Spirit Harvester

I get ready to welcome the guests as they are finally here. I was getting tired of waiting. I even thought of discovering the world together with Hazel. That was the plan but this takes precedence.

I have to extra careful. They will land in probably two hours if my math is correct.

They can annihilate the entire human population in just a few minutes. I don't know their numbers or their actual potential.

So I am completely outclassed. I don't know if I can even put up a fight nor do I want to find out. My presence will be a probably be a hindrance to them.

Maybe I will be killed as well. And this story will end. But this gets me more fired up.

My life is at stake. It's getting interesting.

I exit my house with Hazel. I should carry a few weapons with me but I don't know if my weapons would work or not.

Their physique is unknown as well.

Further action is impossible due to insufficient information.

I have to gather information on them. For now, let’s try to do things stealthily.

I sneak around and pick up some firearms from the armory. Yes, I did load up on weapons for future use.

These weapons would be very effective against humans but I am facing extraterrestrial life forms.

So I should not expect them to have same physique as humans.

Still, it's better than nothing.

I look at Hazel. She seems kinda tense so I pat her. Her being tense will make things harder for me.

I am currently inside the city albeit at the edge. I can see the plains from here.

I didn't have any protective armor. So I put on my lead jacket.

It should protect me if they use nuclear weapons. I hope as radiation will burn my exposed body parts. But this is all I can do for now.

I slap my cheeks to pump myself. More than an hour has passed. I can see something coming down from the sky.

It's actually entering at a low pace.

The reentry in the atmosphere should burn the outside. But they are perfectly avoiding that and maintaining a steady course. Gravity is indeed pulling them but they are thrusting upwards to cancel the gravitational pull.

It looks like they are capable of gravitational control and interstellar traveling.

So the science fiction is true now.

I wait for a little more and they have descended.

The spaceship itself isn't that big. Probably 20 meters in length and 15 meters wide and shaped like a bird.

I expected the classic saucer type space ship but it wasn’t that. Humans just exaggerated in the past.

And judging from its size, it should have a crew of 20 at most though it can be any number.

A reconnaissance team sent to analyze the situation, I think.

I patiently wait as they should get off that ship.

The moment finally came and the door opened.

I was expecting something like those old movies. Like green body and round head or spikes or tentacles.

But reality was different. They looked like normal humans.

"Wha…..?" I say this as I am very astonished at the sight.

They look like normal humans.

No difference whatsoever.

Hazel is still looking and she looked at me.

Her eyes seemed to be saying,

'Let's leave.'

I pat her head and say, "No. We need to see."

I am about 20 meters away from their landing spot. So they should not have noticed me.

I guess, they aren't trying to actively search for people. Their confidence must be pretty damn high.

That's actually okay. I am the anomaly in the first place. Something outside of their equation has occurred which they don’t know about.

I am talking to myself even more than before. Maybe I am a bit nervous.

I take a few deep breaths, steel my nerves and get ready.

I need to get closer to them or I won't know anything.

So I start walking with Hazel in tow. I should get closer but I have to watch out as well.

They should not notice me.

And after moving closer, I am currently 10 meters away.

I look at them. 4 in total. No weapons on them and they are wearing weird body suits.

Their gender is unknown.

I look at Hazel.

"What do you think they are? Male or female or both?" I ask her.

She just nodded her head. Maybe she is confused as well.

They are looking around and taking some equipment out.

Should I strike first? If I am fast enough all of would be dead.

But their potential is unknown. Technology is possibly far too advanced.

So I have to be wary of them.

I move closer.

Only a few meters away from them.

But they still haven't noticed me.

I can hear them talking.

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What language is that? But they are from somewhere that is not known to us. It's not like I expected them to speak in our language.

Listening to them is useless so I just observe them.

They are pointing at the city. Being a few meters away, I am currently outside of the city as well.

I can see the gate. Maybe they are heading to the gate.

'Fast' is the word I can use. They walk fast.

They entered the city after checking something.

"Maybe I should investigate their ship." I say and head to their ship.

I pray that it doesn't have any security in place and it worked. I touch the door and it opened. I entered with Hazel in tow.