the face of the map, as well as the other coasts bordering the Atlantic.


They kept on running until they came to a small opening. An odd jet craft was parked in the center of a concrete slab with multiple LSF soldiers guarding it. “Commander? What are doing? Where were you?” One of them hollered. He was asking the man that was holding Caleb’s hand and guiding him over to the craft. “My conscience got the better of me. Now, come on and let’s get the hell outta here!”


They all climbed inside of the craft from small opening at the bottom with a lift platform. When they were inside each took a seat and strapped up. The LSF commander, the one who rescued Caleb from his doom, was sitting up front in what appeared to be the pilot’s seat.


“Okay,” one of the soldiers said, “I know the Aurora’s supersonic speed is no myth, as we found that out just an hour ago when we took off from Istanbul, but are you sure this thing can reach orbit?”


“Positive,” another one said. “My grandfather developed the original designs for the Aurora back when everybody thought that Area 51 was an alien research facility. After his death, my dad pursued the Aurora legacy and set forth on the plans for the Aurora Alpha. This baby was constructed only a year ago, but it has exceeded all expectations. My granddad would be proud!”


“Your family has one helluva legacy for the sci-fi, you know that?”

The craft hummed to life and the engines started up. The inside lights dimmed and multiple computer terminals came online. The commander was busy punching in codes and flight sequences. Soon, the Aurora Alpha lifted off the ground and hovered in the air. As it spun around, the asteroid came into view. It was past the final layer of the atmosphere and just about to slam into the Atlantic. A wave of heat and fire came bursting forth from the meteor itself and was heading straight for New York. The shock wave would annihilate New York City long before the tsunami would take what’s left. “Huh…Commander….you wanna punch it or sit here and watch the fireworks?” The commander slammed down on a button on the controls and the jet burst forward towards the asteroid. The supersonic boom could be heard behind the Aurora as it took off at mach two, approaching mach four within seconds. The asteroid was much larger up close and it looked like a giant coming down from the heavens. The commander yanked back on the controls and the Aurora turned its nose towards space. They were riding vertically parallel to the tale of the asteroid.


When the rock hit, the tsunami started. The wave was followed by a wall of fire. New York was already burning to ash from the first shock wave. The entire Atlantic Ocean seemed to sink and then rise within a matter of seconds. A wave of fire engulfed the surface of the earth. Soon….everything was gone. The Aurora Alpha soared high above the carnage and into space, breaking free of the final layer of atmosphere that was now nearly nonexistent from the devastating effects of the asteroid.


Caleb is now living on the space station Zebes, one year later….2029 A.E. (After Earth)

The aftermath:

One year later, the Earth remains a desolate planet. The impact crater takes up nearly half of what used to be the Atlantic Ocean floor. Nothing on the planet grows as everything has become a desert. The ruins of buildings continue to crumble and what is left of the atmosphere is toxic. The planet is under quarantine.


The Zebes, Cerci, and Olympus space stations house the survivors of Earth’s destruction. Zebes and Cerci are primarily residential and commercial stations, while Olympus serves as the government and military space station. The LSF command center and a small residential station rest on the light side of the moon near the rock’s northern pole. The facilities stretch deep underground as well as spread out on the surface.


There are multiple industrial stations surrounding the three primary stations. These small stations harvest Dark Matter, a material that was discovered floating around and forming in the void of space. Dark Matter sites are not very large and most are only an acre in radius, but they produce enough energy to power the stations and vessels. It has proven to be a valuable recourse.


For a long time, the people thought they were still the only ones in the universe, until…they came. An alien race known as the Zeroth appeared out of no where and attacked the industrial outposts surrounding Cerci. Olympus scrambled Alpha Aurora fighters and the first battle between the two races erupted. The humans were able to fend off the Zeroth, but only for a short while. A week later, they returned and did even more damage than before. Humanity realized that they were going to need more fire power and better defenses if they were to survive.




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