Evolution (part 4)

Note: Recently I found an old journal of mine. But due to the way I wrote things down I’m not sure if it was a story idea of mine or something I read or saw on TV. Either way I will write a four part story based on what I had written in the journal.

Evolution

(Part 4 of 4)

Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides. - Lao Tzu

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change. - Confucius

The passing of a day repeated over a thousand years is only the beginning. For the Shigai it has been that way for a very long time. Once they populated the planet. Unknowingly used as food for the newborn of a conquering race called the Nikushoku-Konchu. Had their DNA changed and modified along with their stolen offspring that was turned into a monstrous form called Pinku Ushi that was used as a primary food source. Then later having their offspring genetically altered again into its new and permanent form called the Nakajinagu.

The Shigai worship the Nikushoku, believing them to be the next step in their own evolution. But for a long time that changed greatly due to the Nakajinagu. They permanently replaced the Shigai in every way possible. They multiplied in larger numbers than those on the planets Konchu no-Su and Aka-Kasei combined as they were carried to other parts of the Universe to fulfill their purpose in life; as food.

Every Shigai stopped going through their so-called evolutionary changes. They were growing old with no ability to fend for themselves against the natural wildlife that was dominating the planet. With no clothing or survival techniques many simply died from their first winter or starvation. Only those who were located near the equator of the planet had a better chance for survival. And many of them barely survived as well.

All over the world, the abandon cities were being reclaimed by nature. As plant life covers them up, weather systems torn them down. With all the technology these cities held, the Shigai had no knowledge of how to repair or replace worn-out parts. But how could they when their whole species had been treated like cattle, never educated on the simplest of things such as fighting a common cold.

It would appear that the Shigai was brushed to the side, forgotten or simply a joke of the Nikushoku to watch them all die a slow death. They would retell stories of the days of greatness and glory of their people and the Nikushoku. Before they were caste out from what they considered Heaven. Leaving many to believe they live a life of hell. Never realizing they were really free.

As time went on, these people survived the best way they could. They copied other animals on how to survive, at times losing their own identity in the process. They were truly at the bottom of the evolutionary scale. Even as the years passed by from generation to generation, they were still affected from the DNA alterations the Nikushoku had performed on their ancestor’s centuries before. But that was about to change.

If a body is sick or injured, it will start working to repair the damage. A baby can be born a drug addict if the mother kept using illegal drugs during her pregnancy. The type of damage the human race went through as they were being turned into the Shigai took untold years for the biological damage to repair itself. Imagine the first children born to the Shigai looking totally different from everyone else. The skin is thicker while giving better protection from the sunlight. Muscle tone for better running and fighting. Their brains more developed to adapt for surviving in the environment around them.

The stories passed down from parent to child over the years convinced the Shigai that these children have evolved into a higher being. These children were looked upon as the savior of their race. Like a Messiah to bring a better world for all their people. But it would take a long time just for the human race to even form a collective society. But these humans did adapt to their environment much better than the Shigai, leading to a division between the two groups. The humans were advancing at a great rate of prosperity while the Shigai surviving by living much like the other animal around them.

In time the human race outnumbered the Shigai who were still unable to adapt and change as the humans has. They were unable to think on the spot when it was time to hunt big game animals, realizing the changing of the seasons or knowing how to improve their way of life. The Shigai were dying out for they lost their identity, their purpose in life. They didn’t want to or couldn’t see a future, only surviving with the dream of returning to the way their life use to be like.

The humans, living longer and healthier, growing in large numbers and knew their purpose in life. And they lived it. The spark of life had returned to them as they believed they were living in a heaven on earth. They saw and understood how nature worked and used it wisely as they built a world for themselves and for their future generations. The human race was on their way to reclaiming their world again. But what of the Nikushoku-Konchu?

They fell into near extinction due to their own hubris. They acted and treated themselves like Gods; failing to realize they could easily be taken out by something so microscopic. The Nakajinagu still roam many parts of the planet but many more were also carried off to other worlds by the Nikushoku-Konchu. For many years the Nakajinagu feasted on any and everything around them. Even though the Nikushoku made sure the Nakajinagu stayed strong and healthy, they failed to take into account of tiny larvae eggs living that were able to live dormant within them.

As the Nakajinagu eats, they inevitably consume fecal matter. Growing inside this decade matter are tiny eggs waiting to hatch. The eggs are located here because their mother lives inside the intestines of many wild animals. She could lay 2,000 to 10,000 eggs a day, making their way outside of the body with the fecal matter where unsuspecting animal would consume it. Other animals can be infected by eating an infected dead animal. And the Nakajinagu are great at eating any and everything.

The Nikushoku never cooking their food as they eat the Nakajinagu. Eventually every Nikushoku became infected by these eggs hatching inside their bodies, growing and multiplying. Eventually they would burrow right through into other body parts. Death was usually followed. By the time the Nikushoku could do anything to stop the infestation, it was already too late. Even the Nikushoku offspring growing and maturing inside the Nakajinagu would be attacked and consumed by these parasitic beings.

By this time the entire landscape of both worlds had been changed dramatically. The humans had repopulated the planet Konchu no-Su (Earth) again but as two completely different species; their original human self and as the Nakajinagu. Their DNA is similar but yet different as it was the DNA taken from the Shigai that created the Nakajinagu. The Shigai had died out by now as they were unable to change or adapt to the world around them.

All the facilities on Aki-Kasei (Mars) were covered in dust by now. The Pinku Ushi was quickly consumed by the Nikushoku and the Nakajinagu leaving all the facilities to completely shut down operations. As they remained unused for so many years, the equipment and computer systems simply corroded away. Without these systems, the constant sand storms simply buried every facility.

A few Nikushoku who did manage to return to this world could not reclaim their past glory. They were looked upon as monsters throughout the world. Cast in different characters throughout time as they all meet the same fate.  In Europe they were the vampires and werewolf monsters. In the Himalayas they were the abominable snow beast, Big Foot in the North Americas and the Chupacabra in Central and South America and in different forms of the Chimera throughout all of Asia.

The Nikushoku with all their power and knowledge lived as if they were Gods. Looking for a way to simplify their life at the expense of others, never realizing until it was too late that they had created their own death. The power to create and alter life comes with a great responsibility. To misuse this blessing only rewards the opposite effect; death. 

The End