《The Genetic Heroes - Part 4: Proxima》


 PROLOGUE: PLANET 2267: ALITUNE

    It was a far away planet light years away from Earth. The planet was called Alitune and was about the size of Earth and in the habitable zone in its solar system with its star named, Alitune-S. The planet has rocky terrain made of green and purple rock. Alitune-S emitted a bright dark red glow that could be seen from the planet. The planet was ruled by one queen known as Queen Tuni who was anthropomorphic and had human traits such as two feet, two arms, and even the same organs that humans would have in similar places. The difference was that Anton, the species of living beings who occupy this planet, have massive antennae growing out of their heads. These antennae allow for hearing from farther away and a trait for being ¡°alien¡±


    The capital city of this planet was known as Donop and was the palace for Queen Tuni. The palace was massive and was built from white and purple concrete. It stood in the middle of the large city of Donop. Donop was roughly three times the size of New York City and had skyscrapers averaging the Burj Khalifa height. Technology was far more advanced. The planet of Allitune was approximately 5 light years away from Earth for an example. The planet¡¯s solar system consisted of Allitune, the star, Allitune-S, a planet known as Herstos, this planet was named after Anton¡¯s previous king. It was a gas planet that was made of helium and other gases that make up a Neptune like planet. It also rains diamond and uranium shards. Past that is a planet named Allitune-SO. It was a dark planet that had a mysterious gas that had never been documented by science before. The gas was so thick and black that the planet¡¯s ground has never been seen before. There are two other planets, frost giants the size of Jupiter known as Allitune-SHe and Allitune-SH.


    The technology on this planet is advanced enough where they are able to travel faster than lightspeed across the galaxy. This is why this planet is Planet 2267. The ancestors of all space travel came from a planet and at the time, were Anton decent. The star of the planet was about to shrink into a dwarf which is when Anton¡¯s ancestors, about 1 million years ago travelled throughout the universe and began naming planets for a number. They did visit Earth, but no humans existed on the planet at the time. They left some of their stuff there and it was likely that language was formed on Earth with the ancestors'' written tablets they left. It was then they discovered Allitune and called it a beauty and decided to settle on the planet. After spending some time, they went back to adventuring. It is unknown where these ancestors have been, but the cosmic radiation has allowed for the ancestors to not croak from old age.


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    This story begins in a hospital where Tuni gives birth to twin daughters. One was red skinned and had sparkly crystal blue eyes that glowed like chandeliers. The other one had orange skin and had bright orange eyes that also glowed like a neon light. Anton could be born in many different colours. They can be green, like Tuni, red, orange, purple and blue skinned. It just depends on the genes.


    ¡°My daughters.¡± Tuni cried as she hugged both of them. She looked at the orange skinned one.


    ¡°I will name you Stellar.¡± she said. She turned to the one with the red skin and bright blue eyes.


    ¡°You will be Proxima, your red skin reminds me of one.¡± she said. Growing up, Stellar managed to always do everything first. She was the first to crawl, walk and then ride a bike. It was unknown how she did it. Whenever she was asked, she said she saw how to do it from the past. Proxima was very slow and learned at a normal speed for an Anton and she was the master at preventing disaster. One time, Stellar fell down the palace stairs when a waiter was at the bottom of the stairs driving a trolley past. Proxima instantly moved the waiter out of the way and Stellar landed on her butt, perfectly fine. She said she saw a future where this waiter was injured. The two sisters became rivals and best friends at the same time growing up. This would all change when the sisters were both around 16 years old.


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 ENTER PROXIMA

    Hi. I am Proxima. I am a 16 year old Anton girl and here is my story. I lived in a rich palace in the capital of our planet, Donop. My mother was the queen of the entire planet and her name was Queen Tuni. My twin sister, Stellar was my best friend growing up as we did everything together. We had the best life imaginable. Something I would always ask is what happened to our father. I went to ask and my mom told me that a god blessed her with us two. It was kind of true because of our abilities. I had the crystal blue eyes to see into the future and Stellar had the primal orange to see into the past. I had seen into the future sometimes and stopped my mom from making terrible decisions before. I have even had dreams of our planet someday being destroyed by our star. My sister Stellar had dreams where she had eaten with all of the previous king¡¯s and learned embarrassing stuff about them, which she would tell me to annoy me. My mom kept us out of school because there was no reason to bring us there, where we would subconsciously cheat. Instead, I went shopping.


    I was leaving my house so I put on some makeup and headed out the door with my bright red backpack. I had bright red skin and a medium sized antennae sticking out of my head. I had dark black hair and I wore black leggings and a large hoodie with the right side being red and the left being blue. It was also oversized as my arms were unable to reach the end of the sleeves. I wore blue sneakers. I walked outside of the palace where I walked into the city of Donop. The city was connected by paths on the ground where you could hoverboard, hoverbike or walk. From the skies, there were ovalships that people used. These ships were round. As I walked, I greeted everyone on the streets. A man at an ice cream place greeted me. The man had antennae like everyone else. He  had orange skin and brown hair, similar to my sisters.


    ¡°Hello Proxima,¡±  he says.


    ¡°Hello Mr. Duco.¡± she says. ¡°How are you doing today?¡±


    ¡°I am doing great,¡± he says. ¡°How¡¯s your mom?¡±


    ¡°My mom is doing fine.¡± I said. ¡°She says your ice cream was great the other day.¡±


    ¡°Tell her I will say thank you.¡± says Duco. ¡°It¡¯s always nice to see people smile.¡±


    I smile and walk back as I walk and suddenly I get a vision. Exactly 5 metres in front of me is an alley to the right and in this alley are three boys and another younger boy who was having his parent¡¯s money taken from his pockets. I can see the kid getting beaten and crying. I stand there with my bright blue eyes glowing. They dim and then I run to the alley to see the boys just surrounding the kid, they haven¡¯t quite taken the money.


    ¡°HEY!¡± I said. ¡°You guys need to get out and leave this guy alone!¡±


    ¡°No,¡± one said. ¡°We are his friends. We were just talking.¡±


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    ¡°You are literally lying to my face. Don¡¯t you know who I am?¡±


    The boys started to get scared as I flashed my bright blue eyes at them and had my fists crackling in front of them. They immediately ran by me as they walked back onto the main road. That young boy came over and gave me a hug.


    ¡°How did you know they were gonna take my money?¡±


    ¡°I can see into the future, dummy.¡± I replied.


    ¡°What¡¯s my future?¡± he asks.


    ¡°That you will grow to be a dependable young man.¡± I said smiling. He smiled back and walked back onto the main road. My power wasn¡¯t just to see into the future, but also to make others smile. I can explain some details about my power. I need a lot of energy to make a massive future vision, for example, an alien invasion would be a massive future vision. The energy required to do that is impossible at my current state. I am sometimes able to make them when I sleep. I can make fast visions when I can see a few seconds into the future in a specified radius. There is also a cooldown on this power for about 5 seconds.


    I arrived at the massive shopping mall located nearby the palace. I walked inside and headed for my favourite store inside of the mall, Antonfitters. The Antonfitters sign glowed as I walked. The manager of the clothing store and I were best buds. His name was Hros. He was a purple anton with a handsome face. I walked inside and passed by the clothes as I walked up to talk with him.


    ¡°Hey Hros.¡± I said.


    ¡°Hello Proxima.¡± he says. ¡°How was your day?¡±


    ¡°It was great.¡± I said.


    ¡°What will you be looking for? You visit the mall all the time, princess.¡±


    ¡°I want to shop for some new clothes.¡± I said.


    Hros has figured out that having me in the store is that having the princess of Allitune inside of his store has given him extra customers, money and attention. I lived for shopping, I would always spend my time shopping at the mall because that¡¯s kind of who I am. My future vision allows me to help others around the store and after an hour of trying on clothing, I always walk out with a purchase. For context, I am a princess and there could be a lot of confusion of why I don¡¯t do ¡°princess things¡±


    When I started to grow into a teenager, I rejected all massive responsibilities that came with being a princess. My mom would want to see us both strive to be queen and I was always the one who didn¡¯t care. I do try to brighten people¡¯s days by doing the small things like saying compliments and saving a little kid from bullying. Some may call me useless. Stellar is the opposite. She has always wanted to be queen ever since she saw her mother as queen for the first time. Stellar is quite the control freak and tends to control everything. We were polar opposites, she viewed herself as royalty, while I viewed myself more humbly. I didn¡¯t want to be queen. I didn¡¯t want the responsibility.


    After shopping for clothing, I left Antonfitters and went to the food court inside of the mall. The food court was massive and tons of people were eating. I went to Frankies. Frankies is a fast food place that serves chickies, fries and burgers. Chickies are small scaly birds that taste so good cooked.I sat down to eat some Frankies when suddenly I got a call from Stellar. I pulled out my phone and answered.


    ¡°Proxima.¡± she says. ¡°We need you home right now.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m shopping right now. Bug me another time.¡±


    ¡°Mom got a really scary letter. Please come.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll be there after I eat. I see the future Stellar, I am not afraid of anything.¡± I said chomping on some fries. After I ate, I went back to the palace because of what Stellar had told me. She genuinely seemed worried and so I left my perfect shopping spree.


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 DONOP PALACE:

    I arrived back at the massive palace of Donop. This is where my mother and my sister lived. I opened the doors and walked in to see her waiting there in panic. Stellar stood there at the inside and at the door. Stellar was an anton girl with orange skin and antennae. She was wearing high heels and straight black pants and an orange blouse. She had glowing orange eyes that could see into the past.


    ¡°Hey Stellar.¡±


    ¡°Proxima.¡± she said. ¡°You¡¯ve arrived.¡±


    Stellar led me to the elevator where she slammed the elevator button as it came down. Our palace was a futuristic white and purple palace that had a massive grand staircase and elevator in the middle. The elevator doors opened and we walked inside and waited as we arrived at the top. We walked down the hall and went inside of my mother¡¯s room. My mother was a purple coloured anton and she wore a royal dress and wore a crown. She was sitting on her bed and held the envelope in her hand.


    ¡°Mom.¡± I said.


    ¡°Hey Proxima.¡± she says. I walked over and then I managed to get a future vision as I walked over and saw a vision of me reading the letter and I had read what it said. It turns out the letter had something to do with a death threat with my mom. It read, This planet is guided, but someone else can truly guide it better than some old woman. You have been offered a deal, hand us the crown and resign as queen or we will kill you and take it by force.


    I was shocked.


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    ¡°What is it?¡± asks Stellar. ¡°We haven¡¯t even opened the letter.¡±


    ¡°I got a future vision of me reading the letter. Someone is trying to take mom¡¯s place as queen.¡± I said. Stellar listened.


    ¡°So why did you call me again?¡± I ask.


    ¡°We just wanted you to know and to help us do something about it.¡± says Stellar.


    ¡°I don¡¯t want to be queen or want anything to do with the queen¡¯s life.¡± I said. ¡°Doesn¡¯t mom have an army of security guards to deal with people attempting to assassinate her?¡±


    ¡°But as her daughter, you should be worried,¡± says Stellar.


    ¡°I¡¯m not really that worried. I haven¡¯t ever been worried about anything.¡± I replied.


    ¡°No one has ever had the strength to send the queen of Allitune a death threat.¡± says Stellar. ¡°This could be really dangerous.¡±


    ¡°Or it could not be dangerous. I''m leaving, you¡¯ve wasted my shopping time.¡± I said. I started to walk out the hall and towards the stairs when Stellar grabbed my hand. She clenches it and doesn¡¯t let me go.


    ¡°Proxima. Please.¡± she says. ¡°I need your help?¡±


    ¡°With that?¡±


    ¡°They listed an address for that deal for the crown.¡±


    If you don¡¯t know. The crown my mother is wearing is a golden and violet crown known as the Allitune Crown. It is only worn by the royal leaders of this world.


    ¡°So?¡±


    ¡°I want to head to that address, disguised so that we can figure out these people are.¡±


    ¡°No.¡±


    ¡°Proxima. All you will do is go shopping. The one time your family needs help, you reject it.¡± she says. ¡°Please.¡±


    ¡°Okay. Fine. When do you want to go?¡± I asked, sighing.


    ¡°Now.¡± she says.


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 DONOP: 16TH STREET

    Stellar and I approached the building. We stepped on the sidewalk before arriving at the entrance of the tower. The tower was large and was made up of purple and white concrete. It had windows that let you be unable to see through. The entrance looked sketchy too. Stellar and I wore janitor outfits and shades as we walked inside of the address. We walked inside to see the reception. The reception was in the same colour scheme. The anton at the reception wore a suit and had orange skin. He spoke to us when he saw us he was confused.


    ¡°Uh¨C¡± I said. Stellar put her hand in front of me.


    ¡°We are janitors.¡± says Stellar. ¡°Your boss hired us to clean this dump. Speaking of your boss, we¡¯d like to speak to him.¡±


    ¡°My boss?¡± he asks. ¡°Sure. Just head to the elevator, third floor and first room to the left.


    ¡°Thank you.¡± I said. We walked inside of the elevator and hit the button to head to the third floor. We rose to the third floor and Stellar and I walked across the third floor and took the first left to walk inside of a room to see a man sitting there. He was confused.


    ¡°Who are you two?¡± he asks.


    Stellar closed the door and we took our shades off to reveal our godly eyes.


    ¡°Oh.¡± he said. ¡°Stellar and Proxima. The daughters of Queen Tuni.¡±


    The man was a different alien species. He wasn¡¯t an anton. He was anthropomorphic and had human traits such as two feet, two arms, and even the same organs that humans would have in similar places. No antennae or hair and had scaly skin, someone what of a dragon. He wore a black trench coat and black pants and shirt. One of his eyes were black and the other was blood red with black markings and had black extrusions from his scaly skin. On his right side, he formed a small horn above the eye. Stellar looked creeped out and I wasn¡¯t terrified.


    ¡°We received a letter from this address saying that we¡¯d hand over the crown to you and have our mother resign,¡± says Stellar.


    ¡°That was you?¡± I asked.


    ¡°Yes. I did send that letter.¡± he said. ¡°I¡¯m Klon.¡±


    ¡°You seem to dislike our mother then.¡± I said. ¡°Mind explaining why?¡±


    ¡°Proxima.¡± she said putting her hand on me and I removed it.


    ¡°You asked for my help.¡± I said, turning to her.


    ¡°Queen Tuni.¡± he started. ¡°She is a truly famous icon in the galaxy. I want the crown because I am hunting for a relic. I discovered this relic¡¯s existence from speaking with¡­ a god.¡±


    ¡°A god?¡± I ask.


    He nods.


    ¡°He told me that I need to take this planet over. This planet is a true mess of this galaxy. That¡¯s what he told me. After getting that relic. I will become the new ruler of Allitune and then, then entire galaxy.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t know who you think you are, you crazy freak, but I don¡¯t believe in whatever crap this god told you to do.¡± I said. ¡°My mom would never give the Allitune crown to some weirdo. You aren¡¯t getting the crown. Period.¡±


    ¡°Proxima.¡± says Stellar. ¡°You can¡¯t speak abruptly like that about our mom.¡±


    ¡°Yes I can. This is what you brought me to do. This guy is just some stupid treasure collecting weirdo, mumbling crap that doesn¡¯t make sense.¡±


    ¡°It seems not taking me seriously, Proxima. Say, have you ever encountered trouble like this in your life before?¡± he said.


    ¡°Nope.¡± I said. ¡°And with my foresight, I never will.¡±


    I dragged Stellar out of the office and Klon smirked at us as we walked out of the room.


    ¡°Proxima. You need to learn to take things seriously and stop living this princess life. Watch yourself.¡± says Klon.


    Stellar started to keep talking in my year, telling me how my response was bad and that I shouldn¡¯t have cut the guy off rudely. We walked outside of the building and I walked away as Stellar grabbed my shoulders.


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    ¡°Proxima.¡± she says. ¡°Why are you ignoring this?¡±


    ¡°Because I don¡¯t want to be a part of this stupid drama. This guy is a weirdo and I promise that he will not harm mom.¡±


    ¡°You promise?¡± she asks.


    ¡°I do.¡± I said. ¡°I¡¯m NEVER wrong.¡±


    ¡°Well, alright.¡± she says. ¡°I don¡¯t know what else we could do.¡±


    ¡°We could go eat at Feid.¡± I said. ¡°I don¡¯t remember the last time I spent time with you.¡±


    ¡°That sounds good.¡± says Stellar. The two of us rented some hoverboards at a station and we hoverboarded down the path to the Feid restaurant. Feid is a restaurant here in Donop that sells Feid, fish and seaweed mixed together, you will be surprised at how good it tastes. I¡¯m surprised no one in the galaxy has ever made it. Well, at least I think so. We went inside of the massive white and green concrete building with an electronic sign that said Feid. We walked inside and everyone was eating at their tables. We walked up to the front to order some Feid and the anton working there was this grouchy fat guy who was purple skinned and looked super tired.


    ¡°Welcome to Feid.¡± he said.


    ¡°Two Feid classics please.¡± I said. The guy listed them on his device.


    ¡°50.32.¡± he said. I reached into my wallet and paid the money required. We went to sit down and sat down at a two person table as we waited for our food.


    ¡°It¡¯s so good to have a sister who is confident and fearless in her actions,¡± says Stellar. ¡°That could never be me.¡±


    ¡°Hey.¡± I said. ¡°You wanted to be queen right?¡±


    ¡°Yeah.¡± she said.


    ¡°Then you¡¯d better not be afraid to make statements and decisions. Don¡¯t let me take the backseat. It¡¯s super important.¡± I said. A little girl walks up to us and she has a pen and paper. The girl is red skinned like me and has short brown hair and small antennae that seem to not be grown yet. She is less than half our height and I thought I was a pretty average height at 5¡¯1.


    ¡°You two are the princesses of Allitune.¡± she says. ¡°I want to be queen when I am older. Can you please sign my autograph?¡±


    I snatched the pen and paper and signed Proxima and handed it to Stellar, which she signed as well. The girl went back to her parents and showed them the autographs and the parents looked at us and smiled. Other people in the restaurant gave us attention as they walked over, attempting to get autographs from us. I heard my order being called so I walked over to pick it up in my amazing mood. Suddenly, I have a future vision. It¡¯s a vision from someone¡¯s perspective as they impale my mother with a dagger attached to a string. My mother coughed up blood as this person stepped away and my mother collapsed on the floor dead. The person grabbed the crown. I stood there, white.


    ¡°Uh, ma¡¯am.¡± said that fat guy. ¡°Your order?¡±


    I immediately ran out of the restaurant and got on my hoverboard and rode back to the palace. As I rode, I hit a couple of people and they yelled ¡°watch it¡± at me. I left Stellar at the restaurant because my future visions can be as low as 5 seconds. I rode right into the doors and smashed through as I jumped off and ran up the stairs. I ran up to the floor and barged into my mother¡¯s room. She was reading a book.


    ¡°Hello sweetheart.¡± she said. ¡°How did the talk go?¡±


    I had a ringing in my ears as I felt fuzzy and all of my limbs became numb, knowing my mother was going to be killed.


    ¡°The talk went fine.¡± I said. My heart started to pound. I hugged her tight as she dropped her book on the floor.


    ¡°Proxima.¡± she said.


    ¡°I had a future vision of your death.¡± I said. ¡°I don¡¯t want to lose you.¡±


    She just stood there speechless.


    ¡°It¡¯s alright.¡± she said. ¡°I won¡¯t die because I have you and Stellar to protect me and to protect Allitune.¡±


    ¡°Mom.¡± I said. I let go of the hug.


    ¡°Can you get Stellar?¡± she asks,


    ¡°Sure.¡± I said, I turned around and walked away from the room as I took out my phone and began to dial her to come back to the palace. She picked it up and suddenly my phone was smashed onto the ground by someone. It was Klon. He had gloves with knives attached by a string onto them.


    ¡°Hello Proxima.¡± he says. ¡°We meet again. I thought you¡¯d be at Feid?¡±


    ¡°No.¡± I said. ¡°I have a future vision. You are here to assassinate my mother.¡±


    ¡°And what will you do exactly? Stop me?¡± he asks. His horn glows red and I worry as he runs towards me with the knives. I got a foresight and saw he was going to attack by swinging the right one at me first and then the left. He charges at me and I dodge the right swing and the left and attempt to charge forward for a punch and he grabs me by the wrist as he holds my right wrist  in the air.


    ¡°Proxima. Proxima. Proxima.¡± he says. ¡°Despite having the powers of a god, you still are unable to stop me from the inevitable.¡±


    I use my future vision again and see that with my right hand covered he was planning to swing the left right into my head. Seeing that coming, I attempt to struggle out and he keeps his grip. He swings the knife and I place my left arm and it stabs right into my left arm, causing immense pain. He drops me onto the ground as I start to tear up in pain from my left arm. The knife detaches from his string and becomes lodged into my arm.


    ¡°You looked so fearless before,¡± he says. ¡°Wake up to reality. This is the real world, Proxima.¡±


    The hole was huge and blood started to seep out. I could bleed out and die if I don¡¯t do something. He began to swing the knife again and I moved out of the way and it missed. I breathe super hard.


    ¡°My aim isn¡¯t you. It¡¯s your mother, I¡¯ve wasted enough time here.¡± he says. He runs up the stairs. I remove the knife. I walk to some cloth and wrap it around my left arm. I ran up the stairs after him and he was already in my mother¡¯s room as she screamed. I held the knife tightly. I still felt so powerless as I walked to the door and saw my mom being cornered by Klon.


    She was clearly scared, but then she glanced at me, and put on a brave face.


    ¡°Don''t worry about me. Take care of your sister. And...¡± she paused. "I love you." Klon swung his arms forward as I rushed.


    ¡°MOM!!!!!!!!!!!¡± I yelled. I walked towards them as the knife swung right into her chest. This impaled her and she coughed up blood. Klon steps backwards and I run towards my mom and she pushes me away.  The right knife came back to Klon covered in her blood. Klon takes the knife attached to his right arm and lunges forward towards Mom. The knife in his hand penetrates her chest, and she lets out a soft gasp. The light in her eyes starts to fade, but then she glances at me, and her eyes glint with determination. She suddenly surges with energy, and grips Klon''s arms with a strength that surprises even her. She then throws herself out of the window, still holding him, smashing the glass and landing onto the ground, 200 metres down. I stood there in despair. I rushed to the window and found my mother¡¯s corpse lying on the ground. She was dead, and Klon was gone! Despite seeing the future, I couldn¡¯t save her.


    ¡°No.¡± I said. ¡°Mom. Please! NO!!¡±


    Suddenly, the door opened with all of the cops of Donop and Stellar and they saw me peering out the window with a blood knife in my hand. Stellar ran and pushed me out of the way and looked out to see her mother, not wearing her crown and head. Stellar walked back to the cops and looked at me in despair and disappointment.


    ¡°You.. killed her?!¡± says Stellar. I glanced at the knife I held. It had blood on it. I dropped it.


    ¡°No.¡± I said. ¡°That Klon guy killed her. I should have listened to you!¡±


    ¡°No.¡± says Stellar. ¡°You never should have killed the queen. I can see through your lies, Proxima. Arrest her.¡±


    ¡°No. No.¡± I said as the cops put handcuffs on me. They took a needle full of anaesthetics and injected me with it and I fell unconscious. The cops dragged me away with my eyes full of tears from the death of my mother. I didn¡¯t know where they would take me. I had been framed for a murder that I didn¡¯t even commit.


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 MORVIT: MORVIT INSTITUTE

    When I was a kid, I used to misbehave a lot. I would get into fights with Stellar and even upset my mother and sister whenever I was rejected a piece of clothing I wanted. I was such a spoiled little girl. I used to even cry extra because I would see that I wouldn¡¯t get what I wanted in my future vision. When I misbehaved, my mother would threaten that she would ship us off for a year in Morvit. Morvit is a planet located 2 light years from Allitune. It is a dwarf planet that is off the coast of its solar system and star. Morvit was known by everyone in space travel as the planet for the criminals. If you committed a crime in the galaxy, it is likely that you would be sent there. Morvit was a dusty red planet with a bright red/orange sky.


    Morvit was this dark and gloomy labyrinth of a prison. It had old grey walls made of concrete and was a prison located inside of the middle of a labyrinth. The entrance is actually under the labyrinth. The technique is to have the entrance guarded with many guards and have the entire labyrinth around the prison be patrolled by a massive two headed hydra. Or at least, that¡¯s what my mom told me. I just know it wasn¡¯t a good place and was filled with the biggest and baddest criminals in all of the galaxy.


    I awoke from my anaesthetics and looked around. I wore a grey prison uniform and wore handcuffs that could be electrified with the press of a button. I looked around and two alien guards started to bring me inside of the prison where I am moved into an elevator. The elevator goes up four floors and when at the top, they drag me into the warden¡¯s office. I was still kind of woozy, so this conversation went in a blur. The warden was a human, which was a surprise. My mom had made me do research on them and that they were one of the only IL¡¯s that haven¡¯t done any space travel. Il¡¯s stands for intelligent lifeforms. She had long blonde hair and brown eyes and wore a monocle on her left eye. She wore a black suit that had army badges on the chest area.


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    ¡°Hello.¡± she says. ¡°You must be princess Proxima?¡±


    ¡°Yeah.¡± I said. ¡°That¡¯s me. Where am I?¡±


    ¡°You are in the Morvit Institute on the planet Morvit. After you assassinated Queen Tuni, you were exiled for a life sentence here at the Morvit Institute.¡± she said. I thought for a bit as I looked around her office. It was a tower that oversaw the entire prison. I saw the labyrinth and all of the aliens in the yard. The aliens were handcuffed, wearing the jumpsuits and were guarded by two guards each and they looked tired and overworked. Her office was black and white and her desk was occupied by a futuristic computer.


    ¡°Proxima.¡± the warden said.


    ¡°I did not kill my mother. It was this guy named Klon.¡± I said. ¡°He killed my mother, you should be sending your guard to go and arrest him.¡±


    ¡°Are you seriously lying to my face, Proxima?¡±


    ¡°I had my mom taken away from me, warden. Why would I be lying?¡± I ask.


    ¡°That¡¯s not a good enough excuse.¡± she says.


    ¡°I want to go back to Allitune.¡± I said. ¡°I did nothing wrong.¡±


    ¡°You did EVERYTHING wrong.¡± she says. ¡°I¡¯ve had enough talking with this one, lock her up in her cell.¡±


    ¡°No. You don¡¯t understand! I was framed.¡±


    The guards started to grab me by the shoulders and I resisted. Then suddenly I begin to be shocked by electricity as I collapse to the ground with smoke coming off from me.


    ¡°Don¡¯t resist.¡± the warden says. ¡°I have devices prepared to shock anyone who misbehaves.¡±


    The guards dragged me into the cell block and locked me in my cell. My room was very small. The door and bars were made of lasers and in my room was a bed. a cabinet and a stall and sink. I stood there in my cell.


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 FLASHBACK: KLON鈥橲 ORIGINS

    A red and black meteor crash landed on the planet of Allitune. This meteor landed just outside of the city of Donop. Nearby, was a scientist lab that stood exactly three kilometres from the crash site. This lab was a lab with scientists that were mostly Anton. Some of the scientists were from other planets such as Klon, a Scalon from the planet Scli. Klon was the head scientist at this lab and he had been living on Anton for 15 years. Klon wore a white trench coat and his skin was scaly red and he was bald and had two black eyes. His team then noticed the meteor just beside the lab. This lab¡¯s shape was a vertical cylinder with a rectangle extrusion on the right side. The building was all white in colour and was placed on a hill on the rocky terrain.


    ¡°Sir.¡± an anton scientist says. ¡°We¡¯ve discovered a meteor that crash landed onto the planet.¡±


    ¡°A meteor?¡±


    ¡°The energy source is highly unstable inside,¡± he says.


    ¡°That sounds interesting.¡± says Klon. ¡°Let¡¯s check it out.¡±


    Klon and two of his scientists get inside of a hover car and drive all the way to the meteor. The meteor had made a hole inside of the terrain and was oozing red liquid and had a terrible scent. The two scientists and Klon parked the hover car and went to investigate.


    ¡°What is that horrible smell?¡± asks Klon.


    ¡°It¡¯s the meteor sir. It seems to have come from another planet.¡± says one of the scientists. Klon walked forward.


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    ¡°I don¡¯t think it would be safe to touch the liquid,¡± says the scientist. Klon turns around.


    ¡°Do you have a mining tool?¡± he asks. One of the scientists rushed into the back of his hover car¡¯s trunk and grabbed a chisel and picked it up. These were tools that the scientists used to investigate things found in nature on Allitune. The scientist handed the tools to Klon and he used them and opened up the meteor. This meteor was really small. The meteor discovered on earth was four times bigger. When he opened it up, there was only a skeleton and flesh of what remained to be a lifeform of some kind. The skeleton was an anthropomorphic body with a more fleshed out tailbone. Klon then assumed they had a tail. The head had two bone horn things sticking out from the forehead.


    ¡°Who are you?¡± he asks. He went to touch the skeleton and a black goop latched onto his skin.


    ¡°What?¡± he asks. He tries to shake it off and it absorbs into his bloodstream. He steps back from the meteor and the skeleton disintegrates. Suddenly, Klon felt an immense pain as he clutched his head.


    ¡°Sir!¡± says the scientists as they run towards him. He pushes them away and suddenly, black markings and extrusions appear out of his right side. A small horn appears and his right turns red. The pain goes away. The scientists are on the ground. Suddenly, a cloaked figure appears in Klon¡¯s mind. He was standing next to the meteor and his hands were red and his face was covered. He had a scythe in his hand and it had a red metal blade with a black stick.


    ¡°Who are you?¡±


    ¡°You did it to yourself.¡± said the figure. ¡°This meteor was from me and now I will pass my will to you, alien lifeform.¡±


    ¡°Your will?¡±


    ¡°You must retrieve my chestplate. It has been teleported across the galaxy. That chestplate will give you immense power. Power strong enough to take over this planet and the whole galaxy and also run it the way I want.¡±


    ¡°I will¡­ retrieve your chestplate. But I need an energy source to help track similar energy sources.¡±


    ¡°The queen¡¯s crown,¡± he said. ¡°The gem is from my world and thus, has the same energy as me.¡±


    ¡°Who are you?¡±


    ¡°A god.¡± he said as he vanished. Klon followed what this figure asked him to do. Touching the meteor had corrupted him and turned him into somewhat of a megalomaniac who would do anything to get his way. He trained soldiers to follow under his command and he had the best weapon smiths back him the best weapons for combat. He believed he was unstoppable.


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 MORVIT INSTITUTE: FACTORY PT 2

    Proxima was sitting in her cell when suddenly two alien guards walked up to her cell and released the lasers.


    ¡°You¡¯re letting me go?¡± I ask.


    ¡°No. At the Morvit Institute, prisoners work like slaves in our factory.¡± says one of the guards. They grab me and hold me each by the shoulder and drag me out of my cell.


    ¡°NO!¡± I said. ¡°I refuse to work for you and for a crime that I didn¡¯t even commit. My planet is in danger and I am locked up!¡±


    ¡°Such a sob story.¡± said one of the guards as they dragged me through the hall and down the stairs where they unhandcuffed me and tossed me in the factory. I land on my chest and I turn around as they lock the door.


    ¡°GET TO WORK!¡± they said. This was going to be hell. The factory was filled with prisoners who were pressing buttons on some of the machines to get them to build electronics. The factory was huge and divided into two parts. One was electronics, such as drones, communication devices and special chips placed in high-tech devices. The other was slop food. I saw other prisoners mashing some of the slop that covered their hands with rashes. The slop was made of something very poisonous. I walked over to electronics and saw a machine that was connected to a conveyor full of electronics. One button was being pressed and the other was empty so I stood there and whenever I saw an electronic come by, I pressed the button, which wrapped it in plastic. I started to work for 10 minutes, while I thought of a way I could get out of here. Suddenly someone interrupted.


    ¡°You were the one who killed Queen Tuni.¡± someone said. I looked over at the guy next to me and he was very similar to Klon. He had grey scaly skin, black eyes and was bald.


    ¡°I didn¡¯t kill her.¡± I said looking at him.


    ¡°That¡¯s not what I heard, princess.¡± he said. ¡°I heard from the guards that you stabbed her. Queen Tuni¡¯s body had multiple stab wounds.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m telling you that I didn¡¯t kill her. The person who killed her was a man who looked like you but was red and had a horn on his right forehead.¡± I said.


    ¡°Killing the most beautiful and generous queen in the entire galaxy is the biggest inter-galactic crime you could have possibly done,¡± he said.


    ¡°Beautiful and generous?¡± I said.


    ¡°Yes. I come from the planet Scli and I am a Scalon.¡± he said. ¡°Our planet was in travesty as the leaders of the planet had drained all of our natural resources. It was only when Queen Tuni and her Anton army annexed the planet and wiped the leaders off. She sent us resources from Allitune and assigned a new leader who was captured under the planet¡¯s previous corrupt government.¡±


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    I was speechless. It only made me more guilty. What I had said about being queen, how I¡¯d been doing nothing all my life and how I let her die, despite having a future vision. I looked down.


    ¡°Look.¡± I said. ¡°I¡­ didn¡¯t kill her. I failed to save her.¡±


    ¡°Failed to save her,¡± he says.


    ¡°How did you get put in here?¡± I ask.


    ¡°It was the corrupt gangs. Scli was still occupied by many, despite not being ruled by them anymore. The gangs forced me to do a crime that I didn¡¯t want to do. They said that if I didn¡¯t commit the crime, my family would pay the price.¡±


    ¡°You have a family?¡± I ask.


    ¡°I miss them.¡± he nodded. We continued to do our job silently for another 30 minutes as he finally broke the silence.


    ¡°You are princess Proxima. Queen Tuni¡¯s daughter?¡± he asks.


    ¡°Yeah. You?¡±


    ¡°I am Byne,¡± he said. Suddenly, a bunch of alien prisoners walked over to us. They were very fat and one in particular looked like a chunky squid with a mask over his mouth. He was wearing the jumpsuit and was yellow with piercing blue eyes. He was angry. He came over to Byne and I.


    ¡°Looky what we have here,¡± he says in a deep monstrous sounding voice.


    ¡°What do you want, Mickistro.¡± Byne asks.


    ¡°We just wanted to see what you were doing. It seems like you are always up to no good. Now you''re flirting with someone half your age?¡± Mickistro said.


    ¡°He wasn¡¯t flirting with me.¡± I said. ¡°He asked about how I got in jail.¡±


    ¡°So you''re defending him,¡± said Mickestro. ¡°You are lucky you don¡¯t know what he has done.¡±


    ¡°What do you mean?¡± I asked. Byne just stood there silently. I got a forevision that Byne was going to be punched onto the conveyor. I grabbed one of the electronics and Mickestro charged a punch and I used the electronic to block it as he smashed the device instead.


    ¡°WHAT?¡± he asks. ¡°Who is this girl?¡±


    ¡°How did you know he was going to hit me?¡± Byne asks.


    ¡°I saw into the future.¡± I said. I turned to Mickestro.


    ¡°Back the hell off!¡± I said. ¡°Leave Byne alone.¡±


    ¡°Argh.¡± says Mickestro. ¡°Whatever. You win this time, girl.¡±


    Mickestro and his gang walk away from the two of them and Byne speaks up.


    ¡°You said you could see into the future, correct?¡±


    ¡°I did.¡± I said.


    ¡°How far?¡±


    ¡°The farthest I¡¯ve seen is 30 minutes. But the strength of my vision is getting stronger.¡± I said. Byne just made a sound in agreement.


    ¡°How long is this work anyways? Do we even get breakfast or what?¡±


    ¡°Nope.¡± Byne said. ¡°We only get one meal time and that is at mid-day, usually between lunch and dinner. After that, we get five minutes of fresh air and then the next 3 hours are in the factory.¡±


    ¡°That sounds like hell.¡±


    ¡°It is hell,¡± he said. ¡°But what you did as a prisoner makes you have this punishment.¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s the thing. I didn¡¯t kill my mom. Why would I kill my mom?¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t believe you.¡± says Byne. ¡°I¡¯ve had a lot of people lie to me, Proxima. I can¡¯t trust someone that JUST arrived.¡±


    ¡°What can I do to get a friendship with you?¡± I asked.


    ¡°Prove to me that you didn¡¯t kill your mom,¡± he said. ¡°Then I¡¯ll consider it.¡±


    ¡°Alright.¡± I said. I put my hand out. He puts his hand out and we shake on it.


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 MORVIT INSTITUTE: CAFETERIA

    It was our eating time. The guards had moved us into the cafeteria of the prison, which was upstairs in the fluorescent grey halls. The cafeteria was a bunch of tables and was dimmed because of malfunctions with the lighting. The food was in the kitchen at the end of the room and had one alien cook who was serving green slop with eyeballs. I went to the kitchen and grabbed a tray and the other prisoners did too. Byne was behind me. We ordered in a line as we presented our trays in front of the alien cook. A green squid lady with a mask on her mouth.


    I looked at the food and gagged at it.


    ¡°This is the food we eat, Proxima.¡± says Byne. ¡°Hope you like green eyes because that¡¯s all you will eat for the rest of your life. I suggest extra. You will need the energy.¡±


    The cook was persistent as she scooped some of the food and attempted to put it on my tray. I removed my tray and she dropped it on the floor. All of the prisoners groaned.


    ¡°Sorry. I¡¯m not hungry.¡± I said. I left the line and sat down at the table that was farthest from the creepy cook. Byne came over to me and sat down next to me, his tray full of that disgusting, stinky slop.


    ¡°Why did you back out?¡± he asks.


    ¡°I¡¯m not eating that crap.¡± I said.


    ¡°Yeah. That¡¯s how I was on the first day.¡± he replied. ¡°What will you do?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m going to sneak out of here.¡± I said. ¡°And escape.¡±


    ¡°Woah. Woah, killer. That will make you a galactic fugitive.¡± he said.


    ¡°I didn¡¯t kill anyone!¡± I yelled. ¡°It was your stupid brother Klon.¡±


    ¡°Klon?¡±


    ¡°Yeah. He¡¯s got the same scaly skin as you.¡±


    ¡°Klon. Klon. Klon. Klon.¡± he said thinking. ¡°I know him. We were friends.¡±


    ¡°Whaaaaat?¡± I asked.


    He nodded as he took a scoop of the green goop.


    ¡°Klon was a researcher on Scli. When Tuni came, he went back to Allitune with her to do research on life there.¡± said Byne.


    ¡°Why is it that you know so much about my mom?¡±


    ¡°Clearly you don¡¯t. I will provide a distraction and I want you to go into the archives, just across from this room. There is a computer where you can research your mother.¡±


    ¡°Wait what?¡± I asked. Byne collapsed into his tray, his face covered in the green eyeball goop and stuff. I knew what he was trying to do, so I played along with it.


    ¡°Someone help. Byne isn¡¯t waking up.¡± I said. Some medics came inside of the cafeteria and came over to him. I sneaked out of the cafeteria and entered the room just across from the cafeteria. The room was quiet and was an archive. It was white-walled and had a carpet flooring and was filled to the brim with books. There were logs and computers in the middle, so I walked towards a computer and turned it on. The computer display opened up and I went to the flies and searched for Queen Tuni. Byne had told me to search about her.


    I sat down for 5 minutes as I read articles about my mom. She was a true angel. She offered money and assistance to any planet in need such as Scli. She always discussed conflicts and solved them with peace. She managed to run one of the biggest IL planets in the galaxy on her own. It turns out the other kings and queens before her had advisors and other people to help with decisions. As I read, I came across an article about my framing. I just looked back at my mother and began to tear up. I wiped my tears away.


    Ignoring my mom and being a useless daughter was one of the worst things I could have done and only now when she died, I truly understood what she was. I¡¯ve made up my mind. If my mom was alive, she¡¯d want me to take the crown back and save Allitune from Klon. I clenched my fist. I turned to see a man in a guard outfit reading a book in the back corner. He was an alien with long tentacle hair going down to his neck. He had blue hair and blue eyes. He looked up to see me staring at him. I turned around and went back to my research. The guard got up and started to walk towards me. He put his hand on my shoulder and I turned around.


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    ¡°Hey cupcake.¡± he said. I grabbed him and pushed him into the bookshelves. She crashed into the shelves.


    ¡°Ow.¡± he said. ¡°What was that for?¡±


    ¡°You''re a guard.¡± I said. ¡°You will report me, right?¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t have to report you if I don¡¯t want to.¡± The guard said. ¡°Why are you here?¡±


    ¡°I wanted to use the computers here, to research.¡± I said.


    ¡°I can log in if you want.¡± he said, his face filled with blush. Who was this creep anyways? He sat down and logged in and then got up to let me sit down to research.


    ¡°Thanks.¡± I said. The guard just smiled as he walked away. He went to sit down in his corner and began to read again. I began to research and then a sound struck me in the ear.


    ¡°Meow.¡±


    I turned to my right and a cat was in my face. I jumped and fell out of my chair.  The cat was a black cat with a bright lunar eye and an eye patch. It was walking on the table on four legs towards me and then the unthinkable.


    ¡°You allergic to cats?¡± it asks.


    I¡¯m not joking. The cat TALKS.


    ¡°No.¡± I said. ¡°I just wasn¡¯t expecting to see a talking cat. Where did you come from anyway?¡±


    ¡°Jakob brought me here so that I could get some new scenery..¡±


    ¡°Jakob?¡± I said. The cat nods.


    ¡°He is the guard, a friend of mine. I¡¯m Linc. But, he¡¯s always invested in his books.¡±


    ¡°Okay.¡± I said.


    ¡°Do you know the warden?¡± asks Linc.


    ¡°I spoke with her when I was admitted here.¡± I said.


    ¡°She isn¡¯t a good person. She forces us to work and get injured throughout the work. She works us like slaves.¡±


    ¡°Isn¡¯t that a valid punishment?¡± I asked.


    ¡°No.¡± said Linc. He walked over to me.


    ¡°In this prison, those who don¡¯t comply with the working in this prison are tortured and some are even hanged.¡± he said.


    ¡°That¡¯s.. inhumane. Even for a criminal.¡± I replied. I went back to my computer and Linc jumped on my shoulder.


    ¡°You know. You aren¡¯t supposed to be here right now.¡± he said.


    ¡°I know.¡±


    ¡°They could hang or torture you if you don¡¯t comply.¡± he said. I researched Byne on the computer and found articles about him killing the new leader of Scli. He was caught holding the corpse in his arms. He was then taken and brought here to Morvit. Byne had done some horrible things. It was the gang who told him to do it, according to him. Byne said he did it so he could protect his family. This made me remember when my mom tackled Klon out the window in her final moments to protect me. I looked at the wound on my arm to remember.


    ¡°Byne.¡± said Linc. ¡°Why are you researching him?¡±


    ¡°Because I want him as my ally¡±


    ¡°Because you were both killers?¡±


    ¡°I didn¡¯t kill my mother.¡± I said in a serious tone.


    ¡°Whatever.¡± said Linc. ¡°We need to head back to the cafeteria or else we could get in trouble.¡±


    I had a future vision. There were four guards running into the room. I blinked and it vanished. The door was closed and likely guards were going to come. I immediately grabbed Linc and slid behind the bookshelves. I tapped Jakob.


    ¡°What¡¯s happening?¡± he asks.


    ¡°Guards.¡± I said. ¡°I don¡¯t want to get caught. Just follow me and Linc.¡±


    ¡°Alright,¡± he said. Jakob came with us as he hid behind the shelves.


    ¡°Why are we here?¡± Linc asks. I looked at the computer and noticed I had forgotten to turn it off. I am such an IDIOT! The four guards barged into the room and looked around for people. They did a quick check and didn¡¯t go to the back corner where we were hidden.


    ¡°No one is here.¡± said one of the guards. The four guards walked out of the room and we sigh.


    ¡°That was close,¡± said Linc. ¡°How did you know they were going to come?¡±


    ¡°I can see into the future.¡± I said.


    ¡°See into the future?¡± Jakob asked.


    ¡°With my eyes.¡± I said.


    ¡°Damn. More frosting to the cupcake.¡± he said looking at me. Linc immediately took out his claws and scratched him in the face as he collapsed to the ground. I look really confused and then I sigh. He drops his book on the floor and I crawl over and hand him the book back. Jakob eventually awoke and the three of us snuck out of the archives and slipped back into the cafeteria. Linc and Jakob followed me as I walked back to my table with Byne. He had been tapping his fingers on the table as his plate was empty. When he saw me with Jakob and Linc, he stammered and then grabbed my ear.


    ¡°Can we talk privately?¡± he asks.


    ¡°Yeah sure.¡± I said. He dragged me a couple of metres away from Jakob and Linc.


    ¡°Those are the weirdos,¡± said Byne. ¡°Jakob the weird guard, who just simps and reads and Linc is the warden¡¯s cat.¡±


    ¡°That sounds like them. Jakob really likes me, you know.¡± I said.


    ¡°Of course he does,¡± said Byne.  ¡°Did you read about your mom?¡±


    I nod.


    ¡°She was amazing.¡± I said. ¡°She solved problems across the galaxy with her kindness and away from violence and she was able to put a smile on the whole galaxy¡¯s faces. That¡¯s what I want to be. I want to be just like my mom. If not, better.¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s great,¡± he said. ¡°Proxima, I don¡¯t think you killed your mom and I believe you. I can just sense your determination with this goal.¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s why..¡± I said. ¡°I want you to help me achieve it.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t know,¡± he said.


    ¡°I read about you. The assassin who murdered the newly elected leader of Scli.¡± I said. ¡°You probably have some amazing combat skills, which is why.¡±


    I put my right arm in front of me and clenched my fist.


    ¡°I want you to train me and turn me into the second coming of Tuni.¡± I said. Linc and Jakob came over as they saw me speaking to Byne as we were friends. They obviously knew what Byne had done and therefore were shocked.


    ¡°Are you sure?¡± he asks.


    ¡°Yeah.¡± I said. ¡°It¡¯s the only way I will grow.¡±


    ¡°Very well,¡± said Byne. ¡°When do you want to start?¡±


    ¡°After this.¡±


    ¡°During factory hours?¡± he asks.


    ¡°Leaving during the cafeteria time isn¡¯t allowed either.¡± says Linc. ¡°Proxima¡¯s confidence boost is something I¡¯ve never seen. I want to watch you two. Jakob?¡±


    Jakob was reading his book at the table. He turned to us and then realised he should have said something.


    ¡°Uh.¡± said Jakob. ¡°I¡¯d love to watch your training.¡±


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 DONOP PALACE: STELLAR

    Stellar walked inside of Donop Palace. All of the guards let her in as she walked inside of her mom¡¯s room. Her mom¡¯s room had some blood remaining there and the room was mostly cleaned with some of the furniture in the home, like the rug was replaced. Stellar glanced at a portrait of her mom, herself and Proxima in the picture. She grabbed it and then punched the Proxima on the portrait, making the glass shatter and cut the portrait.


    ¡°Oh. Someone is mad.¡±


    Hearing the voice, Stellar turns and faces the man who stands at the doorway. This man was from Scli. He wore a black trench coat and black pants and shirt. One of his eyes were black and the other was blood red with black markings and had black extrusions from his scaly skin. On his right side, he formed a small horn above the eye. Stellar recognized him.


    ¡°Klon.¡± she said. Klon¡¯s knives extended from wrist and he held them to her head.


    ¡°You are coming with me,¡± he said.


    ¡°What why?¡± she says. ¡°What are you even doing here?¡±


    Stellar remembered what he had said. About what he wanted to do with her mom.


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    ¡°I can tell what you are thinking right now,¡± he said. ¡°I actually killed your mom, Stellar. It wasn¡¯t Proxima.¡±


    ¡°So I.¡± Stellar said.


    ¡°You got rid of the only person who could stop me,¡± he said. ¡°Thank you.¡±


    The gadget on his wrists that shoots out rope attached to metal knives wraps around Stellar and ties her. The guards inside of the palace run up to Tuni¡¯s room and they all hold alien blasters right to his face.


    ¡°Freeze,¡± he said.


    ¡°Wait.¡± says the guard. ¡°It¡¯s you. You released sleep gas on us last time.¡±


    ¡°Please back down.¡± says Stellar. ¡°Just listen to what he says.¡±


    ¡°But princess..¡± they said.


    ¡°Now,¡± says Stellar.


    ¡°Yes, ma¡¯am.¡± they said.


    ¡°Well done Stellar.¡± says Klon. ¡°You¡¯ve made things easier for me.¡±


    ¡°It won¡¯t be so easy. My sister-¡±


    ¡°Is what?¡± he asks. ¡°Look, you sent your sister to the most insane prison in the galaxy. I don¡¯t think anyone stupid and arrogant like her would be able to escape.¡±


    The guards froze in sight of Klon as they began to do everything he asked.


    ¡°Do you guys have a spaceship?¡± he asks. ¡°One of extreme durability.¡±


    ¡°We only have one ship,¡± said one of the guards. ¡°What are you planning to do?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m planning to locate my relic.¡± says Klon. ¡°Show me.¡±


    The guards led Klon into a large spaceship room on the outsides of the palace. The ship was 20 metres in length and hadn¡¯t been used in a bit. The room was white and purple and was a circular room with repair tools around the edges as well as forklifts. Klon inspected the ship and realised it wasn¡¯t going to be enough.


    ¡°Right,¡± he says. ¡°This ship needs some improvement. I will get my workers here to fix it up.¡±


    ¡°As you wish, sir.¡± says the guards.

 MORVIT INSTITUTE: FACTORY PT 3

    It had been two days and I was working hard with training with Byne. Byne, Linc and Jakob became my friends inside of this gruelling dump. We had been placed in the factory to work. My friends and I ignored the enforcement and we were in the corner, training. I sat down on the ground with my relic eyes closed. My antennae start to move back and forth. Byne threw a punch at me and I caught it with my right hand and twisted it, which caused Byne to let go. Linc opens his claws at me and pounces as I get up and I grab him right in the waist. My eyes were still closed. My antennae started to move again and then I realised that Jakob was reading my book and I sighed.


    ¡°Wow,¡± says Byne. ¡°Your reflexes are on point.¡±


    I opened my eyes.


    ¡°It was such a good idea to have me close my eyes.¡± I said. When we first began training, my foresight was a huge advantage that gave a stupid idiot like me a massive edge in combat. It was actually Jakob who said that Anton¡¯s are able to hear and sense vibrations and movement with their antennae. He said I could use those as eyes, instead of my future vision ones. I had practised the entirety of time I¡¯ve had and have become pretty good at it.


    ¡°Byne.¡± I said. ¡°Fight me one more time.¡±


    I open my eyes, ready to use my foresight abilities in this fight.


    ¡°Okay.¡± he said.


    He stood still, before he blurred, leaving behind an afterimage. Dashing towards me at a speed I could barely perceive, his arm coiled back, preparing a strike that I knew would take me out if I let it hit me. Widening my eyes, I took a glimpse into the future, discovering that his attack was actually just a feint to set up for a drop kick. Now aware of his ploy, I pretended to fall for his trick, seemingly bracing for his punch, before dodging his kick and closing in. His eyes widen, shocked that I saw through his feint so easily, and that moment of hesitation costs him the fight. Grabbing his outstretched leg, I center myself before pivoting and throwing him into a nearby wall.


    ¡°Are you okay?¡± I said. I started to walk towards him and he ran and threw a punch and I caught it. I held it up and let go.


    ¡°Wow.¡± he said. ¡°You¡¯ve gotten good.¡±


    ¡°I learn pretty fast.¡± I said. I looked towards the three guys.


    ¡°Proxima,¡± said Linc. ¡°You¡¯ve gotten stronger in combat, with the assassin trainer, what will you do now?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m gonna escape and stop Klon.¡±


    ¡°Klon?¡± asks Linc.


    ¡°The culprit behind my mom¡¯s killing. The person who is trying to take over one of the strongest IL planets in the galaxy.¡±


    ¡°Okay.¡± says Linc. ¡°But how do you plan on getting out? Morvit is the most high-tech and well guarded planet. Even getting off this planet is difficult. Besides, we all have crimes at our backs, if we attempt to escape, they could extend our sentence.¡±


    ¡°If I escape and stop Klon, I can get this whole mess sorted out.¡± I said. ¡°I just know it. Linc, you were the warden¡¯s cat. You must know the Morvit institute like the back of your head, right?¡±


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    ¡°Yeah.¡± he said. "But knowing the place doesn¡¯t necessarily mean you can just walk out.¡±


    ¡°I know. I know.¡± I said. I looked to the exit door and then pointed at it and looked at Linc.


    ¡°If I were to walk towards the door and open it, what would be on the other side?¡±


    ¡°First off, you need a warden keycard, given only by the warden to even get in. But then again, Jakob has one, so it isn¡¯t that necessary. Secondly, there are two guards, you¡¯d need to take them out despite them having weapons and you not having any.¡± says Linc.


    ¡°Okay?¡± I said. ¡°Does anyone have any ideas for escaping?¡±


    ¡°The truth is that we have no desire to leave.¡± says Byne. ¡°You heard Linc, it¡¯s very difficult. Why do you think you could escape?¡±


    ¡°Because I¡¯m the one who learned to be somewhat of your level of combat in 2 days.¡± I said. ¡°You guys have helped me a lot and I¡¯m sure you could help me more. If you help me, I swear I will get you guys pardoned and free from this prison.¡±


    ¡°You still don¡¯t get it, Proxima,¡± said Byne. ¡°I¡¯ve killed people. I can¡¯t just be let off the hook. No one will forget. I¡¯m sure these two have done something equally as bad.¡±


    ¡°Maybe no one will forget. But, I am sure you can.¡± I said. ¡°Please guys, I need your help.¡±


    Byne looked at me and sighed.


    ¡°We will help you escape. But we won¡¯t come with you.¡± Linc said.


    ¡°Fine.¡± I said. ¡°What will you help me with?¡±


    Linc jumped onto my shoulder and rolled up my sleeves to reveal markings from the handcuffs, they glowed bright yellow on my red skin.


    ¡°This.¡± said Linc. ¡°Despite the handcuffs being removed. A seal of some kind remains on the exo-body. This can be used by the guards to shock you. There is a way to remove it. A special scalpel and only the warden has this item. Without this seal off, you¡¯d be shocked in a matter of seconds.¡±


    ¡°So you¡¯re saying I need to steal it from the warden.¡± I said.


    ¡°Yes.¡± says Linc. ¡°Escaping during the night is the best play as there will be less guards. But that doesn¡¯t mean smooth sailing. There will still be security cameras and the barrier around the prison. This is what let¡¯s ships leave and come as they go. That''s where the three of us will come in. We will cards to go into the room and Jakob can probably hack the cameras shutting them down. Right Jakob?¡± he asks.


    Jakob tossed his book and nodded.


    ¡°Yeah.¡± he said. ¡°I¡¯d do anything to help miss Proxima.¡±


    ¡°Oh brother,¡± says Linc.  ¡°Once you get to the top, you can climb to the ships and use your card to take off in one of them and set a course for Allitune.¡±


    ¡°That sounds good.¡± I said. ¡°I just gotta get the scalpel and the cards.¡±


    ¡°Yup,¡± says Linc.


    ¡°Okay.¡± I said. ¡°Do you have any idea how I can get the scalpel?¡±


    ¡°I have an idea.¡± said Byne, ¡°I could start a massive fight to distract the warden and the guards, to give you enough time to snatch it.¡±


    ¡°Okay, thanks.¡± I said. ¡°Just stay put for now, you guys.¡±


    The rest of the day went as boring as ever. We worked inside of the factory like we were supposed to and then we ate food, worked again and then we finally went back to our cells for a terrible night''s sleep. I lied in my bed and thought about what I was gonna do and hadn¡¯t come up with an idea of how I could take her scalpel. The next day, I was working in the factory and I was clicking some buttons when someone chubby and big walked by me. He was walking towards Byne and I realised very quickly that it was actually, Mickistro.


    Mickistro was an alien who looked like a chunky squid with a mask over his mouth. He was wearing the jumpsuit and was yellow with piercing blue eyes. He was angry. He came to Byne and took his massive fist and clonked Byne on the head as he collapsed onto the ground.


    ¡°Ha ha.¡± he said in his stupid voice. Linc jumped towards him and he punched him onto the conveyor. Jakob just sat in a corner reading. I walked over and tapped Mickistro on the back with my index finger. He turned to me.


    ¡°This girl,¡± he said. ¡°Are you gonna defend Byne again.¡±


    ¡°If I defend Byne, you will just have a bigger incentive to go for him again.¡± I said. ¡°Just leave.¡±


    ¡°No.¡± he said. I saw a foresight of him throwing his left hand as a punch towards me. I put my right hand out and blocked it.


    ¡°What.¡± he said.


    ¡°Back off, alien.¡± I said.


    ¡°No.¡± he said, taking his other hand in the air. ¡°I don¡¯t think so.¡±


    He was about to punch me when I took my left left leg and kicked him right in the balls.


    ¡°Augh!¡± he said. ¡°You indecent! That¡¯s no way to fight.¡±


    He screamed as he ran off.


    ¡°Guards. Guards!¡± he said. ¡°She kicked me!¡±


    The guards ran inside of the factory and activated their buttons and zapped me until I fell unconscious.

 MORVIT INSTITUTE: WARDEN鈥橲 OFFICE

    I awoke as two guards dragged me inside of the warden¡¯s office. I had been here before, a couple of days ago when I was admitted here. They tossed me onto the ground where I landed on my face on the floor. The warden was looking out the window and wasn¡¯t facing me.


    ¡°Pleased to see you, Proxima.¡± she said.


    I remembered the warden. She had long blonde hair and brown eyes and wore a monocle on her left eye. She wore a black suit that had army badges on the chest area. She was a human. An idiot. Her office was fairly big with her big white desk in the middle with all of her gadgets. The guards who had tossed me in threw just in front of her. I got up and I walked towards her.


    ¡°Why have you brought me here?¡± I asked her, ¡°Was it because I kicked someone in the balls?¡±


    ¡°Partially.¡± she said. ¡°Did you seriously think I wasn¡¯t aware of your training?¡±


    ¡°You were? But then that means you could have put a stop to it.¡± I said. My eyes glanced around and I noticed the scalpel on her desk! The guards were looking at me though. I didn¡¯t want to raise suspicion.


    ¡°I didn¡¯t put a stop to it.¡± says the warden. ¡°I didn¡¯t because I was interested in the end product. What good could stopping it have done. Solitary would push you and your killer friends over the edge, Proxima.¡±


    ¡°What do you mean by that?¡± I said squinting. She just stayed silent and then continued.


    ¡°Are you gonna send me to solitary?¡± I ask.


    ¡°No. No. You¡¯re a princess¡­ former princess.¡± says the warden. ¡°That would be shameful.¡±


    ¡°I think kicking someone in the balls is pretty shameful.¡±


    ¡°You did good. I would have done the same.¡± said the warden. ¡°I¡¯m Kira.¡±


    ¡°Kira.¡± I said.


    ¡°You can refer to me as mistress or warden Kira.¡± said Kira. ¡°Because I want you to join my team of guards. We could use some girl power here. You¡¯ve got the strength.¡±


    ¡°I get it. You wanted me to join, so that¡¯s why you didn¡¯t stop my training.¡±


    ¡°Ah. You understand.¡± says Kira.


    ¡°If I work for you, can I get rid of the electrified residue on my arm?¡±


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    ¡°Unfortunately not, a safety measure placed on prisoners working as guards is that they still have the marking so that if they were to try to escape, they would be shocked instantly.¡± she says. She goes to her closet inside of her office and picks out a guard uniform. The uniform was grey and had blue highlights that went around the side of my legs and torso.


    ¡°Put it on.¡± she said.


    ¡°Now?¡± I asked.


    ¡°Yes.¡± she said. She pushed me into the closet and closed it. I changed into the outfit and came out with it on, handing her the prison jumpsuit.


    ¡°Good.¡± she said. She led me to the elevator where we headed inside.


    ¡°Where are we going now?¡± I ask.


    ¡°We are going to solitary, so I can demonstrate what we do there and also what happens if you misbehave,¡± said Kira. The elevator arrived at the lowest point where we walked into the dark grey and black hallways of solitary. She led me into a room, which looked like a shooting range. At the edge of the shooting range was a prisoner that had gotten into a fight recently. I remember him being taken away by the guards. The shooting range was a long room with him tied to the wall and a piece of rope in his mouth. The guards were all throwing a new weapon that they all received. It was a dagger that was coated in poison. One hit the prisoner and blood began to pour as he started to cry. Kira just walked in and smiled.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry.¡± she said to the prisoner. ¡°You aren¡¯t gonna misbehave anymore right?¡±


    The alien man was in tears as he nodded to her phrase. I was shocked. Then I remembered two things, the first thing I remembered was that this was the Morvit institute and that he probably committed some terrible actions. The second thing I remembered was what Linc said about Kira. He said that she was awful and that she didn¡¯t treat people well. I wasn¡¯t aware of what I was getting myself into, working for this psycho. I just needed the scalpel.


    The guards removed him from the range and dragged him back to his cell, upstairs.


    ¡°Do you do this with all of the solitary prisoners?¡± I asked.


    She nods.


    ¡°I always do. This teaches them that they need to work. You agree too, right?¡¯ Kira asks.


    ¡°I do.¡± I lied.


    ¡°I knew it. I knew we¡¯d click.¡± says Kira. She took her hand around me and then gave me an order.


    ¡°Your first task is to monitor the prisoners and make sure they are working. Have them be sent to solitary if they don¡¯t work, okay?¡± she said.


    ¡°Yes, ma¡¯am.¡± I said. I walked through with the keycard I managed to find in my pocket and I walked back inside of the factory and Linc, Jakob and Byne looked at me as I walked in. Linc frowned seeing the uniform. I walked to them.


    ¡°She recruited you?¡± said Linc. ¡°She¡¯s crazy.¡±


    I came closer to them and whispered.


    ¡°She is.¡± I whispered. ¡°I¡¯m gonna get out of here.¡±


    ¡°What do you plan to do?¡± said Linc.


    ¡°I need to get close to her to get that scalpel. I will gain her trust.¡± I said. ¡°I¡¯ll take her scalpel later.¡±


    ¡°Okay.¡± says Byne. ¡°Linc, when do we get involved?¡±


    ¡°When Prox says so,¡± said Linc.


    ¡°Just give me more time.¡± I said. ¡°Tomorrow night is when we will get this plan up and running.¡±


    ¡°Sounds good.¡± says Linc.


    ¡°STUPID PIECE OF CRAP!¡±


    I turned to see a buff alien, one of Mickestro¡¯s lackey yelling at some other inmates inside of the factory. The lackeys shoved another alien onto the ground. The alien was super boney and was 1 metre tall. He seemed to be old as he cried on the ground.


    ¡°You think you are such a disgusting old man,¡± said the lackey. I walked up to him. His face saddened as he saw me in a guards uniform. I started to threaten the stupid idiot.


    ¡°I can report this straight to the warden now. BACK OFF!¡±


    I slapped him in the face as he stepped back.


    ¡°Princess Proxima. What would your dead mother think of you now?¡±


    I just stood there frozen when he mentioned my mom. I knew he was trying to spit stuff to try to get me to freeze or back off, but I didn¡¯t think of my mom. I knew my mom was caring and always tried to avoid violence in a conflict. I did say I wanted to be like her.


    ¡°Proxima. Knock him out!¡± yelled one of the guards behind me. I stood frozen as the guard pressed a button and tased him onto the ground.


    ¡°Let¡¯s take this one for solitary.¡± said the guard.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry I froze up.¡±


    ¡°It was just a slip,¡± said the guard. ¡°Don¡¯t do it again!¡±


    He walked off dragging the lackey away.

 MORVIT INSTITUTE: THE ESCAPE PT 1

    During my duties as a guard for Warden Kira, I had to witness some truly gruelling sights. During my working time, I refined the plan and told it to my friends as they fully embraced it. I was inside of the office with the warden and we were drinking a sparkling purple drink that was in an expensive glass bottle that was poured into glasses for us to drink. Byne, Jakob and Linc were in the cafeteria. They were planning out how to make a fight.


    ¡°Are you sure this is going to work?¡± asks Jakob.


    ¡°I honestly have no idea,¡± said Byne. Byne had managed to get two tomato soups that he had Jakob make. Tomato soups are not normally made at the prison. Byne¡¯s plan was to give one soup to Mickestro and then toss the other onto some random idiot. That would get the two to fight and then it should distract the warden and her guards. Byne walked over to Mickestro with one bowl of soup in his hand.


    ¡°Here,¡± said Byne.


    ¡°Here?¡± says Mickestro.


    ¡°I want to be friends,¡± said Byne. ¡°I made some soup for you.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t want your soup!¡± he said.


    ¡°Just try it!¡± said Byne. He plopped the soup on the table and handed him a spoon. Mickestro was startled and just started to eat it. Byne went back to Jakob and grabbed the other one and found a buff alien, the size of Mickestro and tossed it on him. Byne ran off and that guy turned around and noticed Mickestro eating that same soup. He came over to Mickestro and grabbed the bowl and smashed it into his face. Mickestro got up and everyone started to laugh.


    ¡°What was that for?¡± asks Mickestro as he punches the guy in the face.


    ¡°What do you mean?¡± he said. ¡°You splashed your soup on me!¡±


    The two of them started to fight in a violent fist fight. Some of the other aliens joined in and it changed into a full on war inside of the cafeteria. Guards came in and were unable to stop the fight.  Jakob, Linc and Byne ran towards a corner.


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    Kira was speaking about my work as a guard when suddenly a guard rushed in.


    ¡°Warden, ma¡¯am.¡± said the guard. ¡°There is a massive fight in the cafeteria. Our guards have even been knocked down.¡±


    ¡°What!¡± said Kira. ¡°Proxima. Stay here. I will address this fight myself.¡±


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    Kira got up from her desk and went with all of the guards, leaving me alone in the office. Kira and the guards went to the fight. They broke up the fight by sending all of the inmates to solitary or back to their cells. While they were distracted, I quickly grabbed the scalpel into my pocket. Kira walked back in and sat down at her desk.


    ¡°I apologise for that. I don¡¯t think I have much to say, Proxima.¡± said Kira. ¡°I dismiss you. Head back to your cell. Have a good night''s sleep.¡±


    ¡°Yes, ma¡¯am.¡± I said. I walked back to my cell and went to bed as the skies became super dark. I pulled out my scalpel and shaved the marking off. I then took my keycard and opened the door as I walked right through the cell. I sneaked through the halls of the cellblock and found Linc¡¯s cell. I opened it and awoke him. I took out the scalpel and removed his markings.


    ¡°Prox.¡± he said.


    ¡°Hey.¡± I said. ¡°Come on, let¡¯s wake the others,¡±


    I grabbed him and we went around to Jakob who was sleeping on the wall that we had told him to wait on.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡± I whispered. Jakob awoke and we sneaked to Byne¡¯s cell, where we woke him up. I removed Byne¡¯s markings as well. The four of us walked through as saw a guard patrolling the halls. He had a flashlight in his hand as he walked around. I shushed the others as we ran the other direction. We ran to an elevator and got inside and slammed the button for the floor with the security.


    The alarms started to go off. The whole prison was flashing red as loud alarms were heard. The door opened to the floor with the security and guards surrounded us as they got their button and tried to shock us. It didn¡¯t work. This was because we had taken the markings off.


    ¡°Huh?¡± they said. I kicked them in the face as they went to the ground. Byne punched one in the face and we ran into the security with Jakob and Linc. We headed inside of the room and knocked out the guards inside.


    ¡°Go Proxima. To the roof!¡± he said. ¡°We will handle things here.¡±


    ¡°Alright.¡± I said. The truth was, I didn¡¯t want to leave them behind. That¡¯s not what friends do. But, then, it was what they wanted. I ran out of the room into the elevator as I headed for the top floor. This was the roof and it had spaceships there, for an escape.  Jakob sat down and started to hack the computers and Linc and Byne barricaded the door as someone started to pound on the door.


    ¡°How long, Jakob?¡± said Linc.


    ¡°I¡¯ll need 5 minutes,¡± he said.


    ¡°Come out. You will head to SOLITARY!¡± said the guards. I rose to the top of the prison and I ran as Kira stopped me. She stood right in between the elevator and the ships.


    ¡°Why?¡± says Kira. ¡°I thought you and I were partners?¡±


    ¡°No.¡± I said. ¡°I¡¯m done with this twisted prison. Stand out of my way!¡±


    ¡°This is my prison,¡± said Kira. ¡°I¡¯m not taking orders from you.¡±


    Kira took out two blades out of her waist and held them tightly as I watched as she came over to me. I got ready for her attack. I positured my legs in a fighting stance. I blink, widen my eyes and foresaw her first attack. I saw an attack as a right hand sweep with the sword clutched in her hands tightly. As the attack came, I bent my torso backwards, dodged the attack and kicked her right in the torso. She let out a small grunt of pain as she was propelled backwards. As she was propelled, she let loose of the blades as they fell onto the ground. One landed near me and the other landed near her. She spun around and skidded onto the ground and got back up on her feet. She took the zapping device out and attempted to zap me and it wasn¡¯t working.


    ¡°What?¡± she said. She noticed the scalpel in her pocket.


    ¡°You. You took the scalpel!¡± she said. I bolted towards her and she swung her left arm. I pounce to the left and avoid the attack. I blink and widened my eyes, foreseeing the attack. I knocked her in the torso with my leg a second time. She blocked it, using both her hands as a shield. The two of us fought in hand to hand combat as we released punches and kicks at each other. She punches me in the face as I am propelled into the elevator. I glanced at her swords on the ground and she saw them too. I dashed towards them. As I run, I get another vision into the future. This vision shows her trying to take the sword adjacent to me.  I run for that one and kick her away as I take both. I held them up in my hands and walked towards her. I held the swords to her neck.


    ¡°Are you gonna kill me the same way you killed your mother?¡± she said.


    ¡°I didn¡¯t kill my mother.¡± I said sternly. I said this with confidence as I had been told this lie so many times that I was sick of it. But, thinking of my mother was what got me to make my next move. To resolve this with as little conflict as possible.


    ¡°Why are you like this?¡± I said. ¡°Why do you treat us like¡­ objects or tools?¡±


    ¡°Because that¡¯s what IL¡¯s are!¡± she screamed. ¡°Tools to be manipulated. Just as I was a tool for my own kind¡¯s stupid experiment.¡±

 FLASHBACK: KIRA鈥橲 ORIGINS

    This flashback takes place on Earth. More specifically NASA. NASA stands for The National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government on Earth responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. Kira was born in a small town in the US, more specifically, Hillsboro, Ohio. She was born to two parents who were dirt poor and unable to afford anything.


    The parents were on the streets in the small town asking for change as the woman held baby Kira in her arms. Kira¡¯s mom had brown hair and wore brown, stained and dirty rags. Kira¡¯s father had blond hair that was dulled and covered in dirt, as well as his clothes.


    ¡°Please, I have a baby!¡± said the woman as someone walking by crushed their sandwich they found in the trash. This was their life. After turning 3, Kira also began to pitch into the begging. It was one day when NASA found them.


    ¡°Hello parents,¡± said a NASA scientist. ¡°I¡¯m Moroe McGrundy. I can see your financial state is quite poor. I have an offer for you.¡±


    Moroe was middle-aged and had grey hair, round glasses and a white trench coat with the NASA logo on it. He wore some fancy black clothes under.


    ¡°An offer.¡± asks Kira¡¯s mom. ¡°Like what?¡±


    ¡°Well, alright.¡± he said. ¡°If you give us your daughter, we will give you 5 million dollars.¡±


    ¡°5 million?¡± asks Kira¡¯s mom as she looks at her daughter. ¡°That could save us.¡±


    ¡°But mom¡­¡± said Kira. Kira¡¯s mom walked up to Kira and spoke.


    ¡°Do what the man in the white lab coat says, okay.¡± she said. Kira had no choice but to nod.


    ¡°So do we have a deal?¡± asks Moroe.


    ¡°Yes.¡± says Kira¡¯s mom as she receives the money. Moroe walks off with Kira.


    ¡­


    Kira is brought inside of a Nasa space station. This was the place where humans conducted research on astrology and also where they launched rockets into space for space voyaging. Kira was confused as she was taken to a rocket.


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    ¡°Where¡¯s my mommy.¡± said Kira as she held Moroe¡¯s hand tight.


    ¡°Your mommy will be joining us soon.¡± Moroe lied as he brought her to a small rocket. The rocket was trapezoid shaped and about a metre wide in every dimension, apart from height, which was two metres. It was white and had the NASA logo as well as blue highlights around the door and window that was facing just across from the door. Moroe kicked her inside and locked the rocket. Inside was a monkey and a dog.


    ¡°Prepare for takeoff.¡± he said.


    ¡°HEY!¡± yelled Kira as she pounded on the window. ¡°I don¡¯t wanna!¡±


    She started to cry. The rocket was taking off and everyone in the NASA facility started to back away as the rocket shot into space. The point of shooting the rocket into space with the lifeforms was how cosmic gases interact with life on earth. A pure experiment using Kira, the dog and the monkey as tools. The rocket flew into space as the rocket reached space. It started to float in the depths of space as the rocket immediately blew up. Moroe was saddened, yet disappointed with the results. Instead of saying that the lifeforms were dead and honouring them. NASA kept it silent so that they wouldn¡¯t be exposed for such a bad act. The explosion in space cleared and Kira survived as she was covered in ash. She began to suffocate from lack of oxygen when she blacked out. An alien spaceship flew towards her and picked her up as they saved her.


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    Kira wakes up. She was in bed and she looked around. She was inside of a building, surrounded by aliens, these aliens were IL¡¯s that had purple skin, no hair and no eyes. Kira is freaked as she crouches back and hits her head on the bed. An IL alien girl who walked towards her in a white doctor lab coat.


    ¡°Hey. Hey.¡± she said. ¡°Calm down.¡±


    ¡°Calm down?¡± asks Kira. She looked at herself and back at the alien doctor. She had aged 7 years and was now 10. Was she in a coma for 7 years? Kira¡¯s room was a cramped white room with white lights that hurt the eye. The bed was very small, only a metre long and wide. It had a pretty bad mattress, filled with holes. Kira had long messy blonde hair and ragged clothes on.


    ¡°We never thought you¡¯d wake up.¡± she said.


    ¡°You don¡¯t have eyes. Are you an alien? Is this heaven?¡±


    ¡°No.¡± says the alien. ¡°We are Morvie. We don¡¯t have eyes. Our ears make up for it, using echolocation. I can tell where you are. You were in a coma for 7 years, a coma is where you are locked in somewhat of a long slumber. I¡¯m V.¡±


    ¡°V?¡± asks Kira. ¡°I¡¯m Kira. What happened?¡±


    ¡°It was 7 years ago.¡± said V, ¡°Our people were on a tour and discovered you out of one of the human test ships. You barely survived.¡±


    Kira listened more as she came closer.


    ¡°Those humans. They treated you like a tool.¡± said V. ¡°For their research.¡±


    ¡°A tool?¡± asks Kira.


    ¡°Yeah. Not like an IL.¡± said V.


    ¡°An Il?¡± asks Kira.


    ¡°Intelligent Lifeform.¡± said V. ¡°Like ourselves, humans and many other Il¡¯s that roam the galaxy.¡±


    There was silence.


    ¡°I will give you some time alone.¡± says V. She leaves the room. Kira thought for a bit and she thought about how she''d been a tool. Kira had a very competitive personality and thought that she¡¯d treat others the same way she¡¯d been treated on Earth. She didn¡¯t even bother asking to go back to earth because she had forgotten her parents and came to the conclusion that having her beg was also being used as a tool. Kira couldn¡¯t differentiate between being used as a tool and voluntary help.


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