The Andromedan Saga (Among the Stars Book 1)
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Dedication
To my father and mother
Table of Contents
Book One: Journey to Planet Green
Prologue
Part 1: Message from the Deep Space
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Part 2: Away from Home
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Part 3: The Green Planet
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Part 4: The Mysteries
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Book Two: Battle for Planet Green
Chapter 22
Part 5: Race for the Cure
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Part 6: The Mysterious Gas
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Part 7: The War
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Part 8: Earth’s Destiny
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Book Three: Return of the Andromedans
Chapter 44
Part 9: A New Hope
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Part 10: Enemies’ Secret
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Part 11: The Final Battle
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Part 12: Mourning Earth
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Epilogue
About the Author
Also by this Author
Book One: Journey to Planet Green
Prologue
Two men are frantically running through a narrow corridor. They stopped running after they have reached an intersection.
“Jasper, which way to the control room, left or right” An old man around in his fifties said.
“Right definitely right” Jasper a middle aged man said.
They both ran until they reached a room with a steel door. The control panel is lit with orange light.
“I think this door requires a password, what is it?” Old man said.
“Try Nine-Six-Two-A-F-Six-Four-Z” Jasper said.
Old man entered the code and the door burst opened. Distant growl sound can be heard in the back ground.
“Oh they are closer than you think Samual” Jasper said.
“Hurry get inside before they come” Samual said.
They both get inside and shut the door. Jasper immediately went to a nearest computer and start to type some sort of codes.
“Are you sure you can connect with earth?” Samual said.
“Oh I am well sure we can establish a video link with an earth station”. Jasper Said.
Suddenly a thrashing sound on the steel door start to emanate.
“Oh my god they found us. Will this steel door hold?” Samual said.
“I am not sure, but there is an elevator to the basement on the far corner. We could go to the basement and disable the lift from there and hide as long as the help arrives.”
The thrashing sound on the steel door increased. Samual is walking aimlessly to and fro. Jasper is desperately typing some codes.
“You better hurry or there won’t be any humans left on this planet” Samual said.
“You thing this is easy…Oh yes…I have got it. Samual come here.” Jasper said.
Samual approached the computer monitor. “Oh you have done it!”
The video feed of another old man is sitting in a chair is showing on the monitor. The man looking at them with wonder. “Hay I am Thomas…It is nice to meet you…”The man on the computer screen said.
“Well Thomas we don’t have much time. We need your help. We need to get out of this planet. Can you send a rescue ship to this location” Samual said.
“Oh…A rescue ship? To out of nowhere on the Andromeda galaxy? Are you joking? It is an astounding discovery that we have found another living being out of our galaxy…and a human…it is really astounding.” Thomas said.
“Look we know about your recent breakthrough in ship engineering and we know that you have accomplished wormhole travels. So cut to the chase, send us a ship or there won’t be any humans left on this planet.” Jasper desperately said.
The thrashing sound increased.
“Looks like that steel door won’t stand too long, we must go to the basement and wait for backup”. Samual said.
Another thrash and the steel door bend inward from outside.
“Look a hole in the door, now there won’t be any time, we must escape now before they get inside.” Jasper said.
“What is happening down there, I don’t understand any of it” Thomas said.
“We don’t have time to explain this, Thomas… send the rescue ship, Jasper we need to get out of here.”
“Ok we take the elevator.” Jasper said.
They both ran for the elevator. Jasper is running ahead to catch that elevator. When the time he reached the elevator, a loud thrash emanated from the steel door.
“Oh god, they have got inside.” Jasper desperately pushed the buttons.
The elevator door finally burst opened and Jasper got inside when he look behind there is no sign of Samual. Instead what he saw was body parts littered on the floor.
Jasper made an ear breaking scream…
Part 1: Message from the Deep Space
Chapter 1
Chicago Space Observatory 2074 A.D.
Thomas drank his morning coffee while checking an image of a galaxy. The image is breath-taking, one send by one of the Atlantis space telescope orbiting around Saturn. Getting old is making him mad. It is a long 20 years after taking this job as an astrophysicist. He loved this job. He gets to see the amazing, astounding images of visible universe before anyone else sees it.
“Sir, you need to see this…something came up from one of the Atlantis satellite orbiting Pluto. We think someone outside our galaxy…from Andromeda galaxy is trying to
contact us through radio manipulation technology.” A middle aged woman said while hiding her own excitement.
Radio manipulation technology is one of the new invention made by scientists. It allows to communicate with distant planets through video link. It is a solid piece of tool that can establish video conferences instantly.
“Ok, I will be there in a second” Thomas said with excitement that cannot be hidden.
Thomas has been searching for signs for extra-terrestrial life forms for nearly his entire life. And now there is some extra-terrestrial life form that is trying to contact us, humans. He knew there was some life outside our galaxy or even within our galaxy. He never stopped searching even when he found out that there was no life outside earth. But now things have changed. The long waited moment have arrived.
He walked toward the communication room as fast as his legs could take him.
“Where is it?” Thomas asked.
“Sir, here” The communication specialist announced.
Thomas walked near him and sat in the chair in front of the monitor. He frantically typed some commands and there it is, the video connection has been established. On the screen two men or appeared to be two humans with panic face is visible. One is around in his fifties and the other is a middle aged man. Both of them are in panic and sound of something thrashing metal can be heard in the background.
“Do you think they speak English?” Communication specialist asked.
“Let us try” Thomas said.
“Hay I am Thomas…It is nice to meet you!” Thomas said.
“Well Thomas we don’t have much time. We need your help. We need to get out of this planet. Can you send a rescue ship to this location” The old man said.
Thomas sat back with astonishment. He couldn’t believe what he is hearing. They could speak English. He immediately return to the point from his own thoughts.
“Oh! A rescue ship? To out of nowhere on the Andromeda galaxy? Are you joking? It is an astounding discovery that we have found another living being out of our galaxy! And a human…it is really astounding!” Thomas said.
“Look we know about your recent breakthrough in ship engineering and we know that you have accomplished wormhole travels. So cut to the chase, send us a ship or there won’t be any humans left on this planet.” The middle aged man said.
“What is happening down there? I don’t understand any of it” Thomas said.
Both men are startled by the presence of something else. And their panic grew. One second they were on the chair in front of the computer, next they are sprinting away from the computer. A loud thrash on some sort of metal can be heard in the back ground. Something is thrash opening the door. And based on the sounds it appear that the door have been parted.
Thomas’s eye could not believe what he is seeing. Some kind of wolf-dog hybrid is chasing the two men. And in fact one of the hybrid dog have captured the old man. Old man didn’t made a sound, the dog bit him on the neck and dragged him through the floor. It made clear why he didn’t made a sound. The middle aged man is nowhere to be seen. He must have somehow escaped. But then the ear breaking scream of the middle aged man can be heard in the background. And then the sound of some machinery can also be heard in the background.
The communication room filled with panic and the murmur of the frantic people can be heard. The link went dead. Thomas backed away from the monitor.
“Sir, what are we going to do? They requested a rescue ship. You have to send a rescue ship, right?” The middle aged woman who earlier informed him of this asked.
“Let me worry about that, meanwhile you go ahead and find out the exact location of the transmission.” Thomas said.
“But we already knew the exact location.” The woman said.
“And where will that be?” Thomas said.
“It appear that they are in the middle of the Andromeda galaxy. A planet called HB-49 to be exact. It is situated in the Rodent one star system similar to our solar system. We call it the Green planet.” The woman said.
“Ok, send me the data and search for the region of the planet from where the transmission have arisen. And Jenny one other thing, if we are sending a ship to that location you will be in the team. Are you ready for it?” Thomas said.
“With pleasure” Jenny said.
With that Thomas left her, and walked toward his room. Jenny jumped with excitement although a little fear is left in her. But by the time they reach there she is afraid that whether everything goes upside down?
Chapter 2
Space research center, Outskirts of Green Planet 2074 A.D.
Jasper barely escaped from the hybrid dogs. Fortunate for him the elevator still works. Where did they came from? What is this plague on human kind they have unleashed? Questions are echoing inside his head. What will he do next? Will Earth send a rescue ship? Green planet occupants have known about the presence of other life forms outside their planet. But they kept it as a secret for generations. This Green planet is like a twin of earth but greenery is left only in this planet. Ancestors of Green planet’s occupants were explorers. They have made English a popular language in the Green planet. Because of that he is able to contact the earth station and able to communicate with them with ease.
Jasper disabled the lift from the basement. This basement is like a bunker. Thank god they made this. He looked around him for anything he could use. Those hybrid dogs are still making those hellish sound. It’s like they will never leave him alone. Those dogs are trained to hunt humans who have escaped from the plague. What will happen to the plague victims? Who will give them medical treatment? He is afraid whether he is the only human being left alive on this planet.
Suddenly something came into his view, prototype of a cryogenic chamber. He could hide in there until the help arrives. But if help do arrives they needed to know that there is a person left alive in this place. He could leave a sticky note in the computer monitor indicating his survival status. But for that he have to go to the control room again. He couldn’t forgot about Samual’s death. Samual has been ripped apart by those hellish dogs. Those dogs may still there waiting patiently for their meal. Jasper decides to go there again but at evening, when he make sure those dogs are nowhere to be seen.
He only has to wait a few hours for that. He hope the enemy doesn’t know English, if unfortunately they passed by.
He waited a few hours and then activated the elevator. The elevator door burst opened. He entered the elevator and tuned his ear for any sounds. They must have left him, he thought. He has to take this risk. He closed the elevator door and pressed the ascending button. The machine, with a loud sound came to life and he began to ascend. He hopes the dogs haven’t heard the sound of the elevator.
Elevator came to a halt when it reached the control room. Elevator door automatically opened. He braced for something to jump at him. But nothing came. The room is empty. The surrounding is silent. He immediately went to the nearest computer and written down his status on the sticky note. When he is finished he stickered that on the computer monitor. He then sprinted for the elevator without thinking twice. He pressed the button to descent. The elevator starts to descent. Thank god the power is still not affected.
Elevator door opened and he entered the basement. He disabled the elevator and went near the Cryogenic chamber. He set it to open only by external manual means and opened the chamber. He began to undress. After he is done he entered the chamber and closed the door to the cryogenic chamber. He hopes Earth will send the rescue ship and then he went to hibernation mode.
Chapter 3
Washington DC, White House
“Mr President, these people may need our help. We have seen what those animals have done to one of those people. Green Planet’s people may be an advance civilization, but we think their defence systems are vulnerable. They are desperate. Since we have accomplished wormhole travels we could reach there in approximately one year.” Thomas said.
“And by the time we reach
there do you still think these inhabitants will be alive?” President asked.
“It doesn’t matter, what matter is that there are other living organisms outside our planet. We could research there. But if those hellish dogs are still there we may need military help.” Thomas said.
“Ok, I grant permission to go down there, and also see if I can provide some kind of military help, defence minister…, do you have anything to say?” President said.
“I make sure that the research team will get complete protection. Our elite troops are always ready for some mission” Defence Minister said.
“Ok then, this meeting is dismissed” President said.
Thomas walked outside board room. His assistant Jenny was waiting for him there. “So how did it go? Did president agree to send a rescue ship?” Jenny asked.
“Yes, he agrees to send a space craft there, with a team of scientists and a team of elite military personals. We need to find the best medical team. Do you have any suggestions for that?” Thomas asked.