Should you by some strange chance read this story.
Thank you Lucky-Lady.
CHAPTER ONE
Doug and Robyn should have been absolutely terrified but for some unexplainable reason they were not. The two women standing in front of them in their living room had just appeared out of nowhere. They both had a slight smile on their face and somehow emitted an aura of calm peacefulness which was holding back the terror that would otherwise have engulfed Doug and Robyn. They had not appeared instantly, but sort of materialized over perhaps two or three seconds. Their outline shimmered very slightly, as if they were not quite in focus, or perhaps they were somehow not quite solid. It was hard to explain but both Robyn and Doug knew with complete certainty that they were not from this world.
One of the women spoke. Her voice had the same ethereal nature as did her appearance. The weird thing was that her lips hardly moved at all and what movement there was seemed totally unrelated to what she said.
"Greetings. We are from another planet in another universe. We have come here because we have been assigned a special project and we need your help. Do not be afraid. We could have simply taken you but that would prejudice our purpose. We desire that you come with us of your own free will."
Doug did not doubt what she said but his male sense of logic dictated that he question them. "So, there is life in other places not just on earth? I always presumed any 'other life' would be totally different from ours, two heads and wheels instead of legs, or something unimaginably different, but you are just like us. I'm not sure that makes sense to me."
"Well let me see, how do I explain?" said the woman with a patient smile.
"You know the concept of infinity don't you. But do you truly understand its consequences? Your concept that the universe is infinite is correct. So, if the universe is infinite then there are infinite universes. I refrain from using the word 'number' because that is contrary to the concept of infinity. Infinity is actually the lack of a number. If the universe is infinite, then it logically follows that there are infinite life forms and infinite planets that are inhabited by life forms. Yes, some of them have two heads and others are unimaginably different but we are from the humanoid variety just as are you. Logic says that our humanoid form is infinite also."
Doug stammered and flustered as he tried to take this in.
Robyn thought she spotted a weakness in the story despite seeing the logic of the argument. "But how can you speak English. There are hundreds of languages just on our planet."
The women laughed then. A delightful tinkle of empathy as she answered.
"Most humanoids communicate directly through the mind as well as verbalizing. Your method, of exclusively verbalizing, has the drawback of requiring a language. With mind communication, only the thought is sent so it is received in whatever is the appropriate language for the receiver. It's not 'mind reading' because the thought has to be deliberately sent. When you speak my ear sends that verbalization to a section of my brain which converts it into a thought so I can receive it in my own language"
"Does that answer your question?"
"Umm yes I think I get that" answered Robyn.
The second woman, who seemed to be the senior of the two, now took over and said, "May we sit down?"
Doug and Robyn both nodded.
