Thirteen
Abduction
As the shaft of light came to a stop the milky membrane quickly dissolved. I felt as if I had been sucked up in a giant vacuum cleaner hose. That puking feeling came over me again. The nanomachines quickly remedied the sick feeling. We stepped out of the shaft of light and into another white walled oval room filled with large holographic panels situated horizontally and vertically.
In the center of the room was a large horizontal holographic panel surrounded by Negu and two other Vathian’s. Along the wall of the room were five holographic panels with Vathian’s standing at each one performing some type of task. These panels seemed to work on the same principle as the glowing orb, no contact required. Maybe I was standing in some type of communications or radar room.
Every Vathian stopped doing whatever task they were performing and looked in our direction. Once again I immediately picked up every Vathian’s thought. It was not a good feeling, especially when the thoughts were about my appearance. Again the nanomachines quickly corrected the problem.
Negu greeted us and led us to the large holographic panel in the middle of the room. “Two Gandoran ships, Outer System Frigates, just entered Earth’s atmosphere.” A large 4D holographic image of Earth appeared over the panel as well as two diamond shaped fast moving objects. “What is their trajectory?” asked Kellil.
Negu waved his spindly hand over the panel displaying the trajectory of the two fast moving objects. “It’s exactly as we thought,” said a stoic Negu. “Their trajectory is Dulce, New Mexico, United States, North America.”
"Use your death ray or something?” I said animatedly. Every Vathian stopped working and turned their dark eyes towards me. “We have no such weapon,” Negu said glaring at me. “This is not a vessel of war.” That was embarrassing.
“We are not here to stop them from landing on Earth,” said Kellil abruptly. “I’ve already informed you of the consequences if the Gandorans becomes aware of our presence.” She had. The Gandorans would speed up the collapse of Earth if they became aware of the Vathian presence.
Waving his hand over the holographic image in a certain configuration, Negu zoomed in on the two Gandoran ships as they descended into a mountain. Wow! This Gandoran technology was amazing.
“If you are not here to stop the Gandorans then why are you here?” I asked as I looked at Negu then Kellil.
“It is as I said Eli Morningstar, you will be their end,” said Kellil without looking at me. Something told me she was angry with me. “You are being prepared to be the end of the Prime who continually increase the numbers of Gandorans on Earth.”
There she goes again talking about me killing someone. I just didn’t have it in me to kill. If that were the case, I would have killed the guy who called me the N-word.
“You are correct Empress Kellil,” said Negu as his thin fingers moved over the panel producing another hieroglyphic report. “According to our readings, Earth has twelve months or less before the Prime initiates their assault.”
“What do you mean less than twelve months?” I asked Negu with concern in my voice. “The levels of toxins have elevated to forty-five percent,” responded Negu somberly. “According to our calculations they are increasing it at five percent per month. At the end of twelve months they would have increased the toxins to one hundred percent. Even at seventy-five percent a large portion of humans will cease to exist.”
Those words echoed in my head, ‘humans will cease to exist’. Earth as I know it would be no more.
“The time for your training must begin at once,” said Kellil mildly. “What training?” I asked as I turned away from Negu. “You must learn to utilize the nanomachine properly, if Earth is to survive,” Kellil said with a smile on her lipless face.
Save my home world. Most of my life I wanted to get off my home world. “What if I don’t want to save Earth?” I asked Kellil seriously.
Kellil and Negu looked at me. “Why wouldn’t you want to save you home world Eli Morningstar?”
I smiled and said, “Earth's remaining time isn’t enough to tell you why I don’t want to save my home world.”
“I am confused Eli Morningstar,” said Kellil as she cocked her head. “I do not understand. Please explain your reason for not wanting to save your home world.”
I didn’t even know where to start. I didn't even know if Kellil and Negu would even understand me.
I took a deep breath and said, “Earth is a fucked up place. The people of Earth are fucked up. If they got their hands on either of you, it wouldn’t end nice.”
“Why do you say that Eli Morningstar?” asked Kellil. “They would experiment on you in the name of science and national security,” I replied. “You would not receive a warm welcoming.”
Kellil and Negu only looked at me. Yep, they didn’t understand a word I said. I’ll try again.
"The people of Earth are very diverse. This diversity leads to misunderstandings among the people. All of these misunderstandings leads to hate, and in turn leads to conflicts," I said. They still weren’t understanding me. "Besides, I'm a black guy. Why should I save a world that hates me because of the color of my skin? Why should I save a world that would rather see me dead?"
An expressionless Kellil and Negu didn't respond. They just stood there like bumps on a log. They still weren’t understanding a word I was saying, so I decided to try a different approach.
"Does every Vathian have the same skin color?" I asked Kellil, hoping to evoke some type of response.
Finally, Negu said, "Yes, every Vathian's skin color is the same."
"Well, every human skin isn't the same and this causes a lot of conflicts, especially between everybody else and people with my skin color," I said, hoping they would understand. "Do you understand?"
"Yes, I understand what you said," said Kellil, "but don't understand why a thing such as skin color leads to such feelings."
"Neither do me," I said. "Is there only one religion on Vathia?"
Negu responded by saying, "All Vathian’s worship the deity Xon, our creator."
"On Earth there are a couple of major religions. Some religions branch out into other forms. These forms of religions have caused humans to kill one another," I said with a bit of remorse. “I'll never understand why, but it is these petty differences which lead humans to kill one another."
Kellil looked at me and said, "Remember Eli Morningstar, humans have been manipulated by the Prime. It is the Prime who has caused these conflicts."
I didn't believe that. It was impossible for twelve aliens to manipulate an entire planet of people. Totally impossible. I for one hadn’t been manipulated. My problem with Earth was that I, as a black man, was considered the lowest form of human.
“There are humans who have sided with the Gandorans for the promise of riches. Some humans may have already participated in the Incantation of Decay,” said Kellil, “specifically the men in black.”
"I refuse to save Earth. Let them perish," I said coldly. "Let us see where their hate get them."
"Do you have a coterie on Earth Eli Morningstar?" asked Kellil. "Yes," I said, "but I would rather see them dead than continue living in a world of hate."
I turned, walked away from Kellil, and entered the shaft light. I would return to the place of my injection.