Black Comfort

It began, with the Superiors.

Feared like death, worshiped like god's and dreaded like poison.

They meant well for their planet, even though the rules were strict - too strict.

If a child stole a piece of bread, he would be killed.

Yet death is not the worst punishment in Purra.

It's a simple word: the Hole.

A seemingly endless hole in which both minor and serious offenders would be thrown into- alive and sealed shut.

No one knows what really kills them. Whether it's the hunger, the suffocation, the bugs, the despair but my I think it's the stench of the millions of unfortunate bodies covered in maggots.

Anyways, like I said, the Superiors didn't do this out of only sheer cruelty but also because they wanted a crime less society. Which worked, I guess, but it costed our planet something far precious.

Two words: humanity and population.

Purrans aren't humans- making no mistake on that. But if not for out glowing skins we would look like them.

Anyways, the topic on how we lost out human nature in terms of behaviours is far too complicated.

The main topic is that the Superiors somehow found a solution when they found the one hundredth and one planet - earth.

Of course the humans believe there are only 9 planets: how ignorant are they?

We soldiars(known as vites in purran terms) were sent there to acquire the fomula that will save purra from extinction.

To cut the long story short, I was unable to accomplish my tasks but that's not the worst part.

The worst part is: I broke a rule.

A very important rule.

And the Superiors will soon find out. There's no escape for me once they do.

I'll be thrown into: The Hole.

No doubt.

But I can't let that happen.

It's a dilemma.

I must fix everything if not,