I woke up with a start, in a bed I actually recognised, I smiled, got dressed and went downstairs to the kitchen, I made myself a cup of tea, and sat at the table drinking, A came downstairs and he too made himself a cup of tea and toast, and sat opposite me.
"I have memories of the past two days, do you?" He asked I nodded my answer, he seemed relieved "I just thought of something, we remember so much, how to eat, how to walk, talk, use the remote, I remember I love sports, you like reading, S loves games, H loves cooking, we live on Earth, which is the third planet from the sun, but we don't remember our own lives, its so weird" whilst A was contemplating I decided to pipe up
" We use initials like the men in black" A looked up at me and I just smiled, sipping on my tea, he laughed and I joined him, that's how S and H found us
"We're the men in white" A laughed more and I did too, H and S looked confused that made me laugh even more they were both in my view as they stood behind A but me laughing more caused A to laugh more. once we sobered up we let S and H in on the joke, they didn't find it as funny as we did, H asked us what we wanted for breakfast but I said I wanted nothing, I got up after finishing my cup of tea and decided to go explore this big house.
There was a door under the stairs we hadn't opened yet, I decided I was going to check it out, so I opened the wooden door, there was a flight of stairs leading down to a basement, it was dark, I found a light switch, and one flimsy little bulb came on at the bottom I walked down to find shelves and shelves of books there must be five hundred books down here but what caught my eye more than the books was black plastic box, I went to take a closer look, I took off the grey lid and gasped, the box was full of tools, a hammer, an axe, a pickaxe an awl I picked up the axe, it was heavy with a wooden handle but I managed to get it upstairs, I had a big smile on my face as I entered the kitchen, the others were sitting at the table eating breakfast
"look what I found!!" I announced excitedly
"Woah" H stood up, he took the axe from me and I squealed "we can use this..."
"Yes" again I squealed, H ran to the wooden door that was suppose to be the exit but had no handle, he took a swing, it made a loud noise
"H stop, 'they' will come and stop us" A was worried
"I. Don't. Care" H took a swing with every word, soon he made a hole, and then stopped, he looked through the small hole he had made,
"Here, let me" A piped up, realising no one was coming to stop them H stepped away, handing the axe over to A, now A started to swing, H sat down and I asked if he was OK, he confirmed he was tired but otherwise OK.
After fifteen minutes The hole in the door was finally big enough for us to get out, and we were ready to leave, we stepped onto something that resembled Sci-fi, I felt like we were on a spaceship, there were lights everywhere, even in the floor, everything was silver and shiny, we could hear sounds, dripping, groaning, talking, I gasped assuming the others could hear it too, I started walking towards the talking.
We didn't get very far when
"Halt, who are you?" we heard from behind us, I instinctively put my hands up in surrender.
"We dont actually remember our names" S spoke up
"Ohhh, you can put your hands down and turn around, I don't bite" we turned around to see a man wearing blue, he also had blue hair, his skin was white, whiter than white, "Follow me" he announced going back the way we had come, was he going to take us back to that house, I would fight him, I looked to H and A neither had bought the axe with them I cussed under my breath, we had no choice but to follow this man "don't worry" the man started to speak, without a backward glance "you will not be going back to the house you broke out of, which, by the way" he turned to face us "amazing" he smiled and turned again and kept walking H, A, S and I exchanged glances and raised eyebrows before we followed him again, we turned a corridor and then turned again, we then came to the bridge, there were three chairs, infront of a great window that looked more like a t.v, why? because all I could see were stars and meteorites, this was worrying, I felt like I was on a set of star wars.
"Where are we?" S asked
"You're in space, near the seventh galaxy" we looked at the man that bought us here, he must've recognised the questioning look we all had "earth is on the verge of being destroyed, we were called in to save as many people as we could, there are three hundred houses on this spaceship alone, and there are more out there"
"Ok, but why can't we remember?" A asked
"Your leaders got together and decided it was better this way, you will never remember your life from before, the leaders believed the transition would be easier"
"So are we related? To each other, I mean" I asked pointing at A, H, S, and myself
"I don't know, we placed people randomly into the houses"
"Where is everyone else? The humans, I mean" H asked we had only seen four other people and none were human.
"They're all still in the houses, you're the first ones to figure a way out" he smiled, "Although, I do believe you will get bored, we still have months of travelling" the man revealed
"What's your name?" I asked realising we hadn't asked
"I am captain Zorif" he answered putting his hand out for a shake I took his hand, and shook
"And what's my name?" I asked, he stopped shaking my hand
"That I don't know, you must come up with a new name, a new identity, once you reach your new home, you will have a new life, a new chance, a new name"
"Come I think you should see before the others join us" Zorif led us all out, we walked down a different corridor took two rights, then a left, we came to a room, the room was red and resembled a theater, but with a cinema screen instead of a stage, Zorif pointed towards the seats and we each chose a seat and sat down, the black screen turned on it was white, then a movie started to play, the narrator spoke of global warming, drought famine, he spoke of wars, battles, fights, he spoke of death and how it should've been prevented, he spoke of how many people died, and we, the survivors, shouldn't make the same mistakes, he spoke of how skin colour, background, race, religion doesn't matter only the person.
When the video finished all four of us were crying
"What happened to earth?" I sniffed, asking no one in particular
"Earth is dying, there was a war, the ten year war ended with very few survivors, we stepped in knowing everybody would inevitably die, we were under orders to inject everyone with the amnesia serum and save them, no one knows who they are, not the leaders, not the actors, not the average Joe, Earth will cease to exist in the next few hundred years but you will survive"
"So are we going to your planet?" H asked Zorif
"Oh no, no we have a new planet for you, a planet that has no life, no animals, not even a footstep, everything will be new"
****************two years later ****************
Hello Zoe here, of course you know me as Z, hope you're well, we have been here for two years now I, as you know, came up with a new name, Zoe, the others are still in touch, Adrian, Sara, Harry, we still see each other, we built our houses close to each other, there were no houses, no schools, no libraries, no post offices, no police stations, we are still building, what I want is a library, but seen as though there are no books a library isn't very important, old Earth had borders, different countries, new Earth does not we live in peace and harmony, we have no memories about our lives and we have come to terms with that, the schools were one of the first things we built along with houses and farms, we grew crops and looked after animals, we made friends, peace and harmony, we each came up with jobs, Harry became a chef, Sara became a teacher, Adrian became a cart driver, I became a scientist, coming up with new ideas to make lives easier for the people of new Earth, Zorif and his people do visit us, they once told us we had cars on Earth, but we're still trying to figure out how to make them, and money as well, although right now we don't have the need for money.
From over seven billion people on old Earth, after the war, less than two million people survived, and those are who occupy new Earth I know in the future we will need a ruler, and money, and quite possibly borders, but for now we are happy with what we have. Or rather what we don't have.
******************The end***********************