Dietrich presses the red recording button on the screen of his recorder that is located on his left arm.
“Audio-log #582 recording in a few seconds.”
“Hello everyone, if you find this log, then remember that this one is the last that I was able to record."
"I will tell my story in this last log, for I probably will not be able to tell it to anyone anymore."
My name is Dietrich Erhardt, and these are my last words.” (Dietrich)
“It all begun what, about 27 years ago if I am correct.
Before it all started everything went well with us humans.
On earth we lived, then we discovered ‘phasing’, you can call it warping. But it is not that grand.
It gave us the possibility to travel in our solar system, but no further, for there was no other solar system close enough to ours. But that did not stop the ambition of us humans. We made a base in space, that was used as a resupply station for our space shuttles that were supposed to fly us humans to the moon, and later to other planets in our solar system.
Everyone began regaining hope for Terra, formerly called ‘Earth’ because it was becoming overpopulated and we destroyed the Ecological system piece by piece.” (Dietrich)
*cough cough*
Dietrich took the last painkiller that he has with him, and pressed the resume record button again.
“Humans began talking about uniting as one and colonizing the solar system for the greater good.
HA! Back then everyone believed it, now it’s just some bullshit talk by politicians.” (Dietrich)
“In 2083 Humans colonized almost all the planets and the moons in our solar system.
After that various incidents started to happen in Sol, our solar system.
Various religions started trying to seize power, Dictators got their hands on weapons that would prove catastrophic as result. Pirates and finally the worst enemy of any empire: Corruption, started to infest our solar system.” (Dietrich)
The discovery of phasing led to mayor military advancements and technological breakthroughs. Venus, though small and 2nd planet closest to our sun, was inhabited by people that were ‘capitalistic’ and ‘democratic’. They were the people that valued freedom and personal worth & value.” (Dietrich)
“Terra, first inhabited by us, now is inhabited by radical religion supporters and North Korea.
The north pole melted and because of that the ‘MSL’ (Mean Sea Level) raised by at least about 50 meters. That caused a lot of panic and death, but that was not the main reason for us to leave Terra.
No, it was worse. It was something called religion.
You see, religion is good when used properly, for it gives people to believe in something so that they may continue their lives without thinking that no one is supporting them. It gives people hope, and sometimes it even brings them together to a just cause.” (Dietrich)
“But religion was misused. Various religious groups rose that used their religion as an excuse to kill each other. Genocide on massive scales. Rape, throat slitting, child murder, public executions, civil war. Those things started to happen before we discovered ‘phasing’.” (Dietrich)
“My grandparents came from Sudetenland, a region in south Poland that was first a part of Germany many centuries ago. I never knew how it looked, for I was born when Terra already went to shit. But from what I saw in the high archives, it should have been a beautiful place, free from war.
But more recent recordings showed public hangings of nonbelievers of various religions. And bloodbaths between two radical groups.” (Dietrich)
*Cough cough! *
‘Crap, it seems the painkiller will not hold the pain for long anymore…
I can’t tell them everything... shit!’
“When the war started between us and the Jupiter coalition, we found out that beating them with our current technology will be impossible. So we started research on human bodies.
Human experimentation became a military necessity, for otherwise we would not be able to make our soldiers strong enough to fight the Jupiterian Coalitionists.
Technology had a lot of breakthroughs, but what we lacked to use it were capable bodies.
So the military started making breed mothers. Those were woman that were genetically modified to be smarter, have a better condition, stronger, better reflexes and other things. Too much to mention.
But the most important thing was that they were able to produce good offspring. They produced them at a constant rate so that our Lunar empire had enough manpower to fight against other nations.
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That is when and where I was born.
I was born on Lunar Breeding facility zero, the most secret and most guarded breeding facility on the whole moon. I only saw my mother a few times after birth, for she had to do things that I do not want to remember.” (Dietrich)
“After my birth I was taken to my chamber, in which there I was put in a machine that fed me till I no longer needed breast milk. for 8 months I was inside that incubator, after that I was taken out of the incubator and my daily routine started.” (Dietrich)
“wake up at 6 AM. Shower, brush teeth and eat breakfast in 30 minutes.
assembly at 6:30 AM in the main hall. Then we greet our special force trainer by putting our right hand on our chest where our heart is located and we say ‘May your guidance bring us enlightenment, and may your aid make us stronger!’.
After that we move to our classrooms where we learned a lot of things. Like plant knowledge, animal knowledge, weapon knowledge (Both ranged and melee), survival, medical aid, advanced mathematics, computer knowledge, Engineering, Nano machine knowledge. All of the things that would make us perfect soldiers at the front, behind the enemy lines and in unknown territories.
At 12 AM we begin our war training that concludes most advanced of things that you can think of.
Martial arts, Civil and military engineering, Nano engineering, medical support and other things.
At 6 PM our training ended and we went to the dining hall in which we eat our dinners, talk with other students, ask our mentors if they can explain things to us.
8 PM was the time where we went to our quarters and went to bed.” (Dietrich)
“There were a lot of things that happened at Lunar Training Facility Zero, but I do not have a lot of time, so I will leave my youth life be.” (Dietrich)
“After my training and military successes, and of course my birthright, I was appointed special force commander of the N unit. 50 people under my command, all following my orders without questioning them. Of course we build a bond of trust between us, but that is not important at the moment.” (Dietrich)
As Dietrich continues to record, he once again coughed but this time a huge amount of blood came out. Dietrich realized this is not a good sign.
“bah. Well, after some battles that happened between the lunar Empire and Jupiterian coalition on mars, my unit found something strange. Ruins of some ancient civilization that possibly inhabited mars eons ago. The Lunar empire immediately sent us to build a perimeter around the ruins, and told us that our best scientists will be coming over to investigate the ruins.
Everything went fine, although there was a strange atmosphere in the ruins. The walls had strange markings of people in robes throwing fireballs at monsters. There were more markings but that one in particular got my interest. Five years later, after we made the ruins our base, and discovered the majority of the ruins now called ‘Marthallos’ we started sending lunar colonists to Marthallos.” (Dietrich)
Dietrich’s flashlight flickers, and the room starts to darken.
‘Shit, this is not good… and I still have to tell them a lot…’
“The plague, the one that caused our entire race to go extinct was held in Marthallos. By the time we knew it, it was already too late. All happened when one of the scientists blew up the door to a closed vault. He lost consciousness, and when we saw he disappeared of our grid, we immediately dispatched a rescue unit. But what they found was a monster…
His body looked like it had tumors all over it, clothes that the monster wore were tattered, and the monster screamed and threw itself at one of our soldiers and bit him.” (Dietrich)
*screech*
‘Damn, they must have found out I am still alive…
At least this bunker has 1-meter-thick Unatium door and walls. They cannot enter it, yet.’
“after that it was just a battle against the inevitable,
Those mutants, monsters, call them whatever you like. They consumed us one by one.
First it was the Pluto confederation, after that the Jupiterian coalition and the Venus republic. Earth got consumed after that, and only The moon was left. There was chaos, destruction and death everywhere.” (Dietrich)
“We were the last ones. Our spaceships were full of civilians and wounded, ready to warp away from this cursed solar system. My unit and I were tasked of holding the abominations at bay in the lunar capital so that the last civilians and wounded could be evacuated. After slaughtering as many as we could, our dropships were arriving, but it was impossible for all of us to evacuate for then the abominations would just kill us off, one by one while we retreated. So I volunteered by staying behind, and I kept those abominations at bay, slaughtering them one after another. Until only I was left.” (Dietrich)
“After slaughtering all those monsters that were coming at me and confirming that my unit evacuated I holed myself up in the royal Lunar bunker. I scavenged everything I could, and locked myself up in the command bunker. There were bodies of Lunar soldiers in there. They shot themselves through the brain. Time passed me by, and food started to run out. I was bitten by one of those monsters when I was slaughtering them, and got infected. I do not know how much time I had left.” (Dietrich)
“I had only one bullet left in my gun, and the bodies of my comrades started to smell foul.” (Dietrich)
Dietrich’s leg started to release yellow pus out of the tumor.
‘crap, I only got few minutes left I think.’
“Recorder power running critically low. Saving recording and shutting down in few minutes.” (recorder)
“Well fuck, I guess it’s the end for me. No power, Food and only one bullet left.
I am starting to feel strange too. I kind of want to taste that soldiers flesh… Crap I have to keep thinking straight!” (Dietrich)
As Dietrich takes his pistol out of his holster on his hip he also pukes a lot of blood, making a bloody mess around him after that, he walks to the black wall in front of him and sat with his back against the wall. with the view of dead soldiers in front of him. A lot of yellow pus starts leaking from his right leg, but he does not mind it. He takes his helmet off with the rest of his power that he has left and drops it left of him. He loads the last bullet into the pistol, and then he takes the safety off.
The pistol is black, and looks a bit like a desert eagle. It has a silencer and a green dot sight adjustment on it. It has a white eagle on both sides, and under it is written ‘ Veni, Vidi, Vici.’
Though the old language is already forgotten by many, Dietrich knew what it meant.
“I always loved reading history books and books that the old Terrans called Novels.
Most of them were books that told a story about someone that died and got reincarnated in another world where different races and magic existed.
I wonder if I also am one of those people, that if they die they will get reincarnated…”
*Blurgh* Dietrich puked more blood, and this time there was yellow pus in it.
“damn, I guess I cannot think about it anymore. I really hope that if wishes get granted sometimes, that my wish also will be granted. For I too want another chance in life, on another world.”
There were tears appearing under Dietrich’s eyes.
*sniff*
“If my wish gets fulfilled then I promise that I will live better than in this life, and that I will Atleast fight for something more just.”
Dietrich’s hand begun shaking as he takes the barrel of the pistol closer to his mouth.
“Mother, I am sorry for all the bad things I ever done, and that I never visited you. I am sorry fo- *blurgh*. Bah, I am sorry for not being able to put you out of your misery when you became a monster.
And dad, even though I never knew you, but even then, thank you for everything that you did for me. You gave me the greatest gift of all. You gave me life.”
As Dietrich’s eyes started releasing blood instead of tears, Dietrich Put the barrel of his pistol in his mouth.
‘I wish I had done a lot of things differently, but it is already too late to change it isn’t it...’
*Click*
After that, a gunshot and the sound of a falling body on cold concrete was heard in the room.
‘Ahh... everything is becoming dark; I wonder why there is a white light there… maybe that is death?’