Chapter 9
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Chapter 9
The spaceship landed in Paris. Well, it didn’t quite land, it hovered at quite a height and reflected the city below.
“The ships are all reflective to counter laser attacks,” Lorenzo explained, giddy like a child.
Guillermo grunted in agreement. He didn’t really care for that. His worry was about the big meeting. Joaquin had taught him that the first time you meet your charge is very important. But in this case, it was an alien.
Sure, she was pretty and young and… Well, she was red. But she was just a rich girl, just like the rest. That was Joaquin’s advice. Guillermo had the nagging feeling that his mentor was as befuddled about this as anyone.
He couldn’t blame the man. What can you possibly teach someone about this scenario?
The spaceship came down slowly on the helipad.
“Well, it isn’t that intimidating from this angle.” Guillermo breathed in the cool air. “No offence, Pollux.”
Lorenzo chuckled.
Pollux bowed, “I’m sorry, you misunderstood, this is just the passenger pod of the ‘Touch Her and You’re Dead.’ The Princess wouldn’t dare come to anything but a royal land on her first visit.”
Guillermo turned to him. “What? Where is she?”
“In…” he checked his wrist. “The United Kingdom, I believe. Is that where your Earth Queen is?”
“f**k!” Guillermo mumbled under his breath.
Guillermo sat down across Pollux. Lorenzo called him a ‘lucky bastard’ and waved from below.
“How long till we reach the United Kingd-”
The air popped around them and he could suddenly see Buckingham palace.
“Right,” he sighed. “Blink and you miss it.”
Pollux smiled diplomatically.
A monitor showed their surroundings. They rose up to a larger shiny blob in the sky. Guillermo gulped. Okay, now that was bigger. Blobbier, with the same shiny surface that didn’t let you gauge distances and volumes. But it certainly was big, and it certainly was alien.
They docked.
“Now remember,” Pollux said leaning forward, “you mustn’t touch the princess for any reason whatsoever.”
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