"Tonight's the night" she thought to herself "Tonight I will see the world."
She left a note for her parents, took her phone, but intentionally turned it off, so they wouldn't be able to call her in the morning and started going towards the bus station. She drove up to another country (bonus living in Europe: you can travel to and from countries quite easily). The trip was all night so she slept most of it - somehow she would always fall asleep in buses.
The bus stopped with a sudden halt. Samantha woke up and nearly hit the seat in front of her.
"What the hell?!" she said, but nobody seemed to pay attention to her.
"I'm sorry, but there has been some trouble with the bus, you will all have to leave" the driver said.
"Ah, c'mon" said some guy sitting two seats from Samantha.
"I know, right?" said Samantha to him. They were the only passengers on the bus.
"Sorry, but I have to let you out" said the bus driver.
"Fine, fine, we're going, we're going" said Samantha.
"Great, we've broken down in the middle of nowhere" said the guy. "I'm Alex by the way."
"Samantha. I wouldn't say it's the middle of nowhere" she said after they were out and the bus closed the doors.
"Why do you say that? Hey, what the hell?" Alex shouted as the bus drove away.
Samantha wasn't even looking at the bus. She was inspecting something on the ground.
"What are you looking at?"
"There's a footprint here. But it's so weird, I have never seen this kind of shoes."
"Well, you know, fashion is weird." Alex took out his phone and the light coming from it made something shine in the ground.
"Hey, what is that?" Samantha asked and picked up a little key. "It's a key!"
"If there is a key, there must be a lock." said Alex absentmindedly.
"You watch Supernatural?" Samantha asked with a smile.
"Yeah, why?"
"You just quoted them"
"Oh, so what is a footprint and a key doing in the middle of nowhere?" Alex asked.
"Well, maybe we should follow all of the footprints and then we'll find out" Samantha pointed to their trail.
Alex shrugged - what else are you supposed to do in the middle of the night? Might as well follow the trail. They walked for around ten minutes when they came across a huge tree in their path. The footprints ended there and there was nothing else in sight.
"Wow" Alex said "This is just like that Willow from Harry Potter. All we need is just some wand waving wizards to jump out of it"
"Whomping willow?" Samantha chuckled "Yeah, well, it's not trying to kill us, so I think we're safe, but it does have a bump on it."
"Careful now, you might end up in that house with some werewolves"
"Your Harry Potter knowledge is a bit rusty, isn't it?"
"I tend to forget names. I remember the plot and everything, it's just hard with the names. Well, go on, press it, we don't have all night."
Samantha chuckled, then made a pretend serious face and majestically pressed the bump. They heard a crack and both of them stood in awe when the tree parted and a staircase down appeared.
"I thought it was supposed to be a highway to hell, not a staircase" Samantha said.
"Yeah, well.... let's go say hello to Lucifer" Alex said. "I wonder if he looks like Mark Pellegrino."
They went down the stairs and stood next to a door. Alex tried opening it, but it was locked.
"Try the key" Samantha suggested.
"What? Oh, yeah, right"
Alex pulled it out of his pocket and the key was a perfect fit. They opened the door and saw a little man scurrying around. On the walls there were pictures of bugs found from all over the Earth.
"Hello?" Alex greeted.
The small man turned around.
"oh, hello, hello! How did you get here? Did you bring some new specimens? My my my, I haven't seen you in my planet? From which planet did they send you here?"
"um, the Earth?" Samantha said.
"Really? But I thought we are just looking at them and examining, not contacting them. My my my, pleasure to meet you!" he went closer to them and apparently he was half their size. They shook hands and the man kept running around them.
"What are you doing here?" Samantha asked.
"We are examining your nature, my dear. Very interesting thing, your nature it is. Look at how many creatures you have!" he showed to the vast bug collection.
"But these are just bugs" Alex said.
"Yes, I know, but they are so amazing! After we finish examining them, we will move on to bigger species, we have been looking for quite a while at you and how are you living"
"Who's we?" Samantha asked.
"Oh, how rude of me! I am Alaino, from the planet of Gasha, many many maaaany lightyears away from here"
"So how did you get here?" Alex asked.
"Oh, with my teleporter of course. Would you like to try?"
"You mean we could go with your teleporter?" Samantha asked.
"Sure!" the little man answered "I have room. And my leaders would love to meet you"
"You wouldn't kill us, right?" Alex asked.
"Kill you? Why would I do that?" Alaino asked surprised.
"I don't know. Experiments?" Samantha said.
"But you are thinking creatures. We would learn more from you if you are alive"
"So you will do experiments on us while we're alive?" Alex asked.
"Silly children, come with me"
They followed the little man into another room. There he took some bracelets and gave to them. They put them on, a bit suspiciously examining them. Alaino pressed some buttons and then both of them felt as if something was trying to expand and spin them at the same time. When their feet touched the ground, both fell and waited for the land to come back to its place.
"Ok, not very compatible with human bodies. I have to write that down." the little man said to himself.
When Samantha and Alex came back to their senses, they were amazed by what they saw outside the window. They were in a spaceship and from it they could see a red planet with three moons around it.
"This is Gasha" Alaino pointed. "We are now in a spaceship next to it because the gravity there is a bit different than Earth, so it would be deadly for you to appear there. Or you would fly. Or you might get crushed to death."
"So which is it?" Alex asked.
"I work with bugs, I have no idea"
"But you live in our planet and you don't die" Samantha said.
"Yes, but I was exactly made for your planet by our scientists"
"Wait, you're a robot?" Alex asked.
"What? No! I was born on this spaceship fifteen years ago"
"You don't seem younger than us." Samantha said.
"Perhaps, but that is not important, our science leaders are coming here."
Samantha and Alex turned their heads and saw two blond tall women approaching them.
"What do you bring for us, Alaino?" one of them asked.
"These are two humans, oh great ones" Alaino bowed down.
"Why did you bring them here?"
"You said to bring anything that's not ordinary. They wandered into my lab."
"Is that true?"
"Yes." Samantha said.
"Fine. Would you like to stay in our serice or would you like to come back to your world?"
"Stay." Samantha said.
"Leave." Alex said at the same time as Samantha. They both looked at each other.
"It's a chance in a lifetime." Samantha said to him.
"It's a different planet."
"So?"
"You will never see anyone you know ever again."
"That's not true." one of the blonds said "She will able to return for a few days every now and then."
"But what will she do here?"
"We will take a test to define what is her ultimate career. In fact, we can do that now." one of the blonds approached Samantha and took out a pen. "Give me your hand."
Samantha stretched out her palm and the blond scanned it with the pen. She waited a few minutes and the pen went ding and the blond read out: "Explorer".
"It seems you can go and do expeditions. We lack people for that, you would be great for our new team. Would you like to try as well?" she asked Alex.
"No, I want to go home."
"Alex."
"I'm sorry, but no."
"Very well, Alaino, prepare to go back with the boy."
"Yes, oh great one."
"Wait" Samantha said. She turned to Alex. "Give me your number. I will call you when I'm back on Earth."
"You're reckless, you know that?" Samantha smiled and Alex sighed "Do you have what to write with?" Sam took out a pen and a notebook and Alex wrote it down.
"You better come back soon" Alex said.
"I'm going on an adventure" Samantha smiled.
"Silly girl"
They hugged and Alex went with Alaino. They returned back to Earth, Alex wished him good luck and went back up. The sun still wasn't up. He walked back to the road and walked towards the closest bus stop where he caught the next bus to the city. He continued his life like any normal human being, but at night he would look at the stars and wonder, how Samantha was doing. He noticed, that every time there was a falling star, he would get a phone call the next day. He kep aging, but Samantha would return looking the same. Eventually, after one falling star, Samantha called him, but there was no answer. She went to see his grave and on his tombstone it was written:
"I know, right?" said Samantha to him. They were the only passengers on the bus.
"Sorry, but I have to let you out" said the bus driver.
"Fine, fine, we're going, we're going" said Samantha.
"Great, we've broken down in the middle of nowhere" said the guy. "I'm Alex by the way."
"Samantha. I wouldn't say it's the middle of nowhere" she said after they were out and the bus closed the doors.
"Why do you say that? Hey, what the hell?" Alex shouted as the bus drove away.
Samantha wasn't even looking at the bus. She was inspecting something on the ground.
"What are you looking at?"
"There's a footprint here. But it's so weird, I have never seen this kind of shoes."
"Well, you know, fashion is weird." Alex took out his phone and the light coming from it made something shine in the ground.
"Hey, what is that?" Samantha asked and picked up a little key. "It's a key!"
"If there is a key, there must be a lock." said Alex absentmindedly.
"You watch Supernatural?" Samantha asked with a smile.
"Yeah, why?"
"You just quoted them"
"Oh, so what is a footprint and a key doing in the middle of nowhere?" Alex asked.
"Well, maybe we should follow all of the footprints and then we'll find out" Samantha pointed to their trail.
Alex shrugged - what else are you supposed to do in the middle of the night? Might as well follow the trail. They walked for around ten minutes when they came across a huge tree in their path. The footprints ended there and there was nothing else in sight.
"Wow" Alex said "This is just like that Willow from Harry Potter. All we need is just some wand waving wizards to jump out of it"
"Whomping willow?" Samantha chuckled "Yeah, well, it's not trying to kill us, so I think we're safe, but it does have a bump on it."
"Careful now, you might end up in that house with some werewolves"
"Your Harry Potter knowledge is a bit rusty, isn't it?"
"I tend to forget names. I remember the plot and everything, it's just hard with the names. Well, go on, press it, we don't have all night."
Samantha chuckled, then made a pretend serious face and majestically pressed the bump. They heard a crack and both of them stood in awe when the tree parted and a staircase down appeared.
"I thought it was supposed to be a highway to hell, not a staircase" Samantha said.
"Yeah, well.... let's go say hello to Lucifer" Alex said. "I wonder if he looks like Mark Pellegrino."
They went down the stairs and stood next to a door. Alex tried opening it, but it was locked.
"Try the key" Samantha suggested.
"What? Oh, yeah, right"
Alex pulled it out of his pocket and the key was a perfect fit. They opened the door and saw a little man scurrying around. On the walls there were pictures of bugs found from all over the Earth.
"Hello?" Alex greeted.
The small man turned around.
"oh, hello, hello! How did you get here? Did you bring some new specimens? My my my, I haven't seen you in my planet? From which planet did they send you here?"
"um, the Earth?" Samantha said.
"Really? But I thought we are just looking at them and examining, not contacting them. My my my, pleasure to meet you!" he went closer to them and apparently he was half their size. They shook hands and the man kept running around them.
"What are you doing here?" Samantha asked.
"We are examining your nature, my dear. Very interesting thing, your nature it is. Look at how many creatures you have!" he showed to the vast bug collection.
"But these are just bugs" Alex said.
"Yes, I know, but they are so amazing! After we finish examining them, we will move on to bigger species, we have been looking for quite a while at you and how are you living"
"Who's we?" Samantha asked.
"Oh, how rude of me! I am Alaino, from the planet of Gasha, many many maaaany lightyears away from here"
"So how did you get here?" Alex asked.
"Oh, with my teleporter of course. Would you like to try?"
"You mean we could go with your teleporter?" Samantha asked.
"Sure!" the little man answered "I have room. And my leaders would love to meet you"
"You wouldn't kill us, right?" Alex asked.
"Kill you? Why would I do that?" Alaino asked surprised.
"I don't know. Experiments?" Samantha said.
"But you are thinking creatures. We would learn more from you if you are alive"
"So you will do experiments on us while we're alive?" Alex asked.
"Silly children, come with me"
They followed the little man into another room. There he took some bracelets and gave to them. They put them on, a bit suspiciously examining them. Alaino pressed some buttons and then both of them felt as if something was trying to expand and spin them at the same time. When their feet touched the ground, both fell and waited for the land to come back to its place.
"Ok, not very compatible with human bodies. I have to write that down." the little man said to himself.
When Samantha and Alex came back to their senses, they were amazed by what they saw outside the window. They were in a spaceship and from it they could see a red planet with three moons around it.
"This is Gasha" Alaino pointed. "We are now in a spaceship next to it because the gravity there is a bit different than Earth, so it would be deadly for you to appear there. Or you would fly. Or you might get crushed to death."
"So which is it?" Alex asked.
"I work with bugs, I have no idea"
"But you live in our planet and you don't die" Samantha said.
"Yes, but I was exactly made for your planet by our scientists"
"Wait, you're a robot?" Alex asked.
"What? No! I was born on this spaceship fifteen years ago"
"You don't seem younger than us." Samantha said.
"Perhaps, but that is not important, our science leaders are coming here."
Samantha and Alex turned their heads and saw two blond tall women approaching them.
"What do you bring for us, Alaino?" one of them asked.
"These are two humans, oh great ones" Alaino bowed down.
"Why did you bring them here?"
"You said to bring anything that's not ordinary. They wandered into my lab."
"Is that true?"
"Yes." Samantha said.
"Fine. Would you like to stay in our serice or would you like to come back to your world?"
"Stay." Samantha said.
"Leave." Alex said at the same time as Samantha. They both looked at each other.
"It's a chance in a lifetime." Samantha said to him.
"It's a different planet."
"So?"
"You will never see anyone you know ever again."
"That's not true." one of the blonds said "She will able to return for a few days every now and then."
"But what will she do here?"
"We will take a test to define what is her ultimate career. In fact, we can do that now." one of the blonds approached Samantha and took out a pen. "Give me your hand."
Samantha stretched out her palm and the blond scanned it with the pen. She waited a few minutes and the pen went ding and the blond read out: "Explorer".
"It seems you can go and do expeditions. We lack people for that, you would be great for our new team. Would you like to try as well?" she asked Alex.
"No, I want to go home."
"Alex."
"I'm sorry, but no."
"Very well, Alaino, prepare to go back with the boy."
"Yes, oh great one."
"Wait" Samantha said. She turned to Alex. "Give me your number. I will call you when I'm back on Earth."
"You're reckless, you know that?" Samantha smiled and Alex sighed "Do you have what to write with?" Sam took out a pen and a notebook and Alex wrote it down.
"You better come back soon" Alex said.
"I'm going on an adventure" Samantha smiled.
"Silly girl"
They hugged and Alex went with Alaino. They returned back to Earth, Alex wished him good luck and went back up. The sun still wasn't up. He walked back to the road and walked towards the closest bus stop where he caught the next bus to the city. He continued his life like any normal human being, but at night he would look at the stars and wonder, how Samantha was doing. He noticed, that every time there was a falling star, he would get a phone call the next day. He kep aging, but Samantha would return looking the same. Eventually, after one falling star, Samantha called him, but there was no answer. She went to see his grave and on his tombstone it was written:
Alex Wildow
The man who waited for the falling stars
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