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The news came so suddenly one
morning that no one knew how to react, Earth was to be evacuated immediately.
The only explanation we received was that the world was coming to an end and
that it was too late to stop it. Our only option was to flee to the stars and
find a new home. It wasn’t an ideal solution, but apparently, it was the only
one we had.
Needless to say, mass panic ensued,
and all the world’s cities had to fight to prevent total anarchy. While the
cities tried to maintain order, the governments of the world worked overtime to
acquire enough spaceships to evacuate the world’s population. Both tasks were
easier said than done.
I can’t count the number of riots I
saw break out every day across the world. The people were scared, they begged
and pleaded for an alternative answer, but they found none. People lashed out,
people died, and the cities tried their hardest to suppress the chaos. I won’t
lie, both the rioters and the government performed some horrific acts during
those few weeks.
Thankfully, the governments managed
to get enough spaceships to house the entire Earth’s population. I don’t know
how they did it so fast, but apparently, the threat of Armageddon was enough to
get all aspects of every government to work in unison. Once there was
confirmation everyone would get a ride off the planet, most people began to
calm down and accept the fact we had to leave.
As time rolled by the governments
began to evacuate the populace over two weeks. People bid farewell to their
homes and countries and then piled onto spaceships to leave. Of course, not
everyone went so quietly, some struggled and fought to stay. Maybe they
couldn’t accept that it was all about to end. Maybe, they’d rather go down with
the Earth than move on. Maybe, they were merely stubborn and didn’t like
change. It didn’t matter to the governments. They insisted that every single
person had to leave, we had no choice in the matter.
The evacuation did not go entirely smoothly.
More riots caused delays, and a few pilot errors nearly cost the world several
of its ships. There were also many who hid from the government to avoid
leaving. However, the governments would not let a single person stay and
resorted to every possible method of locating people. They scanned the entire
planet, every single inch for every living person. They dragged people from
inside cellars, beneath bunkers and off the private islands. Even the most
isolated tribes, completely disconnected from civilization, were forced from
their lands and onto the evacuation ships.
If that wasn’t extreme enough, there
were whole ships dedicated to animals and plants. At first, I thought they
would only take enough to breed a new population of each species, but no they
took all of them. Every canine, every feline, every bird, and fish. Entire
forests and swarms within swarms of insects. Some space ships were no more than
giant fish tanks that housed everything from coral to whales. Despite these
extreme measures, the governments managed to get everyone and everything aboard
a spaceship and sent out each into the universe to find a new home.
Anyone who challenged these extremes
was told not to question it and instead focus on their own futures among the
stars. I was one of those people, but I could not accept such an explanation.
Even as we sailed into the far reaches of space, I targeted my questions
further up the chain of command until I finally got an answer.
Behind closed doors, one of the
higher-ups finally admitted to me and a few others why we left the Earth
behind. It was not because of a natural disaster or man-made catastrophe.
However, the Earth would be destroyed by an outside force within a few days of
our leaving, and apparently, we only knew because of a simple warning. The
higher-up slid a piece of paper in front of me, it only read, “Eviction Notice:
Please vacate the premises,” beneath the text was a picture of the Earth.
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Sometimes you find yourself forced to suddenly leave your longtime home. It may be difficult, but you might not have a choice in the matter. Until next time, Read, Comment and Enjoy
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