The Yellow Lady (A Setuh Caraps Story) [Probably my longest yet worst story ever]

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The end of a universe has finally begun. Red giants exploded in a second, planetary systems were destroyed in less than a minute, and people were killed under so much exposure to the heat. In the middle of these explosions was a mansion, an incredible, indestructible mansion. Inside of it was the Yellow Lady, Setuh Carap, hiding under a table. Although the mansion was made to be indestructible against explosions, she wasn't sure as it continued to rumble.

Three days before the end...
Somewhere on a remote planet, Setuh was making plans for how to find the other two members. She sat on a chair and wrote on the piece of paper on a desk, those three things being stolen from Earth. With a pencil, which she also stole, she drew an imaginary rocket ship and labelled a few parts.

"Nah, this won't do", she stated before she scrunched the paper up and replaced it with another, "How about something else? Maybe... No, that's too boring. How about... Uhh... Nah, too royal. Probably... Nope. That's just the mixture of too royal and too boring. I should've planned this way earlier."

Setuh sighed and kept thinking about what ship the trio could use.

"Shelter. Sleep. Food. Video games. Books. Beds. Food. Relief. Bathrooms. Food. Wait, I got it! An apple shi- Oh no, that's too ridiculous", she grumbled.

She tapped her head for a minute, until she actually came up with an idea. She drew the details of the ship and smiled at the drawings.

"This is gonna be good", she beamed with excitement.

"I'm lucky I built some help", said Setuh.

She picked up a one-button remote from one of her pockets and pressed it.

...

Nothing happened. She pressed it again.

...

Nothing happened. She pressed it two or three more times.

...

Nothing happened.

"I swear I programmed this to summo-", Setuh was about to say.

She was abruptly cut off by a group of five robots with rocket boots which passed her. They all then took to space and after a long while, landed in front of her. Their appearance was rather dim, as all of them looked like they were made from a scrapyard. Oh wait, they were. Each one of them was made up of different scrapyard metals and looked a bit uncanny. The five of them stood in a row. The one in the middle took a step forward.

"Waiting for your orders, Mistress Caraps.", said the robot.
"Good, now, scan this!", ordered Setuh who showed the designs of the ship to them, "You're gonna help me build this, am I understood?".
"Understood, Mistress", responded the five robots as they nodded.
"Right, let's go!".

Setuh levitated into space while the group soared.

"Before we go, I'll tell you all where to go.", Setuh suggested.

"Robot no. 1, you will go with me to find something in planet Earth. Robot no. 2 and no. 3, you two will go to a planet that has wields anything that can power a rocket. Robot no. 4 and no. 5, you will find ten gallons of dirt from any planet, but make sure that they aren't near some forests or some towns or any kind of areas that are inhabited. Once these tasks are finished, we are to gather on the remote planet."

"Yes Mistress!", the five robots spoke.

The group then split up as of told, and began their tasks.

Two days before the end...

One day later, the tasks were accomplished and the group returned to their meeting point soon after.

"You got the rocket parts?", asked Setuh.
"Affirmative", responded Robot no. 2.
"Got those gallons of dirt?", she then questioned.
"Correct", replied Robot no. 4.
"Brills! So, the next thing we're gonna is... The five of you are gonna help me in building this thing. After that, we're gonna have to build those rooms which I'm gonna ask for".
"And what would happen after", asked Robot no. 1.
"Nothing".
"... Nothing?".
"Yup, nothing".
"Mistress Caraps, I apologise if I annoyed you, but the end of the world is in two days, and you are capable of surviving it. The one thing that I do not understand is you usi-"
"Look! Listen! I'm not the only multiversal entity out there! There are two others just like me, well not really, and they're stuck in different universes. It would take me 1,000 years to get to them, but I feel I should be in a hurry! With this spaceship, it would take less than an hour to get to them. If I don't use this thing, then something bad might happen to them like... uh... I dunno DEATH!".
"But Mistress, what will happen to us?".
"Oh, you five will be in a room, I might upgrade you much later. But for now, help me out here!".

One day before the end...

The ship was complete. The team took a few minutes to recheck if everything was in the right place. It looked... eh... great. It wasn't really your typical-looking spaceship. It's mainly a mansion with a huge pile of dirt underneath it. Downstairs of the mansion were the living room, the kitchen, and the choices room, which also held the core engine of the mansion. Whereas, upstairs were the bathrooms and the bedrooms. The ship as a whole wasn't really iconic, but neither was it ugly.

"Well, fellas. I think we did it. Everything is in place. Every room is in their respected floors. Your stations are being in the choices room. Tbh, this is one of the greatest things I have ever achieved", proudly said Setuh.
"What do y'all think?"

...

...

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No one replied. Setuh turned around behind her and saw the robots lying on the floor. At that moment, she knew they ran out of energy supply.

"Oh! Right... Time to charge!", she implied.

After 30 tiresome minutes of putting them into their stations, the Yellow Lady went upstairs into her newly made bedroom, jumped into her bed, and faced the ceiling.

"Man... I wonder who these two dudes really look like.", thought Setuh.

She then dozed off in her bed, having a dream about what would happen next.

Meanwhile in the Choices room, the robots awoke from their slumber. They all came out from their stations and glanced at each other.

"Good morning, everyone.", greeted Robot No.1.
"You mean: "Good evening"?", asked Robot No.2.
"Incorrect! It's "Good afternoon".", corrected Robot No.3.
"No! I'm certain it is night time so you should say "Good night"!" argued Robot No.4.
"SILENCE!", erupted Robot No.5, "All we know is that we have activated! That's that!".
"I deeply apologise. Nonetheless, what should we do?".
"I have no clue."
"There must be something we should do. No.4! How much time is left until the end?".
"In less than 10 hours, the end begins tomorrow at 00:00 am. When the whole universe rots, we shall accompany Mistress Caraps for her search for the two colleagues."
"Everyone! Set your alarms to 00:00 am! Until that time, we should be deactivated in our stations."
"Right".
"Okay".
"Fine".
"Sure".
"Have a good rest, everyone!".

And so, the team returned to their chambers and laid dormant.

9 hours have passed. Setuh woke up from her sleep. She stretched her arms and yawned.

"Did I oversleep?", the Lady asked herself.

She looked at the clock on a wall behind her. It was 23:00 pm, the sort of time which some people would take a nap at. She briefly paused while looking at it, and then realised that the end is near. Her eyes widened in a flash. She quickly jumped out of her bed and went downstairs. She hopped onto the couch in the living room, grabbed the TV remote and turned the TV on.

She changed channels as every one of them displayed news reporters telling the beginning of the end.

One reporter stated, "This does not only affect our world, but many others!".
Another said, "The Fligarnian Government says that their scientists are trying their best to find a solution to save everyone".

Setuh continued to change channels until she saw a news meeting with a president of a planet.

The president suggested, "I'm afraid to say this, but there is absolutely no way out of the end! Once the end is here, there is no continuation. Picture this as if you are building a tower out of Jenga bricks! Once bottom bricks fall, the whole tower falls. The same is said about this event. Once the red giants explode, all of life will fall and deteriorate! I dearly and deeply apologise, but without the tools to stop every dying giant in our universe, we cannot live".

Setuh flipped to another channel, which showed a reporter standing in front of a large crowd in a village. Some of the crowd were crying their hearts out, while most of them had cardboards up in the air, which had the words "We Should Give Up!" and "It's The End, Why Try?".

The reporter said, "Here we are in a village in the State of Gurallos with a crowd, who has already lost their faith in their protectors. As you can hear the chants and cries from this crowd, you could tell that the end is inevitable.

57 minutes have passed, meaning that there was 3 minutes until the very end. Setuh felt something after watching every report and interview and remembered everything that happened before. She felt completely emotionless, as if she wasn't able to do anything. She stared at the wall, into space, reflecting on her life and what her purpose truly is. She brought her hands up. She stared at them.

"I'm an intelligent being. I'm a force who controls all things related to forces. I'm a f**king woman of power. If I am, then why am I only seeing things? Can't there be something else I should do? Like... I dunno... Save this universe or somethin'? ... No! But, why?", spoke the girl.

She stood up and walked towards a wall.

"Why can't I SAVE THEM??!!", she screamed.

She powerfully punches a wall making it crack. Tears came out from her eyes. Her brows furrowed even more as she kept punching the wall. The crack became bigger and bigger until Setuh made a hole in the wall. The wall then regenerated itself. She sat down and continued to sob.

"What the hell is wrong with me? Why am I like this?", Setuh asked herself.
"Mistress?", called out a robotic voice.

Setuh lifted her head up, stood right up, wiped the tears from her eyes and looked behind her. It was Robot No.2.

"I heard a few crashes. Is there something wrong?", asked No.2.
"O-oh uhh... umm... no. N-nothing. Nothing's wrong.", responded Setuh.
"You do realise that there is 10 seconds left until the explosions happen."
"Y-yeah, I-I know that. Wait a minute, 10 seco-".

Suns detonated and burst outside the mansion, and the heat eventually reached the planets, killing every single living being out there. Bunkers were destroyed, people evaporated, houses crashed down, skyscrapers collapsed, and vehicles exploded. Soon, the mansion started to rumble and the two felt the tremble.

"It's best if you hide under the table, Mistress!", suggested No.2.
"But, what about you?", asked Setuh.
"Don't worry about me! There is a 50% chance that I won't fall apart."

Mistress did as told after facepalming herself. Soon, the rest of the Robot squadron appeared in the room.

"NO. 2! WHY DIDN'T YOU HAVE US AWAKENED?!", shouted Robot No.5.
"I HEARD NOISES IN THE LIVING ROOM, NO.5! I HEARD NOISES!", screamed Robot No.2.
"THERE'S NO TIME FOR ARGUMENTS! WE MUST PROTECT MISTRESS AT ALL COSTS!", screeched Robot No.1.
"HOW THE HELL ARE WE GONNA DO THAT?", questioned No.3, "USE OURSELVES AS SHIELDS?".
"GREAT IDEA, NO.3! LET'S DO IT!", cried No.4.

The mansion rumbled as the robots stumbled and fell to the ground.

"NO! That's gonna waste time! We need to get outta here before the heat enters the mansion's atmosphere!", shouted Setuh while she got out from under the table.

The place rumbled again, making her struggling to stand up. She had her eyes on the choices room.

"Take me over there, right now! If you don't, then we'll literally get roasted by the heat!", demanded Setuh.
"Very well, Mistress!", replied No.5.
"Hurry, or else it's too late!".

The five robots then escorted and defended the Yellow Lady from any incoming projectiles. All of a sudden, the whole of the mansion was turning itself upside down continuously. The team was flying in the air, spinning frantically. Setuh tried to get a hold of herself and not puke, while the rest of the robots turned on their jet boots.

"Quick! Carry me over there!", she shouted.

And so, the robots took hold of her body and carried her towards the choices room. They passed their charging stations, a short roundtable, and a few other objects that I don't even know and are needed for science.

"There!", Setuh shouted while pointing at a doorway to a mysterious, dark room.

The group then arrived at the room and slowly put Setuh on the floor. It was a cockpit. There were buttons, switches, levers, knobs, and everything that a hand could fiddle with. Setuh tried to stand up, but the house kept rumbling. She then stumbled onto a seat near the buttons.

"Let's see... Ooh... Ok. Nice. Right!", she said as she remembered what to do, "Fellas, stand aside. I'm getting us outta here!".

She pulled levers, pressed on buttons, and turned knobs clockwise. In an instant, the whole mansion started to move. She checked the paper that she was given to by the OST (Observant Secondary Force). After a few seconds, she looked ahead, grinned, and said:

"Ok... Next destination: Universe No. 10!"

THE END