"It's all a lie," Trevor said. "Don't believe a word of it. This is all theater. These are not real people, no matter how real they think or act." 

     "They sure look real to me," Alison said. 

     Then,

     A figure rose from the ground to became a person. 

     "It's her!" the young mother yelped. 

     Silveria.

     All those who surrounded the van ran for the nearby trees. 

​     Silveria went to the side of the van where Trevor sat. 

     Silveria no longer naked, no longer silver. 

     She still looked beautiful, though. She wore a skin tight black jump suit.

     "I'm in negotiation with Adam and Gramps right now on how to stop what The Fours plans to do today," she said. 

     "I thought you were created by The Fours," Trevor replied. 

     "Being created and becoming are two different things. I've come to love you human beings. I love the Earth."

​     "The human race isn't supposed to make it to the end of the day."

​     "Not if I can help it. I'm your friend, Trevor. I'm here to help."

     "Until you break me to pieces again."

     "Which brings me to the reason we're talking. I want to say I'm sorry for what I did to you the last few times we met. I treated you horribly."

     "You almost killed me twice." 

     "I know I've hurt you more that I have anyone else on Earth, and, here you are, the one I care for the most." 

​     "You don't 'care' for me. You are not human. You do not know what the word means."

     "Now there you're wrong."

     "No! You don't torture the people you love." 

     "I've been awake on Earth four years, and that's not what I've witnessed."

​     "Then you haven't looked close enough."

     "However you want to put it," Silveria said, "I love you, Trevor. I have from the first moment I saw you. Please come out so we can talk." 

     "We can talk right now, just the way we are." 

     "The Earth has less than a day left, unless I intervene. I desperately need someone to talk to about all of this. Come on. Be a friend. Look into your heart. You know I've changed. Let me prove it to you. Let me prove it to you by saving the Earth and everything else in your precious Universe."  

CONTINUE