A/N: This story is one that I've looked forward to posting since I thought about it but I needed to come up with more plot before I posted it. So obviously,I did that and now I'm going to let you dive into the first chapter of Not From Here! ENJOY :D
"We can take them!"
"We can't take them!" Mrs. Garcia told her husband as she cradled her newborn baby.
"Honey, yes we can." Mr. Garcia told his wife.
"No. We can't and you know we can't. They're going to kill us just like the rest of the family. Once they find us, what can we do?"
"We can fight back."
"What about Carlos?" Mrs. Garcia asked her husband as they both stared down at their baby. Carlos giggled and smiled a toothless smile at his parents. Mr. Garcia knew that the two month old wouldn't have a chance of survival here on their planet if they died. He would most likely be captured and raised as one of the enemy. Mrs. Garcia knew what they had to do for the safety of their child.
"We're going to have to send him somewhere else until we can get to him." Mr. Garcia told her.
"What if we never get to him?"
"If we die, someone will take care of him."
Mrs. Garcia felt tears come to her eyes as she looked down at her son. Mr. Garcia took his necklace off that had Carlos' name on it and put it around his son's neck. Carlos looked up at his parents as they leaned down and kissed him. Mrs. Garcia hugged her child close to her before handing him to his father. Mr. Garcia walked over to the escape pod they had built in their home. It was only big enough for one person and they decided to use it for Carlos.
"Wait." Mrs. Garcia said before running and grabbing one of the recently taken family photos. She sat it in the pod with her son before caressing his cheek.
"We will always love you Carlos and we will look for you once all of this is over." Carlos stared at his parents until the door to the escape pod closed.
Mr. Garcia set the coordinates for a planet similar to theirs also known as Earth before pressing the lift off button. Mrs. Garcia silently cried as she watched her only child be lifted in the escape pod before it shot into the sky. Mr. and Mrs. Garcia both turned around when they heard the sound of their front door being blown down.
Carlos looked around in awe as he looked at all of the pretty lights and stars.
The pod changed to his favorite color, purple, which got his attention more as he flew across the galaxies. The pod followed it's coordinates exactly as set.
From the inside, Carlos was perfectly safe and couldn't feel the harsh speed of the space craft, moving faster than the speed of light.
"Sir, there's something headed towards Earth."
"It's probably just a small asteroid, it'll be destroyed by the time it gets here."
"Um, sir, it seems to be moving abnormally and it isn't getting smaller." One of the workers of NASA told the General.
"How far is it from touchdown?" The man asked, sitting up in his chair.
"It's hard to put a time on it because it's moving too fast."
"I NEED A NUMBER NOW!"
"In about twenty minutes." The man said, shakenly.
"Touchdown location?"
"Um, Minnesota, about ten minutes from here."
"Print the coordinates now."
"Printing coordinates." Another worker spoke a second later before handing them to the man.
"Get me a vehicle now." The man said, getting out of his chair, running down the hallway. He swiftly made his way up the flights of steps, thanking his years in the military for his stamina. He reached the top flight and continued his running down another hallway.
"Dr. Wainwright." The man called out as he saw the older woman with her lab coat on.
"Yes, General Griffin."
"Come with me."
The woman grabbed her clipboard and followed him out of the building and into the camouflaged truck. She looked over at her boss, wondering if she should ask where they were going. She didn't want to do anything dangerous since she's close to retirement but she knew she had to follow orders, no questions asked. The drive wasn't far but they arrived in the middle of nowhere. She was really confused but just stepped out of the car and followed General Griffin.
"Landing site?" General Griffin asked into the walkie-talkie.
"A few feet from where you are." The man said back. Dr. Wainwright took a few steps back and looked up into the sky. She squinted her eyes to see a small thing of light coming towards her. It looked shiny as it got closer.
"General Griffin." She said, getting the man's attention.
He looked up in the sky and gasped. Both of them ran for cover behind the truck as the object got closer. The ground shook as dirt flew in the air and the wind picked up. General Griffin was knocked off his feet while Dr. Wainwright covered herself with her lab coat.
"Sir, there has been touchdown." The man said from the walkie-talkie not far away from the General.
General Griffin groaned as he moved to grab the walkie-talkie. Dr. Wainwright stood up, still stable with her heels on and dusted off her coat. As General Griffin stood up, he heard Dr. Wainwright gasp. He quickly made his way over to see the woman staring at a shiny metal egg.
"What is it?" He asked. Dr. Wainwright just shrugged before she leaned down to examine it.
"It looks like a shiny space rock." General Griffin commented.
Dr. Wainwright jumped back when a beam of light scanned the piece of metal before it scanned her.
"Definitely not a space rock." Dr. Wainwright told him.
"I wonder what's inside." Right after General Griffin spoke the metal egg seemed to burn a circle from within. Both the Doctor and General took a few steps back as the circle rose from the egg. The circle split in half and moved along the side of the egg revealing a slightly scared, two month old baby. Dr. Wainwright and General Griffin walked up to the egg and when their eyes came in contact with the baby's they gasped.
"Should I call-"
"No, this will be kept between us." General Griffin interrupted her.
"But this is a small child."
"This isn't a child."
"Look at him."
"He looks like a baby but he came from outer space." Dr. Wainwright moved closer and kneeled in front of him.
"Hi." She said as she looked him over.
"...Carlos." General Griffin said.
"Huh?"
"His necklace."
"It's way too big for his size so it must've been given to him...by his family." Dr. Wainwright said, reaching inside and grabbing the picture.
There was a man, a woman, and Carlos. They had a smile on their face as they held the new newborn in their arms. Behind them, there was an oversized plant with a purple waterfall behind them flowing into a lake. It looked like a ritual ceremony of some sort. The woman had on a white flower crown while the man had a white flower Lei. There were white flowers all around there feet and one big on Carlos. Looking closer, Dr. Wainwright could see that the flowers closely resembled Gardenias.
"This must be some sort of birthing ritual ceremony." Dr. Wainwright told the General.
"What do you suggest we do?" The man asked.
"Well, first we need to move him from outside." The General nodded and moved to pick up the egg and gasped when it closed.
"What the?"
"Wait...let me try something." Dr. Wainwright said, stepping forward. The egg opened up again and Carlos looked up at them. Dr. Wainwright nudged General Griffin forward and gasped as the egg closed.
"It only opens to you." General Griffin said and Dr. Wainwright gave him a look before rolling her eyes and taking a step forward, watching the egg open, revealing a smiling Carlos, who giggled a little.
The next time the egg opened Carlos was looking at about thirty different men. Dr. Wainwright stepped around into Carlos' line of sight and the two month old looked up at the woman as she smiled and crouched in front of him.
"Hey, Carlos." The woman said, smiling at the baby boy.
Originally, Dr. Wainwright planned on retiring but all of that changed in the past few hours. Since the egg only opened to her, General Griffin put her in charge of this whole operation. Dr. Wainwright called her daughter's baby sitter and told her that she wouldn't be coming home to tuck in her daughter, Kelly, tonight.
Since the egg only opened to her, she was in command of everyone and her word was to be taken as serious as the President's, if not more. General Griffin had the egg placed in the truck they took out to the site and it was surprisingly light for him. But when he dropped it in the truck, it dropped the truck down as if he put heavy artillery inside. It was shocking to both of them.
Ever since they arrived, there have been men following them, moving at Dr. Wainwright's words. She organized the men to create a room within a box in order for them to study Carlos as he grows. Once the room was set up, Dr. Wainwright had the men bring in Carlos.
As Dr. Wainwright reached inside the carrier to grab Carlos, the machine scanned her hands and released Carlos from his invisible seatbelts. The two month old looked up at the woman as she picked him up and cradled him in her arms. The men grabbed Carlos' carrier and it took five men to hold up the weight of the machine. General Griffin sent it to a nearby room to be examined and Carlos watched as the men were struggling to move the machine out of the room. General Griffin was in a hurry to examine the machine since it increased in weight when Carlos was removed.
"Don't destroy it to examine it." Dr. Wainwright told him before the man left out of the room. Dr. Wainwright held Carlos as she walked into his room the crew finished.
"Don't worry Carlos, you're going to be safe here." The woman said, kissing his forehead and looking around his room.
A/N: I know this first chapter isn't a lot of words but it's just the starter of what I think is a very good story. I mean, already in this chapter, you find out that Carlos is from another planet and why he's come to Earth. I hope you look forward to the next chapter. Thanks for reading! Reviews are much appreciated! :D