Chapter 36: Now or never

Madeleine looks at Sharon, she doesn't want her mother to go with them, but deep down, she doesn't want her mother to die.

_ You will come with us - said Sharon - but don't think that I'm already happy with you. Sharon contacts Jawara to tell him to bring her mother - Jawara, we have mom here, I know it's crazy, but you have to believe that I don't agree either, we have to take her.

Jawara is surprised! He feels that he can't handle it, but decides to accept

_ Give me Madeleine! - said Jawara - Madeleine, do me a favor and don't cause more problems.

_ Rest assured, son, that will be the case (hypocrisy)

_ We'll talk later! I don't have time for your words right now.

Jawara takes them onto the Airspace-wanderer, and Blossom is also on board. The United States explodes gradually. The explosion reaches all the countries in America. The explosion rises into outer space. There is a lot of lava, a lot of rocks. The United States no longer exists. It begins to destroy everything, starting with Canada, then Mexico, and so on.

_ The explosion is following us! - Yadir exclaimed - why did you make me learn to fly this thing?

_ Not now, Yadir! Do your job and we'll be fine.

The lava reaches the Airspace-Wanderer. People begin to shout that the ship is going to catch fire.

_ Why didn't we die in an earthquake? It would have been better than dying on this plane! - one person exclaimed, muttering.

_ This man is going to kill us!

_ It would have been better to die down there!

People continued to murmur, meanwhile Andrei and Yamal tried to calm them down, Yamal using his vast knowledge of psychiatry and psychology to calm them down, Andrei on the other hand, along with his wife, Melanie, were looking for people with other illnesses. They had stabilized Sharon so they could take care of the others.

_ Please! If there are more doctors here, better help me find out if there are sick people here- said Andrei

People continued to murmur.

_ Are there engineers here? - said Joshua- because if there are, then, they should know that if they are, it is because they trusted engineering, Malenfant is an aerospace engineer! Trust in his ability, skill and talent to have created the Airspace-Wanderer!

Andrei, Yamal and Melanie took care of the sick, under instructions given to them by Yamal, finding at the same time if there were more doctors and nurses among them to work as a team. Jawara and Yadir continued to drive the Airspace-Wanderer even in the middle of the terrible eruption, which was under the United States of America, avoiding fireballs similar to meteorites with a sky-blue color, fireballs as if all the colors that exist in the Solar System were combined, fortunately, the orbit where the Earth goes remained intact, so the translation movement remained intact and continued as it should, rotating around the Sun. Meanwhile, Joshua and his sister Blossom were talking.

_ It's impressive what my husband did! - said Blossom - but they don't trust him, usually, people stay calm when they know who is driving the plane.

_ You know it, seeing the good in others is the key.

_ Have you already told Jawara about those people or aliens, or whatever they are, who dress like cats?

_ No..... but I try to remember other things... how was it that I was saved from the tsunami that hit Miami? It wasn't those mysterious beings, I'm sure of that!

_ I can't understand either, but you told me that they, The Fighting Cats? Did you work with them? Did they help save the people of Miami?

_ Yes, but I saw more women, I only remember the name of one of them: Antoinette Patterson, she told me not to tell anyone that they helped us. But I think Jawara must know, and everyone here who is like family, because something I see in Jawara, is that for him there is no one stronger or weaker, Jawara says a lot although I see that he doesn't realize it: "There are no stronger or weaker, we all have strong points and weak points, that's why we must stay together."

_ It's true, my husband says that a lot, but it seems that pride has dominated him now. You're right my brother! Now or never, Jawara must know about those mysterious beings, there are things that will be revealed. But now or never we must be united, and perhaps we should be with that feline and her companions, or companions if there are men among them.

A very strong gust of wind is felt, this begins to lift the Atlantic Ocean, and with it, the Airspace-wanderer

_ It lifts us, it lifts us! - Yadir exclaims

_ We can handle this, Yadir! - Jawara tells him

Both maneuver the Airspace-wanderer to get out of there, but again they are extracted into outer space, from above, they can see the explosion

_ How impressive! - Yadir says

_ Wait - said Jawara - Look at this!

Two gigantic spaceships can be seen, Jawara and Yadir look at these ships in astonishment, time seems to go slow, the ships emit strange noises, but curiously, it seems that lights similar to those that were in the hole of shadows could be seen.

_ Iris! Please come up- said Yadir asking his sister to go up to the cockpit, she goes up and puts a hand to her mouth seeing what she and her brother saw in the sky.

_ Oh my god! What are those things?

_ I had not seen the design of a ship like that- said Jawara- I showed disbelief regarding the alien existence, but now I see that it is real. The Airspace-Wanderer is very far away in terms of the design and structure of this ship. I could not create or build something like that!

_ They are aliens!- exclaimed Yadir

_ Wait!- said a Sharon going up to the cockpit.

_ Sharon! You should be resting, you're sick! - Jawara scolds Sharon

_ It's not that those ships are what we should be worried about, look over there!

Sharon, who detected the black hole that swallowed Antoinette and her husband, along with Jonathan and her daughter Gretel, shows them to her friends, who are horrified to see it leaving them immovable, including Sharon, it was a black hole that inspired a lot of fear, not even the bravest astronaut could have courage, the least is that he would emit a scream of terror upon seeing it.

A laser beam comes out of both ships and they launch it at the Arspace-wanderer, the laser beam causes partial amnesia, with the purpose of making them forget that they saw the ships, and of course, forget the alien existence, they also launch it to Earth, so that humanity forgets that they saw spaceships, then they leave. After that, they saw how giant fire meteorites go towards them.

_ Jawara, look! - said Yadir - we must take cover!

Jawara and Yadir work to evade the meteorites, fortunately, they did not fall to Earth, but they were big enough, they were half the size of the Earth. How were they going to survive? Another black hole opens and pulls them in.

_ It seems to me that another black hole is pulling us in! - said Jawara

_ Let's do what we did last time! - said Yadir

Meanwhile, at The Fighting Cats base

_ A black hole which not even scientists have been able to name - said Kiara - swallowed the ship where The Fire Cat and The Catstorm were going, but I also detected that it took my uncle and my cousin.

_ How can you be so calm, Kiara? - said Ginger surprised, who returned to the base after what happened in the hole of shadows - I know that you have a human disease similar to Antoinette's, but ..... How can you say it so calmly if he is your uncle? Your cousin! Our boss and her husband! Who are now trapped there.

_ From what I see, although you are an alien, a black hole also inspires fear in you, dear Ginger, but you must know that understanding is what gives true calm, that is a legacy that my father left me and I will never leave it.

What The Fighting Cats didn't know, is that Kiara wasn't the "Kiara from Earth 02", she was her doppelgänger, because Kiara from Earth 02 died at the time she was stolen, Kiara was from the Multiverse Base, which made her a Warshapian like Ginger was (Kiara is Ginger's cousin), which sadly would cause her parents (Kiara's, from Earth 02) a very strong pain when they knew the truth (that the "Kiara" that returned to them, since she was stolen and they didn't know about her for many years, is not their daughter, but her doppelgänger)

_ We still have to save them! - exclaimed Ginger putting herself on equal terms with Kiara - Antoinette is our leader and our friend.

_ And we are going to do it! - said Iris - Ginger, I know that the autistic condition of a human can bother you, but autistic or not, Kiara is still a Fighting Cat, as is Antoinette. Autistic people should still be respected, as we do with animals, as we take them into account, although there are a variety of animals, and there are different breeds, as is the case with cats, the multiple breeds, which make many people love them, in the same way, autistic people are human, as I am human and you treat me with dignity, so should they!

Ginger's Mind: "I must admit, I had a prejudice against autistic people, I'm an alien, but now that I knew more about humans, autistic people were weird to me, but I didn't understand it at the time, in the future, I would understand it, meanwhile, I only saw autism, and in Jawara Malenfant, I only saw defects, and I didn't see that he was a powerful leader, that he would be a key piece, as would be Antoinette and others, now or never, there are truths that must be accepted."

Everything was moving very quickly, although suddenly, everything stopped moving, the Earth stopped, the meteorites too, it seemed like nothing was happening, except the Airspace-wanderer and those who were on board.

_Yadir, Yadir! - shouted Jawara trying to wake Yadir, Yadir felt that he was not moving, he was shocked, but Jawara insisted that he come back to his senses- Yadir, please react! Let's get out of here,

It's now or never!

Yadir faints, he has a dream where he sees Dorothy, he can see the world panicking over natural disasters, but he sees another scene: alien ships invading Earth, but curiously, the aliens looked like human beings, they had peculiar characteristics that distinguished them, but at first glance it was difficult to distinguish those characteristics. Humanity flees in desperation, Yadir walks confused and surprised to see everything that happens, doubts come to him, he feels helpless to do nothing, where are his family and friends? Then he sees Dorothy in the distance, who according to the dream, is an alien (since he and everyone forgot the alien existence)

_ Dorothy! - Yadir shouts

Dorothy turns to see Yadir and approaches him

_ What's wrong with you? Why are you destroying the Earth? - he asks confused and terrified

_ It's now or never - answers Dorothy! - If we don't do it, the whole Galaxy will be destroyed, humanity doesn't know how to respect or care, that's why humans aren't worth living.

_ But what are you saying? Do you really think that all human beings are the same?

_ It's not that I think that, I know, so much pollution on this planet has caused a lot of damage to the universe, and it's about to be completely destroyed, destroying the Earth is our only way out.

_ And what do you think of me? Should I be destroyed?

Dorothy stares at him, she's in love with him, but she doesn't admit it

_ I love you Yadir, why don't you come with us?

_ And you expect me to accept that you're destroying my planet?

_ But we're going to achieve something very big: we'll save the universe, don't you realize?

_ No, you don't realize that even though humanity has made many mistakes, there are still many good people.

_ I'm sorry Yadir, but we must continue, so I say goodbye.

_ Aren't you going to kill me?

_ Not really, because I fell in love with you, my conscience won't let me.

_ I'm in love with you too, why don't you react? Tell me: Is there no other way out?

Yadir wakes up, he wakes up confused and upset, he watches carefully, the spaceships are no longer visible, the Airspace-wanderer is heading straight for a black hole, Jawara tries to maneuver the plane, while trying to get his friend to react.

_ Yadir, Yadir! React!

Yadir is in shock, he can't even move or speak, his mind was going back to the scene he saw in his dream: seeing his girlfriend destroying the Earth, being surprised that she is an alien, he asks himself over and over again: Is Dorothy really an alien?

_ Yadir! Yadir! React! Think about Dorothy, think about your family and your friends.

The black hole is about to suck them in, Jawara has already done his part, but he needs Yadir so that together they can save themselves.

_ Yadir! React!

Yadir comes to and does his job

_ I'm better now! Let's get to work!

Jawara and Yadir manage to successfully evade the black hole, this time they were not very far from Earth, although it was much larger than the previous black hole. Jawara communicates with the passengers to tell them that everything is fine and they are safe. Yadir tells Jawara about the dream he had.

_ I had a nightmare- said Yadir

_ Oh really? What did you dream about?

_ I dreamed about an alien invasion, but the worst part is that I dreamed that Dorothy was an alien.- said Yadir with a sad tone.

_ What a dream you had! Calm down friend, fortunately it was just a dream.

_ I'm worried Jawara, in the dream Dorothy told me that I should destroy the planet Earth because if not the whole galaxy would be destroyed, that we were causing a lot of pollution and that's why we should be destroyed, and also that we don't know how to respect or take care of each other, she told me firmly.

_ I understand, it must not be easy to hear something like that from a loved one, tell me, what can I do to make you feel better?

_ For now, let's concentrate on how the Earth is, also, I want to know if Dorothy is okay.

Jawara is left thinking about what Yadir told him. Is it true that Dorothy is an alien? Suspicions continue to increase, although it was only a dream that Yadir had, the doubts that Jawara has about Dorothy become bigger and bigger. The ships managed to make Jawara, Yadir, Iris, Sharon, Blossom and the others forget about the aliens, forget what Blossom and the others already knew, they even forgot the existence of The Fighting Cats and the doppelgängers, what they didn't forget is the truth that Sharon is not Jawara's biological sister. There were more truths in the middle of the labyrinth, Armin Blake was determined to end humanity no matter what, but he was not going to execute that plan yet, for the time being, he made them forget his existence, but what he could not do was to make that happen to The Fighting Cats or the Sentinels, and FIREFLY was still a witness to the existence of the aliens, but there was still a lot they did not know about them, or about Armin Blake.

When they arrive on Earth, they are in for a horrible surprise: Canada, the United States, and Mexico no longer exist. A wave of natural disasters killed three countries, including a volcanic eruption from the crater beneath the United States. There was even a combination of many natural disasters: earthquakes, tornadoes, fire falling from the sky, and tidal waves, which killed these three countries. Although Jawara managed to save many, many could not survive.

_ Look at all that - said Yadir

_ Holy crap! - exclaimed Jawara