Earth To Nole: Return of the Prince by Kumar Lomash Read Free Book Online Page B

softly.
    “You misunderstood what I said, Gollow. I don’t want you to plead. I simply don’t know how to help. The situation is much worse than you think.”, Holum clarified, he was indeed in no mood for apologies.
    “What is it? I knew you two know more than what we know. Safety of humans is my primary concern. How am I supposed to make the right calls when no one tells me anything?”, Joti almost screamed with agitation, her outburst was legitimate.
    “Ibu, why don’t you close the door?”, Holum began. He said, “We always knew Francis was an agent of Igogo but now we know what he really wants. We have been in touch with Boris for the last couple of days.”, Holum paused and looked around.
    Gollow asked, “Who is Igogo?”
    “Igogo is the prime minister of hums and is an evil man. He is as much of a threat to hums as he is to us. Although most of the hums have been led to believe otherwise, those who really care, wish to overthrow democracy and with it their current prime minister too.”, Holum paused again. This time Joti had a question.
    “Why overthrow democracy? Why not simply elect someone better to rule?”, Joti had a good point.
    “Democracy is tricky, Joti. It is really difficult to find a leader who is popular as well as right for the job. That is why hums have an alternative system where they hand over the rule to the king. The king makes sure that the people running the government are qualified and fit for it. Every 25 years they chose between democracy and the king’s rule.”, Holum clarified.
    “Interesting.”, Joti commented.
    “We will discuss their political system later, Joti. Currently, we are still trying to understand what Igogo really wants. However, one thing is clear, Igogo will soon deploy his army here on Nole and try to influence our day to day activities.”, Holum said.
    Gollow was not happy to hear this. He said, “Let him try that, we have deployed our fleet in the orbit as well. We are ready for them.”, Gollow reacted predictably. He already hated Igogo.
    Ibu put his hands on Gollow’s shoulders and asked him to calm down. He said, “Fighting back is exactly what he wants us to do. He has led hums to believe that we are here to cause trouble. Don’t forget that Igogo is a democratic leader, he needs public support for whatever he does. If we fight back, he would get sufficient evidence to prove that we are indeed a violent species and that we are here to harm hums. Let’s not help him.”, Ibu explained.
    “And, let him walk all over us? His army would kill us all if we don’t do anything.”, Joti agreed with Gollow it seemed.
    “That is not accurate, Joti. Hums have very strict non violence code. The army being deployed here are all bots and they would not, under any circumstances, harm us. They are being deployed as a preemption. Their orders are to stop any attacks on hums, that's it. It is imperative that we do nothing to show aggression.”, Holum said.
    The room was silent for a while. Gollow didn’t buy the non-aggression policy and Joti was still trying to convince herself. This was big news for them. The alien threat was becoming real. Joti knew that if the hums wanted they could easily kill every man, woman and child on Nole independent of whatever resistance humans provided. Only hope for survival was to play along, for now.
    Ibu started speaking, breaking the silence, “But, we don’t know what he really wants and this is killing me. I never believed the story about aliens controlling the Union and conspiring to bring humans to Nole but now that doesn’t sound so paranoid. Igogo certainly needs something from us and it was clearly not Kevin. What is it then? What can hums get from us that they already do not have themselves?”, he confessed.
    “Well, let's just hope that Boris and Kevin find that out before it is too late, my friend.”, Holum replied. He noticed that Joti was still confused about Kevin. He tried to persuade her to understand