Chapter 9, part 1
Sierra found herself face to face with what appeared to be the main male alien. She found his jet black hair intriguing and stood there looking at him wondering if it was naturally that black. Her raven hair was marred with a lighter color hair growing in. Her hair wasn’t naturally that black. She was face to face with an alien race and she stood there wondering if his hair color was natural. As if snapping to reality, Sierra then realized she wasn’t in the ship’s mess hall anymore. She was somewhere else. She was outside in an open field filled with wondrous meadow flowers she had only seen in picture books or in old films. There was every color of the rainbow in her eyesight. The sun blazed down on her face and she felt warm. The other aliens were gone and only this one stood before her.
“Where are we?” Sierra inquired as she couldn’t see the ship anywhere.
“We are here. Here is relative to where you would like to be. This meadow is your own doing. I simply took you to where you felt safe.” The main male alien anticipated her questions. Sierra was perplexed as she had never been in a meadow so how did it feel safe to her?
“Who are you?” Sierra’s next question was logical.
“We are Creators.” His answer was met with more confusion.
“Creators? What does that mean? Creators of what? This planet?” Sierra was thinking small.
“You have much to learn Sierra Dockson.” He knew her name. How did he know her name? “We have existed since the dawn of time. Since the birth of every living thing. We have watched your kind with great interest. We are glad to have a second chance with you.”
“What the heck? What do you mean second chance? You’re off your rocker, you are.” Sierra was not convinced. “How do you know my name? You must have scanned our computers or something.” Sierra grew afraid and as if she had only blinked her eyes, the world around her was familiar and everyone from the ship was staring at her in the mess hall.
“Okay that was just weird.” Sierra was now visibly shaken by the experience and searched for answers in the faces of those who had become familiar to her over the past few days. It was then that she fainted.
Rushing to her side, Addison was able to cushion some of the fall. The people sitting at the surrounding tables gasped in horror. No one understood why she fainted. She was there one second, gone the next and then reappeared another second later. Addison laid her head down gently on the floor and looked up for guidance.
“Anyone a doctor here?” The faces searched amongst themselves and shrugs were aplenty. “Come on? Didn’t we bring a doctor?” Addison looked directly at Shem.
“Addison, no I’m afraid we do not have a doctor on board. But we do have all the medical textbooks in the main computer. She’s just fainted, she’ll be fine. There is a med kit in the kitchen.” She pointed to where Addison had been only 15 minutes earlier.
“Oh yes I saw it. You,” He pointed to Miss Maggie and she seemed horrified that she was about to be ordered. “Go to the cabinet nearest the refrigerator and look inside. The top one. There is a first aid kit in there.” Maggie continued to look at him horrified. “Go on woman.” Maggie got up and went into the kitchen. Duke, who was still sitting there with his bowl of cereal, almost finished, chuckled to himself.
Sierra began to come around by the time Maggie arrived with the med kit. She seemed to take her sweet time doing the task she was ordered to do. Once giving it to Addison she sighed a heavy sigh as if to say that she knew she shouldn’t have bothered and that it was a complete waste of her time.
“Sierra, alright luv?” Addison felt a kinship to Sierra because they were both from the UK. They seemed to speak each other’s ‘language’.
“yeah, what just happened?” Sierra seemed confused that she was on the floor. “One second I’m here and then I was in a meadow with flowers. Oh, those aliens are nuts they are.” It was all coming back to her.
“Did they hurt you?” Shem’s voice was now heard towering over Sierra by her side.
“No. Not at all. But they went on about being the Creators or something stupid like that.” Sierra was still processing it all.
“Bless her heart, she’s lost her marbles.” Miss Maggie’s voice piped up. “My mother lost her marbles you know.” And she turned again to talk to the lady sitting beside her.
“SHUT UP!” Duke had had enough. Maggie wasn’t about to argue with him this time. But did get the last word in.
“Well, I never.” Maggie turned around to look at Sierra again.
“Where are we?” Sierra inquired as she couldn’t see the ship anywhere.
“We are here. Here is relative to where you would like to be. This meadow is your own doing. I simply took you to where you felt safe.” The main male alien anticipated her questions. Sierra was perplexed as she had never been in a meadow so how did it feel safe to her?
“Who are you?” Sierra’s next question was logical.
“We are Creators.” His answer was met with more confusion.
“Creators? What does that mean? Creators of what? This planet?” Sierra was thinking small.
“You have much to learn Sierra Dockson.” He knew her name. How did he know her name? “We have existed since the dawn of time. Since the birth of every living thing. We have watched your kind with great interest. We are glad to have a second chance with you.”
“What the heck? What do you mean second chance? You’re off your rocker, you are.” Sierra was not convinced. “How do you know my name? You must have scanned our computers or something.” Sierra grew afraid and as if she had only blinked her eyes, the world around her was familiar and everyone from the ship was staring at her in the mess hall.
“Okay that was just weird.” Sierra was now visibly shaken by the experience and searched for answers in the faces of those who had become familiar to her over the past few days. It was then that she fainted.
Rushing to her side, Addison was able to cushion some of the fall. The people sitting at the surrounding tables gasped in horror. No one understood why she fainted. She was there one second, gone the next and then reappeared another second later. Addison laid her head down gently on the floor and looked up for guidance.
“Anyone a doctor here?” The faces searched amongst themselves and shrugs were aplenty. “Come on? Didn’t we bring a doctor?” Addison looked directly at Shem.
“Addison, no I’m afraid we do not have a doctor on board. But we do have all the medical textbooks in the main computer. She’s just fainted, she’ll be fine. There is a med kit in the kitchen.” She pointed to where Addison had been only 15 minutes earlier.
“Oh yes I saw it. You,” He pointed to Miss Maggie and she seemed horrified that she was about to be ordered. “Go to the cabinet nearest the refrigerator and look inside. The top one. There is a first aid kit in there.” Maggie continued to look at him horrified. “Go on woman.” Maggie got up and went into the kitchen. Duke, who was still sitting there with his bowl of cereal, almost finished, chuckled to himself.
Sierra began to come around by the time Maggie arrived with the med kit. She seemed to take her sweet time doing the task she was ordered to do. Once giving it to Addison she sighed a heavy sigh as if to say that she knew she shouldn’t have bothered and that it was a complete waste of her time.
“Sierra, alright luv?” Addison felt a kinship to Sierra because they were both from the UK. They seemed to speak each other’s ‘language’.
“yeah, what just happened?” Sierra seemed confused that she was on the floor. “One second I’m here and then I was in a meadow with flowers. Oh, those aliens are nuts they are.” It was all coming back to her.
“Did they hurt you?” Shem’s voice was now heard towering over Sierra by her side.
“No. Not at all. But they went on about being the Creators or something stupid like that.” Sierra was still processing it all.
“Bless her heart, she’s lost her marbles.” Miss Maggie’s voice piped up. “My mother lost her marbles you know.” And she turned again to talk to the lady sitting beside her.
“SHUT UP!” Duke had had enough. Maggie wasn’t about to argue with him this time. But did get the last word in.
“Well, I never.” Maggie turned around to look at Sierra again.
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