door?» Z asks.
«Yes, we see it,» Willy replies.
«Now enter quietly. There will be perhaps … six or seven Chreé in the room. You must not be detected or all is lost.»
Suddenly, the doors automatically open. They quickly enter and immediately place themselves against the wall. Three Chreé turn around and approach them. Isa begins to block any telepathic attempts by the Chreé to sense them. They walk up to the open door.
“Strange,” one Chreé says to the other in their native language.**(**- Chreé Language)
“Indeed,” another replies and simply walks back to the machines they were tending to.**
In typical Chreé fashion, this room is nothing but white, except this room had machines made out of a thin Plexiglas like material along the walls. In front of this material are colorful floating images and words in the Chreé language. The three innately understand the Chreé language floating approximately one eighth of an inch in front of the material. They carefully sneak past the Chreé working on the machines.
“Phew,” Nicky thinks. They all could breathe again.
«Now, there should be steps straight ahead. Do you see them?» Z asks.
«Yes,» Willy replies.
«Go!» Z responds.
They descend into another long, white hallway.
«Careful. All areas are watched,» Z says. «All of your parents will be in the room through the fourteenth door to your right.»
When they arrive, the doors automatically open. There lay the parents, all sleeping. Their parents’ wrists and ankles are strapped down with a leather like rich, brown material. Just like the kids, they are strapped to steel beds.
Their restraints suddenly disappear in to the bed. «Touch the blue Chryuk above their heads until they turn green,» Z says.
All three can’t help but smile when they see their parent’s faces. They all touch the blue glowing Chryuk above their heads. When they turn green their parents slowly begin to wake up. Nicky hears his name being uttered groggily, “Nicky?”
For the first time in a long time Nicky hears his father’s voice, “Nicky … is … is that you?”
Chapter 35 - Reunited
All of the parents are awake and tears of joy flow. The parents and the kids are overjoyed. Hugs exchange all around.
The moment they had all waited for has finally arrived. But, before they can celebrate too much, Z begins speaking to the kids, «I’m sorry to interrupt, but we must evacuate with haste.»
“Okay, we have to go,” Nicky tells everybody.
“Where are we?” Isa’s dad asks.
“Long … long story Dad, but we have to go now. Follow us,” Isa says.
«I must stop communicating with you now. Remember your parents will be seen by the Watchers as soon as you step out of the doors,» Z warns them.
As they approach, the doors open. Willy takes one step outside, which triggers a noise like they have never heard before.
“Cover your ears!” Isa yells.
The Watchers’ screams were so intense, they pierce their covered ears. The screams stop and four Chreé guards appear.
«What do we do now?» Nicky asks. «This is for real.»
«I don’t know. We’ve only done simulations; we have never really fought anyone,» Isa interrupts.
Willy answers, «We have to do this. To immobilize the body, we must decapitate them. If not, they will regenerate. And if we’re captured, they’ll kill us all.»
Suddenly, the four Chreé hold hands and a pulse of blue light rushes towards the kids and their parents. The parents are knocked out. The kids fall to the ground, but immediately get back up.
«What was that?» Nicky asks. It felt like pure energy.
«I don’t know, but we have to stop them, now!» Willy yells.
Nicky manifests a tomahawk and with one throw, two aliens are decapitated. Their bodies collapse and they begin to glow a light blue hue.
Isa’s legs transform into legs like that of the Palomino horse glowing with Essence. She runs up the wall, jumps off, and with a single kick decapitates the final