The Sorians
Main character: A promising ambassador with a cold demeanor
Setting: A miltocratic country where humans live in complete
luxury served by aliens that do all the work
Plot: A powerful forbidden technology and the cost of using
it.
Following
the Sorian war, and the victory of the humans, the planet took on a new
resident, the enslaved Sorian aliens. They wait on the humans, trained to
pamper them and work for them. From what I could tell the aliens took well to
their new roles, they made excellent slaves and almost enjoyed it. They were
well treated servants, given a section of the house to live in and all their
food and needs were taken care of. I’ve been living as a slave for one year,
although my real job is ambassador for the Sorian people. We feel like the time
has come and we deserve some more respect. We’re not willing to fight the
humans again for we would surely lose, but we need to reach an agreement,
somehow, no cost is too high.
I’ve
been looking into some darker technology, communicating with native Sorians
through telepathy (humans are not aware of this ability of ours). We are a
smart race, but not the best soldiers. They told me about the dark ray weapon,
a device buried in Earth’s crust, put there thousands of years ago so that it
would never be used again. But we unearthed it at a construction site and did
some research. Ancient dolphins developed and used it two thousand years ago to
destroy the whales who were consuming their food sources. The ancient dolphins
were an extremely intelligent race that developed many weapons, but the dark
ray was their most effective. However, modern dolphins have no technology, it’s
almost as if their intellect disappeared. This could be why the technology is
forbidden, it could have some massive draw backs, but we’re willing to adopt
those if it means we can have our freedom again.
I
continued working at the construction site until I felt as though the time came
for an agreement. I took a video of myself demanding the freedom of the Sorians
and if the demand was not met, then I would activate the dark ray. I then sent
it to a major news station, they played it that night for the viewing of
millions of people. I was summoned to the white house and sat down with the
president.
“So,
you’re the one who was sent here to make a change?” Asked the president.
“That’s
correct, I’m an ambassador of the Sorian race and we want our freedom. I’ve
been living in slavery for the past year and I’ve studied your race carefully,
searching for weaknesses. Little did you know you had a weapon of mass
destruction lying under the feet of your people. I unearthed it and now I have
it with me. Such a powerful little weapon this is.” The ambassador said as he
played with the gun in his hand. With a sudden movement the president reached
for the gun. The ambassador was quick and pointed the weapon at the president.
“Oh no, you can’t have this, now you must die for your stupidity.” The
ambassador said as he pulled the trigger. “No! You fool, you don’t know what you’re
doing.” Shouted the president, but he was too late. A sudden white light filled
the room and spilled out the window. When the ambassador opened his eyes the
president was gone, but the importance of this did not cross the ambassador’s
mind. He was small, about the size of a turtle and his mental capacity was
greatly diminished. The humans were gone, the Sorian’s could inherit the planet
but they had more competition now. They no longer had their telepathic
abilities and their intelligent was on par with a common mouse. The dark ray
effectively got rid of the humans but the side effects were huge, they paid the
price for freedom.
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