The voice softly says to me,
"Nick, You are the one. Come with me."
And the a flash of light blinded me, and I was no longer in my room.
I’m blind, was the first thought that went through my head. I must be mad, was my second thought as my vision began to clear and my surroundings came into focus.
A faint bluish haze filled the area, making it hard to distinguish where walls were, or even difficult to find a corner. The only indication that I wasn’t blind was the fact that I could see my hand as I waved it in front of me.
Standing up, I groped my way forward, till my hands ran across a hard smooth surface. It was cool to the touch, and seemed to be vibrating gently. Using my foot, I found that the room didn’t come to a corner like most rooms, but the floor curved up, till it formed the wall.
"Do not be alarmed,"
the same voice said behind me that l’d heard in my room. I spun around, only then realizing just how hard I was breathing, as panic nearly overwhelmed me.
Don’t be alarmed? | I wanted to scream. How am I supposed not to be alarmed, when some strange creature abducts me from my room?
Some small part of me knew that panicking wouldn’t help, and after a few moments it won out. The featureless blue-lit room seemed to help me relax, and for the first time, I got a good look at this creature.
It stood only a little shorter than me, its skin oddly pink in the blue light, large silvery eyes that seemed to reflect what they were looking at rather than have a color of their own, and the pupils were slitted, like a cat’s, only thicker. Its arms were long compared to its thin body, and the hands were each missing a finger. I remembered thinking it was female, and looked again at the two small breasts on her chest. Light seemed to play about her body as a playful thing, and I realized she didn’t have any hair, anywhere.
"Wh-who are you?" I asked, trying to keep my voice calm, but it came out almost as a squeak.
"Are you asking my name, or my species?"
Her head cocked to the side in an inquisitive manner. When she spoke, her small mouth moved with a fluid grace. Her voice sounded almost as though two people were speaking simultaneously.
"As for my name, you can call me Vage. My true name cannot be pronounced with only one tongue and one set of vocal cords. Nor can my species name, though you would just call me an Alien."
"A-alien... Right...⊙.⊙ ⊙.⊙"
Okay Nick, wake up now, you’re having another nightmare. I pinched myself hard where my ribs were bruised, knowing that that would cause the most pain and wake me up.
Well, it did, and it didn’t. It caused plenty of pain, but I was still in this blue void of a room.
"You’re hurt,"
Vage exclaimed, and suddenly I was put in mind of Futurama. Her hands flew up in front of her, and I backed up warily. Her fingers seemed to touch the air in front of her, and the next thing I knew, I was standing in a pool of greenish yellow light. A tingling sensation traveled across my limbs, and for a few seconds, my fear and trepidation were replaced with giddiness. The light vanished as quickly as it appeared, and I felt like l’d just had a great night’s rest. I ran my hands over my body, afraid she had somehow turned me into a creature like her, but I was still human.
Something nagged me though, and after some thought, I placed it. Pulling up my shirt, I saw that my bruises were gone, and my skin was unblemished.
Vage had been watching me silently all through this. We looked at each other for a moment, me wondering what she wanted with me, and having no idea what was in her mind. My only clue was her telling me that I was the one.
"You said I was the one. The one what?"
I asked, almost afraid to hear the answer.
The one for breakfast?
The one for experimentation?
The one for tap dancing? Or the one to stop corruption in the world? I was lost.
She considered me for awhile, her head cocked to the side again. Just when I was starting to think she wasn’t going to answer, she did.
"Perhaps! I spoke too soon. I hope you are the one, but as yet, I can’t be certain."
She paused, and I thought I was going to rip my hair out in frustration at her lack of an answer.
"You may be the one to save your planet."
My knees gave way beneath me, and the floor rushed up to smack me in the rear. Save my planet?
How the bloody hell was I going to do that? Make a switch for global warming and turn it off? HA!
"How does my planet need saving?" I ended up asking.
Her hands flew to the front of her again, and seconds later the room vanished, and l yelped.
Lights appeared around me, small pinpricks, and I realized I was looking at space, and could see a small nebula off to my right.