Huff… huff… cough… This air is so suffocating and why is it so dark? I cannot move my legs. Am I in some kind of a pod? And why is it so hot? Maybe if I could bang this wall with my hands thump… thump… click… Something is happening. What is that sound? Wait, it is opening. The door is opening “Oh my god! Where am I? ” This is unbelievable. There are only mountains, mountains of rocks and where are the trees? Is that molten lava flowing? Could it be… I thought nobody could stand that much of heat. But how can I? Am I dead? Is this Hell?! NO, there is no place like that. I must explore more. Splash…“Oh no!” The magma splashed over me but… Wait a minute. I’m all right! How could this be? And my arms, my legs… oh! My whole body! Why is it of silver?! There is definitely something wrong with this place. Maybe it’s a dream. No! It feels too real to be one; I should look back at the pod for something. “Hmmm, XARV-120”… Now what in the world does that mean? Wait a minute, who am I? I can’t remember anything, what is happening? Oh my head beep… beep… Firmware Loaded… “Who said that? Is anybody there? Hello! Hello! Please!” Why isn’t anybody replying? I must… I must look for someone; Yes! There must be someone who could explain.
This looks so odd, that mountain looks as high as Mt. Everest, 8.9Km to be approximate and still no ice but hot boiling lava. “Wait a second!” how did I just do that, I’m pretty sure it’s 8.9Km but how can I be? And there are clouds all around. They sure are dark and I think it’ll rain soon so I better find some shelter and fast. The ground seems quite smooth although there is some rubble here and there and that rift, it must be 200 miles long. There I did it again. How can I be so sure? What kind of a conundrum is this? But the more puzzling question is: How I landed here on this barren place? It looks like the Sahara desert but with rocks and those sulphur clouds nothing can survive here, “But how can I?” This place looks more like Venus. Can it be? Am I actually on another planet? This surely doesn’t look anything like earth and there is too much of carbon dioxide in air for anyone to breathe. There I’m doing it again; I won’t even ask how and let the madness continue. At least I have some concrete information. I cannot see the stars, there is magma all around, yes, I am on Venus and this does not look good. So let’s reconcile all the information in a bundle; now I know that I have been walking and so far there has not been even a single hint of life on a place which is definitely not earth. Not to mention my obliterated past and apparently I’m called XARV-120, “I’ll be damned, I think I’ll call myself Marc”. Now that is a head start on this grotesque face of a planet, “I’ll be damned”. Well I should hurry up and find some place, a safe one as I can feel the night’s approaching. The sun isn’t visible in those dusty clouds but somehow I know it. I can feel the planet moving as if my soul is hinting me. I think I should probably head towards those caves. They seem a bit colder, a perfect shelter for me and I just hope there is someone there to talk to, “Someone peaceful”.
This certainly looks huge with a 250 metres diameter. I bet it would crush me in a jiffy if it were to collapse. Good thing it’s made up of graphene. I think I should rest for while here and maybe analyse the situation. It’s odd how I don’t feel any hunger, “Am I a machine?” Well if that was true then I won’t need to breathe either. Let’s try that. Just in case I should take a deep breath huffff…. “Hmm… 1, 2, 3….100, 101, 102… 1023, 1024, 1025… ” Okay so it’s clear I don’t need to breathe anymore. Maybe that’s why I have survived the toxic sulphur in air. So is it true? Am I a machine? Is this not free will I possess? “A heap of nuts and bolts, damn you!” Damn you! Damn you! I’ll destroy everything, take that you forsaken piece of land. How do you like my shiny mechanical blows huh! Urrggghh… “Wait, what is that” It… It looks so beautiful! Crystals. These are rhinestone crystals, lush green ones. It’s queer that beauty resides in depth and darkness of the minds of the ugly. Maybe If I shovel through some I may take them for my way back, but to where? Oh well I’ll figure that later, for now is the time for some digging. Crack… what was “THAAAAT!!” thump… “Ouch, that was a bad fall” a 23 feet fall to be exact. Well I guess it gives to have a metal rear, no damage at all. Now where does this lead me to, OH MY GOD! I cannot believe this. These drawings, these sculpture what are they? They look like me! But what do they say hmmm… I guess these are spears, flying spears and apparently they are approaching towards these herd of people followed by a huge pile of dust or something but in shape of a tree. That is odd, and few of these people are heading towards that round black circle leading them under the ground hmmm… “fascinating!” And what are these? Looks like some more spears but fatter, flying straight upwards towards that disfigured and spotted circle. I think they convey some hidden message, but what is it? I should better Vehicular location verified… “Wait, what?” Transmitting data engaged “Transmitting what?” prepare for standby “Standby! What is hap…”
#Location of post WW3 survival colony noted#
#Saving latitude = 30.7353°N and longitude = 76.7911°E to 24_08_3014.arch file#
#Commencing retrieval mission to 24_08_3014.arch position on earth#
#Marking Exploration Mission by Extreme Atmosphere Resistant Vehicle – 120 as Successful#
#Prepare for Standby#
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Special Thanks to Anya Sharma for editing this article.
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