The Arrival 1 The Even

Earth is a relatively small planet in the grand scheme of things. The people of this planet are even smaller. However this relatively small place had held the belief that they were the only life in the universe. They maintained this belief for a very long time and with their understanding of science they had the evidence to back up that claim. However all of that changed in the year 2020. That year NASA detected a temporal fold in s.p.a.ce around the planet Mars. Moments after they detected the fold something appeared in orbit around the planet. Said object was large enough to be seen by the Hubbell s.p.a.ce Telescope with great detail.

NASA responded as quickly as possible in an attempt to inform Earth's different Nations of what they had discover as well as get some type of verification from another scientific team on what they believe they found. No sooner had they began to send out calls did they themselves received a transmission from the object. The transmission completely destroy that belief for the people of NASA, because not only was that transmission in English, but it was also in every known language of the planet. At this point they started worry for the message only stated one thing..."Prepare".

Else where in the country of The United States, a young man fights and epic battle against sleep while sitting in a desk, however this battle is ended when a ruler of justice is swung and land squarely in the middle of the fore head of this young man. The wielder of this ruler was a tall middle age European male with a reseeding hair line. WHACK...."For the love of all that is good stay awake Jack! The next time you fall asleep its straight to the principles office with you." Jack a 16 year old African american who had been rudely woken up did not even put in the time to think of a response for his head now sported a brand new ruler shaped imprint in the middle of his head along with a side of pain. Jack fell out of the chair while rubbing his head in an attempt to quell the pain.

After what feels like forever the pain starts to slow and Jack is given just enough reprieve to look at the culprit of his situation and give answer to the statements given. "Mister White I believe that schools ended corporal punishment end the 90's so this right here is child abuse and lets not add to the fact that I am black so we could also sprinkle a little bit of raciest in the mix if you would like...sir." Mister White only gave Jack a brief glance before continuing down the row of desk while going on about something the threat mankind posed to its self or something along those lines. Jack didn't really care for most of the things said in this cla.s.s, in fact he didn't care for most things said in any of the cla.s.ses he was in this year. Though he was a 2nd year high school student Jack IQ was astonis.h.i.+ng, his parent found out early in his life that their son was extremely smart. He could have easily skipped high school completely however his parents felt that doing that would have isolated him from his peers. So here he is forced to take this abuse from a teacher he knew he was smarter than. However he was grateful that his parents forced him to attend school other otherwise he is sure things would have ended up just as they had fore seen.

Letting his mind wander Jack absent-mindedly looks out of the widow to his left. He is currently on the second floor of the school so the view is pretty wide. Something catches his eye a s.h.i.+ny metal object. At first he just believes it to be a plane and tries to ignore it, but something seems off about it. The way it is currently moving in the sky dose not seem natural even for a plane. Jack slowly turns in his chair as he can see the object growing closer and closer, and as it dose Jack mouth starts to slowly open. The closer the object gets the easier is becomes to make out and Jack immediately recognizes what the object is or at lest believes it to be a Sheathipede-cla.s.s transport shuttle. Like the shuttles used in the Star Wars movies and tv shows.

Jack slaps him self hard enough that Mister White stops in the middle of his speech and stares at him. "Jack what are you doing if you feel the need to hurt yourself I am going to have to send you to the nurse. " Mister White said with a snicker on his face. " Dose anyone else see this or is it just me." Jack says jaw still dropped. "See what Ja....." Mister White turns in the direction Jack is looking and his mouth to slowly starts to open. Soon other members of the cla.s.s room turn to at what has stopped their teacher from speaking only to be just as flabbergasted as student teacher pair before them. The shuttle which is close enough for Jack to make out sense pads and landing gear on the shuttle slowly hovers closer and closer to the school. It soon starts to glide over the school its self causing the building to vibrate slightly. Jack takes off to a cla.s.s room on the other side of the building. Soon followed by his teacher and other cla.s.smate, running into an ongoing art cla.s.s. The teacher Ms. Samatha a middle age Indian female spots Jack running into her cla.s.s, she knows of Jack like most teachers know him a trouble maker,however before she can speak her cla.s.s was being b.u.m rushed by Mister Whites cla.s.s. All of his students including Mr. White where all trying to force their way inside.

Not understanding what was happening Ms. Samatha attention was then drawn the shadow flowing across the floor and covering the window of her cla.s.s. She watched as some thing that in her mind must be a new type of plane or helicopter started to land in the middle of the P.E. field behind the school. All she could think of at that moment in time was "Well I am glad am not the person who's going to need to explain this to the parents and the press." As the objects visible engines began to power down and the object seem like it was settled. In the the next moment Samatha heard one of the widows being opened and glanced just in time to see Jack grab the gutter by the widow and slide down it to ground level. "Ahhh.... well I guess this is why they call him a trouble maker..." Samatha turned to Mr. White and shook her head out of pity. Then just stare out the widow like the rest of her cla.s.s.

Jack at this point made it to ground level but did not immediately head to the shuttle. Instead he knew his two best friend Trish and Keith had P.E. at this very moment so seeking them out he head to the cla.s.s that was just off to the side of the track a few meters away from the shuttle. As if they had a physic connection the two people in question came running out of the crowed heading to Jack. Jack couldn't help but be reminded about how greatful his was to his parent about going to school for if he had not he would not have meet this two amazing people. These two people that did not get jealous because he was smarter than them, and that loved the same hobbies that he loved. Trish a short female of asian descent,and Keith also a african america both ran to Jack as fast as they could.

They meet in the middle of the field with the object to their direct left his two friends looked speech less. They both knew what the shuttle was I mean how could they not all three of them where huge Star Wars fans. They knew who this type of Shuttle belonged to in the TV shows but that all can't be real right. As their minds try to process what exactly they where looking at the part of the shuttle that was closest to them which just happens to be the rear of the shuttle hiss as smokes starts to funnel seal on the cargo hold doors. The three friend slowly turn to face the opening hatches, all three slight scared and excited all at the same time.