Silver Ghosts

It's a post-apocalyptic story about the struggle of the last remaining humans and the complicated relationship between two alien races who watch over Earth.

I watched them helplessly as they destroyed it all. 100,000 years of  

technological evolution only to fall because of some silly politicians that had different points of view  

which led to the launch of 10 nuclear bombs, the outcome was horrible  

obviously. Only a few thousands of them live, although I wouldn't call  

it living really. They wear high-tech metallic suits that were given to  

them by our brethren to help them survive in a radiated environment.  

They begged us to relocate them to another Earth but our rules are  

strict, as much as we want to help them, we can't. The leaders think  

that if any of us interfere with lesser individuals will mean that  

they'll forget their mistakes and stop looking for ways to survive on  

their own.

My job was to insure that their genetic code won't be lost  

as they have become somewhat of an endangered species. I was asked to  

go to one of their camps and take DNA samples. I arrived at the site, it  

was awful, they lived in old buildings on the edge of collapsing. I  

walked slowly toward an orphaned child, as I was ready to paralyze  

him, he looked at me and whispered "they'll come after you". Shocked,  

i left the camp area without retrieving the DNA. As I was on my way  

back to the scout ship, five men carrying our guns have gathered  

around me. I felt afraid for the first time in my life. I never  

thought that I'd be in this situation that's why I didn't carry any  

weapons on me. They handcuffed me with robes and led me to an  

underground tunnel. They pushed me into a cell and locked the door. It  

was wet, cold and horrifying. I waited for days but apparently they  

just want me to rot in this cell, it must be their way of revenge.  

It's the 26th day and I woke up on the sound of gun shots.

 

The cell door was opened, I was too exhausted to see who's behind it. Then  

a very sharp sound made me pass out. I woke up only to find myself  

laying on a bed in a large white room. I felt nostalgic for a moment  

and then I remembered being here before. It was clear that it was one  

of the mother ships of one of our brethren fleet. A man walked into  

the room, he seemed very nervous and anxious. I knew there was  

something big going on so I asked him about the situation. He asked to  

escort me to the main hall where his superiors will explain everything  

to me. I arrived at a large round hall with surrounding windows that  

overlooked Earth, and there were twelve figures standing in the  

shadows. I couldn't see their faces but they seemed like they were  

smiling at me. One of them called me by my name and said "those  

humans, those savages they didn't understand the meaning of the word  

no, and now they're taking their ignorance to the extreme." it was in  

that moment that I realized a war was going to start, and the outcome  

was very obvious. So I looked at the twelve figures, I smiled and I  

said "why do you think we're here? Weren't we once savages? Didn't we  

destroy our home-planets because of our constant hatred? Didn't we beg  

and humiliated ourselves for some food? Didn't we joined each other  

for the sake of helping unfortunate race like we were?". He paused for  

two minutes and said "rules are rules, we can't and we won't change  

them."

That was when I decided to abandon the fleet and work with  

human rebels. I knew that I would die either way. If I joined the  

humans, I'd be killed by my people, or I would be executed for  

treason. I exited the hall and walked toward the docking bay. The  

gates of the bay were locked, so being a scientist I had some  

knowledge of computers. I hacked the gate and went to the nearest  

military scout ship. I took off and set a course to Earth. I arrived  

30 minutes later and went to look for the humans. I looked up and all  

I could think of was how this beautiful planet was, and what it would  

be like when the humans die. I walked for a while before I could see  

the smoke rising in the distance. I had a strange feeling, like I  

shouldn't be here. I decided to continue walking toward the smoke. My  

feelings were right after all, it was dark but I could smell the  

decayed corpses, I felt sick to my stomach.

But I kept walking,  

looking for any signs of life. I found a woman hiding behind a large  

container, i asked her how this has happened and she said, "apparently  

you damn aliens thought it was a good idea to use live shooting  

targets!" . I explained my situation and she seemed to believe my  

story, so she decided to escort me to the bomb shelter where the  

survivors might hide in. The cold feeling of steel on my neck sent  

chills down my spine, the man who held the knife was shaking, fearing  

that I might attempt to harm him. After convincing him, he let go of  

the knife and walked with me into the shelter. That's where I've found  

a small group of rebels, waiting to live without fear. We said our  

goodbyes and opened the large metal gate, knowing that death awaits  

us. We ventured into the jungles of old cities. We clenched our guns  

and prayed for freedom. We heard the first gunshot and ran into cover.  

Time seem so slow in the battlefield, I felt the souls of dead  

comrades. I've seen what they have seen, felt what they have felt. I  

was born as an alien, and I'll die as a human. I've seen my life pass  

in front of me, I've seen what I could have done, what could have  

accomplished. One of my own people have shot me, I didn't feel any  

pain, I was freed. My name was Alaje, and this was my story.

Author's Note

This was the first story I've ever wrote. And English isn't my first language, so please ignore any grammar mistakes.

Reviews

[E.V. Black]

I must say for you to say that it has some grammar mistakes, I only found quit a few. I'm impressed with your writing. I mean, it doesn't have much depth to the story, but I expected it to be that way. It's a short story, anyway. I'm interested in what kind of world it is. Maybe you'll write more? :D

[Enigma]

I am enjoying this story, Its very interesting. I do see a few mistakes in the writing but I did enjoy this.