NICOLE PLIMOC
Suddenly, I feared for my life. The Waysaw ships had arrived. There was a dogfight in the air over the dome. I watched as the battalions protected the hole in the shield. It was terrifying; this was the first time I had been in an invasion. I ran back toward the communications building. I had to be in contact with the tower to see if the reinforcements were on their way from the base. They would have received the satellite information first, but they were several miles away, and they had to prepare and depart. That took time, especially when there were two battalions of alien and humans that did not get along.
Boom! Suddenly the communications building was hit. I was shocked by the blast and it pushed me back, and I fell on my butt. But it wasn't a bad injury; I was far enough away from the communications building to only get the wind and energy of the blast and nothing else. I rolled onto my knees and quickly scrambled against an army truck.
The blast should not have been able to get through the shield. I looked up; the dome of the shield was gone. I looked toward the console across the mine. Someone needed to be there in order to charge the shield and get it up again. I knew there must be several soldiers there doing it. But if there were, why was it not going back up? I needed to get there. I knew how to do it. That shield had to go up. Suddenly the sky was full of Waysaw ships. They had gotten in. I made a run for it, ducking behind one truck and then another trying to get to the shield console.
Bam! Bam! Laser blasts rained down around me. I ducked again. I was terrified. I put my hand on my belly. I had to do this for my child. If the Waysaw became stronger, there would be no future for any of us. I ran again, darting and dashing my way across the fields. Then I suddenly came to an area under heavy fire.
“Aagh!” I screamed and covered my head. I was boxed in by the laser blastd all around me. I was scared for my life and the life of my child.
“I have you,” I heard a deep voice say as strong arms enveloped me. I looked up and saw Vycon. His strong blue arms were around me, and his blue-skinned chest was against my face.
“Yes, Nicole. I apologize for what I said. It was wrong of me. I have so much I want to say but now is not the time. I must get you to safety,” he said looking around.
I could not believe it. I felt so safe. I felt safer than I ever had in my life. Feeling his strength was overwhelming. I wanted to cry. For a moment, I felt relieved and forgot about the rainstorm of laser blasts around us. He had said our child; did he really mean it?
“No, I have to go that way. I have to get to the shield console. We have to activate the shield. I don't know what is going on in that room; there should be soldiers in there. They should be activating it,” I said.
“Perhaps there is a defect in the wiring. I have seen it before. If there are soldiers operating it, they won't know what to do. But we can't go that way; it is too dangerous. I must get you to safety first, then I will see to the shield,” he said.
“No! We must go now. Every second we waste is lives lost as well as the Waysaw getting to the copper. We have to go now,” I said.
“I cannot put you in that kind of danger. I will pick you up and take you to my landspeeder,” he said with a dominant tone.
“Shit! Nicole!” he shouted at me. But then I felt him at my side. He grabbed my hand and ran ahead of me, pulling me along. We dodged and hid behind walls and vehicles. It was treacherous. I looked into his eyes when we rested our backs against a truck. His yellow diamond-like eyes locked on me.
“You are completely nuts, you know that, human female? I thought humans didn't have this kind of recklessness in them,” he said.
He put his hand behind my head and pulled me to him. He planted his soft blue lips on mine. I kissed him hard. I kissed him like it was the last kiss if I would ever have in my life, and that was possibly true.
He looked around and into the air. He grabbed my hand and with one swift move we were running toward the building with the shield console.
We finally made it inside. There were two Earth soldiers fiddling in a panic on the console.
“We don't know. It just went off. We have flipped the charger over and over; we are new to this.”
“Let me have a look,” he said. He quickly yanked off the top panel of the console. Sure enough, there were two wires that were sparking together. I watched as Commander Vycon Dase went to work on those wires. He was quick. I was impressed and turned on. It was the adrenaline of the battle around us.
I was closest to the lever and begin to pump it up and down as fast as I could. Finally, the light came on. “Charged!”
Commander Vycon Dase punched in the combination of buttons, and we looked out the window as the shield suddenly appeared. We shouted in celebration. But there were many Waysaw ships inside the dome. But now that they were trapped; they were like fish in a barrel. We watched as our battalions, both Earth and Grantsions, took them out.
“Look at that! The rest of the Waysaw are retreating!” Commander Vycon Dase shouted.
A few minutes later, it was all over. We had defeated them, and the rest had retreated out of Earth's atmosphere.