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Ultimus Chapter 4: The Time Has Come

 

Andrew was alone in the house, his parents were outside doing something while he was working on one of his last exam projects for his engineering degree. It was a team project and he was partnered up with his best friend Rue Baker. But because he wasn’t able to be in the room where they were building the project, Andrew was using a VR Droid with speakers and microphones so he could communicate with Rue. Rue looked over at his droid and smiled. 

“So have you named your dog yet? My offer still stands if you want.” She said while tightening some bolts. 

“Thanks Rue, but I don’t think your name really fits as a name for a boy dog.” Andrew said,

“Well, then what about my sister’s name Samantha? Just use Samuel, Sam, or Sammy instead.” Rue said,

“Rue, can you please stop trying to name my dog after someone in your family?” Andrew asked.

“I’m just trying to help you name your dog, if it so happens that most of my names are my family member’s names. It’s just some strange coincidence.” Rue said with a big smile on her face. She and Andrew both started laughing hard. Andrew could see tears running down Rue’s face from how hard she was laughing. Neither of them had laughed that well in a long time. Earth was dying and neither of them at this time could do anything about it. That’s why they both wanted to become engineers, to help in any way they could with either of the main projects. Rue looked back at the droid that Andrew was using. Her laughter ended and she frowned looking at it.

“I miss you Andy, it’s been two years since I’ve last seen you in person. And I hate that I taped your face to this thing. I thought it would help me not miss you, but instead it it makes me miss you more. You’re like a brother to me.” Rue said depressingly,

Andrew sat there with his headset on. He felt the same way. He thought of her as a sister, he hadn’t seen her since his family lived in Arat Prime. He missed it, he missed her horribly. He started to say something, but the bell rang. Classes were over for the day. Immediately Rue started getting her things ready to leave. She looked over at Andrew’s droid.

“So what are your plans with this degree? Are going to work with the URE when you get older? They need a lot of engineers.” Rue asked, 

“I’m not sure what I am going to do with my degree Rue, I think I’ll probably go into the Terran Federation or a company that helps both causes. But I feel the URE’s plan to try to save Earth is a waste of time. The Earth’s dying, we can’t save it from what’s going to happen.” Andrew said, Rue smiled and sighed.

“Never say never Andrew. There’s always a chance. And besides, if you choose URE. I’d see you more often.” Rue said smiling.

“So you’re going to work for the URE?” Andrew asked, Rue nodded smiling.

“As soon as I graduate.” Rue said,

“Huh, why?”

“I’d rather try to save the place I was born than live somewhere and know I could’ve tried.” Rue said. Andrew thought on this for a moment. He wondered if she was right.

“I’ll see you Monday Andrew!! Have a good weekend!” Rue said as she walked to the door.

“Have a good weekend Rue!! See you Monday!!” Andrew said, he adjusted his droid to look at their project. It was a heavily modified exo mek. 

“Andrew!!! Can you come out here for a moment!” Kim yelled from outside, Andrew opened up the window and took off his headset.

“Coming Mom, finishing up school.” Andrew said.

“Alright, bring your dog with you. Meet us in the back at the shed.” Kim said,

Andrew quickly shut off his droid and put his books and headset away in his closet. He quickly grabbed a jacket and a leash for his dog. He whistled for him and he came in excitement. He hooked him up and took him outside and both walked to the shed.

The shed was fairly large, about a third of the size of their house. Andrew never had been in the shed, he just didn’t have the urge for whatever was in there. Plus his parents had said to him to not go in unless he had permission. And to which he never asked to go in. He came to the door and opened it. When he did, he was in awe.

 

~

 

Andrew saw his Mom and Dad around something that looked like a Sleeping Pod. There were a lot of different things inside the shed. There were several large locker-like containers with his Mom’s and Dad’s names on them, but his Mom’s last name was different. There was also what seemed like a nickname in between the first and last names of both of his parents.

As he continued walking closer to his parents, he saw a tek generator. It seemed that it was powering everything inside the shed. He also saw a tek cabinet with clear doors that was holding antique weapons and ammunition. He saw so many things that were extremely useful to where they were at. He wondered why they kept all of this stuff in here and didn’t use it?

 

Hunter turned around and saw Andrew and his dog investigating everything that was inside. He turned to look at Kim but started going over everything they were going to do. Was this the only way to protect Andrew? Could there be something they missed that wouldn’t separate them like this? Kim looked at Hunter.

“Hunter, this is the only way to make sure he’s safe.” She said quietly, almost reading exactly what he was thinking. He looked at her and nodded, nothing else would protect him as much as this would.

“Andrew, come here.” Hunter called,

Andrew walked up with his dog, his mom and dad were working on the sleeping pod. He wasn’t sure why though. He stood next to his dad for a moment, he was looking at a computer, some monitors, and medical equipment to read vitals. Andrew looked at one of the monitors and saw some medical records and a birth date. It was his own, he quickly looked for a name and found it. Andrew Lang, he looked over to his dad in confusion about it all.

“Dad, what’s going on?” Andrew asked, Hunter looked at him and then looked at Kim.

“Is the cryo-engine hooked up? Everything here looks ready for it to start running.” Hunter said, not hearing what Andrew asked.

“Andrew, can you come and take a look at this sweetie?” Kim asked, Andrew walked over still wondering what was going on, and looked at what his mom wanted. 

“Can you see if I hooked everything up correctly?” Kim asked, Andrew quickly looked and saw everything seemed to be in place.

“It looks good. Mom, but what’s going on?”

“Okay, thank you sweetie.” Kim said,

“Hunter, everything looks good!! Start it up.” Kim continued, doing the same thing as Hunter did.

Hunter pressed a few buttons on the computer and lights flashed on and a humming came from the machine. The sleeping pod came to life. Andrew was amazed as the doors to the sleeping pod opened up.

 

Kim looked over to Andrew, her eyes began to water for what she was about to do. She knelt and looked into his eyes at the same level. His Hazel eyes were so beautiful to her.

“Andrew, sweetie. Something bad is going to happen to us. But we don’t want you to go through this. So… you are going in here and you and your dog will... fall asleep. When you wake back up, the danger will be over and you will see us again.” Kim said, her voice cracking as she held back her emotions.

“But it is your choice, not ours if you want to do this.” Kim added, Andrew looked away from his mom and to his dog and sat there in silence for a moment before looking back to his mom.

“You promise?” Andrew asked, Kim smiled and nodded “Yes, yes I promise.” she said as tears ran down her cheeks. Andrew hugged her and he took a deep breath.

Andrew walked into the pod with his dog by his side. He motioned to the dog to lie down beside where he was standing and the dog complied. As the doors slowly closed to the pod. Andrew looked at his mom and dad’s faces as he stood in the chamber. Both were beginning to cry as the door shut with a sealing sound. Andrew put his hand on the door, and his parents did too.

“I love you three thousand!!” Andrew said, a phrase he only used to get a chuckle from his parents. They both laughed for a moment and smiled.

“We love you too son!” They both said in unison. Which in turn got him to laugh.

“See you soon.” Andrew said, he put his hand back down to his side. Andrew watched as his dad walked out of view and he heard several beeps and a sound similar to a leak, though he knew it wasn’t so. He heard his dog yawn and lay its head down. And he closed his eyes and fell asleep…

 

~

 

Kim watched her son go into cryostasis and let all her emotions loose. Falling to the ground with hands on the pod, weeping and wailing.

Hunter watched as his wife showed all of her frustration, pain, and sorrow that she had been holding up inside her since she got the email a week ago. She had been the strong one through all of that as he went through the pain and sorrow he was dealing with. She seemed to have just as much if not more for their son. And as much as he wanted to do what she was doing, he had to do what she did for him through all this.

He walked over to her and helped her up. Shaking in his arms and still sobbing.

“It's gonna be okay, he’s gonna be okay.” Hunter said as he stroked her head. She pulled away slightly and slowly lifted her head to him.

“Will we see him again awake? I mean will WE see him? Will it be us or someone else with our memories, experiences and who looks like us? Did I lie to our son about seeing him again?” Kim asked with a weak, sobbing voice. Hunter looked at her and smiled,

“Calm down, it’s okay. We’ll see him again. And you will keep your promise to Andrew.” Hunter said,

“But how do you know?” Kim said.

“I don’t know the answer to your questions honey. I just know that we will see him again awake and sound. And we will all be united again.” Hunter said. Kim embarrassed him with a tight hug. He started again to stroke her head.

 

Hunter and Kim closed the door to the shed and began to shut everything off and getting what they needed for when they were at Arat Prime.

He shut off everything before he shut off the generator to the house. He thought about everything that happened to him since the war. After the war and he got the position at the Terran Federation as head programmer, he was so ecstatic back then. He never lost that enthusiasm for his job, even when he became a husband and later a father. He still loved his job and had enough time to be a good father and husband. He loved being a dad and husband, and loved being a boss to the programmers under him. But both slowly needed more and more time. Both fighting for his attention.

When he found out about The URE’s and Terran Federation’s plan to archive the entire world’s history of human beings. He didn’t trust them to do it to his son, he didn’t care about himself and Kim said she felt the same way about herself. But they both agreed they wouldn’t let it happen to their son. After all people like Santiago were cloned and weren’t being told that they were. Santiago still thought he survived all this time when he-. He was so grateful when Kim was ordered to collect samples of wildlife and study how many were left. But it became more stressful for him to be a father and be the chief programmer. He loved his work so much, but he loved his family so much more.

Hunter walked away from the house with the few hard drives he needed and saw Kim in the ATV waiting for him with her box of things.

“How much Element did you put in the generator in the shed?” Kim asked,

“Every single piece in the house and shed, it’s not going to shut off for eons. I made sure of that.” Hunter said.

He smiled, he knew he would see his son again and that his son was safe until he did. It was a relief that he was finally safe and protected. The only way into the shed was the one door and it was locked from the inside with a DNA scanner, retinal scanner, and voice access keys to enter. No one was getting in there unless it was them. He entered the ATV and looked at Kim. She looked worried, he put his hand on her shoulder and kissed her on the cheek.

“He’s gonna be okay.” He said reassuring her,

She nodded and smiled, a few more tears rolled down her cheek. He hugged her to comfort her and she smiled softly.

“I know, we’ll see him again. I just have a bad feeling that it’ll be a lot longer than we expected.” She said. Hunter didn’t say anything, because he had the same thought in his head. She put her hand on his shoulder and looked at him. 

“We still got each other until then.” She said smiling, he smiled and nodded. He took a moment and looked at her.

“Absolutely, and nothing is going to take me away from you.” He said, she smiled and laughed. Hunter was grateful he still had his wife and they had one another until it was time to wake up Andrew. Both were relieved with what they did and if he was safe. Hunter started the engine of the ATV and they drove off.

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