Finally done...

Hah! Done my Sci-fi story... it kind of turned out to be doomsdayish too. Sooo here it is.

The middle of Space, Year 2781

Exploration Ship #12

Casey was the youngest one on the ship, only seventeen years old. Many thought she was too young even, but she had worked hard to get her spot on the ship, endless weeks of training. But those were over now, and she spent her days monitoring the main navigation systems of the ship, searching for any planets that had intelligent life forms, or could sustain them. They had been searching for over a month now, so far they had not found anything of interest.

Casey sighed as she picked up her journal, one of the few possessions that she had on the ship, though she hadn’t wrote anything in it yet. Even though she had waited a long time for this she wanted to save it for when they found something. She idly chewed the back of her pencil as she flipped through the blank pages, thinking. A sudden beeping sound caught her attention and she quickly put down journal again.

A red dot flashed on the screen of the navigation system. “Computer, identify object,” said Casey authoritatively. “Wormhole,” came the computers robot-like reply. “W-what? Wormholes don’t exist…” She stared blankly for a moment before realizing that if it actually was a wormhole that they had to turn around the ship before they got stuck in its gravitational pull. As she set about to turn the ship away from the so called ‘wormhole’, everything suddenly went completely dark.

There was no warning, just a sudden complete and utter darkness; Casey couldn’t even see her hand a few inches away from her face. Something must be wrong with the power… but what happened to the backup generator? She wondered silently. She tried not to panic, she couldn’t turn the ship around without the navigation system or being able to see for that matter, and if wormholes really did exist then what would happen? Casey waited for a couple minutes, trying to decide if she should wait and see if the power came back, or to go find someone. A few moments later she sighed and stood up. If the power wasn’t back yet something must really be wrong.

Casey made her way through the darkened corridors as fast as she could, praying she wouldn’t get lost in the maze-like ship. She didn’t know her way around very well yet, but she had to do something about the wormhole, she couldn’t leave everyone unaware of the danger looming before them. But even if I do find someone what can they do? Thought Casey, suddenly reliazing that anything she could do was hopeless. She was also aware that they were running out of time, if the ship wasn’t turned around very soon they would be sucked into the wormhole and end up who knows where, or when (if they even survived that is).

Her heart pounding, Casey started to run through the ship, trying not to run into the walls, and at the same time not caring anymore. Where was everyone? Probably trying to fix the power, it was far too late for that though. A sudden dizziness came over Casey as she ran, causing her to fall forward and hit her head hard on the metal wall on the ship, knocking her unconscious.

Casey groaned as she opened her eyes. Where am I? she wondered absently. She felt light-headed and was confused, this place felt very strange. She could see nothing but fog as she stared upward. Casey stood slowly, her head hurting a great deal. What had happened? It was almost dream-like; even though she was surrounded by fog it seemed eerily silent and empty. She looked around, but the fog was thick and she couldn’t see anything at all. Why was it so foggy anyway? Her memory was blurry, she couldn’t remember anything.

A few memories came back to her gradually, such as her name. She remembered being on a spaceship and something about a wormhole. But where was she now? I have to find someone…

Casey started to walk through the fog, unsure of exactly what she was planning to do, only knowing she needed to find something (or someone). It seemed like hours she had walked, although it could have just been a few minutes. It suddenly struck her that nothing was here. It was completely silent, no people, no animals, and she hadn’t seen a single plant. It was her and the fog, in this strange, empty world.

But how did I get here… and why isn’t there anything else?

Now that she had noticed it, the silence was overwhelming. There were always people around her before, always noise of people working and talking, but everything was too quite now. A sudden sound broke through the icy silence, and some of the fog blew away, revealing a girl with long braided hair playing a flute. She looked to be about eight or nine years old, but her eyes held wisdom. She seemed to know Casey was there, but she didn’t stop playing yet.

Casey stared blankly for a moment, watching the girl. There was someone else here? As she listened to the flutes hypnotic melody, some of her memories floated back. But eventually the girl stopped playing, and all of the memories faded again.

“Who are you?” asked Casey, even though it was barely more then a whisper she knew the girl had heard her.

“I am Memory,” said the girl, her face showing no emotion.

“Is that… your name?”

“It’s who I am.”

“What do you mean?” asked Casey.

“I mean what I said. You don’t have to understand. It’s rather complicated actually…” Memory paused for a moment before continuing, “You probably don’t know where we are, do you?”

Casey shook her head.

“We’re actually on Earth... the memory of it anyway. The real Earth is… gone now,”

“What? You mean Earth was destroyed?”

“Well, yes. But the memory is still here… You can save Earth though, that’s why you’re here. If you go back in time, you’ll discover the Matorians, an alien race… if they find out about Earth they’ll eventually destroy it.”

“So.. We’re in the future?” asked Casey, confused. Was time travel actually possible?

“Yes.. Humans stopped keeping track of the years quite awhile ago but I think it would be around… 7921 now?” Memory paused again, staring Casey in the eye, “You must make a decision. You may go back to your space exploration and you will discover the Matorians, and Earth will eventually be destroyed, or go back about two years and Earth will not be destroyed, but you must live among the humans here…”

“What about the others on the ship? Won’t they find the Matorians anyway?”

“No. You would have been the one that noticed them.”

Casey was silent, trying to comprehend, yet not wanting to at the same time. If she went back to her normal life, the Earth would be destroyed in a few thousand years, but if she stayed she would have to leave behind everything she had ever known. But she knew she could not go back and live with knowing that the Earth would be ended because of her.

“I’ll stay…” Casey whispered finally.

Memory smiled. “Thank you. If you want I can give you your memories back now… It might be easier without them though, you won’t get as homesick.”

“I want my memories still… It would be worse not even knowing who I am…”

Casey knew it would be hard to live nearly 5000 years in the future, and even though she was leaving all of her dreams and friends behind she knew she had made the right decision.

The end.

Ik it mostly sucks and sorry it took me so long. I had writing block again =P

Emily