Up at the stars

Jerry was on his back porch with a cool glass of water staring up at the stars wondering if there is any real meaning in the universe or if it was all some silly game, watching stars burn out and new ones twinkle to life. He Just stares at the stars, looking at their beauty and admiring his favorite star, Selena . All Seems well until he hears a branch snap and a shallow voice Behind the bushes in his yard, “who’s there?” He demands to know as he hears who or what it is moving behind the plants. Jerry gets up to investigate, creeping closer and closer to whatever might be hiding. He reaches the bushes and starts searching through the leaves only to find a hand being thrown at him and forcefully grabbing The collar of his shirt. “JERRY! Thank god you're alright. Have you seen what’s been happening?” The mystery voice blurts. Jerry can hear the fear in it. “AGH! What! Who are you? Get off of me you weirdo!” ”JERRY! Listen, the stars Jerry! They’re dying, and that’s only the beginning!” “What are you talking about?! Let Go!” Jerry grabs the man's wrist, trying to pry his grip from his shirt but it doesn’t work, all it does Is cause them to fall onto each other inside the bushes. “ Who are you? What’re you doin in my yard?!” “No time for that Jerry we need your help, the stars are dying and you’re the only one that can fix it!” “What are you even sayin? Get the fuck off of me!” “ NO JERRY! Look!” The man releases Jerry’s shirt and forces his gaze into the stars above, one by one they’re all vanishing from the sky, twinkling out of existence. ” wh- What’s Happening to the stars?” Jerry asks, slowly getting up, bewildered by the sight. “they’re dyin Jerry'' Jerry just stares in disbelief. “We gotta go jerry. We don’t have much time.'' Before Jerry can answer, a blue swirl starts to surround his gaze and the last thing he sees is one last star, his star, Selena, vaporized from existence. Jerry opens his eyes to find he‘s in some sort of underground concrete building. “What’s going on? Where am I?” Jerry asks the man who assaulted him in his own backyard. “ This is the ‘Abstract’ Jerry. It’s our base of operation, our HQ.'' Jerry looks around, seeing all sorts of machinery that he has no clue of even trying to understand. “Wanna explain to me what‘s going on? Why did you make the stars vanish from existence?” “that wasn’t me jerry, it was something else, something bigger, something greater than you or I will ever dream to be, it destroyed the stars, it will destroy everything.” “Does ‘it’ have a name?” “Yes, it’s name is-” just then an alarm goes off followed by an automated voice, “SUPERNOVA! I REPEAT THIS IS SUPERNOVA!” “What does that mean?” Jerry asks but gets no answer. The man sprints over to what can only be a microphone and shouts into it, “ BATTLE STATIONS!” shortly after several doors shoot up and a handful of men and women rush out and jump into newly formed holes in the ground. “WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING?“ “Jerry I know you’re confused but I need you to listen, something big is destroying all life as we know it. It’s starting with the stars. They supply the power, the energy, life itself! And if they go everything goes.” “How does that involve me whatsoever?” “Because Jerry! You started this, you must end it.” “What the fuck does all this mean?” “Actions now explanations later jerry.” The man turns and shouts into the microphone “FIRE!” The whole building shakes, followed by a horrific roar. The man turns around and sprints to the opposite side of the room “Jerry! Get over here! Help me open this.“ Jerry sprints to the man's side and begins lifting the wall to reveal a giant panel of buttons and levers. “start pressing and pulling Jerry!” Jerry does as he’s told and pushes and pulls, big booms and bangs, he’s told to just ignore it and doin after, there’s no more noise. ”We did it!” “Did what exactly?“ Jerry asked. “ We just saved our own matter.” “MORE EXPLANATION PLEASE!” Jerry shouts with frustration. ”No time Jerry, we got big things ahead of us, big things indeed.” “What are you talking about?” “The stars Jerry, they’re vanishing, and as you know, we need to stop that.” He turns around, walking backwards, “You are the solution to this entire problem, you’re gonna help us fix this! You’re also the cause but that’s not what we’re here for, now follow me.” He turns back around and Jerry follows him down a long narrow hall toward big black doors, “Will you please explain to me what is going on?” “Okay, there is a big bad bully planning to take out all life in the solar system and maybe even the universe, it’s your job to stop it. Good Luck!” The man pushes Jerry into a pod and locks the door. “HEY LEMME OUTTA HERE!” Jerry shouts as he bangs on the door window, the man mouths “I can’t hear you” and pulls a lever, launching the pod into space. Jerry turns and looks out to see the stars, “The stars are back?” “No Jerry. They never left, I brought you back in time.” the man says from a speaker. “Why am I here if they never left.” Because you need to keep them from being destroyed. Look at the star right in front of you, do you recognize it?” “Selena.” Jerry says in awe. “That’s right, this is where it begins and ends, when the big bad arrives to destroy the stars you will press the big blue button and blow that big bastard to Smithereens!” “Well what’s the bastard's name? You said he had a name.” Just then a deep rumble shakes the pod and right in front of Selena is the big bad. “It’s name is Kubena.” Jerry stares for far too long at the big grotesque monster he sees before him when the man interrupts. “DO IT! DO IT NOW!” Without thinking Jerry slams his hand down on the button and the pod starts to morph into something else, it throws Jerry into the coldness of space. He looks back at the pod and sees that it has transformed into a cannon. A bright light is shot into the monster, destroying it and in a huge explosion, the pod and monster are both destroyed. Jerry floats out into space. With no air, no warmth, and no safety, he looks up to see his star Selena, safe and beautiful, before he loses his grip on his soul.