[ IP ] Hub Found

My friend told me it looked like a penis. I'm not entirely sure why, but that's one of the few things he told me before he died. The guy always had a fascination with appendages, for some reason. Looking at it now, I'm honestly not too sure if he was on drugs or...? 
 
 Either way, I'm here. `` The Hub'' as most put it. The last remnant of a species called `` Humans''. According to our database of their history, these creatures created this device as a last ditch effort to save their kind. It did n't work, according to the material we read during those grueling lectures. It was too late for them, they had destroyed the environment, made their planet nearly uninhabitable. Not much is known about these creatures, other than their sub-par intelligence, their rather handsome appearance and their collection of writings left behind preserved on their home planet. 
 
 And so here I am, the only qualified being to come search for this. The only one who was granted access to the portal that took me here. 
 
 I was sent by my superiors to come here and research `` The Hub''. To gather information that may be beneficial to preserving the human's rather long history. 
 
 My friend, the one who told me that `` The Hub'' looked like a penis, had gone on this expedition before me. He came back empty handed, came to me in the middle of the night babbling about being inside the structure. That whatever was inside showed him the true purpose of the structure. He babbled on and on until he simply died. Stopped talking and stared directly at me, and fell over. 
 
 Minutes later, the agency I worked for came rushing in. Grabbing my friend's corpse, they dragged my to the station and proceeded to interview me. Soon, I was told I would be going on an expedition. 
 
 On any other day, I would've been excited, but this was different. I was sent here against my will. I originally volunteered, like my friend, but after seeing what happened to him, I had second thoughts. But like I said, I was the only one qualified to go, so I had to. 
 
 Hopefully the trek down and into the structure wo n't harm me. As much as I would hate to go down there, I must. I need to see, to find out what my friend saw. To see what is inside this structure. 
 
 Wish me luck 
 
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 This is my first post here on Writing Prompts, so this is probably not that good. I'm no writer either, but this was pretty fun, regardless. 

