Chapter 8
Commander Trent Qoln
We had been cleared by the Earth military to arrive on the moon station base. They did not trust a Zenkian ship to enter the Earth atmosphere, and I did not blame them. They spoke with Samantha several times by video communication to prove that we indeed have a human with us. I did not blame them after what they endured at the hands of the Waysaw.
Leader Marca, Samantha, and I found ourselves standing in a giant glass-domed room on the surface of the Earth moon after a weeklong trip in space. The five humans that sat in front of us were nervous at our presence.
“Samantha Gaines, we are happy that you escaped the Waysaw Zenkian. In our initial talks with you, you have stated you wish to help these Grantsion Zenkian negotiate an agreement with Earth. We have had something similar happen in the past, and that incident did not go well. But that was with the Waysaw Zenkian and not these Grantsion rebels. It is only because we have a common enemy that we are letting these Zenkian stand before us today,” the man said.
“Yes, Ambassador Harcourt,” Samantha said. “I agree with your statement, and it is because you have a common enemy that they are here. I will allow Leader Marca here to explain the details to you. But I, as a human, can attest to the fact that these Grantsion Zenkian are different. They are kind. They have no intention of invading and conquering other planets the way the Waysaw do. It is not in their nature. They not only have the same enemy as us, but it is in their best interests to help us fight the Waysaw. You see, the more resources the Waysaw steal from Earth, the stronger they become, and the stronger they become, the more likely it is that they will be able to take over the Grantsions once and for all. Of course, the Grantsions do not want this to happen, so they want to help Earth fight the Waysaw.”
“And how do they propose to do that?” the Ambassador asked.
Samantha looked at Leader Marca. Leader Marca stepped forward.
“I am called Leader Marca of the Grantsions. I am honored to be here in order to speak of these terms. I believe that in time we will perfect this alliance, but in the beginning, there will be many trials and tribulations. We leaders of the Grantsions have decided that the best course of action would be to send our soldiers to you on Earth at several bases around the planet where you can call upon them when the Waysaw invade. It is a preliminary plan, but once the Waysaw see that they will have us to fight on Earth, then they will know it will not be as simple as invading and attacking humans the way it has been for years.”
“That is a bold statement, I must say, Leader Marca. Inviting more Zenkian to Earth when we are trying to eliminate all Zenkian from Earth seems counterintuitive,” the ambassador said.
“I understand your meaning. As I said, in the beginning, it will be a trial and error basis. We are open to discussing the details, but we make this first offer in order to offer immediate assistance from the invading Waysaw,” Leader Marca said.
“Understood. I will take this proposition to the leaders of Earth. We shall reconvene when I have an answer, and we can discuss more details, but I want to clear one thing up. Samantha Gaines will be on Anvin in order to be an ambassador of sorts between Earth and the Grantsions; is this correct? I believe the only way our leaders will agree to this is if there is a human overseeing the project management of it. Indeed in the future, we might want to send more humans to oversee it on the base in the Grantsion Mountains. I believe it is pertinent to the humans of Earth saying yes to this agreement,” the ambassador said.
Leader Marca looked at Samantha and then looked at me. Then she spoke up without waiting for permission from Leader Marca.
“Yes, that is correct, ambassador. I will be your point person on the planet of Anvin,” she said. “I will be returning with this crew with the instructions you give me,” she said.
The ambassador looked at Leader Marca.
“Yes, that is true,” Leader Marca said in a restrained tone knowing that such a thing had not been discussed with the other leaders, but it was a necessary decision at the moment.
“Good,” the ambassador said. “Let me take this information to the Earth leaders, and they will have a council on it. You are our guests here. We have chambers waiting for each of you,” he said.
“Thank you,” all three of us said.
We were shown to a living area of the dome with living chambers. I looked at Samantha as she entered her dwelling and gave her a grin. We knew that we wanted to be in the same room together, but we could not take the chance to ruin this, not now anyway. But damn I wanted her now more than ever. Watching her take charge like that in a very precarious meeting was something that turned me on beyond anything else. She had gone from this fragile human that I had rescued to this strong woman. I knew that she had been strong all along in order to escape the Waysaw and make it as far as she did on her own, but now I was seeing it firsthand. The strong human woman Samantha Gaines. I was growing hard just thinking about it as I moved into my small living chambers.
I was pleased that she had taken charge of the situation when the ambassador asked about her being the point of contact in Grantsion.
Knock. Knock.
I went to the door with a big grin expecting it to be Samantha. I would have turn her away, of course, but I was glad that she couldn’t be without me for even a few minutes.
“Commander Qoln,” Marca said.
“Leader Marca, please come in,” I said disappointed that it was not Samantha.
“What are we to do now? You heard what the human Samantha said. Leader Nizok will not be pleased that we are returning with the human to live among us. It was assumed she would want to stay with her own kind,” he said pacing back and forth in the room. I knew that I wanted Samantha to return with me and I had to diffuse this situation.
“Yes, I understand. I was thinking the same thing. Only, perhaps…” I said acting as I was thinking out loud even though I already knew what I wanted the conclusion of this conversation to be.
“What, what is it?” he asked.
“What do you think about doing what the human ambassador said just for now? Samantha Gaines does not have to stay on Grantsion forever, but perhaps it is best to do it for now because as the ambassador said, they expect her to be the point person. Who better to do it? We Grantsions trust her, or have no reason to doubt her. If they are adamant that a human must be their point person on Grantsion, would we rather not it be a human we already know instead of a new one they want to send? Don’t you think the leaders would be pleased that you saw that beforehand and agreed to a human they are familiar with instead of showing up at Grantsion with a completely different human they do not know?” I said.
He stopped pacing as he thought this over. Then he smiled. “You are right. It was right of me to agree to this. They want a human on Grantsion to see this negotiation through, and it might as well be one we already know and trust,” he said basically repeating what I had just said but making it seem like it was his own plan.
“Yes, exactly. You are a very wise leader to think this through. Leader Nizok and the others will be pleased with your performance here. I think the humans would be happy to have some of our battalions stationed and ready to fight with them,” I said.
“Good. Good. Then I will wait in my chambers to hear back from the Earth leaders. Good work, Commander,” he said patting me on the back.
“Thank you, Leader Marca,” I said.
He walked out tall and proud. This was good. Now I had him on our side, and Samantha would be returning with us without a problem. We could continue our love affair in secret, though I knew that was a dangerous game as well. But one problem at a time. I walked to the glass and stared out at the Earth in the distance. It was so much like Anvin, and I understood why the Waysaw wanted it. It was a second Anvin.