The Alien Inside Me

Chapter 14: The Return

Regrouped in the office basement, Tony was now pacing over the dated carpet as we recounted all of our findings.

"So we have to un-banish them from our heads." Tony said, getting the gist of the story quickly.

"Yep." I said popping the p, "We think it must be as easy as just saying we want them back."

"Uh, yeah." Tony laughed nervously.

We all turned to fully face him.

"Don't tell me you already called your alien back." Becca smirked.

"How could you tell?" Tony looked down with red cheeks.

"You had the look of someone who just went back to the ex their friend was bad-mouthing." Becca laughed, "It's all good, you can do whatever you want with your alien girlfriend."

Dawn scoffed, "Couldn't even make it a day, huh?"

"It's weird, but I really like her. I mean no one else has really gotten me like her, and if she's my soulmate then- I don't know." He was still blushing, but looked up at us.

"I get it." I smiled, "I was lonely last night."

"Me too." Candice smiled slyly, "If I had thought I would be able to be productive with him brooding around in my mind, I would have told Krayteq that he could come back."

I laughed, "Well I guess we don't have to all let them back in our heads, Tony could just tell Viyakra, who could relay the message the others."

A lull came over the room and I took in a deep breath, "But I kind of want to warn Aryzox personally."

"Me too! I mean, I want to warn Krayteq." Candice rushed to jump in.

"I miss Raegov too, even though he is such a worrywart." Becca gave us a sly grin.

Dawn harrumphed, "Is this the part where I'm supposed to unite us all in delusion by saying I miss my alien loser?"

"Well you did call him your alien loser." Tony hesitantly said, looking like he was holding back a smile.

"Fine, I'll warn him too, but just so that I can say I tried to save his stupid self from falling right into a trap." She sniffed.

"So, Tony, we just have to say that we want them to come back?" I asked, feeling more hopeful that we could prevent Mayor Brown's nefarious plan.

"Yeah, even though I wanted her to come back, I had to formally sort of say it out loud."

"Alright, here goes nothing." I whispered to myself, "Aryzox, please come back."

A moment passed after we all made our requests, a few nervous looks were shared, but nearly simultaneously we were all relieved.