VIRTUAL MESSIAH
At a global gathering in London, a stranger addresses the crowds and everyone on TV around the world, to discuss client change. However what's coming is far worse.
Chapter one
One Starry night when there were no clouds in the sky, without warning From out of the darkness, a stranger walks by. This man was 9 feet tall with a glint in his eye, People on the street became alarmed and wanted to hurry inside, but the American's desire was to save the Earth, animals and all of mankind.
Edward Thomas Drake climbed a temporary stage in London Trafalgar Square, to address the gathered crowd and those watching around the world. It was the Loss Angles-born man's turn to give possible solutions to the ever-growing environmental threat. Eddie, as he was known to his friends and family stood head and shoulders above everyone and spoke in a strong American accent. The thin man with long straight brown hair picked up the microphone and said,
“I come before you all now, and those watching around the world on this historic day, to plead with you all to listen, for I am the man who can save us all!”
Eddie, walked to the front of the stage and looked at the hundred's of cameras that were pointed at his every word. The Californian began his speech,
“”I come before you my friends, for it’s simple; the planet is bleak and I am your salvation, so believe me I am a virtual messiah. I come from out the dawn of a new world.”
Boos and shouting could be heard all around London, for the human race were sick and tired of hearing time wasters and having huge ego. The Extra tall American staggered back in utter shock, Eddie was positive that men and women would come together to hear his important message.
He tried keeping the crowds quiet by explaining he has the best interests of all mankind and should trust him.
Edward T Drake took several deep breath's and the tall man began, this time hoping he would be heard. He told the world, who was all listening,
““Fear me not! For we have come to a cross roads in our planets short existence and we have the knowledge to save it for our future generations! So if you listen to me, I have the power to help! When I was a child something told me I was different and not just my height.
When man came down from the trees, we all evolved into intelligent beings, and now I am the next evaluation in our species!”
Laughter and rage erupted throughout the city and a few brainless idiots threw objects at this outspoken man. Eddie became really sad for he only wanted to help cleanse the Earth and use the evolved gifts that God had granted him to put humans back on the right track.
The 12-foot-tall and slender build American was completely enraged and screamed loudly across the city,
“Don't you think I am your saviour? Don’t you think I can save you all? Don’t you think I can save all your lives? ”
Now the audience were infuriated and screamed at this insufferable fool to leave, while some even tried to climb up onto the. Temporary stage. But the police swarmed in and grabbed the friendly and caring Californian and away to the police station for his own security, for his own safety. However the stranger didn’t go quietly and from out of nowhere Edward Thomas Drake completely vanished in a blinding light
The Londoners were stunned and ran away in fear while others thought it was some bizarre conjuring trick and left enraged, but hoping something good would come of the gathering today.
Several weeks later a horrifying discovery was announced on television across the globe. And all mankind wept in sheer disbelief. Hours after a man ran into a bank, in the heart of Birmingham England and shouted,
““Have you heard what’s on the news today? Have you heard what’s happening to us all? There will be a catastrophe, the like we’ve never seen. There will be a light in the sky that will bring about the end of the world and there’s nothing we can do to save ourselves!”
The foolish man demanded the contents of the safe , but let all the hostages go, the brume climbed onto the roof and sobbed into his loot until the police and fire brigade arrived. They arrested him and still he had to live through this global threat. The leaders of the world began privet meetings at the White House and worked around the clock, where’s finally after 72 hours a detailed scientific report was delivered with urgency, confirming the true nature of the crisis. The leaders went on national tv to explain to the entire human race this growing threat and what was done to prevent it.
Jamie Austin, the us President sat in the Oval Office , ready to speak to the nation, with the English, German, french, and Japanese prime ministers around him. The leader of the free world looked tired and anxious, as the cameras began rolling,
““I address you all today, not as the president of the United States, but as a human being that is facing this staggering threat. I expecting you will feel like giving up but fear not we are thrashing out all possibilities and putting in urgent action as we speak. We your leaders know it will be immanent that our exceptional scientists will figure out a solution.
This inapplicable discovery was reported to the Brazilian government just five days ago, for a father and son was taking a camping trip and set up a telescope, except when they gazed upon the moon they received a monumental shock. They had to rush home and report it to the local police department.
Once the news had reached these offices and my esteemed colleagues and I seriously couldn’t bring our selves to tell any of you lovely people. But we could hide the biggest news in human history.
After several long hours of talks, our top experts confirmed that a unique phenomenon approaching the Earth. Something called dark matter has come in contact with our beautiful moon and knocked it of its axis, the thing that holds it in its orbit and now The thing we have gazed at for thousands of years is on its way to crash into the Earth.
The scientists at our very own nasa have told me that the velocity and angle of our nearest neighbour will take approximately 15 months to collide with our earth. Please listen carefully do not despair for as I have said, our top scientists will be imminent in finding a solution. Our journalists will report our daily progress and I promise we shall all survive these unprecedented times!”
Chapter two,
By the time the American president had finished his news conference, and sat back in his chair, anarchy and panic had spread in every town and city on the earth. Some men and women caused rampage for a few hours until the reality finally sank in. The news reports went into overdrive reporting on the biggest story in history, but nothing concrete on a significant solution yet.
It took seven weeks to bounce off every idea the top scientists had been working on and then remarkably these incredible woman and men had found a solution from the biggest creative minds of the 21st century.
It was to be called, the Phoenix mission and was put into action straight away with emails and booklets were administered to all men and women across the globe. It was agreed that all women, children and vip’s would be evacuated to the stars in three mile long advanced spaceship and live in biosphere’s on the surface of Mars, until the threat had completely subsided. While the men would be placed into sophisticated capsules and transported underground in a frozen cryogenic state. This was until they could walk on the surface of the Earth. Most were relieved, while a few couldn’t understand why it was decided to leave their glorious home.
Most individuals and businesses wanted to make the mission run smoothly, so people volunteered their services to aid in mankind's great evacuation. Food companies provided as much of their produce as was physically possible and construction industries around the globe offered their labour to help build the gigantic space ships and the capsules too. While teachers gathered as much educational equipment to keep the needs of the children met. They tried to comfort the boys and girls the best they could by saying we are an intelligent species and can send the treat back to the heavens.
All businesses helped their employee's with weekly mental heath sessions due to the stain of the falling moon on everyone. Most individuals and companies wanted to make sure the mission was a grand success so they raid around helping councils with supplying the necessary supplies needed, this gave people purpose to keep going through such an upheaval time.
Eventually out of the will to live the human race had managed to pull off the unthinkable with created 10.000 space ships per country and 100.0000 capsule's hoping this would be enough for the entire population of the world.
The leaders of every country made a news statement to their own nation regarding the departure date so it would all run smoothly . The scientists tried to convey to the human race that both the space ships and cryogenic pods would be safe and the human race will be walking on the surface of the Earth once more, very soon.
Brazil was the first country to go as a thank you for relaying the harrowing news to the world via the father and son. At 855AM on 23/4/2024 the Brazilian people left their homes and it took approximately 3 hours to successfully launch the spaceships and deliver the pods a mile into the bowls of the Earth. The men said goodbye to their wives and children plus other family members and friends, vowing they’d see each other very soon and the human race will be walking on the earth again Very soon!
Next to go was England, Australia , USA, Canada and Greece, three hours later would be another dozen countries until the mission was all successful .
12 hours later the entire human race was either on its way to Mars or deep underground and now awaiting the inevitable of the moon Colliding with the Earth. Now The intellectual brains across the planet calculated what would happen after the impact. Most humans were in the belief it was the end of the world but the scientists were not convinced of this happening, but in an agreement it would be an unprecedented time in the history of the planet. There would be earthquakes, tornadoes, and tsunamis which would have a destructive force beyond anything imaginable and render the land uninhabitable. Yet mankind would again walk on the surface of their glorious planet, once the devastation had subsided.
Preparation's had been put into place that stores of food, water and plants would be taken underground with all men. Groundbreaking technology was invented to help with displacing the pollution from the atmosphere, land and sea. Which was estimated would take 100 years to be completely safe and they could only pray to the lord in the heavens, people would See another blue sky on their glorious planet.
Chapter three
The blackness seemed forever from when humans embarked upon their most important mission in its short history now after a century the unthinkable was occurring a extraordinary sound was admitting from the biospheres of the cryogenic tubes that was 1000 Metres From the surface of the earth and on the spaceships on mars. The last great invention of the human race had calculated it was now safe to return to the surface of the Earth.
The Brazilian President :Antonella Santos had prerecorded a special message for when the human race awoke from their cryogenic state and she said,
“ good day my fellow humans the systems of this magnificent machine has calculated that We are now safe to return to our glorious world. This is The greatest opportunity for humanity to start again and all come together after the perilous upheaval. Let’s put it behind us and bring joy and love back to humans who can be as one To ensure its future. God bless Brazil and the world long live humans.”
After a century the unthinkable was taking place, sounds could be heard coming from the great phoenix capsules all over the earth and on the surface of Mars where the cryogenic systems had calculated that the surface of the earth had now become habitable once more. Deep within the area of the Hollywood hills, a pod had suddenly unfastened and a former Disney world employee’s were forced ajar when the cryogenic temperatures returned to a normal level. Elliot twelves a rugged 19 year old that had been reluctant to cooperate with the Phoenix project and Didn’t believe the classicalism was happening. Elliot was the last male in California to enter the capsules When the police Enforced their authority over the group Claimed that such thing as dark matter and the moon moving was a hoax. Even though Elliot Was part of this group he still needed to be protected from the fallout and the Disney land Employee Sat completely alone 1 mile underground. The Alice Cooper fan calculated his next action and that meant jumping out of this infernal machine and climbing out of the hole been forced into be frozen inside for a ridicules amount of time and returning to his former life. But had he been a sucker and listened to the wrong people who had no evidence and qualifications to go against the masses. If he left without any protection from poisonous gasses in the atmosphere surly he’d die from his naive Stubbiness. So the rebellious teen decided to go on the side of caution and rechecked the calculations and took an oxygen backpack just in case the years had not been kind to the intricate diodes that kept the Phenix machines working and the readout was not accurate.. so the long-haired redhead reread the calculations the computer still gave a positive readout and searched for the exit. The party animal found an indestructible touch and stepped out into the blackness. The 19-year-old shone his light to discover the reinforced iron ladder. It was 12 paces southwest of the cryogenic chambers. Slowly he stepped out into the pitch black. Eliot blundered around in the dark searching for the ladder for fifteen minutes, but then discovered it'd location and attempted to climb the hundreds old apparatus. It seemed to take an age and a half to hurl himself up the metal escape route, and just as he finally reached the top he had to use all his strength to force the heavy round hatch open. The former entertainment provider pushed himself out into the world and the reckless, antisocial punk eyes felt they were burly and out of focus as he saw the Earth for the first time in what felt like forever. When the long black-haired man gained his sight he felt completely emotional and Bambuzuled at how his home looked at in the 22 century.Chapter Three Elliot collapsed t o the ground and complete exhaustion from the long climb and the American survey the landscape burst into tears. Young man screamed at the top of his voice.
“Why did this happen? Why did I not believe my governments around the world? Instead of some mad geeks? What am I to do now? How could such an extreme force rip through our beautiful world and unrecognisable?”
Elliot took breath of his Hundred year old oxygen in the tank finally got to custom to the brightness, he could see the upside down world he once lived and loved the moon could be seen sticking through the Eastern sky Resting upon the planet, the American flag was noticeable. The ground below the Hollywood Hills was bizarrely Remained looking dry and bristle now no homes and buildings could be seen for thousands of miles in any direction .turning around the young man suddenly got a huge shock He saw the remains of one iconic figure scattered over 20 mile area. Elliot could not comprehend why the Statue of Liberty was lame waste in California soil when it was 100s of miles from its home in New York. The conclusion that his Recent awoken mind called comprehend was,
“ The planet must’ve been struck by the greatest tsunami ever?”
The technician at the Californian Disneyland park sat for a long time, wondering his next action and almost fell asleep in the exhilarating heat. Eventually decided to find a way to return to his old city as he decided it looks safe to walk on but getting down was tricky, being a 50 foot hell looked off the edge and saw the grass had been burned and shrivelled from the classism decided to take one step at the time. Still wearing his oxygen mask not confident to remove it in case of poisonous air the young man had no climate equipment, but knew we couldn’t stay on the Embankment forever. Siri edged himself forwards but then as soon as he moved the young man trip and fell into a heap hard on the floor he banged his head and left him unconscious for several minutes. When he finally work, the America fell to been out for days, his body felt weak and better and couldn’t find the strength to lift his little finger, out the corner of his left eyes out of place shadow was being cast on the ground when the former city lay flat.
Rolling on stomach and pulling himself up with his energy Dylan So shocking Unsettling site. Stand tall and healthy a man was looking right at the Californian. First reaction was to run and embrace the fellow human and the fact he wasn’t alone made him burst into tears but then a real shock came owing through his head.,
“ What happened to the rest of the men and are the women and children safe from Mars why am I alone?”
Staring down the long twisted road towards the man trying to recognise him, and Elliot wanted to move but his legs felt like an heavyweight strapped to his feet and the man began to walk slowly forward out of the shadows and he could easily identify the stranger. The Young man ran to a piece from the Statue of Liberty and hid behind it. the Elliot’s Mind was racing with 100 thoughts per second,
“ How can this be the man from the Grand environmental debate around the world, Edward Thomas Drake? he was in London, so what’s he doing in California? Something isn’t right here!”
suddenly, Edward appeared in front of Elliot set to him,
“ Don’t be afraid, my friend. I’m so pleased to see you! I thought I was the only one who survived this Flabbergasting Classicalism. I am Edward Thomas Drake and I was released from the Phoenix capsules three days ago. I’ve been searching for people and food ever since. ”
Elliot’s mind was exploding with even more questions and then he realised what had happened to this man and the young man was at a loss to the best course of action? Elliot felt exposed to be out in the open but the Californian spoke from behind the Statue of Liberty and shook with every word,
“I know who you are! How did you get here? I thought you'd vanished at that global environmental gathering, before the discovery was made?”
In the next instant, Elliot wished he’d not opened his mouth, for reality became even more twisted. Some kind of bright light emerged from the tall Americans hands and Edward was aiming them right at the outspoken Elliot, who was petrified, and he could hear the egotistical grunting at him,
““My friends used to call me Eddie and I am the first evolved human of the digital age and I only wanted to help humans by stopping global warming. But they thought I was a laughing stock and. Tried to lock me up . I disappeared in front of their eyes hid away and plotted my revenge, while the entire world had no clue of my full potential. Of what I am capable of. “
Frozen to the spot in terror Elliot was confused at what this only other person he could see on the earth was rabbeting on about, but somewhere inside felt determined to confront this crazy man. Elliot ran out of his hiding place and tried to confront Eddie, but he just held his hand out and a wave of energy flowed out forcing the x Disneyland worker who was miraculously frozen to the spot but was able to say,
“ what have you done wizard? Did you cause all this mayhem? Why did you not make us listen?
Edward Thomas Drake was infuriated with rage at the 19 year old punk attitude kid and threw fireballs from his hands and Elliot zig zagged out the way but then bizarrely the motor cycle fanatic found himself zapped up into the side of an active volcano. Spinning around to gain some kind of prospectus on reality, he saw the malt and Lava bubbling up in the deep pit and never felt so frightened for his young life. As Elliott scanned the cavernous hellhole he found himself trapped in he saw the monstrous Eddie Drake hovering 10 feet in the air Elliot desperately found the words to say,
“ Don’t kill me, you fiend!”
Elliot screamed as he tried to find a way out of the horrendous predicament. Then his brain started to compute and realised there was no more volcanoes left on earth, especially in the American state of California then it dawned on the 19 year-old what had happened and he felt pure hatred but also began to smile for he knew exactly what to do next, Elliot stood at the edge of the pit and felt the strength of 1000 balls filling his hurting body and and afraid for the first time in 100 years and ready to face the evil nemesis . The Harley Davidson owner shouted,
“ hey nomad, I have deciphered your secret. I know what you did. I am the man to stop you now and you cannot hurt me now and forever!”
Elliot said as his legs shook violently. Laughter could Heard all around the boiling cabin and then Eddie stepped forward showing no sign of fear and his eyes Starting to glow, as light escaped from a report of his Body, Elliot Stood in front of this meddling fool Fearlessly and knew exactly what to do now he jumped straight into the fire pit of the volcano.
Gradually Elliot regained consciousness and slowly blinked open his eyelids, taking a deep breath and smiling from one ear to the other, in his revelation had been real. His world was here and the entire human race was unharmed.! It had been all a great illusion a sick revenge on behalf of one Edward Thomas Drake. Now has Dylan getting his bearings back into the real world, he sat On his brown couch in his own home. The young Californian had no time to lose he had to find the conjuring before he waved his meddling powers over the brave Martin sent him back into the nightmare void he just escaped.
Grabbing his jacket and wallet Dylan wondered how long Eddie had Been trapped inside the grand delusion? Searching for his mobile phone, he found it, The Disney Land worker found it on his living room table and working out. He’d only been in the purgatory state for five weeks but it felt like 10 lifetimes.
No time was to lose for that 12-foot madman would be on Earth somewhere looking for the only awakened human on the real planet. Running outside and skidding to a grinding cold Elliot so for the first time the ramifications of what Eddie had forced upon the human race. It was hard to bear For the friendly and easy-going Californian. People were asleep everywhere and it was as if time itself had been paused however one thing Elliot noticed was that not one man woman or child had been hurt in the process just the violation had been attacked.
Elliott couldn’t decide which direction to go in and wasn’t sure where the would be located even which country let alone state but then he drove through the streets and headed back towards where the surreal nightmare had started, the Hollywood hills . So The 19 year-old Californian Drove his motorbike 5 miles out of the city to find that evil fiend, One last confrontation with Eddie the alchemist. Driving at almost 210 miles an hour down the empty California street made the young man feel eerie as if he was in a disaster film and then he realised if he didn’t find the courage this is precisely how it would stay. He rammed down the throttle as far as it would go and spread away to the famous, Hollywood sign
Has he approached the hillside? The sky began to darken and the bike stopped unexpectedly then Edward Thomas straight finally emerged and looked more devilish than his last encounter inside eddies twisted mind. Looking for a hiding place To calculate his next move, he knew this had to be his finest I went and tried to recall all those great action movies that I’ve been created in this town.
He then realised in an instant that they were all fictional and this was indeed true reality And that very wicked Illusionist was hovering in the distance ready to unleash his full wrath upon the frightened American. As Elliot hid Behind a bush Just off the road, he was sure he could hear a voice and didn’t dare submit himself to reveal the source. Then the clouds vanished and the Sun glimmered once more when the metal materialised in front of the young man, who was the deliver from evil, Now Eddie prepared to speak,
“ he probably think I’m some kind of altered Messiah I would want to take over the world? That wasn’t never my intentions when I told my strange tale at that famous gathering. I just wanted to help save the planet and mankind and all I received was laughter and ignorance. It’s true you did turn me into some kind of trickster who’s been hiding the human race underneath my veil of Illusion. But now you come through the gates of my horizons you can say no follow me into the future together we can bask as Gods.
The anger began pumping through Elliot veins when he approached the dangerous ill moral fool. And stood to attention with the courage of 1000 lions the American faced The worlds nemesis and screeched,
“I will never join you in your crazy fantasy world, thank you, you Egotistical madman!
Elliot found a boulder and held it out as he continued to screaming his thoughts at the Meddler and was surprised that he had not turned him into some unrecognisable creature already. Then the Disneyland worker stared At Eddie and shouted his intentions once more,
“ This worked For David and Goliath so I will throw this boulder at you if you don't cease your crazy behaviour! ”
The young man lifted his arms to show that he was extremely serious and ready to attack. Edward fell backwards in sheer disbelief, for he never wanted to be the bad guy and was truly unsure of his next action.
Elliot was For the advanced Human to strike his abilities once more and then the nine foot tall Grotesque man Again,
“ Forgive my actions, man. I am not the monster you believe me to be. I was born different and found myself with power beyond my wildest imagination. Also Being so tall, I was Cast out by my friends and family. So when the opportunity is for me to help alter man’s abuse of the planet I came forward to give all my Services, except when I was ignored I felt more alone than ever before, and in time wanted revenge.
Now it’s come to me that I took my actions beyond the realms what I know to be right and wrong Please forgive this crazed old man.”
Elliot Was taken aback by Edward’s confection And walked towards him, feeling the sense of vanquish and sadness for this man. He looked into Eddie‘s eyes and broke abruptly,
““What you have done is a complete violation to the entire life on the planet earth. You wish forgiveness but you must release all humans and animals from your wicked tormented hallucination and it might not be too late for your absolution!”
Eddie was surprised at the courage of this young man’s courage and agreed to his request.
A few hours latter the inhabitants of Earth awoke back where they had been before the grand deception and all humans and animals were safe. Every man, woman and child was stunned and angry to see the moon still in the heavens and there had been no dark matter. People were so grateful to be alive and Elliot became an overnight sensation and received a knighthood from the king of England and the keys of the state of California, but after a while Elliot the saviour of mankind couldn’t leave his house for well wishers who had saved them from the clutches of one Edward Thomas drake. So the American president granted the most famous man of the moment a new home and identity. But before he could start a new life he had to give a statement of what had transpired before elliote had awoken in the real world.
The leaders of the world renewed talks on climate change with a new outlook on completely eradicating it forever. Elliot persuaded the president of America and the prime minister of England to trust the first evolved human to help propyl this time. But Eddie had been incarcerated in a highly maximum prison, However, the Disney land l's attitude had completely altered following his ordeal thinking he was losing his world and confronting the future man of the human race, so he asked one request to go easy on Edward drake, for he did not mean what he did just his advanced emotions got the better of him which made him use his evolved powers. The leaders just couldn't trust the man who had globally tricked every human and animal alike, Sometime later Eddie used his mind control powers once more to convey his real intentions to the world, which were good and how utterly sorry he felt for what he'd done and would never do anything like it again, he was released in chains and flown to Antarctica where he froze the ice caps. He was able to close the hole in the ozone layer by turning himself into part of the atmosphere. This was before he gave the world a solid idea for changing carbon imitations and how to properly look after the planet once and for all.
A few months later . . . .
Eleiot Twelves had started University of Chicago studying to become a vet the friendly and decent twenty year old Californian was sitting in campus one day when he began to feel tingling sensations in his body and then from out of nowhere, flashes of light burst of his hands. He screamed and collapsed to the floor. Elliot suddenly realised the dawn of a new age of mankind had begun and there was no going back.
Could the rest of the human race react in the same way as Eddie Thomas Drakedid when he first got his powers? Would they accept this monumental gift from the lord in the heavens? Only time will tell if men, women and children will grasp their new reality or turn on each other? Surely it will be a grand awakening for all!
That is the end of VIRTUAL MESSIAH . Thanks for reading.
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