Chapter 2
Joshua had been sent down to Earth to work in the Healing Centres. While the humans thought they were getting healed, the opposite was in fact true. Anna was tracking the humans who sought help. It was a blatant attempt by her to control the humans, to understand what they did during their day to day lives. All she had to do was give a flick of her hand and the information she was looking for would come to her. As Joshua worked on a small girl, he saw in her eyes the trust in which she placed in him. He wondered if all human children were like this one. Did they all trust like this? Did they always believe in hope? Joshua smiled as the girl skipped out of the door with her mother walking slowly after her. He wasn't as lucky as her mother, he was not a father and the chances were he never was going to be one. He sat down on the lone chair in the room. He put his head into his hands and thought about life as it had been. Why were they doing what they were doing? Why did his people go from planet to planet, destroying the habitat? He knew the answer to that.
His planet was being destroyed. Almost similar to how Earth was being destroyed. Habitation. It had happened so slowly that no one had really noticed. Sure, there had been warnings. Scientists on his planet had done studies. The studies had showed that there were problems with the atmosphere. Soon enough the temperatures had gotten warmer. It had taken over 20 years. The temperature had only risen by 2 degrees but it had been noticed. The world leaders were not happy. Nobody was happy. Orders had been sent to find a new planet to settle on. Unfortunately there were no planets which were as cold as his own planet but temperature was not the issue. It was the viability of the atmosphere. His planet was a death trap. The toxins in the air were becoming dangerous. The food levels were becoming minimal. They were in dire trouble. And so here they were...40 years later. In trouble.
Joshua looked up as a young woman entered the room. She was beautiful for a human, he supposed. She had the complexion of an angel, as they human saying went. She walked with grace. She introduced herself as Grace and sat down. He took her hand in his and felt for her pulse. It was an automatic reaction now. Checking the pulse of a human...it was a human thing to do. She looked like a nice girl but she would soon no longer exist, not really. Not as she had once lived.
Lisa looked out the window of the New York Mothership. It was an amazing sight, seeing the greenery below and the buildings which rose so high. It was amazing. She turned as Anna entered the room. "Mother," she nodded. "Lisa, how is Tyler settling in?" Ah, the questions. "Fine, he seems to be enjoying his time on the ship." She answered. She wondered when the experiments were going to start on him.
After his heavy day in the Earth Healing Centres Joshua was assigned night duty in the medical bay. The human experiments were progressing faster than he had thought they would. He was pulling double duty to prove his alliance to Anna. Amazingly, it was as if she had never known about the message Chad Decker had tricked Samuel and him with. It was as if that day had never happened. But he was not going to take any risks. He had to stay strong. He had the Fifth Column to think about. And by damn he was not going to let Anna win.