The Death of the Universe

Lilith was deep inside the caverns of Miranda 7, a small lifeless rock hurtling through space around a small white star. She knew it would only be a matter of time before they found her. She erected a force shield around her position. Let them come, she thought, but they would have a hard time actually getting to her position and by the time they did, it would be too late.

Lilith didn't want to rule the universe, she wanted to outlive it. Those beings whose medicine had become absolute think they are going to live forever, but they are wrong. When the universe dies, everything dies with it. What has been will be again and Lilith planned on being alive when that happened. She wasn't going to die with the universe. She was truly going to be immortal.

Lilith pulled out a device and started pressing some buttons. When she did a portal opened revealing a sort of holding space. She reached in and removed several pieces of something that looked like it had been broken. The pieces started to glow. She removed another piece that she was keeping in a sack that she had carried with her. That piece started to glow as well. The pieces came together and started to fuse into a single piece. She took out another device and placed it on her skin. She pressed a few buttons and she became encased in something that resembled a cocoon. Soon Lilith thought, "This universe will be over and I'll be able to start again".

Commander Varn was the most feared being in the universe. It wasn't because of his size or strength that caused fear, but because of the ship that he commanded. His ship carries the most powerful weapon that has ever been developed. It was nicknamed the 'Planet Buster', and has the capability of destroying an entire planet.

When an enemy fleet of a thousand ships attacked, a single ship was sent to oppose them. The enemy fleet must have thought it was some kind of joke, but when Varn fired his ultimate weapon and destroyed them all, the universe took notice and an empire was born. Now he was on a mission to save the universe. Commander Varn was neither a tyrant nor a philanthropist, He didn't go out of his way to protect people and he didn't use his weapon unless there was a good reason. Now there was a good reason.

Commander Varn was informed that they were almost in range of Miranda 7. He entered the bridge and gave the order to fire as soon as the planet was in range. His confidence in the success of his mission was contagious and spread quickly to the rest of the crew. He knew that nobody could withstand the might of his ship. Whoever they were would never know what hit them. One shot was all it would take.

After several minutes had passed the planet was in range. The doomsday weapon was fired without fanfare and a beam of incredible power struck Miranda 7, breaking it up into millions upon millions of tiny pieces. Commander Varn ordered a sensor sweep. He knew nothing could have survived the blast but he wanted to make it official. The officer who was operating the sensor sweep detected two foreign objects that remained intact. Commander Varn asked if there were any life signs. The officer claimed there was one life sign. He was also about to say that the other object was glowing but he never got the chance.

Lilith closed her eyes. The pieces fused together forming some kind of egg. Moments later all the matter in the universe including Lilith was sucked into the egg. Moments after that task had been completed, the egg hatched forming a new universe with Lilith still intact inside her cocoon. The egg itself broke into several pieces that went hurtling in different directions as the new universe was forming.