New Discoveries

Inside Lisa Clarke's apartment, Seattle, Washington, 2003

Lisa sat on the couch watching the television while Charlie was in the kitchen preparing some orange juice.

"You want some orange juice, Lisa?" he asked.

"No, I'm fine thanks" flipping from one channel to another.

Charlie brought a glass of orange juice and sat next to Lisa on the couch. He took a sip and put the glass down on a small table next to him.

"What you watching?" Charlie asked

"Nothing, I'm just browsing" she replied

"You ok?"

"I'm fine"

"The doctor said for you to have lots of rest"

"Really, Charlie I'm fine" she continued flipping through the channels "I'm not that tired"

"Ok" he took another sip from the glass but was very much worried for her

"Charlie, are you going to stay here or go back to Wisconsin" she suddenly asked

"I don't know, do you want me to stay?" he replied

Do I want you to stay… she thought

"Well…" she was about to reply but then she was interrupted by the knock on the door.

They both stood up and rushed to open the door. Lisa opened the door and saw Nina standing in front of her.

"Can I come in?" Nina asked

"Yeah" Lisa replied, she took a few steps back to allow her to come in

Lisa closed the door after her and sat back on the couch, she gestured for Nina to sit with her on the couch.

Nina sat next to Lisa on the couch.

"Are you ok?" Nina asked Lisa "You gave us quite a shock"

"I'm ok now" she replied "It wasn't that serious, I just passed out"

"She met someone" said Charlie

Nina looked to Lisa "Who did you meet?"

"I'm not entirely sure…" Lisa replied looking towards Charlie

"I think it was one of them…" Charlie finished

"One of them…." Nina looked a little shocked "You mean the aliens"

"Yes" Charlie replied quickly

"What did they… do to you?" Nina asked Lisa

"It was a boy, he didn't do anything to me, I just passed out" she replied

Charlie glanced over to Lisa

"I didn't lose any time, nor was I injured in any way" Lisa continued

"Yeah, but he could have killed you" Charlie suddenly exploded

Lisa and Nina were quite shocked at Charlie's sudden reaction

"He didn't do anything to me!!!" Lisa replied in a stern voice

"I thought they were all gone when they took Allie" Nina said

Lisa was quite distressed now by what Charlie had done, Charlie still felt angry at them for what they have done

"What happens now?" Nina asked "You and Charlie, I mean"

Charlie looked at Lisa, and Lisa looked at Charlie

"Well, I was asking Lisa, before you came, whether she wanted me to stay or not" Charlie responded

They both looked at Lisa, pressure applied onto her to answer the question

"I… I want…" she paused for a while "I want you to stay…" she paused again "I want you to stay and wait with me for her to come back"

"Lisa, no matter how long it takes, I will wait for her with you" he replied

Lisa stood up and hugged Charlie, tears rolling down her face.

Ellsworth, Maine, 2003

Nigel stood in the center of the observation room, all around him people were busy doing their work. Nigel was staring at the big screen with little dots on it, amazed by the technology they had produced. He shook his head in disbelief and walked over to the woman working on his left

"And what are you working on?" he asked

The woman didn't even look to her back and continued to work on the data in front of her. "I'm supposed to keep track of the new records" she replied

"New records? Of what?" replied Nigel

"Records of new signals" she replied back

"Any new signals?" he asked

"Well, yes there is a new signal that appeared somewhere in Egypt"

"Egypt? Have the carrier been recognized?"

"Not yet but we're trying our best to identify the person"

"Any problems?"

"Yes, we have encountered some problems trying to identify the person"

"Such as…"

"The person has somehow managed to move to another country without using any public transport at all"

"How did that happen, where did the person go?"

"We were monitoring the signal in Egypt when it suddenly disappeared and reappeared in Seattle"

"Seattle? Why there?"

"We don't know why, then it disappeared and reappeared in China"

"China…"

"Our people in China are trying to identify the person right now"

"I hope they do…" he replied "Do you have any ideas how the person did that?"

"Well, we think they took him and transported him to the destinations" she replied

"But why?..."

"We don't know about that sir" she answered

Shu Guang Hospital, Shanghai, China, 2003

The twenty storey high hospital stood among the other buildings. Inside the hospital, it was a little busy. Spyke came in through the front door like a normal person, no one suspected him of being anything more than just a teenager. He waited for the elevator to stop.

This is the place

The elevator doors opened and three people went out, he walked in with a few other people, he pressed the 15 button. And the elevator started to cruise upwards going to the floor numbers that were pressed.

This should be no problem

He waited a while for the elevator to reach his destination, beside him the two people who went in were talking about something, Spyke took no notice of the conversation and just thought about what he had to do.

The elevator stopped at the tenth floor, the two people came out and Spyke was left alone in the elevator. The doors closed and began to ascend to the next destination. Spyke went out at the next stop, he turned left and walked along the corridor.

All around him everyone was busy, a doctor was looking into a chart and was worried at what he has seen, a nurse was chatting away to another nurse, and most of the patients were watching T.V..

Spyke continued to walk further into the corridor, now the scene has changed, it was quieter at this side of the corridor. Doors occupy the corridor stretching to the very end of the hallway. He stopped in front of a door.

275…

He opened the door and went into the room. Inside the room, a young girl sat on the bed.

"Who are you?" said the girl

"I'm Spyke" he replied walking over to the bed

"Why are you here?" said the girl

"I'm here because something special happened to you in the past few years" he replied

"You mean I was abducted by aliens"

"Yes that is what I am referring to"

"No one believes me when I say I was abducted, but I don't care"

Spyke felt a minor headache pulse through his head, he closed his eyes trying to resist the pain

"I'm special that's why they took me"

The pain in his head then passed away "Special…, everyone is special in their own way"

"Then I am special to them"

"But you're…"

"Blind" she finished his sentence "I was blind since the day I was born, all my life I've lived in darkness"

Why did they take a blind woman… he thought

"Don't worry, they will never come for you again" he said

"I'm not afraid of them"

"Good" he stepped forward and touched her forehead, and closed his eyes. Then seconds later an implant came out in a stream of blood

She caught the implant and tears fell from her eyes "Thank you"

"I'm here to help"

"I'll always remember them as my angels, and you included"

Then the door was suddenly opened and a nurse carrying a plate of food stepped in, Spyke was nowhere to be seen

"Talking to your friends from space again Carol" said the nurse "You need some rest, after you eat dinner go to sleep ok"

Carol didn't reply but merely nodded, as the nurse went out of the room she looked over to the window knowing that

Ellsworth, Maine, 2003

Nigel walked all over the place, as he tried to contact the General. He reviewed over his thoughts, anxious to tell the General of his new discovery, He tried to call the General again. He dialed the number and waited for the phone to be answered.

A familiar voice answered the phone

"Hello, how can I help you?" answered the voice

"Hello, can I speak to the General please?" Nigel asked

"Wait a minute" replied the voice

Nigel stood restlessly awaiting for either the voice or the General to answer back.

"Beers here, this better be important"

"General, I have something that will amaze you"

"What?" replied the General getting impatient

"Well, there's a new signal which we have identified today"

"And this is important because..."

"It's important because the new signal is a hybrid"

"Is it a girl?"

"No, it's a boy, a teenage boy"

"Does he have a name?"

"We haven't got a name yet, were still trying to find that out"

"Get me a picture of this boy, and try to get him"

"I'll try my best General"

Nigel ended the call, with a new mission in his head.

El Paso, Texas, 2003

Linn sat on the leather chair, looking through the documents in front of him. He picked up a piece of paper and read it, he then stood up and got out of the room.

Cloud was reading a book when Linn came into the large library.

"What are you reading?" Linn asked

Cloud looked up "I'm reading a book about Aliens" he replied

"You believe in that?" asked Linn again

"Maybe…" replied Cloud

"Cloud, what if I told you that there maybe someone out there just like you"

"Like me?"

"Yes"

"I'd be surprised…"

"Don't worry, we'll know soon enough the truth concerning your… abilities"

Cloud looked puzzled as Linn walked out of the library, leaving him in a state of confusion