The corridors aboard the Thaluuztan ship remained the same as Fyukiz, led by Gangas went deeper into the ship, or so Fyukiz thought. The corridors were shaped like a dark and twisted maze and he suspected that his new alien companion had agendas of his own, rather helping him saving his planet from utter destruction.
"Tell me, where are we going?" He asked the alien.
"Don't you want to stop the invasion?"
"Yes, I do, but I'm curious. I never have been on a real alien ship before."
"Not to mention on one that invades your world this very moment." Gangas giggled.
"Yeah…" Fyukiz smiled back and rolled his eyes cynically. On any other occasion it could be amusing but the timing was seriously wrong.
'I guess that lack of timing is what separates us from them.' He thought but Gangas disturbed his line of thought.
"– There is no possible way to destroy a Thaluuztan super destroyer class ship. It is built for star shattering. Nothing can penetrate its powerful shields and the Leeth made only several thousands of these monstrosities…"
"Several thousands?" Fyukiz interrupted.
"Oh yes, several thousands. But for Thaluuztans it's really nothing. Think about eleven star systems that breed these abominations for pure destruction! What are several thousand ships for them? Nothing!"
"Then we're doomed for sure…" Fyukiz sighed.
"But there is a way to sabotage the ship so severely that will stop the invasion for sure." Fyukiz's eyes opened with new hope.
"Do share." He asked and Gangas answered.
*
"It seems that the Thaluuztans paid the visit to Earth after all… It is time for a small chat with overlord Carton…" Buzzskip said and went out of the room. His companion, Doil, silently followed.
"Put on your uniform, Doil. And be quick about it. The time to move up is near, and we mustn't miss it, or else you know what may happen… Remember?"
"Yes Buzzskip. I'll be ready in a minute."
Once he returned to the room, Buzzskip already counted the final seconds. Then the clock that does not count time rang and both of the television heroes disappeared into thin air.
*
"Fyukiz…!" Ram cried aloud, searching for his friend.
"Where the hell are you?!"
Then he felt another force materialize aboard the ship back in the room where the overlord and his officers were. He turned back and rushed to see what's going on.
His eyes opened wide and he swallowed a shout. In front of the alien throne and the overlord that sat on it, two figures appeared. Ram could recognize them everywhere. These were his heroes. Buzzskip and Doil!
'How did they appear here?' He asked himself but the questions quickly disappeared. The hair on his arms stood up from excitement. He crept a bit closer to the room, still unnoticed by anyone until he could hear what they were talking about.
"What are you doing here, Carton?" Buzzskip asked. His voice turned serious, but the overlord grinned at them in return.
"My friends! Greetings again, and welcome to my new ship! You like what I did with it? Crew of 130.000 Thaluuztans, thousands of attack ships. Fully equipped!" But Buzzskip ignored him.
"Does your brain ever realize anything? Do you know what can happen if they find out?" The overlord didn't seem to be disturbed by the question.
"You see, my friends, I do realize the potential danger, but as I remember it, the only ones who will suffer from this arrangement will be you, and your friend here."
"It's Doil, you scum." Doil cursed.
"Touchy! Does he bite too?"
"Stop it! – Buzzskip's shout echoed in the room like a thunder. – Unlike you, Overlord Carton, I always make insurance, and this time it concerns you and your sudden rise in Thaluuztan Universal Destruction Forces. Think of this that you can lose it as quickly as you received it."
Ram didn't believe what he just heard. Buzzskip and Doil, his heroes are in league with this alien?
'No… it can't be…' He whispered to himself. His heart beat quickly as he fought his doubts on it.
*
"So, you say you have a computer system that can be sabotaged?" Fyukiz asked.
"Yes Fyukiz. – Gangas replied. – And it is pretty much unreliable too. We call it 'Blue Screen' because every time something crushes in this system, all screens turn blue.
"Ah! I know this system! I learned about it in ancient computers class. How come you have such an ancient technology? I always thought that aliens are much more advanced than humans…"
"We are! – Gangas said, - But not with this system. Allow me to explain. Thousands of years ago an alien race called Leeth created a new operating system, but no one wanted to test it. You see? – Fyukiz nodded. – And then the dark league; a league of alien races dedicated to evil doing came with an idea. They found this small colony of humans; a baby race that desperately tries to advance and agreed that this race, your race will be the testers. They sent a contact ship with all the necessary data to create this system. It fell to the hands of a local programmer and soon, after he succeeded in compiling the data, they made contact with him, telling him that if he will test this system on his planet, he will be greatly rewarded."
"Greed is indeed a troublesome trait we possess." Fyukiz agreed and Gangas continued.
"Within several years that man developed the operating system and released it as his own creation. Your people were astounded by the power and freedom it gave over the computer. Within a decade the system spread across every company and home. Technology level boosted miraculously! Every time he released newer version of the program, nobody knew that he granted your peoples only fragments of what he really had. Then, one day the Leeth returned. They were glad on how the project evolved. Their system was finally approved and later installed in millions of ships; from star fighters to capital and world ships.
What he didn't know was that the Leeth, being a manipulative and devious race, gave him a specially designed system that had many security holes in it, and once the internet appeared on your world, they had full access to every single computer of your race. This way they and other members of the dark league learned about you, and created an enormous database on your race that was updated all the time. Don't think that you were the only victims of this technique. In latter years they used the same technique on dozens of other races. They used it on my race as well, and this is the reason why my race stands now on the brink of extinction." Fyukiz was shocked.
"But then how does this system, if it is whole, still crushes?"
"Oh, that was me…" Gangas grinned nefariously.
"But from what I know about this system, it is impossible to delete it." Fyukiz said.
"Don't rush me, human. I'm getting to it. – Gangas replied as they stopped in front of a metallic door. – Enter here." The door opened wide and they entered into a gigantic round room. The doors closed shut as they entered inside. Above them holographic commands floated in the air. Gangas pushed a small button on the wall and Fyukiz felt suddenly very light.
"Welcome to Blue Screen brain." Gangas said and swam up in zero gravity.
"Are we going to sabotage it now?" Fyukiz asked as he followed.
"In due time, everything in due time... We have some things to do before we start sabotaging." Gangas floated between holographic commands and entrances into the internet. Every button that he pushed changed various holographic parts of the room; colors, shapes sound and pictures.
*
Back on Earth everything seemed lost. The President sat in his underground bunker and watched the recent reports. Far on the surface the guards guarding the post; both humans and changed fought against the encroaching Thaluuztan legions. Then the bunker trembled suddenly and the President grasped his heart. A Thaluuztan drop ship fell right on the base above him.
"Retreat! – He heard from the comm link between shouts, gun fires and other commands. Retreat!"
He closed his eyes and put his hands in a prayer position.
'It's been too long since I spoke with you. – He whispered. – I really don't know what to do now. The world is lost to us. The aliens finally beat us. They are unstoppable! Please God, please… if you would listen, please stop this madness and spare your children their demise… Amen…'
And then everything turned silent.
He opened his eyes and opened a link to an outside camera. The surviving guards hide in their positions as they watched amazingly the aliens return to their ships and leave! The comm link suddenly came to life. Someone spoke from the other side, but the President could barely hear the words.
"They're leaving! – The soldier screamed into the comm link. – They're leaving! Its over! Its over!"
'Thank you God!' The President said silently. Tears of joy fell on his cheeks.
*
"So, it is settled then." Buzzskip said and shook Carton's hand.
"It is always a pleasure of doing business with you. I'll call off my invading forces. But remember Buzzskip, I have your word on it. If something happen, I will be back, with vengeance…"
Ram was terrified from everything he heard. He had to get away from there as soon as possible. He closed his eyes and concentrated on Fyukiz.
'Breathe lightly; think about the place you want to go to…' The air around him filled with sudden burst of energy and Ram disappeared. That moment Buzzskip's eyes turned there and followed the invisible energetic pattern.
'Someone was here…' He thought and Doil heard the voice in his mind. He too sensed the famous Telemontronictron effect in use but hardly believed it. There was no one on Earth that could possibly have such power, and the aliens aboard the ship are idiots.
‘So who do I feel…?’.
*
"That’s it. I called off the invasion forces, Fyukiz. Now it is time to sabotage the system." Gangas felt a rush of pride flow on his back.
They swam toward a giant red semi transparent icon, and clicked on it. The system denied entrance. In return Gangas drew strange and complicated symbols with his hands. They didn't appear at all, but after a moment the icon turned blue and Gangas and Fyukiz found themselves floating in a sea of names. There were millions of different names and mathematical formulas. Gangas quickly began taking various names, connecting them with symbols, breaking formulas and creating new ones with amazing speed. As he continued images appeared and disappeared with a flash. Then a single holographic crack appeared on the wall, breaking the delicate order of the names, numbers and symbols, and then as more cracks appeared the room start turning bluish.
Beyond the room the system sent signals to all incoming drop ships, turning their screens blue, paralyzing their systems. Thousands of Thaluuztans died in manner of minutes from lack of air support, as the system drew the air outside. Others fell back to Earth and burned in the atmosphere as their shields failed and shut down.
*
"What's happening?!" Carton screamed but no one could answer.
"It looks like the system crushed again, sir!" One of the officers dared to answer.
"Not while I invade a planet!" His face turned red from anger, and he smashed the controls on his command chair with his fist. The ship shaken and began drifting slowly toward the Moon.
"Where is Gangas? Find him! He must fix it once and for all! Damn everyone! These double traitors Buzzskip and Doil probably put saboteurs on my ship… How they dare to mess with me?!!!"
"Overlord, sir! – Another officer said. – I contacted the technical support team. They try to fix the problem as quick as they can. They told me that estimated time will be 4 days and 7 hours."
"We don't have 4 days and 7 hours! We are about crush into the Moon and that will be the end of ME! Make it work NOW!"
*
"This is it, Fyukiz. The deed is done and we are ready to go." Gangas said as he approached the door. Suddenly Fyukiz turned his head toward a familiar feeling. It came closer, and then materialized right before him, as everything around him and the alien broke apart..
"What do we have?" Carton's voice echoed as a thunderstorm in the halls and corridors of the ship.
"We have partial navigation, Overlord Carton." Said a voice from technical.
"Good! Now turn this thing from the Moon!"
"Done sir."
Carton took a deep breath into the comm link.
"What are your suggestions?" He asked and the technician replied.
The distant yell of Ram came closer by the moment and as he materialized before Fyukiz, he went flying into the wall on the other side of the room while Fyukiz moved away before he could hit him. Gangas turned his head as his eyes opened wide from shock. Ram's head hit a hidden big red button and he lost consciousness. Ram's body remained floating in the room.
"I think that formatting the system will be the best course of action now. – The technician replied to Carton's question. – The best way to take care of a bad system is to kill it, and put a new one instead, but we must make sure that this troublesome system will remain dead forever."
"Quickly Fyukiz and Ram! We must leave this place! Ram's head activated the 'Final Wish' button!'
"Was it the big red button over there?" Fyukiz asked as he took Ram's body from the room.
"Yes! And it grants one wish to whoever asks for anything. Did you hear the last command? The final wish system is the only way to truly utterly destroy this ship and now, because of your friend's head and that technician's 'advice', the system will destroy itself, and if we still remain here, we will die with it as everything else aboard!"
"Don't worry about it, Gangas. Here, take my hand." Fyukiz said and Gangas grabbed his hand. Fyukiz closed his eyes and thought about home. The air turned heavier and sparked with energy. Then everything turned blurry and warped inside out and upside down.
When Gangas opened his eyes he felt himself lying on a green grass. He looked up to the blue sky where a distant shadow of a carousel faded and finally disappeared…
Fyukiz and Ram lay on the grass near him.
“Now that’s what I call timing! Hey Ram! Your head saved the world, dude!” And they laughed.
*
As the Thaluuztan carousel ship turned into the vastness of space, its members died from crushed life support system, only Carton managed to crawl, barely breathing, into a deep sleep tank.
“This is not over Buzzskip and Doil… You will feel once again the wrath of Carton…!" And the inside of the tank froze.
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Submission Name: Thaluuzta; Scum of the Universe. Fyukiz & Ram
