“On the bright side, I wouldn’t have to go to school tomorrow!” With this thought, I slowly drifted to sleep not caring that I just got kidnapped.
A loud thud interrupted my dreams and I sat up immediately.
“You have no idea how many rules I’m breaking, but my Human Studies exam is tomorrow and I need help.” A guy shouted, somewhat scared.
I scanned around myself. I was in a small room with all the windows covered with curtains, and a small door.
“Cool, just explain where on Earth are we?” I said, trying to act calm but my expression said the opposite.
“We’re… not on Earth…” He rubbed his nape.
Haha, so humorous. I have a test today and someone thinks it’s a good idea to play pranks.
“Nice. Funny prank. I’m not in the mood for this. Just let me go, I have a test today.” I got up and opened the curtains to look outside.
The view stunned me.
Earth. From outer space. Exactly like I had seen in books- It was beautiful. I was in awe.
I looked back at the weird guy.
“Yeah… I should introduce myself,” he spoke. “I’m Eemphil. And-”
“Imphal?” I interrupted.
“Eemphil. I’m not from Earth. I am from a planet called ‘Mars’. Have you heard of it? Or do humans not know of space at all? Wait, do you guys go to school?”
I slowly examined him. He looked pretty “Human”. Not sure if this is real or not…
“Uh, you there?” He asked, breaking my chain of thoughts.
“Yeah, just… if this is a prank-”
“No! It’s not! Look, I need your help!” Eemphil panicked.
“Okay, okay. What do you want from me?” I sighed.
“Uh.. about humans. I need to study about humans for my exam.”
“And how much do you know about us?” I asked.
“Uh… you guys like to eat?” He spoke, trying to shoot some hoops.
Pfft, lame.
“Before I help you, I want some proof that you’re not lying. I wouldn’t want to waste my time.”
“Sure,” he shrugged and pressed a button near the wall.
The walls around me lifted revealing those sci-fi rooms you see in movies.
It was a spaceship. Exactly like those in movies.
I was in space. In a spaceship. With an alien.
This couldn’t get crazier. I sat down, trying to take in everything that just happened.
“Wait, why did you bring me into space anyway?!” I asked him.
He looked alarmed. “Uhm well… Well, I thought you might ask me for evidence- I’ve read Humans don’t know about life on other planets.”
Okay… that didn’t answer my question… and it felt like he was making it up.
“Then why in space? Why not discuss everything on Earth?” I questioned him again.
Eemphil remained quiet for some time.
“You see, it’s illegal to travel to other planets without a warrant, and I don’t have an official one yet and-”
“You can get arrested for this?!” I interrupted
He nodded. “That’s why I need your guidance. FAST. My books are no help. Nor are my teachers. And I can’t fail this exam because it’s my only way to become a Space Police.”
Alright then. I’m going to help an alien with his exam. Yup, totally normal.
“But why me? I barely pass my own exams-”
“You’re the first person I found. And besides, I only need some information.” The alien handed me a piece of paper titled ‘Questions’.
‘What do humans use for communicating with other humans who are far from them?’ I read.
Scanning the paper, I saw all the questions were pretty… stupid. Even a 5-year-old would have answered them.
I answered Eemphil’s questions and he noted them down in his notebook.
After a while, we decided to take a break.
“You’re a genius!” He said, totally impressed by me.
I chuckled nervously as a flashback of my History Exam came to my mind. Which… I had failed.
I stared outside, trying to consume everything that’s happened till now. It all felt surreal. But there was a feeling lingering around me that something bad is going to happen…
“Would you like something to eat?” Eemphil asked me.
“No thanks.” I smiled.
I swear I saw him grit his teeth and mutter something when I said that.
A question popped up in my mind, “where are we? In space?”
“Erm… not far from Earth…” Eemphil tried his best to not keep eye contact.
Okay, something was fishy.
I noticed another thing. “Why is our spaceship moving? We aren’t going anywhere…”
“H-huh? Oh um… nothing. We’re just moving in one place.”
He put on all the curtains to block the view.
I got a hint he was hiding something.
“You should go to sleep. I’ll wake you up when we reach Earth.” He suddenly blurted out.
“Okay…”
I lied down, but cautiously. I couldn’t trust Eemphil.
I shut my eyes- faking that I was sleeping-, and kept my ears open.
“Yes boss, I’ve found a human.” I heard him say.
Wait, was he talking to someone?! I opened my eyes and craned my neck to get a better look at him. Yes! He was talking to someone… and he had a phone? More like a walkie-talkie…
“No sir, the human doesn’t have any suspicions.” He looked over at me and I shut my eyes and rested my head again.
“We’re not far from Mars and will be reaching soon, sir.”
He was taking me to Mars?! Whaaaaat?
Then he said something which scared the wits out of me...
“Yes, please keep a room empty in the testing lab.”
Uh oh
I think I might have a problem.
YAS, YOU GO GURL!!! GREAT JOB!!!
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ReplyDeleteLooking forward to part 2!!!
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