Pitch Black

Pitch Black

Authors Note: This cliffhanger story is a follow-up to my original short story “Blackout.” It’s about a man named Tai, who realizes that they have been sucked into a black hole, which means they could either be drifting through space, or they could be in the orbit of another star. Enjoy.

          It’s been a long time coming before we came to our senses in what we called the “Core Complex.” A.K.A. The hole we dug closer to the core so we could live off of geothermal heat rather than the solar rays emitted from our non-existent sun. Now it’s 2029. It has been eight years since the sun explosion. Eight years of expanding and building our dome. Rigging to be especially resistant to tectonic plates shifting, resulting in earthquakes. Our “Core Complex” already collapsed once; we didn’t want it happening again.

          Let’s not get into that right now though, let’s talk about what I studied this whole time, ready to announce my discovery and my mission. Some Harvard University graduates who specialize in astronomy and I, found out that when a star explodes like that, it creates a black hole. I then realized that when our sun exploded, it created a black hole. That we got dragged into.

          I had led the team to research even further to be completely certain that that would be the exact result of a star exploding. I even made them simulate one by taking one of the light machines and setting it to overload, thus creating supernova heat. We reformed that heat into a sphere and shut the machine off. We were stunned by what we saw. The machine imploded because of the black hole on the inside of the chamber. We were absolutely certain this was the case of when the sun imploded/exploded.

So we had two conclusions. Either we are adrift in space as we speak, or were in the orbit of a different star. A different sun. The light might be shining and we wouldn’t even know. I planned an expedition with a team of mining professionals to venture to the surface of Earth once again. We scavenged some scuba gear just in case the Earth’s atmosphere had undergone drastic changes. We had gathered our supplies and ourselves.

We have high hopes. Wish me luck...

To be continued……