the Last of Our Kind

137 years after

POV Sena

Here we are. I've seen or know nothing else than this Mother Ship, born and raised here & an official Galaxy Child. I'm often curious about how life would be on Earth. I've really been curious about that, so I even joined The Liberation, a group of young people like me who often wonder and think about the possibilities. Although they sometimes speak about extremes, like actually PLANNING to secretly visit Earth, it's just all imaginations.

Oh, and then there's my mom, Aurora (42 y/o). She always told me stories about the Earth, it sounded like tales. Blue sky, ice blue waters, earth, mountains, mountains covered in snow, trees, volcanos. It seemed unlikely. Al we could see through the window on this ship was the Earth from where we are. I do often get emo in front of the window which reflects like glass and let's me see my own face. *scuffs*

My dad (David, 51 y/o ) is known as a high-status worker at the Ship.

Hm, and then there are my friends , Celine and Vera (Vera and Sena are 19 and Celine is 20 y/o). And there is this boy (? Age), we always look eachother in the eye on accident. I SWEAR, the SKY Lounge is such an open place!
Youth gathers there to drink and have partys at night. In the afternoon, you can have some coffee and cakes. It's just a fun place to hang out at.

We call ourselves galaxy children, because it's just a cool name.

POV Sena

"We should play hide and seek, I miss the old times when our name 'Galaxy Children' actually fit us. We're not children anymore, but might as well act like one" Vera said.
'Well I can agree on that,' I said 'Then let's play around unauthorized places around this Ship, like the places with are prohibited to enter.' I could see that Vera frowned at my idea and Celine seemed a little out of it.
'Why don't we just stay save, it's not prohibited area for fun?'
Although I could agree with Celine and understand Vera being scared, I wanted to step the game up. 'Look girls, we are grown-up now and we could get out of situations easily, we won't get caught I promise, and otherwise I'd help if any of you got into a problem.
And thats how Celine started counting off and Vera and I went ahead to other directions. There was no limit in where to hide, so we could be everywhere at the Mother Ship. I wish I did not make this stupid dangerous game up, but..
Here's what happend. I went to the head quarters, where like all the important documents were held. Yeah, stupid but it's part of the game. So I went inside that room, but then I suddenly heared footsteps coming this way so I duck under the table for my life, because it surely wasn't Vera's nor Celine's footsteps.
It were footsteps of two discussing man. They came inside the room.
It was the colonel (Colonel Matt) discussing with one of the secretive people, who probably works on figuring possibilities out about life on Earth. The head of the Research team. Everybody knows them, once in a while people are gathered and they give us an update about, what we should do to survive and about Earth. That there still is no sign of life. As they talk I overhear things I shouldn't have.

POV Colonel Matt (29 y/o)

"I need you to tell me the truth Boyd. This is not something you can joke about. There is life on Earth, yet you say that life had never ended. I'm not sure how much longer I can keep this a secret of our people! Our rations are dying and we can't keep this longer up." Boyd looked up at me, I could see that he hides what's truly down there. But suddenly I hear a thump under the table.
"Shit." Boyd says and we both fix our eyes on who's there.

POV Sena

I couldn't believe what I heared, there's life on Earth? Wait, and that life never even ended. What in the world is going on, what do they mean by this? Are there other species living on Earth now? What are we going to be left with.
The position I was listening and peeping through was uncomfortable and a cramp got in my leg, still shooked on what I heard. My mind is racing, through all thoughts and possibilities. If this is true then, surely the Liberation will take action. I tried to change to a better position, but then .. *thump* I hit my head under the table.

'Fuck'.