The Alien Revelation Saga Book One: The Appearing

Chapter One

Welcome to the Alien Revelation Saga!  This is a space opera story that takes place mostly on Earth, right about now.  It's a simple tale that offers an explanation for . . . everything.  Is there life elsewhere?   Can man explore the stars?  How did life start on Earth?  What is its purpose? 

It's all in here and more.  There is love and flirting and courage and horror, as well as laughter and tears. 

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Exactly 14 Billion Years Ago Tomorrow

The entire universe was made up of only one thing and that thing had a name. It was called Singularity because it was singular, the one and only.

Singularity was almost infinitely small. Not quite all the way to infinity itself, but as close as anything has ever come or ever will come.

It had been busy for many billions of years, attracting at first the star systems and space dust that were nearby. But as it grew, so did its gravitational pull. Little by little it began to absorb stars by the thousands, then whole galaxies, then whole galaxies by the thousands.

It did this until there was nothing left to absorb and the universe was empty of everything.

At that point, the only thing left was for Singularity to squeeze itself into a smaller and smaller area. A force strong enough to cause the heavens to move now was focused on Singularity. It became smaller and smaller; more and more dense.

Something had to give. An explosion was imminent.

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Watchers peered at Singularity even though they were not in the universe. They looked from another universe, one teaming with curiosity about the strange event which was about to occur.

The energy of a thousand suns was used to create a portal – a place where the inhabitants of the other universe could study Singularity. It allowed them to see and take measurements and learn about what was happening. They were almost in two universes at once.

But not quite because Singularity was alone. It had to be or the resulting explosion would be affected.

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When the moment came, The Watchers realized they had made a mistake. It was a tiny one, on the order of one part in trillions. But the energy released by Singularity was so massive that this error was enough.

At the speed of light, Singularity exploded into the void, destined to again fill the universe. Some of it became matter.

Some of it was energy.

That was the problem.

3.8 Billion Year Ago

The small planet was just starting to form. It had only been a world for 200 million years, but already the land areas were mostly solid, the volcanoes allowing the pressure underneath to be released into the cooler air.

The oceans shone blue from space. A single Watcher, necessarily alone, scanned the foreboding surface for a spot that could accept what he/she/it had to offer.

A suitable place was found almost right away, in less than a hundred million years. The Watcher lowered himself into the cavern, onto the warm floor below. The surface was moist with water, seeping through the rocks above. Chemicals gathered in a small pool at the bottom of an indentation. Lightning flashed almost constantly.

At just the right time, the Watcher touched the pool.

Sometime Right About Now

It was a beautiful night, totally clear but without a single star visible. That's the way it normally is in New York.

I glanced at my new smart watch as I walked back towards my apartment. It was close to midnight and I had to work tomorrow. I'd been to a Mets game. It had been a good one with the Mets coming from behind, but I only saw about half the game. I found myself talking to a girl from the Fashion Mart for quite a while and she gave me her number.

I'd hoped that my best friend, Jane Mitchell, might want to go with me, but she sounded really bitchy when I called her. She listened to my invitation and then said just three words before hanging up on me. She could be that way sometimes.

Still, it was a good evening and, with any luck, I'd have a good day tomorrow. I liked my job. It gave me plenty of time to surf the net and study the box scores. Jane said I was lazy, but I think she was just pulling my leg. At least I hoped so.

I hit the hay about one and was asleep almost before my head hit the pillow. Everything was as normal as it could be.

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I don't normally remember my dreams, but I woke up in the middle of the night remembering one perfectly. It wasn't like a regular dream, it was a full on nightmare.

I'd been talking to someone at work. I didn't recognize the person, but she knew me. I was confused and frightened because her lips were moving, but no speech was coming out. She sensed my uncertainty and put both of her hands on my head – one over each ear. Now when she talked I could hear and it was deafening. I shouted for her to talk quieter when her hands pressed against my ears with such force they disappeared inside my head. I could feel that she wanted to talk to me and tell me something.

That's when I woke up. I was shaking.

I got up, got a glass of water from my tiny apartment kitchen and drank it in the bathroom as I stared at myself in the mirror. My watch said it was almost four.

Well, damn. I've got to get up in the morning. I turned off the lights and got back into bed. It took a bit longer than normal, but I was again soon asleep.

Until I had that dream again. Not exactly the same dream, but close. This time, I was here, at home. I was in bed. Some kind of glowing ball hovered over me. I saw my body lying there and smelled the ball. It had the scent of fire. Like before, I knew it wanted to tell me something.

The thing moved closer and closer to my body until it engulfed my head. That's when I heard the voice. It said, "Can you tell me what two things make up the universe?"

In my dream state, the glowing ball around my head looked completely real, like some fire monster had decided to eat me. I became very, very frightened.

But that didn't last long. For some reason, I felt myself relax. I could feel a line of spit drip out the corner of my mouth, but I didn't have the energy to wipe it away. I felt like I couldn't control my emotions, that one moment I was petrified and the next almost catatonic.

In my dream, I started to laugh.

I howled until the scene change abruptly. I was no longer seeing my body from above. Now, I was in it and it was in my bed.

That was all normal, but what wasn't normal was that I could feel something inside my head.

"My name is Brian A. Pearlmitter and I would like to reveal some things to you. Do not be afraid. What two things make up the universe? Think of my question and I will discuss it with you soon."

The next thing I knew, my watch was beeping at me to get up and go to work.

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