NICOLE PLIMOC
I was so incredibly happy. I could not believe how well life had turned out after all. I was now married to Commander Vycon Dase, and I carried his child. Sergeant Banks was transferred to another base in another state. We did not have to deal with him any longer. Commander Vycon Dase was doing very well training the soldiers. He was very popular around the base, and everyone seemed to love him. I loved him.
We had our child and two years went by very swiftly. But when the two years were up, we had to decide.
“Our child. He is now two-years-old, and he is starting to understand that he is not like everyone else here. He is a hybrid. Sure, he has the Grantsion soldiers to look at and he knows he is like them, but there are no children like him. I want him to have children to play with. I believe there are families in your village, correct?”
“Of course. There are thousands of Grantsions in our village; it is a vast city. We only call it the village because it started small at first. But I think you are right. Our child will have a richer life away from the prejudice of a hybrid alien child like here. There is no place for him on Earth.”
“Yes, that is the conclusion that I have come to. Because of that, I will sacrifice leaving Earth. It will be hard for me, but I know that I can do it. I can do anything for our child, for us,” I said.
“Over and over again, you have proven to me that humans have a very big heart. I will never stop being surprised by your kindness and your sacrifice,” he said.
“Yes, let me get started on that. I will report to our leaders, and we will be departing on the next mission.”
“I will report to my boss and the president as well. I might as well make this a work mission. I am sure that they will have work for me to do and to be in contact from Anvin. Just because I am leaving Earth does not mean that I have to leave my job,” I said.
“That is a good point. You would be a great asset to our military base on Anvin and to your own people as well.”
A month later, we were on a long-distance Grantsion ship headed for Anvin. I had never been in space before, and I knew the moment that I got out into the blackness that it was the right choice. I was only thinking about our child when we made this decision to leave Earth, but now that I was out there, I realized I had forgotten one massive thing: adventure. I was headed to an alien planet! I was journeying across the galaxy through space! It was more than I could have ever imagined. This was not something that happened to everyone, and I was doing it with the ones I loved: my family.
“I cannot believe how beautiful this is!” I said to my husband as we sat near a large window looking out into space. He held our child on his lap, pointing out at the stars.
“Yes, I have seen it many times, and yet every time it is beautiful to me. Beautiful things are like that,” he said as he stroked my cheek.
“Our son will also be able to pilot ships like this. He will be able to be a soldier and journey across the stars,” he said.
I pushed his silver hair off of his face and leaned in and kissed his blue lips. He was such a beautiful creature, and I was astounded every time I saw him at just how exotic he was. Every time I saw him, I felt a stirring between my thighs. He constantly turned me on with just one look or the sound of his voice. I could not get enough of him. I considered myself a very lucky human female.
“You are going to like Anvin,” he said to me. Then he picked up our son and sort of tickled him and said, “And you are too. You are going to have so many children to play with.”
“I know that I will like it because I will have you two to be with,” I said.
“But more than that., you will love the village, and you will have other females to speak with, more than you had at the base, that's for sure,” he said.
“There are a couple of human females as well; actually more than a couple,” he said restraining a smile.
“No, we keep it a secret considering that we are not supposed to be like the Waysaw. But it is not what you think,” he said.
“What do you mean? What are you talking about? Is this a secret? I thought there were no secrets between us,” I said, starting to feel a little panic.
“This is not a secret; I am telling you now. I couldn't tell you on the base and risk getting that information out there. It would ruin the pact that we have with Earth. But you must understand these are not humans that we took from Earth. They are human females that the Waysaw took from Earth. Every now and then a few of them escape and make their way to our village. They know that it is a sanctuary. We have rescued quite a few. We couldn't just leave them out in the desert to starve or die; they had been through so much already.”
“So, you take them in, and you keep them?” I asked putting my hands on my hips.
“No, not at all. We take them in and restore them to health. Then they are given a choice: to return to Earth or stay. We have brought many back to Earth, without the humans knowing. When we have a mission, we just drop them off where they want to be left, before we meet up with the human military. It has been going on for years, Nicole,” he said.
“They all have their own reasons for staying; some of them think it is amazing to live on an alien planet, as long as they are not a slave to the Waysaw. You will be able to ask them yourself. They will be able to tell you that they are not being held against their will and they still have the option to go back to Earth whenever they want to,” he said.
“That is fascinating,” I said, understanding the full scale of what he was saying.
“So, I will have human females to talk to and make friends with? I am so excited!” I said.
“I thought you would be. We are getting close. There it is,” he said as he pointed out the window. Before I knew it, a large planet appeared. It looked so much like Earth.
“It is beautiful. I cannot believe how beautiful it is. No wonder the Waysaw want Earth; Anvin looks exactly like Earth.”
An hour later we were entering the sky over the Grantsion village. I was astounded by the beauty of the place. We were approaching a very large mountain range, and as we got closer, I could see that the dwellings were etched into the side of the mountain. There were many terraces and long walkways all down the side of the mountains. It was beautiful, and I could see just how good this would be as a defense in military terms. They picked a very good place to house their kind.
The ship landed in a place that looked very familiar: a military base. The door opened, and we stepped out hand-in-hand, one family with our crew. As soon as we walked out of the ship, there were many Grantsions turning to look. I felt like a freak show. But it was going to get worse.
Once we got out of the base into the center of the village, I saw female Grantsions for the first time. They were beautiful. They were almost as tall as the men, only about a foot shorter. They were blue-skinned and exotic-looking. Most of them were lanky and slender. They stared at me. I didn't sense any apathy or hatred, and that was a good thing. But you never knew; women were the same everywhere I assumed. I tried to smile, but not arrogantly, as my husband let us through the village toward the rock wall of the mountain.
Soon we were mixed in with the crowds, and I was glad for it. I could hear and see children running around and playing then I was glad for it. Our child really would have playmates, and that was the most important thing. I could withstand the jealous looks of female Grantsions if it meant my child could play with others.
I walked into a long corridor that was lit. Then we came to a large door, and Vycon entered a passcode and pressed his hand against the wall.
“I will have to add your handprint to that, and our child's in time. Come in,” he said.
“This is it; this is my home. What do you think?” he said as he led me into a very large dwelling inside the mountain. I was shocked. I was not expecting something so beautiful.
There was a large glass wall that was the opening of the mountainside. There was a ledge outside of the glass where a small landspeeder was parked. The inside of the dwelling was luxuriously furnished with fine fabrics end furniture. There was a very high-tech kitchen area. He put our child down on a rug, and he immediately begins to waddle around, touching and exploring things. It was moving to watch him in his new home.
“This is perfect. We are going to make a very happy home here,” I said.
“Yes, I have everything that I want. I left here a single Zenkian with a bad attitude toward humans. Now I have returned, and I am in love with the humans and have brought home a human wife and a half-human child. I think it is safe to say that I have changed,” he laughed.
He pulled me to him and kissed me. This was the start of an epic adventure together. I was living on an alien planet with my alien husband and alien child; what could be more adventurous than that?