"Where am I?" asked Jolene, as she took some hesitant steps toward the elevator. "Am I on the moon?"

"You are not on the moon," was the response. The voice seemed to come from all around her. "You are on a spacecraft. The Earth as you know it is uninhabitable."

"What? Why? What happened?"

"You will find out later," it said. "Take the elevator to the highest floor."

Jolene entered the small enclosure and pressed the button marked '35'. There was no 36.

"God will ask you a series of questions," the voice continued. "If the answers are incorrect, he will imprison you once again. But if your answers are right, then it will have no choice but to release you, for it obeys a higher power still, despite what he may claim."

The elevator beeped as it reached the final floor. The doors opened, revealing a large room. In the center was a shining crystal throne, and sitting in it was a human-looking figure, yet it shone with a bright light.

"Your first answer must be no," it

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Science Fiction drama science fiction serial

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