I was in complete shock and in complete disillusionment. I do not know why I has stopped considering Zian to be my enemy, simply because we had shared an intimate moment together. He was every bit the enemy that I had been fighting for years. When he revealed his plan to me, I felt sick to my stomach. How could he do such a monstrous thing? To make every single human male on Earth unable to produce offspring would mean that the human race would come to an end. It would mean that human females would have no choice but to mate with a Corillion if they wanted to produce children. It was such a sick plan, and it was hard for me to grasp that it came from the same Corillion that I had been sharing chemistry with. Sure it was angry chemistry, but there was passion to it. I knew it and he knew it. It had forced us to cave in and take action on our desires. But this was before I knew his plan. Now that he had revealed it to me I did not see him the same way. It had all been an illusion.
I felt hopeless crying in the locked room. No one knew of his plan and now humans would be drinking the water, and for months to come, without knowing. No one knew… But I knew. I sat up in bed and wiped the tears from my eyes. ”It is up to you Lily. This is your job. This is what you do. Just because circumstances are a little different than sitting around a large table of the Earth counsel embassy, does not change the fact that these matters are what you were born to deal with," I whispered to myself.
I jumped up from bed feeling a bit better. I had a purpose. I had to try. I had to give it a try or at least find some common ground. I moved over to the mirror and wiped the tears from my face to make myself presentable.
I knocked on my locked door very loudly. Finally, it opened. But it was not Zian, it was a warrior guard.
"I wish to see Zian Crace immediately. It is very very important. I have information for him,” I said to the guard. He gave me a silent nod and then close the door, locking me in once more. I paced the room, getting my thoughts in order. I had a pitch to make to Zian, and it would have to make sense. It would have to be beneficial to both the Corillion and humans, and Earth itself. It would have to be in order for him to accept it. He was in fact the leader of the Corillion and he could make these decisions. Perhaps I could convince him to stop his master plan. Not every single human would have drunk the water by now and there would be plenty of time to get the word out to the water treatment plants to stop water flow. Good, this was good. I should feel fortunate that I was the one that was taken. I now saw how important it was for me to be here and to have the sole audience of the Corillion leader. I was going to go into war negotiations. I was ready. I only hoped that it would work.
An hour later, Zian opened the door and walked in. He stood by the door away. He stared at me and said,” you wish to see me? Do you wish to give me more insults? I am a monster you have made that clear,” he said to me.
"Zian Crace, I come to you with words and information. You said that I was very valuable, because of my position on the Earth counsel embassy. I come to you now as the director to speak with you and I hope that you will take what I have to say into consideration. I hope that you will take it seriously and listen to it as the words from the director and not from Lily,” I sent to him.
"I urge you to stop your plan, and accept an alternate plan. There is still time.
"But there can be. It is a plan that will be beneficial to the Corillion as well as to humans on Earth. It is a new plan that I have devised and I am bringing it to the table,” I said to him.
"Zian Crace, we are at war. That always requires negotiations,” I said to him.
"If you allow Earth to know about what you have done to the water treatment plant systems in every city, then we of the Earth counsel embassy and Earth army will declare peace with the Corillion. There will be no more battles. There will be no more war. Your entire war is based on the fact that you need human females in order to carry on your race. We can still do that. But the human females must be willing to go on their own choice. We will set up the registration system. All females that wish to register to become a bride of a Corillion warrior can do so. We will have a matching system to match the human female with the Corillion warrior. With time this can be done. I know that I can. I believe that it can. Then we will have peace. We will coexist together,” I said to him. Then, he was quiet for a long time. I did not know what he was thinking.
"That is a very big plan. But you are one person. How can you guarantee peace when you are not on Earth right now speaking for the rest of the Earth counsel and embassy?” He asked.
"There is one more thing. There is one more part of the plan. In order to prove that Earth is very serious about creating the system, I propose that the first marriage of this new system be one of two high-ranking and powerful representatives of each. A high-ranking female of the Earth matched to a high-ranking Corillion. Through this marriage peace will be brought,” I said as I took a deep breath.
"And who will these representatives be?” He said teasingly, as though he already knew.
"But you hate me. I am a monster, remember?” he responded. The smile faded from his face and I knew that my words had affected him.
"Yes, I will never get over what you have done. But if a marriage to you will bring peace than that is what I will do.”
"I like this plan. If it is a plan that you think can actually be executed then I will actually consider it. But I have terms of my own,” he said to me.
"I am listening,” I said, feeling very excited that I had the leader of the Corillion actually taking my negotiation seriously. It felt good. I felt useful. I felt like I was on fire as I negotiated the entire fate of the Earth.
"I must admit that my master plan was something I have worked on for years. It was something that I have been very proud of. It was my way of stopping the high rate of casualties on both sides of this war. It was a solution once and for all. I didn't think twice about it, until I met you. Seeing your reaction after I told you what I had done made me feel like a monster, as you said. I don't feel the same way about my plan now and it is because of you Lily. I don't know what you have done to me, but you have affected me. If you want me to one Earth about what I have done to the water, then I will. But not as part of your war tactics and negotiations, I would do it for one reason and one reason only,” he said to me.
My breath caught in my throat. I could not believe what I was hearing. I was not expecting this, I was not expecting this at all. I did not know how to react to it. Did I react as the director of the Earth counsel embassy, or should I react as the human female that had slept with a Corillion?
"The reason is because I have fallen for you. I won't do anything that you ask of me unless you forgive me for what I have done. I need you to forgive me, Lily. I can't have you look at me like a monster, the way you looked at me before. It was too much to handle, even for a strong warrior like myself. I will do this for you. I will do it because you ask it of me. I am yours,” he said to me. ”You have changed me. Me, the great leader of the Corillion race and galaxy. You have made me see the errors of my ways. With your guidance, I can be a better Corillion. I can be the Corillion that brings peace between humans and Corillion. I believe that we can do it together. If you believe it then I believe it,” he said, as he timidly took a step toward me.
My mouth was wide open in shock. I hadn’t been expecting to hear any of this.” Zian, do you really mean it? Is this some sort of trick on me?” I asked him.
He stepped forward and took my hands in his hands.” It is no trick. I would go now if you wish it of me. I will go contact the High Council and tell them the new plan of peace with Earth. I will set it in motion immediately. All you have to do is tell me that you want me to do it,” he said.
I smiled and pushed one strand of thick black hair away from his face.” Yes, it is what I want. I ask it of you. I ask you to contact your High Council and speak of peace on my behalf and yours,” I said.
"As you wish, Lily,” he said, as he pulled me into his arms and kissed me. I felt great relief and tenderness all at the same time. I would never expect that I would have such strong feelings for a Corillion warrior, especially not the leader of all Corrilion. But now it all made sense; this was meant to be. We were meant to fall for each other because through our desire we would bring peace to Earth. Our union was bigger than both of us. Knowing this made the adrenaline rush through my body as he kissed me and rubbed his hands up and down my back. Finally, he pulled away from me.
"I will go now. I will go speak to the High Council about this plan of yours. They may not like it, but I will give them no choice. They have to do what I say. It is the way of the Corillion,” he said to me as he turned and open the door. Then he turned back to me and said, “this is going to remain locked. But I am not locking you in, I am locking others out. It is not safe for you. I will return soon,” he said as he closed the door and locked it.
I stood there and a big smile came across my face. I had done it. I had convinced the leader of the Corillion to give peace a chance. I had done it alone. I have done it without reports, without tables full of analysts and scientists, and without data. I did it with my heart. I had captured the heart of the leader of the Corillion, and now he would do anything that I asked. Suddenly, the monster that he was had redeemed himself in my eyes and in my heart. I felt a hopefulness that I have not felt since I was taken. Now, all I would have to do was wait.