There once was a stone made as a gift for the world, to bring prosperity and productivity to all. The god gave it as a gem, a gem so black it radiated its darkness, it wasn't coal or obsidian, for they never could radiated as much as it did. The mankind could never find out, so deep in the ground it was kept by God. One day, by the grace of God, mankind found it, that gem that radiated so black. Filled with greed, one man took it far away from the eyes of the world, so far that no one could reach to it. It was his precious, he could not let it go.
The gem could not perform like anything he knew. He learned and learned, for 30 years, to see where it could it be used. With the knowledge he had, he contacted the world outside us, he enraged them. The enraged ones waged war against this mans kind, his fault brought down many lives. Ridden with guilt, he left it in the rivers back with nature, he went crazy with guilt. No one knew of him, and he wanted to keep it that way. The war that he started went on, and more the lives that went, the crazier he got.
One day he couldn't keep it. He let the cat out of the bag, as they say, and tattled on himself. The crowd, filled with anger, took the gem and stormed into house, later destroying the house. They banished the man forever. The man went to a different town, he lived a new life by a new identity.
He saw on the news, the Gem has been given to the one who call themselves 'POWERFUL' in exchange for keeping their planet alive.
The man felt dejected, for he knew what wonders could power of the gem do. He babbled on and on, giving fair warnings to all of what could the Gem do, but no one believed him anymore, for they still couldn't forgive him for the crimes he had done, the betrayal that waged this war.
The man was in a state doubt, perplexed as one can say, for what could these POWERFUL take out of this Gem that no one else could? He knew he had to get to the bottom of this. He volunteered himself in the regular experiments for the POWERFUL under the pretence of getting some money for his crops. He entered into the depths of the POWERFUL's ship.
For 9 years he made contacts and acted as a spy to check what they could take out of this gem, whilst his avidity for the gem came back to him.
After all the hard worked, he got the well earned result of exploring the LEVEL 5 RL located in another planet in another solar system. He was in joy, for he was finally going to reveal the secrets of the POWERFUL, but, he was greeted with a horrible secret. The POWERFUL had selected him for a heinous test for the Gem. Many were forced to consume the Gem, their bloods were siphoned out to store it in the form of five colours, blood red, golden yellow like an ichor, sea blue of a thunderous sea, dark parrot green, and the most uncommon of all, pitch black, taken out from the shards of burned out alien, for no doubt one piece of these powerful gems had been so harmful and inconsumable, that they could burn the body of anyone.
The man had stepped into the wrong line, he shouldn't have come here, but he was too late. He was forcefully put into a chamber, filled with pipes ready to exhaust out lives, or give a new one. Beside his room stood another man, of a different race, who screamed, shouted and wailed. No one wanted their fate to be the unlucky one, but the man was lucky. He was saved, while the other man was scooped out. The man sighed with a relief, unbeknownst to him that later the man's scooped life, along with 13 other lives scooped into that man, were now scooped inside him.
This man, like 4 other species selected for this purpose, was deemed suitable for holding these powerful gems inside them. The man felt, as if the lives of those 14 aliens lived inside him, if he dies, they will replace him with their cells. 75 lives, deemed suitable for holding 5 gems. They were contained within their prisons, told they will be released 'Very shortly'. For 2 months these 5 people waited, with the gems fixed into them under the pretence of various instruments. One gem was contained in a pen, another in a watch, one in a necklace, one as a glass, and last as a ring. The man holded the ring, which gleamed blood red with agony He wondered about this gem, the gem that brought him till here, the precious.
There he motivated others to break their walls, once anger and greed surged into him. The 5, with their powers of the gem, destroyed the whole planet. The five ran their whole lives, at least one whole life. The greed motivated them to pillage the universe. Many lives, destroyed by their lust. For once they were a team, but greed overcame unity too. There was one gem they were all after, one they heard of by the people, it was said to have no colour, it gleamed light. Thirst for the gem forced them to wage constant battles amongst one another. Under the power of the gem, on of them consumed the poison and gave up one of his life. He vanished into the depths of this universe, said to have no memories of this past. Another, in her battles, had lost her power, or so said, and ran to find another source, or to recharge. The third one couldn't handle it, for he sought solitude, he went in peace. The fourth one and the man, coming into greed, destroyed a planet in their battles. Shaken by this, the man gave up on himself and rested in peace in his planet, back to square one.
For the fifth, well, no one knew where she was. Some say she died in her quest for the sixth gem, others say that she still moves on, going on with her 14 other lives, destroying planets, one by one to search for her precious. And so, the greed of these 5 aliens, brought an end to the them, and the man had finally lost.
In midst of this story, a girl asked 'You don't think, she will come here, Grandpa Abe?', Grandpa Abe chuckled ' How would I know? I am not the one who holds the Gem.' Then he gave a frightened look, and shrieked 'Oh no! she's here.' In fear, every human child sitting there ran away. Grandpa Abe chuckled again, he stood up from his arm chair, looking at his study room, studded with shelves containing books old and new. He has been a General for 20 years now, and there are the Solis System elections again, after 5 years. For years he has had successful winnings, but now, at the age of 89, he thinks he has had enough, although his legion doesn't end here, his party is participating this year too, with his granddaughter Clara. Until the results are declared, he will be staying in his fort, which was once said to be called as 'White House'.
His grandson, Adrien, entered the room, in his selected dress for today's results, a black coat over white shirt. Black tie worn over it. He had black pants worn too. That oval shaped head marked by sharp noses gave a glimpse if his mom. Those green eyes were just like his dad. Adrien, in his rather stern manner, uttered "Must you tell those stories, Grandpa Abe?"Abe chuckled "I speak the truth, Adrien, and truth are scary, happy endings are sugar coated truths, and I don't like them."
The grandson and grandpa went outside the house, into their garden of sweet bliss. 'T'is been years since we have had crop this great, guess the USF had been keeping its promise.' Adrien laughed 'The USF is getting at it, I presume, what's your grudge with them.' Abe looked down' Someday, you will know that son.' As Abe and Adrien walked down the path, a Pickdarian came running and said 'Hail the General, sire, they are calling you to USFS, the result are to be finalised.'
Abe looked Adrien ' Well kid, looks like we are gonna get our General'. With that they walked down the road, to the road, to board their car.
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