روايات بقلم EMKAY

The sharp metal blade caught the sunlight. It sent a flash of steel across Mayas eyes. She did not wait for the blade to touch her skin. With a burst of energy she kicked the metal tray out of the womans hands. Tools crashed onto the floor like rain on a tin roof."Get away from me!" Maya screamed.She rolled off the bed. Her legs felt like jelly after fifty years of sleep. Across the room two guards were pinning Benson to the wall. His face was full of pain. He was struggling to breathe."Leave him alone!" Maya ran toward the guards. The woman in the coat grabbed Mayas hair and pulled her back."You do not understand, Maya " the woman hissed in her ear. "The world you remember is gone. Nigeria is a memory. Earth is a graveyard. If you keep those memories they will hurt your mind. We are giving you a start. A perfect life on a world.""A perfect lie!" Maya twisted in the womans grip. She saw a heavy glass jar on a shelf. She grabbed it. Smashed it against the womans arm.The woman. Le

The video screen on the wall suddenly exploded into a bunch of sparks. The face of the man in the forest just disappeared into black smoke. Mayas fingers dug into Bensons shoulder so hard that her nails left marks on his skin. The real world they had fought to reach with its mountains and purple oceans now felt like a fake painting on a wall."If that thing is a tower " Benson whispered, his voice cracking like dry wood "then the Bridge never actually closed. We just walked into a room of the same house. We are still trapped.""Maya, Benson listen to me!" a new voice shouted. It was not coming from the screen but from the ships speakers. It was Dr. Okon. He sounded really desperate and scared. "The ship is going to dock with that tower. You have to stop it. If you land on the planet you will become part of the towers memory. You will forget the ship you will forget the stars. You will think you have lived in those blue forests your whole life.""How do we stop it?" Maya shouted at the

The metal floor under Mayas feet felt like ice. The dark light from Samuels Silver Pen was pulling at her chest. It was hard for Maya to breathe. Outside the window of the ship the stars were no longer small dots. They were long lines of light. The ship was moving faster than anything Maya could imagine.It was the second ship that made Maya feel very afraid.*The Rogues Redemption.* The name was written in black letters on a ship that was as black as night. It moved perfectly with their ship. It stayed in their shadow like a shark.Maya gasped. "What is that ship doing here?" She tried to pull her hand from the engine door but Maya was stuck. The black energy from the Pen was locking Maya and Benson into the machine.Samuel said, "That is the backup." He stood over them. His mirror-eyes showed the purple and gold sparks dying in the air. "You were the Maya.. A good engineer always has a spare part. If the Bridge breaks the Rogue takes over."Benson roared. "We are not parts!" He trie

Maya’s hand moved before her brain could even think about the anger. She grabbed a metal tray from a hospital cart and threw it as hard as she could. She aimed for the glass window where the woman stood.CLANG!The tray hit the glass and bounced off. It did not even leave a scratch. The woman with the clipboard did not move. She did not even blink. She just watched Maya with grey eyes. She clicked her pen against her board over and over.“Let us out!" Maya screamed. Her voice felt raw and painful. The air in the hallway was too clean and too quiet. "Benson do something! Break the glass!”Benson did not move. He was staring at his face in the glass. He reached up. Touched his left eye. A minutes ago that eye had been glowing with purple light. Now it was a normal dark eye. He looked at his hands. He was looking for the metal that used to be on his skin. It was gone.“It is gone Maya " he whispered. His shoulders dropped. His graduation gown looked too big for him. "The power is gone. I

Maya spun around fast. Her silver boots almost slipped on the glass floor. Her heart was beating fast like a bird that was trapped.Behind them a man was standing next to some TV parts. He did not look like a god or a machine. He was wearing a faded shirt and dusty pants. In his hand he had a pen that was giving off a bright white light."Stop!" the man shouted. His voice sounded rough like he had not spoken in a time."Who are you?" Benson growled. He stepped in front of Maya. His purple eye was glowing brightly and was casting long shadows on the scrap metal walls. He raised his glowing hand ready to fight."I am the person who wrote the line of this nightmare " the man said. He did not look scared of Bensons power. He looked very tired. He pointed his pen at the High Architect, who was still sitting calmly in his rocking chair."And I am the one who can stop him from finishing the final chapter of this book " he said."Another liar " the Architect said. He sipped his tea. Did not l

The purple dome of light around Maya and Benson made a humming sound. Outside the light the black shadow monsters hit the barrier like rain. Each time a shadow touched the light Maya felt a pain in her brain. It was not a physical fight; the shadows were trying to eat her thoughts and memories."We have to move Maya!" Benson shouted. He didn't pull her hand. Instead their hands seemed to be stuck by the purple light. When he stepped forward her body followed him automatically. It felt like they were two parts of one machine. They began to run toward the tall dark mountain in the distance."The survivors!" Maya cried out. She looked back at the beach. Her heart was racing with fear. "We can't leave them with those... Those teeth!""The Guardians are holding them back " Dr. Aris yelled. She was running beside them. Her face was pale and covered in sweat. She pointed back to the beach. The old woman and her group stood in a circle. They raised their wooden sticks. A soft white mist began

The black ship just stood there. The air around it started to burn.June was standing in the mud of her hometown Uyo. She was staring at the screen in the sky. The countdown was a red: 00:59… 00:58… 00:57… Every second felt like a hammer hitting her chest. On the map below the numbers there were thousands of gold dots blinking. Each dot was a person June had saved. Now each dot was a target for the killers in the sky."June we have to run!" her mom, Patience grabbed her shoulder. She tried to pull June toward the safety of the Arks doors."Run where Mom?" June asked. Her voice was tight. She did not move. She pointed at the gold dot on the screen. It was right over their heads. "They know where we are. They are not dropping bombs. They are locking onto our DNA. We cannot hide from our blood."The soldier limped to her side. He held his knife ready though he was tired. His face was covered in mud and blood. His eyes were clear. "If that ship fires the gold blood in our veins will act l

The giant eye in the sky did not blink. It was a machine that was as big as a moon. The machine was made of silver gears and bright white light. It just hung there in the silence of space. As the Ark ship was pulled into the center of that light the Earth below disappeared. There was no sky. There was no ocean. There was no forest. All that was left was a perfect brightness that covered everything.June felt her feet lift off the deck of the bone-ship. The gravity was changing. Everything was becoming weightless. She was really scared."Stay together! Do not let go!" she screamed. She reached for her mothers hand.Patience grabbed Junes wrist. Her face was very pale. Her hair was flying upward in the air. The soldier was now awake. He was very weak. He gripped the edge of a glowing moss bench. The thousands of people on the ship were floating like leaves in the wind. Their voices were lost in a pitched humming sound. The sound vibrated through their bones.The soldier yelled, "It is p

The bone-ship did not make a noise like the machines from the Moon. It sounded like it was breathing.As the eyed man carried June across the deck she felt the floor move under his feet. The ship was made of a material. It felt like stone and smooth sea-coral. The air around the ship was thick with the smell of salt and very old rain."Put her down now!" the soldier yelled. He splashed through the water toward the ship. His boots hit the ramp of the bone-vessel with a sound. He was. His shoulder was bleeding, but he held his knife ready to fight.The eyed man stopped. He did not look angry. He looked at the soldier with pity."Your knife is Little Soldier " the man said. He placed June gently on a bench made of glowing moss. ". Your heart is very tired. Sit down. The world is about to become very loud and dangerous.""June!" Patience ran onto the deck. Her face was wet with tears and lake water. She pushed past the man. Knelt by June. "Are you okay? Can you hear me?"June coughed. A s

The blue dome was not a shield for them anymore. It was like a lid on a coffin. June slowly backed away. Her boots made splashing sounds in the water of the lake. The man she had just saved. The one who looked so human a few seconds ago. Stepped toward her. He moved in an stiff way. It was like he was a puppet being controlled by strings. His silver eyes did not blink. They seemed to soak up the light."Target found " the man said in a voice. It sounded like a machine talking through a mouth."Stay back " the soldier yelled. He stepped in front of June. Raised his sharp metal knife. His hands were shaking. He was not just afraid. He was shocked by the number of people moving toward them.There were thousands of them. They came from every corner of the neon forest. The "newborn" people were walking toward June and the soldier. They did not. Run. They just marched in a rhythm. The sound of their feet hitting the moss was like a slow heartbeat."June we have to run " Patience said. She g

The sky was not blue anymore it was an angry white. The giant metal thing from the moon was coming down from the sky fast it was tearing through the air. The air around it was on fire. It had a long tail of flame behind it like a finger pointing straight at the city of Uyo. The sound was really loud. It hurt Junes teeth and made her skin feel weird. "Ten minutes " the soldier said quietly. He was looking up at the thing falling from the sky. "But it is moving fast we probably only have five minutes left." June turned to the picture of her grandmother it was like a picture on a screen. The picture was moving like a candle in the wind. The blue light from the lake was making the picture work. Her grandmothers face was full of pain. Her eyes moved from June to the sky and then to Patience, who was standing still on the shore. "Grandmother, use the shield!" June yelled, her voice was sore. "You are in charge of the power of the sea if you move the shield over the forest we can survive

The basement did not just shake; it tilted like a sinking ship. June grabbed the edge of the metal computer desk as the floor made a groaning sound. A terrible noise echoed through the walls. It sounded like a thousand giant whales screaming at once. Suddenly water began to spray through the cracks in the ceiling. It was water and smelled like old salt from the ocean."The ocean is coming here?" Patience cried out. She tried to climb up the floor but her hands slipped on the wet tiles. "June we are miles away from the beach. How can the sea be here in the middle of the land?""It is not a flood, Mom " June yelled over the roar of the water. She pointed at the computer screen. The "Atlantis Protocol" signal was flashing. "They are using the gravity machines. They are pulling the ocean across the land like a carpet. They are moving the sea to us!"The soldier crawled toward the exit. His face was tight with pain. "The Investors... They do not just want the land. They had a city hidden u