[ WP ] Is n't it strange that there 's something in the sky , high above us , that no one is supposed to look at ? No , I 'm not talking about the sun .


 `` Is n't it strange that there's something in the sky, high above us, that no one is supposed to look at?'' David was always asking questions about the obelisk. Losing Alex to it a couple weeks ago hit him hard. You'd expect that from anybody who had lost their best friend to a rock in the sky. 
 
 It arrived twenty years ago. June 9th, 7:17 in he morning eastern standard time to be exact. A modern day Black Death. It took about ten minutes for humanity to realize what was going on. As the sun was rising, human curiosity drew their eyes up, to the newly floating object. News feeds quickly took over every channel, displaying the rock floating in the sky, slightly off to the side of the sun. 
 
 The first men, women, and children to gaze at the rock changed. They became solid. A rock themselves. Panic quickly spread throughout the nations viewing the obelisk. Millions of people found their loved ones turned to stone looking to the sky. Records show the first call to emergency services was 7:20 am, three minutes after arrival. The news feeds changed. They begged everyone to keep their eyes to the ground. The president addressed the public, and local police deployed with loud speakers nation wide to stop human nature. To stop curiosity, before it got everyone killed. 
 
 It's been twenty years and scientists still ca n't figure it out though. All scans, X-rays, infrared, show it to be a lifeless black stone just floating above our planet not orbiting, constantly staying between it and he sun. Attempts to make contact with the obelisk have gone unanswered. 
 
 Three days from now, twenty years after arrival and it's finally time. A manned mission to the obelisk. It has been David and Alex's dream. They've trained for years on the technology they'd be using. Suits with cameras and screens for viewing. Scanners and drills for data. Twenty years after arrival. Millions of lives lost. And now David has to go alone. 
 
 
 ( First story, please tell me what you think! )
