Earth representative

After know this meeting result, we are happy with many worries. We are happy because the friendly aliens allow us to use our planet landing ship to rescue those missing persons from earth and leave this planet immediately after rescuing. We have many worries because the friendly aliens really want to keep Lily on this planet, even for a while.

Since this is a very important issue, the action leader lets the friendly aliens know that we need to discuss this issue first. Let us meet here tomorrow morning again. We will let them know our decision. It seems to us that the friendly aliens understand our situation. They agree to meet us again tomorrow morning.

After waving good bye to the aliens, we return to our mother spaceship. On our way to our mother spaceship, we all keep silences. Nobody says anything about anything.

After entering the big dormitory hall, we see the captain waiting for us. The action leader tells everything about the meeting with those friendly aliens to the captain. The captain falls into deep thought.

"It is hard to believe that those aliens really want to keep Lily here. This is the situation to which we try our best to avoid. It is up to Lily to decide whether she can stay on this planet for a period of time or not. This is too much to her. We cannot give our suggestions." I break the long silence by saying so.

"We need to persuade Lily but it is not an easy work. It is hard for any of us to stay on this planet for a period of time alone. Besides, there is no guarantee at all for the person to return to our earth late." The captain says with sigh.

"If our mother spaceship can really come back again in about one year, there is a possibility to persuade Lily to stay here for a while. In this case, we can give a hope to Lily if she really stays on this planet." Replies the action leader.

"I am sure that we can come back again without any big difficulty. Let me decide right now. We will do our best to come back again in about one year. In this case, the burden to Lily could be not that big." Says the captain.

"OK, let us try to persuade Lily first." The action leader leads us towards Lily's room.

When Lily knows that those friendly aliens want to keep her on this planet, she feels surprised, too. She cannot believe the bad situation happening to her. She says nothing on her way back. She enters her room immediately after arriving at our mother spaceship. Mei follows her into the room to try to console her.

The action leader knocks the door first. After hearing the voice of "coming", we enter Lily's room.

Inside the room, I can see that Lily sits on the edge of her bed with face being full with tears while Mei keeps on consoling her.

Upon seeing our coming, Lily wipes away tears on her face and indicates us to sit down.

Since we see Lily being very sad, we say nothing. We sit there silently. The whole room is filled with silence.

After a long silence, I push the action leader to remind him to say something.

"Lily, we have something to discuss with you." Says the action leader. Lily nods her head as a reply.

"You have already known our present situation. Those friendly aliens like you and want you to stay here for a period of time as our representative from earth. How about your opinion?" Says the action leader.

"I do not want to stay here. I want to go home with all of you." Lily replies.

"If you do not stay here for a period of time as our friendship representative, this will annoy those aliens. In this case, maybe our mother spaceship cannot take off and return to our earth. In this case, all of us cannot return to our earth." Replies the action leader.

"Could we find another way to satisfy those aliens? Do we have to leave Lily to stay here alone? How about let one of our smart robots be our friendship representative from earth?" Asks Mei.

"It is hard to do so. You were there, too. You know the whole story. Those aliens like Lily and want her to stay here as the representative, not a robot to be the representative. Those aliens promise us to let Lily go home by taking our next mother spaceship or their UFO. If we do not satisfy their requirements, we cannot get permissions to rescue those missing persons by using our planet landing ship and fly our mother spaceship home. In this case, none of us can return to our earth to get more helps." Replies the action leader.

"If we all leave here, it is too lonely for Lily to stay on this planet alone." Replies Mei.

Upon hearing Mei's comment, Lily has more tears running down to her face. We all feel sad and sit silently.

The first trying to persuade Lily ends with failure. We all leave Lily's room without a word. We all stay in the big hall.

"Is that possible for one of us to accompany Lily to stay on this planet for one year? If that is so, there is more possibility for Lily to stay here." I suggest.

"But who will stay here? All of us want to return to our earth as soon as possible. Still, there is a big risk. It is still possible for us to come back again in one year time. If that is the case, the person or persons will stay here for a long time, or even forever." Says Tony.

"That is true. On the other hand, those friendly aliens just want to keep Lily here, not anyone else. If we want to find a person to accompany Lily here, we cannot force him or her. He or she must be an volunteer." Replies the action leader. We all fall into deep thinking.

"The captain has already promised to come back again in about one year. We forgot to tell Lily about this news. If Lily knows this, she might decide to stay here for a while." I remind everybody. We seem to see some hopes.

"Let me stay here to accompany Lily." All of a sudden, Sam tells us. We all watch him with surprised emotions.

"You must consider it very carefully. You must know that there are still many uncertainties in this case. The biggest risk is that you might never be able to return to earth. I must remind you this risk." Tony tells Sam.

"I have considered it for a long time. I make my final decision. Let me stay here to accompany Lily. I have considered those risks and uncertainties. From every aspect, we still have a big chance to return to our earth even if we do not go home with all of you. We have a good relationship with the friendly aliens here. I am sure that we can survive on this planet with some helps from those friendly aliens. Two persons here is better than only one. It is very hard for Lily to stay here alone." Replies Sam firmly.

"If you really want to stay with Lily here this time, it is nice to Lily, no questions about that. In this case, it will be easy for us to persuade Lily." I reply.

"If Sam can stay here to accompany Lily, that is very nice of you. Lily must feel warmly. You are not only help Lily, but also help all of us. We must thank you greatly." Says Mei.

"That is true. All of us must thank Sam, too. Sam sacrifices a lot for all of us this time." Says Tony.

"I have a suggestion. If Sam can stay here to accompany Lily, we can hold a marriage ceremony for Sam and Lily before we leave here. In this case, they can live here as a couple, a lovely couple." I give my suggestion.

"This is a very good idea. I agree. We must have a marriage ceremony for them. After getting married, they can live here as a couple." The action leader agrees.

"This is a good news to Lily. Let us go to persuade her again. I am sure that this time, we will succeed." Says Mei. We all follow Mei into Lily's room again.

Lily still sits at the edge of bed with tears running down.

"Lily, Lily, do not cry. I have a news for you." Mei sits beside Lily and consoles her. Lily nods to indicate that she listens.

"The captain has already made a decision to come here again in about one year time. We can meet again in one year." Says Mei.

After hearing this, Lily seems calming down a little bit.

"This is also another good news. Let Sam tell you." Tony says.

"I like to stay here with you during this year, Lily." Says Sam.

Lily raise her head with a big surprise.

We all know that Sam loves Lily very much. This time, he knows the difficulty situation for Lily. He wants to help Lily with heart and soul.

"One more good news to mention. We plan to have a marriage ceremony for you and Sam before we leave this planet. You can take care of yourselves as a couple of lovely husband and wife." The action leader tells Lily.

Lily's face turns to red after hearing the suggestion from the action leader. She nods with agreement. We all know that she is happy to be Sam's wife. We are all glad to see her reaction.

Finally, Lily agrees to stay here as our friendly representative from earth accompanying by Sam. She also wish us to come here again as soon as possible so that she and Sam can return to earth.

Upon seeing this good result, we leave Lily and Sam to report the good news to the captain.

After knowing the result, the captain is very happy. He also instructs the action leader to let those friendly aliens know that we have two persons to stay here as our friendly representatives from earth. We hope that they can provide necessary supports to Lily and Sam.

Next morning, we set out to meet those friendly aliens again. After brief drawing communication, the friendly aliens are very glad to know that Lily and Sam will stay here as our friendly representatives from earth. The friendly aliens also introduce some general situations about those aliens in another district. They remind us again that we should not hurt those aliens by using force. Finally, they wish us success in our rescuing mission.

We report the meeting result to the captain immediately after returning to our mother spaceship.