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I knew I couldn’t survive long in this Earth environment without a host creature. As soon as the escape pod opened, I started squiggling away into the moist darkness of some moss along a tree root. Not too far, mind you. Just far enough to where I’d have a chance to sneak onto the body of any Earth creatures who happened to see my crash landing on their world, and chose to inspect the site. I was willing to settle on one of their pets if need be. Anything to get inside a safe, warm body and gain control of it.
As luck would have it, a human boy* of prime breeding age was the first Earthling to arrive, and I had to jump away from the flashlight he carried. I didn’t have time to try to conceal the escape pod, but after all that time in interstellar space, it appeared almost like a simple meteor to the casual eye. However, there was still smoke coming off it, and the boy did indeed spot the pod on the forest floor. I cursed the luck even as I slithered up in range of the Earth boy. He was hunkered down, gazing at the pod, which was still very hot from the atmosphere. As he whispered to himself, “Wow! Actually evidence of intelligent life from outer space!”, the branches of the trees and the forest floor where the pod had crashed through were starting to burn.
It was likely my best opportunity, so I took advantage of his attention to the fire and my escape pod and sent out a looong pseudo pod to grip the hem of his lower clothing. Depending on if the boy noticed or not, I intended to either immediately find access inside the child (from whichever end was most expedient), or try to conceal myself enough to simply “ride” him home and see what my options among his family might provide as hosts.
*Johnny Watson (16): Young boy with average popularity at nearby school and well known in the neighborhood who happens to hear and find the crashed alien ship first.
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