The Flight to Earth

It seemed nice enough, as the Creature walked through the large, shop filled corridor of the Cora 54 cruiser. The floor had a marbled tile, and there were trees through the middle of the corridor in marble vases that stuck out from the ground. Around the excited creature were Restaurants, Shops, bathrooms and advertisements down the corridor for a long ways. There was also a second floor, which was just as busy with strange creatures as the floor below. All sorts of citizens of different planets were busily rushing past him, on the way to their Suites or Coach Rooms, or maybe a restaurant or shop.

Hal was a Zorphling, and the creature standing in the corridor. Zorphlings were a Crab like race of creatures, with large, round feet dangling off of sort of bony yet powerful legs, which led to the torso of the same nature and the arms that hung down the sides of their bodies with large claws at the end. At the top of the torso was a head with two tentacle like mandibles dangling over a mouth and large, gaping eyes. Hal started to walk after his muse of an advertisement for Earth, where he was traveling for his job. It looked as though, unlike his planet, was different in different places, as his was always tropical.

From Earth's orbital pictures, it looked like it had much water, and as he had read, it had gone up to seven percent in water supply in the past seventy years. Hal was excited to see the planet. Some of his friends from the market where he had used to work that there were "Beaches without water" and "Vast oceans of ice". He was making his way to the exit for the Cora 54 was about to land on Earth, planet of the Humans. Those En Route of Earth's Moon had to wait another ten hours.

Hal made his way to the large door with Neon Words above it saying "Exits Here" in blue font, and then below it smaller signs translated it into five more mainstream languages. Going through the door, he heard a female voice that said
"Please strap yourself to the nearest seatbelt before we reach Earth. We will be landing in 3 minutes. Direct your self to the nearest seatbelt for safety purposes. Thank-You."

After that, the words were translated five times straight. Hal Went a bit closer to the exit and then went to the right wall to strap himself onto a seatbelt, along with many others. In two minutes, they were landed with a loud rumbling. Loads of Aliens crowded at the exit, getting scanned by human workers on the Cora 54. Hal came to the exit and was scanned by the humans. They made a motion with their hands and he was free to exit. He stepped into the airport, and saw the curious looking structures.

Hal heard two voices of Zorphlings,
"Look Honey, a Starbucks. Should we get some?"
"Nah... There are already to many on Mars."
Hal saw the peculiar looking Starbucks in the inside of the airport. It was strange to finally be on the planet where the Third Solar System's best coffee originated. Hal would definitely include something about the quality of Earth Coffee compared to Zorphling Coffee in his Newspaper article. He finally got outside after twenty-five minutes of very, very long immigration.

The planet impressed him. In the field across from the port were Solar Powered power-plants for miles. They Looked curious on Earth. Hal saw many strange creatures taking flight in the air, like the "Coraladal Fliers" of his planet, but not reptilian. They had feathers and yellow beaks. He went to the rental vehicle facility, where a human gave him one of the strangest looking vehicles he'd seen in years of exploration. The Male Human gave him a four wheeled vehicle that was red and had a smooth slanted design. He got in and the human showed him how everything worked. After a while, he was on the road.

He saw grass like the grass on his planet, and clouds like the clouds on his planet. But ever since the planet "Went Green" it had been a beautiful planet. He rolled down the window and smelled the cool air of the landscape around him. After a while he entered the city, where he saw more of the strange automobiles and the flying animals.

He saw so many familiar Public Places like Walmart, McDonalds, Starbucks and more. He saw humans with ropes curiously attached to furry, four-legged animals with lapping tongues and pointed or flat ears. The city itself though was astounding., with large skyscrapers to small shops. He recalled the sign outside saying that he was entering New York, and he thought to himself, "What a beautiful place... I must include this to the article."

He finally got to his hotel called "Solar Suites". He parked in the parking lot, taking his luggage from the back of his car. He thought of the hotel itself as one of the tall skyscrapers. He gave the luggage to a friendly Lizard-Like Alien rolling around a golden "Luggage-Carrier" as Hal often dubbed them. But what amazed him was that the hotel looked so much like the corridor of the Cora 54.


To Be Continued