I wasn't lying. Lily had changed me. It only took a short while, but it all came down to one moment, the moment she called me a monster. She was right. I have only thought about the Corillion for so long that I did not think about what we were doing to the humans. I wasn't supposed to think of that, and yet the offspring that Corillion had with humans were half human. So, in truth we were at war with our own kind and something had to stop. I had to admit that Lily was extremely smart, and her alternate plan was brilliant. It was a plan that I could not come up with, because I was not a representative of Earth, but she was. She knew how the embassy worked and she knew whether or not a plan like this would be accepted. She would not have proposed it if she did not think so. It gave me hope. It gave me hope that I could still have her heart. Sure, she proposed marriage, but she proposed it as part of the negotiation for peace, not because she loved me. I hope that one day I would hear those words from her beautiful mouth, but that could come later. For now we were in the middle of an invasion, an invasion that I started and now needed to stop. I was going to stop at just for her.
"It is a brilliant plan and one that I think will work in time,” I said as I stared at the screen of the communication device. On the other end was the High Council far away in the Corillion galaxy.
"Phase 1 has already been put into action. There is no stopping it, but there is a possibility that if the humans are warned they will figure out a way to filter it out of the water, or stop the humans from drinking the contaminated water and find another source. The director has all the resources and information necessary to figure out that end of it. We will of course hand over the solution so that it can be studied and stopped. In return they will create a registration were human females that are willing to match with a Corillion warrior will be able to do so on their own. There will be no more stealing of human females, these will be ones that want to join us. It will be better for all involved,” I said to them.
"And what guarantees has this director made? She is not with the Earth embassy now so she cannot speak for all of them,” they asked.
"The director and I will marry. We are both powerful representatives of each side. We will be the first match of the system. She is marrying me of her own will and will make it a norm. It will be a marriage to bring peace,” I said to them.
"Arresting you,” he said as 10 warriors poured into the room after him with their guns aimed at me.
"Throw him in with the director. Let them die together if they want to. We do not need either one of them anymore,” Yiri said as three warriors grabbed my arms.
"I am taking over this mission. We will have no talks of peace. We are at war. We are so close to dominating the Earth and you want to throw it all away simply so you can marry this human? That is ridiculous. That is not the Zian that I know. She has fogged your mind. You are a lost cause, Zian. Now I am in charge. Phase 2 is mine and it starts now,” he said.
"Now? Phase 2 was not supposed to start for months. It will not be effective if you invade Earth now without giving the humans time to drink the water. It will be a waste,” I said growling at him.
"It does not matter. We have a grand military presence here just waiting. We must strike, and we must strike now! We have to strike before they discover us hiding here and take down the entire mothership. We have the advantage and I am going to take it. I am also taking your position. Lock him up,” he bellowed.
"You won't get away with this, Yiri! You are dead! I'm going to kill you!” I shouted as I struggled against my own warriors.
I could hear Yiri laughing like a madman. He had finally lost it. He had grown more brazen then he had ever before. Now he was going to ruin any chance at peace. He was going to create the biggest battle that Earth had ever seen. As I was struggling in the hallway against the warriors that restrained me I could feel a small tremble. It was very familiar and I knew what it meant.
"What is it? What is happening?” Lily shouted as the guards throw me into her room and lock the door.
"It is Yiri. I was in the middle of telling the high Council your alternate plan when he came in and arrested me. He is going through with phase 2 of the plan right now. The fleet of thousands of ships are leaving the mothership as we speak. I can feel the tremors of them taking off."
"What do you mean? What do you mean? I don't understand!” She yelled.
"Phase 2 of the plan was to show our military strength and to invade Earth with battleships, causing a great battle. This was after months had passed and the water supply would have been in the system of every human. But Yiri has launched the attack,” I said to her.
"You mean Earth is under attack right now? This very second?!” She yelled.
"The fleet is leaving now. The ships are on the way and Earth will be under attack in less than 10 minutes.”
"I am way ahead of you,” I said to her as I slid my hand across the wall. Bam! I punched a hole in the wall next to the door.
"I'm getting us out of here,” I said to her, as I yanked the wires hard. The lights flickered off and on and the door opened.
"Follow me,” I said to her, cautiously making sure that guards were not waiting at the door. They were not.
"I have to go to the floor with the communications. I have to get a message to Earth. They have to be warned. By the time the Earth army is in position the invasion will be more than 10 minutes in,” she said as she ran towards the elevator.
"I can get you to a communication device but not on that floor. We have to get out of here at the same time. Yiri is in charge, we are wanted fugitives. This way,” I said as I grabbed her and pulled her into the stairwell.
"What do you mean we have to get out of here? We are on a ship! We can't exactly walk outside and run," she said as she followed me down the stairs breathlessly.
"No, not run,” I said as I pointed at a small ship. “Stay low and follow me,” I said as I ran toward it. In all the chaos of warriors getting ready for battle no one noticed us.
"I can't believe this is happening, I can't believe this is happening,” she quietly said over and over.
"Here,” I said and say turn on the communication device and dialed the Earth embassy.
"Yes! It is me! There is no time to lose. I need you to do two things! One, I need you to sound the alarm! The Corillion are invading the Earth as we speak, thousands of ships are headed your way!” Lily said. I quickly saw the young girls face go into panic as I was flipping switches and turning on the engines preparing for takeoff.
"Do it! Sound the alarm now!" Lily shouted at her snapping her out of her daze.
"Yes! Sorry!” She said as she pressed a few buttons and an air raid siren went on. Then she typed and another man came on the screen.
Meanwhile, I was driving the small ship out of the mothership along with thousands of battle ships loaded with warriors.
"Dr. Waldrorf! Listen to me. The countdown I gave you is a countdown to an invasion, and it is happening right now this very second. More Corillion warriors than you have ever seen in your life are headed to Earth. But most importantly they have contaminated the water supply with a solution that will force all human men to become sterile,” Lily said.
I looked over just in time to see the man drop a glass of water in his hand. The glass shattered on the ground.
"I wish that I was kidding. But it is true. I need to get this information to you and everyone else. I need you to send that message far and wide to every single data port that we have. Do it now and then prepare for an air raid,” she said. I was very impressed with her logic and tactic. She was shouting orders just like a leader, she was my equal. I looked over at her in admiration. Just then a loud boom was heard on Dr. Waldrorf's end and his building shook. Then we lost the communication with the scientist.
"Stay alive,” is all that I could say to her. The invasion was too far gone to stop. Even if I captured and killed Yiri, by the time the warriors were forced to return to the mothership the battle would be too far along. The Earth army would not just let them go, so the warriors would have no choice but to fight.
As we broke through the atmosphere of Earth we were not prepared for what we saw.
"But capital city, it is in the ruins. It has almost been completely wiped out,” she said through tears.
"Hold on!” I shouted as we flew through hundreds of ships belonging both sides. It was a dog fight.
"And go where? This battle is all over Earth. Nowhere is safe,” she said as I maneuvered the ship in and out of blaster bullets flying by us.
"We're going to be shot down by either my side or yours at any second,” I said to her.
"Fine! let them shoot us down. There's nothing here for anyone anymore. There is no point,” she said.
"No, do not speak like that. Do not speak like that Lily, I do not want to know that I have done this to you. I cannot bear it. I need you. Earth needs you now more than ever. This battle will not last forever, and when it is over it will be time to rebuild. Earth is going to need a leader like you, one that will promote peace. Your alternate plan can still be put into place, and it will be needed now more than ever after this. But only you can do it. I have faith in you. I am here to serve you."
She looked over at me and I could see the mood on her face change. She was turning into the brilliant human female that I knew she was and always had been.
"You're right. I will be needed, we will all be needed. We need to get out of here," she said.
"Good, good…but where, Lily? This is your planet so direct me where to go” I asked her.
"To my sister. Set coordinates for Lake Michigan. There is an island in the middle of it. That's where she would go. It is a secret that only she and I had talked about, but I have never actually been there.”
"Setting coordinates for Lake Michigan,” I said as the ship shot forward and out of the battle. I could only hope that the Earth army would not follow.