“Jesus. Please tell me something…I don’t know what to do…” I cried.
I sat there for about an hour crying. I wiped my face and stared at myself in the bathroom mirror. I felt hideous. I felt like breaking the mirror.
What was I? This blue skin that I was now in was unfamiliar and terrifying.
I went back to my room and curled up in my bed for a while. As I laid there staring into space my attention was caught by a book sitting on my dresser. As I looked closer, it was my book, “Space Tiers”. I had the sudden urge to open the book and look inside. I got up to get it and when I opened it to the first page, I saw, “written by John Rudy”. I flipped through the pages a couple of times.
I finally stopped on page 23. I stared at the illustration of the Tier Travelers trying to escape from the attacks by the Conquerors of Planet I’s spaceship. The Tier travelers last hope was to land on Pluto and take cover. However, their attempt was unsuccessful. Soon after, the Tier Travelers were captured and taken captive. Some were even sent to planet Earth to be tormented.
As I looked at the page for about five minutes something seemed familiar about the Tier Travelers. I had previously read that they were blue creatures who traveled the universe collecting rocks and materials. I knew that they came from a planet called Rhasa. I couldn’t quite put my finger on it, but then it struck me; the Tier Travelers were actually Rasadians!
Who was John Rudy? How did John Rudy know about Rasadians? Why did he write a book about Rasadians disguised as the Tier Travelers?
Before I could turn to the next page in the book, something strange happened to me. My entire body was consumed by a sense of calmness. Then I heard a voice say, “BENJAMIN. YOU MUST GO TO THE SPACE TIERS CONFERENCE TOMORROW.”
I jumped, “Who’s there?” I looked around.
Then I heard a gentle voice, “I AM THE LORD GOD. YOU MUST GO BENJAMIN. YOUR TIME HAS NOW COME TO SAVE YOUR PEOPLE. I WILL BE WITH YOU.”
“My people…what people?” I said, “What do you mean save my people?”
“MY CHILDREN HAVE SUFFERED FOR A VERY LONG TIME AT THE HANDS OF EVILDOERS. BENJAMIN, I HAVE CHOSEN YOU AND MANY OTHERS TO STOP THEM. YOU MUST SAVE YOUR PEOPLE. YOU MUST GO TO THE CONFERENCE TO JOHN AND GET TO YOUR HOME PLANET.”
“I don’t understand! How am I even going to get to my planet? I have no way to get there.”
“JOHN HAS A SHIP. HE WILL HELP YOU. YOU MUST GO BEN-ANI. JOHN IS WAITING FOR YOU.”
My heart was racing and my words were faint because God had just spoken to me.
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The next morning, after my parents had left for work, I got a call from James. He was outside of my house waiting for me to open the door.
“What the heck are you doing at my house?”
“I caught the train to Desertville so we can go to the Space Tiers conference!”
“You're going to be in so much trouble when you get home.”
“Yeah I know. Now open the door.”
I didn’t open the door right away. I tried to find stuff to cover myself with like a sweater, beanie and gloves. Then it occurred to me; I have blue skin, and there was no way to hide it.
I should just tell James - I thought.
I went downstairs and opened the door. To my surprise, James wasn’t alone, Kay-ani was with him too.
“Why is she here? Did anyone see her?” I asked.
James gasped and pointed at me…“WHOA! YOU’RE AN…I WAS RIGHT! YOU’RE AN ACTUAL…” Then I snatched them both into the house, and quickly slammed the door behind them.
“So, are you going to tell me why Kay-ani is here?”
“Well…” James said. “No one saw us.”
“And how can you be so sure?” I said. I was infuriated that James had brought Kay-ani out in public, all this way, knowing of the danger that she could have faced.
“Because she was wearing a mask on the train and long sleeves…” he said while pointing at her.
I looked at Kay-ani and saw the mask in her hand. It was a felt Wolverine mask from James’s 9th birthday party.
“Still, it’s too dangerous,” I sat down on the couch. “You guys shouldn’t have come…”
“It wasn’t him who wanted to come,” Kay-ani interrupted. “The Creator’s instructions were for James and I to come to your house and meet with you today.”
“The Creator?”
She nodded.
“You’re talking about God, right?” I asked her.
“Yes, if that is what Earth calls Him.”
“I see.”
James shrugged.
I got up from the sofa and apologized to James, “I’m sorry for the way I reacted.”
“That’s the part I couldn’t explain on the phone,” he mentioned.
“I understand now. I talked to Naomi and she said that she is going to pick me up in about an hour.”
“You sure you want to tell her...? About, you know...?” James asked.
“Yeah. She and Marley are the only two other people I trust. Also, I needed a ride to the conference.”
So, we all waited until Naomi sent a text that she had arrived. I grabbed my backpack which had a few important items. The three of us walked out to greet her. I paused before I reached the end of the doorway.
“James, I haven’t told Naomi I'm like this now and if she sees me or Kay-ani, she will freak out. Can you go out there and talk to her?”
“What exactly do you want me to tell her?”
“I don’t know, think of something.”
James headed out to Naomi, I saw him say a few words to her and then he waved for us to come to the car.
As Kay-ani and I made our way to Naomi’s car, she had a strange look on her face. We tried to open the car doors to get in, but we were struck by a scream.
“AHH! GET AWAY FROM MY CAR!” Naomi yelled looking at me.
I ran over to the driver side to quickly explain before she drove off.
“Naomi! It’s me, Benjamin?!”
“WHAT?! WHY DO YOU LOOK LIKE THAT?”
“It’s a long story! I'll explain everything to you and Marley, if you would just let me get in the car…”
She continued to try to drive, almost skirting off.
“WAIT! Please!”
“Explain what! What are you!” Naomi said, frightened.
Then James ran up to the car, “Naomi, this is Benjamin, it’s really him!” he held his hands up trying to stop Naomi.
“Who’s she?” Naomi pointed to Kay-ani.
“It’s Kayla,” I said.
“Kayla? Okay you guys have to explain what’s going on…”
“I will. Where’s Marley?"
“She’s at the church.”
“Can we get in the car now?” I said. The sun had been beaming on us and it was getting worse the longer we stood out there.
She huffed. “Get in so we can go pick up Marley…”
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