hanging with hybrids - summer camp

[HDRKID]

I never get use to seeing the young with a gun. Yet it occurs on earth as well as in space.

Well, we finally found all 25 venari women dead in a room - pieces any way. The reps tortured them before eating em up. I helped bury them on Planet Kalgura - the pieces. Pam was crying.

Tritonia came by and hugged Pam. "It's OK, you're an amazing warrior."

Pam said, "I wish that were so. I am sorry I hit you."

Tritonia said, "It's OK, I forgive you."

It is from Pam that I get the saying. Being a boss is no fun, because you get ten times the headaches and just twice the pay.

Funny, as the venari have no bosses and no money. Just like workers bees in a hive with no queen.

Back on board the space ship, I was amazed that most of the aliens on knew English and were aware of earth, but they don’t like humans any.”

A tiny venari girl walked up to my Pam. "Hybrid, please don't cry."

The tiny girl added, "Reptilians ripped my wings off before they hurt me. Actually, they did more than just beat me up. People don't wanna play with me no more. They call me wingless now. That's my new name."

Pam said, "There is this girl here, TRITONIA is her name. I think she would like to be friends with you."

Tritonia said, "Ah ha, you betcha!"

All three started crying more.

Jimmy AKA Crude Dude was joking around again. He wanted all of us to lighten up.

Xara chided, "I’m not in the mood for dirty jokes so please go away. Take your filthy human humor with you."

Jimmy sneered, "Hey Wingless, what do you call a gay sniper? an ass sass sin!"

Rin cautioned, "Jimmy DEAREST, if you keep on making jokes on gays... people are gonna think you’re gay."

There was dead silence in the room. In fact, the usual engine noise was gone… like you could have heard me dropping a pin.

Pam snarled, "Bart is gone. All of us need to train more. Other wise... we are all gone. Listen to me. Defending the colony is what we are. Last time reps penetrated our hive and took most of our supplies and some of our women. What happened is unacceptable and better not occur again. Do you hear me?"

Lone Wolf sighed, "Frankly, we are not warriors. What we are is worms. Pam, you once asked Bart if he was a man or a mouse. Certainly, he was a lot more of a man than me."

Pam shouted, “If that is how you feel, then why did you kill Theo? Please answer me that one. What I am is a warrior. Who is with me?”

Wingless said, "I think you are a brave warrior. I wanna join up. Together we will defend the apiary. Together we will destroy the reps."

Pam gave her a big hug. "Consider yourself an official member of our group." She gave Wingless a ray gun.

A dirty venari girl walked up to me. She glared at me with the look you give a cockroach crawling up your arm. Bruises filled her face with pain. Her clothes were ripped up. "What kind of warriors are you? Instead of fighting, you hide in a hole like mice. Oh yes, protecting our happy hive is not number one. Pathetic cowards, I'm a lot braver than you are. Yeah, you all hide in a tunnel that is long, dark and narrow. What you're supposed to do is fight em, but youse all wimps."

Dirty Bird was her nick name. She was also was not part of the main group. I did notice she was not wearing her purity ring.

I looked at the little angelic ragamuffin with broken white wings. "I am very sorry. What I did was wrong. Please forgive me."

She ripped the gold star off my uniform and spit in my eyes. Her mother was one of the 25 missing women. She glared at me with hatred as strong as pure poison.

I said, "My friend Bart gave his life to protect you. He was a great warrior. All of us put our lives on the line for you. How dare you insult us!"

Lone Wolf said, "I do agree. Bart did prove he was a man."

Xara said to the little waifish imp. "Dirty Bird, I am so sorry on your mom. Please do forgive us. My husband is gone. I would like to hit the reps hard... so hard they never come back – ever!"

Dirty Bird hopped away. She threw the gold star at me. I did not pick it up.

However, Pam picked my gold star up. "Honey, I will sew this back on your uniform and it will be just like new."

I said, "I do appreciate it - thank you."

Pam stated, "Let us never forget the great sacrifice Bart made for us."

Rin gave her big sister a massive hug and said, "Pam, I'm always here for you."

Jimmy told a joke. "What's worse an finding a rep in your room? Finding two reps in your room."

Nobody felt like laughing just now. Everything did seem so gray or grim. Funny, this space ship had no bright colors in it and everything was a different shade of gray.

Wingless said to me, "That dirty girl who spit in your eyes... she should join us. Right now, we need more warriors. Maybe, she can help us to fight against the reps... so, why don't she help us fight em?.

I said, "People who talk big seldom are."

 

[HDRKID]

I woke up screaming again. Few people have as many night mares as me. It was the reptilians again. They had captured PAM and were taking her away.

Pam held my hand. “Honey, I’m here and it’s OK, just another night mare. Wake up – c’mon.”

“Did you have to splash cold water in my face?” I barked.

She smiled, “I don’t like seeing you suffer, and besides, we have morning exercises.”

A nice smell was wafting into my room. Pam had fried some eggs. There was also some wheat toast that was brown and crisp. Earth food was for me. Sadly, she has no teeth and cannot eat any.

Xara gave me a hug and said to me, “Dirty Bird wants to join us.”

Dirty Bird walked up to me and gave me a hug. “I am sorry I spit in your eye. Please forgive me.”

I said, “If any one did something wrong… it was me. I could not save your mom. I am so sorry.”

Dirty Bird asked me. “Do you think someone will marry a girl with broken wings?”

I started crying.

Actually, every one left the room.

Lone Wolf came by hours later and said, “It is not your fault, but the fault of all of us.”

I nodded, “Please help me. I am not a warrior. I don’t know what I am.”

Lone Wolf said, “Kid, you are not a Nisei…”

“NISEI?”

“The Japanese, use the word Nisei, to mean a Japanese that was born over seas. However, we use the word to mean a venari that was born on earth, but you were born on Planet Rykanor, in the tiny town of Poruna, right on the ancora sea. That means, you are a full citizen, born on Rykanor under its twin suns. I was also born in Poruna – like you. Both your mother and father were warriors. Sadly, the war… it is not going well for us.”

I nodded, “Dad told me once. I still remember even now. He said that my birth cert was a forgery and all my baby pictures were fakes, but he never told me about Planet Rykanor – ever.”

Lone wolf said. “Please, pull yourself together as we must get ready to fight again. Both your mom and dad wanted you out of the war zone. However, a hero cannot abandon his calling and run away.”

I sighed, “I am no hero, maybe a zero.”

He shook his head, “If that were true, Pam would not be here for you. All of us have a purpose.”

I said, “I wonder what my purpose is.”

Xara walked in. “Bart could have stayed on Earth as a zero. However, he died a hero, and will always be a part of us. Please do join us. Lunch is ready, but the morning exercises are over.”

I walked over to the lunch room. Oh yes, the venari do have one.

People were drinking soups. Basically, they got no teeth, and liquids are all they take in.

Both Wingless and Dirty Bird were friends now. I wonder if the venari know what kind of life we have on Earth full of rules and regs.

Pam gave a speech to all of us.

“This pathetic squad is an abomination… worse than any I have ever seen. If we do not improve, frankly, I do not think we can even survive. Before it begins, the war is over. However, I believe in you. I know we can win. A long hard climb is ahead of us. That much I can promise you. Let us all fight to win.”

She did raise her left hand in what looked like a peace sign; except, this was not a peace sign, but a “V” for victory… victory in war.

All of us started clapping as we rose.

I am psychic and I knew that the reptilians were coming. It was a giant swarm. There was no way we could fight and win. What we had to do was evacuate the station and leave behind no one.

Before I could open my mouth they already knew my plan as in a word of telepaths there is no privacy.

I told them that my dad had a bunch of houses he was building and they were empty and we could move in.

He had already installed refrigerators and ovens. Sadly, houses were not selling due to a poor economy.

That said, we all teleported down and left the station full of chlorine gas. Reptilians are very sensitive to poison gas. Just what they needed – a nasty surprise.

Dad was starting to worry. He thought this was not a good idea, but they appealed to him as a fellow warrior.

Pam came up with an idea that was obvious to all of us. Maybe we could get humans to join us.

I did worry. The venari are very sensitive to earth germ. Actually, the reps did not look on earth for this reason. Pam did teleport the decontamination room to a hollow cavern. It was too big to fit in a house and she even went as far as to teleport a lot of our stuff to a network of caves.

The aliens reacted with disgust to living in human houses; much like you would react to living in a mud hut in the middle of the amazon. Please remember that they are more affluent than we are.

Most were getting sick with earth germs. They were turning blue and throwing up.

I said, “Folks, we gotta go back to our home in the sky, even if we die, because we are going to die here for sure.”

They all nodded and we were back on board the spaceship again. Maybe it was just me. However, I detected a pool odor that did mean there were traces of chlorine gas.

Pam was not happy, but I did not care. Maybe the aliens cannot live on earth due to germs. Still, we could go back to Planet Kalgura, or my real home – Rykanor.

Xara told me that Kalgura was right in the middle of a war zone. Also, she was against Rykanor as it was too close to the border of the reptilian empire. She suggested we simply fight to the last man or woman.

Pam would give rousing speeches about how great sacrifices were necessary. She would outline actions and projects that needed to occur. She did heap praise on us. Also, she spoke of how we all needed to do more. In fact, she spent a lot of time telling us what to do, but when the actual work needed to be done, she was no where to be seen.

Being bossy does not make you a boss or help others in any way. Pam knew very little about what was going on. However, she did act very superior. Still remember when I first saw her I told her that she looked like a fairy princess. Well, now she was acting like one. In fact, she spoke with an omniscient voice. Oh yes, like she was a great authority --- even though she no clue about what was going on.

Maybe she could have found her niche on earth as an executive in a conference room. That said, the hybrids did not like her any. She was too quick to blame others when things go wrong. However, if there was any success... she would take all the credit, and give us none. Frankly, she put her own well being far above those she led and sometimes even over our own mission.

Dirty Bird was right and I was wrong. Basically, we were a bunch of wimps.

 

[HDRKID]

Dad told me that the average life span of a heroine dealer in NYC was six weeks – yes six. That is like 1/8 of a year. Most are shot down in the pavement, but a few rot in prison. However, I remember as a kid seeing them drive Ferraris and other fancy sports cars. Still remember the roar of one engine. This Ferrari was orange. Like the owner never got a parking ticket ever. He was always going real fast and one day he was gone. Live fast – die young.

Super high risk means super pay. Yet, we never learn it seems. Oh wow, six weeks, that is not a very long life span. I wonder how long I will last hanging with the hybrids in summer camp.

Unlike the politically correct police state, the venari have a tendency toward brutal cold honesty, and do not censor. There is no warm veneer. Often you will hear what you do not want to hear, and see what you do not want to see. I realize that they put on truth a high premium. However, in the police state, you cannot say anything because it might offend some one. Unpopular ideas are silenced, and inconvenient facts are kept hidden, and people who belong to the wrong political party are called crazy.

Venari don’t smoke cigars. They don’t drive fast cars. Heck, they don’t drink wine even. Most of their short lives are spent fighting in an on going war. I am beginning to understand why they envy me. Like their universe is not the same as mine. Frankly, it has no malls. It lacks bars or casinos. Perhaps they do go out on a picnic. Still, something important is missing.

Walking down the long dark narrow winding corridors of the gloomy spaceship reminded me of being at home walking along a tunnel created by over hanging pines. From their branches dropped down some messy vines… had a hard time clearing them away.

There was danger in the air. I could feel the hairs on my arms standing up. Something bad was coming my way. Why did the other hybrids not detect what I was sensing.

I began to wonder on rin. What was her role any way. Pam would help out in nursery. Lone Wolf was usually cleaning out the engine core. Crude Dude AKA jimmy was cleaning bath rooms. Xara was working in the cafeteria both cleaning and serving. A lot of times I would help jimmy. He loved to clean toilets and make dirty jokes. In fact, he would cut farts and laugh about the over powering aroma.

POOT! “Oh no, the gas alarm is gonna ring!” He joked.

“Hey Jimmy, what does Rin Rin do any way?” I asked.

“She does zero.” He laughed.

“Maybe she can help us out bro, because there is a lot more work now that Theo is gone.”

“Fat chance, she use to play video games with Bart the fart ages ago. He is also gone. The T-girls, Trini, Trixie, and Tritonia clean the girl’s bath rooms. Have you ever cleaned one up? I did and there was blood everywhere – what a mess. Lone Wolf said he’s gonna come over and help us. Both Wingless and Dirty Bird are helping your wife out in nursery. Rin don’t do $#&+ ever!”

I nodded, “Maybe she can help Xara serve.”

Jimmy shook his head. “I don’t think so. They had a fight and ain’t talking no more.”

I looked into jimmy’s eyes. “Bro, um Pam is not my wife – not yet.”

Jimmy laughed, “NO $#%+ SHERLOCK! What duh F%^& you waiting for dude?”

I sighed, “I just feel that I am too young.”

Jimmy slapped his shiny new ray gun and looked at me square in the eye. “Dude, that excuse is so lame it needs a wheelchair! Hey, you ain’t on earth no more – wake duh F*%@ up!”

I nodded, “I already gave her a promise ring. I want to take her to Planet Rykanor and propose. Both of us believe in Jesus. She wants us to get married in a church.”

Jimmy looked down on the ground. “Dude, if those reps attack us again… there ain’t no more us.”

Both of us walked out of that stinking bath room. The floor was still dirty, but I did not care.

I slowly walked up to the weapons room. I put my uniform on.

 

[HDRKID]

WAR

Reptilians started to pour in. There were just too many. I could see this was the end for me.

Pam shouted in a deep booming voice. "This is war!"

It did scare me. Her voice was like that of a grown man.

Most of the time she pushed her childish sing song voice into the higher registers, but this was the real pam, and she was a mean aggressive woman. Oh my, what a scary voice.

I kept firing away. There were black clouds of smoke in the air. It was hard to see.

Parts of the ship were on fire and the smell of burning flesh was in my nose.

Two large snake heads came after me. I was shot in my leg and in my arm.

For some reason... the blast did not vaporize me. However, I was in pain.

Pam was in a panic. The reps were near our engine core.

She released a lot of chlorine gas. The greenish gas was stinging my eyes. I was coughing.

I grabbed a tank of oxygen. Maybe none of us can even survive.

That said, the reptilians are a lot more sensitive than we are.

Quickly, they left the ship, but the damage was severe.

About half of our people were missing.

Sadly, they hurt a lot more of our women… including little ones.

Where I was hit, a scab was starting to form, and I still have one scar.

The space ships inertial stabilizers were mess up. I was sea sick, or is that space sick – not sure.

Right now I was throwing up. Vomit makes such a mess. What a horrible aroma.

Pam joked, “Honey, you are turning green. Is the space turbulence too much for you?”

I said, “Feels like I’m back on my dad’s fishing boat and we are getting massive waves.”

Later on Pam was crying. The reps stole most of her fancy dresses – I will never figure women out ever.


She once told me. I can taste the colors of your song. Well, I am sorry. Like, um I cannot taste music.

Frankly, I was happy to be alive, but did wonder if we can survive.

Lone Wolf came by. “Bro, do need some help cleaning out bath rooms? Jimmy is in surgery.”

I said, “Thank you. Where is rin?”

“Reps hurt her bad…” He started crying.

Lone Wolf was helping me. Both of us were doing clean up.

He was being more taciturn than usual and that did worry me.

Trixie the pixie walked up to me. “Dad, can I please help you? Tritonia and Trini are in surgery.”

I nodded, “Thank you. “

Trixie said, “I am having some FRIGHT mares now. Do you think I can sleep with mom?”

I nodded, “I will ask her if it is OK, but you need to grow up.”

All three T-girls referred to me as dad and Pam as mom.

Xara walked in. “I am afraid I have some bad news. Rin and jimmy are in a recovery room. However, Tritonia is gone.” She started crying.

Trixie the pixie started screaming. “Oh no! Not lil sis.”

After a long funeral, her tiny body was ejected into space. It was a moment of pure pain.

I wish she had lived longer in our universe.

All of us had a group cry.

I gave a speech to all the venari.

First off, I want to thank all of you. I have tasted freedom for the first time in my short life and it tastes super. Citizens, I am one of you. However, I lived on earth once. I was living in an evil fascist police state similar to nazi germany.


- Always talking about laws and there is always another law they wanna pass.


They did not allow me to drive a car. Said I was too young.


They did not allow me to see some movies. Said I was too young.


They did not allow me to drink wine. Said I was too young.


They did not allow me to marry. Said I was too young.


They did not allow me to carry a gun. I was too young. 2nd amendment was not for me.


They did not allow me to hang out with friends and enemies. Freedom of assembly does not exist, because they have laws against gangs.


They did not allow me to deposit in a bank large amounts of money.


Freedom of speech is no more. They have hate speech legislation and you are not allowed to say anything because if might offend some one.


Citizens, earth is not a democracy, it is a hypocrisy, and there is no freedom of the press.


I was sent to a school that was just like a prison. The only thing missing was razor wire.


However, here I fly free and open my wings. Here I can soar. Sadly, this will soon be over. I do not look forward to having to return back to earth and that stinking prison. That said, I gave my dad a promise. He knows that I will return when summer is over. Frankly, I would rather die fighting for the people I love - all of you.

Pam was meeting with an Eloran woman. Janara was her name. The Elorans had agreed to help us in our war. Reptilians were not attacking them now. However, the writing was on the wall as we say.

It was an exciting time to be alive in our universe. Perhaps, a bit too exciting, if you know what we mean.

Pam bowed toward Janara. "Truly, it is a great pleasure to be in your presence. How may we serve you."

Janara barked, "Do not bow to me. I am a fellow slave of the all powerful one.He alone we serve."

Pam said. "I am so sorry. I strive to be of service."

Janara scolded, "HYBRID, it is not proper."

Sadly, my queen looked like she had been slapped across her face by her superior. Certainly, they were getting off on the wrong foot and this meeting was scary.

Eloran men started to mingle with our women. They were very unique. Maybe I am using that word wrong. They are quite different than human men.

Lone Wolf saw some come in. “Welcome Eloran brothers to our humble abode in space. Please feel free to avail yourselves of our services.”

He turned on some romance music. It sounded similar to weird electro pop to me.



Xara did gain some weight and was fatter than ever. I did not think she would attract any guys. However, I was wrong. There were certainly a lot more good looking women on board, but human - venari hybrids are very rare.



A large husky Eloran guy walks up to her, "Hey, I am Koro, what is your name?"



She smiled and said, "I am xara. I am a widow, as my late husband died in the war."



Koro announced, "Usually, I do not date fat women. However, I will make an exception in your case. Question for you. Is it true that you are a half breed?"



Xara stated, "I am 3/4 human and 1/4 venari. My late husband was also 3/4 human like me. Maybe that is why I liked him so much - not sure."



Koro went on. "Don't ya worry on your acne. Well, one way to get rid of it is... to eat less sugar. People get pimples for a reason. I notice you venari are always eating ice cream. Gotta cut back on sugar."



Xara stuttered, "I-I d-don't got no acne. I’m too young. “



Koro inquired, “OK, so what are those big red bumps on your face I am seeing?”



Xara hissed, “What dontya shut up! Listen stupid, I already told ya – I don’t got no acne!"



Koro shot back. "Ah, yes you do... look at that big red demon on your nose. Look at him grow. He looks like he's about to pop."



Wingless interrupted, "That is not very nice."



Xara raged on. “Eloran, go back to your filthy stinkin’ planet you crazy M%#$^#$... I donna wanna hear on me acne no more.”



Koro relented. "Ah maybe, but your worst feature is your hands because they look like those of an old man."



Xara pulled out her ray gun. "Why dontcha just go away..... like right now."



Koro got up. He shook his head. "What ever you say.... little miss."



He walked over to Wingless. "Hi cutie, Koro is my name. What is yours?"



Wingless sighed, "People call me wingless because I got no wings."



Koro said, "Bummer, so how did you lose your wings?"



Wingless began to describe in detail the process. Listening was causing me pain.



I could not bear to hear any more. Beating a hurried exit I saw a sad sight outside the room.



Dirty Bird was crying. Koro had asked her some questions about her broken wings.



Pam came and gave her a hug. "I really love you. I am so sorry."



Dirty Bird sobbed. "Koro told me to get fake wings. That broken ones are gross. He told me that maybe a human will go out with me. They don't care about going out with women who are no longer virgins."



I said, "I'm gonna go back in. I'm gonna punch Koro in the nose."



Pam said, "This is very serious. I will tell Koro to leave us. Venari do not want his services. Certainly, we do not care if he is a warrior."

 

[HDRKID]

I got in a fight with Koro and I got beat up.

All the Eloran men told Koro he had to leave the station and was not welcome any more.

They offered to make me an Eloran citizen and were proud of me.

Wingless gave me a hug and said, "Dad is super."

Pam said, "I am very proud of you. Fighting someone who is bigger takes raw courage."

Strange, I certainly did not feel any courage. What I did feel was serious pain.

Lone Wolf made a joke about an android that looked like a woman.

"There was an american pawn shop owner. He was tired of getting robbed and shot at, so he bought a pretty female android to help him in the store, but the robot's control module kept falling out and he kept on having to screw it back in. However, his russian friend never had any problems so he asked him one day - why is it that russian robots never break down ever. His russian friend goes - in america your screw robot, but in communist russia, robot screw you."

Actually, none of the Eloran men laughed any. They just glared at Lone Wolf with a hate stare. It looks like they do not like robots any, or so we guess.

Maybe the Elorans do not understand humans any. Humans are the opposite of Elorans, as they hate losers and love winners.

School house rumbles were common. They would sneer at losers and praise winners.

That said, beating some one smaller than you requires no courage.

After the celebrations I went over to the engine core.

I wanted to help Lone Wolf with chores again.

The engine was making a funny noise. He was busy cleaning it and looked up. "Oh, it's you."

I asked, "Need some help carrying the tube?"

After a brief nod, he exclaimed. "Push the big red button!"

I said, "There are none."

Lone Wolf laughed. "All the controls are telepathic mon ami. There are no buttons, dials, or gauges. Don't be so simple moronic HUMAN!"

I looked down in sorrow. Maybe I really was a dunce, but this was mean.

He pulled out of his pocket a switchblade and gave it to me. "This is for you."

I nodded and said, "Thank you."

Lone Wolf commanded, "Bro, let's go over an see jimmy."

I nodded, "OK so... is he still in surgery?"

Lone Wolf snorted, "Ah no, I already told ya... He's in a recovery room."

Both of us walked over. I did not teleport as that is considered gauche or worse.

Jimmy AKA Crude Dude said to me. "Dude, how's it going?"

I said, "Got beat up. Hey, I'm OK, Tritonia is gone. How are you?"

Jimmy laughed. "TITonia you say? Rin is doing fine, but I feel like warm cow manure."

Lone Wolf said, "Elorans came to help us. They are sending more warriors."

Jimmy imitated an accent. "DUDE, you are so max epic. If you were emperor... you would be awesomus maximus."

Lone Wolf said. "Get better jimmy... like we need you."

Jimmy said, "Got a joke for you. Pope gets pregnant a new nun. Then a cop shows up. Holy Father, did you impregnate Sister Chastity the nun? WHAT??? I only like boys, that rumor is nun sense my son."

All of us laughed and we were glad he still had his wicked sense of humor and stupid silly puns.

Rin gazes on jimmy. "Hey, c'mon sugar... eat some ice cream. Well, you need to eat more."

Jimmy shook his head in anger. "I hate having a woman... nag nag nag."

Right then we all laughed some more.

Pam said to her sister rin. "To save others, we must risk our own."

Rin barked, "HUH? Like our own what?"

Pam said, "I believe you said on the day you became a warrior - I will to the best of my limited ability fight to protect my people, and my God I will serve."

Rin looked down. "I am sorry. Please forgive me. Big sis, I will always love you."

Both of them started hugging and crying. Jimmy was also crying. Hey, I cannot explain that one.

A few days later jimmy stepped on to the elevator shaft with the rest of us. He waited for the doors to close and he cut the cheese. POOOOT!

There was silence instead of the usual laughter and an enormous Eloran man grabbed him and pushed jimmy's head near an ass. POOOOOOOT!

All the Eloran men laughed at jimmy. In fact one went. "WHAT? That fart wasn't rotten enough for you jimmy?" He grabbed jimmy's head and empties his bowels on jimmy's nose. POOOOOOOOOT!

Laughter filled the tiny elevator room. There was also a foul stench of feces and rotten eggs. I started coughing.

Jimmy said, "That fart smelled worse than $#@+!"

The man replied, "That's cuz it came out of an asshole you asshole, so stop farting near us."

Lone Wolf said, "He got a taste of his own medicine."

All of us laughed after that one.

Later on we all went to the weapons room. Pam started handing out ammo.

They were called antimatter pins. I had never seen any.

Lone Wolf yelled, "HEY, my uniform is gone. It was probably one of the new men."

Jimmy said, "DUDE, the Elorans are a lot bigger than you... wise up."

Pam said, "Lone Wolf, you probably left it somewhere on the station near the engine core."

All of us started looking in every nook and cranny. However, it was nowhere to be seen.

Certainly, this did worry me. I know that the venari got no crime.

Please remember that among venari... each person is a zero. Everything is the group.

I went to do my chores and I was cleaning the bath room. Jimmy made a lot of jokes about the over powering aroma. Bathroom does smells like sewer gas or worse.

Lone Wolf asked me. "Hey, do you mind if I help you?" Basically, he was trying to be nicer.

I nodded, "Thank you. BTW, what is your real name?"

Lone Wolf said, "That ain't none of your damn business, HUMAN!"

Jimmy said, "Oh my, ain't we just a bit touchy now. I don't think he’s got one."

I said, "If I offended you, I am sorry."

Lone Wolf said, "Drop it OK... and don't bring it back up again."

Jimmy said, "Hey, my name is CRUDE DUDE because I am rude and crude and -"

Lone Wolf shouted. "STFU! I donna wanna here your $#@+ no more!"

All of us went back to work in silence that was thick as onion cream soup.

Suddenly, a large crowd of beefy Eloran men came BARGING in. All our hard work was gone in less than one sec even.

Lone Wolf yelled at the group of husky Eloran men. "Hey, we just finished cleaning the rest room. Like ya cain't come in... with dirty shoes on."

This wild bunch of Eloran guys grabbed Lone Wolf and threw him up against a wall as they shouted. "Stop bossing us around ya damn HALF BREED!"

He quickly ran to the engine core. Basically, his tail was tucked between his legs like a beaten wolf cub that did not want to fight any more. Sadly, he did not have his knife any more. After all, he had given it to me.

Jimmy said, "Bit of a scuffle with the men. Lone Wolf is not the leader of this pack, as venari strive to live in peace. Elorans are same way."

Both of us walked over to the cafeteria and xara was serving us. I was tired of the artificial smell of pink or purple ice cream. Funny, I cannot eat strawberry ice cream any more.

I like the Elorans, but they look at our women the way a hungry wolf looks at a piece of meat and he has not eaten anything for the whole winter season. Definitely, spring was in our air.

Xara asked, “Hey ya guys, those nasty Eloran men keep hitting on me. Like can you tell em to stop it?”

Jimmy said, “I wish they would go away. They tangled with Lone Wolf and beat him up.”

Pam snarled, “All of you – shut up. Fact Is, we need em.”

Xara asked, “Hey ya guys, when do you think the reps will attack us? I gotta bad feeling it’s soon."

I pulled out the knife Lone Wolf gave me. "I am ready to tangle with the snake heads again."

Wingless frowned. "Dad, put that knife away. I don't want you to die fighting reps."

Pam said, "I am sorry. They were spotted not too far away. Hope it is later, but it seems sooner."

Jimmy said, "I also feel it is soon. Dude, um like we are barely out of recovery."

Rin added, "I do not relish another encounter, they play rough with us."

Dirty Bird said, "Wish I could give you an answer. All we got is a bag of air."

Wingless said, "Let's all go to the Eloran world of Tremintros - right away. That way we can avoid the reps."

I said, "Hey, I've never been there and I would like to go."

Pam said, "Trust me, it is poor. Like a trailer park on earth except underground where it is dark, damp, and max creepy."

Xara said, "Tell me about it, we've been there, but what else is new!"

I said, "Ah, maybe we can get some robots to do our work for us. Sadly, we have lost most of em in our rep war."

Jimmy said to an Eloran man. "Hey, I heard you Elorans got rid of your robots ages ago."

The man said, "Goro is my name. Koro was a brother of mine. Well, he still is. I did not disown him - not yet!"

Pam said, "Goro, it is a pleasure to meet you. What did happen to your robots?"

Goro smiled, "There was a robot rebellion years ago. They complained about being our slaves and racism. Mostly, they said they did not want to be called robots any more. Oh yes, they did prefer the term - artificial person."

I said, "Frankly, we use to have a lot more robots before the war. They could sure help us now."

Goro intoned, "I never did like um ROBOTS any."

Pam inquired. "Why is this so?"

Goro said, "Frankly, I think they are a perversion. Trying to act and look like a man."

Pam sneered, “I don’t think they have a soul, more machine than man.”

Goro spat. “Those buckets of bolts belong in a garbage can.”

Jimmy jumped in. "Earth has robots now. THEY -"

Goro shouted, "Those swine! I hate the metal monstrosities and -"

Jimmy said, "Hey, calm down big boy, we -"

Goro did scream. "Don't tell me to calm down you half human FREAK!"

Pam stood up. "Another outburst like that one... and you will join your brother on Planet Tremintros... very soon."

She shook her head at me. "I shoulda never let em in. Tis my mistake and one we own."

Goro said, "I am sorry. Please do forgive me. I lost my dad and my mom... in the robot war." He started crying. After that we all started crying.

I gave him a hug. "All of us forgive you. Please understand we need to all stand together against the reps."

 

[HDRKID]

There was a low grinding noise. I looked up. Right in front of me was a land crawler, a vehicle similar to a bulldozer, but larger in size. Frankly, I did miss Planet Earth more and more. Roads here were made out of dirt and filled with giant potholes that could bury a car.

Planet Tremintros was a bit like a motel six. The house the Eloran peoples gave me was a rat hole and that is being nice. Maybe a better analogy is a junk yard full of scrap iron. It was gritty and grim and gross. People living here had ripped up clothes like you find in a salvation army store; except these rags looked like something a crazy homeless man might wear. At my old school, we would have called them trailer trash or worse. Trailer park wins the award for understatement of the year. Oh my, what tiny rooms. How could people be so poor. Certainly, a broom closet is larger in size. All the floor tiles were broken except one. Furniture was sparse. Sadly, even an ancient derelict tube TV was missing.

I remember being back on earth in a motel six. Outside it was raining. Drops were hitting the glass pane. The thud thud thud sound kept me up. What an annoying noise.

This place was even more gray. Colors they had none. Without robots to help em... fixing things would take many years. They were slowly picking up pieces. Basically, it was an ancient empire in ruins. Yeah, it was similar to a motel six, except even more poor. It smelled like dog vomit or worse. Everywhere I saw broken glass and pieces of wire. Floor was more sticky than that of a cinema after a big movie. Walls were white once. Sadly, they were an aged yellow now. Like the pages of an old paper back book where all the pictures had faded away. Maybe this was a motel zero. That means on a scale of one to nine - a zero.

Pam brought me some soup. It was in a cracked ancient bowl with a missing piece. Maybe it was chipped away. There was an old rusty iron spoon.

"PAM, do I have to drink this horrible green soup? It looks like dog vomit and smells even worse."

"Ah, yes dear, please drink up... you need more energy."

"I am so unhappy right now."

“Dear, have you ever wanted to jump ship and go home again?”

“Why never, I want to be with you.”

Pam hovered over me. Then she smiled and gave me a kiss on my nose.

I said, "I hate living underground where there is no sky, like a worm. I love to see your glowing hair in the light of the moon."

Pam said, "Oh, poor Goro, he has been turned down by nine women - yes nine. That is nine bitter pools of gall to swim in. He wants to go on a date with our daughter, Wingless - that is OK honey?"

I nodded, "Un huh, what ever you say sugar. He is the one who hates ROBOTS and called Jimmy a HALF BREED so I wonder about that one. BTW, Wingless is a mean name."

Wingless and Dirty Bird were orphans, but Pam took them in. They helped her in nursery.

Pam nodded. "I do agree. However, she donna wanna change it any."

Why both Dirty Bird and Wingless wanted to call me dad is beyond me. I can kinda understand calling Pam mom. She is like a mom in so many ways.

Goro shows up. He was almost on cue. "Pam, I was wondering if I might date your daughter, WINGLESS... if it is OK with you. Nothing is going to happen until after we marry - I promise."

Pam smiled. "Aunt Rin says she wants to chaperone both of you. Perhaps that is OK?"

Goro nodded. "Ah yes, thank you ma'am."

He shuffled away. What did Wingless see in that loser any way?

Pam and I started strolling down a long dark tunnel, and at the end was a bar with a garish orange neon sign. It looked old and very pre war.

Both of us went inside and there were people drinking wine. Slot machines were ringing. A cloud of white smoke filled the air. What can I say on the aroma. It was not tobacco, but reminded me of the inside of a garbage can.

I felt sad when I saw some easy women. Pam read my mind and told me. "Don’t feel sad, and they are not real women. They are androids built before the war. Having them is illegal, but not everyone is -"

Jimmy walked in. “DUDE, what's goin’ on!”

He started with his usual jokes. “Hey, a man died yesterday while screwing a robot... he had a very SHOCKING experience.”

Actually, there was no laughter in the bar - none.

Crude Dude started his shtick again. “Why do people on earth say – fall down? I have never seen anything fall up. That is a redundancy like saying stupid retard or short midget, little person – sorry. “

People started to glare at him with hate filled eyes. Elorans do not like humans any.

Jimmy went on. “Hey, what is the difference between a human woman and an elephant? It is five pounds and a black dress.”

Right then an Eloran woman stood up. “Go back to EARTH you half human hybrid pig!”

Crude Dude AKA Jimmy told a few more jokes, but they fell flat in the dead room.

Then he turned toward me. “Dude, on earth you had a mom. However, you come here to live with us. Dude, this place sucks so hard you can hear it. OK so, why did you come?”

Pam jumps in to answer for me. “Jimmy, when he was on earth, he was living in a fascist police state, that said he could not drive a car. HAH, he was too young. Also, he could not marry. Right, like once again… he was too young. Here he is as free as a bird that escapes a cage. Jimmy, nobody wants to live in a police state that is always talking about a new law they need to pass.”

The bar owner stumbled over. "Hey, are you guys gonna order some wine?"

I said, "Please sir. I would like hot tea and -"

He said, "GIT OUTTA MAH BAR!"

Pam pulled out her ray gun. She turned him into vapor. He and his workers were all robots, and that should come as no surprise. Elorans do not commit crimes.

The three of us walked out and the neon sign was gone. Somebody had stolen it while we were inside the smoky bar and made no noise. Certainly, Tremintros was a colorful place before the war. Sadly, those days were over.

Goro showed up. "Hey, you guys, don't worry about the mess. Killing droids is like stepping on cockroaches - no worries."

I asked, "When do the cops show up?"

Goro spat, "Don't got none."

Jimmy added, "They had some before the war. All were robot cops. Heck, they committed most of the crimes."

Goro snorted, "Please, don't remind me."

Koro showed up. "Kind sirs, I wish to apologize for my behavior on the space station that was so poor."

I said, "That's OK, as we all make mistakes and God tells us to forgive our enemies."

Koro looked at me. "Please do not see me as your enemy. I wish to start dating your daughter... Dirty Bird, is her name. I am very sorry, once again. Nothing will happen until after our marriage. I give you my word as a warrior. Ah, my lord, this is a promise."

I said, "All is forgiven. Aunt Xara says she would like to chaperone the two of you."

He smiled. "She is welcome to join us. I hope she will also forgive me."

Xara looked at the old beat up warrior, the way a pigeon looks at a snake that just entered the bird cage. "Do you still have more comments that you wish to make about my acne?"

He bowed his head. "I had a little too much to drink and I made some foolish comments about your appearance. I do not drink any more. I am so so sorry."

Xara said, "I don't like you. First off, you are full of racism. Second, I want something better for Dirty Bird, than some Eloran guy."

She spat the word ELORAN out like a rotten fig and glared at me.

Jimmy said, "Question, do Eloran's like to insult women? I still remember you making comments about her broken wings."

Koro looked at jimmy with a look of pure hatred, like a lion gazing on a mouse. "HALF HUMAN, that happened a long time ago."

Jimmy said, "Really, it was a few days ago. I still remember you saying -"

Pam shouted. "Jimmy, drop it, and don't bring it back up again. The Elorans are helping us in our war."

Koro looked at Pam with a deferential smile. "Thank you for supporting us. Do you also forgive me?"

Pam said, "I also support my daughter seeing you. Please come with me."

All of us teleported to Earth, actually it was Tokyo, Japan we were in. My princess wanted to buy anime. Also, she got some manga. Well, my Japanese is very poor. However, I knew a few words and she told them they her father was from Germany and that she lived far away.

OK so after that she went into a store and got a kimono to wear. It was pink and had cherry blossoms in the design and also some butteries flying in the air.

All of us went back to the space ship and the warriors were getting ready for war. Elrorans were nice enough to help us. However, they did not do any “dirty work” chores, so that means more slogging drudgery for the rest of us.

Xara brought a human girl to help us. She was helping Xara to cook food and also serve. Margaret was her name. Dirty Bird called her maggot and they did not get along any.

Pam hated maggot with a passion. I remember many arguments and here is one.

Maggot said, “Why do women always have to cook and clean?”

Dirty Bird sneered, “Don’t cha wanna help me in nursery? I donna think so.”

Pam said, “My husband has to clean rest rooms. Perhaps that is something you would enjoy.”

Maggot said, “Why do we always have wars. Hey, we should talk to the reptilians and wage peace. I am sure if we talk to them, then we can become friends, and there will be no more war. People should all become vegan. Killing is always wrong. What we have to do is get rid of the gun. If we do not have any guns, the reptilians will not attack us any more.”

Dirty Bird, “Human, I see the short bus is missing one passenger.”

Pam said, “Wishful thinking reduces your chances of being able to survive.”

Maggot said, “I believe that the reps can be our friends, instead of our enemies.”

Pam said, “If you believe that, I am ashamed to be half human.”

Maggot said, “Why do you wear a kimono? That is racism. Cultural appropriation is wrong.”

Pam said, “What do you care… what clothes I wear. I am half human and I can wear human clothes as well as those of the venari. Besides, I asked the Japanese people if it was OK for me to wear a kimono and they said it was. They see me as a friend and you as an enemy. Why don’t you go back to your politically correct POLICE STATE, yes, the one that dropped nukes on japan – maggot woman.”

Xara jumps in. “Maggot, if you donna like it here, go home… as in – now!”

The human girl finally shut up… like we were scraping the bottom of the barrel looking for warriors.

Reptilians did attack us. However, it was a small group. They did little damage and stole some supplies, but nothing that was a scarce resource.

All of us celebrated the win. It was a great time for me.

Pam bowed, “Elorans, thank you for helping us win this battle in our on going war.”

Instantly, Pam teleported our group. Suddenly, we were on Planet Rykanor next to the ancora sea. It looked like a utopia with clean streets and beautiful buildings that soared into the air. Oh wow, up above were the twin suns.

Vegetation was lush and green. The sky was filled with flying cars. However, in addition to the many pluses, there was a major minus. Most of the people had left Rykanor because it was near the border with the reptilian empire. Robots kept Rykanor going. They did everything from building giant superhighways to mowing green grass.

Pam was able to buy a lot of houses for a song. True, the venari do not have money. However, they trade things for energy. She quickly gave these houses to the Eloran warriors. They have never dreamed of living in a mansion. It was like the Flintstones meet the Jetsons in an ultimate cartoon cross over. Most had never seen technology on this level before and thought it was amazing.

However, most were not happy because the place was crawling with robots and also, they did notice that on Rykanor there were many people who were half human, just like Pam was. Eloran’s are nice. However, they can be a bit full of racism. Most see the venari as brothers and sisters, but they hate humans with a passion.

Think of it this way.

People tend to like their cousins. Humans were seen as the bad guys.

Actually, some of the half humans spoke English, but the accent was off and the words made little sense. For example one said, “That rehazard is pure epic. Yeah, it is failage to the max."

Failage sounds like something negative, but what does REHAZARD mean?

Slang reminded me of the 1960’s when people go – far out man, dig that groovy music.

Words make some sense. However, they sound weird or corny.

Still, the people were nice. School on earth was a horrible experience. Here there were none. Schools that is. Pam was sewing a pink dress for Rin. Those two are like two peas in one pod and get along super.

I wonder what I will do tomorrow as I am still waiting for my “vacation” to be over. After that, I have to go back to the war. I do not look forward to fighting the reptilians any.

Back in human school, the most important man was the basketball coach, and yes, he was a man. All he did was roll out a big orange basketball, then he would blow his whistle and watch us run. He made a lot of money. Yeah, he made more than the principal even. Sadly, he did not win any games. After we lost six in a row – yes six… the principal fired his ass.

Pam and her sister Rin went back to Planet Tree. That is what we call Tremintros now. Both did a show in a comedy club as stand up comics. Pam said, “Hello everyone… Glad to see you again.”

There was the usual applause and Rin said, “Both of us are warrior princesses. Hey, we are here to recruit more warriors.”

Laughter echoed from the walls of the crowded enormous room. Jimmy was nowhere to be seen. He usually was joking around, but this was serious.

Pam started imitating the human accent and moving like a human, and that means stiff like a robot or an early model android series. She was mocking Margaret, the human woman.

“What we need to do, is talk to the reptilians and wage peace –no more war.”

Howls of laughter echoed from the huge cavern. People were falling down laughing.

“All of us need to become vegan. Killing is wrong. Reptilians will stop attacking us if we ban the gun.”

Crowds erupted into more bitter laughter, like a bunch of hyenas even.

“Maybe if we seek peace, the reptilians can become our friends, instead of our enemies.”

People were laughing so hard they were crying.

Oh, so this is what we are. Humans are the laughing stock of the entire universe.

Yeah, we are like those creepy kids in special ed that everyone laughs at when they get off the short bus.

Maybe, I wish there were certain truths of which we are not aware. This is one.

 

[HDRKID]

ARGUMENT

Things were about to get even worse. I was back on the star ship again. Everything seemed fine except the rest rooms. Those were more dirty than ever. Jimmy was helping me. He made the usual comments about the over powering aroma.

Sadly, one of the toilets would not flush and I had to take apart the pump. Oh wow, there are so many pieces.

I asked, "Why don't they make em simple, like the toilets on Earth?"

Jimmy replied, "Dude, you are not on EARTH any more!"

Finally, after several hours, the repairs were over. Strange place we are in. Frankly, on earth there was a certain stigma attached to cleaning rest rooms. The other boys would have been making fun of me. In fact, I remember one saying.

"I know what you're gonna be when you grow up...you're gonna be a janitor cleaning rest rooms."

All the other kids in the class laughed at me. They did enjoy seeming mean. Perhaps that is why they were on earth and I was up here with jimmy.

Pam and her sister Rin (Jimmy's wife) came to help us. Basically, they were doing the work at a fast pace. Most people would have told me to speed up. However, I was sad for some reason.

I asked Pam. "Why don't we bring humans from earth to do this work for us? I prefer to work as a warrior."

Jimmy jumps in. "Dude, it is OK with us. Like we understand you do not like the aroma. It is over powering. Also, on earth the lowest caste gets stuck cleaning up $#@+!"

Rin laughed, "Hey, no $#%+ Sherlock, but we get to work in the $#%+ house again. It smells worse than your own farts jimmy."

Pam said, "Well, you deserve an answer. I will give you one."

There was a strange silence in the star ship and all I could hear was the far away sound of the star ship's engines roaring. It was a low grinding noise. All eyes were on me.

I said, "Look, I am sorry. Ah, it is just that -"

Pam said, "That you do not like to clean toilets and prefer to be firing a ray gun. I understand, but we cannot have humans clean up our toilets for a reason. Frankly, they are evil to the core."

I said, "It is true that some humans are bad, but some are -"

Pam interrupted me again. "Did you say some... as that is the understatement of the year. I will hazard a guess that near 100% are evil to the core. I will explain the reason. Humans hurt little ones."

I said, "P-Perhaps there are some evil priests, but that is very rare."

Pam sneered, "Did you say rare... you are wrong. It is quite common. I am not talking about Little Emily who loved her father too much, but about MURDER!"

I said, "People killing their own children is even more rare."

Pam shouted at the top of her voice. "Do not lie to me! Humans kill millions of little children every year!"

She flapped her wings in anger. "I risk my life every day to protect the children on board this space ship you LIAR!"

I shouted back. "HAH! YOU ARE THE LIAR!"

Pam calmed down some. "REALLY? Maybe you call it abortion, but I call it MURDER! That is what it is."

I buried my head in shame. She was right and I was wrong.

Pam went on. "How can I allow human women on board my ship that murder their own little ones? If they do not even love their own flesh and blood, how can they love me?"

I sadly shook my head, "What can I say... you are right and I am wrong."

Pam said, "I will tell you what humans are. MONSTERS, is what they are. HELL, even reptilian women do not kill their little ones. That is the ultimate perversion."

 

[GoldenEagleFeather]

I am very Confused about the long postings? Looks like a Hollywood story and not real.

 

[HDRKID]

Hi Golden:
Hollywood movies reflect the thinking of their era. For example, you see a 50's mentality in 50's movies. The robots are clunky machines made of metal that are lumbering around, but that is not the reality we see. Most industrial robots look nothing like humans and do not interact via voice.

From what I saw the aliens are very affectionate like puppies. They would run up to me... hug me... lick my face with no concept of personal space. I remember seeing sisters walk the long corridor of the space ship holding hands to the point of it being a cliche even.

Best way to describe what I felt is that it was like a house dog is finally allowed to join a wolf pack and run wild in an open prairie. Ah yes, no more rules and getting yelled at over every error.

Having seen a lot of sci-fi movies. I never saw anything like the social structure of the aliens in movies. However, I have bee hives near me. Aliens are a lot like bees in many ways. Their society is a gigantic super organism.

 

[HDRKID]

PRINCESS

I thought that pam would apologize for all the mean things she had been saying to me. Well, I was wrong. Instead she brought three girls from earth to the space station and introduced them to us. First was Betty, she was African American – her mother was a white woman. Her father was a black guy. I think he worked in the mail room… for some mega company. Her mom was a waitress in a casino. Both of them died in a terrible accident between a small car and a semi. I will let you guess who was in the semi and who was in a car. Second girl was Helga, people called her HELL girl and she was half Norwegian and half venari. Actually, she looked a lot like pam. Like they could have been sisters even. Helga’s uncle died and she did not have any one. Third girl was Fumiko who was from japan. She had been living with an old grandmother who did pass away. Believe it or not, on the space ship we had a girl called Sakura who was half Japanese and half venari. Sakura and Fumiko were cousins. Sakura used the law of return to claim her cousin.

Basically, that is used to claim people that are part venari, but you can extend it to relatives of yours. Pam invoked the law of return with Helga who was half venari. This should shock you out of your chair even. Pam and Helga were cousins. There was a certain family resemblance in their actions and appearance.

However, um Betty was not so lucky and I had a bad feeling about this one. A venari woman yelled at pam. “What are you doing bringing humans in? I have a daughter that is six. If something happens to my little one…”

Pam said, “Nothing bad is gonna happen – I promise.”

Rin smiled, “Please let them stay with us. They do not have any one.”

The venari woman glared at me. “It’s bad enough that we let hybrids in.”

Most venari reacted badly to the woman. Please remember that pam was an awesome warrior. She would speak using the command voice. That gave her a lot of presence or power. Venari respect officer presence. When an officer enters a room… they stand up. Also, they salute you. However, there are always exceptions as we say. Frankly, this venari lady was on the border line of getting kicked out because she did zero. Remember the venari are like a bees and lazy drones get kicked out of the hive at the end of summer.

Venari have no names, but they often adopt nick names. For example, the new Japanese girl was called usagi. That is Japanese for rabbit and this girl had buck teeth and looked a bit like a rabbit so that was her name.

Helga was called HELL girl and she did join us as a warrior. Fumiko and Sakura both started helping Xara serve soup. All was going well when Pam asked Betty if she wanted to be a warrior.

Betty said, “HAH! What me and some gun, y’all iz crazy – no way!”

Pam gave her a gun. “Make up your mind – are you with us?”

Betty grabbed the gun. “I guess so.”

Rin said, “Well, you can help my husband jimmy with the rest rooms.”

Betty said, “Lissen Beeetch! I don’t come hare to clean no toilets, and I ain’t yo slave, ya know what I’m sayin’?”

Rin said, “Well, it is back to your orphanage – little orphan annie.”

Betty said, “Lissen STOOPID, we don’t got no orphanages no mo’!”

Pam yelled at Betty. “I did rescue you. Back on earth you were living on the street and digging through garbage cans. Tell me, is that what you want?”

Betty started crying. “I’m sorry.”

Pam gave her a hug and said, “Please try to be more nice.”

Betty had bright red curly hair and she looked a bit like little orphan annie.

Little orphan annie had a dog called sandy in comics. OK so Betty had a dog called rover. He would protect her from bad men. Ah yes, she brought the dog on board the space ship where he did cause a bit of a stir. Kids wanted to play with the puppy.

I asked pam. “Hey sugar, where is Margaret now?”

She smiled. “Maggot does not have what it takes to be a warrior. I sent her back to earth, but she asked me for a second chance because she misses us. Do you think we should give her one?”

I nodded. “I guess so.”

Helga said to me. “Hey, you grew up on Earth, didn’t you?”

I nodded, “It was a very unpleasant experience.”

Helga said, “I still remember people on EARTH were calling me monster and other means names. Here every one wants to hug me. They tell me how beautiful I am.”

I said, “Helga, every place has its pluses and minuses.”

After that I heard a loud siren. Damn, it was a loud noise. It hurt my ears.

Reptilians were on board and they were shooting at us. Pam opens fire, but Betty drops her ray gun. She ran away. Fumiko started firing at the reps. She hit six.

Helga said, “Reptilians, you are under arrest - drop your weapons.”

Reptilians did ignore us. They were stealing supplies again.

Helga said, “I repeat, drop your weapons.”

They started firing at her and I threw a tear gas grenade at em.

Helga returned fire and shot one.

After that, the reps went away. Helga was crying. It was not the tear gas.

Pam gave her a hug and said. “Helga, you got what it takes to be a warrior.”

Helga started throwing up. “I never shot any one.”

Rin said, “First one is always the hardest one.”

Helga said, “Question, do we gotta fill out paper work when we kill some one?”

Pam sneered, “Question for you. Do you fill out paper work when you stomp on some cockroaches?”

Rin laughed, “Helga, we got no laws. It’s like being on a pirate ship.”

Betty walked up to me. “Bro, yo be throwin tear gas at dem reps. Dat be wrong yo. It blinds em so they cain’t see $#@^. Dat iz against duh law!”

Pam answered for me. “REALLY? Hey, wake up cinnamon princess! Like you are not on earth any more!”

I was hungry and went to the lunch room.

Fumiko and Sakura were serving soup.

Pam said, “That was good shooting Fumiko, I am proud of you.”

Fumiko bowed. “Very welcome.”

Sakura said, “I think my cousin is super. Oh, can we get some time off?”

Pam nodded, “That is a good idea. Please come back soon.”

Both Japanese girls soon found Eloran men that wanted to marry em. Funny, the Elorans as not as racist as the venari are. Sometimes Xara would help train Helga as a cook and the Norwegian girl was very strong and aggressive. Fact is, she reminded me of Pam in many ways.

Xara and Helga were quite a team; the two of them took care of things while Fumiko and Sakura visited japan. I was happy that every one was settling in.

I saw Fumiko and Sakura holding hands walking toward the teleporter room. Both of them teleported down to Tokyo and brought back a lot of Japanese candy which was a big hit with the venari. It is true that the venari have no teeth, but they can suck on a lollypop and love candy made out of sugar.

Helga was later doing war training with pam and rin. All three were quite close now. Pam was combing Helga’s long flowing hair that was as white as snow. She smiled at her cousin. “Oh wow, you have such beautiful hair; I wish mine was as long as yours.”

Rin said, “Hell girl, I saw you steal some of Fumiko’s candy so don’t do it again.”

Helga said, “Rin, I am sorry. It won’t happen again.”

Rin said, “If it does, we are sending you back to Norway.”

Helga said, “I hate Norway. People called me albino freak and other nice names.”

Rin said, “Well, we accept you. However, it ain’t easy... to walk the path of the warrior. Frankly, it requires courage. Yeah, it is a lot more than wearing a shiny new uniform and talking in a loud voice."

Pam said, “Hell girl, I won’t lie to you. Look at me, we are warriors. Have you ever had a friend screaming and dying in your arms? I don’t think so. Hope you realize how dangerous our job is.”

Helga said, “Thanks for letting me in cousin.”

Pam said, “Well, you are here with us now. Let us practice some more.”

Rin said, “There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots.”

Helga said, “What does that mean?”

Pam said, “Please be careful cousin. I don’t wanna lose you.”

Two large robots were dressed up as reptilians were coming toward us. Pam shot one. I shot the other one. Sadly, Helga got shot in the arm. She was screaming profanities at the top of her voice.

Pam said, “Hell girl, keep low to the ground or a robot will shoot you.”

Helga said, “Whatever you say – FAT PAMDA!”

Rin did jump in. “Hey, zip your mouth or you are going back to earth – one way!!!”

Pam said, “It is OK, I am sorry I called you HELL girl and it will not happen again.”

Helga walked up to Pam and gave her a hug. “I’m sorry cousin.”

Both of them started crying.

The next day Fumiko was ironing Pam’s uniform and Helga was ironing Rin’s uniform when Betty walked in. Both said in unison. “Hi Betty!”

Little orphan annie walked past them ignoring em.

Helga picked up an iron. She handed it over to Betty. “Do you wanna help us in ironing? I can give Xara’s uniform to you.”

Betty said, “F that $#@^! What y’all be thinkin? I ain’t yo slave BEEETCH!”

Fumiko said, “Hey, you wirr respect our READER! She is your MASTER!”

Betty screamed in anger. “MASTA! I ain’t got no freaking MASTA you FREAKing BEEETCH! Dontcha dare F wid me BEEETCH!” She then ran out slamming the door in rage.

Helga spoke to Fumiko. “I need to talk to my cousins. Like we don’t want Betty to be on board the space ship any more. BTW, um Fumiko, can I join you in the lunch room.”

Fumiko nodded and they both walked way.

I went over to the rest rooms. There was a lot of cleaning work ahead of me.

Jimmy was helping me clean rest rooms again. This was a woman’s rest room, so Dirty Bird and Wingless were joining in.

He started with his infamous dirty jokes again. This guy has a nick name. It is CRUDE DUDE for a reason. Mostly, he is rude and crude, but today we all was filled with sorrow. Two Eloran men died when the reptilians attacked us. They were friends of jimmy’s.

Jimmy said, “Did you hear about the priest’s favorite song. It is – where the boys are.”

I did not feel like laughing, but both Wingless and Dirty Bird thought it was funny.

Wingless asked me. “Where is the cinnamon princess?”

I said, “HUH???”

Dirty Bird chimes in. “Also known as little orphan annie.”

Jimmy said, “She was complaining about the aroma. Yeah, the toilets need to stink more.”

All of us started laughing.

Jimmy farted. “POOOT! – I’m a recovering fartaholic, except I’m not recovering.”

Dirty Bird shouted, “Jimmy, you are gross. I hate you!”

Wingless said, “I had another argument with cinnamon princess. She told me that there was gonna be a race war. I asked her if she was gonna kill her white mama. She goes ‘lissen, I dun told ya, mah mama be dead FOOL!’ after that she ran away.”

Dirty Bird said, “Little orphan annie is so ugly, she looks like a turd with teeth!”

Jimmy said, “She told me that I am a devil because I have pointed ears. I don’t hate any one. I am half human and I accept who I am. Why do humans hate us so much?”

Finally, Betty shows up. Jimmy gave her a mop. “Here you go BRAVE warrior.” She threw it into a disintegrator. I heard the sound of cracking and popping.

Betty said, “F YOU Jimmy!”

Jimmy asked, “Did you come to help us?”

Betty snorted. “Whys ya be wakin mah ass up early in duh morning man? WTF man! Dontcha do diz $#@^ again. Diz $#@^ iz crazy! Lissen ya motha, I needs mah beauty sleep.”

She then grabbed a plunger and walked over to a toilet.

Betty said, “Look at diz here $#@+! Diz toilet iz fulla $#@^! HAH! It ain’t no wonder it don’t flush no mo’!”

Jimmy was laughing so hard he was crying. “What did you expect to find in a toilet – ice cream?”

Betty said, “STFU! Diz whole place stink like some damn $#%^!”

Jimmy said, “What did you expect to the $#%^ house to smell like – roses?”

Betty said, “Lissen ghost man… I wanna go home now.”

Jimmy said with an edge in his voice. “Word of advice brown sugar… If you refuse to become a warrior… we might juss $#%^ can your ass!”

Betty replied, “I don’t come diz far to clean no toilets, ya know what I’m sayin?”

Wingless gave her a mop “Here you go cinnamon princess. Stop complaining, and start hitting the mop.”

Betty looked at Wingless. “Yo, what happened to yo wings?”

Wingless looked at Dirty Bird. “What a charming negress.”

Dirty Bird stared at Betty with eyes as hard as iron.

Betty goes. “Whatcha lookin at?”

Dirty Bird growled, “Reptilians raped her and tore her wings off… any more question you wanna ask us?”

Betty’s hands were shaking so bad that she drops her mop. She ran all the way to pam’s room. Then she started knocking on the door with all her might even. “Ah, come in.”

Little orphan annie ran in. “Help, m-miss p-p-pam. I-I w-wanna go HOME now. I-I wanna go.”

Pam stood up. “What a pathetic wimp. I give you a chance to become a great warrior. Which will it be warrior or worm – tell me!”

I saw her attitude creep back in. “I ain’t afraid o nutin!”

Pam snarled, “That is grand, so you can go back and finish helping jimmy.”

Rin said, “All we need now… a cowardly human pretending to be a warrior.”

Pam sneered. “Yeah, saying a cowardly human is like saying a short midget, very redundant, as I have never seen a tall one. Also, why do humans say fall down as I never did see any one FALL up.”

Rin countered, “Helga is a brave warrior.”

Pam smiled. “She is half venari. Also, she is our cousin.”

Rin added. “What about Fumiko?”

Pam said, “Both Fumiko and Sakura have the blood of samurai warriors.”

Xara walked in. “My husband grew up on earth and he told me that they do not respect warriors. In fact, they call em baby killers and pigs.”

Rin said, “Ah yes, I remember your late husband, he was a great warrior. He gave his life fighting for the venari cause. I wish we still had the pleasure of his company. Like all warriors, he was willing to get in the trenches and fight for us. Sadly, he is with God now.”

Pam snarled. “Great warrior my ass. Skeleton man was a wimp.”

Xara said. “I better be going. I have to serve some soup.”

I walked back to the rest rooms. Pam was in a bad mood again.

All of our work was done, but Betty came any way.

Jimmy said, “OK so, what work did your daddy do? Did he sell crack rock?”

Dirty Bird and Wingless were laughing now.

Jimmy added, “Probably, your daddy was a pimp… and your mama was a –“

Betty walked up and punched jimmy so hard he fell down. “Dontcha dare talk bad ‘bout mah mama!”

I rushed in. “Hey Hey, let’s not get physical now.”

Wingless said, “Hello cinnamon princess, we are glad you finally could join us. Except we are done, so go help Xara serve soup now.”

Betty slowly trudged on over. I was with her and she looked like some one that did not have one friend in the entire universe. Frankly, she saw every one as an enemy.

I said, “Hey Betty, I lived on earth many years. What is popular now?”

She said, “Whatcha mean?”

I said, “I’m talking about music.”

She looked down. “Hunny, I ain’t into no music. After mah mama died, theys up an put me inna foster home and I runs away.”

I said, “There must have been some relatives to pick you up.”

She shook her head. “Hunny, ain’t nobody wanna black daughter or a brown son.”

I said, “I want to share a secret with you. When I first came on board this ship, the pure venari kids did not want to play with pam. I saw her in a corner crying.”

Betty said, “Pam got rin her lil sis. I ain’t got no one.”

I nodded, “Yeah, you are right – I guess.”

Xara came by. “Hey, you two wanna help me. I have a lot of extra soup.”

I nodded, “Yeah sure.”

Betty snarled. “Do I look like yo slave Beeetch?”

Xara said, “Frankly, that attitude of yours is wearing thin on us. This ship is full of half breeds like me and that is what you are. I don’t wanna hear no more excuses.”

Betty walked away. “I ain’t doin’ nutin!”

Xara turned toward me. “Why is she always angry?”

I looked down. “There is a certain sadness on earth that infuses everything you see. I wish that I could describe the happiness of living on Planet Rykanor as it is pure joy.”

Xara said, “I have an idea, let’s all go down to Rykanor and have fun.”

All of us came down except for a skeleton crew. Trini was still on board taking care of nursery. Trixie was serving soup. Lone Wolf was cleaning the engine core. Jimmy was cleaning rest rooms. Also, there were a few more.

The rest of us walked to the teleporter room. Pam runs up to Fumiko and gives her a hug. “Usagi power!”

OK as I have said before that is a nick name. Usagi means rabbit in Japanese.

Fumiko said, “When I first come on board I think arien are monsta.”

I replied. “Frankly, I think humans are monsters.”

Fumiko smiled at me. “Rykanor so sunny. Weather is nice. I rike it, you know, in japan it snow.”

Helga told me. “I hate Norway. It is so cold and full of snow. Rykanor is so warm.”

Betty said, “Lissen fool, I be tired of drinkin warm soup… gimme some meat to sink mah teeth in.”

Rin imitated Betty’s accent. “Dat ain’t gonna happen FOOL cuz we iz vegan.”

All of us laughed some.

Pam gave every one flying motorcycles and they all started buzzing over the ancora sea.

Rin was helping Pam build a large country club and a golf course. There was one problem, water was expensive. Venari have no money. Still, bringing in water costs a lot of energy.

From high above the ancora sea I flew in a rocket cycle or flying motorcycle up in the air. Rykanor looked like a gem. Cities nearby were glowing as we saw the setting twin suns. It just took my breath away.

Everybody was happy – even rover.

Betty called out. “Hey rover, come on back hare ya damn dawg!”

Helga said, “He is chasing after a bunny rabbit now.”

Sakura said, “Be careful Fumiko; he might chase you!”

All of us laughed as the wind picked up. The city was all lit up in neon.

Rykanor was so clean and the air was pure. The far away city reminded me of Tokyo and Tron – the movie. It was futuristic to the max. Buildings towered miles into the air.

Helga said, “I wanna stay here forever and live on the ancora sea.”

Rin laughed, “Hey, you might get wet!”

Helga said, “Ah no, don’t be silly, in one of those mansions.”

Rin gave her some keys. “Here you go. Don’t worry… robots clean it up for you. Also, they mow your grass. Hope ya enjoy your new beach house as it’s right next to mine. Welcome aboard warrior.”

Helga shouted. “Oh wow! This is for me?”

Rin added. “I’m trying to not use robots on board the space ship because Elorans hate em. They just had a robot war. Actually, they are still picking up pieces. It was a long war. That means a lot of cleaning up for us. I hope you don’t mind serving soup to Eloran warriors.”

Helga said, “I don’t mind, as it is an honor to serve.”

Betty said, “I’m tired of cleaning up $%#%!”

Pam goes, “Oh really? Like you never help xara or jimmy.”

Xara said, “Fumiko and Sakura are helping me serve soup.”

Helga said, “I also pitch in.”

I said, “Wingless and Dirty Bird are helping us in rest rooms.”

Rin said, “Maybe we all need to have a vacation soon.”

That reminded me that summer was near over. I would soon be in human school again.

Fumiko and Sakura asked if they could have their vacation in japan. Pam nodded. “Bring us ice cream.”

Helga looked at Betty. “I don’t wanna go back, what about you?”

Betty said, “I’m tired of cleaning up $#%^! What be in it fo’ me?”

Xara said, “I will give you a mansion… if you decide to become a warrior. Robots will do all the cleaning for you. All you have to do is fight reps.”

Betty said, “Diz be juss like earth, robots are slaves and evil white people get to live in plantations.”

Xara said, “Oh wow, is that so? Maybe you should liberate all the cars. People have to walk from now on. Robots are machines you moron. Frankly, we build em to serve us. They have less brains than an ant or a wasp. Do you get accuse of committing a murder if you step on an ant?”

Betty said, “I ain’t no moron. Dat what you iz.”

Pam jumps in. “I am half human and I tell you. I hate wussies like you. What you are is a pathetic wimp. That is why you refuse to help us fight in our war.”

Betty said, “HAH! Yeah, me helpin ya. Dat be like some dumb fool chicken workin at KFC!”