by Beth Hoyer
seemed to know my thoughts signed it wasn’t a good idea. He didn’t give any reason why. I gave my stick to Lynn then we went to the door and entered it hand and hand. We entered a cave. I sat down to write in here. I wonder where we are. I hope we’re someplace nice. I’m glad that Bruce is with me. The cave is beginning to fill up with smoke. It’s making me cough. I’m trying to write in here but the smoke is distracting.
Yours
Elizabeth
September 5
Dear Anne,
Yawn I woke up on a hospital bed. A woman in blue coverall was looking at me. I asked her what happened. She told me it was September 5 and she's a doctor. I asked her what happened. She explained I was in a coma for many days since January. I asked her why they couldn’t try putting a cat on me. She was confused about cats. I felt fine. She told me there aren’t any cats. I look on the bed next to mine and I could see Bruce asleep. I asked her where am I. She told me I’m in a hospital on a planet underground. I’m surprised. It is very weird. I wonder if I’ll ever get home to Earth. I got up and looked out the window. There was an underground garden like on the space station. I asked her what happened to Earth. She was confused. I told her I had a lot of dreams and dreamed of many things that I’m confused on where I am. I asked her what year it was. She was confused on that. I asked her for her name. She explained it was Lydia Zeskaya who reminded me of Anna my descendant. I’m surprised that she doesn’t know what year it is. I asked her what happened to Bruce and I. She told me that while exploring the caves, she found Bruce and me asleep on the ground in front of the gate. Their people have been using it to go to different worlds. I asked her why we were underground. She explained that ships came and destroyed many cities above. We’re underground for safely. I asked her when she was born. She told me she didn’t know. I pulled out my diary and started writing. I can’t wait to go home. I'm feeling homesick. I have no idea what’s going on. I asked Lydia if there was a war. She explained there is with the High Council. Lydia left to elsewhere. I think I’ll explore the area as soon as I can wake up Bruce. Bruce seemed to be in a coma. I couldn’t wake him. Lydia came back with a female in a green coverall. She had blonde hair. Lydia is brown. The blonde hair women put a hand on Bruce’s forehead. Then Bruce woke up. He sat up. The blonde woman signed that her name was Jessa Arkov apparently Bruce’s descendant. We talked about the planet we’re on. I asked Lydia if it had a name. She told me the planet’s name is Okapi. Whoa I noticed that Lydia and Jessa ears were pointed and their faces made me think of a cat. I don’t know. I asked Jessa if we could explore the area. She told us that we have to be implanted with hearing aids. There’s a perfection law in effect that is killing others who are not perfect. I told Jessa no thanks on the hearing aids. She wasn’t happy about that. I told her about going back to the doorway and leaving here. Jessa and Lydia had a private talk in foreign language. They decided it was a good idea to me. I’m sorry that I can’t stay and explore Okapi. It seems to be a nice world. Jessa and Lydia put us to sleep with needle like objects. We woke up in the cave while they were looking at us frantically. Jessa gestured towards us to go which Bruce and I walked through. We landed in the middle of a garden that had dome roof. I wonder where we are. I decided to write in here. I had been going through the doorway so many times that I wonder how many times I have to go before I reach home. I feel like on a TV show where people entered doorways to different worlds. The garden had fruit. So I think I’ll eat something. I ate an apple then threw it up. I don’t know why. Bruce is elsewhere. I don’t know where. He’s here running at me.
Rushed,
Elizabeth
September 6
Dear Anne,
What happened was Bruce explored the garden and ran into soldiers who were humans. They saw him and tried to shoot him with their laser guns. We went through the door again. Not again. I’m getting sick of this. I can’t wait to get home. I want to go home. I miss my parents. We entered a forest. I looked in the sky and I could see it was a moon that was dead. I suspect we’re on Earth. I threw up in the bushes. Bruce looked concerned. He told me what happened. I hope we’re on Earth. If we are we’re in trouble. There’s a perfection law that we have to take. I’m writing in here. I hope I’m home. I don’t know what year it is or what day of the week it is. A band of men with guns came and aimed the guns at us.
One of them said "Imperfection".
I asked them where we were. One of them told us Earth. I’m home and I’m in trouble. I hid my diary in my pocket. The men escorted us to a space shuttle. They put us in cages. I looked out the window of the shuttle and I saw the planet. It looked like depths to me. There were fires on the horizon. The shuttle took us out of the planet Earth to a gate. Then I was thrown against the wall as the ship went in hyper drive. I think it was hyper drive. I’m not sure. We arrived on a planet that eerie looked like Terra but different. There wasn’t a green moon orbiting the planet. The shuttle landed in the middle of the desert. I asked one of the guards where we are. He told me Okapi. Then they handcuffed us together and walked to a mountain cave. There were metal stairs going down. We went down and down in a spiral. I could see the earth walls. They were cool color. At the bottom the guards hit me on the head and knocked me out. I woke up in a gray cell with no windows. There was air conditioning. The bed was lumpy. I have a headache. I feel awful. I threw up over the side of the bed. I wonder how their going to kill me? I don’t know. A guard came so I hid the journal on me. The Guard took me down the hallway to a door and opened it. In it was a room with a table. Lydia stood when she saw me. She told me that I was going to be executed by noon. I asked her what time it was. She told me 11am. I’ll be dead in an hour. I told her to keep my journal for me. She explained that they would destroy it. I hope not. The guard came and led me down the hallway back to my cell. I was surprised to see Bruce. The guard told me to have any last minute fun with Bruce. Bruce and I talked and decided to write in here. I pulled out my journal and started writing. I wonder how we’ll be killed. I hope we’ll be fine. I’m worried about this. In less than an hour we’ll be dead. I wonder what heaven is like. Bruce put away his book and is nuzzling my neck. Now he’s kissing it. I think I’ll put away this journal and have last minute fun with him.
Yours,
Liz
September 7
Dear Anne,
Bruce and I had sex. The guards came with gray goo for us to eat and gray drink to drink. I threw it up after eating. Then the guards led us down the hallway to an elevator. The elevator went up so many floors. Then arrived on a floor where people were looking at us with pity in their eyes. They all had pointed ears. So did the guards. There were two tables with restraints on them. They tied us on to the tables and then injected us with something. I fell asleep.
Yours,
Elizabeth
Dear Anne,
I don’t know where I am or what the date is or how long I was out asleep. I don't have my watch with me. I went to sleep on the table with restraints and woke up in a pile of leaves. I'm in a forest. The trees are thick and familiar. I threw up. I don’t know what's going on. Lucky I had my diary with me. I saw Bruce come from behind a tree. He ran to me and hugged me. I kissed him on the lips. Then we explored the forest. The trees were big and huge. I don’t know where we are. Then I looked up at the sky it was orange color. I find that ridiculous. Bruce and I proceed to have sex. It was very pleasant. I guess we miss each other so badly. I looked up in the sky and I could see a purple chicken ship fly by. I'm sure that the Mesan’s Curse is nearby. I felt drumming vibrations. Bruce and I saw an angel a being in white which gestured for us to follow him. I think I was him. We followed the being through the forest and reached a beach. The water was red color. It is very weird world we're on. Bruce took a sip of the water and spit it out. He told me it was salt water. A raft came up the water. Bruce and I got on the raft. The raft went to an island. We saw a purple chicken ship near the island. On the island Bruce and
I saw a human male who had a reptile looking forehead. He was wearing an outfit, which were black pants and black turtleneck. The male seemed to be in his twenties. He was aiming a knife at his heart. I tried to convince him that killing himself wouldn't do. He explained his father was captured by a High Council ship I asked him why. He explained he had an argument with his father. I told him not to give up and try to get his father out from the High Council. Then there was a ball of lightening in the sky. I saw something that looked round and oval land on the island. Bruce and I ran with the male to the life pod. I was sure it was a life pod. The life pod's door open and a man I recognized to be Teorjer got out. His eyes were all black.
The male spoke "Father is me, your son."
Bruce asked me what the young man said. I repeated what he said to Bruce. Teorjer attacked the young man who pulled out a metal bar and hit his father with the bar in the ribs. Teorjer shook his head and then the young man dropped the metal bar as father and son hugged then the scene changed like I was in a dream. I dreamed I was in an arena with other humanoid animals. I was holding
