That was too close. As they entered the pool area, a huge wave of relief
ebbed through them. None of the beasts had been distracted by the noise in
the gym, so the others were safe for now. The creatures now knelt before
the aquamarine water, exchanging glances and mumbles. They began testing
it, pawing it, tasting it, and then turned to the girls with nods of
approval.
"Lakradd lakradd yahiu kekraaf deaar."
"She says that this will do nicely, and she will stay behind to build the
escape pod. She wants us... to attack."
The silence echoed off the chlorine water, rippling through the humidity.
"Wh...What do you mean, attack?"
"Attack the gym. They want to attack the gym, and get enough energy to
make the journey."
"Journey to where?"
"Mhyahe shtai ang tsubakeh teane."
"She says they plan to flee to the colony on the 'largest sphere'. I think
there are more of them... A lot more of them... On Jupiter."
"So, we are going to go slaughter our classmates to feed these...monsters... so
they can 'ET phone home' back to Jupiter?"
"That made no sense Kate, first of all, second of all I don't think it
would be so bad." Retorted the leader, taking charge.
"What do you mean, not bad, you want to see them die?"
"Not all of them, just, just some of them."
The others recoiled, shocked, though it was the same thought whirling about
in all of their heads.
"Who did you have in mind?"
"The ones that don't matter, the ones who wouldn't be missed. Look, they
already killed off all of the annoying freaks, and frankly, it just isn't
tearing me up. I think we could really do ourselves a favor here! The
popular jerks, the crack heads, the flunkies, we could be rid of them for
good! Look, I know it's inhumane, but it's either getting to choose, or
letting the aliens decide!"
"Aliens... That's what they are, aren't they... but why don't they just eat
us?"
"Do you really want me to ask?"
"Yes! Yes I want to know if they are just toying with us, or if they really
trust us! I would rather die now!" said the brunette in tears.
"I will ask. But only if you promise to be on our side." Said Calley
calmly.
"OUR SIDE! How can you be on the SIDE of slimy, thorny, vicious beasts!
You would feed your friends to them! How can you call yourself human!"
"I never asked to be human! But I am, we are, and since I am here anyways, I might as well accomplish something in my life. So how do you know, they might be just as intelligent and feeling as us or more! Maybe it's us who are the inferior race; maybe mankind will die off in a few years anyways! All I know is, they are here NOW, the government is after them, and they need our help. If they wanted to kill us, they would have done it already. What if the government is the enemy, and they would kill all of us, they obviously consider us expendable while their target is here with us in the building, they have us surrounded and I bet they would shoot if we tried to get out. While the Aliens are here, we are all in danger, but ironically it's not from them! The FBI has left us here to die, so what are you gonna do about it?" "I would rather die fighting." The blonde said finally. "I will ask them what they want from us, you guys better be ready."
The creatures had been watching them, fascinated, and when the longhaired one finally turned to them, the others hung back, apprehensive. "Garrs leacht siledsaag laihnk leaarft." "Du verrdo na veia. Gaaes triiste lefds iislig." She turned around, her face grave. "They say they have no intention of eating us, or using us as host. There are plenty of others for that they say, and we have the gift of speech. They need us, and the price for sparing us and protecting us from the government is...
One of us must go with them to Jupiter."
Pure silence. Crystal, deafening, unblemished silence. It continued all the way down the hall as they were carried in the arms of their Alien friends, though now a little more comfortable knowing they didn't have the intention to slaughter them. As the gym doors were pushed open, the combined screams of the inhabitants could have been heard around the world...
"I never asked to be human! But I am, we are, and since I am here anyways, I might as well accomplish something in my life. So how do you know, they might be just as intelligent and feeling as us or more! Maybe it's us who are the inferior race; maybe mankind will die off in a few years anyways! All I know is, they are here NOW, the government is after them, and they need our help. If they wanted to kill us, they would have done it already. What if the government is the enemy, and they would kill all of us, they obviously consider us expendable while their target is here with us in the building, they have us surrounded and I bet they would shoot if we tried to get out. While the Aliens are here, we are all in danger, but ironically it's not from them! The FBI has left us here to die, so what are you gonna do about it?" "I would rather die fighting." The blonde said finally. "I will ask them what they want from us, you guys better be ready."
The creatures had been watching them, fascinated, and when the longhaired one finally turned to them, the others hung back, apprehensive. "Garrs leacht siledsaag laihnk leaarft." "Du verrdo na veia. Gaaes triiste lefds iislig." She turned around, her face grave. "They say they have no intention of eating us, or using us as host. There are plenty of others for that they say, and we have the gift of speech. They need us, and the price for sparing us and protecting us from the government is...
One of us must go with them to Jupiter."
Pure silence. Crystal, deafening, unblemished silence. It continued all the way down the hall as they were carried in the arms of their Alien friends, though now a little more comfortable knowing they didn't have the intention to slaughter them. As the gym doors were pushed open, the combined screams of the inhabitants could have been heard around the world...