Human Exposure

Chapter 5

Another life another world

John and Sarah await Andrew's arrival so that he can open a portal to Xe's planet.

Andrew seems like a busy ... per.. alien? Asks John.

Haha he is always up to something that much is true John. He is part of the greater scheme of things. As Sarah giggles and winks at John.

John nods and shyly looks away.

So you guys are ready! As Andrew bursts into the room! Smaks John on the back. So what have you been up to Johnny boy?

John thinks to himself. Damn this guy. I could take him now.

No you would not be able to Johnny. You forgot we are telepathically connected now my friend. Haha. As Andrew laughs it off.

Shit! Damn you Andrew! I can't keep my own thoughts to myself anymore? Agree as John is about this it is also an ability that he will have to control.

Andrew opens the portal to Xe's planet and the three of them step through.

Xe was anticipating their arrival. As he stands there is awesome magnificence, towering above everybody else. He has a blue shine about him today. He seems a bit restless come to think of it as he is walking... gliding up and down the room. Hard to say with a creature like Xe.

Mind your thoughts John! As Xe looks him in the eyes with those dark deep eyes piercing through his soul!

Yes about that Xe. How is it possible that all this is happening? The telepathic abilities, the transformation, the...

Let me stop you right there. I am about to explain everything here now. As Xe aggressively stops John.

You are one of the few, which you already know. But I think to let you know more about what I am and who we are might give you more introspection.

It seems like everybody is eager to hear and listen to the story.

About fourteen billion years ago, I was born. I am a simple organism born from chaos and disaster, however beautiful part of creation. My existence was a struggle as I was born in a pool of water and particles all trying to take life. I believe I was the first successful entity or being as you would know it in simple terms.

Every evolution and change took me to another level of becoming a super organism. I was born again and again as the environment kept on changing. I had to find a way to jump through time and space to get off the planet and part of the universe I was in due to all the destructive forces that were endlessly shaping the universe, planets, stars and alike. I was not as...intelligent as I am now, I was a simple creature, much like humans, but with a much worse start.

I was able to somehow think about a distant star and see the star and the solar system in my mind and started noticing small particles coming together. It took me a very long time to finally realize that wormholes exist and that would be the best way for me to travel from one part to another part of the universe altogether. I had to concentrate for a very long time longer than the human race's existence is.

Time to me was irrelevant. I was part of a cluster in a spawning pool. A pool of water on a planet and many planets had this pool. I needed to escape the pool and at the same time travel from one to another as the destructive forces and nature were upon me every few million years.

So you have been alive since the beginning? The beginning? Of the universe? John asks politely and hesitantly.

Yes, John I have always existed and I too was just a cell, a simple organism existing alongside other organisms that also evolved right alongside me. You have no idea the kinds of life that exist out there in the universe. Creatures that outsmart me and are as big as planets.