It was a world of glasses shinning right in front of my eyes. Everything was created out of crystal clear glasses of different shades. Thousands of lights reflected on them and magically turned the whole spaceship into another enchanting mini galaxy. Squads of men wearing coats and different masks were busy moving here and there. But when they saw this man in front of me, everyone stopped their work and bowed courteously with their right hand on their hearts. When he signaled everyone to rise, the men in coats were busy with their work again.
"Is this man I am following the captain of this enormous spaceship?" I was lost in my thoughts trying to figure out who he was.
He took me to another big glass room with dozens of screens and control panels. The shiny glass wall made me walk closer to it and tap softly with my fingertips. Though it had the appearance of glass, its texture was quite different. It was not see-through and felt more like soft metal when touched. While I was busy observing this new world around me I saw him staring at me with his brown eyes without even blinking.
"Um.... sorry, I...I was just curious. Don't worry I won't touch that again." I stuttered.
He stared at me for another couple of seconds and sat on a chair beside him. Then he placed his hand on this heart, and responded "Chithak".
"What does that mean? Did he just introduce himself right now?" I was confused. I slowly placed my hand on my heart with no idea of what I was doing, and introduced myself "I am Minashi".
I saw his eyes squeezing into two cute little smiley eyes through the mask. Maybe he was happy because it was the first time we understood each other. That was soo adorable!
Chithak didn't seem to be a bad guy. He was calm and gentle. I felt that he wasan innocent man with a big heart. But why did he capture all of us? What do they want from us? Where are they taking us to? I tried asking these questions over and over, but this language barrier was killing me with headaches.
Then he walked towards a big screen and showed me a picture. On one side of the picture was my earth. On the other side was another planet. Chithak took his hand from earth to the other planet.
"Are you taking us to your planet?" I tried using my hands as much as possible to make him understand. He nodded his head and said "zem". I think he finally understood me and it was a yes he gave to my question.
He took me back through a large hall where all the other glass boxes with earth beings were kept. As he walked he talked with everyone whom he sail past. Some of them seemed to be checking the vitals of ladies lying inside the glass boxes. Some were cleaning the area. No matter what kind of work they did, Chithak treated everyone in the same way. From his tone, I could say that most of what he said were friendly pieces of advice. Everyone seemed to be happy working under him.
While walking behind I tried to understand what kind of man he was. He had an elegant walk. His voice had a deep husky resonance that made my heart flutter. Though I was supposed to hate him I couldn't. He showed me a room at the end of the hallway. When I walked inside, he locked the door.
I thought that if I ever come across an incident like this in my life I would scream and cry. But here I am, completely lost with nothing on my mind. More than fear it was confusion that filled up my head. I sat in the corner of the room. I was alone. I wished others were awake too. I tried to embrace myself. "It will be fine, everything will be fine Minashi.", I tried my best to calm myself down.
While walking through the large hall what bothered me was that all the ladies that were held captive had beautiful faces and graceful figures. Even Lily had a beautiful face and a stunning body. These people must be hunting down beautiful women to take into their world. Even the men were of good build and looked very strong. All the sleeping girls were in simple white dresses. Their hair was done and they were wearing unique beautiful makeup. Both the men and women had a badge on them with different unknown characters.
The idea of another world with humans excited me. But what will happen to me? They didn't want me to be here.
I tried to get some sleep so that I could run away from these feelings. But as soon as I closed my eyes I felt a sudden chuck on the ship. All the lights turned red with a loud siren started banging on my ears. Gradually the temperature started rising and it felt hard to breathe. I crawled towards the door and tried opening it. I couldn't. I screamed as loud as I can. "Please help me! Please open this door, I can't breathe!" I tried banging on the door as hard as I could.
My legs started trembling. I couldn't scream anymore. I was exhausted. Like a dying deer, I fell onto the ground. I could feel tears and sweat dripping down my face. My breaths started getting deeper but no air came in. I couldn't keep my eyes open any longer. My heart started aching and I felt like I was been crushed. I struggled to grasp the last drop of air inside the room. When my hopes for another breath of air faded away, the door opened, and a blurred figure came running toward me.
"Is that you Chithak?" I murmured before my eyes closed.