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Chapter 1
“Darling,
it is almost time to leave!” I yelled.
My
name is D4Qnrian. I was then a 153 Earth Years Old (EY) male from the planet
Jinuiaa. I was (in Earth terms) 6feet 1inch tall. I have white skin, light brown
hair, and green eyes. I wear my sign (an H with a line with a circle on the
end attached to it going downward) on my left ear.
“I
am ready, husband,” my wife, J2Pranne said as she said from our bedroom.
“Just let me say goodbye to the children and get my jacket.”
J2Pranne
was 152 then. She had long slick brown hair that looked almost black and her
skin was a beautiful light tan color. She had a slender body that was as graceful
as a princess. Her sign (a lowercased h with a line going vertically through
the stem) hung from each ear.
We
had six children. The oldest was D4Qnarth. At the time he was 42 EY. D4Qnarth
was strong for his age. He looked like a four-year-old human. He had a small
nose and short, white hair that had a few black streaks through it. His skin
was a dark brown, and his eyes were such a dark shade of blue that they looked
black. His sign, a black sun with white rays, hung lightly on his right ear.
K2Prara
and C2Prly (twins) were 24 EY females. They looked like two-year-old humans.
K2Prara had light brown skin and dark brown hair with black streaks running
through it. Her hair fluffed and beautifully framed her chubby face. It fell
just above her shoulders. Her large eyes fit her face. Her eyes were a light
shade of blue. They looked almost white. She wore her sign (a circle with a
lowercased t coming down from it) on both earrings.
C2Prly
looks like her twin except for her features’ colors. She has my pale white
skin and her mother's hazel eyes. Her hair is like D4Qnarth's. It is like K2Prara's
and her sign is like K2Prara's except it has a heart instead of a circle.
M2Prie
was a 9 EY female who was beginning to look a bit like her mother had when she
was that age. She looked like a one-year-old human. Her dark brown hair looked
almost black and fell to her waist. Her eyes were hazel, like her mother's,
and her skin was a light tan. Her sign was a trident with a cross extending
down from it. She wore this sign on both ears.
My
next eldest son was B4Qnjamin and he was 1 EY at the time. B4Qnjamin looked
like a few month old human. He looked like I had at that age. His sign was a
curvy kind of 4, which he wore on a necklace.
And
then there was little J2Pr. She was 10 Earth months at the time. She looked
like a month old human. Her hair was stubby. She had big purple eyes. Her sign
was a K with the bottom two legs connected. She talked and walked well enough,
but was still learning.
"Alright,
I am ready, D4Qnrian," my wife said, smiling. She had on a nice business
suit and her hair was half up. The half that was up was wrapped into a bun,
while the other half flowed down to about her knees. It was her first day back
at work. I went over to her and kissed her soft lips. She put her arms around
me. She looked up at me and smiled.
"You
look so beautiful, wife!" I said. We then left to go to the truncis elyato
(like an Earth train station but holding a different type of vehicle).
Let
me now tell you of some of the differences between humans and Jinuiaacs. Our
aging process is different. In the time it takes you to age ten years, we age
only one. So my wife and I look like 15 year old human adolescents.
Also,
our reproductive cycle is a bit different. When we were spiritually linked (I
will tell you more about that later), we decided how many children we should
have. Most Jinuiaacs choose a certain number, but we chose to be able to have
an infinite amount (which sometimes I regret). Then, the eggs sense when you
are making love and come out. Four to six come out, some with X chromosomes
(as you call them) and some with Y. Eggs have Xs and Ys not the women. Sperm
only have Xs, but men have both. Pregnancy lasts about 2 Earth months.
Now
about the spiritually linking. The two Jinuiaacs go into a certain room alone
with two Judgementors. Judgementors are Jinuiaacs who make sure that the love
is true and install the eggs into the women. The Judgementors are also each
Jiniuaac's personal educator through life. The couple is naked, and the lovers
see each other's true form for the first time. Then their love is tested in
many ways and if they pass the tests, their spirits are joined so that their
love will be reinforced each time they make love.
I
walked my wife to her truncis and kissed her. Her hands were on my shoulders.
"Please
leave, husband," she said, "or I will never let go."
"Alright,"
I said with one last kiss.
"I
love you."
"I
know."
She
smiled, and I left. I thought about her all day. I wondered: was she having
fun? Did she miss me?
That
night, L3Sf and H2Prtaru (J2Pranne's nurturers) came over to see how J2Pranne's
first day back at work went.
L3Sf
was a tall Jinuiaac who looked about like a 19 or 20 year old human would, but
he was about 249 EY. He had a square shaped face and large blue eyes. His thick
blond hair was like a mat and seemed to fall everywhere over his head and ears
in a strangely orderly fashion. On his right ear he wore his sign on an earring.
His sign was a circle with a "v" coming out of one side and an arrow
coming out of the other. J2Pranne had his smile.
His
wife, H2Prtaru, was very beautiful. She had a slightly plump face and a wonderful
figure. Her hollow pale blue eyes, small lips, and nose made her face look mystical
and mysterious. She also wore her sign on her ears. Her sign was a heart with
an arrow coming out of it. Her dark brown hair always seemed to be blowing in
a wind, even when no wind was present. Her hair was almost black and fell to
just a few inches above her shoulders.
When
the news came on, J2Pranne still had not returned home. I stared at the door
down the long hallway. I waited. I sighed every minute that she did not come
through the door. My heart pounded. My unblinking eyes watered for I did not
want to blink and miss her opening the door.
Then
I heard the reporter on the keitxec (a more advanced television) say, "In
other news, a truncis disappeared today at Morning ..." I snapped my head
to the keitxec. Oh no!! They were talking about… "Eye witnesses said
that it just kept going up…" My wife. My love. "Wherever the
passengers are now they are probably dead."
"No,
J2Pranne," I said.
"My
daughter," L3Sf said. I had forgotten in that brief moment before that
the blonde Jinuiaac was even there.
H2Prtaru,
who had been watching the children, came into the room. She must have sensed
her husband’s rare desperation, however her face showed no emotion whatsoever.
"What
is wrong, husband?" she asked.
"Our
daughter," he stumbled.
After
we had told the rest of the family, almost everyone was crying.
"I
am too old to cry, father," D4Qnarth said as he wiped a tear from his eye.
"Muteer?"
J2Pr said, clueless.
"She
is not here, J2Pr. We are not sure where she is," I told her.
"Poor
Muteer," she replied.
I
went to bed early that night. As I lay in my empty bed, I felt tears roll down
my face. That night I had a strange dream. I had just woken up. J2Pranne was
lying next to me. She sat up and kissed me.
"Good.
You are awake, lover. We were making love and you fell asleep," she said
as her hand moved down my chest. She kissed my forehead.
"Wife?
But the Kiquipans…they took you! How?" I said.
"Yes,
they did, but I am alive. Please help me. I love you, husband. I must go now.
I believe in you," she said smiling.
"No!
Do not leave!"
I
woke up breathing heavily. I looked to her side of the bed. It was empty…like
my heart. I decided then that I would find her.