The moment after

Far from all this, way long in the end of the Universe lies the answer to man's biggest question. Heaven and Hell, lying beyond the limits of Universe far from anyone, still watching over everyone. The news reached them. A sad news indeed because one of the Strongest creatures alive in the universe, feared by everyone, has just been released from the shackles after millenniums.

Whatever happens next is not going to be pretty and both Heaven and Hell understand the depth of the situation which is going to develop. Away from all this, isolated in the beautiful spiral galaxy, lies a tiny blue planet, earth, revolving around a star peacefully. Unaware of all this, humans continue with their normal lives. On this tiny planet, in the big Indian ocean lies an island of Mauritius. Truly mesmerising with its beautiful beaches and flora. A sight you can't get your eyes off. Its morning and the sun's just above the horizon shining beautifully in its saffron, crimson shade. The beach is empty and birds are walking on the sand. A guy is walking on the sand wearing a bright blue hoodie and black tracks with sport shoes enjoying the beauty of the morning. He walks really calmly as if there is nothing he worries about in the world. He opens his hood, revealing his face which looks like a young man. Clean shaved, blunt and broad nose with a little broad eyebrows, black iris and evenly brown toned skin and black hairs. His physique quite average and a decent build. His hands in the pocket of the hoodiesuggesting his casualness and a little smile on his face suggesting satisfaction. Gazing at a distance, he walks on the sand while his hands still inside his pockets. The sound of birds flying and the water splashing is so loud in the silence of the morning. Mesmerising as it sounds and looks…

He stops walking as his eyes lock on something, his pupils dilate and his smile gently broadens while looking towards her. Standing in front of him is a young and beautiful woman wearing a baby pink dress and a complimentary hat of same colour with beach sandals. Her height approximately above his shoulders, she looks up towards him with a sweet smile on her face making even the scene around them look dull in front of her cute smile and pretty face. Her blue eyes, deeper than the ocean and her crimson hairs flying due to air, silkier than the silk cloth itself. She has a narrow and straight nose almost just perfect. Glossy lips and beautiful eyes with soft white skin. Her eyes lit while looking at him. Not so slim but fit would be the best description for her.

"Coffee?" she says with her eyebrows up

"Yeah, would love it"

"I will tag along then" she says tilting her head

She hands a cup to him and joins him by holding his other arm, as both of them walk along the sea on the beach. They both take a sip as she grips her cup firmly signifying a sign of anxiety. He notices it and starts talking.

"Something bothering you?"

"Ugh, you always notice it, yeah, actually I have to leave in an hour"

"And... you want me to come with you, right"

"Yes, would you?" She asks like a sweet child

"Nah, I will stay for a while" he replies and she sighs

"Find a job, Zunzar" she replies worryingly

"I don't feel like working somewhere, besides why

ask?"

"I know but you have to take responsibility someday" her facial expressions turn from worried to little agitated.

"You do what you do, don't worry about me, I'm fine" his expressions also change just like her.

She sighs "Fine, I'll leave you be but do call when you want to come, alright, take care" her expressions show care and he notices it quite easily.

"I promise, I will, love you" He holds her hand

His words change her face as her pupils dilate and her milky white cheeks turn red as she blushes inside.

"Love You too"

At NASA, scientists are busy with their daily jobs, roaming around in the building, managing data and handling all the research going on within them. A scientist is as usual sitting on his chair in front of a screen monitoring the stats of the space around earth. Suddenly he notices a slight fluctuation in the readings and opens the grid. He notices a fluctuation occurring on the outermost orbit of a satellite. He writes down something on a piece of paper and stands up from his position. He then starts walking fast outside the room. A head scientist is walking in the corridor with many other scientists walking around him trying to tell something. He walks up to a big door and the door opens as he approaches it. Behind the door is a big room with lots of screen and computers where people are sitting and doing their job. He walks up to the central computer and stands behind the person sitting next to it.

"What have we got?" He asks the guy sitting next to the computer in a serious tone.

"Engaging display" he clicks enter on the keyboard and a graphical display of earth and its surrounding appears on the big screen in the centre.

"My god, call the secretary now!" his expressions show something bad is on the way.

The news about the mysterious happening reaches to the UN. At UN, they are getting ready for so called extra-terrestrial invasion. Among the army there are certain special units for preferred tasks and one of them is the Squad X. Known for their super-efficient work and battle tactics, commanded by Zunzar's childhood best friend Ishaan. Ishaan was handpicked by UN for his peculiar skills in the field of defence. He climbed the ranks really fast and now commands UN's one of the most powerful death squad feared by everyone who knows about them. Ishaan is a little taller than Zunzar with an even higher IQ than him. The only thing which made Zunzar stand out was his emotions which Ishaan lacks. These two have spent a lot time together and thus are brothers to each other. Ishaan always keeps an eye out for him because there is no guarantee what kind of trouble Zunzar might get into. Ishaan is fair skinned, with an average build just like Zunzar but he has sharper nose than Zunzar. Ishaan prefers a medium sized hair and has black eyes. He wears specs all the time adding to his identity, which somehow makes him look smarter. With a well-trimmed beard and a round shape of his face he looks like a gentleman.

Back at NASA, they are still trying to understand what is happening outside the atmosphere of earth. The head scientist picks the phone and "From what I have calculated it might be a groundbreaking find, it looks as if the space around the point as be warped and joined somewhere else like an Einstein-Rosenberg bridge connecting two points in space"

"Yes, I am sure about it"

"This is a miracle, yes"

"I understand"

"We are trying to do it as we speak"

"Yes, Mr Secretary" and he keeps the phone. He turns to the table on his right where many papers are kept and he starts sweeping through them.

Meanwhile, Ishaan walks into his Command room and sits in his chair. He looks stressed and agitated a bit. He reaches for the phone kept on his table and calls Zunzar. The phone rings and Ishaan turns desperate as if he wants to talk with him in hurry.

"Hello"

"Ishaan, any problem brother"

"Where are you now?"

"Mauritius, why?"

"Get out of there, now!"

"What, why?"

"Mauritius has been put on high alert including

Madagascar and nearby African countries"

"Why?"

"There is a possibility of a threat from above and I have been issued an order of standby, I am not so sure but we may have to fight"

"With whom?"

"I don't know, yet"

"OK, but I don't have a way out"

"I will call the army, just leave as soon as possible, reach the nearest army camp"

"OK"

Zunzar hangs the phone and walks along the side of the road. His hands in his pocket and a bag on his back, he walks on the sidewalk while looking around. Suddenly a tremble occurs and he stops in his path shocked. Without wasting any second Zunzar looks up in the sky and witnesses something totally out of a sci-fi movie, a spiral of green colour growing slowly in the sky. His expressions show awe and disbelief, as the spiral grows larger.

"What the heck is that, a bloody portal or something?" Zunzar says as he keeps his eyes locked

on it.

He reaches for his phone but there is no cellular network on his phone.

"Shit, really?!" Zunzar says agitatedly.

He looks around as people everywhere start looking up in the sky and grips his bag with his right hand. He looks up in the sky again and moves towards the building near him.

At UN,

The council members were having a meeting in Brussels and suddenly they got the news of this portal. The Head of UN speaks in front of the media, "I received this news just now and to lower the pressure surrounding this situation, UN is already on the move as we speak. UN forces have been deployed near the island of Mauritius as the scientists at NASA have suggested. Whatever it is in the sky is considered hostile until we figure out exactly what we are dealing with. It is a day we shall all remember, because we might be introduced to a higher form of life. God Bless us"

He speaks in front of the world as his words are broadcasted all over the world. People are glued to the screen as live broadcast comes in from Mauritius. At the MI9 headquarters the news is displayed on a TV. A woman in a suit walks in the office. She is wearing an id card on which is written MI9 Agent Mirana Clarke. As she moves in and looks towards the TV showing the current status of Mauritius, she stops and her face goes pale. She is none other than Zunzar's girlfriend who was with him in the morning. Mirana looks at the TV and closes her eyes to pray for Zunzar.

"Please be safe"

8 Soldiers walk in a room and stand in front of Ishaan. Ishaan turns toward them and puts his hands on the table in front of him. He looks up towards the soldier and takes a deep breath.

"You all know why you have gathered here" Ishaan says as he looking at the screen below him.

"Yes, Sir" Raff says with a stiff posture, literally like a soldier

"Our team has been assigned a recon mission. You guys move in after the 1st frontiers are in their position. Once you gather information on the enemy you move out of the location to the extraction point. One more thing to remember, try not to engage with the enemy as much as possible. Your main objective is to bring info and nothing else, understood!"

"Yes, Sir!" Everyone in unison

"Good, except Raff everyone can leave"

"Sir, anything urgent?"

"Why do you ask, Sargent"

"I was going to call my wife"

"Okay, just so you know, my best friend is in there, so if you find him there bring him back to safely."

"Sure, Sir"

"Here, take this photo with you"

"Yes Sir" Raff takes a photo of Ishaan and Zunzar

"You may join the others now"

Raff stomps his feet and turns around to move out of the room. Ishaan glances towards him and goes back to his own work.

At the Air base to the north of Mauritius, many soldiers are lining up in formations ready to enter the battlefield. They are the 1st Frontiers, a regiment solely made for the purpose of 1st response to any enemy. Planes fly in as they move south to patrol around the city, with UAVs flying in the front. The Air Base is chaotic due to so many noises but that chaos has a tune to it, after all it's a military base so soldiers are bound to behave in unison. As per the orders the entire island of Mauritius is declared a restricted zone and army is already in position inside. The portal zags a little and something starts coming out of it. It looks really massive in size, most probably a spaceship but from where? It emerges from the portal and hovers over the city. Its shadow covers the entire city as the goliath of a ship hovers in the massive sky, redefining everything mankind has ever known. Screeching sounds comes from the ship as it opens some panels on the side. A lot of tiny pods free fall to the ground from the ship. They crash land in the city below. The pods open up and many monstrous looking aliens come out of it and start firing at anyone in their sights. In no time the city turns in to a battlefield as the 1St frontier forces move in. The city is turned to ashes and chaos as the aliens and humans fight each other. Squad X as planned gets ready to move in and sits in their special vehicle MOW or Man of War. MOW is an advanced military vehicle, built by Haze Tech, capable of transporting 12 people including the driver which has high tech guns attached to it. Enough fire power to destroy 20 tanks with 200 foot-soldiers. MOW is the pride of Squad X but it is still a prototype which is yet to be perfected. MOW is all terrain and fully armoured. MOW moves out towards the city.

Well, in all this chaos Zunzar is running around in the city, trying to keep himself safe. He comes around a park and runs in the bushes nearby.A beaming sound enters Zunzar's ears and he turns towards its direction and pops his head out of the bush. A beam is projected on the open ground near him. Many aliens standing around the beam are wearing a polished armour which looks well built with crisp design hi tech features way into the future by human standards. They are each holding guns in both of their arms and close to the body. They look strong and buffed with armour on. The beam vanishes into the space ship and the aliens surrounding it move away. What comes from the ship is a being slightly taller than the rest with a black rob around his head. His eyes glow red while his armour shines black with golden decals on it. His body quite stiffer and stronger than others. A Black cloak on his back with a gold embroidery on it. He looks nothing like the soldiers surrounding him. The spear in his hand has a luminous glow to it. He walks in front of the soldiers towards the centre of the city. Zunzar watches him through the bushes and thinks for a while and moves behind them while staying out of their sights. Whatever Zunzar has planned in his mind, its sure he hasn't thought that through. Squad X rolls into the city and leaves the MOW behind. Raff moves out in the front and raises his hand to signal the MOW to move back.

"We move out from the east to the centre of the city. Air support reported a beam appearing near it. Stay Sharp and Stay close."

"Roger That" Squad X says in unison.

A drone flies behind Squad X as they move forward. The Drone has a camera in front, which follows the movement of the soldiers. The camera is connected to the HQ at New York where Ishaan is stationed. This particular drone was made for Ishaan's Squad X to monitor their movements in their missions across the globe. Ishaan, sitting on his desk observes them as they proceed with their mission. He is flipping a pen in his one hand while looking at the screen. Ishaan is known for his tactical skill in the entire UN, he is possibly the best there is. He seems calm yet a slight nervousness can be noticed on his face. Five members of Squad X are sitting in front of him slightly lower than his level helping the squad to co-ordinate, through the help of computers, satellite network and access to UN database.

Meanwhile, Zunzar is following the Golden-black armoured alien and his squad which is on its way to the centre of the city. He hides inside a building and watches from a distance as the aliens assemble in a circle around the golden guy. Zunzar peaks from the window and suddenly the golden guy becomes alert, as if he sensed Zunzar. Zunzar quickly puts his back on the wall and hides as he suddenly gets chills on his body. The Golden guy turns his head towards the window and stares at it, Zunzar breathes heavily as his heart starts pounding faster. The Golden guy stares long and then raises his spear and stomps it on the ground. Every soldier around him moves out and he stands there still. The silence in that area becomes creepy. Zunzar slowly sits down and crawls out of the room, away from the golden guy. A loud sound of a machine turning on creeps Zunzar and he stops right in his tracks.

"What the heck is that? Got to take a look"

Zunzar moves back to the window and slowly peaks out of the window.

A huge machine is standing in front of the guy with the golden armour. It looks like some kind of drill. Zunzar watches it awe struck by its size.

"This drill thing looks like a problem to me, what is he even trying to do. I have to contact Ishaan now"

Zunzar sits down while keeping his back towards the wall and rests on it while sitting down on the floor. He takes out his phone and hastily opens the screen lock. He desperately taps on the phone to get network. BOOM! An explosion occurs and entire floor on which Zunzar is collapses. Smoke and dust everywhere as the entire thing comes down and visibility becomes nil. Slowly the dust clears and Zunzar is lying in the corner safely, unharmed. He slowly gains consciousness and everything appears blurry as he still tries to adjust to the situation. To his vision, he sees Squad X firing at the golden guy and the aliens around him. One member of Squad X comes near Zunzar and Sits in front of him. He says something but Zunzar is unable to hear him as his hearing is yet to recover due to the concussion. He seems to ask for help from the fellow squad members but Zunzar seems to have been stunned by the blast and then he grabs him and takes him to safety. He gains consciousness and Raff sitting beside him turns towards him.

"Hey, Zunzar, are you okay?"

"Yeah... I am fine" He says as he tries to get up

"Listen, we will cover for you"

"What? Wait a second how do you know my name?"

"This is not the time to ask such things, OK. Move out of here on my signal"

"Ok, but just tell me what is going on"

"Just GO!" Raff stares at Zunzar in anger and holds his shoulder with his right hand. Zunzar goes numb for a moment and then nods his head in agreement. The golden Guy stands there harmless, the bullets fly off of his armour without even leaving a scratch. He raises his spear with his right arm, the spear starts to generate something from its peak. An energy sphere forms around the point of the spear and he points it in Squad X's position. Raff and Zunzar's eyes open wide with shock and Zap! The energy from the spear gets released and within a second Raff pushes Zunzar out of the area. Zunzar looks towards him as Squad X gets blown away from the energy of the spear. Raff and the entire squad X get blown to dust. Everything clears and Zunzar picks himself up to look at the horrific scene in front of him. The entire Squad X wiped out by single blow of the Golden Guy. Zunzar shakes in fear and turns towards him. His eyes watery and his lips jittering.

'I am not getting out of here alive. Well it was a bad day indeed.'

Zunzar thinks while standing in front of him or rather his demise. Zunzar's body goes numb from the fear that creeps inside of him. Unable to do anything and nowhere to hide he prays for himself and waits for golden guy to end him. He closes his eyes and the sound of energy surging through the spear reaches him. His demise imminent. The energy releases through the spear but it gets blocked before reaching Zunzar. Zunzar opens his eyesdue to the disturbance occurring in front of him. What he sees shocks him even more than he was shocked a moment before. A guy in similar clothing as the golden guy blocking its energy with two swords. His aura surely more powerful than the one trying to kill him. The energy from the spear stops and Heroic guy stands between him and Zunzar. Suddenly 7 more gold armoured guys of different height and body drop out of nowhere and stand behind the guy with the swords.

"Enough! You have displeased us enough Rozok, you are coming with us"

"Boss!" He seems shocked by their arrival.

One of the 8, turns around to look at Zunzar.

"What about this puny human?"

Sword Guy glances with the corner of his eye without turning back "Take him"

Zunzar stands there looking awestruck by their appearance. One of them walks and stands near him. He looks at Zunzar and BAM! Punch to the face, knocking him out. One of them picks up Zunzar and his bag falls on the ground. Rozok drops on his knees as the sword guy approaches him.

"It shouldn't have come to this" He says disappointingly

A Portal opens and they all walk in it. Sword guy stops right in front of the portal and glances at a

distance. Ishaan watches the entire scenario from the drone and stands in his position. His face turns pale and his breathing fast. His fist grips tighter and face shows agitation and regret. Pen in his hand breaks by the sheer force of his hand. He seems troubled by the fact that his best friend was taken by someone he can't possibly fight. Ishaan reaches for his phone on the desk. His hands shake and the phone falls on the floor. He leans to pick it up and looks at his palm. Blood on his entire palm by the pen he just broke. He feels pain yet he doesn't bother. He picks up the phone and starts typing something when one of the assistants comes near him

"Sir, are you okay?"

"Yeah, I will be back, just a minute" Ishaan stands up and composes himself. He walks out of the room and closes the door. He taps on the phone and it starts ringing. 1st ring, 2nd ring, 3rd ring and someone picks the call

"Hello"

Ishaan puts the phone on his ear "Hey, it's Ishaan"

"You sound pale, anything serious?"

"Zunzar's gone"

"Wait...what? Zunzar..." Mirana looks towards the screen showing the news.

"Yeah, he got abducted by the aliens"

"No... NO... this can't be happening"

"It's true, I saw the whole thing happen"

Ishaan's face turns depressed and sad,

"Ok, I am on my way to New York"

Mirana hangs the phone…

to be continued...