Shelled
Earth had demolished herself. Perhaps it's more accurate though to say that humans had killed their mother, leaving behind an empty shell unable to sustain life. Blankly I stared out the window at the bleak expanse of space. The wars had been long. They had only ended with our mother's life blood. Humans were now too scattered through out the Galaxy to wage any mass war. I guess that's a good thing. No more Earths could be sacrificed to our overwhelmingly violent nature.
A commotion on the other side of the shuttle's main room drew my attention. The people had gathered along the viewports ohhing and ahhing over the spectacular view of the planet near us. We would be reaching orbit in 15 minutes, entering in another hour or so.
My lips pressed together angrily as I turned back to survey the stars. Areida. Hub of all Travel. It also happened to be the last place in the universe I wanted to be. It was a rather depressing planet with its nearly constant cloud cover and weak sun. Almost without conscious thought I smoothed my face back into its carefully blank lines. Years of training does wonders for hiding your emotions.
And there goes the bell. The passengers who where just laughing and talking were now huddled in small groups wondering what the alarm could sound. I slipped through the doors without anyone noticing my absence. Not that they noticed my presence of course. I paused and drew a deep breath closing my eyes for a moment before wearily trudging back to my berth. Due to the Seiar-Conmei Edict (the two most heavily population colonization planets) any surviving natives of Earth were to be given free necessities. They didn't have to be decent, just free. Providing of course they have proof of their origin. A flicker of amusement passed through my face. Some colonists would have a hard time passing as natives in any case. Without my conscious direction, my body had climbed the latter to my berth and I was now laying down. Another hour to stare at the ceiling and remember……………………
This is the prologue. If you want I can continue this or not. It's really up to you guys.
Earth had demolished herself. Perhaps it's more accurate though to say that humans had killed their mother, leaving behind an empty shell unable to sustain life. Blankly I stared out the window at the bleak expanse of space. The wars had been long. They had only ended with our mother's life blood. Humans were now too scattered through out the Galaxy to wage any mass war. I guess that's a good thing. No more Earths could be sacrificed to our overwhelmingly violent nature.
A commotion on the other side of the shuttle's main room drew my attention. The people had gathered along the viewports ohhing and ahhing over the spectacular view of the planet near us. We would be reaching orbit in 15 minutes, entering in another hour or so.
My lips pressed together angrily as I turned back to survey the stars. Areida. Hub of all Travel. It also happened to be the last place in the universe I wanted to be. It was a rather depressing planet with its nearly constant cloud cover and weak sun. Almost without conscious thought I smoothed my face back into its carefully blank lines. Years of training does wonders for hiding your emotions.
And there goes the bell. The passengers who where just laughing and talking were now huddled in small groups wondering what the alarm could sound. I slipped through the doors without anyone noticing my absence. Not that they noticed my presence of course. I paused and drew a deep breath closing my eyes for a moment before wearily trudging back to my berth. Due to the Seiar-Conmei Edict (the two most heavily population colonization planets) any surviving natives of Earth were to be given free necessities. They didn't have to be decent, just free. Providing of course they have proof of their origin. A flicker of amusement passed through my face. Some colonists would have a hard time passing as natives in any case. Without my conscious direction, my body had climbed the latter to my berth and I was now laying down. Another hour to stare at the ceiling and remember……………………
This is the prologue. If you want I can continue this or not. It's really up to you guys.
