Blackout

I woke up the next morning and my mom still wasn't there, but I had no energy in me to punch my walls and bust my knuckles again. I hastily made a note saying 'I'm on a field trip, im ok' like she was actually gonna read it. I put the note on the table and went out for my bus.

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I got to school as the first bell rang.

"Good gym class", i dreaded

"Students going on the field trip to Summerdale please report to Ms.Fisher room immediately. Thank you", the PA system announce

"Something actually going good for me, that can't be", I thought as I made my way to Ms.Fisher

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I got there and Fisher was telling everybody to take a seat. I took the one next to the door.

"Ok, so obvious rules out of the way. Boys and girls will be separated. Anybody caught breaking this rule will be sent home immediately.", She said

Some whining occurs, but Fisher shut them all down

"No exceptions!, do I make myself clear?!", She said

The whining died down after that

"Also, the people of Summerdale have opened their doors to us and we will be on our best behavior. Break this rule and you are gone", She said "No stealing,rudeness, or sneaking out.You will report back to the hotel every night we are there, if you don't, you'll in trouble"

Some people were listening , but most were not.

Ms.FIsher looked at her watch and her eyes widened.

"Come on everybody we got to get moving!", She yelled

Everybody got their thing together and we made our way out of the door. We rushed out of the building and onto the bus.

"Everybody, I'M not playing with theserules, one mess up and your gone", She reaffirmed

I Ignored everything she said and put on my headphones, cranked up my music and closed my eyes.

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Clayton also ignored the teacher, well the talk about the rules, but he listened to everything else.

Zima sat next to him, trying her best to calm her parents' worries about her being alone.

"Don't worry, I have your numbers and everything. No, we won't be together. DAD! I know you don't like him, but he is nice. I know. Love you too, bye" She said before hanging up

"So, I believe everything going great between me and your dad", Clayton said, smiling

Zima said nothing and put her phone up.

"Ok, sorry" He said, regretting he said anything

"No, it's ok. It just tiring, really" She responded

"Yeah, I know. But, it will get better" Clayton said, sincerely

"Yeah, but when" Zima questioned

"Soon,Z. Soon" Clayton repsoned, hugging her "And i was being serious about seeing you during this" He whispered

"Whatever you say, prince" Zima purred as they laid back together

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Harrison Doyle was checking off today chores. A big city school was coming to his town and he was gonna make sure everything was gonna go right.

"Malcom, get in here, quick!" He yelled

A young officer rushed in, his pale face flushed.

"YES SIR" He yelled

"Boy, we aren't in the military, cut the sir shit out" Harrison said while shaking his head

"Sorry, Harrison. I just finished my tour, so it's kinda programmed into me. Oh, what is it?'' Malcolm spat out quickly.

"These kids are going to pull up any minute now. They behave themselves? Harrison said, getting worried

"Yeah, for now" Malcolm repsonmed

"If they do something, weshut them down" Harrison said

"I understand" Malcolm repsoened, looking down

"Let's just hope that it doesn't have to go down like that. They stupid, but they aren't just gonna screw with people just because. Well, i hope" Harrison didn't sound really confident

The two heard Harrison's phone ringing. He answered it.

"Hello, are they here? Ok, we been there" He said before hanging up "Come on, let's greet the people"

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The bus stopped in front of a large brick building. Everybody got out and mingled in front of the building. Ms.Fisher organized everybody together around her.

"Ok, so this is the building where we'll be staying. Girls, you are with me. Boys, you are with Mr.Hopkins" She yelled out

I followed all the other guys with Hopking into the building.

"Ok, boys will be on one floor. The missies will be on the second one. Again, no mingling or your out" He told to people who wasn't listing

I was listening to my music when a hand landed on my shoulder. I turned around and my blood froze

"Hey, buddy" Dallavante face greeted me

"Why is he here? He's not in Fisher's class" I thought as i rush from him

"I can tell from your face, so let me tell you two things. One, I'm here not as a student. I'm here as a guy seeing the sights. I'm not gonna be left behind just because I'm not in that bitch's class. Two, I'm not here to totureyou. Yes, I know, you don't believe me. But, I'm telling you the truth. So, you don't have to worry about me." Dallavante said as he smiled.

He turned away and left the building before the teachers saw him.

I went blank as I tried to pull myself together.

"He couldn't take the fact that I was free from him for a week. So, he came all the way here" My mind was too occupied to hear Hopkins come to me.

"Mr.Morris you are in room 2-E. Please follow Mr.Miller, he is your roommate" He said

I pushed Dallavante to the back of my mind and looked for my roomie.

I found myself talking to some girl.

"Wait, That's the couple from yesterday" I thought, peace coming over me "They seem nice"

The guy was tall with dark skin. Short dreads waa hanging off his head. The girl had brown skin and she had green lips and highlights in her hair.

"I just saw through the floor and- oh, hey there! You're my roomie?" He asked

I shaked my head yes

"Great!, Name Clayton and here is my beautiful sunshine Zima" He made it sound like a speech

"Clay, please" Zima pleaded

"Don't worry, hes seem nice" Clayton said

"Ok, this may not be bad" I thought

"Well, my princess, we have to depart here. But our hearts will join together again soon" CLayton said before heading off for the room.

"IM sorry, you have to deal with that" Zima whispered in my ear

I just nodded and followed Clay

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After getting unpack and ready, Clay flopped on his bed.

"So, buddy. What are you planning on doing on this fine trip?" He asked

I was stumped on the question. I literally committed a crime to get here and yet I don't know what to do when I got here.

"I don't know" I responded

"That's ok, we find something out" Clay respond, rolling over on the bed

I shot a look at the clock

'7:30'

I took out my laptop and logged onto the hotel intereter. I logged back into The Veil. The thread was now people just talking about what they're gonna do if the Satellite came to Earth. I tabbed out and listened to some music again.

After a moment, Clayton got off the bed and started looking around. I looked at him, wondering

"Oh, I'm gonna try to get to Zima tonight. She is my girlfriend and these outdated rules wont stop me." He spoke with triumph

I just nodded and ignored him as the night crawled on

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STAR SYSTEM: 77-B REFERRED TO AS SOLAR SYSTEM

PLANET: EARTH

MADE MOSTLY OUT OF WATER AND ROCK

DOMINANT SPECIES: HUMANS

POP: 7.6 BILLION

SPECIES COMPOSITION: CARBON,BIOLOGICAL,AND OXYGEN

SEXES: MALE AND FEMALE WITH OTHERS GENDERS POSSIBLE

OUTER SPHERE: AN THING THEY CALL OXYGEN. THE ARE DEPENDENT ON THIS FOR SURVIVAL, ALONG WITH FOOD AND WATER.

TECHNOLOGY LEVELS: LOW-HIGH

THREAT LEVEL: 80%

The machine looked at information streaming in front of it. Given to it by Jonathan and others 'humans'. While doing this, one of its drones came to it

"ITS IS DONE" It said

The Machine took in the information form the drone, adding it to the large amount it already had.

"GOOD, YOU MAY REST" It spoked, its voice boomed through the entire ship

The drone flew away. The Machine looked at Earth one more time, before activating the protocol.

From its center of the ship, a large crystal was being put onto a launcher. The Machine animed at a specific spot on Earth. This place they call the 'US'. After the calculations were done. It was launched, trailing through space. It entered the atmosphere and began to glow red with heat resistance.

The space around the crystal began to warp to slow its descent. It was falling faster and faster as it reached its target. The trees beneath it began to spread apart when the crystal crashed into the earth.

After a few moments, it began to pulse blue. The pluses spread all over the forest, passing through trees and dirt. Cracks began to form on the ground around the crater, forming a circle of shards around it.

The Machine looked crusty, it had safely landed on its target. Now, the testing phase will begin.

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Jonathan worked up suddenly in the middle of the night and jumped out of bed. He raced towards the door to see his mechanical friend in the yard.

"For the love of god. What are you doing?" He yelled out

"It time, Jonathan" It replied coldly

"Wait, what's happening?" Jonathan was confused

"You will see" It said as it began to rise into the air

"Wait, where are you going?!" Jonathan yelled into the sky

"I can't interfere now. I must go. But, we will see each other again. Human friend" It was the last thing it said for rocketing into the sky.

Jonathan slumped to the ground and was left just as he was when he first met his machinal friend.

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Morgan Duncan tasted the bitter coffee that the office provided.

"We are being paid by the government to race through and studied the stars and this is what we get to drink", She thought

She sat the coffee down and focused on her work. Monitoring the mysterious object that nobody can tell her what it was. But, she was curious and that was enough. She sat down, grimacing at the sound the chair made to support her weight.

"I gotta start exercising," she thought, knowing that she wouldn't.

She ignored her inner thoughts and started to check her email. Spam and chains were the usual for her. She tabbed out and started to watch some exercising videos. When someone started to pound on her door.

She jumped out of her seat and went to the door. A man was there, breathing heavily.

"Something came out of it," He said.

"Wait, what came out of what?!" She asked, but nobody answers

Morgan and the man raced to the center of the room. People were running and calling and the room was filled with noise.

"Where is it?" She asked, running to the monitor in the center of the room.

"It's over North America." Someone yelled out

"Yeah, that really pin it down" She thought

The monitor showed that the object was shooting through the atmosphere.

"It's over the US!" Someone yelled out

"Ok, where?!" She yelled back

Then, suddenly the object disappear from sight

The entire crowd was stunned for a moment.

"What just happened?!" Morgan asked to nobody in particular

"The satellites just went down!" A man next to her said

"How!?" She asked him

The man just shrugged in response

"Some of the smartest are in this room and yet that can't answer a simple question" She thought in disbelief.

"Call someone and tell them what happened" She told everybody "We need to find this thing before it does something we can't stop"