Re-Creator of Universes - Book 4 of Re-Forge

Lost in the Void

One wonders if the Cosmos would cease to exist if there is no-one present to witness events as they occur. The only evidence is what is what remains including those who record or pass down the details of what they saw.

Certainly, no aliens or other beings at Infinity hub were able to see the Big Bang happen as they were atomised instantly. The entire Emissary species was atomised along with the Warehouse, remaining Big Bang Seeds and Infinity Hub.

Tumbling through space at close to seventy per cent of light was one lone silver bashed up ball of metal alloy. It was totally flat on one side, so it resembled more of a hemisphere rather than a ball. Everything inside it, and around it, was silent.

On the other side of the Big Bang event, was Eden. She was, 'more or less' intact. Matt's Strategy worked, where nothing else in the multiverse, could have. Once again, Matt Black provided humankind with lightning-fast strategy that allowed them to dodge the hangman's noose.

As the minutes ticked by after the event, people began awakening. Their bodies were repaired quickly after being damaged by the 'reduced' shockwave. Every other living entity on Eden had been reduced to red jelly from the shockwave's force.

Sharon came consciousness and looked about her, breathing a sigh of relief as she checked the other members of the Nine. She saw the shocked look on Storm's face and asked: "Storm, are you okay?"

Storm said: "The Eden Colony is currently at less than thirty per cent functional. It's better than zero, but the damage is catastrophic."

Storm put her face into her hands and said: "I don't know where to start." Then she looked at Sharon with eyes full of tears and continued: "I can't see outside, so I don't know what's going on. My Nanites are focussing on primary systems as so many have failed. All we can do is wait. Things will come online one at a time and repairs will get faster as more Nanites get freed up to help others."

Storm relaxed visibly and said: "There is good news. We saved the entire population of bio-humans. Surviving Earth's Supernova taught us a lot almost as if we had been in training for the real thing."

Storm's eyes looked at everything about her and then she said: "Some information is getting through. All lifts are down, so access to any level is closed. The Atmosphere was retained in the life levels, but it seems that 'all' animal life has become extinct. We will need to start from scratch."

Sharon put her hand over her mouth in abject horror, as the Eden ship turned on the enormous flat screen at the front of the Bridge and through its shattered and flickering panel, Sharon saw a shattered 'B' Sharp resting in at least five pieces inside its forcefield.

Storm said: "Oh God... It only gets worse from here." She sobbed and said: "Two hundred and sixty-four of our SP ships that formed the 'muzzle end' of the cannon's barrel were atomised and the next two hundred and eleven are dead husks tumbling in space around us. The SP1 ship is one of the spaceships that was atomised. The GRAV Team was on Eden at the time, but I can't find Peter and Jenny on any level with functioning sensors. The EMP effect of the Creation Seed's detonation wiped out comms on the decks I can't sense. The SP1 SP is trying to get to the lower levels to find Peter and Jenny."

"I have told SP1 that they are not in the Human levels, but it is still going to look. and to be honest, I fear the worst because the SP1 ship is where the two go when they want 'alone' time, besides, with the GRAV Team on Eden they might have stayed on SP1 for the Administrator's duty role..."

Storm continued her report to Sharon, saying: "Sharon, I can't see outside yet. My sensors were burnt clean off. I can't tell if Matt and Adara made it, and 'B' Sharp is broken."