End

The astronaut sat looking out at the blackness of space.

It had been several hours since receiving, what appeared to be, the very last message from Earth. It had been the last communication because the planet no longer supported life forms; was no longer inhabited. It was the death nell for what had remained of a dying planet. For a number of years, it had been obvious that the self-destruction was coming to a head. His mission had never been fully clear to him, but his life in the space service had him simply obey orders. Now, knowing that the unlikely possibility of him managing to return safely to the launch area, would be pointless. The last signal had announced the end; the end of everything. He would be returning to a dead and silent planet.

There’d be no hustle and bustle of busy streets, no noisy traffic or sounds being made by industry. Despite all he knew, the reality of this came crashing in on him as he wriggled in his seat and lent forward to peer out into the vast emptiness that had absolutely nothing to offer him.

Although, now just a piece of redundant cockpit equipment, the speaker began to crackle. Without thinking, he tinkered with the controls.

He was doing this, when he heard, “Hello. Hello. Can you hear me?”

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