Survival of the Times: Doorgate

By Raymond Bradley

Pluto has been known as a planet up until now. Now it is not known as a planet but as a dwarf ice moon. It has been a mystery, but soon that mystery will be solved. Something monstrously sinister that is too dark and evil had moved about on the planet’s surface. Once again, the ancient door had opened up, and it would close once it was time. The creature had left something behind so it could come back and destroy all life. Somehow, something—an artifact object—had been discovered, and the few were now ready to go where the artifacts wanted them to go. They needed to bring this object back and close the door and seal it before the end came. The team must go and enter into the doorgate and close it forever. Could they do this task, or would they fail?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Dec 13, 2021
• ISBN: 9781662432835

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Survival of the Times

Doorgate

Raymond Bradley

Copyright © 2021 Raymond Bradley

All rights reserved

First Edition

PAGE PUBLISHING, INC.

Conneaut Lake, PA

First originally published by Page Publishing 2021

ISBN 978-1-6624-3281-1 (pbk)

ISBN 978-1-6624-3283-5 (digital)

Printed in the United States of America

Table of Contents

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER SEVEN

CHAPTER EIGHT

CHAPTER NINE

CHAPTER TEN

CHAPTER ELEVEN

CHAPTER TWELVE

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

CHAPTER NINETEEN

CHAPTER TWENTY

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

CHAPTER ONE

Pluto has always been a planet—not a planet anymore—of a great mystery, and then the time has come, then, now, and also the future or the far future. An unknown time from the past, the ancient door that made an unknown material has slowly opened up as it seems it moved here and there as it pleases. But as the warm arrived into its way, and that was nice on its face, and later, the weather finally changes into the cool air with wind that seems colder than before. As the time passed, it had left something that was unknown. After many days passed, it left something here for it to be discovered one day in the future because it was time to head back to its prison. That object that it left behind would be found, and then it must wait and then make its moves when it’s time to do so.

The dwarf planet Pluto is made up with chemical composition—70 percent rock and 30 percent iced water. With more exotic ices such as methane, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen ice coating the surface. Pluto, at its most distant, when the two bodies are on the opposite sides of the sun from one another, lies 5.67 billion miles from Earth.

Besides location, another major difference between the two poles is that the South Pole has Antarctica as a landmass, while the North Pole is located in the Arctic Ocean. So into that info, the Antarctica would be the best place to search for that unknown ancient door. So it can return when the door opened up or reopened so it could do its damage. So it could come through to stay this time and do whatever it wanted.

Later came, and it seems around five, and now the young scientist has finally found the object that many had searched for many centuries. Much bloodshed and many years, and now it’s in his possession. And now hoping to find out the understanding so he could try to get the point of it or any pursuit and of its purpose, he thought. Some days passed, and he needed to understand this item. Maybe it went to a gate or something, but he was not really sure. He did all the researching and analyzed it over and over. He and the rest needed to go on this short trip with him, and soon, he would ask them maybe tonight or wait some days and then ask.

Months later, and now, he finally cracked the code. And now he read the scriptures that were on the items, and it read, Once open and once closed, and after six times, but once the seventh time comes, then it must be closed forever. If not, then the world comes to an end. They needed to go with the direction of the south and north area. They needed to find it before time ran out for humanity. In addition, once they do get to the destination, they need to open and close it before it was too late; they need to have time and courage to pull this off. Something was coming, and they need to do this.

The young man, hopefully in the future continued on working with his crew. They needed to go with the direction of the south or the north area. Time was moving on, and they did not know that time seems to run out, and they needed to recognize its issue. In his mind, he had seen that his vision were getting worst and clearer about the unknown time, and space, and even the door gate, and now, his people who must join with him soon.

Meanwhile. In another time that was unknown, the creature, the monstrous beast used its nose to smell flash. It waited for the door to open the old and ancient door that was from an unknown materials. It went through the doorgate slowly and looking around like it was in heat but for food. It moves side to side and walks slowly as if it has all day to move.

Finally, it was now ready to feed on anything flash. This was like a routine for millions of years, even in the dinosaurs’ area. Long ago, after landing on Earth in the cold location and somehow made a bridge to Pluto and Earth. The prehistoric reptiles known as dinosaurs arose during the middle to late Triassic period of the Mesozoic era some twenty-three million years ago. They were members of a subclass of reptiles called the archosaurs (ruling reptiles), a group that also includes birds and crocodiles.

Before long ago, at the time, all Earth’s land made up a single continent, Pangea. The age immediately prior to the dinosaurs was called the Permian. Although there were amphibious reptiles, early versions of the dinosaurs, the dominant life form was the trilobite, visually somewhere between a wood louse and an armadillo.

Meat of the flesh were for the taken, and it could move with speed if it want too. And then it moved for the kill and killed many flesh. It does not move like any man or animal. At that time, in the past, mankind were not yet on Earth but only fossils creatures; the great monstrous were on the young Earth.

The bridge from both point has been here for a long time. Once the pole and just the right time, the two places would become one, but until then, the location stayed hidden millions of years. At that time, man was not yet on Earth, but only great monsters were on the Earth.

The killing was over, and it ate, and now it was satisfied. The creature had fed on its victim, and it was time to move on. The creature had blood all over his month and hand, and then it made its way back to the gate of an ancient door. He was full, and he knew that he needed to leave an object, so when it goes back through, then it can wait until someone comes and opens the gate, the door that would be a mystery for mankind.

As it raw with great sound from its mouth, as it was going through the threshold of the gate: it was now time to get some rest. Once it was in, the gate door had closed slowly, making that ancient sound that was never heard by mankind. And when it closed, it just sealed up. The door itself was alive, and once the door closed and then the security measure were in place, it could be locked. Long ago, an old AI had form itself as the gate, as the door, and as the doorgate. The door went through all things that have to be done to make sure it was locked.

It had seem to be, the present of, and now it was a storm was taking place, and that event of the untold time happened a long time ago. Now, it was the presence of man in the future and the near future to come… And it was about twelve noon, and time continued on as before. That time was shown by a big, huge old gray clock that was made in the late nineteenth century, and it made a big sound. It did once and then twice. The old grandfather clock, the oldest of all the clock from its time and before, the last of its kind it seems. It rang. The bell was old-fashioned, so loud that you can hear it from a distance. The clock was located at X Avenue and Twelfth Street on the corner in that area.

She was looking at her digital watch to see if she was late again as before. Shantiquan’s watch read about three after twelve, and she knew she would be in a big trouble if she was late again. And so she moved as quickly as she can, not to trying hit anyone that was also moving as the same speed or even faster. The walkway, the air train, and the slide craft, it was more credit but more faster than all of her choices. Really, late again, meaning, she would not get pay, and she would be on a detention if she was late once more. This was her last strike, and if she would be late, it would be the third time. Hi, can you take me to Atlanta Avenue, and can you put on the paddle and get there ASAP, like speed, okay? She was out of breath. And thank you, cabbie.

Shantiquan headed toward a driver’s cab, so she reached her hand out at the corner and waved as she was also yelling out to it. Then a minute passed, and then an old, rusty yellowish small driver cab stopped an inch away from her hand. It stopped motionless, then the door opened up, and she rushed into the driver cab.

The voice box responded, and it moved in an upper direction to go to the sky or to the highway. Yes. It sounded mechanical.

The sky-highway was crowded, and it took longer to get from one place to another place, but in time, the driver cab got to its point. The driver cab door opened and asked for its money credits, and she dashed out of the yellow cab, then she ran to the big reddish-green-and-gray building after she gave the credits to the cab by hand signal laser on her fingerprint. The tall building was about twenty feet high, mostly windows. She gazed at it as she entered the building.

Moments later, she arrived to the elevator. She entered, then she commanded the elevator to take her to the sixteenth floors, and it did. In seconds, she was on the floor. The elevator door opened. She got off and went straight to her lab room and began her day, even though her boss wanted to see her about her lateness.

About three minutes later, Shantiquan called her friend Jarhmalee to see if she got in at work. The phone rang, and she waited patiently. She was real calm because it seemed that she might be fired from her job. Someone picked up and spoke right away, and Shantiquan recognized her voice. Hey.

Shantiquan, don’t tell me you’re late again.

Well, she paused and went on. Well, you could say that.

What happened?

Really, woke up late.

And? She wanted more information.

And I arrived late also. Probably I might be fired from the job.

No.

Yes, because he told me not to be late again, and, she went on, I would be history.

Really? Well, let me speak to him, and we’re seeing who’ll be fired.

What do you have in mind?

Don’t worry. I’ll get back to you soon. I talk to you later.

Both of them hung up at the same time. Jarhmalee called Shantiquan’s boss to see what the deal was. Therefore, she called him. Hello. She was calm because she wanted to blow up.

Yes, can I help you? She asked for him, and the person said, Yes, just a moment, please.

Moments after, he then picked up. Hey, sis. What is on your mind?

Well, I’ll get to the point. Are you firing my friend? Because if you are, let me know so I could make some other arrangements for her.

Who told you that? He had an idea, but he wanted to hear it from her friend.

My friend. She was pushing the papers aside so she could have room, and also she did not want to mess up the work.

I warned her that if she were late, she would be fired. He already knew why his sister called. It was because of her friend, always. She did not want to hear his words and just accepted real words that mattered.

And?

And what?

Are you? She was waiting.

Fire her? No, not yet. Nevertheless, if she doesn’t come in early, I will consider firing her. Therefore, I am seriously asking you to talk to your friend. Well, I got to go. He was lying; he just wanted to get off the phone with her. So I’ll talk to you later, sis, okay?

Okay, brother of mine. I thought you were going to do something crazy. She wanted to say stupid, but she knew it would not accomplish anything.

He said, Whatever, bye.

She said bye back, but with a rough sound.

Later in the day, in the same building, on the fifth floor in room12k, Terile waited until lunchtime to call Shantiquan to make sure she was meeting him later at the café. He was a scientist, always working. He also took up biology, and he was great in both fields. A dual combination that was good for him in the future. He was a genius and an expert, if you wanted to say that to describe his work and him. Now he was working on an object that he had found last weekend when he went on a vocation to get some peace and quiet from the world. Instead he had worked on a trail of mystery and then found an unusual object. He needed a special tool to handle the object very carefully.

Six on the dot, and they are not here yet, he thought as he drunk some water. Then, finally they came, Shantiquan arrived and then right after, Jarhmalee followed. The meeting started when they all managed in their seats.

So what’s the meeting about? Jarhmalee spoke.

Terile then, with his smooth and glad self, answered, Well, the reason is, he went on, but he was moving closely and was looking around to make sure that no one was listening, that I had found an object, and I need help from both of you. He went on as he looked at them to see their expression. You and I can be able. He paused. Shantiquan, you’re a chemist, and that would allow us or would be able to help to clean it up with your special liquor solution, and—he turned to her and went on—Jarhmalee, you’re an inventor—he was looking at her with his hand moving about—who could make tools that could enable me or us to be more careful.

Shantiquan spoke after Terile was finished with his little speech. So how long would it take us, and can you give me an estimate time?

Tell you the truth, I don’t know. It might be a week, or it might take a year or even years at that.

It seems that the meeting continually went on, and it ended around twelve midnight. All three had decided to give it a try to understand the object more. The work project would begin soon, and they could not wait to see where it would lead them to.

CHAPTER TWO

Moment later, at the end of the day, after work and back at his home, the three of them were getting tired because of the special project they’ve been working on. Terile woke up and noticed that Shantiquan was next to him. He got up and started breakfast for all of them. He really did not want to fight or see a fight between them, he thought. Nevertheless, it was too late because, secretly, the other party knows what had taken place last night between them, and she was furious within herself, but why? He does not belong to her anymore. Jarhmalee became evenly angrier. She wanted him back, not really, but in a way, she does.

Therefore, it was time to stop soon and get some R and R. The atmosphere has become more intense, the tension was growing, and it was climaxing to a degree that should not be. She was still feeling hot,