The Day of Reckoning (ficton)

The earth as we know is in grave danger. What is the story behind the apocalypse of 2012? Is this the end of the human race? The future of the earth rests now on 7 young humans. Follow author Shirish 'Freeek' Raghu's "The day Of Reckoning", a nail biting, edge of the seat fictional thriller exclusively on freeekblogs.blogspot.com

I have been trying to put this together for more than a year now. Because of my hectic schedule at work, I have not been able to write much but I am back now and I will complete this. This is a sci-fi thriller about a 23 year old Freeek's imagination about the 2012 myth. Hope you enjoy this first chapter of the story. Hoping to finish the complete story by 28th August 2012.

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Cheers \m/

Freeek

The Day Of Reckoning

Chapter 1: Zion!

A pale, lean youth, is lying on the ground and he slowly opens his eyes. All he can see is white, everywhere. He takes out his cell phone. But it has gone dead. He doesn’t know where he is. He does not know how he got there. He is troubled in his mind. He is thinking to himself, ‘What have I gotten myself into now?’ He is trying to think what he was doing before he slept. All he could remember was that yesterday was 4th of November and it was his best friend’s birthday. He had a couple of drinks and had passed out. He can’t remember where he slept. And does not have a clue how he got here.

He gets to his feet, dusts off his jeans. He wants to find out where he is. But he can’t see anything. Everything is white and there is only one source of light. He thought it looks like the Sun. But it was not as bright as it was. He then, laughs and yells out ‘Hey guys, it is not funny anymore’. But no one answers. He wants to find the door to the room and wants to get out. He is tired and hungry. It feels as though he had been sleeping for years. He wants to go back home. He is walking hoping he would find the end of the room. But he can’t. He realizes it is not a prank played by his friends. He starts running in vain.

Suddenly he stops. And right in front of him, 3 weird looking humans (or that’s what he thinks they are) appear out of thin air. He is shocked. There were 2 women and 1 man. Their faces had no expression at all. But there was a glow in their face. They looked like angels to Dhruv. He suddenly was scared. He thought he was dead. And this was the path to heaven. He grew curious. Then, he spoke.

Dhruv: uh, do you guys understand English?

The weird man: Yes. We know all languages spoken on earth. My name is Naum. We are Zionians. And you are on our planet.

Dhruv: What? Where am i?

Naum: You are on the planet Zion.

Dhruv: well, I have learnt that Zion means heaven. Is this heaven?

Naum: All of your questions will be answered later. First, we must take you to our father.

Saying that, Naum and the other 2 ladies grab Dhruv and suddenly, everything goes blur and they let go of him. He falls on the ground with a thud and the 3 Zionians calmly landed on their feet as though gravity did not affect them. It looked to Dhruv like he was in the same place as they were before. But the only change was that there was another man standing a couple of yards away from them. He looked hugely built. He turned to Dhruv. He spoke softly though he had a husky voice.

Huge Zionian: Hello son. My name is Maximus. I am the leader of Zion. We are a planet much like earth. But we are 3 galaxies away from earth.

Dhruv: wow. Then how did you fly me across 3 galaxies in one night? And how did you get me here?

Maximus: (showing signs of facial expression for the first time) Hahaha! We did not fly you here in one night.

Dhruv: What? Then what is the date today?

Maximus: according to the calendar that you follow, we are on 11^th December and the year is 2012.

Dhruv: Oh my god! We have been flying for a month? And how is it that I was asleep for so many days?

Maximus: I need you to calm down. I will answer your questions. But first, I think you are hungry after your long journey. So what do you want to eat?

Dhruv: huh? Ok. What do you guys eat?

Maximus: We do not eat anything. We convert the energy that we get from sunlight. But I can offer you whatever you want.

Dhruv: Ok. How about a nice big sandwich?

Maximus, without even moving, holds out his arm. And to Dhruv’s surprise, there is a plate in maximus’ hand and in it is a nice, juicy looking sandwich. Dhruv, thanking Maximus, pounces at the sandwich as if he had never eaten before. All this while, Maximus (without any expression) is calmly watching the boys act. And then, he speaks:

Maximus: Do you really think you are eating something?

Dhruv: What do you mean? I am eating the sandwich you gave me.

Maximus: Think again son! There is no sandwich. (the sandwich miraculously disappears from dhruv’s hands).

Dhruv: If there was no sandwich, how is it that I am actually feeling full?

Maximus: when God created us, he made Zionians and humans similar. He gave us a similar physical structure. And our brain patterns are also similar. He also gave us the power of evolution. A human can evolve to gain strength or powers that he always thought was super natural. Human brain is far capable of doing things than what it is doing now. You need to wake your brain up completely. Though most human brain patterns are similar, the special power that they can wake in them is different. Some learn how to fly, some can travel faster, some can teleport and so on. But we found one human brain on earth which is far more superior than the rest. In fact, it is so superior that it can evolve faster and stronger than that of the Zionians. We found the secret of evolution 3 million years ago. Since then, each child which is born in Zion is able to evolve in their lifetime. But strangely, only 4 of us have mastered the art of death. We have been visiting earth for a long time. And we have seen potentiality in them. There have been so many humans who evolved. I think you will understand it better because of your mythology. There have been humans reported to be very strong, some, immortals and some with special powers. But we have never seen a brain pattern so strong as we have found in this case. This brain is capable of mastering almost all powers known to us.

Your brain, my son is the most superior brain we have come across.

Dhruv: what? My brain? You are kidding me right?

Maximus: You still haven’t realized it yet. But you will learn.

Dhruv: so will you teach me how to evolve?

Maximus: Evolution is a process that cannot be taught. But it is merely a process that takes place in one’s life. You will have to learn it yourself. And I hope it happens soon.

Dhruv: What do you mean?

Maximus: have you ever wondered how the Egyptians built the massive pyramids without having any sort of technology? Have you ever wondered how a small army of troy could fall a massive army like Greece? Have you ever wondered how Raavan was able to make an aircraft long before the invention of your aircrafts? We were there when Jesus was crucified. The humans think that it was an eclipse and an earthquake that happened when Jesus was crucified. But it was one of our spacecraft landing on earth. The answer to all these questions, are that we have been visiting Earth for a long time and we have been acting as advisers and also aiding the humans. But we couldn’t be helping everyone because we were not meant to be on earth. So we helped and advised a select few of the humans. Only those who had learnt the art of evolution.

Dhruv: Ah! So that’s the deal. I have always wondered. And earlier when you said that there was no sandwich, how did you get it?

Maximus: It is true that there was no sandwich. Your brain told you there was. So when you pretended to eat the sandwich that was never there, your brain sent signals to your stomach to act satisfied. Do you think you are breathing air? Haven’t you noticed that there are no plants or trees here? Then how is it that you are breathing?

Thinking about it, Dhruv suddenly feels the lack of air and feels suffocated.

Maximus( with a smile on his face): Just think son. Just think that there is air. And you will be able to breathe.

Suddenly, Dhruv feels the air back in his lungs. He feels different. He can feel each drop of blood flow in his body. He feels stronger. He feels much wiser. The laws of science seems like a joke to him. He is confident that he can break the barrier of sounds, he can defy gravity, he can go anywhere without moving a single part of his body. He suddenly realizes.

Dhruv: Hey! Why did you tell me that it is better if I evolved soon?

Maximus: So, that did catch your attention!

And as he smiles, he raises his hand and head towards the sky... (to be continued)

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