Grey Chapter 2

Gray

Chapter 2

But all was not lost...

Humanity was gone, but Gray and his partner, Lime, who came back some time later, found a shred that had been left behind. When they had appeared from their time portal back into the world, they uncovered a small hideaway that had not been torn apart.

After the humans had won the war and mourned the passing of a species that helped them win it, they started to rebuild. Building scaffolds sprung up all around the ruined city. But so did rebellion. Some people didn't want to stay in the war-torn place. Some did. Eventually, small groups just up and left. They raised enough money to buy small ships and warped to unknown planets. They would come back for supplies in secret sometimes.

But the alliance had to put a stop to this. So they brought the police force to attention on the subject, and they started out by barring the way to unknown space sectors. That's when the people got rowdy. On the second week of the decree, a large mob of rebels attacked a spacejump station. Then, within a few months of the attack, the world went up in a swath of civil war.

You can assume what happened after that.

So Gray and Lime found out that they were the last of their species, and they both knew what had to be done. First, they needed to get out of there. The rebels had left behind some robots that would obliterate any living thing that walked the face of that planet.

So they jumped to Earth. In that time, the planet that had been deemed inadequate to colonize, but they were mistaken. It had been hidden for centuries by the creatures. They had kept it as a lest resort, a place where they could go to hide and regroup when things got ugly. The whole universe was in ruin, so they knew that Earth was the best place to go. But they did one last thing before they left.

Gray went to one of the ruined buildings in the distance to get the cube. Lime went another way to activate their last resort operation. Codenamed: The beam. It was a shattering light particle beam that destroyed all sentient life in a specified area. Lime had gotten the idea when she saw one of the robots go hurriedly by.

She was going to destroy everything, and everyone. Except for earth. When Gray returned with the cube, just managing to evade the patrolling robots, she explained her plan. Gray was at first all against it. But she had something more. When she was going to The Beam, she had uncovered something in the dust. A small book that had lots of assorted writings in it.

After she had scanned it and gotten the code inside deciphered, the book turned out to be a journal. After she had continued hovering toward The Beam, she skimmed through the book. What it revealed was extremely disheartening. So Gray left her there to finish preparing the beam, and he came here. He had no idea where he was going to land, much less what had been happening on earth until then. Yet here he was, in my room, at six thirty in the morning, telling me the story of how he came to be.

I sit there, stunned. He waits silently. I eventually snap out of it and ask. “Gray, where is Lime now?” He shrugs. “She's most likely firing the Beam or still warming it up. She'll be here soon.” “Well, there's only one thing left that I don't understand.” He leaned closer. “Yes?” “The cube. What does it do? Why is it so important that you would risk your life for it?”

“Well, to put it bluntly, this cube is the machine that created us.” I double take at the cube in my hands. “So why did you give it to me?” He sat back and shrugged again. “When I saw you, I saw into your inner self. This is normal, it's just the way how we find out if that person is a good friend to have.”

I'm Still working on this chapter, so I will update it when I do!