Jaden and his new alien friends begin walking down a long hallway that looks like a circular tunnel, spinning clockwise. Bellona’s body morphs back into the silver lion she was earlier. Jaden is getting used to walking in this virtual body. Colorful like a rainbow, but mostly burgundy lights circle around at a moderate speed. The hallway smells like roses at a florist shop. Jaden turns around and he sees Bomani and Marco walking on the left side of the hallway. Jaden sees Bellona morphing back to her exotic lion body.
‘When I walk, I like using a lion’s body in our city,’ she says before Jaden can ask her.
‘We have some work to do Jaden, we will catch up with you later,’ Bomani says telepathically.
‘See you guys later,’ Jaden says. He watches as they disappear into the glowing burgundy circular lights and dark walls surrounding him in the hallway. He turns and looks forward, as Bellona is waiting in front of him. At the end of the hall is a doorway full of light. The bright light is causing Jaden to squint his eyes as he walks outside.
‘Are you ready to evolve your imagination Jaden?’
‘Yes, I am! As soon as I can focus through all this light.’
‘Your brain might need some time to adjust to all the colors of this magnitude.’
Bellona stands at the doorway and her tail stretches upwards. ‘Don’t worry, don’t be afraid, grab onto my tail.’
The end of her tail morphs into a hand with six fingers. He has a surprising look on his face and hesitates before touching the silver hand coming from her tail. Jaden reaches out and grabs her hand. He closes his eyes and Jaden feels something passing through his body. A bizarre feeling of energy can be felt coming from Bellona’s tail hand. They walk through the doorway and he opens his eyes. A fresh sea breeze hits both of their bodies. Sounds of birds echo in stereo around Jaden’s virtual ears. His eyes adjust and the bright sunlight from above shines on everything around him. On the ground around Jaden are dozens of aqua colored diamonds that resemble small houses. On top of each diamond are dozens of floating grey and black thorns pointing thirty feet into the air and rotating. The thorns resemble a huge king’s crown. The diamond structures are portals to different parts of the planet.
Jaden looks into the sky and turns his body to look over him. He sees odd shaped structures sitting on top of thick clouds high above him. On top of the white puffy clouds are slowly rotating rainbow cubes the size of 5-10 story buildings. There are also spheres that resemble little planets on top of the clouds. The odd shaped structures resemble little cities. The cube buildings remind Jaden of the Borg ships from Star Trek. Towards the right is a huge lake that is completely reflective and calm. It reflects the floating cities above it. On his right is a huge rectangular body of water that goes fifty feet into the air, 500 feet wide and about 2000 feet long. There is no structure holding the water in place, similar to the body of water Jaden’s human body is floating in. As Jaden walks, something rubs against his legs, but he is too hypnotized to care what it is.
There are mechanical, colorful fish that resemble dolphins, triggers, angelfish and sharks the size of a truck. Their eyes glow of electricity as they swim freely in the controlled body of water. The fish change color at different angles as they swim along. There are electricity charges flying in different directions touching the mechanical fish, giving them a glowing color.
‘I feel as if I’m in a fantasy world. This is amazing and mindboggling. I’m completely amazed. I mean, mechanical fish the size of a school bus, a huge crystal lake, floating cities on clouds. Wow!’ Jaden says while continuing to look around him.
There are different energies of light flying between the white clouds high above. The clouds completely cover the sky and the sunlight can be seen trying to penetrate them. At a distance, Jaden sees dozens of thirty-foot orange trees that look like giant mushrooms. Under the top of the mushroom trees are glowing blue lights with brown vines that stretch towards the trees’ main body. Jaden walks through soft grass up to his knees.
‘All of this is your virtual city?’ Jaden asks.
‘Yes. There is a lot more that are private areas and encoded areas that you can’t see. The location of our city is deep underwater. I’ll show and explain that too you later.’
‘Okay. I feel like I’m in the cartoon The Jetsons and the movie Star Wars.’
‘Come on Jaden, don’t be afraid.’
‘Someone needs to cut the grass here.’
The grass is instantly cut and is on the level of Jaden’s sneakers.
‘Wow! That was quick; I barely blinked my eyes. Aliens live in those structures?’ He asks.
‘Yes.’
‘Do you have a house or structure like this?’
‘Yes, maybe you can see mine one day, I’m sure you would like it. It’s my temple of relaxing and connecting with the universe through spirit quarks.’
‘Sounds very cool.’
Jaden walks and is astonished by everything he is seeing. The huge fish in the tank boggles Jaden’s mind.
‘Those are biomechanical fish in that virtual tank. Our artificial intelligence pets are in there. Would you like to swim around in a fish body?’ She asks.
‘No, no thanks. I don’t want to be an alien fish. Maybe later,’ he responds.
Jaden tries to take everything in he is seeing. They continue walking forward. The fresh air of roses and flowers pass by his nose and is absorbed into his body’s pores. Everything looks so realistic with so many vivid colors. The thorns are slowly rotating on top of the sphere houses, creating a slight humming sound. On the floating structures, there aren’t any windows and they remind him of a futuristic movie. There are rainbows connecting to each structure and Jaden sees hundreds of different colors. Certain things and objects quickly go blurry and then clear to Jaden’s eyes.
‘Your human brain is trying to interpret fifteen million colors and a higher resolution, fifty percent more than what your human eyes are capable of seeing. Don’t worry, you’ll get used to it in a few minutes. Your artificial eyes in this body are sending a high-speed signal directly to your brain back in the room we were in. There is a slight bottleneck, but the nanobots will quickly solve the problem. That is a good question Jaden. There are a few hundred nanos in both of your optic nerves behind your eyes converting the signal over for your brain to comprehend. The only difference your brain is noticing is that you aren’t blinking your eyes and the higher definition of colors being transmitted.’
‘That’s amazing,’ Jaden says.
Jaden continues to think to himself, while walking around with his mouth open.
‘There are thousands of other nanos around nerves and other parts of your human brain receiving signals from your body here.’
‘I do not see any other aliens around.’
‘Walking around is very primitive. We usually only walk around if an alien species is used to it. We usually transport to where we want to go. It is faster and saves time. We can also communicate to each other over long to short distances.’
‘This place just seems too realistic. Everything feels, smells and looks like I’m in the outside world. Is this really all virtual?’ Jaden asks while holding his head.
‘Let me explain Jaden, this is a virtual reality dome city. Everything here is what you would call animated to look as real as possible. Every Andromedian citizen creates his or her own place to live and setting. No, we never sleep here. However, some do rest, dream and Galaxynet. Galaxynet is similar to your Internet. On your planet Earth, you use computers to get info on different things. Galaxynet is connecting through our minds to different databases and minds on different planets in our galaxy and others. We can get info on solar events, species, learn languages, view live planets, dying stars and download information into our silicon-nano brains. This information is shareable to any Andromedians and other species we have an alliance with.’
‘Our way of life is how we choose. We have entertainment, spouses, duties, and jobs to perform. No, I’m not married. Ever since we destroyed our first planet over 50,000 years ago, this is the safest and most environmentally friendly way to keep our second planet. This is safer and there is less than one percent pollution a year emitted by us. The rest of our planet can grow and evolve naturally. There is plenty of evolution happening around our planet every day,’ Bellona says telepathically.
‘I would like to see the real world and how your planet naturally looks.’
‘That is definitely possible,’ Bellona says while smiling at Jaden.
Jaden continues to look around amazed; Bellona continues to talk while they walk. The ground changes to pavement and brown bricks. Jaden stops walking and holds his head downward as he stoops down. He covers his head with his hands. His headache is getting more serious.
“I need some pain medicine.”
“That is not going to help Jaden.”
They stop walking and Bellona stoops down while rubbing Jaden’s back.
‘Your hand feels so warm and soft. My headache is starting to feel a little better,’ Jaden says.
‘Come Jaden, I want to show you our planet. Your external bio-mechanical body is ready.’
Jaden stands up and looks at Bellona.
‘What did you do when you touched me?’
‘I gave your brain stimulant as if you just took some pain medicine.’
‘Why do I feel like I just had a cigarette also?’
‘I also tricked your brain into thinking you just smoked a cigarette. Your mind was craving it, so I gave you an artificial cigarette. It was forty percent of the reason for your headache.’
‘That is amazing, I feel like I just smoked a good cigarette.’
‘Well from reading your memories and analyzing different parts of your body, those cigarettes were slowly harming your body. The nicotine chemical is like a slow moving bacterium that is constantly giving your body more work to repair itself. Have you looked at your lungs lately?’
‘No. But yes, I know it’s bad for me, but it’s a habit that is hard to quit.’
‘I understand, I think you’ll like the artificial cigarettes better. Are you ready to go outside?’
An aqua diamond portal quickly appears in front of them and changes colors to a translucent rainbow prism. Jaden takes a step back as he remembers the first time he got onto the UFO and almost died back on Earth.
‘Whoa, I remember the last time I saw something like this. Is there any other way to go? Where does this go? Is it safe?’
‘Jaden it’s safe. It looks like a rainbow prism to you because that is what your eyes interpret it as. To me I see what is on the other side, which is sun, trees and the ocean,’ Bellona softly says telepathically.
Bellona walks closer to the portal. Jaden smells a salty ocean coming from the portal and the sound of seagulls. Jaden looks around at the portal that is thinner than an inch in width.
‘Come on Jaden, I want you to see the gravity tide.’
‘Gravity tide?’
‘Yes, it’s cool, you’ll like it. Our planet has a two moon system. As the larger of the moons get further from the planet, it slightly changes the gravity forces around our oceans. This creates a wonderful view. Trust me, this is safe.’
‘That sounds very interesting. Can I have another artificial cigarette?’
‘Sure.’
‘Can I have two at once?’
‘How about some artificial marijuana and liquor while I’m at it?’
‘You can do that too?’ Jaden asks with a serious and curious face.
‘Not!’ She yells while her eyes glow and she laughs.
‘Ha ha, very funny; Okay, you got me on that…... Oh …..Right…… that feels good. I needed that. That double cigarette felt safe and very satisfying. It was like putting a condom over the cigarette; all the fun, but no risk. Okay, I’m ready to go through the outer world portal. Take me to the Mortal Kombat outer world!’ He yells while getting psyched up.
‘I’m ready when you are, Jaden,’ as she stands to the side with her hands leading to the portal.
Jaden bends his knees and touches the brick ground as if he is about to run a football play.
“Ready, set, hut, hut, hut!” Jaden yells as he stands up and runs into the portal as if he is running out a play action from the football team in high school.
‘Jaden don’t run!’
Jaden disappears into the portal and his body slows down instantly. He feels as if he is moving in slow motion as he continues to sprint forward. He sees many colors as they quickly pass his body, giving him a huge rush. His body turns into those prism colors. Everything gets bright and Jaden closes his eyes. Jaden’s artificial body suddenly glows bright. His body speeds up again as he continues running. Jaden’s body comes out of the portal and trips on the rocks on the ground. He falls flat on his face. He has such a rush and is breathing very heavily. He tries to get up.
“Oh man, I’m so out of breath. These rocks smell and taste very salty,” he says from his mouth.
“Need a hand? Mr. Wide Receiver?” She asks through regular voice communication.
Jaden pushes himself up as Bellona reaches out to his hand. He grabs it and she pulls him up.
“I can feel more things. This body feels more realistic. I’m actually breathing air,” Jaden says while he looks around.
“Yes, this body is more modified around your own human body. Almost everything should feel the same. Every nerve ending in your human body is being sent to this body instantaneously. There are no delays,” Bellona explains.
“Can I see myself? I feel strange.”
“Sure.”
A 3D identical image of Jaden’s new body shows up in front of him. He turns to the left and then right and a replica of him stands there making the same movements. Jaden has no hair on his body; skin looks rough, white color with brown spots. The skin also has little scales all over and wrinkles. His mouth looks somewhat human, but without lips; just an oval opening. His eyeballs are glowing white and slightly glowing green pupils. His eyes glow bright then dull. Jaden observes and isn’t liking his new look.
“This isn’t going to work. I look like an old half white colored reptile with a mannequin face and glowing eyes. Where are my ears? I look like a freak! I don’t even have balls or clothes on. I feel as if I’m a cyborg that is about to take a running streak,” Jaden says excitingly.
“Jaden, no one cares if you don’t have any clothes on. No one judges someone on how they look here. There are hundreds of different aliens from other planets in our virtual city that are naked.”
“I understand, but to most of us humans this is a concern. The nudists and the humans that walk around on nude beaches would feel at home here, along with the other visiting aliens,” Jaden snaps, “but I would feel self conscious without any clothes on.”
“We won’t be using these bodies to go anywhere anyway, we will be using nanoeyes to see the planet,” she says.
“Oh okay.”
“There are three basic standards to how a species evolves and looks. First, what they evolved from; second, the condition of their environment (oxygen levels, pressure, gravity, and temperature) and adaptation. Third, how species’ DNA evolves, learns and adjusts to its host.”
“Yeah, that sounds good,” he says while continuing to look at his entire body.
“This doesn’t interest you Jaden?”
“It does, but not at this moment. I’m concentrating on this image of me and how much of a freak I look. I miss my regular human body.”
“You look fine to me. You do not need a penis or internal organs here. The quadrillion nanos in your biochemical body replaces the need for organs.”
“Okay, well then how do I pee or poop?”
“Your body doesn’t require food or water. It’s running off of solar power and nano-electrons.”
“What?”
“Just think of it as an advanced photosynthesis,” Bellona says.
Jaden turns and looks at Bellona.
“How is it that you have a vaginal opening between your legs and butt cheeks?”
Bellona smiles and says, “Well there isn’t really anything there, your mind thinks there is an opening there and two halves in my rear. So I just kept those images there.”
“Are you serious? I don’t believe you,” Jaden says surprisingly.
“Touch for yourself,” she says.
“Are you sure? There won’t be any international galactic sexual harassment or anything like that?” Jaden asks.
“No, it’s fine go ahead.”
“If the DNA don’t fit, acquit,” he says then chuckles.
“That was funny. It took me half a second to figure out why you said that. That’s very slow in calculating speed for us. Anyway, so go ahead.”
Jaden touches her gently in both areas.
“That’s amazing, there isn’t anything there. I could have sworn I was looking at a sideways mouth with a mustache on the side.”
‘I guess it has been so long since I’ve gotten some. I’m seeing pussy mirages.’
Jaden steps back and is amazed.
‘But it was very stimulating and arousing. Even though there wasn’t anything there. I probably have a woody back in the city, where my human body is,’ Jaden says to himself while blushing.
Bellona closes her eyes and chuckles.
“What is so funny?” Jaden asks.
“Yes you do have a full salute woody. Hormones from your human brain went down your spine and into your now awake organ. It’s even funnier because your lower body is still frozen and being repaired. Your soldier is the only thing alive down there,” she says.
“Hey!”
“Hey! You weren’t supposed to be listening to my personal thoughts. So you like my tool huh?”
Bellona stands there with her eyes still closed, not responding.
“Okay! You can stop looking at my equipment!” He yells.
“I’m sorry Jaden; I was checking your vitals, cell reconstruction progress and respiratory functions.
“Yeah right, okay. . .” Jaden pauses then continues. “Well how is my body doing? When will I be fully functional?”
“We have been slightly modifying your DNA so your body can heal faster. You should be fully healed and one hundred percent operational in about two hours.
Jaden continues to look at himself while turning in different angles.
“Can I change or adjust a few things?”
“Jaden, these are stand in bodies. We won’t be using them except for standing here. We will be using the nanoeyes to get around. Now turn around and look at this huge ocean behind you.”
He turns and looks at Bellona. He notices she is silver all over with light particles moving around inside her skin. He touches her hand.
“You have the cool stand in body I see. Your hands feel very soft. You look the same way from when you rescued me.”
“You are correct; this is my outside warrior/traveling body. We are required to wear these anywhere outside of our city...”
Bellona continues to talk. The bright sun is shining everywhere and Jaden looks around. He observes he is standing high on a mountain top that is mostly powdery ivory white and lime. He can see the ocean on ground level about a couple hundred feet below. Jaden is able to zoom in on the ocean and he sees large waves moving back and forth crashing into the coastline.
Jaden walks around and looks towards the sky. He sees a mostly yellow sun with a red tint to it. It’s on its way down and is larger than Earth’s sun. There is a small moon to the left and a larger moon showing up on the horizon opposite of where the sun is setting in the sky.
“….. that is why we have gravity tides,” Bellona says.
Jaden turns to Bellona.
“I’m sorry Bellona I didn’t hear anything you said. I wasn’t paying attention. All I heard you say was gravity tides. You know what? I think I’m getting more used to the telepathic communication. It’s like I’m talking to myself and I can listen to what you are saying at the same time,” Jaden says.
“Maybe if you were able to communicate telepathically in the 9th grade, you would have been able to pay attention in class and have your midday wet dreams,” Bellona says.
“Ha ha, good one,” Jaden chuckles and laughs, then says, “You are learning human humor very fast I see. You are getting good at it.”
“You can record something you didn’t hear or paid attention too, and play it back later. I can show you another time.”
Bellona walks over to Jaden and looks at him directly. The 3D image of himself disappears.
‘First you need to practice telepathic communication. Questions or a conversation you want to transmit out your brain telepathically has to be sent out as if you want to talk. Any one of us can read anything you think. But we want to give you your privacy and keep your inner thoughts private even if they are questions. You need to practice segregating both from each other. The electronic signals and blood flow in your mind puts questions, a lie, or something you don’t know into different parts of your brain, which is easy to detect. The signal needs to be sent out of your mind and the nanos will do the rest. It is like talking to yourself. However, you need to practice keeping your inner thoughts to yourself. Concentrate on sending the signal to your mouth, but not talking,’ Bellona says telepathically.
Jaden thinks to himself.
‘I wonder what would happen to this body if I jumped off this cliff,’ Jaden thinks to himself.
‘I heard that,’ Bellona says.
Two minutes go by as Jaden continues to stare at Bellona.
‘This body you are in will quickly repair itself if you were to fall from this height. The pain at this extreme would put your body back in the city into shock. Nanobots wouldn’t transmit that to your body; it would probably put your brain in a coma,’ Bellona says.
Another few minutes go by. Jaden continues to concentrate.
‘Hmmm… I feel like I’m on a nude beach.’
‘I didn’t detect anything. The nanobots are finished adjusting. Good job Jaden,’ Bellona says.
‘Okay cool. It’s working now. This is interesting. Can I switch back and forth?’
‘Sure, but remember, I don’t mind. But others only prefer telepathic communication.’
‘As I was saying before Bellona, you are getting good with your human humor,’ Jaden says.
‘From studying your personality, these are similar types of jokes and humor you would say to your friends. I’m quickly learning, I like it. I forgot what it was like being an organic species,’ Bellona says.
‘You just need to laugh behind something you say funny, like I do. Or you will sound like a standup comedian. But it’s best to wait until the other person starts to laugh.’
Bellona laughs telepathically.
‘Okay you just sounded like a laughing monkey high on cocaine stuck behind a cage at the zoo. That just gave me an instant headache.’
‘I’m sorry Jaden. I’m not used to this. Let me recalibrate the pitch.’
Bellona laughs again telepathically.
‘Very good, much better. Wow, that laugh sounded so familiar. Wait a minute, you just laughed exactly how my girlfriend laughs. That was perfect. I miss her a lot. I hope I’ll be able to return home soon.’
‘I know you miss her and your family. Jaden! The gravity tide is about to happen!’
“Jaden the gravity tide is about to happen!”
“Bellona! You just yelled that out and you said it telepathically. It echoed like a scream in a cave,” Jaden says excitedly.
“Sorry about that, I’m excited and didn’t want you to miss the event. It’s my favorite.”
“I notice when you get excited your eyes glow. So, tell me about this gravity tide. What is supposed to happen here? What are we looking at?”
“Our sun is about the same distance as your sun is to Earth. Our sun sets south and southwest depending on the time of the year. We have had a few axial precessions on our planet over the centuries. The sun now rises from the north or northeast. Each rotation is about thirty hours and we have two moons. As the larger moon rises, it is moving further away from our planet. The smaller moon stays in one place. The larger moon disrupts the gravity in the oceans and changes the weight properties of everything on this side of the planet. It also causes the rotation of the planet to slow down adding hours to the days and causing more gravity disruptions on the side of the planet facing it. Do you see the coastline receding?” Bellona asks aloud.
“Yes, I do. It just disappeared.”
“If you zoom in north over the ocean horizon you can see the ocean floating upwards towards the thin clouds.”
“That’s awesome! It looks like a giant wave, going as high as the clouds,” Jaden says.
Jaden zooms in further with his wide-angle alien eyeballs.
“Jaden, use the nanoeyes. There are two out there for us. Just concentrate on one and you can control it as you please.”
“Oh okay, cool. I found one!”
“That’s good; I see you had plenty of practice.”
Jaden’s vision changes and he is controlling and seeing through the nanoeye. He is a couple hundred miles above the blue and green ocean. He feels as if he is in the UFO again on Earth, looking through eyes without a body. The resolution is much better and clearer in a 180° of sight. But he can feel and see the difference from the virtual city. The feeling of flying through the air like Superman returns. Soft instrumental alien sounding music begins to play.
‘Where is that music coming from?’ He asks telepathically.
‘Something I, something I downloaded from the Galaxynet from different galaxies.’
‘That is a very nice, but strange sounding music. It sounds like I’m flying in a dream type of music.’
‘I’m glad you like it, I have trillions of different sounds and music. It helps me feel more human like.’
‘You miss being more human like me, right?’
‘Yes, I do. There are many things I miss. . .’
The water interrupts Jaden’s nanoeye vision.
‘Hey! Hey! I can’t see anything in the water. The water is everywhere. I don’t even know what direction I’m heading.’
Jaden becomes nervous and switches back to his body on the side of the mountain thirty miles away.
“Oh man, I couldn’t see through the water,” Jaden says to himself while covering his eyes.
Bellona is back in hers and turns to Jaden. She holds his hands.
“Jaden calm down, don’t panic. All you had to do was concentrate as if the water isn’t there. The nanoeyes adjust so you can see through the water. The nanoeye will only follow your commands when you are controlling them. All you have to do is think about it and the command is automatically transferred,” she says.
“Oh, okay, was that it? Okay, I’ll try it again. Wow your hands are so warm and soft.”
She smiles and then turns back towards the ocean. Jaden switches his vision to the nanoeye again. The nanoeye stays in the same place. The water continues to break up and float in the air as if a huge wave is passing by. He does what she says and he can see through the water. Suddenly something huge appears and passes right through Jaden’s nanoeye. He briefly sees the insides of a huge animal in full animation. It makes a loud roaring sound like a whale. The sixty-five foot long alien whale has a narrow shape and blue toned skin. It has two long fins that extend outwards and towards its tail. There is one dark eye on the front of each fin. The tail is long and narrow with flaps on the end. The four side flaps resemble skinny wings. The fins are acting like wings as the animal quickly heads into the direction of the shore.
‘Whoa! Shit! What was that?’
‘Ha ha. . . hey! Jaden calm down, it was just a whale-like mammal. The nanoeye automatically converts the images inside of animals into something animated, like a cartoon.’
‘The nanoeye passed right through its body. I saw a lot of red blood and so many body parts moving inside of it.’
‘Yeah, the nanoeye can pass through almost anything. There are more animals coming,’ Bellona says.
‘How the hell was it flying in the air?’
‘Jaden, remember what I was telling you about the gravity affects from the gravity tides? All the fish and animals in our oceans and on land adapted for the past million years around this daily event. Most of the sea animals adapted with wings or fins that work underwater and in the air. The larger animals fly towards the clouds and try to reach over land. They also have adjustable gills that can also breathe air in or out of water.’
Jaden sees hundreds of strange looking fish float into the air flapping their fin like wings towards the shore