The Ultimate Sacrifice
Beymount Lodge, Texas, April 30 2010
Charlie took one last look out of the window before sitting down, he was a bit edgy after last night. Allie surfed the T.V. channels unable to decide what to watch after all those years. Lisa stood near the bed where Spyke sleeps, she looked at Spyke then she went over to Charlie and sat next to him.
"Do you think he's going to be okay?" she asked Charlie
"I don't know he might need a doctor"
Allie continued to surf the channels until she settled on CNN,
"A five storey building was found five miles from its foundations this morning, the building was owned by Mr. Linn Crispen, head of Fuzion Corporation…"
Allie shut off the T.V.
"When is breakfast, I'm hungry"
Lisa noticed that she too was hungry and yearned for something to eat
"Charlie, I'm hungry too, when can we eat?"
"I'll go to a store and I'll buy something for us to eat" he replied
"I think we should go eat at the diner" Allie pointed out
"Yeah, why don't we just eat at the diner?" Lisa asked Charlie
"What about him? Someone's got to look after him"
"Don't worry about him dad, he's not going anywhere, come on I want to eat"
Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, April 30 2010
Cloud walked restlessly around the cell, Linn sat on a bed next to the wall
"Sit down you're making me dizzy"
He obeyed and sat down on the opposing bunk
"I'm sorry father, I'm just nervous"
"I know you are, don't worry son, we'll get out of here in no time"
Then the cell door opened, two men came in
"Which one of you is Linn?"
"That would be me" Linn stood up, Cloud stood up as well, Linn gestured for Cloud to stand down
The two men took Linn by the arm and practically dragged him out of the cell, they slammed the cell door shut behind them.
Mary stood near the window of the conference room, looking outside at the army men working away. Inside the room with her was Nigel and General Beers. Then Linn and the two men came in the room, General Beers motioned for the two men to leave.
"Have a seat" said General Beers
Linn sat down
"Mr. Crispen, We found you unconscious last night in your building, care to tell us what happened?" asked Nigel
"Last night, the girl did something…"
"No, she didn't do anything, I looked at her she was calm, she didn't look like she was doing any work at all" Mary interrupted
"Well someone moved that building, if it wasn't her then it must be the aliens" Linn continued
"They didn't do nothing either, I checked this morning last night there were no sightings" said Nigel
"Then who moved my building?"
"I think I know who" Nigel replied "Spyke…"
"Him? Why would he do that?" asked General Beers surprised
"Maybe because he's also half-alien, maybe because he likes her, I don't know you do the math" replied Nigel "All I know is that he's the only who can do that besides them and Allie"
"What do we do now?" asked Mary
"Well that depends on Mr. Crispen's decision" Nigel replied "Mr. Crispen, I want to catch the both of em, but I can't I need your help, you caught Allie now I need your cooperation to get the both of them"
"You need my help? I'll help you only of you let me control the operation"
Nigel thought about it, to put his trust blindly upon this old man "Okay, I can live with that"
"Are you crazy! He's not to be trusted" Mary shouted
"And I should trust you?" Nigel snapped back "You double-crossed me, nothing will ever change that"
She fell quiet, then she looked back outside the window unable to do anything else.
"Great we have a deal" Linn stuck his hand out, Nigel shook his hand to seal the deal
Beymount Lodge, Texas, April 30 2010
Allie sat down on the table and immediately read the menu, Charlie sat opposing her whilst Lisa sat next to her.
"Mmmm, they all sound delicious" said Allie
Lisa smiled "What do you want?"
"I don't know, it's so hard to choose"
"You can have anything you want" Charlie said smiling to see Allie after all those years
A waitress then came up to them "What can I get you?"
Spyke still laid unconscious on the bed, a flash of light came from the toilet, Spyke opened his eyes slowly. A man emerged from the toilet dressed in a blue shirt and black pants. Spyke tried to get up
"I think you should lie down" said the man
"I can see right through your disguise" Spyke replied and gave up trying to get up
"Then you are him, my name is John"
"Allie's great grandfather"
"Then you know me"
"Not exactly, I read about you but I don't know you"
"You're hurt"
"What do you care, you didn't care when you took me"
"I didn't take you, my colleague did, at that time we didn't quite understand, now we do"
"Just go away"
"I want to help you"
"I don't want your help, go AWAY"
"Spyke, you won't last long like that, you need my help"
"You can't help me, no one can, just go away leave me alone"
John took one look at Spyke and went back to the toilet another flash of light came from within the toilet
Charlie looked down at the burger he just ordered then he looked over to Allie, she was eating her second burger, Lisa sipped her coffee slowly savoring the moment.
"Slow down Allie, you're gonna choke if you eat that fast" Charlie looked down at his burger again
Allie swallowed down the food in her mouth "I can't help it, it's been seven years since I ate any of these food"
He smiled "Should we get something for Spyke?"
"I think he'll want one of these burgers" said Allie taking another bite off the burger
"We should be getting back, I'm worried about Spyke" said Charlie
"After I finish this burger, we'll go" said Allie
Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, April 30 2010
Linn looked at the screen of the laptop in front of him, Cloud standing behind him, Nigel sitting in front of him.
"Nigel, do you know that the sea can hold great treasures"
"What are you getting at?"
Linn spun the laptop to Nigel's direction
"Nigel what you are seeing is a mother ship, it's at the bottom of South China Sea"
Nigel gaped at the image in front of him
"How the hell did that get there?"
"Right now we don't know but I think that ship crash landed on earth"
Nigel stared at the image, looking at the picture in detail
"This may sound crazy but we got a sample of the ship and we carbon dated it…"
"What were the results?"
"That ship's been lying there for seven years"
"That is incredible…"
"Indeed it is… but that's not all"
Beymount Lodge, Texas, April 30 2010
After John had left Spyke tried to get up again but he still couldn't find the strength to get up
I must get up….
I must tell them…
But after a while of struggling he finally gave up and went back to sleep
A few minutes later, Charlie opened the door and went in, he looked at Spyke, he looked back at Lisa and Allie
"He's still sleeping" he went in a quietly as he could, he put the plastic bag on top of the dresser
Allie went in and sat on the other bed while Lisa closed and locked the door
"Dad, who is he actually? You only told me his name"
"Well, honey I don't know" he turned to Lisa
"We met him back at Lubbock and he told us he can help us get you back" Lisa said
"We didn't care at the time who he was, but your mom kinda know who he is"
Allie looked at Lisa who got up and sat next to her
"Seven years ago, he came to my apartment and we talked for a moment…"
"Did you know that he was…..a hybrid?" Allie asked
"Well, actually I thought that he was one of them at first" Lisa replied
"Did he hurt you?" Allie asked
"I don't think so" Lisa replied
"I think he did hurt you when he left, you fainted remember" said Charlie
"I did faint, but I think that was because I was exhausted" she replied back
"No…" Allie said quietly "It was him, he did that but purely accidental"
"What did he do?" Charlie asked
"Well he didn't do anything, when he met mom his 'signature' was printed on mom and acted as her signature, when he left that 'signature' momentarily blocks out all other 'signatures' leaving mom unconscious for a while, kinda like taking away mom's energy" Allie explained
"Like when John left you that time" said Charlie
"Yeah! Just like that time" she replied
Charlie then saw Spyke opening his eyes "He's waking up"
Allie and Lisa stood up and went to the side of the bed
Spyke's eyes were opened halfway, he tried to get up. Charlie helped him sit up on the bed
"Hey" he said to Allie
"Hi" she replied "You okay?"
"I'm fine just tired" he replied "What about you, did you get hurt in the crash?"
"No, I got out okay"
Spyke then looked over to Charlie "Charlie, we have to get out of here"
"But you can barely move" replied Charlie
"You need some rest" said Lisa
Allie looked at Spyke with depth "Dad, we have to go"
Spyke looked back to Allie "The sooner the better"
"Where do we go?" asked Charlie
"Back to Lubbock" replied Spyke
"We'll go first thing tomorrow morning" replied Charlie
"I guess we can go tomorrow morning, I can use the extra rest" he relaxed a little
"Why do you want to go back to Lubbock?" Lisa asked
"I don't know but something tells me we got to go back to Lubbock" Spyke replied
"Back to the place where it all began…" Allie said
They all fell silent, then Charlie turned the T.V. on to ease the silence covering them. On the T.V. a woman screamed and they all watched what was to happen next
Then Spyke broke the silence "He came to see me this morning"
"Who?" asked Charlie
"Grandpa John" Allie answered
"He came here? What did he want?" asked Lisa
"I don't know what he wanted I told him to go away"
"Do you think he'll come back?" asked Lisa
"He might, I don't know" he replied back
Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, May 1 2010
Early in the morning, Linn summoned Cloud to an office he occupied yesterday for his plans. Linn patiently waited for Cloud, sipping some tea in the meantime
Cloud knocked ten minutes later, opened the door and sat on a chair opposing Linn.
"Good morning father" he said
"Morning Cloud, I have important matter that I need you to carry out for me"
Cloud sat patiently and waited for Linn to start talking
"When I order that fool Nigel to follow Allie and the others, you take Rayden and got to Lubbock to the house where you found her"
Cloud nodded
"And then I want you to kill her" he said bluntly
Cloud was a bit surprised "You want me to kill her?"
"Yes, I want you to kill her, you got a problem with that?"
"No…" Cloud answered
"Good, if Rayden tries to stop you kill her too"
Cloud's eyes opened wide "I can't kill her!"
"Cloud, you will kill her only if she tries to stop you and kill Allie's parents and that man they're with, Kill them all" Linn said fire burning in his eyes
"I will try and kill them all, father"
"No you will not try, you WILL kill them all, you hear me"
"Yes father, I will kill them all" but in his heart he didn't want to kill them at all
"Now go take a plane, it's faster than car"
Cloud didn't reply and walked out of the room, he was like a zombie
Nigel came into Linn's temporary office a few minutes after Cloud had left
"We're ready to follow them" said Nigel
"That's good news" replied Linn
"Are you sure they're heading off to Lubbock?" asked Nigel
"Where else would they go?"
"Hmmm, I guess you're right"
"Dear Nigel I'm always right"
US-62 WEST, Texas, May 1 2010
The sun shined high above them, Charlie was driving the car, Spyke at his side, behind them Lisa and Allie was sleeping. Both Charlie and Spyke looked ahead at the road before them, staring at the endless road that seems to lead to nowhere.
Then Spyke looked back there was another car behind them but it was miles away, Spyke had noticed that car from a while ago, he looked back to the front
"We're being followed you know" he said to Charlie
"Yeah I know I saw them a while back" Charlie replied "What do you think we should do?"
"Drive on I guess, there's nothing we can do, besides it's quite far back"
"I can try to shake them off"
"Nah just drive normally, maybe it's just another car and we're just being paranoid"
"Yeah, maybe we are being a little bit paranoid" he smiled
"I want to listen to some music, the silence is getting to me"
"I could use some music too"
Spyke turned on the radio and tried to limit the noise down so Lisa and Allie wouldn't be woken up by it.
Behind them about 5 miles back, Nigel sat next to the driver, two other men accompanied him, they drove in utter silence, preparing themselves for the task to come, then Nigel signaled for the driver to speed up
"It's almost time…"
Charlie's head bobbed along with the song that was playing on the radio, Lisa was fully awake, Allie was still sleeping, Spyke looked again to their rear, the car behind them was getting near
"I don't like this, I don't' like this at all" he said
Charlie looked at Spyke "What's wrong?"
"The car it's getting near" he replied
Charlie looked at the rear mirror "I forgot all about the car"
"What car?" Lisa asked
"There's a car behind us, I thought it was following us while back" said Charlie
Lisa looked back and the car was getting near and near
"Maybe it's just gonna pass by" said Lisa
"No, it's been following us for quite some time now" said Spyke
Nigel turned on his mobile and dialed a number
"We're getting near, get ready, we'll be there in ten minutes"
He closed his phone and he looked at the driver "Step on it"
About five miles from Charlie's location two cars were barricaded on the middle of the road giving no access to oncoming cars to go through, men were lining up M-16s at their sides, they were getting prepared
"Charlie I can see something up ahead" said Spyke
"What is it?" asked Lisa
"I think it's a barricade" Charlie replied "What do we do now?"
"There's nothing we can do, just drive up to them and do what they say" said Spyke
"We can't do that! We're running away from them" said Lisa
"Can you do something?" Charlie asked Spyke "Make them disappear, anything"
"I can't but I have a plan, just drive up to them and stop, I'll handle the rest" Spyke replied
Charlie continued to drive on to the barricade, he stopped in front of them, the men raised their M-16s up in attack position, behind Charlie's car, the car with Nigel in it stopped, Nigel stepped out.
"What are you going to do?" Charlie asked
"I haven't made my mind up yet" Spyke looked back to Allie who was still sleeping
"They're going to kill us" Lisa said almost to tears
"No, they're not, I'm guessing they want me and Allie now"
"Spyke, what are you going to do?" Charlie asked again
"Stay in the car" he opened the car door and closed it gently behind him
The men pointed the M-16s at him, Spyke stepped away from the car
"How good to see you again, Spyke"
Spyke turned around and smiled "Nice to see you too, Nigel" he moved closer to Nigel
"What do you think he's gonna do?" Lisa asked
"I don't know" Charlie replied
"What's happening mom, where's Spyke?" Allie rubbed her eyes
"I'll keep my distance if I were you, those men are quite dangerous" said Nigel
"Nigel, let them go, it's me you want"
"Allie, he's outside" replied Lisa
"Mom, are we in trouble?" Allie asked Lisa
"Looks like it, Spyke said he had a plan, he told us to wait in the car"
"You and the girl, the other two can go" said Nigel
"No deal, she goes with them"
"I got my orders, you and the girl"
"Then you give me no choice…" Spyke walked back to the car and saw Allie from the passenger window
Allie looked at Spyke through the window as did Lisa, Spyke walked to the car and placed his hand on the cars side, then slowly the car began to dematerialize, disappearing into thin air, Nigel stared in amazement, the men looked to where the car was in shock, there was nothing left except Spyke
Nigel was momentarily dumbfounded, then slowly he signaled for the two men behind him to advance on Spyke. Spyke stood still, then he moved to Nigel. The two men stopped dead at their tracks. Spyke spread his arms and then put them behind his head. The two men then tied Spyke's hands behind his back and escorted him into the car. Nigel didn't take his eyes off Spyke for one second, then shortly after Spyke was inside the car he followed in and they drove off for Fort Bliss.
Slowly the car reappeared on the road four hours later. Charlie, Lisa and Allie estill looking outside when the car materialized back, the car that was blocking the road now gone, the men with the guns also gone.
Allie looked to Lisa with a saddened face
"He went with them" she said "He sacrificed himself so that we can get away" she was almost in tears but she held them back
"What do we do now?" Lisa asked
"We can go and save him…" Charlie said
"No….." Allie replied "He gave himself up for us, I think it would be better if we go to Lubbock just like he planned"
Charlie and Lisa kept quiet letting Allie have the last say, Charlie restarted the car, Allie sat closer to Lisa and hugged her.
Sally Clarke's House, Lubbock, Texas, May 1 2010
It was almost night when they arrived at Lubbock, Allie slept in Lisa's arms along the way, Lisa carefully woke her up, Charlie got of the car and stretched, Allie rubbed her eyes while Lisa got out of the car and inhaled deeply the fresh air.
Then suddenly behind them, a car sped towards them. They were looking at the car, Allie got out and looked at it. The car stopped not too far away from where Charlie parked the car, a man and a woman stepped out of the car
Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, May 1 2010
Spyke sat on the bunk, darkness surrounding him. Nigel sat on a chair not too far from the cell. Spyke was looking at the floor, then he looked at Nigel.
"You want to know what I am don't you?" he said
Nigel looked shocked, he raised his left eyebrow "Yes, that question was lingering in my head"
"I guess you've earn that much, you have took the time and energy for all those years to find me"
"You're not….. Human are you?"
"How'd you guess"
"Well, it wasn't me actually, my friend Daniel had a theory that you weren't from here"
"You can give him a raise, he's right I'm not human at all"
"Then what are you?"
"I come from another planet called Thorean, I don't know how far it is from earth, I was unconscious when they brought me here"
"Is that what you really look like?"
Spyke chuckled "Yes, did you expect a hideous looking monster"
Nigel laughed "I guess I expected some sort of ugly looking creature not a human look-a-like"
"The universe is very vast, I wouldn't be surprised to see another world out there where the people living there look like humans"
"What about your language? Do you have your own language?"
"Yes, we do, I've been all over the world in seven years and I've found one language on earth that vaguely resembles my language"
"What about technology? Is your world more advanced than earth?"
"Only by a couple of years I think"
"It's hard to believe that there's another world somewhere out there"
Spyke looked to the wall that lie in darkness, he sighed "He's coming for me Nigel"
All three observed the man and woman, Allie went to Lisa and held her hand. Then the man, walked towards them, the woman followed him. He stopped a couple of yards away from Allie and Lisa.
Charlie went over to Lisa and Allie, he stood between the man and them.
"I don't mean you any harm" he said "I just want to talk"
Allie let go of Lisa's hand and went to Charlie's side "What do you want?"
"I just want to talk to you" he replied
"No… you want to kill me" Allie responded
Lisa was shocked at Allie's reply, so was the woman behind the man
"Cloud you didn't say anything about killing her!" said the woman
Cloud put his hand in his pocket and took out a small device, on the device there was a red button, he pressed it. Shortly after he pressed the button, two vans came racing towards them, the vans stopped behind Cloud and the woman.
Then army men carrying guns poured out of the two vans and surrounded them. They aimed their guns at Allie and her parents.
"Cloud what is all this?" asked the woman
"Shut up Rayden, leave this to me" replied Cloud
"Cloud no one is going to die here" she raised her arm at Cloud "I mean it!"
Cloud looked at her, a painful expression crossed his face and then faded away "Father told me to kill you if you tried to help them…"
"Rayden I'm sorry…" Cloud closed his eyes
Suddenly Rayden fell to her knees "Cloud…..Stop…..Please….You're…...Killing…Me"
Cloud opened his eyes "I'm sorry Rayden…" he looked away and Rayden fell to the ground face first. Then Cloud signaled for two soldiers to drag her away.
As Rayden was dragged, Cloud ordered two other soldiers to take Charlie and Lisa away from Allie.
As the two soldiers approached, Charlie was prepared to punch the soldiers.
"Dad, don't resist them, just go with them"
"Allie…." he said
"Dad…"
Charlie looked at Allie and he allowed himself to be held by the soldiers, Lisa after hearing Allie also didn't resist the soldiers.
Allie moved closer to Cloud
"Who's coming?" asked Nigel
Spyke looked back to Nigel "Allie's great grandfather"
"The alien? Why is he coming?"
"He wants me to help Allie, looks like she's in trouble"
"Can't you just escape from here, like in that back alley"
"I can easily escape but I don't want to"
Suddenly a flash of white light came from within the cell and as the light faded, John stood in the darkness, he stepped out from the darkness.
"Spyke"
"I was expecting you" he replied
"You have to come with me"
"I know, she's in trouble isn't she"
"She needs your help right now"
"I'll go with you, but before I go can you tell me one thing"
"What is it?"
"Tell me a little about my father"
John fell silent for a while, Nigel listened to their conversation
"Your father was very unique, he was born with emotions, which made him unique, he was the only of my kind to be born with such ability, but it was that ability that made him go away, he opposed every act that we did since we didn't know right from wrong at that time, he went away after we forced him to participate with our projects, at that time I was on earth"
"Thank you, I've heard enough, we can go now"
John nodded and turned his back and faced towards the darkness
"Nigel, will you let me go?"
Nigel stood up from his seat "Go save her"
"Thanks"
From behind Spyke a white light grew from the darkness covering the cell wall, John went into the light and disappeared, Spyke then walked right in, the light immediately disappeared as Spyke walked into it.
"Why did you kill her?"
"I didn't kill her, I just made her faint, she'll be okay in a couple of hours"
"You like her don't you"
"That is none of your business, you should be pleading for your life"
"It doesn't have to end this way, you don't have to kill me…"
"I have to, it is my father's wish for you to be killed"
"Why do you listen to him, he doesn't care for you"
"He is my father, it is a son's duty to listen to his father"
"He's not even your father, he's only using you"
"You don't understand"
"The only reason you're his son is because of your powers"
"No, you are wrong, he was there for me, he was there when I was dying of starvation" Cloud pulled out a gun and aimed it to Allie's chest to her heart
Charlie tried to pull away from the soldier holding him, Lisa struggled to pull free
"Dad, mom… don't"
Charlie and Lisa stopped trying to get free
"Mr. Cloud, is there no way for you to change your mind?"
"No, nothing can change my mind now"
"Can you promise me on thing, would you protect my parents after you kill me"
"I can do that, I'll take care of them"
"Thank you"
Cloud aimed the gun carefully, he looked into Allie's eyes and pulled the trigger, a loud bang and then Allie fell to the ground, Lisa got free and knelt over Allie's body, she was crying uncontrollably, Charlie also got free and knelt beside Lisa.
"You monster!" Charlie shouted
Above them, three massive blue lights hovered and merged to form a mother ship, the soldiers looked upwards, Lisa also looked up, Charlie got up
Cloud looked at Charlie who was charging at him now, Charlie attempted to punch Cloud, Cloud evaded Charlie's strike and punched him in the stomach, Charlie keeled over by the punch and landed on his knees.
A blue ray then shot down to earth, from within the ray, Spyke and John appeared, they walked out from the ray and the blue ray disappeared then shortly after that the mother ship broke back into the three blue lights and disappeared into the night sky into the stars
The soldiers then aimed their guns at Spyke and John, then Spyke walked forward to Lisa, John walking by his side. The soldiers followed their every moves, Spyke looked at one of the soldiers and continued walking unthreatened by their weapons.
Spyke and John walked up to Lisa, the soldiers still aimed their guns to Spyke and John but fired n bullets. Spyke looked at Allie's body, a tear rolled down John's cheek.
Spyke rolled his hand into a ball of fist and he looked towards Cloud. Charlie still on the ground holding his stomach, Spyke walked over to Cloud, Cloud took a few steps back and aimed his gun to Spyke's head. Fury was in Spyke's eyes as he stared at Cloud, he moved closer to Cloud.
Cloud who was scared by Spyke's advancing move tried to pull the trigger but found himself unable to move
"Shoot him!" he shouted to the soldiers "SHOOT HIM!!!"
The soldiers were also unable to move, they were stuck in position like mannequins on display.
"You killed her" Spyke said to Cloud "Now you'll pay…"
Cloud was so scared by Spyke's voice that his bladder let go and warm piss ran down to his legs.
"Killing him will not achieve anything" John suddenly said
"I don't care" Spyke replied
"Spyke listen to me! If you kill him now, you will regret for the rest of your life"
Spyke stopped in his tracks, his eyes still staring at Cloud, then he walked back to where Allie laid.
"John can she be saved?"
"No, she can't, she's too far gone, there's nothing we can do"
Charlie crawled over to Allie was and sat next to Lisa who was still crying, the soldiers was still in paralysis, John stood beside Spyke.
"I can't let her die, not like this…"
"There's nothing you can do…"
Spyke looked down at Allie's body, then to Lisa then to Charlie
"There is a way…" he walked away from the group
John spun round and faced Spyke "Spyke…."
Spyke stopped "John, I want you to do something for me, if you see my father, tell him…. tell him I love him" he walked to a clearing
John turned round and looked at Lisa "The ultimate sacrifice…."
Spyke stood still, he closed his eyes.
100 Miles off Brunei shores, South China Sea, May 1 2010
An old man was fishing alone in the lonely night, he was leaning back on his chair whilst leaving his line free to get hooked.
At the bottom of the sea, a dead mother ship suddenly came to life, illuminating the dark depths of the sea, slowly it began to move upwards.
The old man stood up and looked over to his right where a massive object producing lights was fast approaching the surface, the mother ship then flew upwards leaving the sea and hovering in the air, a one meter tidal wave rippled away from the point where the ship got out, it rocked the boat the old man was in, the old man was thrown back into his seat.
The ship hovered in the sky for a moment then the ship began to move, it moved slowly at first, it picked up speed and was traveling at over 50 knots picking up more and more speed along the way, the ship seemed know where it was going as if it was guided by a force.
Sally Clarke's House, Lubbock, Texas, May 1 2010
Spyke was still standing on the clearing with his eyes closed, Lisa stroked Allie's hair and hugged her, Charlie sat by her side.
"Can you do anything?" Charlie asked John "Anything at all?"
"I can't, she's too far gone" John replied he looked over to Spyke
The mother ship was on land now and it's speed almost breaking the sound barrier, the ship was above Arizona now.
John looked at the sky and there it was on the horizon, a mother ship heading towards them, it looked like it was fully functional, the lights on the underbelly of the ship were working fine.
John looked at Spyke again and then turned back to the ship, it was nearer now, it's features can easily be seen from this distance, not long now till it would be hovering above them
Spyke looked like he was concentrating hard, the ship was hovering above them now, but it didn't stop there, it stopped directly underneath Spyke
Spyke with his eyes closed looked upwards, then his eyes suddenly opened, his eyes was wholly in black not a single whiteness of the cornea was to be seen. At the very instance his eyes opened, the mother ship broke into three blue orbs floating in the sky.
John was looking at Spyke, whilst Lisa and Charlie were looking at the blue orbs, then Charlie and Lisa looked at Spyke. Concentrating on what he was doing for now.
Slowly Spyke began to levitate into thin air, getting higher and higher until he reached the height where the blue orbs were hovering. The blue orbs then surrounded Spyke, like a proton encircling a neutron. Spyke was still looking upwards into the star lit sky.
Cloud and the soldiers were also looking up at the sky, they could move now but they were captivated by the sight on the sky.
The blue orbs then began to form a blue ball surrounding Spyke.
This is my gift to you…
Your deepest wishes will become true…
Good-bye….. forever….
Spyke closed his eyes, then from inside the blue ball, a sudden flash of white light spread everywhere, engulfing everything in it's path, in a matter of seconds the whole of earth was swallowed by the light.
John put his arm to shield his eyes from the blinding light but when he opened his eyes and lowered his arm, the light was gone and darkness greeted him, in the night sky a full moon was looming over them, Charlie was lying on the ground, Lisa was hugging tightly to Allie.
John looked around them, the soldiers were gone and there was no sign of Spyke anywhere, he knelt down and tried to wake Lisa up.
"Lisa, wake up" he gave her shoulder a nudge
Lisa didn't respond to the nudge, John tried to wake Charlie up instead.
"Charlie, you okay?"
Charlie lifted his head up and sat on the ground next to Lisa "What happened? Last I remember there was this bright light…"
"I'm not sure what happened, everything seems different…"
Charlie tried to wake Lisa up "Lisa, are you okay" he shook her shoulder gently
She regained consciousness a little while later, she lifted her head up and looked at Charlie
"Charlie… What happened?"
"I don't know" he replied then he noticed something different, he looked at Allie and a confused expression appeared on his face
Lisa looked at Charlie's face, and was worried when he stared at Allie, she looked at Allie and was shocked at what she saw.
Allie looked younger, like she was nine years old again, John was also looking at Allie, he was also shocked. The blood was gone, she looked like she was sleeping.
Lisa then tried to wake her up gently, they were all very shocked when she opened her eyes.
"Allie….Oh my god!" Lisa immediately hugged her
Allie pushed Lisa away "Mom… Dad?" she looked at Charlie "I thought I died…"
This time Charlie hugged her.
Allie pushed Charlie away "Did something happen?"
"I'm not sure what happened but whatever happened it was a miracle" John replied
Allie stood up and looked at herself "Oh my god!"
Charlie and Lisa stood up beside her "What's wrong Allie?" Lisa asked
"I-I look different"
Lisa smiled, it was a smile of joy
"I look like when I was nine" Allie smiled "I'm even wearing the clothes I wore seven years ago"
But then her smile faded "Spyke…, he did this didn't he?" she asked John
"Yes" he replied
"Where is he?" she asked
"I don't know where he is…" said John
"Do you think he's dead?" Charlie asked John
"What he did, took a lot of strength, maybe…"
"What did he do exactly?" Lisa asked
"I'm not too sure yet, but I think he's turned back time…" replied John
"Isn't that impossible, you told me once it was impossible to turn back time" said Allie
"Yes, I did once, but Spyke is different, he's not from earth and he's a child of another hybrid"
"I thought he was a human/alien hybrid like Allie" said Lisa
"He looked human to me" said Charlie
"He came from a race that is almost identical to human beings" replied John
"Wherever he is right now, I just want to thank him" said Allie
They all looked into the night sky, smiles on their faces.
"So, how do we know that this is the past?" Charlie asked
"We can ask someone what year this is" said Lisa
They all laughed except John he just smiled
"What are you guys doing outside?" asked a voice
They turned around
"Uncle Tom!" shouted Allie, she ran to Tom and hugged him
"Hey, I am old y'know" he said laughing
Charlie and Lisa smiled and went over to the porch, John looked up into the sky again.
Spyke... may you rest in peace
Then he joined them
"Let's go inside, it's getting cold out here" said Tom
They all went in, John shut the door behind him. The moon shined brightly in the sky, the stars were scattered everywhere, contributing with their own light. Laughter escaped from within the old house, the crickets played their songs from among the grass. A new journey now awaits them, a new beginning…
