[ WP ] Earth is sucked into a parallel universe through a worm hole . There are now two earths in orbit around the sun . Contact between the two planets are established .

Sam knew that there was something wrong with the other planet from the very beginning, but nothing prepared him for what. Sam was n't a part of the team the UN put in charge of it, though he had wanted to be. 
 
 Sam had listened to the repeating distress call for hours now. It was powerful enough that his hobby - radios - could pick it up, with a bit of tweaking. `` Another planet has appeared from nowhere and disrupted our orbit and our satellites. This planet seems fine. Please, if you can hear this, we need contact. We need to be evacuated. Your home has killed ours.'' 
 
 Attempts to send a reply had been a complete failure. When they had been pulled in, their satellites had not all been pulled in with them, and those that had were no longer in the right places. They did n't need satellites, though, and that was what worried Sam. They could make contact. They just could n't get a reply. 
 
 Studies of the parallel Earth showed it to be almost identical to their own. It had the same continents, the same capacity for life. A few volcanoes seemed to have gone off a bit earlier than expected, and the ice caps had melted a significant amount more, but it was Earth. 
 
 There was already a debate within every community as to what this meant. The existence of parallel universes was now completely confirmed, unless someone had managed to fake another planet. Even so, it was the other planet that was in the correct orbit. Sam's Earth had been pulled in, not theirs, and it was Sam's Earth that was n't in it's usual spot. If this were the work of a prankster, they had technology far more advanced than what humanity had, so, as was the nature of humans, this debate had turned from a confirmation about parallel universes into a question about alien life. 
 
 Sam tried to stay off the internet at times like this. Mostly because the internet was down. Wormholes will do that to your ISP. 
 
 The thing that worried Sam was that the other planet, for all he could see, was just fine. So was Earth. No one was dead. Their technical problems were mostly due to servers falling over and satellites not being in the right spots anymore. Considering that the planet had gotten sucked out of it's orbit and into a brand new one, everything was going pretty well. Neither planet was in any trouble at all, and yet the other planet wanted help. 
 
 Sam was not a part of the crew of first contact, though he had wanted to be. They did n't respond to any messages, so Earth sent people. When they came back, they had refugees from the other planet with them. They were humans, nothing special. Just regular humans. 
 
 Months went by and rescue team after rescue team launched. Thousands of parallel humans fled to Earth. Sam was not a part of the rescue teams, though he had wanted to be. 
 
 The other Earth invaded after a year. Earth had been so busy rescuing them that they had n't looked after their own interests, and were ripe for the plundering. Sam was n't a part of the defending forces, though he had wanted to be. They all died. 
 
 The other humans enslaved Earth, and it became clear to Sam that this had been no ordinary wormhole, if any wormhole could be described as such. A rebellion formed, and infiltrated the invading headquarters. They looked and acted human, so it was a fairly simple disguise. Sam was n't one of the spies, though he had wanted to be. 
 
 The rebellion attacked the invading Earth HQ two years after Wormhole Day. Sam was n't one of the fighters, though he had wanted to be. 
 
 Everyone involved was publicly executed, and anyone that showed support was executed too. The invaders told Earth that if they wanted to fight, they might as well just get up on the stand and die now, rather than waiting to get caught. A number of people did. Sam was n't one of them, though he had wanted to be. 
 
 Those that could fled to lower population areas and hid. Those that could n't served. And those that could n't do either fought and died. Sam was n't one of them, though he had wanted to be. 
 
 Six years after Wormhole Day, another Earth appeared. Sam sat in his basement after his mandatory sixteen hour shift, listening to the same equipment he had used to listen to the original distress call. He heard two distress calls this time - one from the invader's home, and one from his own. And he heard frantic replies from the new Earth, telling them they were coming to help. 
 
 Another resistance formed. They could n't let it happen to another Earth. Sam was n't a part of it, though he had wanted to be. They all died anyway. 
 
 The other Earth got the same treatment. Sam did n't help, though he had wanted to. 
 
 But when the fourth Earth came into the solar system, something amazing happened. It did n't help at all, but it was still amazing. 
 
 An example was being made of resistance fighters on the third Earth. There he stood, with his jaw set, while everyone on the Earths stood and watched. 
 
 Sam from the invading Earth had either been for the invasions, or had n't tried to stop it. Sam from the first Earth had n't helped, but had wanted to. But Sam from planet Earth number three stood tall with the freedom fighters and was publicly executed for it. 
 
 Sam stared at his equipment. There was a fourth Sam out there now. He wanted to be a part of it. He wanted to believe that on that fourth Earth, there was a Sam sitting in his basement, listening. He wanted it so badly that his hands hurt. He shook his head, and slowly trudged up the stairs. He had another sixteen hour shift tomorrow. He could n't sit here and stare all day. He would n't be a part of it, but he wanted to be. Surely that was enough. 
 
 After the basement door closed, the speakers crackled. `` Hello?'' someone said. `` Listen, me, if you can hear me, I know you just saw me, well us, well him, whatever, get shot. Everyone did. We need to establish contact with your planet. Can you hear me? Sam, Sam, are you there?''
