Fusia

Chapter 6 - Wye's POV

It’s been around thirty years since Ellie and the others went into cyrosleep. I won’t every admit it out loud but I did cry that night. They all became family to me. After so many years being pushed from one unloving home to another it was nice to feel loved for once. Ashlyn, Alaric, Gareth and Leigha were the siblings I always wanted but never had. Even though they were only in my life for a few months they made a big impact.

When Ellie first mentioned about journaling I was a bit confused but now I understand. She wanted to still feel like she was a part of my life even though she’s sleeping. Ellie has a big heart and I did notice that when she told me she thinks I should stay awake she had a knowing look in her eyes. The few months I had with them I learned that her and her family were special. They all had knowing looks like they knew something no one else did. At first it was odd but then it became comforting especially when Alaric and Ellie would talk about what they ‘saw’. It gave me hope. The last conversation I remember them talking about what they saw had to do with a planet that they described as Eden. That conversation gave me hope and even helped convinced me to stay awake. Hope that we were meant to find this planet of Eden.

After they went to sleep I continued basic education and even started combat training. Richard said it was necessary incase we ever found ourselves in confrontation with other beings. When I turned fifteen they started dividing us up into specialties they felt would be our strong suit. That how I found myself on the main deck helping navigate through this endless dark space to find us a new home. A few years after that I met my love. Yasita! A very exotic name for a very beautiful woman. Yasita and I ended up working together to make a translating device that will help translate any language.

Today we finally finished the translator. The translator is imbedded right behind the ear. After listening to the foreign language for a few minutes it begins to translate to the brain so the person with it can understand what is being said. It also works with speaking the language. It practically rewires your brain. So you can think what you are wanting to say in the language you are use to speaking but when you talk it will come out in the language the other is talking to you in. Sounds a bit complicated but it works. I’m sure by the time Ellie and them wakes up there will be more improvements and whatnot. But today we are celebrating this victory.

Oh and Yasita and I have two kids. When I was twenty-eight and she finally reached twenty-five we applied for the blessing to conceive. Our first born is Leon Alaric Gareth Shell. Since the Shell siblings practically adopted me I decided to use their last name as my family name. He is now twelve and for some reason he likes to go by Lag. He’s an odd one and I don’t know if I’ll ever understand him. Our youngest is Amilya Ellie Shell and she’s only nine, she reminds me a lot of Ashlyn and Leigha.

I wish they could’ve met the Shell’s but it looks like they won’t be waking up for another fifty years at least. Our research droids have found a planet that will be habitable but it will take a few years to get there and then get more research droids on the planet. A work in progress but I know it’s going to be so worth it.

~ Twenty Five Years later ( Fifty-five after initiated sleep)~

Today will be my last day on the colony. Yasita and the kids aren’t too happy about it but I have ask Yasita to stay a little longer to help the kids with our grandbabies. Leon has had two boys and Amilya just had twins. But to keep population control since we are still limited on resources the Elders Council ruled a little over ten years ago that after the age of sixty we go into an eternal sleep. Well, that’s a nice term for receiving an injection that makes you fall asleep and then your body dies. The day after you receive this injection the colony will hold a Floating Ceremony. It’s a funeral except my body will forever float in the never-ending darkness of space.

We have traveled a great distance but according to our calculations we still have around seventy years of travel until we get to the planet we are hoping will be our salvation. We have yet to see any other ships floating by so either there is no intelligent life in this area of space or there is but they haven’t built ships to exit there planet. Either way it’s been a peaceful trip but there is a heaviness because we haven’t heard from any of the other colonies. There is a high chance we are the last colony out there.

We’ve been on a high vegetarian diet as our crops are flourishing and the only source of protein we have is egg so everyone gets an egg or two a day but no more. The new High Commander Luka has been great with advancements in the colony but we won’t be able to last on the ship forever. I mean we could with the current population level but then those that are in cyro-sleep will never get to wakeup again.

I am a bit sad that we haven’t made it to a livable planet yet. I would’ve loved to see the Shell’s again but I would rather them see the new planet then get stuck living a life on the ship. The siblings lost so much and I wish them happiness on this new planet.

I have written letters to my grandchildren and great-grandchildren, even the great-great-grandchildren. I explained to them how much the Shell’s mean to me and why our family name is now Shell. I’ve also explained for the to welcome them in open arms as family and where to find my journals. I’m sixty-five now and it’s my turn to go to sleep. I don’t know what I believe in anymore as no one really teaches any beliefs as we are all questioning due to what happened to Earth. The only thing we have agreed on is that there is at least one creator that created this vast space and all the planets we have passed already. I mean something had to create all this, there is no way it all just appeared out of nothing. The only thing we question is; what happens to our souls when our heart stops?