The Ward
By Alejandro Gonzalez
It was time. The morning had come, and Kimenar and Kelietya were in the doctor's office, ready to say goodbye to Earth. She walked over, and hugged the doctor; he cringed when she almost broke him in half with her strength. When she put him down, he poured some wine in a glass for him and her and Kimenar. Saiyans may be used to leaving with little notice, but on Earth, when someone is sent off, boy are they sent off.
"What is this alcohol for?" She asked, taking the cup in her hand.
Eckers smiled. "Humans say goodbye to each other with hopes that they'll remember each other, and this is one way we say goodbye: with a toast."
She and Kimenar touched their glasses to his.
"To peace and prosperity, at least for you," she said.
Doctor Eckers smiled. "To battle and fighting," he said, jokingly.
"If you could ever be so lucky," she laughingly replied.
She opened the window, and pressed the button on her scouter; Kimenar did the same.
"Computer," she said.
*Yes, General Kelietya?*
"Come here at once!"
*Of course, General.*
They waited several seconds, and nothing happened. After a minute, however, two advanced-looking space pods floated in through the window, and the hatches on each opened. Kelietya walked over and gave the doctor one final hug. He smiled as he watched her get in the pod.
"I'll be back, within about a month. It'll be a month for you, but to me, it'll only be two weeks. You know, the whole time-space continuum thing," she said.
He nodded, even though he didn't understand it. He waved to her, and he gave her the ring from his marriage that failed.
"I don't want this," he said. "Besides, give it to whoever you decide to fall in love with."
She cocked an eyebrow. "Don't you mean marry?"
He chuckled. "Saiyans don't make marriage a big deal, remember?"
She laughed a bit. "Oh yeah. I forgot."
With that, she and Kimenar got in their pods, shut the hatch, and flew off. They floated slowly, so as not to destroy his office, but then flew at top speed away from Earth. As he shut the window, his secretary walked in; she had a look of question on her face.
"Did they really fly away?" She asked.
"Yeah. I thought all along they were human, but they were Saiyans after all," he replied.
As he walked to his car later that day, he saw a note on under his wiper. It was handwritten by Kelietya. It read:
"Doctor Eckers, I want you to know that I think you will amount to much. I've seen your potential, and I know that you'll revolutionize life on Earth. We Saiyans know that even the smallest link can become important. We also know what we will be in our next life. We've existed long enough to figure out how. In my next life, I'll still be Saiyan, but you will be the Saiyan fighting right beside me on all our battlefields. I can't wait. Hope you can't either. Kesnelaa (that means love in Native Saiyan),
Kelietya"
He smiled as he folded it up and put it in his pocket. No, he couldn't wait either.
-the end-