Four for Billions

Message from Outer-space

*notice that most names of public figures are changed because I'm lazy to do actual research

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While everyone was going on with their lives, school, work, sleeping in, there was something much bigger happening in the Canadian NASA headquarters...

"What is that?"

"It looks dangerous.."

"What's going on?"

Confused and astonished chatter filled the room when one of the satellites got hit by an unknown object. This object was estimated to hit the surfaces of earth in about a month, give or take some days. The whole thing was projected on a huge screen in front of rows and rows of computers. Before they managed to obtain the recording, they heard uncanny and somewhat eerie buzzings that resonated across the horizon at the far west and it would radiate all the way to the east. Some civilians reported low chilling murmurs over the day it was recorded. Very frightened, the recording was submitted to the Monarchy by the administrators, hoping to get some attention to the situation.

Upon receiving the news, the Monarchy ordered NASA workers to create a containment apparatus to make sure this object doesn't hurt anyone and anything.

After a tiresome three weeks of constructing the container, the order was fulfilled and they now had something to contain the object without creating panic among citizens. Now, it was time to wait..

[Fast forward a week]

A week passed and the dreaded day came when this unspecified object would meet the faces of earth. Even though the chances of it happening are slim, people in the NASA headquarters still feared failure. In a few hours, the object would hit a precise location where they have already set down the containment apparatus. All the workers who helped with the project anticipated the coming of the object and didn't do anything but eat and stare through the window overlooking the container.

The hours leading to the objects arrival and felt like decades, but at last, it came. NASA's walls shook with the panicked tones and even screams of excited hustle. Everyone grabbed a cup of coffee and ran to the main window to see the "magic" happen. From there they could see something small and distant in the sky. Within minutes, it looked two times bigger and the details were slowly showing. It was a big pod, the size of a house, and it had futuristic features that looked more detailed as the minutes passed. Before long, it hit the container with a loud gunshot-like sound. Everyone watching covered their ears to avoid turning deaf. After a while, when the sound stopped, all the NASA staff ran out to take a closer look at the object. The pod like object looked much more modern than they expected. After further investigation, someone spotted a silver button and out of curiosity, opened it. Suddenly, the pod opened to reveal a glass box with a scroll trapped inside. Everyone stopped what they did and didn't dare to move. One person pulled out her phone to call the head of NASA to get him to retrieve the object. Moments later, a tall figure came speed running to the object. Head of NASA, Jim Martin*, held the object and asked some staff to help him bring it to his office to submit it to higher authorities.

When it was brought to the Department of National Defense, they hosted a global meeting for leaders of other countries to read it in order to keep what was written on the scroll confidential. The meeting was hosted five days later and everyone invited arrived as promised. The governor who goes by Terry, placed the object in the middle of the long marble table. They stared at it in silence, none of them knew what to say or do. Terry felt uncomfortable under the tension and threw the box on the floor, breaking it. Everyone's eyes widened for a split second and went back to normal to not look embarrassing.

On the card it read,

"Hello fellow humans,

We're here to inform you about an inconvenience our planet is experiencing at the moment. We are running out of space due to new species coming from ally planets everyday, we are hoping to take over your planet as it is bigger and provides better environment for the younglings. We are not paying you but you will be paying the consequences if you do not give us your planet. Either surrender or war. You choose. Please reach us within the next week by one of our messengers who will not show himself. So, please leave it in the field next to your headquarters and we will collect it in time. If you are confused why we're using letter system, it's just for a dramatic effect

Thank you,

-Unnamed"

Of course, Terry and the guests were astonished not only by whatever threats they refer to, but also the guts to steal their planet without consent.

After discussing for a long time, they came out with a decision they never thought they'd make. They walked quietly and quickly to the safe they kept underground away from the rest of the world, and opened it.

"Access granted"