UNIT: The Series/Cradling of a Space Species

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A mysterious egg is found in Katniss's garden as it could mean the end of the world as the Katerkolian race is determined to get it back but giving it back could mean the destruction of Earth.

Story -- Segment 1
Jeffrey hit the shovel in the ground. He had felt like he had to dig for several months and he was even unsure why he was digging half the time. He had created a hole that you would have thought may have been created by a small bomb. It went around 2 metres into the ground and the entire garden had been dug up. Then he spotted something in the mud that he had never seen before. It was a black object as Jeffrey then used his hands as he pulled mud from the sides off it.

“Come on in Jeffrey. Breakfast before school,” Sophie shouted to her teenage son as Jeffrey looked back towards his mum.

“I have found something,” Jeffrey beamed with excitement as he pulled out the black object carefully. It was an egg with a black base and deep dark red lines running through it along with dark blue lines.

“Is that an egg?” Sophie stepped out into the garden despite the amount of mud that had been chucked everywhere. The egg was slightly bigger than the size of Jeffrey’s head.

“It might be,” Jeffrey then felt something, or in this case unfelt something “I know longer feel the need to dig,” Jeffrey commented feeling weird about the whole situation. Katniss then walked down the stairs as she looked outside seeing her mother, Sophie, outside which she never normally did.

“Mum, what is going on?” Katniss asked as she saw a huge egg with Jeffrey holding it “pass that thing to me now.”

“Why? I am going to take it to school to show all my friends,” Jeffrey grinned as he walked past Katniss with the egg.

“But brother I have been searching for that for ages,” Katniss lied “I have someone who will buy a product like that for big money,” Katniss looked eagerly towards the egg.

“70/30 split to me,” Jeffrey ordered as he was reluctant to hand over the egg.

“Deal,” Katniss threw her hand out to shake Jeffrey’s as he brother shook her hand. He then handed the egg over as he pulled on a bag and walked out of the door, his school uniform covered in mud.

“Since when did you go around looking for black alien like eggs?” Arthur asked as Katniss put the egg into a bag and went out the door which Jeffrey had left open.

“About 2 minutes,” Katniss chuckled as she went into a car and set off for the UNIT base. Katniss then drove into the UNIT base as she parked her car in a space that was starting to seem familiar. The lasers worked their way throughout the car as Katniss stopped the engine and looked towards the front of the UNIT base. She then got out of the car seeing the bodyguard of John approaching her, weapon in hand.

“Welcome back Trudgen,” John greeted her as she walked towards the building with John leading her the way through.

“Katniss is my preferred name,” Katniss chuckled as the bodyguard also chuckled as she went into the building.

“I prefer Trudgen,” John chuckled as he went back out into the car park double checking all the HD CCTV cameras that they had spotted around the UNIT base.

“Is Biggins in?” Katniss asked the receptionist.

<p class="MsoNormal">“In the scientific labs,” the receptionist replied as she went back onto the phone. Katniss walked for several minutes trying to find the scientific labs, UNIT was a big place and Katniss had only been there for a week. She finally found it as she went inside looking around for Biggins. After a few moments she spotted the tall, skinny, old scientist with grey hairs quickly taking over the top of his head. He spotted Katniss and waved her over.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Look at this,” Biggins smiled as he mixed a green liquid with a red rock as the rock had been dissolved “amazing how far we have come.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“I have something a million times cooler and a whole load more interesting,” Katniss then grabbed the giant black egg with red and blue lines as she gently laid it on the table.

<p class="MsoNormal">“What is this?” Biggins asked as he was wondering what to do with it.

<p class="MsoNormal">“My brother dug it up from the back garden. It would seem like some sort of space egg by it being bigger than my head,” Katniss then walked away leaving Biggins with the egg as he immediately picked it up and ran to the X-Ray room.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Mellith searched frantically through the files on his computer as he desperately sent out yet another signal from his ultra-powerful computer. His master was not known for being nice to those who did not bring him success or treasure, and this egg was both but on the largest off scales.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Where is that no good egg finder?” A booming voice shouted from around the corner. Mellith stroked his purple whisker as his orange skin lit up more than it usually had done, an indication of the Katerkorlian species that they were afraid.

<p class="MsoNormal">“I don’t know where a no good one is. I would have thought you would prefer to see the best before the no good,” Mellith grinned as his master walked into the room “Grasonage, just as ugly as the day I met you.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Shut it Mellith. I will have your blood,” Grasonage opened his mouth as a thick purple liquid poured out of it and dripped to the ground.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Who have you eaten this time?” Mellith chuckled as he poured himself a drink, the Katerkorlian species had purple blood unlike most species and Grasonage liked to eat a few of his own kind everyday just because he knew he could, and he liked the taste.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Just a vastly rich and influential person so don’t think you are not indispensable,” Grasonage breathed heavily as he bared his long and sharp teeth at Mellith.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Be reasonable. No one else will even stand a chance at finding this egg,” Mellith sat down and put his feet up on the side.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Neither do you but your success rate,” Grasonage pointed out as Mellith sent out yet another signal that came out negative, like the egg was in an area where the security was so high that not even radars could get into it or Mellith was searching in the wrong place entirely.

<p class="MsoNormal">“There is a boy who I have manipulated into digging in an area where the egg could be but he must have found it as by going by his brainwaves he stopped but then the egg disappears almost immediately afterwards. We may need to pay a visit to Jeffrey Trudgen’s,” Mellith pondered as his alarm then started beeping “or we may not. The egg was last located in a vehicle driving by Katniss Trudgen, must have a connection with Jeffrey Trudgen. I hate how Humans have the same last name sometimes. We need to find Katniss Trudgen.”

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<p class="MsoNormal">“Signal detected,” Michael looked alarmed as he looked up to Kate who was standing over his desk.

<p class="MsoNormal">“By any chance is it an alien signal?” Kate asked as Michael looked back to his computer as it then showed a ship that was hovering around the planet.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Definitely alien,” Michael commented as he then started to track the signal “it seems to be a caller signal or a tracking signal so they seem to be trying to find something.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Kate,” Biggins called from the other side of the computer room as he was holding the large alien egg “Katniss found this alien egg.” Michael and Kate shared a look as they both went towards the egg as Kate picked it off Biggins hands.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Could this be what the signal was looking for?” Michael asked as Kate nodded.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Probably. We need to get a team assembled and into a spacecraft to go into that ship,” Kate ordered as she handed the egg back to Biggins “keep an eye on the egg and do tests on it. Just do not break it or damage it in anyway.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Yes ma’am,” Biggins then walked away as Michael started flicking various faces across from one panel to another on his computer screen as a team of four had been assembled on his screen, the maximum amount who could fit into the new UNIT space craft.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Great team,” Michael grinned as he went away from his computer and then went towards the main office as he knocked on the door.

<p class="MsoNormal">“I’ve seen,” Trevor commented as he got up “an alien ship mission is something no one could miss.” The two then went to another computer not too far away as Michael stopped at a desk. Carrie looked up as she wondered why both Michael and Trevor were there.

<p class="MsoNormal">“You performed quite well with Katniss on the Ice Warrior mission,” Michael said “if you have not already seen then here is the news then you are a part of a four person team to go onto a spaceship with me, Trevor and Katniss,” Michael told her as Carrie was laughing as she hugged Michael.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Thank you. How excellent,” Carrie chuckled as they ran to Katniss’s desk.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Hey,” Katniss started as Michael and Trevor were already walking to the space craft. Carrie looked back towards them as she could hardly contain her excitement.

<p class="MsoNormal">“We need to go to the space craft now. An outer space mission,” Carrie squealed as she began walking away as Katniss quickly followed. Katniss quickly grabbed a ball like device which was mainly silver with various etchings going into it. She then watched as Michael and Trevor walked past her as Michael stopped for a few moments.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Let’s go,” Michael grinned as Katniss replicated the grin “the wonderful women who stopped the Ice Warriors freezing the planet is needed.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Wonderful?” Katniss put one eyebrow up as Michael chuckled and then started walking away. They then met up at the space craft which was a small tube like vehicle shaped like a tablet as the four got into the only four seats on the space craft as they all ducked down as a glass door was shut on them.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Everyone ready?” Trevor asked as him and Michael sat at the front with various buttons on it. Carrie looked very excited as she moved around on her chair. Katniss shook her head and chuckled at her friends expression.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Everything looks good although I would like to report a possible explosion,” Katniss said as Trevor turned around for a few moments with a very serious expression.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Report,” Trevor requested as Michael pressed two buttons which made the craft tilt upwards. He then pressed a few more buttons as the roof to the sky opened up “wait a moment Michael. We need Katniss’s report about a possible explosion before we start the mission.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Well. I think Carrie may just explode from over excitement,” Katniss chuckled as Carrie and Michael joined in but Trevor shook his head.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Start the launch sequence. Katniss please do not make unneeded jokes which could delay the mission as lives are at risk and every second counts,” Trevor then initiated a countdown sequence which counted down from 10.

<p class="MsoNormal">“I’ve always wondered why do we have countdown sequences? Can’t we just launch instantly. The same goes for a bomb in a movie when the villain puts a countdown on it,” Katniss wondered off as the space craft then set off high into the sky in moments. It soared through the clouds in seconds and seemed to have left the Earth’s atmosphere in less than 30 seconds.

<p class="MsoNormal">“How is this thing that quick?” Carrie was half screaming as they were quickly closing in on the spaceship that sat above Earth.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Alien technology which we have managed to enhance. Very cool stuff,” Michael responded as the glass above them was showing possible entry points that it had identified within the space ship. The space ship looked like a rock with windows.

<p class="MsoNormal">“We will smash through the glass,” Trevor informed the others as he took control off the wheel as auto pilot was unreliable when it came to specific instructions and could not dodge potential weapons that may be mounted around the space ship.

<p class="MsoNormal">“But won’t that take the oxygen out and make us fly out the moment we get out of this thing?” Katniss asked as they zoomed towards the smallest window.

<p class="MsoNormal">“The space ship has a protective shell around it that can prevent air from escaping because everything has holes in it and in space that is not very recommended,” Trevor called back as weapons rose from the rocks and started shooting towards them. Trevor made the craft drop to dodge the gunfire as he rose the craft back up. Then it got hit as it started plummeting into deep space.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Why are we falling when there is no gravity?” Carrie asked as Trevor felt sweat on his brow as he dared not take his eyes away from the action.

<p class="MsoNormal">“When we get shot this craft seems to activate a sequence where the propellers make it go down in order to escape potential threats and that makes it extremely annoying,” Michael answered as Trevor was concentrating far too much to answer. He managed to bring the craft back up again as he made it run along the rocky face of the space ship. He pulled the craft through a window as glass flew everywhere. Trevor then pressed a few buttons as the space craft had now stopped onto a white flooring with blue lines running along it.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Damn it,” Trevor shouted as the top of the craft then opened up as the group got out quickly. Footsteps could be heard in the corridor as blue aliens then appeared with yellow suits on. They got down onto one knee and pointed their guns towards the group.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Blue is such a nice colour,” Carrie admired as the others looked towards her “what? I’m just saying what I think.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“I don’t think that should be your main concern right now,” Katniss pointed out as Trevor moved towards his gun “what are you doing?”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Trust me,” Trevor told them as he pulled out a gun and shot one of the aliens. They went down with a single bullet hole in their head as two aliens pulled the trigger as Trevor went down, he was motionless as he hit the ground with a thump which made the group worry.

<p class="MsoNormal">“We come in peace,” Katniss tried as the others were too scared to take notice. More of the aliens came as they surrounded the group. Michael, Carrie and Katniss were breathing heavily and constantly looking towards Trevor.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Kill them,” Grasonage had stepped into the room as he had a smile on his face as his soldiers then shot the remaining group, each of their bodies hitting the ground with a thud. Their bodies were all motionless, dead.