THE ARTIFACT

It’s been a while since I’ve been with a group of friends, although I wouldn’t call this droid my friend. The most recent photo of the whole gang together was taken four years ago. Its crazy how young we all look in it, Gercule had just gotten his petals, and David had only done mitosis twice. We were all from completely different species that all had something in common. Larine is a Sentile gravitas, their living singularities that go with the flow; Larine wanted to have a personality and make decisions which led to her hitching a ride on a human spaceship where we met. David has a similar story; he's a Gigacho-12. His species are living mega viruses that don’t have self-identity due to their simplistic form of reproduction, they don’t even give themselves names. David and I met during a weapons trade between our species, we’ve known each other the longest. Gercule is a Florambula, his family is part of a pretty bad criminal organization. Gercule didn't want any part of it, instead wanting a small life that didn’t involve overthrowing a stable government, so, he surrendered himself willingly during a raid. Then there’s me, I’m a human, the galaxy’s most powerful species and the peace makers of the universe. My father is the head of war, he has control of the entire human armada and every piece of technology. I’ve seen entire planets be destroyed and continents wiped clean of its denizens. I know that every action my father takes is based off logic and that not all species can live if we want to maintain homeostasis throughout the universe; but I can’t associate myself with all that death, I log species so that someone remembers them if they die, so that someone knows what was there before it was all gone. My friends and I are all outsiders to our homes. Now, none of us are home, we’re all spread out across the galaxy light years away from each other. Maybe we’ll all get together again soon though.