We had just been aboard the Space Shuttle on an exploration trip to outer space...we did not even have an inkling as to the time..as you know time flies like anything when one is in space and before you realize it-it amounts to some months and years travelling around like a free body as was in the case of this shuttle in space...I was accompanied by 3 of the fellow scientists-whom I can say my contemporaries in the field and were learning the trade of space travel..
I dont know when it happened but suddenly we were sucked into what it seemed like a black whirlpool...the entire shuttle seemed to spiral onwards uncontrollably towards the black nothingness which seemed like a black hole but to encounter one all of a sudden seemed strange to all of us.
We all knew about the myths associated with black holes and we were praying we do not end up somewhere back in time or ahead of time..and we hoped we kept our physical attributes intact.
Then I dont know how much time had elapsed but we found ourselves hitting something solid-the shuttle came to a screeching stop.
We got down from our 'space ship' and looked around and were amazed to find that the ground was covered with reddish brown soil.Where exactly had we landed up? I wondered...and our curiosities were all the more raised when I saw a number of human like dwellings on the place where we had landed.Was it some distant planet we wondered? And how come it looked similar to earth-though it was not definitely Earth?Where exactly were we-had we gone back to some ancient world or something?These were the questions that plagued our minds constantly.
Then as we went nearby some of the dwellings, we were shocked to see that the people there looked exactly like humans! I mean what were they doing out here we wondered and that too in some sort of secluded planet/world in outer space!
Well our awe was not limited there because we were in for more shock as we went close by.
We saw the people there were actually someone whom we knew who had died on Earth-I saw my grandparents who had expired last year,I was able to see one of my friends there who had expired in a car accident.
Similarly my compatriots were able to see their loved ones or close friends who had long been deceased on Earth.What exactly was going on out there-we wondered,was it some kind of a place where we can see the people spending their after lives i.e lives after death.
We tried to strike up a conversation with them but we couldnt reach out to them.It seemed they were enjoying their blissful lives out there and did not seem to heed our pleas for some conversation. I wondered if they could even see us.We were overwhelmed with emotions when we could see our dear ones so close by yet could not reach out to them.
Then as we were enveloped by this moment we actually forgot about our surroundings and what happened from here on-all I can say was it was something unbelievable.
"Appearances are deceptive they say"-and this is what happened when suddenly one of those 'deceased' persons suddenly changed shape-just like a caterpillar sheds its outer skin-that is exactly what it did and it was followed suit by the entire mass of people out there.
Slowly but steadily the outer 'human' skins were shed and out emerged grotesque shaped beings with prodded extrusions on their head.What more their bodies were enveloped by a thick yellow slime which gave them a more attenuated ugly appearance.If they would have not moved or stayed there things would have helped.However for some unknown reason they decided to charge forward towards us.
What would you do when a hoard of 'alien' beings with some object in their hands resembling laser guns charge towards you?
We were desperately scurrying for cover and managed to dodge some of the laser shots-thankfully we were wearing our suits still and some of the shots we were able to withstand...
We managed to run far but we did not totally shake off the huge crowd that were running behind us...the distance between them and us kept reducing when we were suddenly able to locate our shuttle ship nearby..without further ado we scampered forward...
Just as we were about to board the ship,a couple of those grotesque beings managed to grab hold of my garment..I desperately tried to free myself off them and finally after a bit of struggle and with a help from my friend I managed to free myself but not before I had got a gobble of the thick yellow slime on my trouser cuff!
The alarm bell rang and I woke up.I found myself lying in my room.I wondered if what all I saw had been a dream or not.You know from childhood I used to have these fantasies and dreams of going out to outer space and meeting aliens..so was it really some kind of nightmare I wondered..anyways I had to go to work,so I made way towards the toilet to get myself ready.
As I made my way towards the toilet to complete my morning ablutions, I left a trail of thick yellow slime behind.
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