"Emergency news report! earthquake felt all over the world. All affected areas have been sent welfare supplies and medical treatment..."

"The Siberian Traps, Ontong Java Plateau and the Syrian-African rift showed signs of abnormal activity. All residents have been evacuated and the tectonic weakness team was sent to deal with the matter..."

"breaking news! The Siberian Traps erupted! The last time such an event was recorded happened more than 251 million years ago..."

"All the inhabitants of the Earth - space shuttles have been taken out of the city of Luna to evacuate you all to Luna and the vacant space colonies. We ask that you be evacuated as soon as possible.."

"A group of androids together with space machines and manned personnel were sent to stop the release of ash into the atmosphere as soon as possible. The amount released so far is the highest recorded so far since..."

"All the inhabitants of the earth - the efforts have failed. The amount of ash is out of control. The earth is officially defined as uninhabitable. All its inhabitants, we ask to flee as quickly as possible by any means possible. We are trying to treat and minimize damage as much as we can..."

...

"That's it? What happened next?! Stupid black box!"

I knocked on the black box that was still attached to the anesthetic out of sheer nerves, hoping there was something else, but to no avail.

"How did this happen? Why? I woke up at the wrong time in the wrong place. Well, I woke up because the carbonyl anesthetic ran out of energy."

I started talking to myself out of stress, looking around. Everything that was around me was framed in a dark room. The only light that illuminated the room came from my shielded spacesuit, which was intended for exploration and research. I had to wake up on one of Castor's planets, 50 light-years away. With all the technology of FTL, the human impact from such a journey has yet to be resolved over a distance as great as this. Therefore, this is just the protocol to numb ourselves to such a so-called journey. But here I am, in the same room, they put me to sleep, with no knowledge other than the fact that I'm stuck here, exactly where this whole mess is going on.. without anyone!

Calm down, and take a deep breath. I have to find the others. I have to get out of this place and standing like a lion in a cage won't help anyone.

"Rosalina" I called my personal AI assistant. She is named after my wife, whom I shall not forget even at such great distances as I should be. I thought to myself at that moment that I hope she is okay. Soon there was a repeating humming sound, but nothing emerged.

"Rosalina?"

Again no response.

"For God's sake!"

I quickly left the room and find myself in a dirty and musty corridor. I try to navigate within it as the only light emanating from me guides my way. I soon find another similar room and try to open it. I push again and again but the door does not move.

I take the plasma knife that was in one of the pockets of the suit and activate it. Its reddish light illuminates with a gentle light the point where I cut quickly and after a slight push, I manage to open it.

But inside this room there was nothing, not even a single piece of furniture. I immediately went out and looked for another room that I remembered while walking in the empty corridor. Room after room they were all empty and not a single soul or even a sign of human or mechanical activity. I started to lose my temper and steer myself to where I think someone is: in a storage room.

I continued moving to the end of the corridor and there was another large door, one that blocks fire and sucks in air. Luckily, I'm wearing my suit so I don't have to worry about running out of oxygen anytime soon, but that's not a good sign to come.

"I feel like in a zombie movie" I said to myself as I try to find a weak point and insert the plasma knife into it. It took several tries before I got it right and started trying to push it. The door was very heavy but light began to shine through it. It gave me hope and I tried my best to keep going until I ran out of strength. I looked through the slit, but the light was too strong, as if the sun itself had entered the building and blinded me. I moved away from the door and took a distance. I took a breath and started running. I used a swing and jumped with my legs forward and it managed to dislodge the door I had punched earlier and crashed to the floor as the door fell and clattered, sending ash and dust everywhere. The dust stuck to my helmet and I tried to wipe it off, but the light coming through was too strong. I used my hand to block the glare and went deep. Suddenly a familiar voice popped up:

"Calibration successfully performed. Hello Colin"

"Rosalina?!" I was excited inside that I managed to get her while covering my eyes. I try to get frustrated at the floor but it also reflects the glare. Thank you very much Advanced Engineering.

"Yes Colin, the solar level of the area allowed me to charge and perform a calibration operation. Performing a solar cover" Soon the helmet began to black out and I was finally able to see, but as soon as I took my hands off, I notice a particularly strong spot in front of me surrounded by a light blue-yellow background. I am mesmerized by the sight and then I hear a crushing sound. I moved my feet away from the place and see crushed herbs, I just straight away look around and am surprised: it's really is the sun. All around me I see plants-climbing the walls, herbs that come out of the mirror-like floorboards and in front of me a big hole at the end of the corridor from which the sun shines through. I advance to the hole and see a scene that seems wild - ruinous buildings covered with plants everywhere as if nature has taken over the place again. Some of them even have trees growing on them. But there is no sign of a moving life except the rustling of flying creatures.

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"Rosalina, how long have I been asleep?"

"Yes, you were anesthetized ..... 2 weeks, 4 days, 17 hours, 49 minutes and 28 seconds"

"It doesn't make sense! Are you sure it's the right one?"

"Checking again... yes, the data hasn't changed. This information was taken since you wore the suit"

"It seems like decades have passed! There's supposed to be ash and darkness everywhere. But they said a volcano erupted and covered the entire atmosphere in darkness! But what I'm seeing now is counterintuitive - how does a tree grow so fast in almost three weeks? Wait a minute, This is not the time for questions: Can you check where my team members are?"

"Indeed... sorry to tell you, but there is no information about them"

"Aren't they near us?"

"No. No reception"

"Are there people around me?"

"Trying to connect... No information. No connection or access to any communications in the area."

"So we are alone"

"Yes. I don't have access to any source of information except you. According to the your memory scan you have, I understand that a great disaster has happened to humanity on Earth and I understand the illogicality you derived from your understanding of the situation. I suggest you try to contact a nearby communication reception area."

"Good idea. Any idea where there is one?"

"Trying to get information... failed. Trying to connect to a traditional network... failed. Trying to get satellite geolocation.. failed. All attempts failed. I'm sorry"

"It was expected. I'll try to think of something"

I went out to look around the place and left the corridor. I moved towards the storage room according to the memory I had. It didn't take long to find the room locked, so I used the same method I used the previous times and hacked my way through. To my surprise, unlike the previous times, there were furniture and objects everywhere, arranged exactly as they were. I turned around and found my storage compartment. I entered the code, but it doesn't open. It had already become the norm and I broke through it, but there was nothing there.

"I came here for nothing!"

"Negative, there is printable food in the area. I read that your satiety and satiety levels have fallen below the permitted norm. I suggest you eat and drink before continuing"

I felt my stomach hurt. The fact that I slept for a long time and the situation I was in, I forgot to take care of myself first. I guess you should listen to your body before proceeding. I left my storage compartment and proceeded to where Rosalina pointed out their location. In each map there were scattered bags in which the food for printing was stored. I kept looking around and also found water dripping from the ceiling.

"Can you check the quality of the dripping water?"

"Checking... the water is drinkable, but I recommend boiling it first"

That's investigative AI for you. Especially reliable in survival situations, even though I wasn't really required to do it, but it's better to have a cure for the blow in advance, they always said. I searched and found a deep vessel and placed it under the drip area and continued to search for the printer. I flipped the storage room before finding one that worked. I put the printable food in it and turned it on. Soon it started printing and a nutrient cube came out.

"I forgot to ask, is the air breathable?" I remembered that I was wearing a helmet this whole time

"Checking... the air level is breathable"

"Excellent" I started trying to detach the helmet from the suit and as soon as I succeeded, air began to flow in front of me: air that feels pure and new. And I immediately took the nutritive cube and ate it. I immediately felt full and took the water stored in the vessel and drank from it. Their taste was disgusting but tolerable. I sat on the side trying to rest and think what to do.

"Colin, all monitoring and scanning systems have been restored. Checking... Anomaly! Magnetic field facing south! Anomaly! Lux level lower than normal! Anomaly!"

"Can you narrow it down to how many anomalies there are?"

"Yes. There are 6 exceptions in total"

"What is the most significant?"

"Atomic Pulse"

"Atomic pulse? That's unexpected. Don't all atoms beat at the same time regularly, no matter their position?"

"True, but that's the exception - there isn't one"

"What are you talking about?"

"From calibrating speech... it is not possible to identify what time period we are in."

"You want to tell me that we jumped to the future somehow? You said before that I slept for almost 3 weeks"

"Negative. Time is equal and uniform for every step you take"

"Uniform?"

"There is no atomic pulse. At all"

As if I'm trying to get explanations from a child, I don't understand what she means. I should have studied physics better if there was the possibility. Leave, don't study, implant information about physics.

"Rewording - the space of time does not move. We are stuck in time"

"It doesn't make sense, I'm moving properly" I move my fingers to prove to her.

"Not us, the time period. We are in a different time period"

"You know what? Don't try to explain. I think this whole trip has made my brain burn out. I think it's a good time to rest before we go down."

"confirms"

I lay on the floor while looking at the ceiling, trying to think what to do next: try to look for other people? It will take time, but it will give some hope. Try looking for a communication station? Rosalina has failed to find one or communicate with one, so I'm afraid that's not possible right now. There aren't many possibilities, I have to figure out where I am first. Yes, I have to understand what happened here and where I am exactly.

And with this line of thoughts, I fell asleep in the same place.

That's how the first day passed, not knowing how deep things I got into.