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    Seven months ago, I’d rushed back from school to watch the Mars Explorer rocket on its launch pad. The giant steel gantry supporting my father’s star ship was shrouded in steam and illuminated by dazzling arc lights. It was a perfect evening for his mission; the air was still and no adverse weather expected. My mother joined me on the swing chair in the garden to witness the countdown. She hauled a duvet around the both of us and offered popcorn from a large mixing bowl.  “If we’re going to be out here,” she smiled, “we might as well be comfy.” The stars were there, faint at first, but brighte...1ubone door

    Life In An Underground Bunker

    CHAPTER -1 Year 2100           News was running through the devices that a group of unidentified objects were moving towards the Earth at an alarming speed. Initially, the scientist and other important people at the World Space Organization speculated that they were meteors. After monitoring the readings on their tracking devices they believed that the meteors would change their paths by the time they came close to Earth due to gravitational forces.            But, after a few hours new information came in. The scientists understood that those objects were not meteors but they were controlled ...1ubone door

    Neutron Tube

    “Stay close, Zeno. Nwww.onedoor.cco one’s very friendly to your kind ‘round these parts,” Nikki says.  He knows a lot more about the Marketa than I ever will, especially since he’s a few hundred years older than I’ll ever have the chance to be.“As you’ve said,” I commented, adjusting the breathing mask on my face and making sure it was sealed. Three seconds and the atmosphere in this place will kill me. It’s not unusual to have one, glancing around I can catch a dozen others with masks, none of them human. I doubt there’s another human on the planet. Truthfully, I should have stayed on the ship, this planet...1ubone door

    We Need To Talk

    Luke woke before his alarm, or at least he thought he did, it had not gone off yet. He rolled over and grabbed his phone, something was wrong with it. He turned it on and off, then tried to navigate through different screens, it did not matter what he did the screen remained black and in bold white letters four words screamed out at him “We need to talk.” Luke checked the time on his watch, it read 08:15, he needed to get ready and he had fifteen minutes to do it.Freshly showered and ready for school, Luke skipped down the stairs and headed to the kitchen passing his mother on the way.“Morning...1ubone door

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