text: The Death of us “Amelia, you’ve been in cryosleep for quite some time your duty calls.” said the onboard AI Jack. “What’s the problem, Jack?” I asked with a tone of slight annoyance. “The station's power grid is failing causing all cryo-pods to be shut down. The emergency power generators are only powering all essential systems including your cryo-pod. Unfortunately, the rest of the staff’s cryo pods have severe malfunctions that cannot be repaired.” Jack said with a tone of disappointment. “What about the plant life? We need that to create a colony on Planet X-1789.” I asked with a worried tone. “The plant life has died Amelia. There is nothing we can do to revive the plants.” Jack said in a serious tone “Well, there has to be a solution. There is always a solution.” I said in denial “Amelia there is one hope for the survival of the human race.” Jack said in a slightly hopeful tone. “Well, what is the solution Jack?” I asked “There are signs of bacterial life on the dwarf planet Pluto. If you can bring a sample then I could modify the genetic code to that of a human being and allow the bacteria to transform into a human being under my constant supervision slowly.” Jack said doubtfully. “Then prepare a shuttle to Pluto.” I said not knowing what to expect. Jack prepared me on what to expect when I arrived. And I was nervous, to say the least in fact I was trembling thinking about if I would crash and die on impact. I looked at Earth and thought of the time I spent there before boarding the space station. Remembering friends and family the sky and the feel of the warm summer sun with occasional breezes. The days when the climate was habitable before climate change before you had to wear an oxygen mask and tank on your back just to breathe oxygen. Now there was nothing special about earth it was a planet among all the others just another lifeless planet. Eventually, I landed on Pluto and began to drill through the ice when the drill had drilled 500ft there was liquid water. I rejoiced at the fact that there was hope however, it was only a puddle of liquid water. I quickly collected the water and went back to the shuttle. Upon returning to the station I gabbed the sample of water and put it in a storage compartment for Jack to collect and I had a moment of realization when jack said “Amelia what have you done. You have damned all of humanity.” “How I did what I was told?” I said still not fully comprehending what I had done. “You put the sample in the incinerator shute.” When I had fully realized the reality of the situation I knew what I must do. I walked back to the shuttle bay and I sent the shuttle to the destination Planet X-1789. I added special instructions to open the shuttle upon impact. And set the shuttle on course to Planet X-1789 in approximately 1000 years. In the hopes that my DNA would be preserved and spread life.