A New Home, A New Hope!

The year 2012, humanity has vencured forth into the grate expance of space. The galaxy class starship Challenger 2 was the first of a 90 ships to be destroyed by a species called The Zerg, there sher numbers and brutality all but whiped humanity from the cosmos. Thos that servived, stole a newly bult battelcruiser and excaped the zerg.

For years they serched for a new home, but always at there heals where the zerg forsing them deaper and deaper into the darkness of space, untell they came apon a worm hole that led farther than any ship had ever traveled, or even see by human eye. They entered the worm hole, clapsing it behind them so that the zerg could not fallow.

As the battelcruiser emerged from the worm hole, they were greeted by a buetyful red sun and a lush green planet. "Take her down ensen" ordered the capten, "I capten" the ensen ansered. The ship damaged and in need of repar slugsly serched for a landing sight big enouf for the battelcruiser to land, this behemoth need a landing zone about the sise of the avrage foot ball statium, thats including the parkinglot. "there, grid 329286" exclamed the navational officer "exalent" the capten grined "take her in gently, ensen".

After a smothing landing the masive engins of the battelcruiser, for once in almost 9 years, shut down. The ships crew of 800 began the task of repars. Meanwhile on the bridge, "atmospheric tempiture, presure, and oxygen content are perfect for human life capten" the sience officer reported. "vice-capten shal we go see our new home" the capten grined "lets" the vice-capten ansered "have a excort wating at the air lock, ensen." The ensen noded and presed a few buttons on the control panel.

As the doors on the air lock squeked open, a breze of fresh oxygen rushed into the ship, the capten tulk a deep breth "I haven't smelt somthing so buetyful in a long time" the capten sighed and walked out into the green field flowed by the vice-capten and a group of marines. "wonderful this area has all the vespen gas and minerals to repar the battelcruiser and start a new cloney!" sead one of the marines.

Three months passed and the remnence of humanity had built a fuly opernitional city. Vowing not to make the same mistakes that there ansesters had made, they set forth and found new and clean energy sorses. The capten of the battelcruiser had been elected presedent of the new demorocery.

"It is good to be able to relax and let our gard down for once, you look desterbed Allen, youd think being promoted to capten was a bad thing" asked the presedent "I am happy" ansered Allen " Jim, what do you think of the rumers of the strange species on this planet?" "ther not rumers, over a weak ago the scouts reported a highly advanced species that resembled creaturs from earth but, that walked on two lages and spoke." Jim sead "amasing!" exclamed Allen "have there been any aptempted to contact them?" "No, but there is a diplamatic party making there way to the species capital." ansered Jim "Do you think there frendly" Allen asked "We can only hope, we need alies, not enimies."

The diplamatic party emerged from the dence forest, there infrunt of them was the capital city of the creturs. "ok boys put on your best, we have no clue what where up agenst, so be prepared for an thing." sead the leader of the party " you merine" sead the leader "My name is Nigel" the merine ansered "ok nigel, unlode your wepon and holster it, we won't be needing it, i hope" sead the leader.

Walking through the streets of the city some of the cretures hid, while others looked on with wonder. All of a suden crys of help echoed through the street. "Some one help me" a young voice cryed "I am traped." "Time to do a good deed" grined Nigel "we dont have time, we have to find there leader" the leader scolded "ahh but if we help we may be brot to there leader we won't have to go looking for him" sead nigel smugley "humm I never thought of that" the leader sead.

They flowed the croud to a clapased tower, throw a narow gap they could see a young girl crying. "Any ideas Nigel?" asked the leader "first I have a question, what is you name any way?" Nigel asked "o sorry my name is Jack"the leader ansered "well Jack I propose I use stem pack to increase my strenth and lift the tower while you guys get the girl" Nigel sead. Jack noded and they got in posion, Nigel presed a button on his armor and the stem pack drug filed his vans incresing his strenth, aglity, speed by 10 fold. he loifted the tower with ease, the crowed that had gathered gasped, " go, go, go" shouted Nigel, with that jack and the others ruched in and got the girl out. The croud cheared, and the girl ran to her mother " thank you strangers" she sead "no problem mam" Nigel sead as he layed the runed tower down " just doing our dutiy."

All of a suden the croud grew silent as a crounded figure aproched the group "who are you, and what maner of creature are you?" asked the king " I am Jack, this is sargent Nigel, corpal Jake, and this is our medic, Kat and we are on a diplamatic mision. We are humans from earth, a planet milions of light years from here, we came here seeking a new home our last was destroyed by the zerg, lets just say there a nasty bunch" Jack ansered "How many of you are there?" asked the king " there are 800 of us left, there where orgnley over 16 000, 000 humans we are all that is left" he ansered " o and befor I forget I have a present from our leader" from a pouch he produces a small light blue stone "what is it?" asked the king " it is the stone of frendship and honer, it has the ability to relax, heal, both the body and sole" "thank you" the king sead thankfuly " and in return for saving the girl you and your people are welcome on our planet, and are welcome to visit the city when ever you want" " thank you your hiness" sead jack apresitivly "Nigel radio HQ and tell them the good news!" Nigel noded and spoke into a mike teling who ever was on the other end what had happened.

The news finely reached Jim and Allen, they and the whole coliney joined there new alies in the city. They moved the battelcruiser to the outserts of the city, there it remaned as a testment to thos who had given there lives and to thos who where left.

The End

By: Greg Button(aka. Spaz) ©1999