There was once a
little girl
And then there was
not.
For she had been
exposed
To mesons in the
Cryon
No one knew how
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On the walls of the ruins of the Babylon Research
Facility (Circa 2566 AD)
Humankind had finally mastered space travel in the year 2333
AD. Since the first settlement on the moon of Saturn had been successful there
was flood of settlers all across the galaxy. Dr. Gaber Wallpee’s ground
breaking research in the field of Mesogentic travel had opened the way for the
future of mankind. He had led the greatest to the planet Babylon in the beta
quadrant of Sector G. At its heyday something happened. No one knows what. Why
am telling you all this rubbish you ask? I am a Reperto Historian and I came to
the ruins of Babylon 10 years ago. We are considered a cult, us Repertos. Fuck
people don’t know the importance of the Reperto History research. The incident
needs to be uncovered soon for the all our futures are tied to it. People are
such dumb fucks.
Anyway I walked into my office with my cup of Joe and saw
Parka was already there. She was always there before me. Everyday this past 10
years, she was always in that seat when I walked in. I began to wonder if she
even slept. I knew everything about her and yet I did not. She Said, “Heyy… we
going down the tunnel today?” I nodded my head.
We started walking. One sip of my coffee is all I enjoyed anyway. We
took the elevator and then the beast.
I smelt her hair sitting behind her as she drove the
beast full speed. I closed my eyes and stopped. We would soon be at the cusp of
the tunnel, at the doorway. No one knew what lay behind the doorway. We had not
yet figured out what Dr.Wallpee had intended it for. We started the work of
painful restoration. We had 10 hours before the LUPP set and the Lumsar cycle
started, after which it would be too cold to work. I went to start work on
sector 72. I was the only Reperto who could translate the ancient symbols. The
story so far on the Doorway was “There was once a little girl…”
I was ready for some coffee. I didn’t realize it had been 6 hours. I had
added a full two line today which was extremely fortuitous. We would have been
lucky with a few letters. The new line read
But there is a
legend of a Circle
And that is an
Aakrap
I wondered what that meant. That was when I heard her
scream. I ran and I ran. I came to Sector 64, it had taken me exactly 7
minutes. She was not there. I looked at the doorway section and saw no clues. I
looked around, closed my eyes and thought “Fuck!”. I started the technique of Labarynth Math. It
was the only way to stay calm. It was a method discovered by the great yogi
Japurandakudi of the planet Kudra in the year 2453 AD. She was the first
Reperto. I concentrated. I didn’t realize it but I played around with the pattern
in my mind in a different way. I wondered why was I seeing these strange
patterns. This was not calming me down but rather it was making me sweat. And
yet I was cold. I tried opening my eyes I could not. I felt an intense pain and
I passed out.
I got up, I had a pain in my elbow. I wondered why and
looked forward but there was no doorway. I looked behind me and there it was
the doorway. I was confused. The patterns in my head were now bright orange in
color. I opened my eyes and started walking forward. I heard the calm voice of
a little girl. And then she was in front of me and she smiled. I felt at
complete peace with myself. She sang,
Have you come to
rescue me
Finally after all
these years
Panda San do you
not see
It is futile to
save Aakrap
For without the
meson accident
There is no
humankind
And this circle
will destroy
You Panda San
At least this time
leave
While you still
can for
You cannot solve
the puzzle
Panda San
I was confused. Why was… I not horrified at finding
myself on the other side? Why did I know this little girl? Why did the words
she said make sense? I closed my eyes. The patterns had changed and I had this
sudden urge to push the Cuboid I saw. It changed. A flush of memories flooded
past my neural network and it all came back to me. I understood.
“Parkaa”, I said, “When were you caught in this time
loop?” She looked at me confused. She said “ I am Aakrap Panda San”. I continued, “ Parkaa, you were not the cause
of the accident. We need to get out of here. I know how now” She looked at me
confused. And suddenly she found herself fully grown. She took my hand and
realized who she was. I turned and the doorway disappeared and we walked
through.
Epilogue
Panda San was just a creation
Something of a mindmeld
What was real was but false
and what was false was really
something like the truth.
She looked at me with her eyebrow raised. She said “ So
when I was a baby I was caught in the vortex when the Cryon generator broke
down. I understand that but why were you
the one to figure it out?”. I smoked some berrylthum and said,” Its simple
Parkaa, Labyrinth Math allowed me to connect with you in the warp hole. You
were able to project yourself out of it into the real world without realizing
it. You thought the real world was an illusion or a dream while you slept. And
these last 10 years I have always wondered when did you sleep? You knew me and
I knew you and yet in the warp your mind kept you at an age that was
comfortable for the body. Once I realized that the rest was simple.” She
smiled, and I smiled back. The world needed to know. This was going to .,….
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