Chapter 25- Old Angzine

Chapter 25

They had beamed me directly into the studio room where the show had started. But now it was just an empty room, all the cool equipment was gone and the only people in there were a bunch of lackies cleaning up. Not a single person even looked in my direction when I popped in. This made me a little snippy, after all I had just performed the most important job in this whole escapade. Didn't I deserve a little respect.

"Hey everyone! I'm back." I yelled out. "I've fulfilled my role as the Savior of Mankind. How about a little, "'Nice job?'"

Of course, Lana chose that moment to walk in and show me just how proud she was of me. "Get that disgusting robe off and put your clothes back on. We are getting ready to leave and I'll be damned if I am going to get stuck with you on this trip. She said snidely before walking over to one of the few machines left in the room."

You'd think by now she would have dropped this cold bitch act and showed her true feelings for me. I decided there was no point in saying this and went to change my clothes. When I came back into the room, the workmen were gone and Lana was still working at the computer. She was so cute when she was working. I really wanted the chance to see her doing something besides working. Like bathing for instance.
"Jordan, go up to the main dining hall."

"You mean I get to eat?" I started to smile, but then remembered what they told me about how that food here was created.

"Uh . . . no thanks, I'm not hungry."

"Come on, Jordan, this is real food. She said finally smiling. We had it transported up here just for you. We have to have the Last Supper."

I told you she really did love me. She knew that the way to a man's heart was through his stomach and this was the only way she could show me how she felt. I smiled and jumped over to where she was standing grabbed her up in my arms and gave her a huge hug. Then I gave her a quick kiss and let her go. Quickly running up the hallway toward the dining room, before she had a chance to slap me. Hoping the whole time that they would have peanut butter and green olives. On the way, I reviewed the events of the past three days, wondering how I was going to tell everybody I wouldn't be going with them.

I knew it would break their hearts and it would be tough for them to carry on without me, but I just wasn't cut out for colony life. I missed my porch, my beer, and my dog. I also needed to get back and make sure Betty Sue was okay. She missed me when I was away too long. And after being on earth again doing Jesus I realized that I really like being able to go outside without a space suit. There was no guarantee that the aliens would even be able to find another planet with air on it. They might wind up floating for a thousand years inside this hollow moon, What a drag that would be. Also I had to think of Cali's feelings, he wasn't like real well here and I couldn't bear the thought of giving him up .

Lost in my thinking pile, I failed to notice all the people and decorations in the dining room when I walked through the door. It was only when I heard a loud, "Surprise!" that I jumped, almost peeing my pants this time. This whole experience had made me a little nervous and jerky. Lana and Amy came to me one on each side and they both wrapped their arms around me and started kissing my face. This made everything I had gone through worth it, and my body started responding in the usual way. Just when I was about to suggest we go to a private room, they broke away from me and everyone started clapping and singing "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow."

"Is this all for me?" I asked Lana.

"For all of us, Jordan. It's a Rap-sure party. But you are the guest of honor."

At first, all this hullabaloo embarrassed me a little, but then I spotted the line of beer kegs against the wall, and all I could think of was the taste of a cold beer going down my throat. My Lana had thought of everything. There was more beer and food in that dining room than I had ever seen in my life, and I intended to eat, drink, and be merry for as long as humanly possible. From what I can remember, I did a pretty good job. A lot of the party is a pretty foggy, but I do remember Goliath and Amy getting into some hot and heavy sex in the corner of the room, and Merlin entertained us with some mighty good tales.

I remembered to ask Merlin about keeping the space plane at one point, (I waited until he was good and drunk, of course.), but he shook both his heads. I told you I had drunk a lot of beer. Everyone had two heads by that point. He told me that the plane would be needed on the colony world to help ferry supplies. Merlin did offer to let me be official pilot, if I was willing to go with them. I shook my head and told him I would just make do with Betty.

I wanted to stay in the civilized world where there was indoor plumbing and central heat & air, not to mention alcohol that I didn't have to make myself. There was no way I was going to eat replicated food until they had the farms up and running.
Lana came and sat with me at one point, telling me she wished I was going with them. She even said that she would miss me. I had known all along how she felt, but it was nice to hear it from her. I asked her to marry me and stay on Earth, but she said she couldn't. She wanted the excitement of building a new world. The last thing I remember about my time on board the alien mothership was when she kissed me. It was a real kiss; she held me tight and told me how wonderful I was and that she hoped someday I would find a woman on Earth worthy of me. I got all choked up and my eyes started misting. I clung tighter to her as the ship faded away, along with my consciousness.