In the vastness of the Universe
In the Milky way galaxy
There was a planet whose species known as humans called it earth
Some say , the first civilization was founded 10,000 years ago
They were species with intelligence
Earth was a very rich place
Filled with diversity
It had a perfect balance of population with the resources which made that place , a heaven to live in
The world leaders started to emerge as they cared about their citizens since 200 years ago when monarchy was diminished completely throughout the planet and crime was taken seriously
A population of 5 billion was divided throughout the world
Earth’s land was divided into continents
Every continent was divided into countries and every country had their own leaders
The Citizens thrived
? 1 December, Year: 2024
In one of the countries named Sweden
There was an elementary school in which a teacher whose name was Emilie, started telling her students a fictional story
She opened her book named
“The Deity and the Sinisters”
And started reading the story as the students mind wandered into the fairy tale
“Before the beginning ….
The place was all dark and gloomy
And in that instant
A sound erupted
BOOM!
(HEY ITS BIG BANG!)
Creating what we know as the universe
That creation didn’t just create the universe
It created someone who was bright as light itself
A kind and powerful being
He was known as ‘Deity’
(Is that God?)
But there were more creations
In the opposite of Deity
They were dark as the night
They were known as ‘Sinisters’
(Scary..)
The Deity quickly got overwhelmed by their strength and couldn’t help but run
He ran through different galaxies with a speed that those Sinisters could never imagine to run
He ran far and far until he came in front of a star
Not too large and not too small
Not too bright not too dim
Not too old not too young
He decided to create his imagination into a reality
He then created a planet filled with beauty
Flora, Oceans
(That is earth ,isn’t it?)
What he deemed as “perfect”
He then created more life forms
Who had life and death and were gigantic
(DINOSAURS!!)
He granted then the pleasure to live in the beauty he created
He left that planet and wandered around
After millions of years he came back
He saw the planet that he had created suffer, he saw them eating and destroying everything
He raged and decided to destroy the entire planet and end it all
(OH NO ,NOT THE DINOSAURS!!)
But he felt pity and he came up to a conclusion that it was his fault that his creations became violent
He restarted everything by erasing his creations
He , then created other beings who were smaller
He gave them kindness, empathy and reasoning
Hence, he created humans
(YEAHHHH)
He saw humans beings as lovable creatures
He ought to protect them
Then he sacrificed his life
He used his cosmic powers to convert into a human
After his death, the human race continued to flourish because of his help and everyone was happy
While Sinisters are still looking till this day for the Deity not knowing he has passed away
Some believe that this story was a myth passed down through generations , while some believe that the Deity existed
(My grandpa says he does)
But truth be told , there is no clear answer”
(Ding ding ding)
School bell rang
A room filled with 30 children erupted with joy upon hearing the sound of the bell
The sunlight reflected on the desks
Emilie sitting on her desk closed the book with a loud thud
She, a woman with black eyes and black hair
She spoke with a firm tone
“so kids do you like this story?”
“YES MA’AM”
The sound echoes through the room
The teacher gets up and she says with a gentle voice
“it’s settled then… , whenever I have a period in this class… I will try to tell you stories like this..…okay?”
Her words excites the students as another chorus of voices flow through the classroom
The enthusiasm fills up the class
In the front seat a boy looked outside the window at the blue sky
Jack ,an 8 year old with navy blue eyes and black hair
He slung his bag up to his shoulders and heads outside the class
He thinks to himself
“I am going to tell it to my Dad later”
He walks towards the classroom door
“Sinisters…THEY ARE SO COOL”
He reached the line waiting for the bus to arrive
The surrounding children talked with each other
“ya so Deity was so good right?”
“No Sinisters were cooler , you are such a normie”
“no you are trying to be cool”
As his small feet walked towards the bus
Amidst the chaos he hears a voice “JACK”
He turns his head towards the direction of the voice as he sees his dad (Ken)
A black haired man with blue eyes waving towards jack
He rushes towards him
His backpack bounced behind him
“ DAD”
“hey son….aren’t you excited ?” Ken smiled
Jack stops at a distance from Ken
“You got early leave?”
“Yes, and I thought why don’t I pick you up?”
Jack ran towards the car behind Ken
A black , shining Audi stood behind them
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As Jack ran towards it “I love riding the car, bus is so boring…”
Ken laughed “of course you do”
They entered the car
Ken drives a steady pace as Jack tells Ken about the fictional story
Ken listens to him thoroughly
After Jack finished telling about the story
Jack said , bouncing on his seat “Dad…..wasn’t that a wonderful story ?”
Ken nodded
“that was so great , I really liked how the Deity stopped the thought of destroying the planet and just planned to restart all of it
It shows that he was still hesitating to kill his creations but had to proceed to bring back the life he had created instead of complete destroying it”
Jack eyes wander around as he looks outside the window
Jack shrugs him off “ya….’good guys’ ‘bad guys’ ….but Sinisters were so cool ….like Deity couldn’t even stop them”
Ken laughs “oh so you like cool people ?”
Jack laughs with Ken “ I mean…who doesn’t ? They were much more resilient and determined like “I wanna beat you” that’s so cool”
Ken laughs more and they finally reach home
“do you plan to tell mom about this too?”
Jack steps out the car and holds Ken hands “of course”
They walk towards their house
A place covered with emerald green field with pristine lily flowers , sunlight streamed through their window , surrounded with neat white fences , nearby a wooden bench stood in their lawn as they walk in the centre stone pathway towards the door
Ken knock on the door
A lady with black eyes and brown hair opens the door
Her name is Sophia(Jack’s mom and Ken’s wife)
“you guys are here? Good …hurry lunch is almost ready”
They walk inside the house…..
Ken goes and sits on the living room sofa
Jack goes to his room and drops off his bag
He comes back and sits on the dinner table with Ken
“so Jack…are you going to tell the story about your cool guys to mom?”
Jack’s eyes beamed “yeah…so mom”
Sophia comes up to the dinner table and they start eating while jack tells Sophia about the story
Sophia stuffing her mouth with meatballs “that was a great story jack…”
She gulps “tasty…so yeah ,I really liked how the Deity was so protective towards their creations but had to go away for millions of years….. I can feel how painful it must have been not seeing your own child-”
She cuts off herself
A drop of tear fell from her eye
Ken gently touch her back “Sophia….”
Sophia wipes away her tears
“don’t worry I am fine…”
Ken thinks to himself
“its been 5 years but……her death still haunts her till this day…..”
Jack who was initially smiling gets scared as he sees his mother crying
“mom….what happened?”
”nothing honey…..i just remembered something……”
Ken smiles gently “yeah jack…just let her be….how about we go to trip tomorrow?”
Ken’s words sparks enthusiasm in jack
“yessss dad ,that’s wonderful”
Sophia cheers up
“That sounds so amazing.. …and my schedule is also free “
“that settles it then…
We are going on a trip tomorrow”
The surroundings fill up with joy as a cool breeze washes over
The next day…….
? 2 December, Year:2024
At 6 am
The sun dimmed as a bit of cold breeze flown outside
Jack slept on his bed as Ken walked towards him
Ken wore a brown leather jacket and a bag filled with documents in his hands as he patted Jack
“son it’s time for school , you got to be ready by now”
Jack stood up as he rubbed his eyes letting out a yawn “just 2 more minutes?”
Ken sighed
“okay…. Just don’t miss the bus okay?”
Jack grinned “Yeah…” as he dropped back on the bed “zzzzz”
A soft chuckle escaped Ken’s mouth as he walked outside
The living room brightened due to the light bulbs as the sounds of utensils washing echoed from the kitchen “I wanna be the very best ….like no one ever was” Sophia sang
Ken walked towards the main door as he shouted
“I am going”
Sophia rushed from the kitchen as she dried her hand on the towel “wait…”
She walked towards him as she gave him a sweet kiss on the cheeks
Ken’s heart flusters “that..was sweet”
Sophia laughed “I know…that is why I did it”
Ken chuckled “okay bye now” as he walked outside
Ken rushes to his car and starts it
He thinks “ben is really lazy sometimes…..”
As the engine starts and Ken drives at a steady pace
20 mins later ….
Ken arrives at a mining site
As he looks at some robots , standing there
He looked at a man , muscular and a bit taller than him , he wore a yellow jacket
As the man looked towards him
Ken waved at him
Ben(the second in command after Ken and Ken’s best friend) “ hey Ken… how are you ?”
Ken smiled “I am good…and you?”
Ben snickered “ I am fine too ……and now that you are here…. I can be a bit lazy”
Ken anticipating this response chuckles
“ oh that’s fine…. But I am not going to work much….. I need to bring back jack from school in the afternoon
Going on a trip with him and sophia
I promised them”
“ah that sucks….But okay”
As Ken walked towards the robots and input instructions on the robots
“this is a really good invention ….I am glad we have so many geniuses in tech industry of ours”
Ben chuckled “ ain’t that something?”
After 5 hours….
Ben is slacking off watching news on his phone
As his eyes widen “ Ken”
Ken who is watching the robots and adjusting their pace comes up to him
“yeah?” his brow furred
“ so the cheeky killer …”
“oh that old thing? That’s got to be fake….it’s been going on for decades …no way police haven’t found him or he hasn’t died …but anyways where did he do it this time?”
“looks like japan..”
Suddenly they hear a loud noise “BAM”
Ken perplexed “wait ….what’s happening …”
“let’s go and check it”
They rush towards the robots as they see them stuck on a hole
The robots trying their best to break something but not getting through
As Ken and Ben turn them off they look at the hole beneath
They find an object ,covered with dirt and mud, moulded like junk, glowing red
“this place was just cleared out yesterday….there shouldn’t be a “metal’ here…..We even checked it with metal detectors ,What is this?”
“that is “clearly” not metal bud, but if it is so hard…that is gotta be something ”
Ken examined the object “you think it’s something …..valuable?”
Ben raised an eyebrow “Maybe…. but we should return it to the authorities …..They can figure it out”
Ken nodded “you are right….could you watch here…. I will go and return it”
Ben chuckled “as much as I don’t want to….I don’t have a choice now do i?”
Ken goes and sits on the truck which is filled with the minerals found in the mining site
He puts the piece in the cabinet near the driving seat so it doesn’t blend in with other minerals
“ I am going , if it takes too much time….. call me….you can go and pick up my son if I get stuck somewhere can’t you?, you know I am planning to go back when his school gets over anyways”
“ sure can buddy….take care “
Ken drives off
After half an hour…..
His phone rings and he picks it up
Sophia: “hey you are still keeping the promise you made with jack right?”
Ken: “yeah I definitely am…”
Sophia: “yeah ..and thanks for yesterday…..for changing the topic……”
Ken: “you don’t need to..what else am I there for if not to support you ?”
Sophia: “I literally don’t understand why that is
I am a “psychologist” …..I am supposed to be the better person in handling emotions
I guess since lily….I really changed huh?”
Ken: “not only you….I have changed a lot”
Sophia: “ya….but I am glad we are okay now “
Ken:” ya that is the most important thing…so-“
Ken's voice cuts off as Ken's truck suddenly crashes with another one
The voices of glass shattering and the impact reach Sophia
“KEN”
She screams, her voice cracking
Her hands begin to tremble
Meanwhile,
Back at the elementary school, Jack sat quietly, sketching ants across his notebook, lost in his own little world.
A sudden chill slid down his spine.
He stopped drawing.
His hand hovered above the paper.
“Did… something happen?”
The crayon rolled off the desk.
