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--- The Story---
"You don't want to know. There is a whole other story behind it. " Phibe said.
Terry just gave her a look but left it alone. Phibe then said that she had to move in with him until the time comes. Terry again looked confused, agreed to it, and proceeded to leave it alone.
The next day when Terry woke up, he started to have flashbacks of last night. He shook his head thinking that he imagined it. When he got down stairs, he went into the kitchen and poured himself a glass of milk and then headed to the living room to watch the news. When he got into the doorway he froze. There on his couch was Phibe and the two guys. Terry dropped his cup and the noise alerted them of his presence.
“Hey, did you sleep well last night? I slept like a baby.” Phibe asked and then Terry fainted.
A few hours later Terry woke up to three worried faces.
“You okay?” Phibe asked
“No!!! You’re supposed to be dead!!” Terry screamed.
“I know. I thought we got past that.” Phibe sighed. “Okay. You know me. To me left is Tank and to my right is Josh.” Both boys laughed and said hello.
Terry still didn’t know what to make of this, so just to be polite he had said hi back. Phibe helped Terry onto the couch. She then headed to the kitchen to make him some tea. After about five minutes the tea was done and she brought it out for him.
“Let me tell you a story. Now before you say anything this tale will explain everything. Okay…. Back before all the other planets were formed, there was one planet that was around. This planet was Eartha. This planet was completely made out of plants. Our Mother, the creator of the planet, had made three supreme beings, a male who had the spirit of an animal, a female with the spirit of nature’s flowers, and another male with the spirit of animals and the flowers. This unique mix was given a name, the carnivorous plant. It ate flesh like an animal but was in the form of plants."
"At first everything was fine and the planet had prospered. Our Mother had made other beings as well. These beings were called the Earthans. They, as well as the animals, that were made out of plants. Now, because of this, each plant and animal had its own unique personality. After thousands of years the second male had become power hungry and had decided to eat the other children Our Mother had created. Normally all the beings on this planet were loved but when this started to happen she stopped loving him. So to protect her planet Our Mother had banished her son to the outer reaches of the galaxies. After that the son was never heard from again. Until now………” Phibe had paused to let it all sink in.
“What?” Terry said.
“I know it’s hard to understand.” She explained.
“WHAT!” Terry screamed.
“Terry please calm down. I know it’s hard to understand but we think that the plant on top of the pyramid, the same one that was killing everyone, is what caused Angel to claw her way out of her mother’s stomach.” Terry just looked shocked. “We also think that at the time of the hiking trip Bianca was pregnant but didn’t know it. Since she was in the really early stages the plant simply, in a way, mutated itself to look like a human baby. Simply put it formed in Bianca’s body, into Angel.
Terry calmly asked, “You think that Angel is an Earthan?”
“Yes. We were unsure at first but now we know. It all made sense when she had explained it to us."
" She?" Terry asked.
" Yes she. I'm talking about Our Mother. She had somehow managed to get us to Eartha. She is one amazing woman. She had contacted us in hopes that we would help her. You see she thinks the reason her son was killing everyone was because of how she raised him. So she thought maybe if I had raised him with your help he might actually turn out different. Oh well every mother would give anything for another chance at helping their children have that rare second chance."
Phibe pauses and softly chuckles, " She means well. She is such a nice lady. I mean I was even surprised with how nice she was."
Terry thought about this and suddenly became confused, " If all the plants are inside Angel, how did you survive?"
Phibe laughed and said," Well when he had tried to take over our bodies he actually succeeded. The only problem was that he couldn't stay in our bodies. I don't know why so don't bother asking. All I know is that he couldn't and the only person he could stay in was Angel."
" Is there anything else I should know about, while we are on the subject of new things."
"Well now that you mention it. When she dies her first death, if your still around you can come with us back to Eartha and stay while she is trained to control her plants and her powers that come with it.” Phibe finished.
“ Her first death?” Terry asked.
“Yea. All Earthans go through a mortal life first. The plants ensure that the being lives to the age of 95 and then help them pass gently. Then after some time they are brought back and given eternal youth. They look about 25.” Phibe explained, “ Now if you don’t mind I have to go shopping. I have absolutely nothing to wear.” With that she got up and walked out the door.
Terry just sat there in silence with a lot of questions going through his head. He thought, how in hell am I supposed to raise an alien. This was followed by, how do you even raise an alien. Others went along the line of how would he hide this from everyone. After thinking about this some more he started to think about one main thing. He thought, ‘How do I get rid of Angel?’
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