Chapter 286: How Do You Feel About Spiders?
It took just over two and a half weeks for Jun Li to finish up whatever he had going on, and we could leave Earth.
Honestly, the time seemed to both drag on and go too fast at the same time.
I wanted to show the guys more of Earth and take them to other countries so that they could see the true beauty of the planet I had called home for 19 years. But Doctor Deshaye, Emily as she preferred to be called, insisted that I meet her every day in her office so that she could monitor the health and wellness of the babies.
As much as I bitched and complained, I really wasn’t that upset over it. There were a few times I felt more like a science experiment than a patient, but they were few and far between.
And the guys put a stop to it fast.
We all expected me to be in labor by now, but even though I looked like I was about to pop any second, the guys inside of me weren’t in a hurry to come out and greet us.
Hey, if I was living rent-free in a warm place that fed me and looked after all my needs, I wouldn’t want to leave it either. Maybe that was the reason why I had been dragging my heels about telling the guys I wanted to find a planet to live on.
After all, life with Jun Li was easy. Living on an unknown planet... not so much.
"Are you sure you have everything you want and need?" asked Raguk for the hundredth time. He seemed the most understanding about my need to collect (and horde, no pun intended) human food.
The X96 had been shuttling back and forth between Jun Li and Earth so much that I was surprised that it hadn’t been caught—or at least shot at.
But I managed to get a lot of supplies that I would want for the next few years, including baking supplies, rice, hot chocolate, and more coffee and energy drinks than any normal person could consume in their lifetime.
I even brought every type of seed I could get my hands on.
I wasn’t an avid gardener, but like my newfound desire to start baking, it was all I could think about—digging my hands into the soil and producing things that could feed me and my family for generations. Things that I would and could actually eat.
"I am sure," I replied, turning to look at him with a smile. "And if not, we can always come back."
"I don’t know, the way others are speaking, Earth won’t be around for much longer," muttered Ye’tab. "Which seems... odd. But then again, I have never seen any other species treat their planet like you do."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," I grumbled, waving my hand in the air to dismiss him. He wasn’t wrong, but at the same time, he wasn’t right either. Earth might be a Goldilocks planet that was capable of sustaining life, but that didn’t mean life was easy.
We were the only species on it, and in all the known universe, it appeared not to have any means of defense. That meant we had to be creative when it came to looking after ourselves, and I wouldn’t change anything.
Could you imagine if we were still living in caves, huddled around an open fire, trying to keep sabretooth tigers away?
Progress was important. It was how we were able to survive. I am sure that we would develop new systems and things in the future to better the planet. Necessity was the mother of invention, and when we became truly desperate, things would change yet again.
Hopefully, I wasn’t around to witness it.
Huh. Should I have picked up some more coffee bushes?
"Sorry I’m late!" came a hurried voice, and I turned around to see Emily strolling toward us with two massive suitcases behind her. I was impressed, seeing as she had pretty much emptied her downtown condo earlier and had sent everything up to Jun Li. "I was worried that you were going to take off without me."
She looked around the park, confusion evident on her face. "We are still leaving, right?" she asked, leaning toward me with a loud whisper.
"We are," I assured her, rubbing my belly where one of the kiddos had given me a swift kick to the ribs. Apparently, he was just as ready to leave Earth as I was. I smiled at the doctor and turned around, walking to the edge of the trees.
Like Emily, I couldn’t see the ship, not unless I was in my armor, but I knew exactly where the guys were waiting for Raguk and I.
"You sure you want this?" I asked my new friend. I didn’t want to talk her into doing anything she would later regret, no matter how much I wanted or needed her.
"Fuck yes," she breathed. "As long as you aren’t planning on any torture or probing, I am more than willing to get abducted by you."
"I don’t know. Dealing with four newborns seems like cruel and unusual punishment as far as I am concerned," I grumbled as there was another kick, this time to my bladder. I didn’t know if it was the same kid or another one, but they really weren’t playing fair right now.
Emily smiled at me but didn’t say anything. Then again, with six husbands, I am sure that there are more than enough hands to deal with the number of kids we were having. As long as the adults weren’t outnumbered, we had this.
I hope.
"Alright, then, let’s get going," I said as I watched the ramp for the rear hatch lower to the ground. All I could see was the ramp and the inside of the ship; the rest was still very much invisible to the naked eye.
"This is going to be amazing," breathed Emily in a voice so low I didn’t think she expected any of us to be able to hear her. I should probably warn her about aliens and hearing. Just to give her a heads up.
Oh, and warn her about Night.
"How do you feel about spiders?" I asked as I walked up the ramp, the doctor right behind me.
"What do you mean?" she asked suspiciously, giving me a side-eyed look that might have a lesser woman trembling in fear. "It depends on the size, I guess."
"They’re about the size of a medium dog. Don’t worry, they are very friendly," I talked fast as GA came and took Emily’s luggage, and Ye’tab helped strap her into her seat. It was probably a good thing that he did, given the sound coming out of her when Night appeared on my lap.
