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PART TWO: DECEPTION

CHAPTER-SIX

CASSINI-2 

Olan L. Smith

In the End of Days it will be that the leaders of the world will hide the City of God from the people, out of fear of what is to come. Soon, all who have eyes to see, or ears to understand will know the truth. Many will believe and many will hold the truth at bay. For they believe not in the Lord neither do they believe in life eternal for they live for the moment. They have faith only in the self and not in the essence within. They move in self-confidence, and surety, only to stumble on their feet, for they walk in darkness, the light does not reveal the Path, and they cut a trace only to find it leads to annihilation. If you have ears, listen to the words of Adonai.

The Voice of Prophecy, Chapter 24 verse 1, Levi Jackson

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Dr. Alicia Santos sat with the Cassini-2 crew in amazement and awe, as the last of the information from Cassini-2 filled in the picture of the object orbiting Jupiter. It astonished them. Before their eyes the object became a ship...no a city. Its towering builds appear to consist of pure crystal and precious stone, and its roads seemed to be paved with pure gold. The data told them its diameter to be over twenty kilometers and the building themselves measured at least a kilometer in height. In the center, they could see a temple so majestic it defies words to describe it. Alicia spoke first. "My God! This is the most astounding thing I have ever seen in my life!" Her excitement contagiously filled the room. Everyone hooted and cheered. "We," she continued, "Have discovered an alien spacecraft of some type. This proves we are not alone in the universe!"

Tony Aspen, lead atmospheric scientist, stood next to her added, "I hope they are friendly."

Julie Harden added, "Shit! People. Don't you recognize this thing? It is the city of God mentioned in Revelations. This is not a good omen."

Alicia retorted, "Hell no. It is an alien ship. I don't believe in the Bible or God."

Tony added, "I believe in science. Science tells me that this is an alien ship and whoever made this has a shitload more power than us. If they wanted to annihilate us they wouldn't even have to expend a thimble's worth of energy."

Bob Gibbon, the lead scientist of the Cassini-2 team said, "I doubt these images ever see the light of day. Could you imagine the chaos this would produce if it were released to the public?"

Tony said, "We are a public arm of the government. Can the government bury it?"

Bob replied, "Shit yes. Fuck, you'd think this would be the first thing they would suppress. Look at Area-51. Hell, they will doctor this up and what the public will see is an undiscovered moon."

Dr. Santos stated, "But they cannot quiet us. Can they?"

Julie replied, "If we have no data to back up our claim they will just make us up to be lunatics or something!"

FBI Director Morgan opened the door to Cassini-2's mission control, raised his ID and said, "I heard what you said and you are correct. All the data you have, the FBI and Homeland Security are confiscating. As for you, I would highly advise you to forget all about it. If you pose a threat...well...let's just say you will disappear, and I am sure you have too much invested in your careers to throw that away...wouldn't you say?"

"Yes sir." they replied in unison.

"You may leave. You heard me! Go home! Forget what you discovered." They gather their things to leave and Director said, "Not you, Gibbon. We have some work to do on these images and rehearse for the news conference."

Bob stopped in his tracks as the others looked at him. He waved them on, turned to Morgan, and said, "You're in the driver's seat. What do you have in mind?"

Director Morgan waited for the other to leave. Bob, my crew will be here shortly. Before they arrive I want all these images to reveal an undiscovered moon. How long will it take you to replace these images with images of a new moon?"

"About an hour."

"You have thirty minutes...better get busy."

Outside the facility, Alicia turned to the remainder of the team and stated. "Shit, there goes our Nobel Prize."

"Julie said, "To hell with them. They can't get away with this. What should we do?"

Tony said, "Nothing...nothing at all. They already have us under surveillance. See those cars in the parking lot. They were not here before. If you say anything, the next thing you will know you are in Guantanamo, never to be heard from again. We should just go home and forget everything we have witnessed."

Alicia answered, "I guess you're right. Nothing we can do, now. It is over with."

"See you tomorrow, I hope. Good night all."

On the drive home, Alicia's teeth started aching, feeling her jaw she felt tightness in her jaw muscles, most likely from clinching her teeth. She opened her mouth to relax her jaw and she felt dopamine releasing into her system from under her cheekbones. She wondered how long she had been gritting her teeth. Probably, she thought, ever since that FBI man came into the lab. Shit, she said to herself. What fucking right do they have to suppress my work? Here is the greatest find in known history and I have to sit on my fucking hands, while they cover it up. Fuck them! The fucking assholes. She slammed her head against the steering wheel and nearly loss control of her car as she sped down the highway. She turned on the radio as to relax her for the rest of the way. On the radio the news people chatted about the attempt on the President life by Levi Jackson and his wife. She turned to another station only to hear more of the same, but then a station mentioned the Cassini-2 project.

The host said, "I am interested in the photos that come back from Cassini. What is this thing Jupiter captured? Too many coincidences if you ask me, Sarah. First you have this mysterious messaged of, 'Worry not I am coming soon.' Then we have amateur astronomers tell us that they believed the object orbiting around Jupiter actually slowed down in order to be captured by Jupiter's gravity, and next we have Levi Jackson arrested for the murder of Menisci, plus the attempted assassination of the President."

His partner Sue responded. "So Tim, are you a religious fanatic, and do you believe that this is the End of Time?"

Tim said, "No Sue, I am not. I am just pointing out to the listeners that it seems like a weird situation when you have the leader of the SDL, who, by the way, predicted this day would come. We do not even know how he supposedly kills Menisci or tries to kill the President. Why are reporters in the dark? It is like a veil of secrecy has descended over Washington. We still don't know all the facts about the death of Kennedy."

Sue said, "We are going to open our lines to the listeners. Call in if you have an opinion. Caller two, what is your name and tell us your opinion?"

"I am Nathan, and in my opinion. This Levi Jackson is a terrorist and they should draw and quarter him!"