One Sound

One Sound
Short Story By Paul McCann

It was the day all the human race had feared and hoped would never happen . Doomsday , the war to end all wars was about to happen .
Just before they launched the first of the missiles , warning sirens were sounded to let everyone to make their way to the underground bunkers . This stated a panic of people rushing out of their homes with babies in their arms and whatever else they could carry to the safety of the underground shelters . In all the chaos of sirens blasting and the shouting and screaming , there was another noise , an eerie hum had begun to
sound from these towers that rose from under the ground , almost in sequence to a series of intermittent flashes of different colours that sent into a deep sleep as if hypnotised . In a short time everyone was lying sprawled out unconscious on the ground .
The flashing lights stopped but the sound of that constant hum continued .
A lone figure appeared from a secret chamber underneath the ground . Dressed in a space suit with a helmet over his head he rode upright on a hovering scooter through the street among all the people lying motionless on sidewalks and streets as if frozen in time .
The humming sound continued as the strange figure took some devices from his suit and began to check the atmosphere and temperature levels before removing his spacesuit and helmet .
Hovering on his scooter
and gliding through the air he began to talk on a communication device on the scooter .
“ HQ HQ , this is Zero Tran DC Confirming all human life immobilised and down in sector M 1 in Washington . Over . “
“ This is HQ , Zero Tran DC , thank you . Confirming all other Global sectors now immobilised . Commence complete brain wash and memory loss before reprogramming all human life for reawakening . Over “

From a secret unknown location communication had arrived informing the entire human race around the planet was now unconscious .

During this time a secret force know as “ Earth’s Army “ was now in operation to save the destruction of the population and the planet .
When the effect of the one sound device would wear off everyone would awaken and forget what had happened and eventually continue with their everyday life once more .
All the nuclear weapons that would have been deployed were now decommissioned and made safe .
Now there was one sound that echoed all over the world
The sound of peace .

The End

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