by Maia Starr
Her eyes opened wide. She put her hand over her mouth and gasped in horror. “No, it can't be. How could you? How could you do such a thing? This will mean the end of humans…”
"The end of humans and the beginning of Corillion and human hybrids. That is the master plan. It is the least hostile way to do it.” I said to her. I no longer felt the arrogance that I felt when I first started the plan. I should be congratulating myself and yet the look of horror that Lily was giving me made me feel ashamed for what I had done. It jolted every fiber of my being. No, I had to stay focused on this plan. I would not let her make me feel ashamed for something that I had been planning for over two years.
"You are a monster, Zian. I can't believe that I allowed you to touch me. I hate you. Please leave me!” She shouted at me and she began to cry and threw herself on the bed.
"Lily, it is no use. It is done. There is no reason to turn me away now. You will need me in the times ahead,” I said to her taking a step toward her.
"No! Get the hell out of here! I cannot look at you! I am ashamed that I allowed you to be anything other than my enemy! You are nothing but an animal! I was right about the Corillion all along, you are the monsters that killed my father! Now you continue to destroy all the males of Earth without any remorse. You're only thinking of yourselves. We were here first! This is our planet and you are nothing but a locust! Get the fuck out of here now!” She shouted at me with rage. She picked up the pillow off the bed and threw it at me. Her words hurt me, they stung like fire. I did not know why. She was nothing but a human female, she was only meant to breed and nothing more. Yet her tears and her shouting at me affected me. She was looking at me like I was a monster. She was using that word over and over like she would never see me in the same ever again. But this was the sacrifice that I had to make. The master plan was already in place and it would ensure the survival of the Corillion race. My feelings for her could not get in the way of that. She and I were nothing compared to the bigger picture. It was what had to be. I took one last look at her and then I turned and left the room. I stood over my master plan was already in place and it would ensure the survival of the Corillion race, my feelings for her could not get in the way of that. She and I were nothing compared to the bigger picture. It was what had to be. I took one last look at her and then I turned and left the room. I stood over my desk and watched through the monitors as she cried hysterically. She shouted loudly, and it was not a word. It was a scream of anguish. It was anguish that I had given to her, and no one else. The master plan was my brilliant idea and mine alone. Yet, I couldn't shake the feeling. I wanted my master plan and I wanted Lily as well. Why could I not have both? Was there a way? There was always a way. I would just need to give her some time for her new reality to sink in. A new reality where the human man no longer created life, only the Corillion man. It was a lot to take in for her; for everyone. But soon it would just be the way of things and she and everyone else on Earth would have to come to terms with that.
For now, I would need to prepare the mother ship for the retreat. I would need to check on the status of every single system on the ship to make sure that we were on schedule. There was lots of work to do and it was going to be very hard when all I could hear was the word monster echoing in my head. How that word stung. How that word would distract me.
Chapter 7
LILY RETRON - DIRECTOR EARTH COUNCIL EMBASSY
I was in complete shock and in complete disillusionment. I do not know why I has stopped considering Zian to be my enemy, simply because we had shared an intimate moment together. He was every bit the enemy that I had been fighting for years. When he revealed his plan to me, I felt sick to my stomach. How could he do such a monstrous thing? To make every single human male on Earth unable to produce offspring would mean that the human race would come to an end. It would mean that human females would have no choice but to mate with a Corillion if they wanted to produce children. It was such a sick plan, and it was hard for me to grasp that it came from the same Corillion that I had been sharing chemistry with. Sure it was angry chemistry, but there was passion to it. I knew it and he knew it. It had forced us to cave in and take action on our desires. But this was before I knew his plan. Now that he had revealed it to me I did not see him the same way. It had all been an illusion.
I felt hopeless crying in the locked room. No one knew of his plan and now humans would be drinking the water, and for months to come, without knowing. No one knew… But I knew. I sat up in bed and wiped the tears from my eyes. ”It is up to you Lily. This is your job. This is what you do. Just because circumstances are a little different than sitting around a large table of the Earth counsel embassy, does not change the fact that these matters are what you were born to deal with," I whispered to myself.
I jumped up from bed feeling a bit better. I had a purpose. I had to try. I had to give it a try or at least find some common ground. I moved over to the mirror and wiped the tears from my face to make myself presentable.
I knocked on my locked door very loudly. Finally, it opened. But it was not Zian, it was a warrior guard.
"I wish to see Zian Crace immediately. It is very very important. I have information for him,” I said to the guard. He gave me a silent nod and then close the door, locking me in once more. I paced the room, getting my thoughts in order. I had a pitch to make to Zian, and it would have to make sense. It would have to be beneficial to both the Corillion and humans, and Earth itself. It would have to be in order for him to accept it. He was in fact the leader of the Corillion and he could make these decisions. Perhaps I could convince him to stop his master plan. Not every single human would have drunk the water by now and there would be plenty of time to get the word out to the water treatment plants to stop water flow. Good, this was good. I should feel fortunate that I was the one that was taken. I now saw how important it was for me to be here and to have the sole audience of the Corillion leader. I was going to go into war negotiations. I was ready. I only hoped that it would work.
An hour later, Zian opened the door and walked in. He stood by the door away. He stared at me and said,” you wish to see me? Do you wish to give me more insults? I am a monster you have made that clear,” he said to me.
"Zian Crace, I come to you with words and information. You said that I was very valuable, because of my position on the Earth counsel embassy. I come to you now as the director to speak with you and I hope that you will take what I have to say into consideration. I hope that you will take it seriously and listen to it as the words from the director and not from Lily,” I sent to him.
His eyes narrowed and he crossed his arms.” I am listening.”
"I urge you to stop your plan, and accept an alternate plan. There is still time.
"What plan? There is no alternate plan,” he said.
"But there can be. It is a plan that will be beneficial to the Corillion as well as to humans on Earth. It is a new plan that I have devised and I am bringing it to the table,” I said to him.
"The table?” He arched an eyebrow at me.
"The negotiations table,” I said to him.
"I didn't realize we were in negotiations,” he said, almost playfully.
"Zian Crace, we are at war. That always requires negotiations,” I said to him.
"Understood. Let me hear your alternate plan,” he said.
"If you allow Earth to know about what you have done to the water treatment plant systems in every city, then we of the Earth counsel embassy and Earth army will declare peace with the Corillion. There will be no more battles. There will be no more war. Your entire war is based on the fact that you need human females in order to carry on your race. We can still do that. But the human females must be willing to go on their own choice. We will set up the registration system. All females that wish to register to become a bride of a Corillion warrior can do so. We will have a matching system to match the human female with the Corillion warrior. With time this can be done. I know that I can. I be
lieve that it can. Then we will have peace. We will coexist together,” I said to him. Then, he was quiet for a long time. I did not know what he was thinking.
"That is a very big plan. But you are one person. How can you guarantee peace when you are not on Earth right now speaking for the rest of the Earth counsel and embassy?” He asked.
"There is one more thing. There is one more part of the plan. In order to prove that Earth is very serious about creating the system, I propose that the first marriage of this new system be one of two high-ranking and powerful representatives of each. A high-ranking female of the Earth matched to a high-ranking Corillion. Through this marriage peace will be brought,” I said as I took a deep breath.
"And who will these representatives be?” He said teasingly, as though he already knew.
"It would be you and I,” I said to him.
"But you hate me. I am a monster, remember?” he responded. The smile faded from his face and I knew that my words had affected him.
"Yes, I will never get over what you have done. But if a marriage to you will bring peace than that is what I will do.”
"I like this plan. If it is a plan that you think can actually be executed then I will actually consider it. But I have terms of my own,” he said to me.
"I am listening,” I said, feeling very excited that I had the leader of the Corillion actually taking my negotiation seriously. It felt good. I felt useful. I felt like I was on fire as I negotiated the entire fate of the Earth.
"I only want you to listen,” he said to me.
"OK, I can do that,” I said in response.
"I must admit that my master plan was something I have worked on for years. It was something that I have been very proud of. It was my way of stopping the high rate of casualties on both sides of this war. It was a solution once and for all. I didn't think twice about it, until I met you. Seeing your reaction after I told you what I had done made me feel like a monster, as you said. I don't feel the same way about my plan now and it is because of you Lily. I don't know what you have done to me, but you have affected me. If you want me to one Earth about what I have done to the water, then I will. But not as part of your war tactics and negotiations, I would do it for one reason and one reason only,” he said to me.
My breath caught in my throat. I could not believe what I was hearing. I was not expecting this, I was not expecting this at all. I did not know how to react to it. Did I react as the director of the Earth counsel embassy, or should I react as the human female that had slept with a Corillion?
"What reason is that?” I asked him.
"The reason is because I have fallen for you. I won't do anything that you ask of me unless you forgive me for what I have done. I need you to forgive me, Lily. I can't have you look at me like a monster, the way you looked at me before. It was too much to handle, even for a strong warrior like myself. I will do this for you. I will do it because you ask it of me. I am yours,” he said to me. ”You have changed me. Me, the great leader of the Corillion race and galaxy. You have made me see the errors of my ways. With your guidance, I can be a better Corillion. I can be the Corillion that brings peace between humans and Corillion. I believe that we can do it together. If you believe it then I believe it,” he said, as he timidly took a step toward me.
My mouth was wide open in shock. I hadn’t been expecting to hear any of this.” Zian, do you really mean it? Is this some sort of trick on me?” I asked him.
He stepped forward and took my hands in his hands.” It is no trick. I would go now if you wish it of me. I will go contact the High Council and tell them the new plan of peace with Earth. I will set it in motion immediately. All you have to do is tell me that you want me to do it,” he said.
I smiled and pushed one strand of thick black hair away from his face.” Yes, it is what I want. I ask it of you. I ask you to contact your High Council and speak of peace on my behalf and yours,” I said.
"As you wish, Lily,” he said, as he pulled me into his arms and kissed me. I felt great relief and tenderness all at the same time. I would never expect that I would have such strong feelings for a Corillion warrior, especially not the leader of all Corrilion. But now it all made sense; this was meant to be. We were meant to fall for each other because through our desire we would bring peace to Earth. Our union was bigger than both of us. Knowing this made the adrenaline rush through my body as he kissed me and rubbed his hands up and down my back. Finally, he pulled away from me.
"I will go now. I will go speak to the High Council about this plan of yours. They may not like it, but I will give them no choice. They have to do what I say. It is the way of the Corillion,” he said to me as he turned and open the door. Then he turned back to me and said, “this is going to remain locked. But I am not locking you in, I am locking others out. It is not safe for you. I will return soon,” he said as he closed the door and locked it.
I stood there and a big smile came across my face. I had done it. I had convinced the leader of the Corillion to give peace a chance. I had done it alone. I have done it without reports, without tables full of analysts and scientists, and without data. I did it with my heart. I had captured the heart of the leader of the Corillion, and now he would do anything that I asked. Suddenly, the monster that he was had redeemed himself in my eyes and in my heart. I felt a hopefulness that I have not felt since I was taken. Now, all I would have to do was wait.
Chapter 8
ZIAN CRACE - CORILLION LEADER
I wasn't lying. Lily had changed me. It only took a short while, but it all came down to one moment, the moment she called me a monster. She was right. I have only thought about the Corillion for so long that I did not think about what we were doing to the humans. I wasn't supposed to think of that, and yet the offspring that Corillion had with humans were half human. So, in truth we were at war with our own kind and something had to stop. I had to admit that Lily was extremely smart, and her alternate plan was brilliant. It was a plan that I could not come up with, because I was not a representative of Earth, but she was. She knew how the embassy worked and she knew whether or not a plan like this would be accepted. She would not have proposed it if she did not think so. It gave me hope. It gave me hope that I could still have her heart. Sure, she proposed marriage, but she proposed it as part of the negotiation for peace, not because she loved me. I hope that one day I would hear those words from her beautiful mouth, but that could come later. For now we were in the middle of an invasion, an invasion that I started and now needed to stop. I was going to stop at just for her.
"It is a brilliant plan and one that I think will work in time,” I said as I stared at the screen of the communication device. On the other end was the High Council far away in the Corillion galaxy.
"So, you would stop phase 1 of your plan?” The Aston confusion.
"Phase 1 has already been put into action. There is no stopping it, but there is a possibility that if the humans are warned they will figure out a way to filter it out of the water, or stop the humans from drinking the contaminated water and find another source. The director has all the resources and information necessary to figure out that end of it. We will of course hand over the solution so that it can be studied and stopped. In return they will create a registration were human females that are willing to match with a Corillion warrior will be able to do so on their own. There will be no more stealing of human females, these will be ones that want to join us. It will be better for all involved,” I said to them.
"And what guarantees has this director made? She is not with the Earth embassy now so she cannot speak for all of them,” they asked.
"Marriage,” I said.
"Marriage? We do not understand, Zian,” he responded.
"The director and I will marry. We are both powerful representatives of each side. We will be the first match of the system. She is marrying me of her own will and will make it a norm. It will be a marriage to bring peace,” I said to them.
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dding,” Yiri remarked, as he entered the room.
"What are you doing here?” I asked him.
"Arresting you,” he said as 10 warriors poured into the room after him with their guns aimed at me.
"Is this a joke?” I said getting angry.
"No, this is phase 2,” Yiri said.
"Yiri, what are you doing?” The High Council shouted at him.
"Enough of that," Yiri said, as he turned off the screen.
"Throw him in with the director. Let them die together if they want to. We do not need either one of them anymore,” Yiri said as three warriors grabbed my arms.
"What the hell is going on here?” I shouted.
"I am taking over this mission. We will have no talks of peace. We are at war. We are so close to dominating the Earth and you want to throw it all away simply so you can marry this human? That is ridiculous. That is not the Zian that I know. She has fogged your mind. You are a lost cause, Zian. Now I am in charge. Phase 2 is mine and it starts now,” he said.