The Ruler's Stone

The Past Story

The whole space station was in darkness. No light. No computer sound. Only the blue light from the stone was glowing.

Sir was very angry. He was breathing fast. He looked around in the dark and shouted loudly, *"WHO DID THIS? Who shut down the whole system?!"*

His voice was shaking. He was not just angry, he was also scared.

In his mind, he thought this was the work of one of his juniors. He thought that one of his junior scientists got very scared when the temperature was increasing. He thought that because of fear, that junior pressed the wrong button and shut down the entire station. He was thinking like a boss. He always blamed his juniors first.

*"I told you not to panic! Who touched the main panel? Was it you, Junior?!"* Sir shouted at Junior.

Junior was standing in the corner. He was also scared, but he was trying to fix the computer with a small torch light.

"Sir, I did not do anything! I was only fixing the cooling program!" Junior said.

But Sir was not listening. He was sure that his junior did it because of fear.

*But the truth was completely different.*

In reality, it was not Junior's mistake at all. Junior was actually the hero. He was trying to save the station.

The real reason for the shutdown was the power supply of the space station. The main supply power line, which gives electricity to the whole station, had become too hot. The temperature was over 150 degrees. Because of that high temperature, the wire melted and the supply power stopped working automatically.

And just when the supply power stopped, something strange happened.

Suddenly, all the reactions in the lab started again on their own. The machines that were off, started making sounds. c***k!!! c***k!!! c***k !!The screens that were black, started showing numbers again. But the numbers were wrong. They were going very fast.

And at that same moment, Sir himself also got scared. His angry face suddenly became white. His hands started shaking. He was looking at the glowing blue stone and the restarting reactions.

For the first time, it was like he realized his own big mistake.

He remembered that 10 minutes ago, Junior told him, "Sir, programming is fine but temperature is slowly increasing. It is not good for this station."

But Sir said, "Don't worry, everything is fine."

Now he understood. If he had listened to Junior at that time, this shutdown would not have happened. It was not Junior's mistake, it was his own mistake. He ignored the warning.

Now in the dark space station, with only blue light glowing, Sir felt very small and very scared. He finally understood his fault.

Because of 74% damage, the Space Station is not working like before. Nothing is working properly. All the systems are dead.

But the people who were still alive inside, they were trying to save themselves in any way they could. They were holding the walls, holding the chairs, trying to breathe in the smoke.

But suddenly, there is another explosion.

*BOOM.*

Because of that explosion, big cracks come in the walls of the station. The walls start breaking. Air starts leaking.

And because of those cracks, some of the remaining people fall out of the station into open space. They go into the dark space forever.

One of them is that junior. The same junior who told the Boss earlier that the temperature is increasing very highly. But at that time, the Boss ignored him. He did not listen.

Now, that junior is also falling out. He is about to die.

The Boss sees him. The Boss runs to save him. He holds his arm tightly.

But space is pulling both of them outside very fast. The pressure is too strong.

So at that moment, the Boss makes a big decision. He gives his own life to save his junior's life. He pushes his junior hard inside the station with all his power, and he himself goes out of the station into space.

Because of this, the Boss dies..

*But the story is not over.*

The station is still falling towards the Earth. It is falling very fast. If this big station falls on a city area, then lakhs of people will die within kilometers. It will be a huge disaster.

So now, the junior has to do something. Now only he can do something to save the lives of innocent people..

Then, the junior makes a brave plan.

He goes to the back side of the station and makes one more explosion on purpose. He does it himself.

Because of that explosion, the direction of the station changes. Now the station is not going towards the city anymore. Now it is going towards the Ocean.

And now, he also slowly, slowly starts going towards the Ocean with the station. He is falling with it.

He knew the truth. He knew that if he jumps out of the station now, he will still die And if he stays with the station, he will also die when it crashes.

He will die in both ways.

But he thought, before dying, he can at least do one good thing. Before dying, he can save the lives of many innocent people. By changing the station's direction to the Ocean, he can save the lives of innocent people in the city.

And he was sinking with that station into the deep ocean. The station was falling very fast. The water hit it with a huge BOOM. Big waves came everywhere.

He was going down. He thought he will die now. His eyes were closing.

*BUT THEN, he did not die.*

At that same moment, a rescue team came! They came in a helicopter and a rescue boat. They saw him in the sinking station.

They shouted, "We are here! Hold on!"

They pulled him out of the water just in time. They saved him!

He was totally injured. His body was bleeding. His clothes were torn. He could not even stand. He was very badly hurt.

But he managed to keep his life safe. He survived. He was alive!