Nessa is a half Green, half Blue from Aktron. When her home-world is in crisis, she is sent to Earth. An obvious foreigner there, she doesn't expect to meet another--and he could be the hope of their home-world.

Foreigners

 The holospace alert appeared in the corner of Nessa's implant. 


 5 nearby signals detected, it read. 782: 40 long-measures away. 775, 776, 777, 778: 100 long-measures away. 


 Nessa expanded the holospace application. 


 The four nestmates, was the first thought that occurred to her. She connected. Four simultaneous holo-feeds. 


 Light streamed from her implant. It morphed into colors and shapes until they stabilized as four creatures with hair the color of the kindling mines, sapphire eyes, and pale skin. 


 Two had long hair, wider hips, and slimmer bodies than when she'd seen them before. One short-haired one had a bony build. The other was stockier and more squarish. 


 "Scion, Skyla, Elektra," Eklun asked, narrowing his eyes at his implant. "Did you see this?" 


 The others leaned in as Nessa's holographic image emerged. Nessa shuddered on making contact with four pairs of sapphire eyes. 


Chapter 29