with the Greys being on Earth, the Watchers felt even more strongly that they were doing the right thing to ensure that life from the Earth would continue, even if something happened to the Earth.
They did not put it past the Dark One to try and destroy the Earth, but the Watchers, and now the Angels, were not going to let that happen without a fight. The Dark One had devastated other worlds, but those were ones that the Watchers had become aware of too late. Luckily, they were still in time with the Earth.
CHAPTER 12
The Earth man awoke in a field, but it was not the field on the ship.
He opened his eyes, feeling warmth on his face and body. The light was bright. He looked up and saw a real, open sky again, with clouds and a real sun, not artificial lights in the spaceship. His heart filled with joy! Was he home again? He almost wept.
Looking around, he noticed that the land was unknown to him. But it was teaming with life! Birds were singing and flying, as too were insects. Small animals ran around, and squirrels jumped through the trees. He stood up and walked, feeling real land under his feet again. He thumped his feet on the ground, liking the feeling he'd missed for some time.
Ahead, near a river, he saw others of his kind. He froze behind a tree, watching them. They were drinking out of the river and splashing around it in, having a good time. They didn't seem a threat to him, but he cautiously regarded them, just in case. He wished he had a big stick, or a rock, as his kind were known to turn on each other, especially since the visitors from the sky had come.
He kept his distance until the group got up and started walking his way. There was nowhere much for him to hide, but he ran from tree to tree, putting distance and barriers between himself and the approaching people.
Then they saw him, the four humans coming his way; two males and two females. They froze in their tracks and stared at him, sniffing the air. Was he a friend or not? He sure looked like them and smelled like them.
But none of them recognized him, nor did he recognize them. The probe ship that had taken them from Earth had stopped at different areas, so it was possible these humans had never met before.
The man was darker in skin then these four, who looked like him in body, but with a much lighter skin colour and lighter features. He was afraid, as he didn't know them, and they did look different, so he ran deeper into the forest.
Thankfully, he felt, they didn't follow him. They just watched him go, puzzled that he would be afraid of them, as they were peaceful.
When the man had disappeared, the four kept going on their way. They were eager to explore their new home and wanted to climb the high hill in the distance so they could get a good view of their surroundings. They had just awoken in this strange place as well and felt disoriented by not knowing the layout of the land.
The Watchers were scanning the Earth man and the other humans newly brought to their world. They detected that the man had memories going back to a period of history the Watchers were most interested in; some of the other humans, too. So, they planned to send out a tiny, flying robot, no bigger than a common fly, to land on the man and some of the others as they slept that night. The fly would provide a more direct interface to their thoughts and would allow the Watchers to probe their minds for memories of the Greys, which they sought information on.
The Watchers could use direct, telepathic means to look into the minds of the humans, but that could be a stressful event for them, and they'd had enough stress lately. That method would be saved for later, if the gentler method with the “fly” failed.
The Earth man from the ship, the one with the unaltered DNA, they called Man One, as he was the first one they had found to be in his natural state. The woman who he had mated with and had died, they referred to as Woman One for the first female.