"Look out Raxxla, Here comes the Human race." I thought while walking into the cold liquid with my eyes closed. Once the feeling of liquid on my body subsided, I opened my eyes to a whole lot of nothing. I mean so much nothing I couldn't see my own hand in front of my face when I held it out.
"Where am I?" I mumbled while looking around in the total darkness. Were those twenty-five, seventy-five odds stacked against me?
"Am I…..dead?" I asked in debate with myself. Death was not a new concept to me, having already been reanimated twice; This didn't seem like the other experiences, not a warm inviting glow, Just cold destitute darkness. All attempts to move were met with the sensation that I was paralysed, upon feeling for my lower extremities, they were there alright, just completely numb. The discovery of my paralysed legs sent the dead theory out the window, which prompted me to come up with a far more likely situation; The wormhole probably failed, and I just passed through the liquid into the other side, unconscious from whatever effects it caused. Nevertheless, the ear piercing silence befalling me was awful.
"Can anyone here me?!" I shouted into the darkness, which was met with silence, not even an echo reverberated from my voice. A few more seconds went by in complete stillness, then a subtle breeze started whooshing over my face. Off in the distance I saw what looked like purple black clouds of gas rolling towards me. As the distance closed, I noticed the massive volume of lightning arcing within the gas.
"Aww shit." I muttered just before the gas enveloped me. Fully expecting multiple lightning strikes, I was quite surprised to find only flashes of white light on the other side of my eyelids. The sound of air passing by my ears increased in volume, reaching the intensity painful to my ears
"What could possibly-" I thought while opening my eyes, to see rapidly approaching dirt. Despite the attempts to deploy the wingsuit, I impacted the dirt with a very loud thud.
"Ooww... Dammit, John!" I squawked while slowly standing up. As I did this, my whole body ached and rebelled at any movements I forced it to carry out. All around me was forest, sparsely packed, but forest nonetheless. I just happened to have landed in the middle of a large oval shape clearing filled with thrashing tall-grass and white flowers. The source of all the movement was a gigantic, lightless sphere looming overhead; Just at the edges of the anomaly, all light seemed to distort slightly around the sphere.
"I guess it's one more small fall for man, and one giant leap for asshole kind." I said while rubbing my head from the pain. Once I regained full balance, I moved away from the sphere in preparation for the other two Support pods to come through. As if waiting for me, just as I was out of the way, the first pod came through and activated its maneuvering thrusters to stop it from falling to the ground; Once the pod leveled out, it hovered in place. Remembering that the second one was coming through shortly after, I pushed the pod away from the Wormhole with little effort due to the pulse detonation engines doing all the work. Once it was sufficiently out of the way, I activated the pods landing sequence via the control panel. Just as the landing gear touched the ground, the other pod, a communication relay, dropped from the sphere.
My mind pulled a total blank as the mulit-tonn rectangular prism failed to activate its Pulse Detonation engines, falling to the ground, below with a unceremonious thud. "Yep, figured something would break." I thought while walking to the communications relay. I really didn't care if it was broken at this point as long as the Quantum entangled storage drive was still intact; That would be the one thing I couldn't fix, however, I could still use the Light speed data encoding system as a backup, my messages would just take thirty-thousand years to reach Humanity.
"Well isn't this a pickle." I said with by hands on my hips. Sitting in front of me was a multi ton sea container buried halfway into the dirt, and while I had done a visual inspection of the internals, I was still uncertain that the delicate electronics were damaged. According to the half buried control screen, the system check would take between fifteen and forty-five minutes to complete; With that in mind, I decided to start the Security Stations diagnostics even though the smallest of discrepancies in the code would most likely cause a catastrophic navigation failure. I would be quite capable to defend myself from any wildlife in the surrounding forest, so I decided to retrieve a few pieces of equipment to see what was edible and what wasn't.
On the short walk around my new home, I noticed how nice the location I was placed in really was; I noticed the flowers and tall grass before, but I was a bit preoccupied with giant, falling rectangles. Despite how nice everything was, I still kept the retinal tracking Beam Lasers on my wingsuit deployed just in case; On plantes past, I encountered a most beautiful plant, almost like a giant tulip. I also remember one of the men in my battalion touching the flower and it eating him whole seconds later.
Every time I stuck the analysis probe into a tree, I also had my thumb on the fire button for my lasers. Slowly but surely, I determined chemical makeup, atmosphere composition, gravitation pull, and all the other necessary things to live on an alien planet. It turned out John wasn't that far of on the whole Raxxla theory, as the planet had the enhanced oxygen content, and a slightly lower gravity of point ninety-nine. I was still trying to get a complete reading on the oxygen while I made my third and most expansive loiter around my camp.
"Seems like the air pressure is a few times more and the oxygen saturation is..." I started to say while tapping on the display. "Come on stupid thing, you've only been reading the air for five minutes." I grumbled while shaking the atmospheric meter. "Finally...two times pressure, three times saturation.. So it's like I'm in a giant hyperbaric chamber." I said while smiling at the possibilities of what I could do under these conditions. But then again, that would mean most other wildlife would be just as strong, if not stronger. Continuing my stroll even further around the perimeter of my new home, all of the Flora I walked by looked just like what existed on Earth, and once I saw what looked just like a Blue Jay, I started to wonder if I was just transported to earth, maybe Mars since it has the same wildlife.
"Am I just on Earth? No... it can't be, The air is to amazing. I suppose they could have started another one of those planetary recovery programs." I said while contemplating my true location. It was quite possible after all, Earth had a population limit these days, and most of the planet was left wild.
Concluding my fifteen minute stroll around the forest, I had seen a variety of normal looking animals and plants. Nothing that would indicate I was in for a rough ride. I still wondered where all the larger creatures were, although that would have to wait, as I had returned from my excursion. Upon reaching the Security station, I found a green bar reading. 'System check complete. No issues found.'
I was relieved to see that everything was in working order, so I made my way to the communications station, and as I was getting close, I heard a voice coming from the console.
"System check complete. Test fire activated."
"Test fire. *Sigh* Wonderful... Why does the computer have to be English accented like everything else? Like seriously, couldn't they at least make an option?" I asked with irritation; Every single piece of equipment was that stupid accent.
When I reached the partially buried control screen, I saw a blue bar that read 'Charging' stretching across the screen. The further the bar inched, the louder the humming sound emanated from the communications relay; All my attempts to shut down the test fire were met with an 'Invalid ID' pop up message. Once the bar reached capacity, a massive beam of violet light fired from the dish mounted on the relay. The sound emanated was making a sound so loud by this time, I had to cover my ears even with the adaptive hearing protection in my ears. After about fifteen seconds of the light shooting off into space, the relay powered down and the beam disappeared.
"Well then…that was...interesting. Now to get this thing out of the dirt." I said while resting my hand on my chin with my index finger and thumb going up each side of my face.
-=Unknown Pov=-
"NICK, will you stop playing with the Window?" A female voice asked irritably.
"But I'm bored." Nick replied in a whine.
"NIIIICK."
"Fine, I'll stop. . . . . Can we at least pull over for a few minutes?" He asked with a glance to the driver.
"No, we pulled over fifteen minutes ago, and you went to the bathroom then, so don't think saying I have to pee will work." She said while pointing an accusing finger at Nick.
"You wound me Carrots. I would never say a thing like that." He replied while holding a hand up to his heart in an attempt to act hurt.
"Uh-huh, let's see. The last time you said that was... three days ago. YOU didn't want to go to Sahara Square."
"Fine fine, but can you blame me. It's always over a hundred during the day and freezing at night." He replied while weighing his hands back and forth.
"Nick that's what jackets are for. . . Nick are you listening."
"Carrots, pull over." Nick mumbled in an awestruck tone.
"Nick, I'm not pulling over until we get to my parents house."
"Judy, pull over." He said said more urgently.
"Nick, there better be a life or death reason for this." She replied with irritation. Judy pulled the car over, and Nick Stepped out to get a better look at the sky. Judy immediately followed suit, and stomped to the passenger side of the car so she could chew her friend out. The moment she looked towards Nick's direction, all anger washed away.
"Have you ever seen anything like it?" Nick asked with awe.
"No." Judy replied quietly.
"Maybe one of your relatives went mad and is trying to, oof." Nick Started to say while snickering, but was interrupted by an elbow to the gut from Judy.
"That's not funny." She replied with an unamused tone.
"Sorry Carrots but it was just too hard not to, but onto a serious note; Any idea what it is?"
"Are you saying you can be serious?" Judy asked while holding her hips and raising an eyebrow. Just as she finished her sentence, the beam of light disappeared.
"Very funny."
"We should call the chief and let him know."
"Orrr, now hear me out. We could just pretend we didn't see it, and not have to walk a mile into the forest, what do ya say?" Nick asked while holding out his hand for a handshake.
"You're so predictable, ya-know that." She replied while pulling out her phone.
"Hello, this is Clawhauser speaking."
"Clawhauser, can you put me through to the chief?"
"Course Judy. Are you in Bunnburrow yet?"
"No, I'll explain it when we get back."
"Okay, well tell Nick I said hi."
"Sure thing buddy." With that the dispatcher put Judy on hold for the chief.
"Clawhauser says hi." Judy whispered as she covered the microphone, to which Nick rolled his eyes.
"Bogo's office."
"Hi chief, it's Judy."
"Are you calling to let me know that you're in Bunnyburrow."
"Not...exactly."
"Hopps, I told you not to call until you there. Now I have a situation to deal with, so make it fast."
"Well, Nick and I were driving when Nick saw something off the side of the road, annnd-"
"Spit..It..Out." Bogo interrupted with impatience.
"Umm, well, Nick and I saw a giant laser shoot into the sky, Sir."
"Good, you saw it too." He said in a falsetto voice. "Along with half the city. I want you and officer Wilde to investigate. We believe it may be a science experiment gone wrong."
"Yes sir, we'll report what we find."
"Hopps, don't go in careless, we have no idea what this really is, and I don't want some of the city's best officers to get killed."
"Got it sir well be careful, Hopps out."
"let me guess; Go up the hill and into the forest, oh and don't die well doing it." Nick quipped with a half lidded smile.
"You are such a child sometimes. It's our job." Judy replied.
"You wound me deeply Carrots." He said, once again holding a hand up to his heart. After a few seconds, Nick walked to the back of the vehicle and opened the trunk.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm not getting killed from this, Officer Fluff." He answered while pulling out a ballistic vest.
"You've gotta be joking." Judy whispered.
After almost two hours of hiking through the woods, The duo realized how far away the beam of light really was. What would've been a pleasant walk through the forest under normal circumstances turned into a painstaking task of walking up a twenty degree incline almost the entire time.
"Carrots….can...we...please…stop?" Nick Asked between exhausted breaths. How his partner hadn't even began to seem tired was beyond him.
"Okay, I suppose it's time for a break." Judy replied casually. Hearing this, Nick instantly fell to the ground with a thud from exhaustion.
"Nick, how can you be this tired, we've only been walking for two hours?"
"Because...I'm...wearing..this vest" He said in between gasps of air.
"Well maybe you shouldn't have taken it."
"When we… start getting… shot at… you'll wish… you brought yours."
"We don't even know what we are going to find. For all we know maybe someone's hurt from whatever happened."
"Whatever... you say, Carrots."
-=Elliot Pov=-
Now that I had gotten the communications relay working again, and I managed to un-bury it with the landing gear's pistons, I decided to set it up right next to the security pod in juxtapose. Upon starting the thunderous engines, they made the distinctive PDE braaapp, which caused my chest to vibrate with each of the staggered detonations. By the time I was finished moving and setting up the relay, I noticed the sun was starting to move toward the horizon.
"I guess I'll get out my sleeping gear."
Once I reached the security pod, I opened one of the side doors, and the entire twenty foot long wall flipped up. Inside was a white lit back-light illuminating through the wall; This side of the pod was divided into four equal sections, medical, weapons, food, and miscellaneous. The medical section was to the very left, containing multiple drawers, an EKG readout, defibrillators, various types of bandages and other items. The Weapons section housed two locker like containers on each side of the divider. Inbetween laid several rifles, varying in purpose. To the right of that was the food section, containing an electromagnetic induction stove, fridge/freezer, and a pantry. The very right divider was the miscellaneous section, which contained clothes, sleeping gear, scientific equipment, and a few other things.
After pulling out the sleeping bag, sleeping pad, and tent. I stood for a moment holding the tent, deliberating if I should even bother with it.
"I think I'll sleep on the security pod, just in case of animals" I thought while shoving the tent back into it's designated position. After blowing up the air pad, and laying it and the sleeping bag on the top of the pod. I realized I had forgotten to make the message saying I arrived at my destination safely.
"Here we go. This is Admiral Elliot Crawford reporting from...wherever I happen to be. The wormhole worked, and I made it through safely. The security Station deployed it's thrusters and caught it's self from falling the ten or so meters to the ground, but-"
-=Unknown Pov=-
"Nick, stay low, I hear a voice ahead."
"I don't hear anything."
"It's a few hundred yards away."
After hearing what Judy said, Nick stood up from his lowered position while looking at Judy with a mildly irritated face, one of his ears twitching ever so slightly. "Carrots, just because we can't find anything doesn't mean you should lie about hearing a voice. Besides, if we don't turn back now, we'll never make it back to the car before It's dark." He said with crossed arms.
"I'm not lying, I really do here someone up there. I just can't make out what they're saying."
"Carrots, I'm not falling for it." Nick replied with a firm tone.
"How about this? If I'm wrong in the next hundred yards, we'll turn around."
"...Fine." Nick said just before the two pressed further into the forest.
"Okay, I can hear what he's saying now."
"Well what's he saying, oh great one?" Nick asked while getting on his knees and bowing to Judy. Her responded with a glare that made Nick gulp.
"It's definitely a male, He's talking about some part of something is damaged."
"Well can you hear him or not?"
"I need to get a little bit closer."
The two off duty officers made their way closer to the sound of the voice. By this time, Nick could also hear sounds of talking through the trees and undergrowth of the forest, but couldn't make out any words.
"I can hear him now." Judy said once they were a few meters away.
"He's saying that he managed to fix a thruster and move a communications thing somewhere."
"That doesn't sound good." Nick replied worry.
"Shh… He's saying sorry for being late on recording a message..."
"What's he saying now?"
"He stopped talking. I still can't see him, how about you?"
"...I can't see anything either."
-=Elliot Pov=-
"Ehh could've done it better, but it got the situation across." I thought while pressing the digital transmit button on the Liquid crystal computer display. Once I confirmed the action, the Large dish on to of the Communications station started to gimball to one direction.
"Aligning, please stand by." The computer said in its English Accent.
"Ohh, well we're at it. Would you like some tea and crumpets with that radio broadcast?" I said in a terrible English accent while rocking my head back and forth. Damn, that get's to me quick. Since the relay could take days to locate and slingshot the message to Wolf 1061-D, I decided to go get an M.R.E from the security pod. The instant I turned away from the Control panel, and I mean the absolute instant i turned away, it started humming. Realizing what was about to happen, I covered my ears and prepared for the loud blast that was imminent.
-=Unknown Pov=-
"What's that noise?"
"Nick do you really expect me to answer that."
"I dunno, I thought maybe you would know. It kinda sounds like a power station."
"We need to see what's happening, let's go… Nick let's go."
"Huh, sorry. I was Just thinking."
"Is that a first for Nick Wilde?" Judy asked with a smirk.
"Har har, very funny Carrots. I was thinking, what if it's an alien?"
"Really, you think it's an alien? She asked with an en eyebrow raised.
"Maybe?" Nick said with uncertainty. The duo was now nearing what was making the noise, and they could see the meadow from their vantage point. Judy being the diligent police officer she was, pulled out her phone and started recording the whole thing, just in case.
"Wow, What...is...that?" Judy asked with amazement while looking at the two rectangular prisms sitting smack in the middle of the field.
"How should I know. Whatever it is it's getting really loud. Judy, I think we should-" Nick was interrupted as the communications pod fired the video message into space. The result was both Nick and Judy were covering their ears due to the intensity of the noise.
-=Elliot Pov=-
"Shit." I said with a slight scour. I forgot to turn off dual transmission, which caused the backup light speed transmitter to fire with the ansible portion of the system. I suppose in forty-thousand years, someone can see my stupidity.
It was now late in the evening, and I had worked up an appetite. As I opened the M.R.E previously retrieved from the the Security station, I heard noise in the brush just five or ten meters behind me. Due to my training, I instinctively unholstered my sidearm and held it at the low ready position.
"Maybe there is an animal in the brush...Naaw, no animal would stay here after hearing that." I thought while stowing the weapon in the Wingsuit's right handed draw holster. With my meal in hand, I proceeded to sit in the dirt, absentmindedly chewing away at the sustenance while contemplating what to do tomorrow.
"I could fly around and see if there's a river near by. Oh man, I forgot to see if my suit was damaged. . . I suppose I have an hour or so to test it before it gets dark." I said in contemplation of testing my equipment.
Upon finishing the almost tasteless meal, I made my way to the largest portion of the clearing that was available to do the pre-flight checks, although I was fairly confident that my equipment was in working order, better safe than sorry.
-=Unknown Pov=-
"That was loud." Nick said as he rubbed his ears.
"Ahhhh, it feels like my ears are going to explode." Judy said in agony.
"I hope Judy's okay, that must have been really loud for her sensitive hearing. Are you okay?...Judy are you okay?"
"Ya, I'm fine." Judy reassured with a hand gesture.
"Are you sure, I know your ears are way more sensitive than mine."
"I'll be fine... I dropped my phone, and I couldn't record what happened." She said while continuing to hold her ears.
"Don't worry about it." Nick said in a reassuring tone. Once their hearing was restored, Judy retrieved the phone to resume recording. "I don't see anyone up there; Do you think it's automatic?"
"Don't you mean anything." Nick replied.
"This isn't the time Nick."
"Oh c'mon, Carrots. Look at it and tell me you've seen something like that before." Nick said while crossing his arms.
"Okay, I've see something just like this when….umm….Fine. I haven't seen anything like this before." She mumbled in defeat.
"Carrots Shh, I see something moving on the other side of the… thing." Nick hushed while staring intently at what was about to round the corner. "What. . Is that?"
A/N: I'll admit I'm being lazy with the revisions, but its soooo boring.
UPDATE 4/8/17
