Neptune’s Gift

(24 hours before) BioHazard Central Headquarters Office-

“Ciao everyone… At the latitude 60.908N and longitude 147.339W following this astronomical landing, we had an earthquake that almost destroyed the zone where this thing landed...

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‘Twas the terrible night of 1964. Cold night, the sun started his 45 million mph slam thru our atmosphere, when the beautiful lights hit the sky to the north. I was battling with my tiredness, when I saw this shining shooting star, that was coming our way.

“Look out” I shouted “look out”, but no one listen. Everyone was confused, tired, running, attacking in this non stop, non sense. I continue to look at the sky, it was bright, that light was illuminating everywhere.

I followed it, like I follow my shadow in the sun light. Close to shore, still breathing, moving slowly, trying to get a better look at it. It was, what appear to me, shining. But I was bit far to have a nice look, far enough to see a human, as I was getting closer a wave wrapped it. Hard to believe, when the wave touched it a bright blue light, I never saw before shone on it. Then it disappeared.

Shocked from what I saw, when I arrive to shore it was not there anymore. Spending the nigh ashore, sand up to my teeth, when I open my eyes, she was there. Looking at me with bright shining eyes, without saying a word. I was confused, full of tremors, who was this beautiful creature in front of me?

Who are you? Where are you from? I have to ask, I had so many questions, I can’t stop asking my mind out.

Smiling at me, she said: “Hi, I am Tanzanite, I have been sent to your planet. I am looking for Giuseppe, do you know where can I find him? My planet is dying and Giuseppe, he knows the solution to save it.”

(While listening, I’m thinking, should I run and ask for help? Mesmerized by her beauty) …”Amazing! Weird to meet you, I guess, my name is Danna. Your entrance just provoke an earthquake and all you do is ask for Giuseppe?, Why should I help you? Look around, haven’t you see what have you done?”

(Tanzanite) “Oh no, no, please, (worried and talking to herself -looks like this dark energy is affecting all planets as well, not only ours) Let me explain. Here you have clean waters, that can calm thirst and produce food, our planet is cold and full of deserts, no running water, no food. Your planet have a wonderful source of carbon, petroleum, sulfur, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen and other elements and minerals, your waters are full of them, its turning them into a powerful chemical source that unfortunately is devastating for your people, but could be useful to ours. One of your expeditions, left some of this materials behind. We use it for energy, water and food. We have been trying to find a way to develop that chemical source, but we need the elements of yours.”

“What? Chemical weapons? Plastic? That’s trash, I mean, that’s used in so many ways, here. But at the end, it’s damaging our planet.”

“It’s a treasure in ours. Unfortunately the terrible storm forty years ago accelerated the process to destroyed it. The internal heat is unbearable and it’s getting worse. I don’t have enough time. I have to take with me all the sources I can.”

“I understand, but after this quake, this area will be covered with news people. If they see you, you will be a victim of prosecution, they will kill you. Probably will end on a tube. Why don’t you ride with me? I can find Giuseppe.”

(Thinking while driving) If this encounter is real. I’m I dreaming? Was this quake a hunt to my soul? The destruction, the screaming all a soap in my mind, revolving a bad dream? Is this person/alien next to me, real?…

(Arriving to Lab) (“Hey, you will need to wait here until I find Giuseppe, you can’t go anywhere, If they find you, they’ll kill you”) (Ok- she said)

(Inya- misterious) “Hey Danna, where have you been? You had me worried. This quake hit us so hard. We have been searching for you.”

(Danna) “Sorry I didn’t reach earlier. The quake was so hard, there were screaming all over the place, running around. I don’t know if you had the chance to see the light before the earthquake. But I saw it. I follow it to shore. Then the quake. I was lucky the tsunami didn’t hit me. I ended up in the beach talking to a person and Inya I have her in my car. Have you seen Giuseppe?”

(Inya surprised and upset) “Someone in your car? You have a stranger in your car? Why I’m not surprised ? We should find Giuseppe on the Group two lab. We had an emergency call when the quake hit us. So, What about this strange person you met?”

(Danna) “Well, she ended up asking me to pick up carbon, petroleum, sulfur, and other combined elements. She needed it for her planet, apparently is useful there. A complete nonsense conversation. Curious, she ended up asking for Giuseppe.”

(Inya) “Everything that involves adventure, seduces me. Let’s go look for him”

-On their way.

(Danna) “So, let me tell you, she’s a mermaid. She looks like fine jewelry carved literally in her tail and fin. Shining in different type of blues. Her name is Tanzanite.

(Inya) (looking confused) “Mermaid? (Murmurs )You said was someone, not a mermaid! What are you talking about? Are you alright? Let me check your temperature. (While checking on temperature) Haven’t you notice that every time planets synchronized an event happens here? Definitely the “dark energy” is affecting us. But the group in charge of taking notes and sharing it seems not be doing their work or if they are? They probably might be taking about it in that rushed meeting of this morning.”

(Danna) “You think? I am curious and so eager to know. Now that you mentioned the “dark energy” haven’t been any news other than the meeting about that?”

(Inya) “Well, you know, small gatherings about some strange behaviors on the galaxy before the hit, but just small rumors, have to stay as normal as possible, here comes Austin.”

(Science Lab) (Austin ) “Guys, what a pleasant surprise. How’s that energy this morning?”

(Inya) “Haniging there. Any news about the “dark energy”? I know that you have been in a big project, I bet it has to do with this. I have been watching a lot of movement here and there.”

(Austin) “Well, that’s not something I can’t discuss with you. What exactly you want to know?

(Inya) “As soon as Danna told me what happened after the quake I knew I had check on you right away, because you will be the one with the answers.”

(Austin). “What about the quake?”

(Danna) “You saw the light? Did you?”

(Austin in excitement ) “I am here at the lab every day, of course I did. We saw it before it hit. We tracked it down. Hit us at a speed limit never seen before. Let me show you guys. This is something amazing. (Goes to the special lab- opens the deep green cabin) here we monitor every movement on the universe. We saw a meteor coming towards us at a velocity of 10 millions of kilometers. Didn’t give us chance to plan or advice. But at least we could track the last minutes before impact. What’s strange is that it looked like being directed to the part of the ocean where’s a particular concentration of carbon, petroleum and sulfur.”

(Danna) ”I was checking on the Borealis. Suddenly, this amazing light hit the sky towards us, make me stopped what I was doing. I stood still, then I follow it, was like synchronized the light and the quake. I ran towards that light to shore. When I arrived, I found that hole, I was there when that person started talking to me, funny asked for Giuseppe.”

(Austin) “Giuseppe? Hum, he was working with a project he started a few years ago. He was studying the phenomenon of the “Dark Energy”. He was called on the quake day was held accountable on the meeting by the Special Task Team. Not sure if Giuseppe shared any information about his studies. He was assigned with this special team last year.”

(Giuseppe) “What’s up Guys. Too much running around in the office nowadays. Are you all feeling alright after this quake? Few meetings in the office, driving me nuts. But, we keep going.”

(All reply) “Great!”

(Austin) “Thank you for interrupting some possible romantic reunion here Giuseppe. By the way, Danna was interested in talking to you. Now or never Danna.”

(Giuseppe) “Ok, so what’s up Danna? I know there’s always some drama around, when the gang is together. If you haven’t notice, is because you are just blind.” (Laugh nervously)

(Danna, looking at Giuseppe with intrigue) “What can you tell me about this “Dark matter” affecting us? Have you heard something about the disintegration on the cosmos lately?”

(Giuseppe) “Many questions. (Bit of funny face, and intrigue as well) but may I ask why this sudden interest?”

(Danna) “We don’t have enough time to loose. Gippie. Stop being funny and sarcastic. Have you or not any answers?”

(Inya) (Rushed, mad and tired) “Are we getting somewhere here?, “Gippie” Danna just found a specimen from another planet while working on the research of the Borealis last night. Seems like you are working on something juicy. Because this person knows who you are. Let’s make it simple. You give us the facts and we can just get out of here as quick as possible.”

(Giuseppe) Mouth opened- “Where is this person?”

(Danna) “She’s in my car”

(Giuseppe) (surprised face) “We have some work to do. ( They went to the Phase 5 Data Report Office) She needs the components that we use in our planet to make plastic.”

(Inya) “How you know this?”

-(Giuseppe’s eyes turn pales and wide open like plates) remained in silence for a while- “Well, Inya, I was lucky to be assigned to this task. I started on 1963, my own lab, checking on this special signs and messages being received. I provided the evidence to Acqualani, who took tAsking advantage. He was named the supervisor of all the departments. He placed me in this area with one purpose. To continue this tests and monitor closely the signals. We have been following the events lately and the supernovas, black holes have been making some substancial changes on the outer space. For some reason every time this changes occurs, variants on the signals are received by us. Some in smaller proportion but kind of same calls. This past weeks the signals were growing stronger. Until last nights quake. We started receiving this huge signal. We thought it was a meteor about to hit us, so we followed. All our systems coincide in one thing. The amount of tanzanite concentration on the zone after the hit, was not normal.”

(There was running and voices outside, Inya looked at the window) “Danna, isn’t that your car?”

(While they were speaking, there was a commotion, loud screaming noise’s and running around.). We all looked at ourselves, we ran out…

To our surprise… There were armed officers surrounding my car, and taking out Tanzanite. They walked her inside the lab, so we ran towards them.

(Danna) Noooo, this can’t be happening.

(Explosion sound, when Tanzanite enter the lab, glass breaks) Suddenly, everything was in silence. Everyone started to stand up, moving towards the shining blue light. Everything around her suspended on the air, we were unable to move.

Tanzanite looked at me, she was talking to my thoughts. They are planning to check on me and find the materials that I am made of. That’s something they should not know about. If they do find out, they will know that there’s some other’s here in your planet as well and they will not let us go.

I fell on my knees holding my head. I started yelling and questioning:

(Danna). What others? Explain yourself!

(They all try to lift me up, and scape)

(Danna) “No, we can’t leave this place. We have to go and help her, guys! I know I’ve met her few seconds ago. But this is what we do. What if she’s right? Let’s see where all this take us.”

We went closer, the explosion isolated her. We took this moment to check on her. Before loosing control.

(Inya) Tanzanite, are you alright? I just need to know, before everything turns crazy, what’s your planet’s name?

(Tanzanite) Neptuno 2-

(Inya) Neptuno 2?

(Tanzanite) There was a couple that left the planet Neptuno from your solar system a few light years ago. They decided to name this new planet in honor of their far away home, to remember where they came from and to have the memories for tribes to come. Our solar system is similar to yours. So we have been naming the planets on our solar system in a similar way, our scientific evidence in accordance to what we have in common with our universe neighbors.

Every second the universe is expanding, we are getting smaller, disintegrating. There’s no compassion between my people. The “Ultramarine Tribe”. They are fighting one another, it all started the night of the “dark matter” when most of the people started feeling ill and die due to a complex contagious symptoms. The wise people of our planet haven’t find the cure, the ones that have listened and read the prophecy says that the waters from the green planet will safe the lives of those who dare to risk to change their form.

After researching for new ways to safe our planet and our people. We have found that plastic is very important in my planet, we can keep recycling its source for few years and continue to produce energy and life with a single source of it. The powerful energy have been devastating to the point of vanishing it. So we need to proceed as soon as we can, the longer we wait, our people will die. We will definitely not survive and the sun is getting us far and far away every time we complete the cycle. Unfortunately for us, our cycles are getting faster, and weaker around the sun.

(While listening to Tanzanite, an explosion and people gunfire at us- we got separated, dust, trucks and sand) Fulfilling the air, We couldn’t see, couldn’t breathe well, but we continue to move forward. Until we heard a cough. Calling if someone was there…We stay silent.. Until I step on a crystal…

The man found us and at gun point, asked us to walked to the BioHazard Central Lab…

(Giuseppe) (taking a gun out of his back) Why don’t you all follow me? Put your hands up where I can see them all. We will be going to the BioHazard Central Headquarters Office. Don’t think for an instance that you will leave this area without explaining why are you here and what you have to do with the specimen we just found.

(Danna) Specimen we just found? What are you doing Giuseppe? What’s all this about?

(Giuseppe) Shut up and walk in silence.

(Danna) “Are you kidding me?”

(Giuseppe) “Enough conversations. We have a few more minutes to get there. So, speed. Turn to your right in here and right after this green door, take a left. So stay alert, because with all this smoke and fog, I think that door will be a little difficult to see. Keep walking.”

(Austin) There’s the door, I see it.

(Giuseppe) Turn left. As soon as we enter, you will see her. Just stand close to her. This will end soon. We will just ask a few more questions. Get this situation fixed and we will be done.

(Danna). What you mean with, be done?

(Inya) “What you think? They’ll kill us all. That’s what they’ll do. Too much for, help my new friend”

(Austin) This is not the way I planned to live my life today.

(Outside- News trucks started to arrived and started reporting about the possible findings of an extraterrestrial. Paper work from Giuseppe’s studies started coming out and they shared the way, the planet Neptuno 2, planning in using Plastic and how they were trying to produced some elements in their planet to have this source of electric energy with recycled materials.) While our friends were dealing with something mayor inside the Headquarters…

(Giuseppe) “Could you all stop the series actions and stay focused?”

-BioHazard Central Headquarters Office- Entrance

(Sir Acqualani The III) “Ciao everyone, looks like we have some lost souls in the lab. I have been watching everything that’s happening since this, whatever it is, landed in our zone. At the latitude 60.908N and longitude 147.339W following this astronomical landing, we had an earthquake that almost destroyed the zone where this thing landed. Unfortunately for us, we haven’t received a response from this creature of why have she arrived to our planet or what is she looking for. This thing, is spreading a sensor that has been growing in our computer system as she has been getting closer to our lab, and with it, all the systems in our lab started getting uncontrollably agitated. None of our scientists have been able to explain what is causing it. Except for, of course Giuseppe. Giuseppe, you have been so helpful for this years, that I feel disappointed, you didn’t told us before, you understood why all our system changed when this thing landed in our planet. For my fortune, I don’t only have full house of scientists here. I am a scientist myself. I have noticed that you Giuseppe, you have a bright change in your hands that I’ve noticed when the first explosion happened. So, will you explain it to me? Or should I take a guess?”

(Giuseppe) “Sir Acqualani The III, Ciao, I must apologize myself, for not advise everyone here before. As soon as everything happened, We were rushed to the main damaged area. There were too many people affected with the quake. I was in a shock. After checking the area and not finding anything, I came back. When I arrive, I found out that she was brought here by Danna. After speaking to her, she confirmed my suspicions, there was another messenger arriving, but the directions seem to be inconsistent. When I walked towards her, the explosion happened.”

(Sir Acqualani The III - Anger loud voice) “I want to believe you. But there’s something that doesn’t fit. Let me show you all. You walked out when we were showing the inconsistency light. You walked out and the explosion happens. Now we have all these people gathered together. With a plan. The plan of escape. A plan of family reunion. And what not! After years of studies, and remedies, causes and errors. Your stay, her arrival and you pretend to end this with the excuse of the explosion? (Exhale). Well, The conclusion of the orbits in the Neutron Galactic System at this 23 hours indicates that we should proceed as planed. The weather is perfect, the bombing was initiated in a perfect timing and the unexpected guests arrive on time. It seems that everything is quite accomplished, here. No evidence should be left behind.”

(Tanzanite - weak but with a bit of strength) “Don’t do this. You can still save your planet too. We basically change into every living form. We can choose the form we want to present ourselves to you. Let me say, every orbit that our planet turns, it’s refreshing news and studies. You are not the only ones that search about other places out there. Sad that some of the other’s previously sent to you decided to stay, instead of continuing with the task that they were sent to do. Giuseppe, you were sent here a while ago and never returned to us. We had a big loss in our planet due to your irresponsible action.”

(Sir Acqualani The III) “I will not set you free, you’re a disgrace from wherever you were released and you are a disgrace to this planet too.”

(Tanzanite) “You say that, because, inside you, you want to be as strong as I am, even knowing I will die today. That’s fine. Not having a place to call home makes you angry and full of hate inside. (Shouting in echoes). Listen to me everyone, I came to your planet, Seeking for help. All the plastic you have in this planet, is garbage for you, but can help mine. You can’t drink your waters and you could from diseases so terrible you don’t know their names yet.

My planet have a similar situation to yours, but in mine, we need plastic. Our planet is distant, with your technology it may take you five generations to arrive and those who start this travel will not be able to see any land. My planet Neptuno 2 sent me to ask for your goods, so we can survive. We have children same as you. Old people, native and so many other beautiful things that we want to preserve.

Your specialist in General Dynamic, I believe her name is Lena, was on a mission to our constellations in 1961. Leaving only a trace of space trash. Fortunately for us, we found a way to use it in our favor. It produced the energy, that gave light to our people houses, to deliver the water to our beautiful gardens.

We came before, but, it seems that, the beauty of this planet, deliver an euphoric vision that no creature can resist.”

(Sir Acqualani The III) “Shut up you creepy creature”

(Giuseppe - taking his gun out and firing) - “RUUUUN”

(Sir Acqualani The III) “HIT the bomb!” (Bomb explode)

(All- TANZANITE)

(GIUSEPPE- guilt and concerned, kneels towards Tanzanite)- “This was not meant to happen, you were supposed to go back. I’m sorry, I entered with the purpose of getting prepared, ‘till someone was sent again. I got myself involved, when I saw you, I gain back the courage and the strength to save our place.”

24 hours later, they started shining and disappearing. Everyone was astonished.

The computers in the central command started beeping. The planet Neptuno 2 disappeared of space simultaneously with our friends. The news documenting this disaster. There where two visitors from Neptuno 2 trying to safe their planet using plastic for energy. Selfishness was powerful, they couldn’t make it. All news papers were covered with their story.

Dissapearing not knowing if their plan will get them to a safe place. They were willing to die, to make it happen, they were willing to die to show us, they will seek for answers anywhere if that’s need to be done, to save the lives of those who they loved, even if the consequences are, “we might die with them all”.

We are still studying the discoveries of Giuseppe, “The Alien who fell in love with Planet Earth but wanted to safe his home”. So that we can use them here, we are looking for recycling methods to provided for our people and planet needs. Looking to stop the destruction of forests, and waters. Recycling materials to live. Thanks to the advance technology and discovery of Giuseppe. Now the “Dark Matter” is not affecting that hard. We‘ve been handling this force to our favor and the assisting of other planets that started to communicate, we initiated the movement “Neptuno’s Gift” we will make their sacrifices count. We learned our lesson, the plastic they were trying to use for energy in their planet, we’ll use it, trying to save ours.

Copyright © Diana Gomez