1 comments/ 7218 views/ 1 favorites The End Of Us Ch. 01 By: B59001 Humanity had failed, they had destroyed their own home, their cradle, their point of origin. Now they had to go, soon planet earth would be nothing but a barren wasteland, one filled with regret and torment. The greed of humans had defeated the good of humans. A Colossal Space ship had been constructed and was to represent the Phoenix that would be humanity rising from the ashes. Hence the appropriate name of Renovatio, which is Latin for rebirth. Around one thousand humans were left, or rather around seven hundred humans had made it to the safe zone were the space ship had been constructed along with the three hundred scientists and engineers building the ship. Three years it took to complete and it was magnificent, one of the grandest things humanity had achieved. However, not a single person involved in its construction had felt that, knowing full well they were building it to leave earth and that humans destroyed their planet and had to build it or they would all die. Corporal Jennifer Collins, watched over the engine bay as the three massive hydro-fusion engines hummed into life and began to illuminate the FTL core and the ship's interior. The blue hue bathed the ship in light. It served as a stark contrast to her long deep red hair. The cabins for the passengers, workstations for the engineers and the stasis pods which would accommodate over a thousand people. The ship itself was massive, it was long sleek, with and arrow tip at the front tapering into a long box shape which flowed into the wide wings at the rear of the craft. Large ports are were the emissions from the engine would escape and the large walkway which lowered onto the ground for all the people still doing finishing touches and final preparations on the ship for its departure. This was one thing the Corporal was concerned about. They knew were they would go, however what they would find there remained a spine chilling mystery. However, of bigger concern was ensuring humanity would not repeat its destructive nature and path. All of this would be for nothing if a few thousand years from now humans leave the next planet in a worse state then they were leaving this one. "Jennifer," a voice called out. The corporal turned to see Jack Churchill another corporal who had been overseeing work on the stasis pods. He had been pretty much the only person working on the ship that had felt more excitement about humanity's future than anyone else. "Jack, how are you doing?" She enquired. "Not too bad, under the circumstances," came his understated yet still cheerful reply. Without another word Jack leaned in and kissed the corporal on the lips. She was taken a back and looked around quickly hoping nobody saw. Fortunately for her there was no one about, everybody was on their lunch breaks and in the hangar's mess hall outside the ship. "Jack you need to be careful," Jennifer scolded. "Why, we are just having some fun, does the end of this world change any of that?" "No, we just need to focus, humanity's future is uncertain and may hinge on our actions, our work here, will determine how well this flying tub is put together." "I . . . you're right, I am sorry. Didn't realise you were taking this so hard." "It's not your fault, this is just weighing on my mind heavily." Jennifer began shed a tear which Jack proceeded to wipe away and bring her in close to comfort her. He kissed her again, this time, softer and she didn't hesitate this time. For the first time in ten years, she let go, they soon found themselves with more than kissing on their mind. Jack reached for Jennifer's zip and began to pull it down, revealing her amazing body. Her luscious cleavage came into view as it gently pushed against the fabric of her uniform. The zip ended at her waist and Jennifer then slipped of the sleeves of her uniform leaving her upper body exposed to the lights of the engine room. Her light Caucasian skin glowed through the blue light as her gorgeous breasts stood firm and proud and were all natural. Jennifer undid the Velcro strap on the waist of her uniform and gestured Jack to pull it down. This he did, without hesitation and slowly slid her uniform down the length of her gorgeous legs. All the while he kept his eyes fixated on her gorgeous pussy. Jack looked away as he untied the laces on Jennifer's work boots and slipped them off in order to relieve her of her uniform. Now the corporal was stood in the engine room naked and Jack had begun to work his tongue on her pussy. She gasped at the way he touched her down and their and what he did with his tongue. "Oh fuck," Jennifer gasped as she was overloaded with pleasure, which indicated just how much she had needed to fuck. It seemed as though the tension was being released. It had been more than half a decade since she last fucked. All of the worry was escaping, a little relief and forgetting about everything else for the moment was certainly needed. Jack also took the time to run his hands up her legs, caressing her ass and fondling it ever so gently as he continued to blow her fucking mind with the way he was using his tongue on her most tender of bits. Whether her lack of sex was behind her overwhelmed feelings of what was going on or her extreme amount of stress, she didn't in the least care. Jacks fingers soon found their way to her pussy and began to assist his tongue in fondling her pussy. Jennifer had no words to reply to what she was feeling, nothing seemed to phase her, even if there were a hundred watching her at that very moment she wouldn't notice a single one of them as her eyes were firmly shut and her mind somewhere else, somewhere far, far away. It was as though everything in her life that had transpired had never happened. All the pain was absent, missing from Jennifer's life. Jack continued, seemingly keen to bring her to orgasm before she got his prick deep inside her. This seemed imminent as Jennifer increased the tempo with which her body shook and vibrated. Jack had moved his tongue away and began to vigorously thrust three of his fingers in and out of her cunt. She screamed with gust as the motion was shattering her mind set. She screamed as he continued bringing her to orgasm and then she erupted, screamed, howled and cussed as her first orgasm for the afternoon was under her proverbial belt. Still there was nobody about, not a soul to hear what was going on in that engine bay. Jennifer's pussy juice dripped a little onto the grated catwalk which overlooked the engine bay. Jennifer dipped her fingers into her soaking wet cunt and licked off the pussy juice with her tongue. "Hmm, Jack, that was delicious, now you over there," Jennifer cooed as instructed Jack to do her bidding. Jack complied and put his back to the railing and gripped the bars with his hands. Jennifer tip toed toward him, eyeing his crotch all the way. She kneeled down and began to undo his pants and slowly slide them down, along with his boxers to reveal his proud member pointing straight at her. She ran the tips of her finger nails over his balls and along the length of his shaft. He gritted his teeth as she did so. She decided to end her teasing and lick the tip then proceed to lubricate his shaft with her luscious tongue. Once she was satisfied with its lubrication she placed her mouth over the tip of his cock and began to make her way down, moving more of his cock into her mouth inch by inch. She built up a rhythm moving her head along his shaft and sending him in to sheer madness. She eventually found his cock lubricated to her satisfaction. She gestured him to stay where he was, she simply turned around, bended at her waist and offered her cunt and asshole, for his enjoyment. Jack released his grip from the railings and grasped Jennifer's body and drew her in closer. He first put the tip of his shaft inside Jennifer's awaiting pussy. She cooed and purred as Jack slide his member inside her pussy slowly. She savoured every inch of his shaft as he continued to slide it in, until it was all the way in and that signaled him to start fucking her. She screamed at the sudden ferocity with which Jack began to pound away fucking her furious fast causing the sounds of their bodies smacking together to echo throughout the engine room. Jennifer struggled a bit to find her footing as the way her pussy was being fucked was being felt throughout her entire body. Seemingly without warning, Jack had brought Jennifer to orgasm yet again and she had no time to relax or catch her breath, as Jack wanted to head toward his own release. It took some time, Jennifer had no need to move to another position as Jack's extremely powerful thrusting was proving difficult her to remain on her feet. Jack felt his balls tingling, heading toward release. He continued pounding away and thrusting even harder the closer to orgasm he got. He soon released and shot his cum deep inside her. Jack released his hands from Jennifer's body and gripped the railing to keep him from falling over. Jennifer collapsed onto the floor and tried to catch her breath. She a little dazed and confused, he had fucked her so hard, her pussy was fucked raw and she wanted to do nothing but lie there, even for a little while. However, her senses found her quickly and she got herself back into her uniform and resumed watch over the engine bay, even though her legs were still a little shaky from the fucking she had received earlier. It seemed not a moment too soon as she noticed a few individuals filtering into the engine bay. The crew members got to tweaking and slight modifications of the engine as they had been for the past few days. Jennifer stood watch the rest of the day and clocked out at the end of the day. She left, heading down the ship's massive slip way and the short distance into the hangar and quarters. The outside of the ship was exposed to the elements but it was designed to do so. The earth was in ruins, the air was a brown haze which had made a re-breather necessary. Jennifer would always look around and feel a little sad had what had happened to the earth. There was no more grass, or trees, the ground was lifeless sand, and the sun and moon blocked out and the sky a permanent brown. Jennifer then made her way inside the hangar, passing through pressurisation, decontamination, and finally into the facility itself. It was mostly open plan with mess hall, showers, but with rooms filled with cabins. She made her way through the throng of people, makeshift beds, and the tables that were organised throughout. The military showers were simply shower heads aimed in between open cylinders which were and closed when the person was inside albeit only with their torso covered. The corporal stepped inside and closed the shower door. She turned her back to the people as she undressed. She got back into her stated of undress that she was in earlier in the engine room. Jennifer stacked her clothes aside and opened the shower up. The water began to cascade and Jennifer felt the day's stress wash away slightly. It was a ritual she would go through every day, it might have been what kept her going. She finished up her shower and got dressed. She stepped out of the shower area and sauntered over to the mess hall. She grabbed some of the MRE style food and sat and consumed it in silence. Jack was nowhere to be seen, he might have been on the ship still. Jennifer really did not want to see him, or she would most certainly be flooded with lust. She then retired to her bunk, and being one of the corporals in charge of the ship's construction, she had her own cabin. She just about collapsed onto the bed and looked up and exhaled as though she had her breath held the entire day. She knew the importance of what she was doing, but she wondered was it worth doing. "What if humanity does this again, we find another planet and the cycle starts all over again." Jennifer thought to herself. This thought was lurking around in the back of her mind. All the while the ship was being built. She had a little hope that this time around things would be different but, she could not help but feel that nothing would change. Destroying an entire planet, one that was home to a few billion people was done so easily. What would stop this happening again on another world? These things crossed her mind, but she did her utmost to ensure that no one else was aware. Jack certainly was none the wiser. Jack simply took her serious nature for nothing more than nerves and the importance of getting everything right. Jennifer eventually fell asleep and awoke the following day around 5 am. She got into the gym for usual hour long training. Not a day would go by when she did not train. However, what she cherished most was being a scientist, engineer, and a pioneer. The technology the ship was using, she had pioneered. Her drive to better humanity was certainly evident, and many innovations on the ship itself came as a direct result of her work. One thing however, always ate away at her and that was the fact humans had mistreated their planet. She often wondered had she been born earlier, her innovations might have saved the earth. This impressive ship that she was working on would have instead been a jewel in the crown of the pinnacle of human achievements.Instead the ship was being built so that the remainder of humanity could escape from the hell they brought upon themselves. Jennifer always looked to scientific pioneers of the past, and would then proceed to hang her head in shame knowing that humanity had failed them. It seem humanity would barely escape its technological adolescence. Humanity would finally be travelling the cosmos as the early pioneers had hoped. However, it would be a one way trip with earth, abandoned forever. She headed to the shower, energised, sweaty and ready for the day. Her training regime meant that her body was extremely tone. She was fit as she was trained in several martial arts and able to conduct a military training course faster than almost any other military personnel on the base. The water was soothing and always managed to get her ready for the day. It seemed that everybody had one thing they clung to more than anything else, it was routine, something as simple as showering, exercising, training, or eating in one place. This was a simple thing but it help people be at somewhat ease with what was to come. Jennifer sat herself down to her breakfast. She relaxed and allowed herself some calm as she eat a simple meal of eggs toast and a cup of coffee. She found herself calm and collected as she casually bit into her toast with eggs on top as though all was well with the world. However, Jennifer knew that is was not, for the burden of world always seems to fall upon the enlightened. Jennifer began to finish up as she ate the last bit of her eggs on toast and finished her cup of coffee. However, people began to gather outside the pressurisation and decontamination chambers. It seemed somebody was on the way. Just as She stood up, she found General Reginald Price standing alongside. Jennifer quickly snapped to attention, saluting the General. "Sir," Jennifer formally addressed the General still raised in salute. "At ease corporal," General Price. Jennifer lowered her arm and asked General "Sir, what is the commotion?" "It seems our Corporal who left us a month ago has returned." "Sir, John Hazard has returned, after so long, seems her is a fighter like no other." "That is indeed true, Corporal Collins. He sent out a communication about ten minutes ago. Also he brought somebody back with him, an unknown." "Sir, will an interview be conducted?" "Yes corporal, I would like you to conduct it." "Sir, yes sir," Jennifer uttered once again saluting as the General left. Jennifer looked toward the crowd and noticed the warning lights above them. Everybody stood back and watched them open. The End Of Us Ch. 02 The General was a battle hardened individual, having fought in the last great war. Ten years earlier and 5 years before the 'Climate Collapse'. The war was bloody it ravaged and destroyed the Middle East and North Africa. It came to ahead when half a dozen nukes fell on the region. Millions died and the war had ended, any and all resistance crumbled and the war ended. The war on terror took a few centuries to end and when it did humanity thought they could rebuild and put the past behind them. However, it was not to be as in 2232 five years after the war had ended, Mother Nature began to fall ill, and slowly die. Scientists discovered that the ecosystem was dying and that 20 years was all that was left before earth become uninhabitable. Reginald Price fought but with a great cost, his comrades, his friends, his loved ones were lost to him because of that war. His wife, his daughters, all the ladies dearest to him killed by insurgents thinking their warped and indoctrinated thinking was justified because they believed it. All that destruction and all that death. All this has lead predictably to the death of the planet. General Price pondered this as he sat behind a two way mirror looking at Corporal John Hazard awaiting his interrogator. Corporal Jennifer Collins now dressed in her military fatigues stepped inside the room. "Corporal John Tobias Hazard," Corporal Collins said in a formal tone of voice. "Corporal Jennifer Carleen Collins," Corporal Hazard replied. "I'll save you the questions and instead jump straight to the answers. I headed out there to do the task that was set forth to me. I fortified the power station 20 clicks south of here. I will admit that it took me a few weeks to do that but, I found something, or rather someone." "Who is this someone?" Corporal Collins enquired. "A girl, she was hiding in the power station, almost starving and injured. She was close to death, and we decided to save her." "Corporal, the whole world is dying, humanity is an endangered species. However, you decided to risk yourself and your whole team to save one person?" John Hazard looked deep into Jennifer's eyes and said "Jennifer, I know I cannot save everyone, it is far too late for that, but I could save her. Humanity has royally fucked up and the fact you and everybody else on this base is building that ship is evident of that. We can't let our humanity disappear now or we will disappear with it." The general looked on proceedings and realised, he had nothing to concern himself with regarding the actions of his corporal and his men. John's words had brought back some painful memories and reopened some old wounds. However, he knew that Corporal Hazard was clinging onto his last shreds of humanity. The General remembered when he did not save his wife, even when he could. He let the job come first, he let orders come before common sense. The atrocity which left him the only member of his squad alive led to his commanding officer getting a Court Marshall and shot the following dawn. The insurgents were moved in and a tactical assault would have dealt with them. It would have bought them enough time to secure the stronghold were their families were being kept. However two dozen insurgents packing bombs stormed the compound and left a trail of bloody destruction. His remaining three squad mates killed themselves upon hearing the news. Price, could not do it, his nature would not allow him. So he was left alone, haunted for years by the deaths of the ones he loved, and fuelled by the hatred for those who had taken them away from him, his commanding officer included. In the end he let his wife die for no reason other than to appease a mad man that had somehow moved up through the ranks. He had no more tears to shed for his wife, as those had dried up a long time ago. The General collected his thoughts and cast them aside. He then stood himself up and walked into the room. In an instant both John and Jennifer stood up saluting the general as he entered. "At ease soldiers," the general commanded. The two corporals followed suit and lowered the hands. "Corporal John Hazard, you are an exceptional soldier, and a humanitarian as well. You haven't lost your humanity and that, considering what you and I have been through is remarkable." The general then turned his attention to Jennifer and said "Corporal, ensure this man and his men are given something to eat and get Corporal Hazard to his duties upon the ships stasis pods, when he is rested and recovered from his mission." "Ay ay General," Jennifer replied with salute in unison with John. The General turned to leave but then stopped and turned to the corporals and said, "One more thing, the young girl you brought in is in the med bay, the physicians are tending to her now. She is unconscious for the moment. I will inform you when she wakes up, that will be all." The General then left room, with the Corporals following suite thereafter. (The next day) Jennifer and Jack had just entered the Ships cryo stasis chambers, they were stacked far and high, during the flight this area would be weightless during flight. There were some tests to be conducted. "Jennifer, how are you . . . dealing with all of this?" "I am fine John," "Are you sure Jennifer?" "Y-yes, I am doing fine." John held both her arms and looked her in the eye. "Jennifer, you are not fine, my love, what is wrong?" "It is everyone, humanity, we fucked this planet up just like you said we did. I am worried, what stops this from happening again?" "Nothing, there is not a single thing that will prevent this from happening on another planet. Just like nothing stopped it from happening on this one." "True, although baby does not destroy its cradle, but humanity has destroyed their's." "I could not of said it better myself, and Jennifer I understand. Those weeks out there, I saw what we did, I saw dead piled up in the streets, no grass, no trees, no life. Places that once blossomed with life, bristled with activity are now empty and desolate. So believe me, I know what you feel." "John, could you not mention this to anyone else." "I won't especially not to Jack." "Why especially not him," Jennifer replied attempting, but not succeeding, to hide their liaison. "Look, Jennifer, even before I left, I knew he was attracted to you. Judging by your glow, you two spent some 'time' together." "Damn, I could swear, this fucked up air has given you super powers or something." "No, nothing of that sort Jennifer, just logical reasoning and deduction." "Well, yes, we did. I needed something to take my mind of this shit, even if it was the engine room." John chuckled and replied "Wow, I knew you were the adventurous type." "That is not something, I would normally do John, but something came over me." John smirked as he replied "I'm sure it did." "You are unbelievable John." "Ok let's get to it." "Powering up the cryo pods." Lights beamed on, Initiation sequences fired up and the whole area was ready for use. "Well, time to run diagnostics then." "Indeed John." Jennifer called up the holographic interface and began the diagnostics. "So Jennifer, what to do while, we wait?" "I don't know." "Maybe this?" John asked as he drew Jennifer in close and kissed her with burning lust and passion. "Fuck," softly left Jennifer's lips. "It's just a kiss, Jen." "I know John, It's just I need something to take my mind of these worrying thoughts." "You mean, what if humanity does this again? Find another planet and royally fuck it up, even worse than this one?" "John, yes that is exactly it." "You are not the only one. Looked what happened, our arrogance was our downfall. A millennium ago we thought the sun revolved around us and that we were the centre of the universe." "John, humanity did move past that, we went to the moon, sent probes to the edge of the solar system." "That is true, but can humanity move past our former arrogance." "I have been pondering this for so long." "Well, enough of doom of gloom even though neither of us can help it Jen." "It seems we can't." "But let us try Corporal," with that they kissed once more. This time Jennifer took charge, she pulled John in close and began undo his belt and get him to undress before she exposed herself to him. She pulled down his overalls and slowly slid her hands down his pants. John's cock sprung to attention straining against the fabric of his clothes. Jennifer sought to free it, and she then pulled then the rest of his uniform and let his cock go free. She marvelled at it as it protruded and stood tall and proud like one of the many cryo pods in the area they were in. "Hmm, I think you might be a challenge . . . that I have been waiting for," Jennifer said with more than just a smirk on her face. Before Jennifer began to tend to John's cock, she begin relieving herself of her clothing. Her uniform flowed off her body and soon the both of them stood amongst a thousand life pods within the ships massive atrium naked and lusting for one another. Jennifer got onto her knees and began to touch and feel John's cock before licking it tenderly with her tongue along the length of his shaft. She then put just the tip in her mouth and began working her tongue over it, slowly to drive John crazy with lust, Jen knew how to work a cock just like she knew how work the ship's engine. She began to take John's girth into her mouth, sliding it in slowly. Jen eventually got all of it into her mouth and it was testing her gag reflex to its limits. She start to increase her pace, sucking and encouraging John to face fuck her. This rather brutal fellatio continued undisturbed by anyone. Soon they decided to switch positions. Jennifer looked up at the hoist which was to be used as a means to manoeuvre people into the cryo pods. Not that day however, Jennifer headed up one of the many ladders and John followed. They reached the level of the hoist and Jennifer punched in a code in the nearby keypad and the hoist moved over, silently and quickly. Jennifer gestured John to get on first which he did and then proceeding to lay on his back. Jennifer followed and straddled him as she positioned herself to put his cock into her awaiting wet cunt. Jennifer lowered herself onto John's monster, she gasped at first but then her cunt became accustomed to the immense size. Jack was more than adequate for her, there was no doubting that, however, John on the other hand was another story entirely. Once Jennifer had gotten all of it inside her she began to fuck him slowly as she was not quite ready to go crazy and as they fucked away the hoist moved back to its initial position. It was an event neither noticed as they were too busy with each other. Jennifer, had no words to say, only her breathing was to be heard. They continued, suspended, high above the floor of the atrium, fucking like there was no tomorrow. Jennifer moved, up and down, left and right, sending John into a frenzy. However, Jennifer herself was being driven utterly insane as John's considerable girth filled her up. John picked himself up so he was perpendicular to Jennifer and their bodies encased in one another. His hands wandered around behind Jennifer as he slid them down her back and over her petite little ass. He held them in place over Jennifer's gyrating ass as she moved up and down his shaft. John got cheeky and slid a finger over her asshole, and then popped it inside. "Ooh you cheeky bastard," Jennifer mused. All the while John's prick was filling up her pussy he simultaneously began finger fucking her asshole. Once he felt her asshole was becoming more accommodating he plugged another finger inside. This elicited another response from Jennifer, one not found in any dictionary, but more likely in the wild. Jennifer got ideas in her head as she pushed John back and reached up for the metal bars on top of the hoist. She used her strength to lift herself up and her flexibility to do a split whilst she had herself lifted up. John was wide eyed in amazement, however, not as amazed as he was after her next trick. She lowered herself down, while still in a split and slid his cock inside. She was fucking his cock and testing her strength all at the same time. Her body was filled with adrenaline and lust. Jennifer's fucking was methodical and order, like her workout regimen. However, neither of them felt it was repetitive. Especially as John had not stopped marveling at Jennifer's prowess and physical abilities and Jennifer had not stopped admiring his enormous prick. There fucking had gone on for some time and Jennifer felt that her arms were about to tire out. John on the other hand had felt that his balls were about to explode. So he thrust a little faster as Jennifer remained steadfast in her strength and John eventually felt his balls about to release and then he came, shooting his hot cum. Jennifer felt her body tingle and after John was spent she used her last bit of strength and lifted herself of his cock and moved out the split she had done. She laid herself carefully back next to John. "Fuck that was amazing," gasped John. "You fucking said it," Jennifer replied just as out of breath. "Jen, I knew you had strength and flexibility but fuck, I did not know you could do that." "Well shit, getting up a 5 in the damn morning to train, should count for something." "It most certainly does, Jennifer." "Well John, maybe we should get down there and finish up this diagnostic and clean this mess up." "Ay . . Ay, Corporal." The found their way down and cleaned up the hoist, removing all traces of their previous tryst. It would bring back many naughty memories when they would soon see other people using that very same hoist to enter their stasis pods. They found their way back into their clothes, Jennifer knew she would be supremely sore the following morning. They got down and Jennifer finished up the diagnostic. "Now this is where you come in John, your eyes need to see this report and give your input." "Of Course, Jennifer." The holographic input came up and John analysed it. He knew stasis pods extremely well, both himself and Jack were experts on it as they oversaw programs looking into the military applications in addition to space travel applications. "Well, Mr Churchill knows his work well, I think he will work his same magic on the bridge." "He also seems to think, that humanity would not fuck up again." "I'm guessing that you are not so certain about that." "No John, looking at all this, I do not." "There has been more breakthroughs and innovations in this ship, but the reason we are building it, certainly takes to shine away from them." "John that is exactly how I feel, however, only time will tell whether the right decision is made." The End Of Us Ch. 03 This story is the penultimate in this series. Still deciding on how to end the entire thing. Hope you like this chapter, enjoy. **************************** As the corporals proceeded to leave the atrium, a message popped up on both of their personal communicators. It was from the General, the young girl was now awake. "Come on Jen, let me introduce you to her," John said and they proceeded to head toward the med bay. "What is her name?" "It's Ashley, she did not give me a last name. "My mother's name was Ashley." "Really, was she a soldier?" "Yes, a Major in fact, Major Ashley Miranda Collins. A proud warrior and veteran, she died for what she believed in. When she died it was the worst day of my life, she was all I had, my father perished long before that. I enlisted the next day, and started on the road to become who I am today." "Even though, I never had the pleasure of knowing her, I think there is probably a lot of her in you. The kind of conviction you have Jennifer, speaks for itself." "Thank you, John that means a lot to me. So what about your family?" "I was adopted as an orphan, never knew who my real parents were, neither did my adoptive parents. Jack & Liara Hazard, they were good people, neither were soldiers. However, they supported me 100% when I enlisted. They both died before I became corporal. They were buried not far from this base." "Did you go to their graves, while you were out there?" Jennifer, hesitantly asked. "Yes, while the crew dug in for the night, I told my crew where I was going, and left for an hour. It certainly put things into perspective. Why I am here and what I am doing." They then reached the med bay and went inside, John went inside first, as Ashley would recognise him. She was still a little groggy when John entered the room, as the nurses stepped out of the room to tend to their other patients. Ashley was fair in complexion and adorned with long jet black hair, along with her piercing blue eyes. All of which John had noticed and would never forget. Jennifer stood on the other side of the glass partition as John sat on a chair beside Ashley. She continued to wonder, is it all worth fighting for, this world, our species. Inside the room John watched as Ashley slowly regained her awareness. She moved her head from side to side. She remained a little disorientated and confused. "Ashley, it's me John." "John," Ashley replied now a little more awake and aware. "Yes, it's me, its ok, and you're safe." "W. . . Where am I?" Ashley enquired. "You're in a base, a military base, we are building a ship to leave here." "Is there another part of the world which, isn't like this?" Ashley asked in hope. "No, I am afraid not, we are leaving this planet, heading to the stars." "How many of us are going?" "There are about thousand people are on this base. Civilians and Military." "Are you in charge here John?" "Oh no, I'm just a corporal, one of three and General Price, who runs things here." John then motioned to the glass for Jennifer to come in. Jennifer opened the door and stepped inside. "Hi Ashley, I'm Jennifer, how are you feeling?" "I'm ok, probably wouldn't be talking to you if John hadn't saved me." While the two ladies got to know each other, John got an incoming communication and had to leave, he bid both ladies farewell and headed out. "So Jennifer, what do you do here?" "Well I am Corporal Jennifer Carleen Collins, I am also a scientist, I been overseeing and doing work on the ship's engines and drive core." "Wow, that's amazing, you are quite a woman Jennifer." "Thank you, it is something I have constantly enjoyed, my whole life." Sometime had passed and they seemed to be kindred spirits. By the time Jennifer left, she had told her entire life story and Ashley had told hers. This wasn't lost on either of them as to how much they were alike and how similar their circumstances were. Jennifer, thought about it some more, after she left. It hit her again as how fucked up humanity was and it reinforced her feelings that it would happen again. The thoughts of how she could decide that also crept up on her but, knowing that humanity had collectively destroyed an entire world tended to overshadow that, it was always said that we should not want to meet aliens as they may mirror the worst traits in us, however the best may also be true. Regardless she went about her usual routine and found herself in her quarters alone once more. She slept, however found herself awaking late in the night, sweating, and a dream which turned to horror was the cause. A forest, a fire, and a child was what filled her head. What it could all mean, was a mystery to her, "Was it a case of the child representing humanity and the fire representing what we did to it?" Jennifer thought to herself. This was getting worse, and she did not want to jeopardise her work, it was the one thing she had the utmost faith in, she could ill afford for these episodes to take that away from her. She eventually coaxed herself back to sleep and closed her eyes and managed a semi decent sleep for the rest of the night, and still awoke at her usual early bird time. After her usual morning training session she got into her fatigues, even though it was a day off for her. Further diagnostics were being run on the bridge which would require more power from other areas of the ship. Jennifer took the time to visit Ashley once again. Ashley was up and feeling energised. She look much healthier than she did the day before. However, the doctors were weary but they were satisfied her progress. Ashley and Jennifer shared an embrace as they greeted one another and sat themselves down to talk once more. "Well you look a lot better than yesterday Ashley." "Thank you, Jennifer I feel it too, thank goodness for modern medicine." "Indeed, so do you want to see the base?" "Sure Jennifer, I would like that, but aren't you busy today?" "Day off today, besides John is taking care of the ship." "Well, then let's go." "Let's." Jennifer and Ashley left the room, after getting some clothes for Ashley, so she could get out of her hospital gown. They moved through the communal mess, showers and past the airlock. They then came across Jack in the mess hall, enjoying a meal. "Jack, how are you?" "Good, I haven't seen you in three days." "A girl gets busy." "That you do Jennifer." "We have a lot to do." "Yes, we do," Jack replied just before turning his attention to Ashley, "You must be Ashley, a pleasure to meet you." "A pleasure to meet you as well," Ashley replied. "Care to join me?" Jennifer turned her attention to Ashley and she nodded in approval. The two ladies sat down and began to converse with Jack. Ashley revealed more about herself to both Jack and Ashley. Her life, and her history. Jack relayed his story in turn and all three of them got to know one another better by the time they dispersed from the mess hall. After touring some more, Ashley felt like working up a sweat and Jennifer was only too happy to oblige. They entered the gym and Jennifer turned personal trainer began showing Ashley some easier versions of the workouts she indulged in on a daily basis. After about an hour or so, they hit the showers, the same communal ones, Jennifer made use of after each shift, and training session. The found two adjacent cubicles and not a soul was in the communal hall as they were involved with the bridge diagnostics among other things. As Ashley removed her clothes, prior to entering the cubicle, and Jennifer did the same. All the while the corporal admired the other woman's body. It had scars, and remnants of pain. However, the shape was amazing and the shadow that the light over her body was amazing, and Jennifer, getting a little moist at the sight in front of her. Ashley stepped inside and closed the cubicle behind her, the water began to fall at the same time as it did for Jennifer. Ashley enjoyed the warm water falling onto her body, it had been a welcome relief to have a shower, as it was not something she had for a while. Jennifer had a cold shower, as she was almost immediately attracted. To the woman in front of her the moment she took off her clothes. Ashley, turned to Jennifer and said "Thank you Jennifer, this is a treat." "You're most welcome Ashley." "Please Jennifer, call me Ash." "Sure Ash, call me Jen." "It would be my pleasure Jen." After the day's activities, they found themselves in Jennifer's private quarters. Jennifer and Ashley, sat together, watching a movie and holding one another quite close. All the while Jennifer slowly stroked through Ashley's hair. After some time, Jennifer, kissed the top of Ashley's head. This action caused Ashley to turn around and engage with Jennifer's lips and tongue. The two then turned to face each other completely. Ashley's jet black hair contrasted with Jennifer's fiery red head of hair. They locked lips once more, this time with more passion and more lust fueling their every movement. Hands moved, bodies intertwined and the heat between the two was unmistakable. Even if it was twenty below zero on the other side of the door, the inside of Jennifer's quarters would feel no different.Jennifer laid her lips on every inch of Ashley's body. She played close attention and was extra tender over each scar that was upon Ashley's back, all that she had suffered was being washed away at Jennifer's tender touch. Ashley was always a little conscience about her scars, but mostly, she didn't care, it was remnants of all that she survived all that tried to end her, but could not. Jennifer, turned Ashley back over and locked lips with her once again, while her hand took to massaging and stimulating Ashley's gorgeous pussy. Once Jennifer released her lips from Ashley's she watched as Ashley turned her head back gasped in sheer pleasure. Jennifer's fingers tended to Ashley's pussy with supreme skill, just like she was doing with the engine bay of the ship. Jennifer began to move her fingers rapidly bringing Ashley ever closer to orgasm. Once Ashley's orgasm had arrived she became extremely vocal about it. Her voice howled against the walls of the room and quietened down as her orgasm slowly subsided. Once Ashley regained control of her senses once more, she took command and grabbed Jennifer. She brought her in for a kiss, a deep, long, and passionate one. Whilst still on her back, Ashley reached and began to go to work on Ashley's pussy. Jennifer was taken aback however, but absolutely loved the idea of someone else taking control. Jennifer grabbed the railing of the headboard and propped her feet on the railing at the foot of the bed. Ashley, slipped under and re-positioned herself under Jennifer, so her tongue could get to work on her pussy. Ashley began once again with her fingers, on one hand she fingered the lips of her pussy and on the other she stroked through Jennifer's red pubic hair. Jennifer was at a loss for words and gasp was all she could let out. They way Ashley's fingers moved drove her wild, hitting her g-spot every single time. Jennifer was quickly losing composure and an orgasm was proceeding at an imminent pace. Jennifer could not contain herself any longer and let loose her orgasm. Her pussy juices sprayed fourth with fury and Ashley felt her warm bodily fluids on her hand. She slowly pulled them out of Jennifer's pussy and tenderly licked them off, savouring each lick and the taste that was now filling not just her mouth but her entire body. Jennifer still a little dazed and also amazed at how much had come out of her these past few days. Jennifer was always happiest right after coming. Now it became clear to her that it did not matter whether it was a man or a woman she would come regardless. Jennifer regained her sense and grabbed Ashley. She moved around so that they two scissor one another. The pair of them grinded and gyrated hard on each other's pussy clearly intent on bringing forth orgasms all around. Their bodies were covered in sweat, the smell of their collective pussy juices filled the room and the soundproofing ensured that their moans did not leave the room either. The pussies were drenched by that point already wet from orgasms and wet from what they were doing. The bodies were tingling all over, there was not a part of either of them that was not engulfed in lust. The scissoring continued, as did their moaning, sweating and lust for one another at that point. Their fucking continued undisturbed and eventually they reached orgasm in unison. They screamed, their bodies shook and they laid back exhausted, breathing heavily, and thoroughly satisfied. Jennifer felt as though all was well with the world, even though it clearly was not. "That was incredible," Jennifer said, whilst still catching her breath. "Agreed," Ashley replied, just as out of breath. They laid back let their sweat evaporate, their bodies recover, and regain their composure, after what they had just done to one another. Once they had come down from their respective erotic highs, Ashley and Jennifer put their clothes back on slowly and proceeded back to Ashley's room which had been prepared for her during the day. It was quite close to the infirmary, just in case. Jennifer made sure Ashley was inside her room. She blew her a kiss and closed the door behind her as she left. Jennifer, felt joy in the first in a long time. She suspected, that maybe, just maybe her faith in humanity was slowly but surely being restored. Her walk back to her quarters was joyful, she felt genuinely happy. Jennifer, entered her room, slipped into her bed, after she flipped the mattress and changed the sheets. She looked into the darkness and smiled. Her mind drifted to sleep and her body followed. The End Of Us Ch. 04 This is the final story in this series. I hope you enjoy it. **************************** Jennifer opened her eyes, she was awake, but she was calm. There was no nightmare during her sleep. She was right as rain. She awoke feeling lighter than air. Ashley had cured her of her ailments. One night with her, or maybe it was combination of what she had experienced the past week. The details did not matter much to her, she was feeling good. Her day was to be a good one. The bridge needed attention, this time herself, John, and Jack would be on hand for it. Once Jennifer went through her normal morning routine she headed out. Jennifer, stood in front of the airlock as usual. Sliding the re-breather over her mouth as usual. Jennifer stepped inside and activate the sequence. She then stepped out, once again to the brown haze of the world. She moved toward the ship behind a few other early birds. Jennifer was the first to arrive at the bridge, it was just ahead of the CIC. Even though Renovatio was not a war ship, it still had armaments, such as the usual cannons, EMP's, and a pair of purpose built rail guns rigged for space use. All of which was mated to a sophisticated guidance system which assisted in aiming, firing solutions and ensuring the target would be hit, instead of the projectile floating off into the depths of space to hit something eventually. The bridge had seats, but the flying would mostly be automated, with a manual override available. The virtual windows illuminated but only showed a brown haze. However, infrared, x-ray, ultra violet vision was also available. Jennifer, had not touched any of the weapons nor was she involved in its development. Jack was the man in charge of that, his skill with weapons was unmatched, much like Jennifer's knowledge of the engine and drive core was unmatched. Soon after John arrived, followed shortly thereafter by Jack. "Gentlemen," Jennifer said. "Good morning, Jennifer," Jack replied. "Yes, it seems a very good morning for you," John responded. "Well, I had a good night's sleep." "Well this is the happiest I have seen you in a long time," Jack replied. "I agree with Jack, it is good to see you with a smile on your face." "Thank you, but let us not get all soft here, we are soldiers after all." "Yes Ma'am," Jack and John both responded in unison. All three heard the door open and turned to face it, it opened and in stepped the General. All three saluted the General. "At ease corporals," The General spoke and the soldiers lowered their salutes. "Corporals, we have been making good progress." "Apologies for the misdirection but there is no diagnostics needed, the bridge is complete. The ship is not complete though, but that is not why I called you here. I called you here to give you our destination." "Two days ago, our long range communications picked up a signal coming from a probe dropped onto a planet with a number in its name. However, we have decided to dub it Renovatio, after this ship." "Our thrusters work and should get us there in about eight to twelve months. Our automated ships have been at work feverishly for decades now and it certainly is paying off, right now when we clearly need it the most." "Sir," Jennifer spoke. "Yes, Corporal Collins." "We have made recent tweaks to the engine drive core, it should shave of some travel time," Jennifer responded. "Excellent Corporal." "Sir, If I may," Jack spoke. "Carry on Corporal Churchill," the General encouraged. "Our weapon systems are primed and ready, simulation indicate 125% efficiency, our rail guns will work especially well with space matter such as asteroids. In addition to early warning detection systems alerting the ship of any danger and allowing the automatic activation of ship defenses. Manual control is also possible." "Excellent, Corporal." "Corporal Hazard, I take it the cryo pods are all at 100 %" "Yes, general they are primed and ready to go. The hoist is more than capable of taking sustained heavy loads, so there will be no issues regarding loading people into the pods." "Excellent work, all of you." "Sir, yes sir," the three of them responded in unison. The general continued with the briefing plotting, duty schedule while on board the ship, cryo schedules, maintenance schedules, and activation of the ships AI. The briefing continued for some time, and once it had ended there was a sense of calm, of achievement and pride, in what they had achieved. It was not just the General or the Corporals but everybody. Every man, woman, and child felt pride at what had been built in spite of why they had to build it. "You have earned some time to let your hair down, dismissed," were the General's last words as he ended the briefing. The soldiers agreed, it had been too long since they had time to unwind. Now that the ship was complete. They were ready to leave earth. There was one more thing that had to be done. A message had to be left, as a reminder, to any being in the universe who may find themselves on humanity's cradle. Something to be carved in stone, timeless and able to withstand the rigours of time. This was something the General had taken care of some time ago. It had no words, just images. What men and women looked like, and what had humanity had done to their cradle, their birth place. It was to be unveiled just before everyone was to leave, as one last reminder before, they left never to see earth again. The three corporals took some time to walk the ship once more. They were more intimate than most with ship knowing every nook and cranny between the three of them. The innovated, built, oversaw, and rescued in certain cases. These actions, all that they had done, that everybody who tightened so much as a bolt on the ship had begun leading the remnants of humanity away from that, that precipice. Humanity had been there so many times before, but now, whether humanity would come back was still a complete mystery to everybody within the walls of the base. The three left the ship, and went to see the exterior, every panel, every surface, an incredible thing to behold. They knew one thing that they were proud of what had been achieved. However, Jennifer's thoughts began to once again to linger and sway between hope and despair for the human race. John felt similar, there was lot that he had seen that had almost destroyed his faith in humanity. In spite of everything Jack, remained positive, hopeful, and excited about what they would find once they were up there, out in the cosmos. They all stood there side by side with Jennifer standing in between them both. The eventually went back inside, with their re-breathers almost spent, they had a limited time in which they would function effectively and completely block out the poisonous air. Once inside, they sat down the three of them reminiscing and talking about the old days. While this went on, Ashley, wandered by and was immediately invited to join them, which she obliged. Ashley was like one of the group almost immediately. She was a survivor just like everybody else seated at that table, and within that base. They were determined to let their hair down and Ashley was going to join them. They all decided Jennifer's quarters would be ideal for that event. Once inside, they found what would be in all the Corporal's cabins, it was a basket filled with treats, champagne, whiskey, brandy, all the hallmarks of a great night out, but they were staying right where they were. The drinks began to flow, shooters, whiskey on the rocks, and brandy from the bottle. They were enjoying themselves, fully, for the first time in years. Nothing mattered, the world and its destroyed state was forgotten for a while, nothing mattered but the four beings in the room. Drunken antics, began to creep into lustful desire. Jennifer and Ashley lined themselves up alongside each other. Jack and John began to examine them, and proceed to remove their clothes. John went first and began to slowly pull down on her zip, as John continued to pull down her zip, he noticed she had on nothing underneath. Only her luscious skin and exposed body, lay underneath. John stopped as her jump suit remained around her waist. He knelt down, and began to remove her boots. Once they laid in the corner, John stood up once more and began to undo her belt buckle. He slipped it down and found her gorgeous uncovered pussy. Her legs were strong yet slender, a gap between her thighs, was sending all in the room into lust. Jennifer, looked at Ashley and walked toward her and began to remove her clothes, she first starts with her shirt. She slipped it of her body, as she pulled it over her head. Ashley too, had nothing on underneath. Jennifer, gave her a quick kiss and began to pull down on her jeans after she had slipped off her belt. Ashley was now naked she had on nothing else underneath her jeans. The two men looked upon the two, now naked, ladies. They began to move toward them, John moved toward Jennifer, and Jack toward Ashley. Jennifer bent over in front of John and pointed her finger toward her asshole. John obliged and dropped his jeans and set his member free. Jennifer gasped as John's non-lubricated member entered her asshole with relative ease. John began to move and Jennifer was enjoying it. Jack looked upon that scene as Ashley was now on her knees with his cock deep in her mouth. Her tongue worked wonders along with her fingers on his balls. The night was just beginning and lust surging. John had since picked up the pace as he pounded Jennifer's asshole hard and she wanted more, she demanded, she screamed for it. Her eyes were seeming rolling in the back of her head, as though John's cock was delving into the depths of her very brain. Ashley had sat herself down and Jack pushed her onto her back and grabbed hold of her legs and moved them back so that they rested on her shoulders. Her asshole and pussy were now easily accessible and Jack slowly slid his cock into her pussy at first. He moved in getting a feel for Ashley's pussy and the position both of them were in. Ashley purred as she enjoyed the feeling of Jack's cock dipped deep in her pussy. Jack then switched to Ashley's asshole and her response was even louder than before. He pounded her asshole, gave her something she would never forget. Her body was tingling and simply engulfed in lust. All the while, Jennifer had switched positions and was now upside down. Her arms were wrapped around John's waist and her lips wrapped around John's shaft. John had wrapped his arms around her waist as he grasped her tight, while working on her pussy with his tongue. Jennifer was gagging, taking John's large shaft all the way to the back of her throat. John was being driven mad as Jennifer was seemingly working magic. Her body was at that point infused with both lust and adrenaline as the blood rushed to her head whilst she was upside down. She would certainly be woozy once she got the right way up again. Ashley had been kept by Jack in the same position but had switched his cock to her mouth and thrust it deep inside. She too gagged as Jack made fluent movements shoving his cock, all the way to the back of her throat. It remained a lustful sight as those four beings fucked each other with wild abandon. Soon they switched, Ashley was eager to have a go on John's huge prick, and Jennifer wanted some that power Jack had used on her in the engine bay. It was something to behold. The men grunted as the ladies screamed. The ladies, after some time had lined themselves up against the bed, on their feet and bent over. John and Jack took turns catering to each woman's pussy and asshole. The ladies wear mesmerised and let the lust take over. It was intense, the entire quartet were wrapped up in each other's lust and bodily fluids. Their time drew on and eventually, Jennifer found herself, on top of Jack, with his cock buried in her ass. In addition John had his large member thrust deep into her pussy, all the while Ashley had her pussy on Jennifer's mouth. Jennifer loved being the filling in that particular sandwich. Jennifer eventually popped out their cocks and turned over as Ashley lifted herself off Jennifer's face. Jennifer was about face with her asshole facing Ashley, something that did not last long as before she knew it Ashley had gone to work on her pussy yet again. Jennifer, then took turns on the two cocks which were now pointed out straight at her face. She could not resist and simply went for it. She sucked each cock, slow, methodical, and all the way to the base of each shaft. She took equal time on each member before her, all the while, Ashley was devoting all her time to giving Jennifer, the best tongue and finger fucking of her life. Ashley brought forth another orgasm from Jennifer in addition to the three she received whilst John and Jack dually penetrated her moments prior. All to add to the two she had earlier that evening. Jennifer felt energised and invigorated nothing was slowing her down. Jack had made his way behind Ashley as she continued with Jennifer's asshole and slipped his cock inside her asshole. John meanwhile had his member in Jennifer's mouth. It seemed as though both women were feeling both cocks deep inside them. The two men continued thrusting from either side sending themselves ever closer to their orgasms. They continued thrusting until both men could not hold it in anymore and they let loose, with Jack cumming in Ashley's asshole and John cumming in Jennifer's mouth respectively. The let out enormous amounts of cum into both ladies. After they all came down from their highs, they collapsed on the bed. Their bodies remained tangled as they were, right into the morning, so much time had gone by and it did not seem so long for them. They awoke slowly, remembering the night before rather vividly in spite of all the alcohol consumed. They slowly got themselves dressed and moved forward to begin their days. Two days later Jennifer was going about her morning routine, when she came across Ashley siting down in a corner and holding her head in her hands, it seemed as though she was in serious pain and needed help. Jennifer rushed her to a doctor and she had herself examined. The doctor suggested she remain under observation for a little while longer, however her pain had suddenly subsided and her vitals looked strong, and further testing did not turn up anything out of the ordinary. Jennifer, urged Ashley to stay and she complied. Jennifer continued her work as last minute preparations were under way for the flight, as everyone would be leaving very soon. Ashley remained in the back of her mind. Later that night just as Jennifer was about to close her eyes a messaged popped up on her communicator marked urgent. She opened it up, it was about Ashley. Jennifer bolted up and out of her room straight to the infirmary. However, she was too late, the doctor was covering her with a sheet, and she was dead. Jennifer fell to her knees and began to sob, uncontrollably. John and Jack were contacted, they both came to her side, comforting her as best they could. Jennifer did not know what to do, she was shattered. A woman she had come to love so immensely in such a short time was gone. Later investigation found a sudden brain haemorrhage was her cause of death. That did little to comfort Jennifer, who was now distraught. In the days following Ashley's death her nightmares returned, the most vivid the night after her funeral. Ashley's funeral was a quiet one, a grave had been prepared and Ashley was placed within. Jack, John, Jennifer, and General Price were the only ones in attendance. John and Jack said a few words, while Jennifer could not bring herself to say anything. They all said their goodbyes and left, however, they all knew that no one would be visiting that grave. Two days after that Jennifer had recovered somewhat, she had loved Ashley, but she was tough, a soldier. A soldier who had been through much in her life, a lot of which did not bring back happy memories. While in her quarters, a knock came on the door. It was John, he entered with something in his hand. "Hey Jennifer, how you holding up?" John asked in a sincere tone. "Well, enough considering the circumstances," Jennifer solemnly replied. "This is Ashley's pack, it just came back from decontamination, and I thought you might want to have it." "Thank you John, you are a good man." "I am here for you to talk, Jack as well, if you need us, just ask." "Thank you, John, I won't forget that." John bid his farewell to Jennifer and left. Jennifer looked at the pack, now in her hand and walked over to her desk. She placed it on the desk and opened up the zip to see what was inside. It had been cleaned out due to the decontamination process. Only two items remained, a plant inside a jar and a letter addressed to Jennifer, it was clear it was recently written. Jennifer tentatively opened it up, she read the words, but could not believe them. Ashley had wanted to stay, she admitted her grandfather was once the superior of Price and was responsible for letting his family die. She could never bring herself to tell anyone, her only image of Price was a groggy recollection she had after waking up the first time. She told Jennifer she loved her and would forever think fondly about their night, their foursome. Jennifer closed the later and placed it back into the pack, she took out the plant in a jar and placed it on her desk. Jennifer had no personal effects to speak off, no pictures or anything of the sort. It was now only that plant, which Ashley had in her pack. (Three Days Later) It was time, time to go. Everyone had entered the ship, cryo chambers were active and all were full. Engines were primed and ready to go, their destination was plotted and the ship's AI was active. General Price, Corporal Collins, Corporal Hazard, and Corporal Churchill stood still outside the ship in front of the monument, the last message of humanity. They all saluted and fired off a round each. The General saluted his corporals and headed to the ship, Jack then followed suit and John slumbered behind. The other two were on the ship and John began to his walk back toward it. A large ramp was down and shielding had protected the entrance way from the elements. Jennifer stood there, now in her space suit. She looked the plant she had in her hand and placed down on the ground in front of the monument. She thought it best to leave that there, her last memory of Ashley and of the Earth, the planet she had called home. Jennifer said her final goodbyes and headed toward the ramp. She entered the ship and they began, the General had given his speech so now they prepped the ship. John had the pilot's chair whilst Jack had the co-pilot's chair, and Jennifer took the navigator's seat. The other crew members were at their posts. They fired up the ship and began their ascent to the heavens. She ascended vertically slowly leaving the ground for the last time. The ship then began to thrust forward and upward. It picked up speed and very quickly they were beginning to breach and leave the atmosphere. An image on a holographic screen showed earth. Something was off, far north of their base, it was white. It looked like the snow sheets, had engulfed much of North America and was half way through Central America. Their location in South America was seemingly not far off. The proposed theory of snowball earth, was happening and everyone present knew why it was happening. Jennifer found herself, deeply saddened. "Humanity really fucked up, didn't it?" Jack asked all in the room. "Yes, we did, now though we will begin again," the General responded. The End Of Us Ch. 04 The journey continued and the crew made sure to document the other planets in the solar system, it was unlikely they would be seen again by human eyes. The ships engines had done what they set out to do, Jennifer's work had ensured they worked flawlessly. The ship was fast, faster than many expected as they were able to leave the solar system itself in four months. Once they left interstellar space, most of the crew entered into stasis and a few remained on duty. Their posts would rotate throughout the journey until they reached their destination. The General too entered stasis and left Jennifer in command in his absence. That night, or at least the part of the ship's cycle that would equal night, Jennifer had that same nightmare once more. However, this time it was different. The nightmare began as it always did, Jennifer, running after someone. Normally it was a child, but not this time. She ran, and eventually caught up to the figure. It was someone, naked and when the person turned around. Jennifer was shocked, the figure before her was Ashley. Flames first licked at her feet then began to engulf her completely. Ashley screamed for help, but Jennifer could not help her, she could not move. This continued until Jennifer awoke from her nightmare. She screamed at the top of her lungs, however, her cabin was sound proof and no one heard a thing. It was late, all the crew were asleep and Jennifer relieved the solitary crew member on patrol. The whole ship was quiet. Jennifer made no sound as she entered each room. She passed the shut door on the atrium which contained everybody in stasis and eventually made her way to the engine room. The engine were humming and the FTL core was primed. Jennifer began to shed a few tears.She could not see humanity learning from their mistakes. What she or anyone else could say might be confused, distorted and spun to someone else's benefit. She refused to allow that, to let loose humanity's destructive nature on another world. Jennifer, walked up to the console. She activated a shield which she had built and concealed personally. She began to work, first she overrode the AI commands, and permanently disrupting its systems and links to the drive core next she began to ignite the FTL core without proper priming. She then destroyed the cooling system and deactivated the alarms before they sounded. However, that did not change the fact that Jack and John were stood in front of the shield demanding answers. Jennifer spoke, "Ashley's was never going to join us, and her letter also told me her grandfather was responsible for the loss of Price's family. He was his superior. Jack, you were always more enthusiastic than me but you never took notice of what humanity has done. John, you found Ashley, you saw what she went through, and you know why I am doing this." "What are you doing Jennifer," Jack pleaded. "I am ending us, all of us," Jennifer uttered her final words. She then proceeded to activate the final stage of her plan. The engine room went into meltdown and then ruptured and exploded. It was a giant flash, a huge explosion, one of nuclear proportions which killed everyone instantly. An empty space between the stars was were the explosion took place. The debris began to float in space but with no one around to mourn. Humanity was at an end, they just like their planet was done. (Epilogue) (300 000 Years later) A ship thrust past planets, large and small. The ships scans indicated 8 in total, a large asteroid belt between the fourth and fifth planets from the systems sun. The found one, third from the sun and found it had an atmosphere and was quiet, no technology could be detected no sapient presence was seemingly found. There was debris closer to the orbit of the planet, however it was all dead, there was no signals coming from anything surrounding the planet. The ship surged through the planet's atmosphere and touched down. Three crew members stepped out they scanned the air and then found it safe to breath. They removed their helmets, each of their two eyes focused on the landscape around them. Their heads tapered back with a crest reaching back past the edge of the back of their heads. Their faces had colours on it, they were unlikely to be natural. Their mouths moved apart a little and down when they opened them. The teeth remained sharp and in rows to the back of their mouths. The scanned the area, their weapons drawn and ever vigilant. They moved forth and found no traces of civilisation left. However they soon spotted what appeared to be a hole. A light shined down appear to indicate something not from nature was there. One alien then moved into place and secured an anchor, another attached himself while the third one, the leader stood her ground keep watch for any hostiles. The alien lowered himself all the way down. He look around and seemed to have found the remnants of something. He moved some sand and found a block. One of stone that was carved, it depicted something. It appeared to the alien as though it was representative of the race that lived on the planet long ago. It seemed to have indicated that the people left the planet after a catastrophe. Furthermore, it indicated that should any other sapient being find this place, they should take it and look after it better than those who were here first. The alien acknowledged this and proceeded to head back up to the surface. He relayed this information to his colleagues. They headed back to the ship and relayed this to the rest of their crew. Their communications room connected to their home planet and their space station which was populated with many different sapient races. They relayed this information, all agreed that the race who found the planet, may keep it, however they were to preserve what was present, that one solitary remnant of the species who inhabited the planet so long ago. So they slowly began to setup a presence on the planet. Forty years later, the planet was now a bustling colony and people were happy. The energy and infrastructure system were clean and had no impact on the environment. Life had been good, scientists studied the planet and everything in it. There was a new start, and one that would not end in disaster.