Extinction (24 page)

“It’s a miracle. The most wonderful thing that could
ever happen to us,” interrupted Chai.

I had a life inside of me. We had created a life…a
little person. Chai tilted my head towards him. “Don’t tell me I have to give
you a lesson in how babies are made.”  I blushed and rolled my eyes at him.

“I already had that lesson.” He gave me a soft
tender kiss.

“Let’s get out of here. I don’t want you in this
place a second longer.” He grabbed my hand and we ran for the door.

We stopped outside and my jaw dropped. The square
was enveloped in shadow. Something was blocking out the sun. The whole city was
covered in darkness. I looked up. Humungous space ships hovered above the city.
The Galactic Alliance had arrived.

“Quite a sight,” Gaios said and slapped Chai on the
shoulder. No more words were necessary between them. Arianna grabbed Chai in a
fierce hug and the smile she gave me was luminous. Erich grabbed my hand and
squeezed it. They were bloodied and dusty, but all of us were okay.

      Chai pulled me closer
to him, his hand resting protectively over my swollen stomach. The baby kicked
in response. He already had his dad’s strength. Sylvain said it wasn’t long now
before I’ll get to meet my son. The pregnancy was a lot shorter than the usual
nine months, but normal for Epsilon, Sylvain attributed it to the Epsilon DNA. She
insisted accompanying me on this trip. I knew it wasn’t only me she wanted to
keep an eye on but also Bill. I glanced at their entwined hands. I was happy
they were together. They suited each other perfectly.

The baby gave me another kick. He was our miracle. He
would be Epsilon, but a part of him was also human. Sylvain said that a cure
for sterility was inside me. She was already busy on studying and isolating the
gene inside me that could reverse sterility. There was hope that the human race
would survive, that there would be more generations after us. 

Chai got permission to stay on earth. We needed a
lot of help to rebuild earth and to adapt to the changed planet. Gaios and
Arianna naturally stayed too. There was no chance of separating them from Chai.
After this trip we had a lot of work waiting for us.

 I glanced at the people around me. He was the
luckiest baby. He had a dad that already adored him, a grandfather that would
guide and teach him, and two uncles and an aunt that would protect him with
their life. He had a family and he had two worlds to call home – Earth and
Epsilon.

The door lowered slowly. In front of us lay a world
painted in vivid colors by the sun glowing in red, orange in yellow waves
trailing to the ground.  Chai carried his planets sun in his eyes and on his
chest.

Welcome to Epsilon, little one.
 
The love for me glowed in his eyes.

 “You’re home,” I whispered to him.

“I’ve already found my home. With you.” His lips
found mine and we completely forgot about the magnificent sunrise before us.