Mission Orion: The Travel through Time

Chapter 72 | Peace

Three months have passed since the Kenjah dropped the bombs on his own kind. And things changed rapidly ever since the war ended. A new capital city is being built near the Aero City where the administration would soon shift to. Montwik was proclaimed the interim president of Photrox and Chlod, the head of the Crux Army, was made the vice president. Nobody used the word Kenjah anymore. If there was one word which could bring back the pain and the suffering, it was the word Kenjah. Montwik informed us that he was willing to transport all the humans from the Prometheus ships to our human settlement. In return, he needed the help of the humans in both the administration and he needed the necessary labor to run the industries and factories. The Kenjah's palace was blown to pieces and there was nothing left of it, but not before a new planet was found for us humans to settle on in the near future. In addition to this, they brought in Orion Four from the outer system as well. Unfortunately, MARV was destroyed by the soldiers as soon as we left the ship. Orion Four was docked permanently at Dock Twenty One of Aero City as a symbol of friendship between humans and our creators.  As Montwik had promised, all the fourth-dimensional technology they had was destroyed. The only remaining piece of that technology was the time warp technology which was used to send out envoys to all the civilizations which were created by the Kenjah like ours was. There was just one goal- to bring peace to this universe and beyond and there was just one understanding, we would respect each other's sovereignty but when we needed each other, we would come together. We were establishing embassies on other planets and had asked them to do the same. 

Anna and Konrad were safe now. But safe does not mean they are doing well. During the process of removing the chips from their heads, something went wrong, and they lost their memories, every single one of them. They can identify objects and know the general flow of nature, but people, names, incidents were all gone. They are still under medical care and we are allowed to visit them once every week. Anna could not recognize me, and that is something which keeps me up at night sometimes. Montwik promised that Gofr was working his best along with his team to try to bring back their memories, but with every passing day, the hope just diminishes. Reneesh, Souvik and I live in the Administrative Headquarters in the human settlement. We travel to Aero City when and if needed by Mointwik. This war has taught us a lot. It taught us how to come together. It taught us how, even in the most desperate of situations, faith would help us get through them. But most important of all, it showed us again that war has no victors. War has the oppressors and the oppressed, it has the revolutionaries and the orthodox, it has the good and the evil and it has the survivors and the annihilated, but never did it have victors. 

This was an era of peace after the war. We had overcome our differences and so did our creators. The Kenjah had escaped to god knows where. We have sent various jets and probes looking for him, but no avail. But one thing we know for sure is that as long as the Kenjah is out there, we are never safe. The Kenjah always has something sinister in his mind. The fact that he lost to us would have just inflamed his want for revenge. But until he comes, we will be at peace. 

Elections are to be held in another month. Turns out our creators have realized they do have some things they could learn for us. We are allowed to mingle with the native population and most of them are friendly. Most of them. There are the Kenjah sympathizers, who wish and believe that we should be gone. That we were inferior to them and that we are living at their mercy. But we bore it all. In the end, we had once been them, fighting amongst ourselves, drawing up imaginary lines on the globe, fighting for our religion, fighting for our race, fighting for our region and fighting for our place. We were categorized as the Human Province. We had our autonomy and were allowed to have a provincial government, something which was reserved for the larger provinces. George Bennington, our Head Peacekeeper was running for the post and the odds were in his favor. 

A day would come when we will have to leave this planet and settle on our own. And that day would be the final test of our unity.