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never
found Terra City, the Terrans nuked the site, effectively
destroying what was left of Terra’s original history on Earth.
Someday, if Earth ever developed the means to travel underwater,
the only remnant left would be odd radiation readings where none
was supposed to be.

Chapter Four

    A few years later, a renaissance occurred in
Europe, people were becoming interested in art, music, and
exploring the world around them. Some Terrans began pushing certain
people along to get them to make great discoveries; one of the
humans they decided to help was Michelangelo, who was an artist
employed by the Roman Church. Michelangelo seemed interested in a
technology never before seen by the current inhabitants of Earth,
flying machines. His ideas, for the time, were really radical and
put him on the verge of being declared a heretic by the Church.
Michelangelo was constantly drawing plans for his machines, even as
he was painting the Sistine Chapel, which drew the attention of a
Terran who admired the painting that was in progress. He was
Galileo Galilei, who was a prominent astronomer on
Terra and soon to be on Earth.
    Galileo, when he had arrived
on Earth ten years before, set about establishing and making his
name known so the humans in power would listen to him. Galileo kept
insisting to the Earth authorities that the planet revolved around
the sun, not everything in the universe revolves around the Earth;
which he thought was just as ridiculous as claiming Earth was flat.
He even let priests, kings, dukes, and anyone else in power look
into his crude, Earth-made telescopes to prove what they claimed
was false theories. While he was dealing with these annoying
politicians, Galileo came across Michelangelo’s work on the
mechanics of flying machines, which showed a lot of progress for
such a primitive. Michelangelo was working on a glider when Galileo
showed up in his workshop, so an annoyed Michelangelo asked, “Can I
help you?”
    “Good afternoon, Michelangelo. I’m
here because I believe I can help you with your attempts at flying.
What do you require to move it along?”
    “What do I require, you ask? I
require a patron who will supply the means for me to build a
contraption such as the one I have drawn. Do you have the means,
sir?”
    “Yes, indeed I do. I can supply you
with whatever materials you require, money is no object. However,
are you nearly finished with the Sistine Chapel painting?” inquired
Galileo.
    “I am almost done, no thanks to
those idiots at the Vatican. They kept insisting that they have a
say in how I drew and painted the masterpiece. I told them that I
would not do it unless I had complete control, even if they
threatened me with ex-communication and then labeled me as a
heretic. They relented, and now I’m touching up what’s left; it
should be finished in a few days.” boasted Michelangelo.
    “ I understand the trouble
you’re going through, I have had problems myself. Well,
Michelangelo, once you’re finished, please let me know through the
various channels of communication and we’ll start on the next
project.”
    A week later, Michelangelo finished
his Sistine Chapel masterpiece to much fanfare by the Church. The
Pope praised Michelangelo as a great servant of God, and insisted
that the artist create something else, a statue to King David.
Michelangelo said he would work on the drawings for the statue, but
he had another project he promised to start and wanted to get it
done right away. A messenger was sent to Galileo to inform him that
Michelangelo was ready to begin, and they met two hours later. They
sat down to talk in Michelangelo’s workshop, and Galileo asked,
“What kind of materials do you need to construct this glider?”
    “I need canvas for the wings and wood for the
supports. I was thinking of iron for the harness area so I can fly
it and direct the glider to where it should go. Here, I’ll show you
my plans,” Michelangelo laid out his plans for the glider on