When You Help an Alien... 👽

I slowly opened my eyes. I had no idea where I was or how I had reached there. All I knew was that I had seen a bright light and then lost consciousness. I looked around- there was nothing but the comfortable chair I was sitting on in the big cylindrical room.

Suddenly, someone entered the room. I could not believe my eyes- it was a mysterious creature that totally matched the cliché descriptions of aliens.

Was this some kind of a prank? Was I dreaming?

The alien whisper-shouted, “You have no idea how much trouble I’ll be in if they find out I’m here!”

For a few moments, I was at a loss for words.

Then, I asked, "Er- Who are you? And where am I?"

“Humans ask so many questions”, the alien sighed, “I’m Zorry. I’m an alien, as you probably already figured out. I know you’re smart, we researched before we abducted you-”

“You did what?!”, I interrupted, screaming.

“Hey, hey, watch your volume. I told you I’ll be in trouble if they find out. The walls of this FO aren’t sound-proof, you know.”

“FO? What on earth is that?”

“So many questions”, Zorry shook his head, “Flying Object. Our Human Studies professor told us humans call it a UFO. Weird, if you ask me.”

“You have Human Studies as a subject?”, I raised an eyebrow.

“Oh, yeah. That’s why I’ve come to meet you right now. See, we’ve abducted you to carry out some research on you. We chose you because you’re healthy and smart. We won’t harm you, though.”

“But I don’t want to be a part of all this!”

“I thought so. I have a deal for you. I have a report for Human Studies due for tomorrow, and I’m not prepared at all. So, if you help me out with that, I’ll help you escape. What say, human?”, Zorry grinned.

I didn’t think twice before saying, “Deal. Ask away, Zorry.”

“Great. So, tell me, what are emotions?”

“Strong feelings, like love, happiness and anger. They can be caused by the situation we’re in, or the people we’re around…”, I told him.

This went on for some time. Zorry asked me about our customs and way of life. He diligently noted down whatever I said, and we were done in about half an hour, more or less. I didn’t know how aliens measured time.

“Now it’s your turn, Zorry. Help me get out of here”, I grinned at him.

“Oh, yeah, definitely. See that mirror over there? I’ll activate it for you- humans can’t do that- and then you just imagine the place you want to reach, and walk through the mirror. It’s a teleportation device”, Zorry told me.

“That’s so cool! Thanks, Zorry”, I smiled.

“I should thank you. Now I’ll get a good grade in Human Studies”, he chuckled as he walked to the mirror and started activating it.

Before I could walk through the mirror, Zorry caught my arm. His touch was ice cold.

“Wait, I have to give you something”, he produced a locket with a beautiful blue stone in it, out of nowhere, “This is the Stone of Connection. We can talk anytime through this. This is our tradition- whenever a human helps an alien, we give this to them. There are very, very few of these, and must be kept a secret.”

I nodded, and carefully took the locket from Zorry.

“I had a good time, Zorry. Let’s keep in touch”, I said, as I waved him goodbye.

“Same”, Zorry smiled and waved back.

***

That was when my alarm clock went off.

So, it was a dream after all, I chuckled.

As I scrambled to get off my bed, I noticed the Stone of Connection on my bedside table.

Adventures, here I come!

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