The year was 2050, and the world looked drastically different from what it had only a few decades prior. Climate change had wreaked havoc on the environment, causing food and water shortages across the globe. Governments had collapsed, and in their place, powerful corporations ruled the world.
Samantha was a young scientist who worked for one of these corporations. Her team had been tasked with creating a machine to transport humans to other planets to save them from the Earth's impending doom. Samantha was skeptical; she didn't believe it was possible to create such a device, but her team persisted.
Months of testing and tweaking later, they finally managed to create a working prototype. Samantha and her team prepared for their first test run, packed and ready to travel to a planet millions of miles away.
As they entered the transport device, Samantha felt a surge of excitement and fear. She closed her eyes, and when she opened them, she was standing on a planet completely foreign to her. The sky was a deep shade of purple, and the air smelled of sulfur and ammonia. But it was a planet that could sustain human life, and Samantha's team could finally offer a solution to the impending disaster.
But as they began to set up a base, they noticed something strange. Their bodies felt different, as if they were acquiring new abilities. One team member started levitating objects with their mind, another began to see through walls, and Samantha herself could manipulate electricity.
It was only after they received a transmission from Earth that they realized what had happened. The transport device had not only transported them, but it had also given them strange, otherworldly powers. The corporation saw this as an opportunity and ordered them to stay on the planet, to study their newfound abilities and see if they could weaponize them.
Samantha knew that she couldn't comply with their demand. She and her team were essentially lab rats, and she couldn't let the corporation exploit their abilities for personal gain. They made a decision to escape the planet, knowing that it would be a one-way trip. With their newfound powers, they would be able to survive, but they would never be able to return home.
They left the planet, not knowing what the future held for them. They were alone in space, with nothing but each other and their powers to guide them. But they were free, and that was all that mattered. The transport device had given them not only a new planet to call home but a new life as well.
