The Hour of Awakening

[frozen]

woman's voice 'No, dont... dont take him..please i beg if you!!'
deep voice: ' if you know whats best for you and your family back off. or pay the consequences'
woman, now crying : 'But hes the only one i have left!!'
the door is kicked open, and the raiders carry off the boy while he is still asleep. the woman is on her knees crying and begging for forgiveness. her voice falls to a whisper, so the name she utters cannot be heard......

*wakes up*
'NO!!!!!!', i scream. it takes me two minutes to realise that it was all a dream. i was drenched i my own sweat, even though it was a cool night. i stare out of my cabin window and see beautiful planet, Toledo. my home. well, ever since i was there...
i dragged my eyes away from the window. looking at the planet gave me joy, but somehow, i felt more pain than the joy i felt. it was like there was something buried within me trying to burst out, but couldnt.
my door opened and i saw my fellowman, blackhawk standing in the doorway.
"Hey" he said. "You alright man? i heard a scream so i came running."
i didnt answer for a minute. he walked up close to me and asked again. this time i answered.
"i need to see someone. someone who can help me"
"what kind of help do you want mate?" he asked.
"hmm. forget it. im ok. you can return to your post hawk. if i need you i will call you. thank you"
he looks at me uncertainly for a few seconds and then says "are you sure? your completely drenched in sweat"
"yes i know. im going to go for a shower in a minute" i replied, trying to keep as calm as possible
"okay...ill be outside if you need me aite?" he said. somehow, i felt he wasnt really sure if i was okay or not. and then, he left.

i stood by the window once more, and stared out. but only this time i was seeing nothing but flashes...images of a past... a past i barely remember...
out of frustration, i lie back in my bed and i close my eyes and instantly fall asleep...

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[frozen]

...i wake up the next day, with no memory whatsoever of the previous night. i go off to the toilet, have a brush and freshen up. i change my pyjamas into my uniform. i chech myself in the mirror and leave my room for the bar. i see defcon and hawk talking to each other rather secretly. i walk up to them and say
"good morning. how was your night?"
hawk looked at me and said, "do you remember what happened last night?"
"erm... no... not really..."
"well lets leave it at that then" said hawk.
"well you two continue your chat, im off for my breakfast now" i said. and i left defcon and hawk by the bar.
i took a seat by the window in the restaurant, so i could enjoy the sun shining onver the planet and the space station with my breakfast. thats when i saw the planet, and that when i realised what had happened the night before...
i sat there with a dumb look on my face. everything seemed to go quiet. i saw the flashes again.
" nooo!!!!!!...."
"if you know whats........consequences..."
"huh what?" i said. i dint realise hawk was trying to talk to me. only when he shook me did i snap out of it.
"whats up man? aint you gonna order anything?"he said.
"oh..ye. rite. i forgot bout that...hehe.. wanna give me company while i eat?" i said.
"sure. i mite get something too. im starving too heh"
we walked to the counter and ordered our food and returned to the table.
"so, you going to tell me whats on yoyr mind?" hawk asked.
i replied " just what i was going to say."
"i have been having these flashes fro the past 20 years. i see flashes of a woman crying, trying to prevent some raiders carrying off a boy.but these men, they dont seem like raiders. they had a uniform."
" then, ive started having flashes of the boy getting recruited into an army of some sort. not the liberrty, but an army. he has a black uniform."
continueing i say" the scene then changes from the boy to a man flying in an anubis. he is a commander, leading a elite sqaudron of pilots against an invasion on their home planet by the nomads...he has a black eyepatch over his left eye, and just under his left ear, he has a scar. then i witness an epic battle between the invaders and the squadron. they were outnumbered and outgunned, but they did more damage than have casualties. "
"on the second day of combat, the tide of battle is turned and the sqaudron is obliterated... i see a traitor standing on one of the invading bs's deck... he sold out the planet's weak point for some money... within a matter of days, the planet was rendered lifeless. every city was destroyed, every living thing erased...the planet, omicron Phi was a ghost..."
"but then on the last day of the memory, i see a fighter, comepletely destroyed, but enough life support to winess the destruction of a planet...the invaders combined thier battleships with a bean, concentrated their fire into one beam and completely obliterated the planet.... the fighter, being close to the planet was vaporised...and then blackness. the memory ends..."
he sits there, completely stunned. "are you sure your not hallucinating or making this up?" hawk asked me mouth hanging wide open.
"do. you think. i would do such a thing?" i asked with a hint of anger.
"no. its just... a bit like deja vu" he said uncertainly.
"what do you mean"
"well, omicron Phi did exist...in legend..."

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