A Second Chance

Far Away

"You'll be fine, don't worry about us"

"But mum...dad...I'm not leaving without you" Tears poured out of my eyes like a waterfall. "Here, dry your tears my princess" Dad said as he handed me a tissue, although it looked like he needed it more than I did. My eyes were now drawn from my parents, to watch the war on my home town unfold before me. Earth was being torn apart bit by bit. People of my kind were holding guns and shooting bullets around like they couldn't do a harm in the world. People I had known were fighting like it was doing the world good. Being the guilt felt person I am, one of the thoughts racing through my head was that deep down inside me I feel like some of this was my fault, although I was only 8. I could have done Something. I shut my eyes, as the tears dropped onto my lap. It was unbearable to watch this horrific scene. Not knowing that it was going to get even worse.

My parents whispered "I love you" between child-like sobs, before they closed the door of the space-port. A second before it closed someone had shot a bullet into the back of my mother. She fell to the ground with a thud. Her hands and knees on the floor. blood poured out of her mouth as she cried in pain and sadness. My father started crying as well at the sight of the love of his life dying before his eyes. My already flooding tears cried as hard as I had ever cried before. I had only spent 8 years with my parents but now I watched her slowly bleed out in front of me, knowing I will never see them again. I used all my force to open the space-port door but my mother had used the rest of her will power to lift her bloody arm up and lock the door so I couldn't get out. She had saved me. But I wanted to save her. the voice controlled space-pod was counting down the seconds before I left my planet never to see it again. "10, 9, 8"

"shut down! shut down! Cancel countdown!" I cried.

"My program has not allowed me to do so. 7, 6, 5"

I screamed. I was so sad my stomach started to hurt and I felt like throwing up. "4, 3, 2, 1" The pod lifted up slowly. I was still watching the monstrosity fall out in front of me. my mother no longer breathing and my dad sad as i had ever seen him, sprawled across the dead limp corpse of my beautiful mother. this moment could not get any worse. As thoughts spun through my head, someone with an enormous gun came past and held the gun to my father. He seemed to have no effect to the soldier standing behind him. Untill he hit him over the end which left a bruised scratch on the side of his head. Didn't he look in pain enough! He stood up with not much energy left inside of him, and raised his hands above his head in surrender. I could see his life-less cracked lips mouth the words "Please no."

"NO! don't shoot him! GOD PLEASE DON'T SHOOT HIM!!"

I shouted to myself as I hit my closed fists on the window of the pod. Then the soldier with the gun picked him up by the arms and dragged him away. I turned to the next window to see where they were taking him but the pod left. I had no idea what happened next. If he died. If he survived. Because the space-pod I was in had sped away in a flash of lightning.

On the ride to earth I was extremely lonely. Not knowing what day it was or how long I was going to be travelling for. Or if I even was travelling anywhere. I had no idea where I was going I just knew that Dad had sent me away for my safety. I knew that we weren't allowed to use space-pod's anymore and that it was illegal. That's probably why the soldier took him away. I made my own meals, entertained my self and kept myself clean. The space-pod was fairly large. It is designed to fit 10 people. Which makes it feel even more lonely. I would talk to myself and at some point thought I was going crazy. Some scary thoughts were going through my head. Maybe I was just going to float in space untill the end of time. Maybe all the people of the human race are gone, and I'm the only one left. 

I wake from a long sleep not even knowing what time or date it is. I had lost track of how many days I was in space. Or even how old I was. I look out of one of the many windows, and saw the large ball of green, blue and white that was Earth. "I'm going back down?" I talk to myself. "Prepare for landing" Voice control tells me. "thanks. why am I going back there?" I try to get someone to talk to. But no response. I sit in one of the seats and strap myself in.