Midnight

Midnight

Prologue

In a world where the galaxy can be crossed in the blink of an eye. Where Aliens from other planets are never a new thing. In a year like no other, known as 3030. In a world where the only thing standing between a living creature and adventure is their conscience.  This is the place, the time, and the world. Welcome to the beginning of the end…

Lake Wakahiki:  The Tamarian Moons – 3:00 pm

         Star sat down at the old diner on the South side of the lake. It was her favorite diner from the moons, all five of them. She could feel her transmitter vibrate in her pocket. “I wonder who that could be” she thought.

“Hello?” Star said into her transmitter.

“Star Star!” Aqua grinned as she heard her friend’s familiar voice.

“Aqua, how nice to hear from you. Have you gotten the coordinates I sent you?” Star asked.

“Yes, I have. Where are you right now?” Aqua inquired.
“Lake Wakahiki. At Transport Tavern on the third moon to be exact.” She responded a bit curiously.

“The Tamarian moons?” Aqua asked skeptically.
         
“Yes,” Star answered.

“Meet me at Plus Three on the north – west side of the second moon at midnight. Don’t be late. I have very important information to give you about the coordinates you showed me,” Aqua spoke in a hushed tone, as not to be overheard, “Aqua out.”

“Hmm. Important information?” Star questioned, “This may not be good.”


Plus Three: The Tamarian Moons – Midnight

         Aqua headed over to the edge of the small park to see if Star had come yet. She watched as Star’s new spaceship pulled into the parking lot. The place was completely empty, because of all the action happening on the south side of town. It was the perfect night for the parade, and the perfect night to have a secret confidential meeting.

         Star got out of her car and saw Aqua standing, waving at her. Star’s long black hair blew in the light breeze that was upon the air. She walked over to her friend nonchalantly.

         “Well?” Star inquired.

         “We have forty – five minutes to do this,” Aqua explained, “So I will have to explain fast.”

         The two friends went to the middle of the park. There, Aqua already had the equipment set up. A laptop, already at a particular web sight. And a notepad next to it, opened up to the coordinates.

         “This is what I found,” Aqua said, taking a seat in front of her laptop.

         “And?” Star questioned, also sitting but across from her friend, “What would that be?”

         “The coordinates you gave me were to what? I mean initially,” Aqua inquired.

         “Our target, of course,” Star answered suspiciously, “On the Asteroid belt in the Milky Way galaxy. Between the two planets known as Mars and Jupiter. Why?”

“Because my dear friend I found this out on the web. Look,” Aqua said pointing at the screen, “One planet over from Mars is Earth. And do you know what that means?”

         “Humans,” Star responded blankly.

         “Right, but think about it,” Aqua challenged, “Who doesn’t want any part of Questrians? Or the Neophites?”

         “The humans,” Star said.
         “And we, as Questrians are banned from Earth. But not if we give them a little convincement,” Aqua stated, “Am I right?”

         “What king of convincement?” Star questioned

         “Hostile takeover,” Aqua said opening up a tab she had saved, “Look, I have watched the people known as Earthlings and I have come to the conclusion that they would do anything not to be taken over by another people.”

         “Even unbanning our people,” Star finished, “That’s genius!”

         “Here,” Aqua said, handing her friend a communicator, “Don’t lose it. You will need it for our mission.”

         “And what am I doing exactly?” Star asked, examining the small object.

         “You are our warning girl, my friend,” Aqua explained, “You will warn the countries of Earth about the take over. Of course they won’t listen, though. That way they can’t say we didn’t warn them.”

         “I’ll go, when shall I leave?” Star asked.

          “Immediately, but be careful,” Aqua warned, “And contact me if you need any help. You should go, the parade will be ending soon.”

         “I will not fail,” Star informed her friend, “See you in the Milky Way.”
         Star and Aqua hugged and Star set off to her spaceship. Aqua watched her friend until she was in her spaceship. Then she packed up her things from the park as Star drove away. Aqua carried her things to her spaceship and put them in the back seat. Aqua got in and turned on her spaceship, entering some coordinates into her GPS.

         “Time to visit an old friend,” Aqua said to herself, and took off.


328 Marsh Street: Questilia – 2:00 am

         Aqua stepped out of her spaceship and walked up the pathway and stairs to the front door. She knocked lightly a few times then waited. The door swung open and a short man with glasses was in the doorway.

         “Aqua?” the man inquired, “Hello, Aqua. Come on in.”

         “Thank you Dibbles,” Aqua said, coming in and sitting down with her laptop at hand, “How are you?”

         “Very well,” he responded with a smile, “How are you? We haven’t talked in a while.”

         “I’m well,” she hesitated, then preceded right on, “I have an assignment for you. What can you tell me about the Neophites?”

         “The Neophites, eh?” Dibbles asked, “Let me see that laptop, please.”
         
Aqua handed the small computer over the table and Dibbles opened it up. As he spent the next few minutes typing something on it, Aqua looked around. She hadn’t seen Dibbles in a little over three years. It was good to be so close to home, though. Questilia was only a short distance from Questria. They were neighboring planets, but still these two old friends had been too busy to pay a visit.

         “Well,” Dibbles began, turning the laptop so Aqua could see it, “This is Neophittes. Quite a small planet, no doubt. Now the Neophites are not a generally peaceful people.”

         “Oh, I can get them to be peaceful,” Aqua interrupted.

         “Well now,” Dibbles smirked, “how in the world will you do that?”

         “Easy. Star and I are going to take over the Earth, unless,” Aqua paused, “they do whatever we want.”

         “Good plan,” he commended, “Now if you are going to their planet you want to go to Heliopropus. It’s the capitol. Once in there you must go to the building of morpous. From there you can explain the situation.”

         “They don’t sound unfriendly,” Aqua glared.

         “They’re not if you know what you’re doing, or at least act like it,” Dibbles informed her, “Now go on and do be careful.”

         “Of course,” She smiled and then left.


Heliopropus : Neophittes – 3:30 am

         Aqua walked up the steep stairway to the building of morpous. Outside along either side of the stairway were statues of animals. The dove for peace, the lion for strength, the cheetah for speed, and the peacock for beauty. It was a magnificent sight indeed.

         “A museum?” Aqua whispered to herself, “No, that can’t be right.”

         She opened the door and stepped in the building. It was a museum, a museum of the history of Neophittes. It was quite interesting information, and might be vital for her to know. But Aqua’s eye’s fell on the sign that read information. “Perfect” she thought, walking over to the desk.

         The Neophites were definitely different looking. For the most part they looked just like us and a lot of other creatures, including Earthlings. But they had an antenna sticking out of the middle of their heads. That’s, according to the humans, part of the reason why the Earthling’s hate the Neophites so much.

         “Next,” the women at the desk called out.

         “Hi,” Aqua smiled, “I have a proposition to make with the Neophite personnel.”

         “Well,” the women smirked, “Go down that corridor until you get to the end. Take a left and go in the second door on your right. Behind that door is another door with a body guard. Just tell him Larla sent you.”

         “Okay,” she said, “Thank you.”

         Aqua walked away, taking the directions that Larla had told her. Straight, then left, then the second door on the right, then through the second door. When she got to the second door Aqua was surprised by the size of the body guard.

         “Yes?” his voice echoed through the tiny room.

         “L – Larla sent me,” Aqua stuttered.
         
         “Go right through,” his voice boomed as he opened the door for her to go through.

         She walked through the door into a nice sized room. It was pretty dull, white walls, white tiled floors, white desk, nothing on the walls. The furniture, one chair behind the desk and two in front of it, were also white. There was a man sitting at the desk, the man Aqua was supposed to talk to.

         “Hello,” he greeted her, “How may I help you?”

         Aqua took a deep breath and regained her composure. She was always on top of the game. Nothing, not even a new place with new people, would change that.

         “I have a proposition for you and your entire planet,” she began, “Humans. They hate your people and mine. Banned us from their small planet. That is why we must unite as one. I have a plan set in motion, let me tell you about it.”


Saturn: The Milky Way Galaxy – 2:15 am

Star flew into the Milky Way galaxy, eager to reach her destination. She was ready. Checking the time she realized that half of the planets inhabitance would be asleep. Which half though? That was the million dollar question.

She rounded the planet a few times, catching on its orbit. Then moved in towards the ground, pulling up ever so slightly as to not crash. As she glided through the layers of the atmosphere she couldn’t help but think about Aqua. Why had she suddenly become so interested in our affairs with the Earth?

Whatever, it didn’t matter to Star. She came down and landed in a parking lot somewhere. She looked around and found a sign. Japanese, Star would recognize the writing anywhere. “Now,” she thought, looking around some more, “it looks pretty busy”. It was definitely the afternoon on this side of the planet, a perfect place to start.

Star pulled the ship into the darkest part of the parking lot. She had already landed in the darkness because of a lighting problem. She got out of her ship and locked it. Now was the time to alert the Japanese leader. What type of government did they have? What about security?

All of these questions, plus more, circled inside of Star’s head. But she did not stop. Walking forward, she tried to blend into the Japanese public.

“I didn’t think it would be this hard,” she thought to herself.

Although her black hair blended, the rest of her did not blend at all. Her slightly pointed ears and bright blue eyes were all too odd. This was not Japanese. And the fact that she had no pupils made it even harder.

112 Baken Avenue - Questilia – 5:00 am

Aqua cut across the lawn, ignoring the walkway altogether. It is her house, after all, so who would care? Not her. She had too much on her mind at the moment to pay any attention. This was turning out to be a wonderful day. Not only were the Neophites on her side, but they were ecstatic.

Aqua put her stuff down lazily on the table in her room. She changed into her pajamas quickly and got into bed. It was time for her to rest up. It was going to be a big day tomorrow and she should be rested for it. Starting at noon, Earth will fear all of the planets that they despise the most.

Conoportus – The Retar Galaxy – 5:15 am

Tella got off the space bus and traveled down to the planet of Conoportus. She knew some people there that would help. She looked around. The Pellians inhabited this planet, as well as most planets in this galaxy.

She, herself, is a Neophite. With her single antenna, blond hair, and pure black eyes she looked like a freak. In fact, she looked nothing like the Pellians. The Pellians had blue skin and either black or brown hair. There eyes were matched whatever color there hair was.

It was hard for Tella to look at their blue lips and not rush over to their aid.