The Experiment (30 page)

Kayin didn’t turn around, he just nodded and continued to gaze out into space.

When we got to the flight deck it was confirmed that everyone was on board and the techs were readying the stasis capsules. I thanked the flight crew for all of their help and gave the order to head home.

We didn’t have much time before we’d be out of the solar system so Sara and I rushed back to the observation room.

Before we went in Sara said. “Just give him some time, I’ll try and talk to him later…”

She sighed. “He’s probably right… You have to understand what an impression we made on them… they watched us come out of the sky Atlas. They’re still terrified and amazed. Try to imagine how you would feel as a primitive man witnessing that… I’d have to agree with Kayin. There’s no doubt in my mind all this has done a lot more harm than we could ever imagine… but like you say we did everything we could do… I’ll try and cheer him up anyway. At least we’re able to go home and help everyone on Aeris… We’re just going to have to live with what happened and know we tried our best…”

We went in and stood next to Kayin. Sara put her arm around him.

I still wished we weren’t leaving. I bet even Kayin
would want to stay and help 3… or Atlas, start society and guide his people…

I said “All that for some soft yellow metal that’s probably on plenty of other planets…”

Kayin looked over at me “I won’t rest until everyone involved is brought to justice…”

We locked eyes and I responded “I’m with you Kayin… Whatever it takes.”

Sara took my hand and leaned up against my shoulder.

As the Sirius began to leave the solar system we all became awestruck when it came upon the third planet from X-451… They called it X-454, but it was deserving of a much better name as it was one of the most beautiful things I had ever seen.

Even though it was uninhabitable, the fire and chrysos colored rings were nothing short of hypnotic. I almost had a hard time believing it was real… It was another one of those moments that would change my life forever…

I knew Kayin and Sara were standing there still feeling like we had failed… but I know that if it weren’t for people like them, none of this would ever have happened.

The natives would still be on operating tables and packed into testing rooms… Horus would still be alive and well, working through the night while the natives continued to suffer for his own glory… And they’d
return to Aeris with the power to enslave us all…

To me, they were returning home as the saviors of two worlds… I can only hope the rest of Aeris will recognize what we’ve done and feel the same way…

If you enjoyed this book, please try my other title.

“Discovering Evil”