The Hibernation Project

By Alan Waeltermann

Embark on an epic escape from the world government as they hunt for Doctor Robert Tanzanite. The world is peaceful, crime is nearly extinct and when it rears its ugly head, it is hunted down by Sentinel Dragons and placed into containment. Centuries ago in a time where crime ran rampant, jails were over crowded to a ridiculous extent. Execution began in excess to clear the jails which sparked a worldwide protest. The world was on the brink of collapse until a brave man named Robert L. Tanzanite offered a solution, the hibernation chamber. Struck by a terrible illness he offered to be the lead test subject for this new invention. But the government decided to mark him as a criminal to keep people from using them for personal reasons and too keep them exclusively for criminals. Hold on to your hats as Robert fights his way to freedom, Sentinel Dragons hunt him down, and true evil emerges in places you wouldn't expect. Will Robert escape the ruthlessness and persistence of the world government or will he fall? This is the hibernation project.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Dec 16, 2015
• ISBN: 9781514435366

Alan Waeltermann

Alan Waeltermann is a gamer. He is a theorist who believes science and religion are linked. He has strong political views. He spent his childhood in Gulfport, and moved to Biloxi in 2012. Alan lives in southern Mississippi.

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Chapter 1

SPRING TIME

The year is 2644, spring fills the air like a field of flowers. Eagles soar through the air with confidence. The forests are well managed. The rivers are clean. Every animal on Earth is accounted for and healthy. Animals have tags on them, because of an oversight of centuries of mass extinctions. People who would hunt killed too many, not just for the meat but for sport. That led to a worldwide epidemic known as the nature collapse. Food became scarce, which made people hunt even more aggressively. Before long the whole world’s animals dwindled down to only a couple hundred species.

So the UN enacted a worldwide law, that all animals will be marked and given sustainable habitat as a reward for our barbarianism. Spring here on Earth is the most revered season to all people, of all ages. Food is abundant, hunting is strictly forbidden and we all survive off of the proteins crafted from beans. Our fields during spring are magnificent. Glorious life giving vegetables for as many miles as you can count. Animals and humans alike and even the children live in peace. We all live in a perfect world with no crime whatsoever. But just as the eagle hunts field mice, the truly hungry were a major issue.

Until the hibernation project the world was on the brink of total collapse. Prisons held no room, so we executed in excess. But even that failed 441 years ago in the year 2203 march 7th there was a huge protest due to all the mass executions. The UN united as a world government so they all could work towards world peace. The protests made it to where government officials would start turning on there own party. The world had never known such protest in all its years, and was on the brink of a 4th world war. Before any damage was done a certain man offered a solution.

Instead of executing the criminals he would put them into hibernation. But as a true leader and because of a fatal incurable disease, he offered to go first in hopes that in the future there would be a cure. This man’s name was Doctor Robert Tanzanite. I know you are all weary, scared, and concerned about how the world is. said Robert. But I offer you this. I offer a chance of salvation, a chance of peace once and for all. I offer you nation upon nation, my mortality. I shall lead us into a new era. I give you the hibernation chamber.

The chamber rose upon the stage like an angel descending upon the Earth. All the multi-colored lights pointed at it and made it shine like a diamond. People were truly fascinated. They now knew they could rest easy as the criminals wouldn’t be so harshly punished, they thought. State prisons would be virtually empty and they could finally rest there heads knowing that people wouldn’t be killed off so easily. It was the beginning of a new era. And just as Doctor Robert Tanzanite entered his final resting place his final words were this.

We are all born into this world with one thought in mind, survival. I go into this chamber that hopefully one day I will be raised to be cured. I wish you all the best, just remember, sometimes in life you will only have one chance to truly make a change. I encourage you all not to pass up that opportunity. Just as spring comes to an end, so did Doctor Robert Tanzanite. In front of a huge crowd no less on every television in the world. He was truly an inspirational man.

Too save money, the UN decided that every hibernation system would only hold criminals, Doctor Robert Tanzanite was an exception. To keep any commotion from occurring they labeled him as a criminal, and decided not to wake him when they find a cure, but they were unaware that he had a backup setting to wake him up. It was for the greater good they thought. And he had no family alive to object. His estranged wife had moved half way around the world and married a policeman. In fact she hadn’t even heard of him doing this project. And will never be the wiser.

Chapter 2

SOMETHING STRANGE

Everyone who is new to the hibernation is put on guard duty to guard the capsules. December 1, 2644 the freeze had swept in like a coldfire. The beloved spring had run its course. But for a lot of people, winter marked the time of great change. Many of the world’s achievements were accomplished in winter, as well as many of its tragedies.

The warehouse is kept cold to keep the specimens from dying so winter is especially harsh for those on guard duty.

Man it’s creepy in here. said David the new guard. And it’s freezing on top of it! Well I told you to bring warm clothes. said Mally the head guard. Mally is training David to be able to handle perimeter