The Alien Emerald

Summary

Paul Ginuous and Bazzil Kuckoo, two eighth grade troublemakers, get themselves in way over their heads when they and a fellow eighth grader, Melissa Kern, break into an exhibit and accidentally activate the machine, releasing over ten years of built-up energy. They wake up in the year 2698, and soon find out that Earth has been outsmarted by a race of aliens known as the Ashirmans. What's worse is that the Ashirmans believe that Paul, Bazzil, and Melissa are a distraction sent by Bill Trundle, the scientist who created the "Time Machine" and has been to the future before. The Ashirmans are being led by Lord Oncar, who uses a small stone known as the Ashirman Emerald to harness all of the energy in the universe. When Paul is captured by the Ashirmans and taken up to their mothership, Kylask, it is up to Bazzil and Melissa to help him escape. However, the children will not get very far in the future unless Oncar is stopped. And the only way to do that is to steal the Ashirman Emerald and use it against him.

 Background 

In the late '90s, local scientist Bill Trundle discovered an irregularity in magnetic readings. He discovers that unless serious action is taken, every electron on Earth will suddenly rip itself away from its nucleus. He and a team of scientists in the Plymouth Museum of Science and History worked in secret on a machine to prevent the end of time, which eventually recieved the name "Timeslip Net".

The point of the Timeslip Net was to capture energy. Since energy cannot be created or destroyed, the function of the Timeslip Net was to absorb any energy that was potentially dangerous to the atoms around it. It was similar to a black hole; once nearby energy was swallowed, other energy would take its place and would likewise be sucked into the Timeslip Net.

By December 31, 1999, the Timeslip Net was completed and ready to be turned on. Trundle's coworker Phil Wilson went alone to activate the machine while everyone else on the team stayed in a bunker deep underground. The invention was a sucess, and the Timeslip Net captured and stored all of the harmful energy. Afterwards, the scientists celebrated the New Year by drinking, cheering, dancing, and singing. The party ended as one by one, everyone went home. Eventually, only Trundle and Wilson remained.

Trundle assured Wilson that he would lock up the building. Wilson left Trundle alone in the Plymouth Museum of Science and History. Trundle made his way up to the Timeslip Net and observed it. He was the inventor, but he hadn't seen the machine since it had been activated. Now that he could easily see that this machine was the single most important thing in the entire universe, and even he was amazed. He approached it and put his hand over the button which would shut down the machine and release all of its energy. Though he had no intent of pressing it, he felt very powerful knowing that with one push of a button, he could destroy the entire planet. However, as Trundle was standing in front of the machine, Wilson returned and scared him. Trundle accidentally pressed the button, resulting in an explosion.

When Bill Trundle woke up in the year 2686, he found an Ashirman scientist named Golar nursing him back to health. Golar explained the situation to Bill, and told him that Oncar was using the Ashirman Emerald to provide his army with energy and power. Bill tried to capture Oncar by sneaking onto Kylask, but he was too late. Oncar was already on his way to Golar's hiding spot. Bill stole a Superflight shuttle and tried to warn Golar, but once again, he was too late. Oncar and his army were on foot and within a mile of Golar's shack. Bill flew the Superflight directly into Oncar, killing all of the Ashirman soldiers. The only two who survived the crash were Oncar, who used the energy from the Ashirman Emerald to protect himself, and Bill, who used a radiation-absorbing belt to return to the year 2000.

Bill Trundle was fired from the museum and fined for destruction of property. Phillip Wilson defended Bill at first, but later, to protect his own job, testified against him. Bill published a book about what happened to him in the year 2686, despite the FBI's attempts to cover it up. Wilson became a security guard at the museum, since he couldn't find a job anywhere else. Most people who followed the trial on the news believed that Bill Trundle was insane.

 Characters: 

Paul Ginuous

Bazzil Kuckoo

Melissa Kern

Bill Trundle

Lord Oncar

Heekem

Gosham

Phillip Wilson

Edward Lopez

Golar

Agent Nelson

Agent Meyer

Agent Levsen

Agent Banks

 Prequels and Sequels 

The Alien Emerald 2: The Silver Staff

The Alien Emerald 3: Oncar's Realm

The Ashirman Emperor

Battle of Ashire