EarthBound:
The Seed of Giygas
by
JamesPicard_007
Chapter 14
Unknown location
A bright light penetrated Paula's deep sleep. She stirred fitfully out of sleep. Immediately a small pain shot up her spine. Through her dress Paula felt the cold chill of steel. Her eyes flew open in amazement.
She felt the thick slab beneath her. It was cold, hard steel. Paula sat up and looked around. She wasn't outside, but inside a strange building. The place definitely had the feel of a research lab.
Foreign computers, test tubes, and strange desks littered the room. A faint smell of ammonia wafted throughout the room. Suddenly voices appeared behind her.
"I believe that she is awake." A voice said.
"What tipped you off? The fact that she's sitting up?" Another voice said.
Paula turned around to see several scientists behind her. At least she thought they were scientists judging by the white lab coats. They crowded around Paula and began examining her with strange devices.
She tried to speak, but the inane chatter drowned her voice out. Several minutes later they stopped the examination and began looking at the results on the computer screens.
"Can we confirm that?" A voice asked.
"Look at the quantum pattern. There's no doubt about it. We are looking at the last survivor." Another voice replied.
"Amazing! There's actually a survivor, but how did she get here?"
"Look at these temporal patterns!"
"I see. It makes perfect sense then."
"What are you talking about?" Paula yelled. The scientists stopped talking and looked over at Paula.
"Is it possible she doesn't know yet?" One scientist asked.
"It is. When we found her in that block of ice she had to have been frozen for several millennia." Another scientist replied. One of the scientists walked over to Paula.
"Do you know where you are?" The scientist asked. Paula shook her head.
"Do you know what year it is?"
"Not by your standards. However on Earth it would be 199X."
"By old Earth standards it would be 399X. You've been frozen for 2,000 years."
"I've been frozen for 2,000 years? How? The last thing I remember was being swept away by a great wave."
"2,000 years ago a giant comet crashed into the planet. It released giant pockets of water that had been lying dormant under the crust. The comet also knocked the planet out of orbit for awhile so the surface of the planet became a frozen wasteland."
"And I was frozen in a block of ice this entire time?" Everybody shook there head in agreement. Only now had Paula finally noticed that she was soaked to the bone. Since she noticed one of the female scientists grabbed Paula away from the inquisitive scientists and gave her a change of clothes.
Paula looked around the building. There were several levels. One for research. Another for living quarters and one for medical purposes. She had stayed with them for several weeks answering their questions.
Apparently they wanted to know a lot about Earth. One day while walking in the halls Paula saw one of the head scientists. There was a question that had been bothering her for 2,000 years.
"Excuse me." Paula said.
"Yes?" The scientist asked.
"I was just wondering. Is there any way I can get home? To my time?"
"Yes. But I don't see why you would want to go back."
"Why?"
"Because one month after the comet hit here Earth was destroyed!"
What has happened the past 2,000 years? Who are the mysterious scientists? How was Earth destroyed? And why won't the scientists let Paula return home? Find out in Chapter 15 of The Seed of Giygas
