31 stories in 31 days challenge... #7
First Encounter
The saucer headed towards the large
blue and white planet, it was just a routine scouting mission for the
Fird. On this mission there were five crew members, each had their
own topic to research down below.
“Just remember, this is a quick
look-see. Nothing fancy” Ravi told the others, as he piloted the
ship himself.
“This might be fun!” said Cole
“It's a big planet, got room to dance!”
“We have serious missions, this is
work” said Serge, who part of the Fird Military branch.
Tang rolled his eyes “I just hope its
profitable”, the greedy mineralogist said.
As the ship approached they saw just
how big the world was. It was much larger than Fird and then they
began to pass through clouds.
“The clouds are nice. We should get
pictures” Cole said.
“Isn't that your job?” Ravi asked
him, eyes wide with worry.
“Oh, right. I forgot” Cole said and
checked some readouts at his station “All cameras are recording!”
“The cities are far too large”
Serge told them “We have to use stealth”
Ravi flipped a switch “Stealth
mode..on” but the light stayed off, so he flipped it again “Stealth
mode...” it was still not lighting up. He slapped it hard and the
light appeared “Stealth mode is active”
“Good. No let us find an out of the
way area to get a glimpse of what we can expect here” Serge said as
if he were in charge.
Ravi flew in close and found a cluster
of dwellings away from the larger cities. “This seems to be what
they live inside of” Cole stated the obvious.
“It's so big” Tang said “This
world must be wealthy indeed!”
The ship flew around the house,
hovering in a nearby clearing. “The creatures who live here must be
very large” Ravi said “That looks like a door to me”
Serge wasn't happy to hear that. “This
building is only one-story tall. Astounding, it'd contain all of a
small town back on Fird”.
The four aliens watched the house from
the safety of a clearing, still in stealth mode. This would make
their missions a bit more complicated. The whole planet was huge,
covered with vast cities of apparently full of giants. It could be a
real threat, or a world to stay far away from.
As they watched the house and
considered their options the door opened a bit for a moment and one
of the creatures exited. Cole moved the camera image closer for a
better look.
“Smaller than I would have expected
from the size of the door” Serge said
“I thought I saw another creature for
a moment, I don't think this one can reach the door controls, you
think they have servants?” Ravi asked.
Tango rubbed his hands together. “This
whole planet is probably full of riches”
The creature went behind a tree and
after a moment came back into view and then jumped onto an object and
then to the top of the object. The small furry creature then laid
down.
“Is it sleeping there? Outside?”
Cole asked “It has such a big house”
“Maybe they enjoy resting outdoors,
besides I am sure like on Fird that they sleep at night” Ravi said
“Should I fly closer for a better look?”
“As long as the stealth is still
working” Serge said. They all looked and saw the light was still
there.
So the invisible hovering saucer moved
closer to the “small” furry creature. It was still bigger than
their whole ship!
“I'm starting to get nervous” Serge
said “We can't afford to fight billions of these creatures, they're
simply too big”
They had gotten too close. The creature
could sense their presence because it was now sitting up and looking
right in their direction. It opened its mouth and started making a
quick succession of loud noises that caused vibrations all over the
ship.
“It's attacking us!” Serge said
trying to grab something as the ship shook.
“Fascinating” Tango said, lying on
the floor holding onto the base of a seat. “It's wearing jewelry
around its neck. Do you think it's valuable?”
“Does anyone care what the creature
is saying?” Cole asked “Can someone turn on the translation
system?”
Ravi was able to reach over with some
effort and engage the translation device.
“Who? Who? What? What? Mine! Go
Away!” the creature was saying.
Ravi eased the ship away and the
vibrations settled down. Then the four of them looked at each other.
“The language seems quite primitive”
Ravi noted
“How did they build such massive
cities?” Tango asked.
Cole crossed his arms and rolled his
eyes. “I guess nobody cares what I think”
“If you have something to say, then
say it” Serge told him
Cole put his hands in the air. “Isn't
it obvious? They didn't build the cities. That creature doesn't even
have opposable thumbs, it has paws. It cannot grasp things.”
“What does all this mean?” Ravi
asked.
Cole sat down “The servants. Their
servants do all the work. The servants evolved to become bigger,
stronger and make good builders. While the masters became smaller,
weaker and furrier. It makes sense doesn't it?”
Serge nodded “Without their servants
they are no threat to us. I'll have to tell central command about
this, we will contingency plans”
“All of this vast wealth and giant
servants too” Tango said, dreamily. “We must build larger ships,
large enough to take some of these servants to our world!”
Ravi laughed at Tango “You would
bankrupt our whole planet for cheap labor. Insane”
They moved back toward the creature.
“It has reddish fur. A small sharp snout...” Cole was describing
for notes. Suddenly the creature stood up and looked at them again.
“The stealth is out!” Ravi said,
the creatures noises started up again the vibrations made the ship
uncontrollable “It can see us now!”
Cole had an idea. He opened the bottom
hatch and threw a rope down and he climbed down, hanging below the
saucer.
“We are your friends! We mean no
harm!”
The creature wagged its tail and it
tongue lolled out and it moved back and forth. The whole demeanor was
different, Cole didn't know what it meant but it scared him. Serge
and Tango pulled him back into the saucer as the creature began
jumping up and lunging at it.
“Get us out of here!” Serge said
“This planet is far too dangerous!”
The saucer moved away and then
vanished. It hurtled back into space and towards its own solar
system, the crew hoped the Fird never ever came this way again.
The door opened and a woman came out
“Cheeto! Come on Cheeto, good boy”
The miniature Pomeranian ran to his
“momma” and inside the house where he belonged.
Good one! It ended as I thought it would, but it was still good! LOL!
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