Failure rescuing

In our big dormitory hall, the captain, Lily and Mei listen to our reports.

"According to your information, you get very useful data even with many risks. We can make our detailed rescuing plan now. After rescuing those missing persons successfully, we can go home." The captain says happily after hearing our reports.

"Right now, we have a new problem. The aliens in that district have already suspected that we might try to rescue those missing persons. If we do not take actions as soon as possible, those aliens might transfer those missing persons to another location. If that happens, our reconnaissance will be wasted." Says the action leader.

"In this case, we must act quickly. We must make our detailed plan now. Everybody can provide suggestions." The captain says. We are all lost in thought.

"I have thought it carefully. The first rescue plan is to go through the path on land as before. We go through the forest, cross the river, climb the small mountain and rescue those missing persons. This plan is simple. If we are lucky, we could succeed." Says the action leader.

"How about the second and third plans?" After pondering for a while, the captain asks.

"The second plan is to go through my escaping way on the sea. We can dive-swim with our smart robots along the coast. After finding those missing persons, we can dive-swim back with our smart robots. This plan is not that simple." I say.

"What is the third plan?" Asks Tony after pondering for a while.

"The third plan is the most complicated one. In this plan, we need to use our planet landing ship. We fly just above sea. After rescuing those missing plan, we fly back at very low height." Says Sam.

"If we use our planet landing ship to rescue those missing persons, we need to let the friendly aliens know first. It is hard to predict if we can get the permission from the friendly aliens. We must have full understanding about this point. Otherwise, we will not have a good result." Says the captain. We are all lost in thought again.

"Let us determine which plan we will use first. If we just take the first and second plans, there is no need to bother those friendly aliens." Reminds Tony.

"This is a good idea. Let us compare the advantages and disadvantages among those three rescue plans. After comparing, we can select the best one." Agrees the captain.

"Let me introduce the first plan. This plan is easy. We can just follow the land path to rescue those missing persons. If we try this plan, we can know if the aliens in another district will turn a blind eye to our rescuing. If we can rescue those missing persons in this way, we can avoid confrontation with those aliens in another district." I say.

"Of course, if those aliens can turn a blind eye to our rescuing, it is the best way. But I think that the possibility of achieving this plan is very low." Says Tony.

"I agree. It is too easy to believe this plan. If the aliens in another district do not turn a blind eye to our rescuing, this plan will fail. But if we do not try this plan first, we do not know the attitude of those aliens to our rescuing. If we try other plans directly, we will offend those aliens." I reply.

"I agree to try the first plan first. If we can avoid offend those aliens, it is better." Says Sam.

"I agree, too. If we use our planet landing ship to rescue those missing persons directly, it must offend those aliens in this district and those aliens in another district. If we offend aliens on this planet, we will be in big trouble." Replies Tony.

"That is the main consideration of the first plan. If we can avoid offending the aliens, we avoid. It is good to our future missions." I say.

"If the first rescuing plan fails, we can skip the second plan and jump to the third plan directly." Says Lily.

"According to my escaping experience, it is possible for us to rescue those missing persons by going through sea area. This plan will not involve our planet landing ship. There is no need to consult those aliens in this district. If we use our planet landing ship directly, that means that we will break the good relationship with those aliens in this district and offend those aliens in another district very badly. We should try our best to avoid this disaster result." I explain.

"Ok, after considering so many aspects, let us try the first plan first in order to minimize the possibility of offending those aliens. If the first and second plans fail, we try the third rescuing plan by using our planet landing ship." Suggests the action leader.

"Ok, I agree. Let us do it in this order." After considering for a while, the captain makes the final decision.

After preparing for several days, we start our first rescuing plan. This time, There are four persons, two smart robots and three smart robot tigers in our small troop. The robot tigers can carry a lot of things for us. After passing through the forest, we reach the river.

Suddenly, some big birds fly out from the top of the small mountain which is on the other side of the river.

We are all surprised by seeing the flying big birds. Those big birds fly above our heads towards further distance. We suspect that those big birds send us a message from those aliens in another district.

"It seems to me that those aliens know our location now. Should we continue our trip or turn back?" I ask the action leader.

"I am sure that those aliens find us now. What should we do next? Continue or return?" The action leader asks everybody. We all evaluate the situation.

"Since we are here now, it is better for us to continue our trip until we really meet those aliens. Even if it will fail, let it fail first. I want to see what will happen next." Replies Sam.

"I agree. At this moment, we cannot go back without actual seeing those aliens. We should continue our trip wherever we see those aliens." Replies Tony.

"Ok, let us go until we actually see the aliens. But remember, no matter what happens, we should do our best to avoid having confrontation with those aliens in this district." Says the action leader.

"If they attack us first, what should we do? Do we really not fight back?" Asks Sam.

"If that is the case, what should we do? We must make a decision now. Otherwise, we do not know how to deal with the situation." Says Tony.

"I do not think that the direct attacking will happen. If they want to attack us directly, they could do it before." I console them.

"Let us do it in this way. Whenever we see aliens, we stop and turn back. In this way, we can avoid any direct confrontation." Replies the action leader.

"I agree. We keep an distance from those aliens if they really appear. In this way, there will be no close contact. We just go back after seeing them." I say.

After crossing the river, we continue our journey towards the top of small mountain. When we reach the middle of the small mountain, there are more big birds flying out all of a sudden.

Upon see this, we all feel uneasy again. We all know that this is the signal sent out by those aliens. Those aliens do not want us go forward anymore.

We look at each other for a while. No need to mention, we all know the situation. Although we all know that we will be stopped by the aliens, we still continue our trip to the top of small mountain in solemn and stirring mood.

Before almost reaching the top, an alien appears. This is what we expect and this is also out of our expectation. We know that sooner or later, there will be aliens to stop us. When we actually see an aliens appearing, we still feel surprised. At this time, we all know that this rescue plan fails.

We stand there face to face with the alien. We understand with each other without any words or gestures. We turn back slowly and begin to walk towards the foot of small mountain. At this time, we all know that this is the wisest choice for us.

During our trip towards the foot of mountain, there is no action from the alien. There is no noise from him, too. We continue our way towards the foot of mountain under the view of the alien. After reaching the foot of mountain, I turn around to see no alien at all.

"There are luck and non-luck this time." I say with sigh.

"What do you mean?" Asks Sam.

"We cannot rescue the missing persons this time. This is non-luck to us." Says the action leader.

"We can go downhill safely. This is luck to us." Replies Tony.

"Could we really return to our spaceship safely? It is too earlier to say luck to us. After all, we are still in the district with those unknown aliens." Replies Sam.

"I am sure that we can return safely. There is no need to worry about this. If those aliens really want to hurt us, they could do it during our trip going downhill." I console Sam.

"I agree. We can return to our mother spaceship without any questions." Replies the action leader.

We return to our spaceship with bad moods.

As soon as we enter the big hall, the captain, Lily and Mei can read our frustrations from our faces. They all know that our first rescuing plan fails. After hearing our reports, we all loss into deep thought.

"From this experience, we know that we cannot rescue those missing persons on land. We need to start our second rescuing plan." Says the captain.

"That is true. Rescuing people from land is totally out of question. We need to implement our second plan. This time, there is no need to have four persons." The action leader agrees.

"Let me go with you." I suggest to the action leader. All agree.

Next evening, I and the action leader set out with eight smart robots. Two smart robots will pull me and the action leader as kind of submarines under water. The other six smart robots will help six missing persons under water when we come back. Of course, we have enough oxygen candies, sealing masks and sealing transparent helmets. The sealing transparent helmet can protect the whole head and let person see the outside environment.

After reaching a beach, I and the action leader put oxygen candies into our mouths, put the sealing masks to cover our mouths and put the sealing transparent helmets on to protect our heads. We go to sea quietly and dive towards a beach near the resident area of those missing persons.

Under the sea level, a smart robot has one belt to hold my two shoulders. The smart robot drives forward like a submarine to pull me forward. The action leader does the same as my action. The other six smart robots dive by themselves along with us. We dive under sea level without being detected by those aliens. Under the guidance of our smart guiding system, we reach the beach near the resident area of those missing persons successfully. We crawl to the beach. The surroundings are very quietly.

Under the coverage of darkness, two smart robots walk in front of us. I and the action leader follow the robots in front. The other smart robots follow us behind. We walk quickly towards the resident area of those missing persons.

All of a sudden, the two smart robots in front stop. They wave to us to stop and squat down to hide us.

Looking out from my hiding place, I can see that there are three small high huts in front. In every hut, there is an alien to monitor the surrounding. These huts are new. Obviously, these huts are specially set up to monitor the movements of those missing persons and prevent us to rescue them.

"Under such circumstance, I suspect that those aliens have already known our trip. They especially set up some monitoring huts here to prevent us from coming from sea." I tell the action leader.

"I have the same feeling, too. It seems to me that our second rescue plan will fail." Replies the action leader.

"So far, what should we do next? Continue our trip or retreat? We must make a decision now. Otherwise, we will be in trouble." I tell the action leader.

"Let us go forward until we will meet those aliens." The action leader makes the final decision.

In order to avoid those monitoring huts, we have to detour our trip to bypass those aliens.

After avoiding some other monitoring huts successfully, we come to the deep trench around the residential area of those missing persons.

Immediate before trying to cross the deep trench, we realize that we fail again. We see some aliens appearing from the other side of the deep trench. Those aliens do not take any actions, they just watch us motionless and silently. We stand there and watch each other face to face.

Under such circumstance, I and the action leader see each other for a while. Without any verbal communication, we turn back with our smart robots towards the beach. We return to our mother spaceship safely.

In the big hall, we give all the persons a report. We all feel depressed.

"OK, we have no other choice but to use our planet landing ship to rescue those missing persons from our earth." Says Tony.

"We need to consider every aspects very carefully before using our planet landing ship." Replies the action leader.

"It is better for us to get permission from those friendly aliens first. At least, we should get tacit permission from them first. Otherwise, we will offend those friendly aliens strongly. It is no good for us to return to our earth. If that is true, we not only cannot rescue those missing person, but also cannot return to our earth." Says the captain.

"I agree. We cannot bear the consequences of offending those friendly aliens. It is a matter of life or death." I reply.

"Let me try to contact those friendly aliens first. If we can get permission or tacit permission from them, we can use our planet landing ship to rescue those missing persons. If we get permission, what is our detailed rescue plan?" Asks the action leader.

"Our planet landing ship can fly just above the sea level to approach the residential area secretly. It must be fast and secretly." I say.

"After rescuing those missing persons successfully, we cannot stay here any longer. We must leave for home immediately in order to cause minimum troubles to those friendly aliens. If we stay here anymore time, those unfriendly aliens can give us big trouble. We cannot even take off anymore." Replies the action leader.

"I agree. If we use our planet landing ship to rescue missing persons, those unfriendly aliens must fight back. If we do not take off to our earth, we might never be able to do so." Replies the captain.

"I agree. If we leave here immediately after rescuing missing persons, it is good to those friendly aliens. Otherwise, those unfriendly aliens might ask the friendly aliens for returning those missing persons." I say.

"Ok, let our action leader contact those friendly aliens first. We must let those friendly aliens know our rescue plan and try to get their permission. We will make our detailed plan after getting the permission from the friendly aliens." The captain makes the final decision.

"OK, I will go out tomorrow with some colleagues." Says the action leader.

"OK, good luck to all of us. We are waiting for your good news." The captain ends the meeting.