SHORT STORIES COMPILATION

"CANCRI-1011B THE ANOTHER EARTH"

'CANCRI-1011B'
(the another earth)

"There are many galaxies besides ours, though. There are so many, we can't even count them all yet. The HST, or Hubble Space Telescope looked at a small patch of space for 12 days and found 10,000 galaxies, of all sizes, shapes, and colors. Some scientists think there could be as many as one hundred billion galaxies in the universe." saad ko, seryoso lang silang nakatingin sa akin,

"What is your point, Chief?" tanong ng isa sa mga kasama ko,

"Our solar system is inside our galaxy, which is the Milky Way. Did you ever wondered about that one hundred billion galaxies, and one of those have it's own solar system?" tanong ko, lahat ay natahimik,

"That's not impossible, but I can't still get your point, Chief Ythanielle Marcuz." dinig kong sambit ni Lauren, here you go again, honey.

"Planet Earth encounters a lot of different phenomenons. The Earth is passing through an ice age known as the quaternary glaciation, and is presently in the Holocene interglacial period. This period would normally be expected to end in about 25,000 years. The earth's age is already 6 billion years old, ilang taon mula ngayon pupwedeng magunaw ang mundo, the ice would probably melt, at kapag nangyari 'yon, kahit ang pinakamataas na gusali sa buong mundo, hindi mo na matatanaw." saad ko, nagkatinginan muna ang lahat bago muling nagbalik ng tingin sa akin,

"So you're saying na hahanap tayo ng panibagong planeta? gano'n ba?" natatawang tanong ng isa pa,

"Stop it, Ythan. Masyadong malayo sa katotohanan ang sulosyon mo, magsasayang ka lang ng isang dekada to study another part of the universe for nothing."

"For nothing? really, Lauren? I'm concerned about the earth's future, 100 earthquakes on different part of the world was reported yesterday, and another 30 earthquakes today, 4 volcanic eruptions and 2 cases of tsunami!" hindi ko maiwasang magtaas ng boses,

"Calm down, okay? Ythan, we have Mars, don't risk yourself by going outside our space and look for another planet that looks exactly like our planet earth, that's fucking impossible." gitil na ani Lauren habang seryosong nakatingin sa mga mata ko,

"We have Mars, yes. We have Mars that we studied for 30 fucking years and gain nothing! That 10% water of it is toxic, everything there are toxic, and I'm now hoping for the detector to gave us a good news, i'm waiting for the space pilots." nauubosan ng pasensyang sambit ko,

"How can you be so sure that you can find a planet that is similar to earth? huh?" tanong ni Lauren, she really don't want me to do this study,

"In 1970, there is a group of astronauts who went outside of our solar system and found a mysterious planet who have mysterious lights above it. Hindi nila tukoy ang mismong itsura ng planeta but they're all sure na mga ilaw ang nakita nila. And they all believe na may naninirahan sa planetang 'yon." paliwanag ko, they all became shock,

"How?" Lauren asked, I smiled at her, mukhang nakuha ko ang curiousity n'ya,

"On 1815, a volcanic eruption happened in Tambora, Indonesia 1815 with VEI=7, 92,000 casualties. This explosive eruption produced 2,500 cubic kilometers of ash, more than 2,500 times more ash than Mount St. Helens erupted." paliwanag ko, lahat ay mas sumeryoso, "A spacecraft launched hundred years ago who bought almost 10 families, at may posibilidad na sa planetang iyon dinala ang mga pamilyang 'yon." dagdag ko,

"Open the system, the detector detected a unknown gas particles outside the galaxy." biglang anunsyo ng commander,

"Come on." anyaya ko tsaka papatakbong pumunta sa quarter,