As the Sheriff pulled away, Sam let loose a painful yell.
He had been bitten by a copperhead snake.
A boonsfern on my planet.
Dan looked lost and scared, he hated snakes.
I only had one choice.
I uncloaked into my Quibly form and used my seventh and eight finger suckers to draw the venom from Sam's calf.
Sam was stunned, his face turned pale white.
When he passed out, either from the pain or from the shock of my true form, Dan ran to me, "Is he going to be ok? How are we going to explain this?"
I looked up to him, "He'll be fine. I have certain special abilities. When he wakes, we'll explain to him that what he saw was a hallucination from a bad reaction to the copperhead poison. It'll be just fine.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilder arrived home shortly later.
They greeted all of us with hugs and smiles.
Dan took both of them into the main house and briefed them as to what happened with Sam and the Sheriff's odd visit.
Sam was in his room resting from the traumatic accident he had.
I stayed in the barn with Bessie the pig and Sheila the dog.
They seemed to be concerned as they too had witnessed my transformation.
Once I started rubbing Sheila's belly, they both dropped their guard and proceeded on loving me.
Dan came to the barn and sat down in the hay with me.
He patted me on the back, "Now I know you are here to help us and not hurt us. Thank you for what you did."
I smiled up at him, "I cannot lie Dan. Humans could learn a lot from that."
We sat for a long while, until we heard a loud crash in the distance.