Friday, May 25, 2018

The Dark

The alien spacecraft orbited the Solar system for decades, with no sign of any activity. Scientists across the Earth tried to study it via various means, while the politicians grew restless with anxiety. At the long last, they decided to destroy it as a precaution.
Gary Singh of India launched aboard a US SpaceX rocket, from the Xinghou spaceport in China. After parking the spacecraft at a safe distance, he launched his missiles armed with thermonuclear bombs and braced for their impact.
And that was when he was startled.
When the missiles hit the alien spacecraft, instead of a giant explosion, there was a hole, darker than the space around it.
And the blast wave, instead of rippling away, seemed to pull Gary towards the epicenter.
"Houston," Gary called the mission control center, "We have a problem. "
"Roger- go a-ahea-dd Ga-a-ry-y..." Words from the mission control seemed to be stretched out and distorted. As he quickly explained what he saw, Gary saw the dark emptiness engulfing his spaceship.
And that was when he realized.
"My God... By smashing nuclear bombs, we converted the alien spacecraft into a rapidly expanding black hol-
And that was when I woke up last night, perspiring, only to find that the darkness engulfing me due to bedsheet that had somehow crept up over my eyes.

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