Terra - Chapter One
A girl approaches a man looking at the sea, sitting on the sand on a beach, “Hi.”
The man answers, “Hello.”
The girls replies, “Are you lonely tonight?”
The man a little surprised by the straight question, “I guess.”
She was eager to answer, “I am Lisa.”
She was cute very cute, so young, and energetic, naive… but not too much…
He shakes her hand, “I am Chris.”
Lisa said, “Why are you here alone?”
Chris with a calm look responded, “Well, it was a tough day I need to relax myself.”
Lisa was shaking, “Do you mind if I stay?”
Chris nodded, “No, you can stay.”
Lisa was looking at the sea with her clear blue eyes lost in the edge of the horizon, “What were you doing before this?”
Chris said, “It doesn’t matter anymore.”. His dark brown eyes gazed the stars.
We were both looking at the sea while seated on the sand, it was almost night with a very cloudy sky.
She was trying to be strong but I could notice how sad and scared she was.
She hugged herself pretending she was cold but I knew she was afraid, she kept talking to me.
Lisa said, “I was on middle school, I was the classic girl hiding behind the court, you know where the P.E. class?”
Chris said, “Oh yeah, been there.”
Lisa said, “I was always looking at everyone, they were so… stupid. That’s why I was always reading a book or something instead of doing what everyone else was doing. I used to write for the school paper, nothing fancy… just the regular.”
Another spaceship arrived at the beach carrying more refugees, most of them completely scared like they used to come. I could see how she was feeling goosebumps by looking at it.
Chris worried about Lisa, “Are you ok?”
Lisa pretending to be strong, “Yeah… yeah I am fine, is just I am not really sure how to feel right now… I mean what just happened to our world? Where are we? What are we going to do? I am sorry I didn’t mean to bother you… I am just sorry…”
Tears began to fall from her eyes as she was talking and looking at me.
Lisa continued “I mean why?… why?… I don’t understand… I saw you in here so calm, I wanted to come here maybe I would calm myself. But it is not going to happen, hehe, I am so stupid, and I am so scared…”
Chris said, “Why are you scared?”
Lisa said with confusion in her face, “Because I don’t know what is going to happen, nor what just happened. In fact, why are you so calm? How can you be like that?”
Chris said trying to calm her, “There is no reason to be scared just because you don’t know what is going to happen. Think of this as an opportunity, to start something new… although we don’t know what will be. Try to be excited instead of scared.”
Lisa bowed down her face, “I don’t know how to do that…”
Chris paid close attention to her, “Try smiling, can you do that for me?”
Lisa replied with a short but sincere smile, “Yes I guess.”
She had a beautiful smile, so full of innocence but somehow serious.
Chris said smiling too, “That’s better. Don’t think about the past too much… try to focus and relax because it seems like something big may be coming up.”
She stopped crying and she just stared at the sea for some minutes until a different spaceship arrived to the beach. All the people gathered to the center, there were thousands of people and a weird looking being went down from the ship and said:
“Greetings humans, we know you are scared and confused, but we mean you no harm. We want to help you as we are your brothers and sisters in the universe. Your home planet was invaded by the Catarax race, a brutal and violent race that wishes to conquer the entire universe. Your governments tried to fight them off, but your technology was not enough to defeat them. That’s why in the heat of the battle we decided to take some of you off the planet into this other planet. You have been chosen to continue with the human legacy. My race as protector of the living in the universe, cannot allow that your race disappear. I am sorry to inform you that you won’t be able to return to your planet any time soon, as the remaining humans will be hunted down by the Catarax in there, and then the planet will be formally claimed as one more of their dominion. Now do not be afraid because you will be safe in this far planet, we will give you tools, and education so you can rebuild again. You will rebuild your society again, but this time a most peaceful, advanced and better society. We will help you. You have awakened to the threats of the universe so you must learn how to defend yourselves. But today you will rest, tomorrow we will begin with the preparation for your new settlement. We will open that building so you can enter and get some rest, in there are beds, bathrooms, water and food for you, please try to rest.”
After that the being left in his spaceship, most of the people got inside of the building. I stayed outside, she decided to stay with me a while also. Just like that it was a new world, a brave new world… I just heard some news of the Catarax arriving on the planet and attacking the major cities on TV, and suddenly I was in a different planet. Life can change so fast.
By HectorP
