17 Years: Soldiers of Tomorrow

By Rmon Jefferson

After being taken against his will, Rmon has been shown the mysteries of the universe! Upon returning from his journey, he discovers that his life has dramatically changed and must do his best to adapt and get back to his family. Not only does he carry the burden of the worst news in history but he begins to learn that there are others like him prepping for the fateful day to stop this monstrosity that will challenge Earths survival. With these newly formed gifts he and others adapt, they can become the greatest weapon in saving humanity.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Aug 11, 2017
• ISBN: 9781546201632

Rmon Jefferson

R’mon Jefferson officially began writing in January 2016. He has majored in English Literature at Johnson & Wales University Denver with a degree in General Studies from McCook College in Nebraska. This is his first book of professional writing in the creative world of science fiction genre. Extremely passionate about writing and the creative wonders that come with the art, R’mon will continue to write after the first installment of his book in pursuit of his dreams. R’mon Jefferson resides in the beautiful city of Denver, Colorado.

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CHAPTER 1

T here’s nothing worse than hearing a 6:30 am alarm sound, Kristen gets up to prepare for another day of work. I get up early the mornings to help her get our son ready for school. He is 8 years old, beautiful looking boy who is the perfect complement to both of his parents but a terror to wake up in the mornings. Sometimes we don’t even bother combing his hair, a giant curly afro to sum it up except a little more tangled. Kristen takes her morning shower while I iron her and Joshua’s clothes for school and work. Kristen and Josh are ready to head out on a brisk Tuesday morning and since I don’t work until 1:30 pm, I get to sleep in which makes Kristen jealous every morning. We give our routine kisses goodbye before she heads out for the day and I tell her to always text me and let me know that she made it to work safely because of her hourly commute in crazy morning tra ffic.

Until I hear from Kristen, I will stay up and check e-mails and get my daily dose of social media. I normally get up around 12:00-12:15, I don’t sleep well because of my insomnia and I don’t wish it upon anyone. I’ve been having this issue since a senior in high school, so my doctor has told me I have to stay in bed for a full 8 hours, which I do. When it’s time for me to get up, I turn on Sports center and crank up the volume so I can hear it as I’m getting ready for work. I head out for the day, the weather is fantastic, flowers are blooming, perfect snowcapped mountains on a clear sunny day. After working late nights, I changed my schedule from 2 pm to 10 pm, it seemed to work better and improve my sleep. I work for a blood component technology company, training assemblers to help make special kits to assist in changing lives. Every other day, I will call to check on my parents who are retired and live in Las Vegas and chit chat while I’m driving on my way to work which is only 12 minutes away.

My dad and I would get our daily sports chat and normal life grind conversation as I’m filled with jealousy on their retirement. I’m pretty close with my parents, I was a momma’s boy to the fullest when I was younger as is my son today. I became real close with my dad in high school and from then on out, he is the type of Man that can give you the best advice in any situation and the knowledge beyond his years which made me as strong as I am today. We can talk about anything and I have my mom to give me the love and calm speech as she does every time that keeps me at bay. Her love can never be replaced, she still talks to me like a baby sometimes regardless of how old I am but I’m her baby boy out of my two other siblings.

At the end of every conversation we have, my parents tell me how proud they are of me and how much they love me. My mom tells me after every talk Thank you for being there and taking care of your sister and brother and to always stay in contact with each other because you never know what the future has in store. I pull in to the parking lot and turn up the last little bit of motivational tunes before I go in the building. What I do is a good job, but it’s the people who keep me smiling and wanting to get better. I’ve met some great people over my 5 plus years at work and consider some real close friends. I try to enjoy my time any way possible while at work; I’ll make faces at friends, sing songs, and do little dances here and there to get smiles and laughs out of people. Our Rockies baseball team has their first home game in the regular season and opening day is a huge day for (drinking) I mean baseball for fans, so I have to make plans for Friday.

Work goes by pretty fast due to the amount of training I had today, we finished all of our paperwork on time which is unusual but finally ready to head out. I know a lot of people at work so heading out is not just a matter of leaving the building, I have to say hi and bye to many friends that are coming in that I use to work with on the night shift, so being one of the last people to leave the job is common for me and can take about 20 to 30 minutes to get out of the building each night. I finally say my goodbyes and I am heading out the door. I’m walking my normal way to where I usually park my car on top of Cardiac hill which is the name of the lot that has a high flight of stairs to where I can get a little bit of exercise on a lazy day. Half way up the stairs I realize that I didn’t even park up there but instead of turning around, I just decided to keep walking up and take the long way around to get to my car.

The parking lot is empty, everyone leaves on time and can’t wait to get out, but I like being one of the last ones to leave so I don’t have to fight the traffic when everyone else leaves. It’s a wonderful night outside, about 62 degrees and you can see every star in the sky, not a cloud insight. I pull out my phone to go to YouTube so I can listen to some music as I’m walking. I’m not getting a signal on my phone, maybe the phone signal hit a dead zone but I really want to hear this song that I heard earlier in the cleanroom. I point my phone towards the sky to see if it could connect and as I’m doing that, I see a black circle shape ascending down at a slow and calm pace. It’s blocking out the stars like a huge black hole in the sky, it’s very alarming and yet hypnotizing at the same time. Then it hits me that this is not normal and I’m frantically looking around while walking backwards to see if anyone is around viewing the same thing. A beam of light shoots down at me and I’m paralyzed but not afraid anymore as if it instantly took my fear away.

The strangest thing about this situation is that I’m fully aware of everything that’s going on, I was under no duress and carefully placed into a standing post and then a glass circular tube came down from the ceiling as like a protective shield that sealed me inside. I don’t see anyone around, I notice that there are 3 other standing posts next to me, but I am the only one in this room that’s the size of a typical ballroom that you would see in a hotel. A light mist comes down but only in my tube, its starts to cover my body and I no longer have control as if my body is being put into a sleeping mode. Again, I am not afraid and amazingly still fully aware of what is going on around me, even with my eyes closed my subconscious is seeing everything. A loud thunderous noise echoes, a giant wall is rising up and it shows planet earth. Talk about an amazing sight that you might see on television with perfect high definition, God’s creation in plain view and I am in aww!! I soon realize what is going on and that I’m being abducted, although I can’t move, I can feel my temperature rising, sweat forming on my face.

All of a sudden a voice whispers to me, Its okay, everything will be alright

I mean in an instant it was pure serenity, no one was around but I could feel within myself that I was safe. Earth is getting further and further away from the giant window, we began to pass the moon, and I can see the sun in the distance. Mars passes by, and then the asteroid belt, Jupiter comes into view and all its moons, an absolute gorgeous sight. I can see every detail in the planet, the layering of colors, the giant red spot, and a ton of moons might I add. All I keep thinking about was Europa (one of Jupiter’s moons) and the information and hypothesis I read that it contains water which can inhabit life!? I was about as close to it as anyone would ever get for years to come and was hoping to swing by for a peak but the journey went on. Saturn approaches and the rings around the planet are a beautiful sight to see, unambiguous detail and precision at its best. We are passing Uranus and Neptune and these planets are pretty cool, blue is my favorite color and they are both giant blue planets but at some point you have to wonder if there’s any signs of life on these other humungous rocks in our solar system.

While I was star struck by all the beauty, we must have been going really fast because the viewing of each planet took about 7 or 8 seconds a piece and as we are exiting the milky way, I can see hundreds of thousands of galaxies in the whole universe. So much to see, so many questions to ask but the biggest question is, WHERE ARE WE GOING? Why haven’t I seen anyone and that voice I heard, who was that? It has been a straight and steady pace so far, everything that I have seen, the distances we have traveled seem to be in a matter of minutes. The ship I am in starts to dip down and we are approaching a planet that I would say is the size of Jupiter and then some. Its massive, it’s actually kind of scary at first because this is something you can’t even imagine, and planets in our solar system are different but have similar characteristics for each one. I do not see any cloud cover, I don’t see any bodies of water, and it looks fused or gelled between the colors blue and gray. Now I am getting nervous, I know we are about to land and I don’t have the slightest clue what to expect. As we enter the atmosphere, my body regains feeling, the tube that I’m in will not open until we land most likely.

Finally the craft lands and my glass tube raises up but I am a little apprehensive to move or leave the ship, yet curious beyond imagine. The lights in the ship start to dim really low and a hallway lights up as if showing me the way out. I slowly start to walk down the hall looking curiously around, checking behind myself every 10 seconds. I do not see any doors or halls that lead to anywhere else on the ship, I continue to walk slowly with my hands out. The walls are like a dull metal that needs to be shined and I brush my hands against the wall and it’s very cold and smooth. The suspense is killing me, walking above normal pace to hurry and get out of there seemed fitting. Finally I start to see the end of the hall which is about 30 feet away from me and about 10 feet away, the door begins to rise up, light from outside shoots through the hall and I stop dead in my tracks scared out of my mind. I take a deep breath and I continue to walk forward, I get closer to the edge and a platform extends forward leading towards to the ground. Standing at the edge, I see blue land and a plain white sky but from my view heading towards the planet you could see the land clearly, so that was strange. As I walk down the platform, my feet actually sink into the ground, it looks like grass and I bend down to touch it, it has a Velcro feel.

The platform returns back to the ship and the door closes, the spaceship is massive like