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zyxians, wherever they are in the universe, are called Zyxians.”
    “So how about the animals and plants on Earth? How did they come into existence?”
    “Each planet has its own native wildlife but so far no intelligent forms of life other than zyxians have been discovered.”
    “I still don’t get why S.P.A.C.E had to be set up.”
    “I’m coming to that. A millennium ago, our universe had visitors. We called them Megethos. They were from a different dimension and were highly advanced. We were no match for them. Finally, a desperate sacrifice helped us win but everything didn’t turn back to normal,” Carlos’ voice dragged on.
    Q wondered what kind of sacrifice Carlos was talking about.
    Carlos continued, “The Inter-Dimensional Beings or IDBs as we call them, had to open up inter-dimensional portals to get to this dimension. These portals started destabilizing our universe. It took all our efforts to close them. But even that amount of power could only seal them weakly. Any disturbance could break the seal. So to counter it we had to assign keepers to each portal.”
    “What type of disturbance?” Taylor asked surprisingly. It looked like even she didn’t know this part.
    “It would have to be huge release of energy, like a supernova,” Carlos explained. “So the most efficient keepers could only be .....”
    “Black holes,” Q finished. Carlos looked at him for a moment.
    He continued, “The black holes absorbed any form of matter or energy that came close to the portals. Thus the portals could never be disturbed. So, to ensure the protection and existence of the universe, S.P.A.C.E was set up. There’s one more thing you should know. During the war, Earth was a common refueling site. Medieval men saw the extra terrestrial zyxians and thought they were gods. Some of them even shared information with the ancient civilizations. Earth’s sector number, 21.12.12 was shared with the Mayans who interpreted it as the death date of the world.”
    “Earth was a refueling site?” Q asked.
    “We were sitting on top of a ‘gold’ mine. It’s just that we didn’t know about it. Nitrogen, when applied to uranium in a specific way, could create a reaction, releasing energy close to the E = mc 2 efficiency rate,” Carlos explained.
    This was all too much for Q to take in. His head was spinning.  When a guy’s whole concept of normal is thrown for a toss, that kind of reaction is ‘normal’.
    “Taylor, why don’t you take Q to the storage room, they might have some clothes there,” Carlos said.
    “What’s wrong with my clothes?”
    “Do you want to wear a sweaty football jersey?”
    Q looked at himself. Everything that happened had been so sudden that he hadn't even had time to change. He hadn’t even realized that he was still in his football jersey.
    “You got your badge?” Taylor asked Q. He held it out for her to see.
    She took him back to the main building. They had just entered the door when suddenly alarms started blaring.
    “What’s wrong?” Q asked.
    He didn’t understand what was going on, but he knew that alarms going off weren’t a good sign in any part of the world.
    Unless of course, it’s the school fire alarm, after which you’re excused from classes and get to go home happily.
    “I don’t know,” Taylor said.
    Q walked to the window and looked out. He saw a huge ship coming right at him!
    There was a man sitting in the pilot’s seat shouting something that Q couldn’t hear. It all seemed to be happening in slow motion. He felt a searing heat over his body and then saw the glass break in front of him. His hand instinctively went up and he heard a loud blast. He buckled to the ground with eyes closed.
    Taylor on the other hand didn’t realize what was happening until she saw Q fall down. That was when she saw the ship right in front of Q’s limp form. It took a moment to process what had happened.
    All she could make out was that the ship had stopped just in front of