by J. E. Foltin
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
LIFE BEGINS ANEW
After a four day trip, they arrived at the planet Qoboros, which orbited Qadaris. The six Qadarian battleships landed. The humans were then asked to depart to start their new lives on this planet.
They were given some facts about their new home. A day on Qoboros lasted twenty-one Earth hours and forty-three Earth minutes. A Qoborian year lasted three hundred fifty-three Qoborian days. All in all, just slightly less than a month less than an Earth year.
The first thing they noticed was the lack of vegetation. Trees were few and far between. Though the soil was fertile, foliage was scattered about, but just a little bit here, a little bit there.
The second thing they noticed was they were not the only race on this planet. The Qadarians had done the same thing to the inhabitants of Jkotar, Sfenalix, and Oegu. Those planets were also destroyed, and a small group of their people was dropped off on this rock.
Each individual was given their own living quarters, similar to the ones they had onboard the spaceship. Again, the families stayed together. The humans were separated from the Sfenali, the Jktoarians, and the Oegans.
Marc was still begging Patrice for forgiveness. If it took the rest of his life, he was willing to make things right with her. Unfortunately for him, she had moved on and soon started dating Dalman Walker from Canberra, Australia.
Cassidy had put her night with him in the past and was dating Salvador Caceres from Caracas, Venezuela. Christian had also put aside his rejection by Vanessa. He finally found a woman who found him attractive. Her name was Vica Szabó from Budapest, Hungary.
Luisa met Mawuli Areme from Accra, Ghana and eventually married him. They set up a daycare center to watch over the kids, as she had in Houston.
As for Vanessa, she was an instant hit… to the Sfenali. They quickly started treating her as though she was royalty.
During their stay on Qoboros, the other races learned to cross-breed. Jktorians mated with Oegans; Oegans mated with Sfenali; Sfenali mated with Jktorians. Now, they had a new race to breed with. And the Sfenali set their sights on Vanessa.
The Oegans set their sights on Quincy. He wanted nothing to do with it. He wanted to stick with his own race. He soon found out, however, that the Oegans were an aggressive race who were used to getting what they wanted.
Eventually, the races became friends. The aliens shared with the humans their experience with the Qadarians. The stories were all the same. The Qadarians said they came in peace and initially helped. By the end, they turned on their hosts and destroyed their planet.
The humans quickly learned that no matter what happened, the Qadarians were going to take their water and leave their planet desolate and abandoned.
As years passed, the human race grew. Jessica and Travis eventually married and started a family. Michael and Twyla added more children to their family. Cassidy started a family with Salvador.
Patrice married Dalman and started a family. Marc knew Patrice would never forgive him. He was just happy knowing she was happy. He would start a new relationship with Laury Mortaud from Paris, France.
Bella and David were married, as were Robin and Brett. Chloe and Shawn had two daughters and a son. Wayne and Barbara eventually got married and raised Caleb as their own.
Over time, even Vica grew tired of Christian and left him. Christian would eventually find love with a Jktorian.
Perhaps the happiest person on Qoboros was Neveah. You see, she didn’t know it inside the cube, but the treatment the Qadarians gave everyone when they were first beamed aboard fixed her uterus. She was able to conceive a child with Maurice. She became the mother she always wanted to be.
Francis and Alice would die within the first Qoborian year, Ruth within the first three. Dennis never lost his faith; he tried to start a church, but only a few humans kept their faith and followed him.
Scott teamed up with Francesca Meloni, a history teacher from Rome, Italy, to start a school on Qoboros. Scott would teach the language; Francesca told the kids about the history of their home planet, so what billions died for would not be forgotten.
The humans elected a leader to speak on their behalf. A man that everyone respected. That man was Daniel Clearwater.
Akiko and Yukio eventually learned the anatomies of the aliens and soon became doctors for everyone on Qoboros.
Vanessa eventually became Queen of the Sfenali. Unfortunately, she found out that being queen meant she had to serve in much the same role as a queen bee. The gestation cycle of the Sfenali was a fraction of that of a human, so she produced many babies in a short period of time. A very painful birthing process, as well.
Speaking of painful, Quincy fought the Oegans initially. After repeated mating, though, he learned to like it and embraced their culture.
Although they missed their home planet and the loved ones they left behind, the humans led a very happy and productive life on Qoboros. In fact, integrating with new cultures made their lives better.
It was through this integration that Brody and Wyatt teamed up to teach not only the humans but also those of the other races to defend themselves and to prepare for the next time the Qadarians landed. They would make sure that the next race brought to Qoboros would be the last.
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