Hundred Shades of the Unknown The rains of the cosmos have just begun‌
By Richard Chen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIZkd3UppCY
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Prologue
Johnny Sky Walker was a man of unique abilities. He could tweak the stock market, promote firms and sometimes even control those around him. A few years ago, on a Friday night, he planned a dinner, for his wife Tulisa and himself, not for some candles and steak, but in outer-space. That one idea changed the course of his life forever. Johnny called NASA’s Director of Space Dinner Reservations to ask for help, the directors’ name was Donathan Vader. Johnny’s first impression of D. Vader was somewhat disturbing, because Mr. Vader had a dark mask around his face the whole
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time, every breath like the sound of scraping metal, but Johnny did not give any of that much thought. Though he did not remember, but the last time he had saw this face was in a dream‌ and dreams were just dreams. So Mr. Vader helped him make plans for a romantic evening in space. All through the planning, Johnny felt that something was not quite right, but he could not get a grip of what was wrong, so he pushed the thought away, and thought of his would be beautiful night with Tulisa, in the cosmos‌
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Hundred Shades of the Unknown W ritten by Richard Chen of XE45A Instru ctor: Kenneth M . Sm ith W enz ao Ursu line Univ ersity of Langu ages Kaohsiu ng, Taiw an R.O.C, 2014
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About the Author Richard Chen was born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1995. He was always interested in Star Wars. Now, he turned his attention to A Song of Ice and Fire (aka. The Game of Thrones). He is currently studying at Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages, and by combining the two dramas, he sprouts this novel you are now holding. With the help of his instructor, Chen hopes to share his passion to the rest of the world. In this story, readers will process through the warps of time strands from different eras, some, unknown to
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mankind even till now. Chen provides the readers the opportunity to let their imagination flow wild, he hopes readers will have the courage to suffice, to read to finish “Hundred Shades of the Unknown�.
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Table of Contents
Chapter One… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … ..… … 8 Chapter Tw o… … … … … … … … … … … .… … … … … … 13 Chapter Three… … … … … … … … … … … … … … ..… … 20
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Chapter One Anniversary
“Do you like kids?” Tulisa Walker blurted out. It was seven o’clock p.m December 17 in the year of 2571. Johnny Walker was just entering the kitchen capsule fresh from his after-work disinfection shower. Johnny Walker is a man of great expectations for himself, his precision was what he prided the most, Tulisa often chided him to be of nothing but clockwork and wires. Johnny maintained a reputation envied by thousands as a private analyst. He deals with anything, anywhere
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at anytime perfectly. Home was his sanctuary and working haven, but recently, this question about kids unsettled him deeply. “Excuse me?”, asked Johnny, hearing the question but choosing not to answer quite just yet. This simple inquiry became more and frequent as the winter winds grew starker. “I asked whether or not you liked kids, Johnny.” Johnny became more nervous this time, he knew he had to give an answer, the question was like doing housework; after they had disconnected their Maid 2000, Johnny could not escape the fangs of this duty. Now, he felt the same. “Well Tulisa, why the sudden interest in kids? You know perfectly well
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that I got nothing against them. I go to your kindergarten in Sector 7 everyday after work.” Tulisa set the lamb chop dinner she had just taken our from the oven onto the table. “Sit, eat” she ordered.
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The meal dragged on in silence as Johnny
cautiously ate, he knew that he and his wife were the perfect couple with the perfect life, eating the perfect meal, and he knew what he must do, his duty. It has been too many times that he had evaded this truth. So after swallowing a mouthful of lamb and a large sip of red wine, he spoke “Yes, I do, I love kids, and I think this meal should be
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over quite soon.� And it was, Tulisa’s eyes shone like stars that seems almost familiar to Johnny, and that smirk that he gave her said everything, the rest of the night followed swiftly with no more delay. The two plates of unfinished dinner, lay there cooling itself while the couple were busy settling some other unfinished business. That night, after Tulisa slept, Johnny crept slowly out of his bed and wadded through the bundles of clothing, or at least what was left of them, the few pieces of cloth that lie on the bedroom floor is nothing more than ripped rags. He aimed for the bathroom, and slowly made his way across in the dark. Reaching the chamberpot,
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he sat there, waiting for the moment. It came. It was then, in that moment, in the engulfing void of shadows did the strike hit him, “Aha!� He could not resist the movement of his mouth and the sound of his voice. Out in the room, Tulisa stirred, but still fortunately, she did not wake. That momentum, the idea of space and all of its majestic features became an atmosphere the perfect romance in the mind of Johnny. The master of
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love had come to visit him once more, or was it destiny‌?
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Chapter Two Finding the Guy Johnny Walker woke up in the bathroom pod that morning, the whole chamber was filled with bubbles and a strong vacuum. A miniature hurricane was furiously spinning itself in a corner and the toilet he was sitting on was elevated to a several foot above the chamber pot. Looking down, he understood what happened‌ After his excitement last night, he fell asleep on the toilet and excrement from last night laid there for most of the night, the smell awoke the cleaning detector
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and it has been keeping the bathroom clean to rinse away the sour aroma. Looking back up again, he saw Tulisa at the doorway watching him with amusement, he grunted and tidied himself, to start another grand day at an engineering company that hired him a few days ago in Sector 13.
“Hey, Johnny Sky Walker!� shouted a familiar voice, when he stepped outside his hygienic inspection gateway of a front door. Eddard Castamere was a stark man, with no tolerance for any kind of injustice. He and Johnny had been friends all through college and he was
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the best man, at every occasion. Sky was Johnny’s middle name, he did not remember where it came from, but it mattered not, it gave a sense of power and Johnny thought it suited him well. Nobody else knows about his middle name except for Tulisa, Eddard and himself, for it is a part of him which is equal to his Achilles heel. Sky makes him
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strong, at the same time, it is rooted deep within him, like the little boy inside of him, unable to realize who his parents were. “Don’t just stand there Johnny! Let’s get going! I still need to work! Not all of us makes a living with their eyes closed!” Eddard hollered once more. Johnny laughed, “Yeah well, not all of us stop every two
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blocks on the way to work to feed some stray dog. Time is money, but you’re right, let’s go. I’ll race ya.”
Later the day at work, Johnny overheard an official at the engineering firm laughing about a new division that NASA opened, he heard, “The SPAce DInner REservations COmmittee", SPADIRECO is what those space craven maniacs call it. And the directors name is even more ridiculous! Donathan Vader! Mwahahaha! What kind of name is that! Bah!” The official spluttered coffee down all over his suit.
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Johnny ran over to them at once, and asked them “Where?! Tell me where I can find this Vader dude! I NEED him!” “Woah woah woah, slow down there son, here is the address of NASA’s headquarters, we worked with them a couple of times in the past, I wouldn't put it past them to give you a hard time though, the lunatics there are so full of themselves you wouldn't even know what hit you before you have dropped down
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begging for mercy. Ha!”
Johnny parked his vehicle outside of the building, building was far from the word to describe it. The NASA station right beside of the engineering firm was quite breathtaking for a first timer. The whole structure looked like an overlarge moon with on huge crater on the upper-left side. From what Johnny could find out, the crescent was acting as a satellite to reach the outer rims of space. “Identification check please, sir.” came the robotic sound of a droid placed outside of the huge slab of a door. Johnny was looking for his ID, he remembered he always kept it in a
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compartment in his pouch on the inner pocket of his jacket-safe. However, when he looked all over his coat, trousers, and even his boots, it was nowhere to be seen! “I’m so sorry, I….” The droid interrupted him “No ID, no entrance! Die trespasser!” Suddenly, a large man with a space black cloak over some costume he seemed to be wearing, swept out of the door and slapped the droid from behind, and it shut down. “What? How?” asked Johnny, confused and mad at the same time. “Don’t worry my son” came the startling sound of a man whose voice is as hard as scraping metal and as deep as the void in the sea. “My name is
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Donathan, Donathan Vader.”
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Chapter Three Making Plans “Mr. Vader, tell me and tell me now why I almost was blasted into smithereens by your security droid back there!” At first, the stranger did not even turn his head while he lead Johnny deeper inside the spheric infrastructure of the headquarters. “Donathan Vader, answer me right this second, for if you do not provide me with a reasonable explanation, I will most definitely report you back to the Commander in Chief you can count on that!” This time, the prestigious Vader did stop, he did so with dead silence and
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turned around slowly with only the faintest hint of a smirk on his face. “Oh my son.” he whispered with the same scraping voice that he has used not too long ago at the front gate. “The president does not concern me here, nor anywhere else, my son. This is my domain.” Johnny only then realized this strange man radiated a sense of power that was not only subtle as a knife, but as dangerous as a tiger. “Do you know why I’m here?” asked Jonathan. “Matters not, what matters is that you are here at last….we shall talk about whatever it is you want to talk about in the meeting room.
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They entered the large room which was actually filled with a sky full of stars, the mattress was built into the floor and there was no tables nor were there chairs in sight. Vader motioned for Johnny to sit down and so did he. “So my son, what brings you to my humble fortress?� Johnny still had a million questions about this erratic place, this eccentric person, this strange
conference room, racing through his mind that
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needed to be answered, he blurted out without thinking, “Why do you keep calling me your son!? Do you do this to all of your guests or are you just trying to freak me out? And now you bring me here to this dark room and making me sit here on the ground! Do you even know who I am? The business that I have to discuss might not be strictly speaking professional, but I expect to be treated and hosted without these shenanigans!� Donathan Vader did not flinch at the words at this now ranting little baby of a man, but listened carefully and patiently. There was something he wanted to share with this vibrant young
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man, but then again, he couldn’t, he mustn’t, he wouldn't betray the Chancellor. “Jonathan… This might be a bit hard to process but… You are in the wrong place.”
“What are you saying?! I just got here! I wanted to make a reservation for a dinner, isn't SPADIRECO “The SPAce DInner REservations COmmittee” the place to come to for?! I want to make a reservation! Please a dinner for two! Gimme a dinner set for two by the rings of Saturn! Okay fine, if that’s not possible than Mercury, or Pluto!
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Chapter Four The Ugly Truth Vader only spoke the words , “Because……. I am….your father…..” When Johnny heard this, all he could manage to breathe out was: “NO!!!!!!!!!!!”
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THE END
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Johnny Sky Walker was a man of unique abilities. He could tweak the stock market, promote firms and sometimes even control those around him. A few years ago, on a Friday night, he planned a dinner, for his wife Tulisa and himself, not for some candles and steak, but in outer-space. That one idea changed the course of his life forever. Johnny called NASA’s Director of Space Dinner Reservations to ask for help, the directors’ name was Donathan Vader. Johnny’s first impression of D. Vader was somewhat disturbing, because Mr. Vader had a dark mask around his face the whole time, every breath like the sound of scraping metal, but Johnny did not give any of that much thought.
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Though he did not remember, but the last time he had saw this face was in a dream‌ and dreams were just dreams. So Mr. Vader helped him make plans for a romantic evening in space. All through the planning, Johnny felt that something was not quite right, but he could not get a grip of what was wrong, so he pushed the thought away, and thought of his would be beautiful night with Tulisa, in the cosmos‌
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