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Chapter 5: Among the stars

One week later, Al and Delia and their new companion, Pixy, were standing

before the representatives of the High Council of Valles. Al informed the High Council about the Kersna scout ship and also about Terra. He gave the High Council new information and his opinion about humans and humanity, hoping that Terra would be closely monitored in order to be protected in case there would be any other Kersna scouts lurking around. He showed them the importance of every species and also the importance of this planet which had been forgotten for too long. The first Valentinians who had built the pyramids knew that Terra had large fresh water supplies but back then the humans were very primitive. Al showed the High Council that humanity had evolved a lot since then and that they deserved to live. Al told the High Council that humans were 30

funny and smart and kind and inventive and had potential for so much more! It was true that there was political instability in some areas and also not all people were as he had just described them but Terra deserved a chance for those who

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were as he had depicted them.

- You seem very fond of them… of humans, said Mark the Ancient, the head and leader of the High Council and as his name suggested, the eldest and wisest member of the Council.

- In the months I spent on Earth I learnt a lot about them and their customs, answered Al bowing very politely.

- And you truly believe that they deserve saving? That we should use our ships and resources to survey and protect this planet? Must I remind you that this Earth is pretty far away… this would come with a cost for us… to have some ships there and the crew to fly them… is it really worth it? Are humans worth it? That is the question. And Mark looked straight into Al’s eyes trying to see beyond them.

- Yes your honor, Al answered in the most simple and sincere way possible. I believe from the bottom of my soul that Earth is a place worth saving. Besides its natural gorgeous landscapes, yes, people deserve a chance. Nobody should be wiped out from existence by another race. Earth is a little paradise and believe it or not, we, Valentinians, could also learn some things from them. Music for instance.

- Music? Asked Mark while getting up from his chair. The other members of the Council also raised their brows at hearing Al say that their species could learn something from a less evolved species.

- Yes, your honor, music. Then Al looked at Delia who had been silent till then, sitting on a chair behind him. Delia darling, could you please play some music for the High Council? Just choose something you have on your phone. They never heard music before.

- Uh, yes of course, she said with emotion in her voice while looking for her phone in her backpack. After a minute of fumbling inside it she finally found it. Then she opened the phone and a music playlist appeared on screen. She scanned it and eventually chose a rock ballad to play for the High Council. It was a very loved band back on Earth. When the first notes of the song were heard, everybody suddenly became curious at first and then… 31

then every single member of the High Council was mesmerized by the singer’s voice and by the guitar notes. It was the first time they had ever heard music and they weren’t sure what it was. But by the look on their faces it was obvious they loved it!! They seemed hypnotized by the sounds coming from Delia’s phone. They were singing about Heaven but the Valentinians had no idea what Heaven was, although they had translation

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devices just as Delia had. Heaven wasn’t in their dictionary.- That is amazing! Music is great! I think all other members of the Council agree with me when I say this. Can you tell me more about it, young lady? It was the first time Mark the Ancient had actually looked at Delia when he spoke to her. The sounds of the guitar and the band singing with so much passion had touched their very cores. All the High Council was awe struck. All the members were looking with new found interest at this female creature who had come from so far away and who looked so much like them but who had come from a primitive planet and who possessed something so divine as music.

- It is sung by a very famous rock band on Earth. They are one of my favorites but I also have other songs on my phone sung by other bands just as great as this. And also other music styles. And Delia played some more rock ballads and then some slow blues. The blues were so sad that some of the Valentinians had their eyes watering. It was all new and amazing for them.- OK… Mark the Ancient could finally mutter. Could we have some copies of these songs so we can play them whenever we want?- Of course, Delia answered glad that they had good tastes and that they appreciated her music. Then Al intervened :

- As I was saying, began Al talking slowly as if to let the members of the Council to get disenchanted, this is just one of the many things I got to love about humans while on Earth. So what do you think, your honors? He asked looking at each and every member with pleading eyes. But he knew he had won. He had made his point. He could read it on their faces, he didn’t have to read their minds this time. All Council members were old and sage Valentinians with high intellect, intelligence they had accumulated during their long lives and so he couldn’t read their minds. All Valentinians had an unusual life span of about four or five hundred years, unlike humans. Al hadn’t told Delia about this fact yet as he knew that this would bring a lot 32

of questions and worries and she was too young to understand it all. He would tell her eventually that he would live for a long time after she would be gone. But even so he wouldn’t be looking for anyone else afterwards. The difference of their life span was another fact for which it was strange to him that should be destined to be his soul mate. But after Delia had introduced God to him he decided to stop wondering about such things and he was sure that God must have had a plan and must have known what he was doing when he decided that she should be his chosen one. Not to say

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that she possessed obvious mental powers. She had killed the two Kersna with her mind knocking their heads into each other. And now with Pixy’s help she had tapped into her brain power even more and could communicate with him telepathically. Who knew what else life and God had in store for them?

As Al was having all these thoughts in a matter of seconds, his mind was functioning with the speed of light, he heard Mark the Ancient answering him:

- In the light of the new events and facts we, the High Council of Valles, have decided to grant Earth protection in case of need. We will send a fleet of war ships to orbit around Earth while cloaked so they won’t be detected by Earthmen. They will be like the invisible guardians of this planet.- Fair enough, Al said with a large smile on his lips. Thank you.- Thank you too, said Delia grateful to this race for offering their protection against this evil race that walked among the stars. She was infinitely more relieved now thinking that her family back home was safe with such protectors above their heads. Now Earth stood a chance. They would also be protecting it from asteroids and other such perils. It was good to know this. She couldn’t be more relieved and grateful.