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elephant with long, colorful wings and bright, green eyes. Pythons, three meters in diameter and a hundred-meter-long, crawled between the trees. What wouldn’t he give to camp in this forest for a week!
    The ship reached the edge of the continent and dropped to sink in the ocean. An impressive world of marine life unfolded under the surface. Thousands and thousands of fish. Different sizes, colors, and shapes. The ship went through a hole in the middle of a tube-like fish and sped up to avoid an angry fish that chased it and followed the contours of an enormous, blob-like monster—the size of a mountain—at the bottom of the ocean.
    The ocean and the ship vanished.
    Nick opened his eyes to find himself on his couch. He was panting, covered in sweat. Nick was disappointed to be back in his house on Earth. A place he now hated. He knew the trip wasn’t real, but it felt real. After seeing this amazing world, he was as depressed as when he went back to school after a summer vacation in Hawaii. Overseas travel to see Earth wonders was now pointless.
    Nick ambled to the kitchen, grabbed a glass of water, and returned to the couch. He drank half the glass. “Is that your world?”
    Mara was quiet. Her eyes were dim, and she tucked both her hands in her lap beneath the cushion. She missed her world. “Yes, we call it Korr,” Mara said, her tone soft.
    “It’s awesome.”
    “Thank you.”
    Well, only one thing helped him when he was down. Nick picked up two cold Corona bottles from the fridge. He opened both and handed her one.
    “I didn’t see beer on Korr.”
    Mara smiled and picked up the bottle. “No.”
    “C’mon, I’ll show you how to chug.”
    Her eyes lit up again, and her lips curved with a thin smile. “You mean the way I did earlier?”
    He chuckled. “Touché, alien lady!”
    *****
    Washington D.C.
    The CIA Director, Jack Davies, arrived at the White House at midnight. He joined a meeting of an elite security council including the President, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Defense.
    Jack tried to mask his excitement, but he knew it’d seep from his words. “We received credible information from Australia. They detected an alien landing.”
    They scene froze as if he tossed a grenade in the room. The looks on their faces were that of shock, surprise, and disbelief. Two of them reached for their water.
    “What?” The President asked.
    “It’s true Mr. President. We examined the signal, and it’s legitimate. Australians are deploying a team of agents to retrieve them as we speak.”
    The President listened but didn’t comment.
    “We sent a joint team of NSA and CIA agents to Canberra, and Australians are giving us full access.”
    “Same race?” The Secretary of State, Jessica White, asked.
    Jack unbuttoned his suit and leaned on the right armrest. “It’s too early to tell. We only have an energy signature.”
    “What do you think?” The President asked Jack.
    “They are exploring the universe, scouting for resources, or eliminating potential threats.”
    “Are there others?” Jessica asked.
    Jack cleared his throat. “Not that we know of. But we are scanning for any landings. If they land here, we’ll find them. We have another joint team of agents on standby.”
    The Secretary of Defense, who’d been quiet the entire time, weighed in. “I don’t think so. The military should handle it.”
    Just hearing his grating voice raised Jack’s blood pressure even if he was singing a happy birthday song.
    Jack glared at him, not hiding his contempt. “That’s not a good idea. If they’re peaceful, our agents will have no trouble retrieving them. If they’re hostile, I’m not sure your soldiers can go toe-to-toe with them.”
    The Secretary of Defense smirked. “Don’t worry, we’ll ask nicely, and we’ll only use force if they’re hostile.”
    “I’m telling you. You can’t capture them with force. They come from a world so far we didn’t know it existed. I assure