The Blue Planet

 

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THE BLUE PLANET (A Novel By: T.N. Eduarte Jr.)

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BOOK I THE MISSION

PROLOGUE:

“There was nothing to be excited about.” So thought of Jeyuvah. He crossed his legs as he lay seated watching the horizon. Planet Vesuvu Uhmranus is on its first full circle. So he can see the planet’s horizon littered with an array of stars and the visible moons . Jeyuvah is an Uhmran, this is what they called themselves as the inhabitants of Vesuvu Uhmranus. The Uhmrans are technologically advanced being who had mastered the technology of harnessing the radioactive energy present in their planet. Through bio-genetic engineering, they produced bio-cultured herbs and plants for their food. The Uhmrans bio-digestive system has the capability to completely digest the food they take and their cells assimilate this food such as there is no waste to be taken out. Such as, in the whole planet there is no trash or garbage. Their vehicles are powered by nuclear batteries that continuously emit electrical energy.

The Uhmrans communicates through the magnetic frequency of the sound waves. They can switch on and off their hearing and vision frequencies, such as they can actually talk and communicate with each other using mental telepathy.

The Uhmrans created homos, primitive beings in the Uhmrans likeness. Unlike Uhmrans, homos are not born. They are created through bio-cloning and stem cell technology. When an Uhmran is born a homo is created with the sole purpose of serving the Uhmran assigned to the homo. Their brains were designed such as that they are in perpetual obedience to the Uhmrans and most especially to his master. They hold the Uhmrans in utmost reverence and fear. These homos are the ones who toil for the Uhmrans. They work on their houses, and tend to the everyday chores. The homos were created to be great artists, entertainers, engineers and educators, all for the benefits of the Uhmrans. They were created to praise and worship their master Uhmrans at the designated time.

The Uhmrans has a five hundred full circle life. But the homos have only a half circle life. But their master Uhmran can always request for their resurrection once their life circle is over. An Uhmran propagate only once in his lifetime. A male Uhmran has a female Uhmran for his partner as he was born.

Jeyuvah was startled in his thoughts when he heard the voice of the Supreme Being in his hearing frequency. He adjusted his vision frequency to see the Supreme Being. The Supreme Being was chosen among the Uhmrans because he is the one born with the genes of having a lifetime of one thousand full circles. Only one Uhmran in every one thousand full circle developed such a gene. Thus, only one is bound to be the Supreme Being.

“The black hole is set to appear in two days.” Jeyuvah heard the booming voice of the Supreme being as he watched feeling agitated, the Supreme being’s profile in his vision.

“An exploration team was selected for a special mission to navigate the black hole. And I want to congratulate you, Jeyuvah to lead the team.” Jeyuvah almost sank at his seat. He can feel no excitement at the news the Supreme being had announced. Instead, he can feel a gnawing apprehension about the mission.

“Thank you O Lord, the master Supreme being for your trust on me.” Jeyuvah heard himself addressing the Supreme Being. But deep inside him, he feels as if there is something wrong and he feels uneasy about it.

“All the team’s composition has been selected and notified. You are advised to go to the Administration office tomorrow to meet your team and for further orientation about the mission.” Jeyuvah can only sigh in exasperation as the Supreme being signed out, and he was left alone watching the horizon from the dome. He imagined the black hole and the uncertainty inside it and most of all at its end.

Jeyuvah stood up, walked to his left and proceeded to his room. He switched on his communication frequency and contacted Ruthe, his fiancée. She instantly appeared on his vision. And Ruthe’s profile was displayed in the wall facing him. She was refreshingly beautiful as all female Uhmrans were. She has golden flowing hair almost touching the floor. Her eyes were golden brown. Her lips seems to be always moist and soft.

Seeing Ruthe in his peripheral vision somehow made Jeyuvah’s feeling of apprehension about his imminent departure eased a little bit. He knew he love her the very first time they met. Not only because of the fact that they were born for each other. All Uhmrans are born to love their designated partners. Through the Uhmrans cerebral system, flows that feeling of pure and unadulterated love for their partners. And as a social being, Uhmrans do not possess wealth. They shared resources. The planet is so abundant with all their needs. And their advance technology can create the materials and food they need.

“How are you, my Lord Jeyu.” Jeyuvah was again startled from his reverie hearing Ruthe’s words, as he automatically switch on the hearing frequency between them.

“I’m fine my love,” Jeyuvah hoped Ruthe won’t notice the agitation in his voice.

“Then why you called me up this early my Lord?” Came the quick reply from his fiancée. Her raised eyebrows as she spoke these words made her look more beautiful to the adoring eyes of Jeyuvah.

“It’s nothing,” he also quickly replied. “ I just feel I want to see you. I missed your lovely face.”

“ Then why not come to my place?” She was teasing him. Jeyuvah knew.

“Right now?” Jeyuvah felt a lump at his throat. He felt that his feeling of agitation a while ago had completely vanished. It was replaced with excitement. He knows that going to Ruthe is heaven.

“I will make your favorite drink if you come.” Jeyuvah saw in his vision the image of Ruthe holding a cup of sparkling wine, giggling like a child. Jeyuvah felt his mouth salivating seeing the image of the sparkling wine. But he is also sure, that there is no wine much sweeter than Ruthe’s lips.

“Then I will be there in a minute!” Jeyuvah instantly switched off his communication frequency. He reached for his pocket and switch on his vehicle. A wall flew open and a shining vehicle glided towards Jeyuvah. He opened the door and took the driver’s seat. In a flick of an instant he found himself right at Ruthe’s door.

He was very pleased finding Ruthe busy in her kitchen with her homo named Ehve. The two were busy preparing food and drinks as he approached them. Ehve vowed before Jeyuvah with her eyes on the floor avoiding Jeyuvah’s eyes. It is forbidden for homos to look directly at an Uhmran’s eyes. If they accidentally do they will instantly turned into salts and melt.

“A very pleasant day to you O great Lord Jeyuvah” She whispered though loudly in her solemn voice. Ehve was created with an especial talent for singing. She has such fine voice that when she sings all ears are glued to her frequency. And Ruthe swears that her homo’s voice can soothe an Uhmran’s ruffled feelings.

But this is not the only talent Ehve was endowed with when created. She has the talent for cooking, making wines, and healing touch. She can heal the lacerated skin of fellow homos merely touching their wounds.

Jeyuvah nodded at Ehve to acknowledge her greetings. He went directly to where his beautiful fiancée was busy preparing two cups of wine. Her homo can make this task for her. But she makes it a point that when it comes to her great Lord Jeyuvah, she will be the one to do the task. She was also preparing Jeyuvah’s favorite food, the manah. This is a special concoction of herbs specially cultured in Vesuvu Uhmranus. It is a paste of white powder that melt in the mouth and instantly turned into glucose, and gives an Uhmran a fleeting feeling of serene nothingness and fulfillment. Jeyuvah love to eat manah sipping a cup of sparkling wine.

Jeyuvah attempted to surprise Ruthe by reaching for a kiss in her cheeks. But Ruthe at the moment had moved her head in the direction where she heard Jeyuvah was approaching. Her soft, moist lips were directly in the path of Jeyuvah’s lips. When their lips met, Ruthe felt she instantly melted and Jeyuvah was instantly drunk with the sweetness he knew he would miss for a lifetime.

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CHAPTER 1- THE TEAM

“Room 888”, the message read.

“Orientation for OP: Blue Planet at Creamy Galaxy” Jeyuvah proceeded to the east wing of the huge dome of the planet’s administration. He switched on his communication frequency to that of the Supreme Being.

“ A pleasant day to you Jeyuvah. Please proceed to room 888, the rest of the team is already there.” The voice of the Supreme being was calm. But it does not calm Jeyuvah’s feeling of apprehension about the impending mission. He found four male and one female Uhmran already seated at the briefing room. Jeyuvah noted that the two male Uhmrans have dark complexion. One is dark brown, the other is burnt black. The other male Uhmran is not white but rather yellowish in skin color. The last two were like Jeyuvah who has a fair skin. They all stood up and greet him in chorus as Jeyuvah entered the briefing room. Jeyuvah nodded to each in succession to acknowledge their greetings and took his seat.

They all sat there in awkward silence as they waited for the Supreme being who will do the briefing himself. Jeyuvah can feel that they too, feel apprehensive about their impending mission. But Uhmrans were born to obey their laws and the will of the Supreme being without question. And Jeyuvah consoled himself with the fact that in all previous missions that were conducted, the exploration teams had returned to Vesuvu Uhmranus safe and sound. Their technological superiority had conquered every possible pitfalls a far away planet can offer. Their space ships is indestructible. The nuclear batteries powering their ships perpetually emits the electrical energy needed to run them. The Uhmrans physical construction is adaptable to any planetary conditions in the universe, as what their previous missions have shown. These thoughts somewhat settled Jeyuvah’s apprehension and discomfort.

After a brief moment, the stature of the Supreme being was framed in the wall that suddenly opened up. The Supreme being acknowledged everyone in the room as he stood in the podium at an elevated part of the briefing room. A wall monitor lit up as he started the orientation and briefing for the coming exploration.

“As everyone is here,” The booming voice of the Supreme being filled the acoustic shielded briefing room. it aroused a feeling of urgency for each of the participants inside the room.

“As you all know, the black hole is set to appear in two Vesuvu Uhmranus days.” The wall monitor at the back of the Supreme being displayed a video of the planet Vesuvu Uhmranus orbiting in a space with a black hole slowly forming like a swell on its immediate vicinity.

“According to our analysis, the tail of this black hole will end up in a far away galaxy which will require a full circle for us to travel along this black hole going back and forth.” As the monitor flashed a video of the galaxy just mentioned by the Supreme being, Jeyuvah felt a strange uneasiness as the video showed a creamy galaxy with an array of stars with tiny dots of planets orbiting around each star.

“ The Supreme Council of Uhmranus has its eyes on a tiny blue planet in this creamy galaxy.” The Supreme being continued. And the video in the monitor showed a zoomed view of a blue planet. Jeyuvah felt a strange lump in his throat watching the video as it showed up a blue planet serenely circling in its orbit. He threw a quick glance at the other participants in the briefing room. He can see that everyone was seemed glued in his own thoughts and being mesmerized by the image of a beautiful blue planet.

“As far as we know, there is no inhabitants of the planet in our likeness.” The Supreme being continued.

“Only these .” As he finished his words, the monitor flashed a video of strange creatures with wings, long tails and long necks. The strange looking creatures were huge and heavy and some were perched on huge and giant trees. The Supreme being watched the six Uhmrans in the room intently as if looking for a clue on what each of them is thinking at the moment. Uhmrans uses mental telepathy for communication. But neither of them can read each other’s thought unless he open up his thought communication. And Uhmrans seldom do this.

“We are interested in this planet,” The Supreme being continued to break the silence prevailing in the briefing room. “Because of its primitiveness. And because our analysis concluded that the blue planet contained nitrogen which our body needs. And in which case, nitrogen gas is the only gas in our galaxy that we, Uhmrans cannot produce even with our advance technology.”

The Supreme being intentionally cut his statement to look at the face of everyone in the room to impart the necessity and importance of the impending mission. He watched each face glued in the video at the monitor showing an environment very much different from their very own planet Vesuvu Uhmranus. He could see exasperation and apprehension from each one of them.

The Supreme being continued, after a short while. “ The blue planet hold the key for us to understand how can we produce the nitrogen gas here in Vesuvu Uhmranus. I want you to know, our supply of nitrogen gas is being slowly depleted each full circle coming and going...” There was a profound silence that enveloped the briefing room as the Supreme being uttered the last words. Jeyuvah can only looked at the video flashing in the monitor with blank thoughts. What perils await them at the blue planet with those giant creatures roaming around is beyond his comprehension at the moment. But one thing is sure. They must go as planned. Fate had cast their lots. And as a dutiful Uhmran, he know he was chosen to lead the exploration.

After a while, the monitor went blank . Then the monitor flashed the images of the exploration team. Jeyuvah found his image at the monitor a little bit flattering. There was something solemn and serene about his feature. His image command respect and obedience. His blue eyes sparkles and radiates that look of wisdom and courage. Indeed, Jeyuvah’s personality is in fact, that of a born leader. Though at this stage, he does not know it yet. But his genes and his cerebral capability indicate a being capable of using wisdom , logic and creativity to adapt to any event. That is why he was chosen to lead this exploration.

“Jeyuvah was chosen to be the leader of this team.” The Supreme being continued as the wall monitor displayed the profile and image of Jeyuvah. Then the monitor displayed images of land masses.

“The blue planet, as far as we know is composed of five land masses filled in between by bodies of water. These bodies of water are very much different from the water that we know of in our own planet.” The Supreme being continued his briefing.

“We will establish five staging point along this five land masses. Jeyuvah will establish the local command center at the foot of this mountain.” The Supreme being flashed an image of a steep mountain in the monitor.” It is located in the central land mass. Just some distance below, Alrah will secure the first land mass in the Middle East.”

The Supreme being pointed to the male Uhmran seated at Jeyuvah’s right. He is 12 feet tall as all male Uhmrans are, with muscular build and has a fair complexion as Jeyuvah. His genes are those of being engineers and builders. And he is the master of his craft. All eyes in the room acknowledge Alrah as he acknowledges them by nodding towards each other.

“Lochi will secure the land mass in the East.” The Supreme being pointed the male Uhmran at Jeyuvah’s left. He was the Uhmran with yellowish complexion. Twelve feet tall and lanky like Jeyuvah. His genes include that of able explorer and voyager. As Alrah, Lochi also nodded towards the other participant to acknowledge each other.

“Budah will establish an observation post in the land mass in the north. He will secure this land mass.” The Supreme being nodded towards the male Uhmran in front of Jeyuvah. He was 12 feet tall muscular in build, with brown complexion. His genes included capability in navigating waterways. He stood up, nodded to the Supreme being, to Jeyuvah and the rest of those who were present at the briefing room. They nodded in return to him.

“Ezrah will establish a post in the south and the fourth land mass.” The Supreme being pointed at the Uhmran at Jeyuvah’s far right. Ezrah is built and has the complexion like Jeyuvah. His genes include that of mathematician and scientist. He is an able creator with the Uhmrans superior technology of harnessing the energies present in the universe. The Uhmran mentioned, stood up and nod his head to everyone in the briefing room to acknowledge the role he was asked with the team.

“And to the west, the only female in the team, is Esthe. She will establish a point in the fifth land mass located at the west side of the blue planet.” The Supreme being nodded to a tall, lanky, but like all female Uhmrans was very beautiful. She wore her long flowing hair in braids of gold. But her seemingly frail and dainty countenance, hide a strong- willed female Uhmran capable of giving male Uhmrans a run for their salts. As she stood up, the male Uhmrans inside the room graciously nodded her acknowledgement. It would seem that her beauty was ignored. But the truth is, a female Uhmran’s beauty must only be appreciated by the male Uhmran born to be her lifetime partner and no others.

“The specific goal for each of you is to monitor and study how the blue planet naturally produce the nitrogen gas. You will stay at the blue planet one full circle in our Vesuvu Uhmranus time. You will terminate the mission before the black hole will disappear in the space connecting the creamy galaxy and our own galaxy.” The Supreme being concluded his presentation.

“Any more question or clarification about this mission, you can ask now. If there is none, a copy of the manual for this exploration shall be sent in your communication frequencies. A hard copy is stored in your particular ships. Anyway, as the team leader, Jeyuvah shall be the Commander of the main ship. The five sub ships shall be the responsibility of the other crews. All ships are equipped with the standard navigational equipment for space navigation. But we include some equipment and tools which will make your stay at the blue planet comfortable as your home for one full circle.” The Supreme being explained as he opened up his communication frequency to feed the six Uhmrans’ mental communication system, the data and information he just mentioned a while ago.

After each of the six Uhmrans had assimilated the data send in their mental communication system Esthe, the only female member of the team stood up to field her question to the Supreme being. She was readily acknowledged by the Supreme being.

“Great Lord, our Supreme being, I want to express my heartfelt and sincere thanks to your greatness by choosing me as a part of this mission.” Esthe begun her question.

“But our Lord. are we allowed to bring our own homos to be a part of this mission?” Jeyuvah was very pleased with Esthe’s question. Bringing their personal homos will greatly help in the tasks as envisioned by the mission. Homos are tireless workers.

“We have all think about such possibility”, The Supreme being meant that those who have taken liberty to plan this mission has also the idea that the homos would be an essential part of the mission of exploring a primitive planet.

“ So, I too believe that bringing along your personal homo will lighten up the load of living in a primitive environment. Yes, you can take your homos with you.”

After all of their clarificatory queries had been satisfied, the team then went to the Space ship they will use in the mission. Uhmrans know their ships and vehicles by heart. Thus there is no need for them to train operating the space ship and the subships. Their ships and vehicles were designed with its own logic when in auto-pilot. They are equip with powerful sensors that it can read and analyze the size and shape as well as the speed of any approaching object, thus avoiding fatal collisions.

After the tedious orientation and the tour of the spaceship, the team was allowed to go home to bid farewell with their family and love ones. Jeyuvah was adamant about his fate. He was scheduled to marry Ruthe in the second full circle. They have already their plans. He already had finished the dome that will be their abode once they get married. Jeyuvah knows it’s the only exciting thing in his Uhmran life. But now, their plan must be put on hold. Their marriage could come in the third full circle after their mission in the blue planet. But that will be uncertain now. The impending mission should be a big question mark on their marriage plan.

Loneliness has been an alien feeling to an Uhmran. But longing is one feeling that they know. And Jeyuvah knows that right at this very moment, he longs to be at Ruthe’s side. He just longs to have Ruthe and nothing else.

“But, I understand the situation we are in , my Lord Jeyu.” Ruthe avers as she hold him in tight embrace. They were naked, and they were all alone in Ruthe’s room. It is forbidden for them to make love before they were married. But Uhmranic law provided an exception such as theirs. They are now treated legally as married since Jeyuvah will be away for two full circles.

“So will we do it?” Jeyuvah found his voice slightly trembling in anticipation. It was a solemn request for a husband’s right.” Can we have the kid that will remind you of me when I am away in a desolate blue planet?”

Ruthe instead pinch Jeyuvah’s arm very thinly. Her answer to his question was a torrid kiss in his lips. She made the kiss as if it would be their last. And they kissed so hungrily while groping for every nook and corners of their naked body. Ruthe thought of memorizing Jeyuvah’s nakedness and so Jeyuvah thought so of Ruthe’s.

“Why to remind me of you ? You do not wish to come back to me my Lord?” He can feel the warmth and the heaviness of breath of Ruthe as Jeyuvah slid himself up to make the final act of their love making. And as she arched her buttocks up to meet Jeyuvah’s thrust, he hold her chin up and looked directly at her lovely eyes.

“No, my Ruthe, the farthest thing on my mind is to leave you!” And she felt he pinned her with his powerful thrusts that she obliged to meet thrust for thrust. And their passion melt them in the ecstasy of love. Never in any moment they have thought of that the blue planet will change everything.

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CHAPTER 2 - WHY GOODBYE ?

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CHAPTER 3 - MAROONED IN THE BLUE PLANET

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CHAPTER 4 - THE BLUE PLANET

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CHAPTER 1–THE FIRST DAYS

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CHAPTER 2–THE AWAKENING

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