It was the year 2515 and the planet Earth was governed by one superpower-the USA. And all the people who lived on Earth in the 1980’s and 1990’s were back from the dead and Ronald Reagan was president once again. There was a special military unit called the Atomic Soldiers. This unit were all men and women with superhuman strength and superhuman powers. President Reagan was very proud of the Atomic Soldiers. The chief officer was a soldier named Apollo. The most powerful of all the soldiers was a Lieutenant whose name was Marius. His co-pilot, a female aviator and a member of the Atomic Soldiers, was a young woman named Serena. Most of the Atomic Soldiers were involved with fighting intergalactic wars and with secret spy missions on Earth.
The electronic medium board lit up. Astronaut Donny Feldman was calling for help:
“Atomic Soldiers, this is Capricorn-29! Do you read me?”
“We read you, Capricorn-29! Do you need our help? What’s your status?”
“Aliens have attacked our spaceship. We’re heading for Saturn, and aliens from the Black Eye Galaxy have attacked us. We need your help! Send the Atomic Soldiers! Over and out!”
Astronaut Donny Feldman tried to maintain his power at the controls. The aliens kept attacking the spaceship. His colleague, Astronaut Benny Griffith who was from North Carolina loaded the Z-2 laser strikes and fired them out from the ship, combatting the aliens from the Black Eye Galaxy. But the aliens from the Black Eye Galaxy were big and mighty and powerful. Their giant spaceship opened up its cargo door and with a big sucking sound, magnetized the Capricorn-29 spaceship, bringing it inside of their own ship. Astronaut Donny Feldman and Astronaut Benny Griffith got out their huge laser guns and turned on their nuclear ray guns on their ship to counter attack. Astronaut Jimmy-Lee Moore put a new pack in the robot. Only the robot could tell them about these dangerous aliens. Meanwhile, Astronaut Deirdre McClellan radioed the Atomic Soldiers once again for help.
“Atomic Soldiers! This is Capricorn-29! We’ve been sucked into the alien spaceship! We need your help! Mayday!”
“We’re on our way! Have no fear! Our Atomic Soldiers are here!”
The Atomic Soldiers, Apollo, Marius and Serena strapped themselves into their space ship. Apollo started the engine and hit the controls on the dashboard.
“Mission Control, we’re counting down!”
“10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1, we have lift off!”
The Atomic Soldiers were on their way to save Capricorn-29. Their spaceship was long and sleek. It had three engines and it flew faster than the speed of light. Saturn was millions of miles away from Earth but with the Taurus-13 space ship, they would be there in two months’ time. For the astronauts on Capricorn-29, their long time in captivity by these intergalactic space aliens was just beginning. A whole nightmare lay ahead of them.
The robot issued a warning: “Danger! The aliens are approaching. They are from the Black-Eye Galaxy and they are very treacherous. They speak English as they study life forms on all planets. These aliens have most likely been on Earth more than once. They are a very advanced form of life.”
“Thank you, robot,” said Astronaut Jimmy-Lee Moore.
The aliens used their high-powered magnetic ray guns and opened the door to the Capricorn-29. The aliens from the Black-Eye Galaxy climbed on board the Capricorn-29 spaceship. These aliens had green hair, yellow eyes, ears on top of their head like an animal, hands and feet that were shaped like an amphibian. They wore a huge medallion that almost blinded you when you looked at it.
“This is our ship now!” commanded the tallest of the five aliens. “You will do what we say!”
“No, we won’t. We won’t be your hostages!” yelled Astronaut Benny Griffith.
Astronaut Deirdre McLellan radioed the Atomic Soldiers.
“Atomic Soldiers! This is Capricorn-29! We are being held hostage by the aliens on our own ship. Our ship has been sucked inside of their ship! Are you on your way?”
“Yes, Capricorn-29, we are on our way! But it will take two months to get there. Do what you can to fight them off right now. We’ll get there as soon as we can,” said Serena, one of the Atomic Soldiers.
“Atomic Soldiers, our situation is dire! Please hurry!”
“We will get there as soon as possible. It takes two months for our spaceship to reach Saturn.”
“Yes, unfortunately, I know that,” said Deirdre.
“We will contact another spaceship where the Atomic Soldiers are. That will be Explorer-12. They’re on Mars. We’ll contact them. They’ll get there faster than us.”
“Thank you, Atomic Soldiers. Over and out.”
The aliens from the Black-Eye Galaxy were searching the Capricorn-29 ship. Astronaut Donny Feldman took out his sub-atomic gun. He had never used it before. He held it in his hands and put his fingers on the trigger. The first sight of one of the aliens and Donny opened fire on him. The sub-atomic gun melted the alien. But another alien aimed his instant-freeze gun at Donny and he was transformed into a frozen statue. Astronaut Benny Griffith aimed his sub-atomic gun at the alien who was at the controls and the alien melted. But then another alien aimed his instant-freeze gun at Benny, and he was transformed into a frozen statue. Astronaut Deirdre McLellan hid in her compartment, hoping the aliens wouldn’t see her. She watched through the peephole. She saw three aliens at the controls. She held her breath in fear. Then she saw them exit the ship. Deirdre opened the door and was in shock to see her two fellow astronauts turned into frozen statues. She was relieved when she saw Jimmy-Lee and the robot.
“Where were you?”
“Downstairs in my cubicle, hidden away where the aliens wouldn’t find me. The robot e-mailed me a message. He said these aliens will be back to try and take us to their ship where we will be questioned by their leader,” said Astronaut Jimmy-Lee.
“That doesn’t sound good. What do we do about Benny and Donny?” shrieked Deirdre.
“Have no fear! The robot can unfreeze them. Robot! Do your thing!” commanded Jimmy-Lee.
And the robot unfroze both Donny and Benny with his atomic anti-freeze crystals. Donny and Benny came back to life. They shook their arms and legs to get their muscles moving again.
The radio came on: “These are the Atomic Soldiers on Explorer-12. We’re on our way to save you from the aliens! Over and out!”
To be continued…
About the Author
Cel
ine Rose Mariotti is an accomplished writer whose work has appeared in magazines all over the USA, Canada, England, Scotland, Australia and India. Some of those magazines include: Night Roses, Green’s Magazine, Poet’s Review, Poet’s Art, Tombigbee, Offerings, Poets at Work, Hindu Young World, Magnolia Quarterly, Lone Stars Magazine, Pablo Lennis, Poetsespresso, Artifacts, Quantum Leap, Frost Fire Worlds, Children’s Magazine of India, Tigershark Publishing, Atlantean Publishing, Pink Chameleon, FreeXpression, Northern Stars Magazine, Creative Inspirations, Utopia Science Fiction Magazine, Poesis, Rainy Day Poems, and many more.
Bewildering Stories has accepted some of her poems for publication and Shemom has accepted two of her poems. Altered Reality Magazine has published several of her poems. She has had several books published. The books are: “Olivia MacAllister, Who Are You?” Another book is “I’m Too Young to be President” published by Clayborn Press of AZ. “Leapy the Frog” was published by Magbooks of HongKong. WriteWords.com published “I Have a Friend on Jupiter”; “Minister’s Shoes” and “Minister’s Corporate Escapades.” And some other books she self-published: “Through Celine’s Eyes,” “Words of Inspiration,” and “Red, White and Blue,” all poetry books and a nonfiction book, “What Corporate America is Really All About.” She has also self-published “I Hear The Banjo Playing,” a ghost story. Her newest book is “The Return of George Bowman,” a sequel to “I Hear the Banjo Playing.” Hierath Publishing has published her book “Atomic Soldiers.” He has also accepted her other two books-“Out There in Space” and “The Rebellion.” Celine has a B.S. degree in Business Administration with a minor in English from Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT. She plays the guitar and banjo; has her own home business, CRM Enterprises and her own online newsletter she publishes. She lives with her family in Shelton, CT. She loves Las Vegas and she loves to watch the soap operas.
