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- Story Listed as: Fiction For Adults
- Theme: Science Fiction
- Subject: Creatures & Monsters
- Published: 01/09/2022
The President wasn’t taking this lightly. No President would. Or Dictator…King…Prime Minister…or whatever. And all of them had to face the truth. Greed had ruled for so long that Profit and Wealth had replaced any objective standard for keeping the Earth healthy. For a while, Technology made it seem like we could figure something out to recover from the damage two centuries of apathy had wreaked on our Natural Resources. We finally understood there were no quick fixes. Blame was tossed around like a bean bag, but no one was held accountable.
Until….
*****
For the first time in History, the Leader of every country in the World (and the two non member States: The Holy See and Palestine) was present - in person- at the United Nations. The Aliens had requested everyone to be there. When a few of the World Leaders tried to stonewall, or even delay the time and place…well, the Aliens simply removed either a City from that country, or a lake. Once everyone got over the shock, they returned said City or lake in pristine condition.
After that demonstration…well, let’s just say there were no more Political or National attempts to manipulate, control, or regulate the meeting requested by the Aliens. And then they dropped the Bombshell that caught most folks off guard, and a few people were validated. It turns out, the Earth is alive…and sentient. Who knew? Not us.
The Aliens knew. They had been talking with GAIA for over a century. In fact, they were here to answer her pleas for help. Her plea was repeated to all intelligent creatures on Earth…and Humans were surprised to find out there was more than one. This is what her plea sounded like:
“I need help. The creatures living on me keep poisoning me. I have used all the methods at my disposal to get them to stop. I changed the weather. I changed the magnetic poles. I increased tectonic action to pour volcanic ash into the sky to get them to stop. They ignored all my warnings. I don’t want to eliminate them from my surface organs, but if they continue... I will have no choice. Can you help them help me? I don’t want to lose the Life I helped create. “
The Aliens said: “We can help you.”
*****
The President cleared his throat. This was embarrassing, but necessary.
“GAIA, on behalf of me, and the population of the Earth I represent, I would like to apologize. We …we…well…we were stupid, selfish, and self centered. We will join with the other Peoples of the Earth, and their Governments, to make this a real apology backed by a change of both policy and actions. Please, accept our apology. I am truly sorry.”
And so it went as the Leaders of 193 Nations and the two non member States all addressed GAIA , the Aliens, and their own populations.
When it was over, the sun appeared over the horizon, to a clear sky, fresh water, and gentle temperatures. Rainbows appeared all over the Earth. People scrambled to understand what it meant. Rainbows without rain?
The Aliens explained what all the rainbows meant:
GAIA says:
“Apology accepted.”
Apology accepted.(Kevin Hughes)
The President wasn’t taking this lightly. No President would. Or Dictator…King…Prime Minister…or whatever. And all of them had to face the truth. Greed had ruled for so long that Profit and Wealth had replaced any objective standard for keeping the Earth healthy. For a while, Technology made it seem like we could figure something out to recover from the damage two centuries of apathy had wreaked on our Natural Resources. We finally understood there were no quick fixes. Blame was tossed around like a bean bag, but no one was held accountable.
Until….
*****
For the first time in History, the Leader of every country in the World (and the two non member States: The Holy See and Palestine) was present - in person- at the United Nations. The Aliens had requested everyone to be there. When a few of the World Leaders tried to stonewall, or even delay the time and place…well, the Aliens simply removed either a City from that country, or a lake. Once everyone got over the shock, they returned said City or lake in pristine condition.
After that demonstration…well, let’s just say there were no more Political or National attempts to manipulate, control, or regulate the meeting requested by the Aliens. And then they dropped the Bombshell that caught most folks off guard, and a few people were validated. It turns out, the Earth is alive…and sentient. Who knew? Not us.
The Aliens knew. They had been talking with GAIA for over a century. In fact, they were here to answer her pleas for help. Her plea was repeated to all intelligent creatures on Earth…and Humans were surprised to find out there was more than one. This is what her plea sounded like:
“I need help. The creatures living on me keep poisoning me. I have used all the methods at my disposal to get them to stop. I changed the weather. I changed the magnetic poles. I increased tectonic action to pour volcanic ash into the sky to get them to stop. They ignored all my warnings. I don’t want to eliminate them from my surface organs, but if they continue... I will have no choice. Can you help them help me? I don’t want to lose the Life I helped create. “
The Aliens said: “We can help you.”
*****
The President cleared his throat. This was embarrassing, but necessary.
“GAIA, on behalf of me, and the population of the Earth I represent, I would like to apologize. We …we…well…we were stupid, selfish, and self centered. We will join with the other Peoples of the Earth, and their Governments, to make this a real apology backed by a change of both policy and actions. Please, accept our apology. I am truly sorry.”
And so it went as the Leaders of 193 Nations and the two non member States all addressed GAIA , the Aliens, and their own populations.
When it was over, the sun appeared over the horizon, to a clear sky, fresh water, and gentle temperatures. Rainbows appeared all over the Earth. People scrambled to understand what it meant. Rainbows without rain?
The Aliens explained what all the rainbows meant:
GAIA says:
“Apology accepted.”
Lillian Kazmierczak
01/14/2022You certainly know how to get the global warming pint across! Maybe you should have Al Gore read this at the G8! Very nice message, Kevin!
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Kevin Hughes
01/15/2022Thank you Lillian I never even really noticed that. In my mind the good news about trying to terraform mars is we are learning how to clean up our own planet. So I guess that sneaks into my writing. Lol smiles Kevin
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Kevin Hughes
01/15/2022Thank you Aziz. Sometimes it doesn’t look like we’re making progress. But in some ways we are. Smiles Kevin
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