The Perfect Wall
A wall was to be built, a wall of enormous size. It was to be a wall like no other, that is what our leader had said. The great one often had ideas on how to increase our safety, but they often fell through. This one, it seemed, was sure to be a perfect solution. It was to protect us from the creatures that loved to pass through into our homeland. These creatures were so vile, so bloodthirsty and cruel that we could not sleep at night. Something had to be done.
We were all called to the assembly in the great hall. Our leader had stood at the podium and told us of the journey we were about to go on. He spoke with such anger and confidence that we knew we would not fail this time. We saw slide shows that showed us our mission in greater detail, they depicted odd ships and mini wrist computers that we would each be given. The ships would be what made up the wall, we would each drive one slowly down onto the others and put them into place. The ships controls were easy enough, left and right. All while we would steer the ship into a good spot, we would be descending. There was no going back up once you began the drop. Everything was planned out perfectly, so why was I faltering at the door?
The ship stood before me, the door wide open. The tall yellow ship was the one that was assigned to me and it beckoned me quietly. I took a breath and stepped in, letting the door slam shut behind me. I heard the clank as the door sealed and I began to get nervous. That door would not be opening again. The way we would escape our ships would be by emergency evacuation. After driving the ship into place at the wall, we would hit a button on our wrist computers that would propel our seats up and out of the ship. It was the only way out.
My only fear with this whole operation was the rumors that were around. I heard that hundreds of people were disappearing, ships and all, while making the wall. Apparently, whole rows of ships would just flash away. Where these people went we still haven't figured out. Nevertheless, I started the engine up and moved my ship to the drop-off. Suddenly, I was descending down slowly. I looked out my window and saw several other ships going down and landing with a bump into any gaps that were in the wall. I carefully scanned the wall for a space that I would fit into. I spotted Bob in his L-shaped ship landing into a tiny space. Suddenly, there was a flash of light and the row that Bob landed in disappeared. The entire wall dropped down one row. My heart was pounding and I prepared myself for the landing, my hand hovering over the escape button. I landed with a rough jolt and soon all I saw was a bright flash of light.
I looked around when my eyesight came back, I could not figure out where I was. All around me was white and I was floating. It seemed as though I had landed in some sort of different land. A floating land. And all I had with me was my wrist computer, which I am on right now, typing up my story....
Please come find me.