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                                                                           Chapter 1

       On a planet in two galaxies near Earth, lived the citizens of kingdom of the planet Lima called Limans. Their space and warfare technology was more advanced than that of Earthlings. But their enemy was far more advanced than theirs. They knew that their planet was to be invaded by the fierce soldiers of the planet Gora. Their king, King Ronald and his subjects knew that they were going to lose the inevitable battle.

       On their planet Lima, the Limans breath on an a gaseous element they called Oxyn. They have abundant supply of Oxyn on their planet for them to breathe on. But their palms when opened rapidly it could emit some amount of Oxyn. Some of the Limans had reached Earth and since they couldn’t breathe on Oxygen on earth, they used the Oxyns emitted by their palms to survive on. But emitting too much 

Oxyns could weaken them.  They had been travelling in galaxies to find a place they could escape and hide the moment they are invaded by their more powerful nemesis. But they never found one.

      And so they had long accepted that they either die in the hands of the Gorans from the planet Gora or became their slaves.

      With Oxygen sample they had brought from their travel to earth, they found out that it was the only son of their King, Aaron who could breathe oxygen. This made the Limans happy that at least their future King could be spared from being killed or captured by their mortal enemies, the Gorans.

      And a day before their planet was invaded by the Gorans, the king and the queen together with his loyal subjects bid good bye to little Aaron on spacecraft they boarded him. Aaron smiled at his parents and to the citizens as they closed the spacecraft that was going to bring him to Earth. Little Aaron waved back at the king and the queen not knowing 

that he was to travel alone for Earth and be forever separated from them.

     The spacecraft levitated and levitated away from the Limans, until slowly they disappeared from his sight. The spacecraft he was boarding was auto piloted. It was programmed to avoid, meteorites, meteors, comets and other heavenly bodies that would come its way.

    A day after, little Aaron was eating from the food that was given him by his parents that was estimated to last him until he reached Earth. At his young age of seven, he tried to toughen himself up when he learned from a recording installed in the spacecraft that he was to live on Earth alone and away from his mother and father. He learned that he was to be sent to Earth for his safety.  He closed his eyes tightly; some tears fell on his cheeks.  He dried it up and looked straight into the path of his spacecraft.

     Day and night he traveled alone in two galaxies until finally he reached the galaxy where Earth was located. He looked at all the planets, and the moons that he passed by. When finally he saw Blue Earth a smiled curved on Aaron’s young lips. It was twelve o’clock noon.

      Suddenly the spacecraft stopped on its course and hid on a cloud far above the ground. The spacecraft was undetectable by any military radar from any country on Earth. And when night fell the auto piloted spacecraft descended to the ground. After a year of travel, Aaron’s spacecraft landed on wide plane in between three huge mountains. The spacecraft opened by its own and Aaron released his seatbelt. He stood up and looked through the door. He smiled, and walked. He stopped at the door and carefully surveyed his new surroundings. He took a deep breath and felt good instantly. It was indeed true; Aaron could breathe the air that humans breathe.

     He jumped out from his aircraft and immediately ran on the ground. He was happy he had finally landed after a year of travel. He stopped and looked back at his spacecraft, the spacecraft that brought him to his new home. Afterwards he sat on the ground and looked all over the place. It was a full moon. He looked at the three huge mountains surrounding him and the tall trees on them.  The air blew stronger, and he felt it on his face. He took another deep breath and savored the peace in him.

      He looked up to the heavens and hoped that someday he could go back and see his parents and the citizens of the planet Lima.  He lay on the grassland and closed his eyes. Suddenly, he felt his spacecraft flew and levitated on its own leaving him. He heard some steps approaching him. Aaron stood up and immediately hid behind a tree near him.

      Aaron saw a young girl. She was holding a basket and was walking for somewhere. She’s pretty, he thought to himself. When the young girl passed him, he silently followed her. Quietly, he followed and followed until suddenly she stopped on her way and turned around. She immediately saw him. Aaron looked down avoiding her looking at him. Afterwards, he took some courage and looked back at her.

       “Hey, are you following me huh?” the beautiful seven-year old girl suddenly asked looking at him.

       “Yeah, I am. I have nowhere to go…” he told her meekly.

       “Really, where are your parents, huh?” she asked aloud looking intently at him.

        “Far, far away,” he just answered.

         The young girl then walked and approached him. “You’re lost,” she just said.

         “I guess, I am,” his answer to her.

         “That’s our house, would you like to come inside huh?” she asked looking at his face. She smiled at him, turned around and walked towards their house.

          Aaron just stood looked at her going to the house. The girl looked back at him and shook her head. She hurried back to him and when she reached him she held his hand and said. “Come, I’ll give you something to eat inside our house.”

         Aaron nodded and followed her. When they got inside, she immediately brought him to their kitchen. Hurriedly, she opened their refrigerator and gave him a burger. And on his first taste Aaron just said, “My, this delicious!”

       “Of course that’s delicious, I made that you know,” she told him.

       “Really,” he just said, smiled at her and continued eating. Afterwards he drank the cola that she gave him. Full he thanked her.

       “You’re welcome,” she just said. “By the way I’m Danna.”

        “I’m Aaron, “he introduced himself to her.

        “Come with me,” she invited him and walked up the stairs. Aaron followed her this time. She stopped on a door and opened it. Inside, she turned around and looked at him as he walked in. She smiled at him. And Aaron smiled back at her looking at her pretty face.

         “You’re so pretty,” he said, praising her.

         “Thanks,” she just said and smiled at the handsome young Aaron. She too was fascinated by Aaron’s handsome young face. “You can stay in this room. No one’s using this.”

         “Really, thanks,” he just said.

         “Come try the bed,” she offered, “and see if you’ll like it. And when Aaron sat on it he instantly liked it. Danna sat beside him and glanced at him by her side. Aaron glanced back and smiled at her. Afterwards, Danna left him so he could rest. Aaron lay on the bed and remembered his parents, a tear formed on the corner of his eyes. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes. After some time he fall asleep.

         Early in the morning, Danna went back to see Aaron to his new room. She immediately invited him for breakfast. Dana saw her mom hurriedly passed by the kitchen door. She stood up immediately and followed her. She caught with her at their main door and kissed her good bye. Her mother then rode her car and left their house. Hurriedly, Danna went back to the kitchen and joined Aaron for breakfast. They ate pan cakes and drank milk.

        Danna then took Aaron on their backyard. She immediately sat on the swing and looked at Aaron. Aaron understood what she wanted, so he immediately went behind her and started pushing on the ropes making Lana swung back and forth. She looked back at him and giggled. He giggled back at her and pushed much stronger and she swung back and forth farther. Aaron tried the swing too and Danna pushed him. The two played and played laughing and enjoying each other’s company a lot. The two felt so at ease and so happy with each other.  Afterwards, smiling and catching their breaths, the two lay on the grass and looked up at sky.

        “Aaron, do you like being with me huh?” she asked.

        “I like being with you Danna,” he answered and smiled at her by his side.

        “Me too, I like being with you Aaron,” she answered.

        Aaron then sat up and looked at her. He really felt happy being with Danna.  The two then stood up and went back inside. But as soon as they were seated on the sofa, the door opened and her mom came in. Her mother went straight upstairs and went back down carrying a large suitcase.  She hurried towards Danna and held her on her wrist.

           “Let’s go,” she told Danna.

           “Where are we going mom?” she suddenly asked.

           “Just go with me, we’re going to America,” she commanded Danna. Dana and her mother had been living with her grandfather, Leonardo. And when she had an argument with Jericho, the nephew her father-in, Leonardo, and feeling that the latter was taking his side she decided to leave and take Danna with her to America.

           “But what about Grandpa?” not wanting to be separated from her grandfather, she asked her mother.

            “We’re leaving him,” she answered and dragged her outside going to her car. Crying, she followed her mom. She sat Danna on the front seat.

             Aaron followed outside and looked at her at the window. Danna then pulled the window down and looked at Aaron. “Aaron…” she uttered looking at him.

            “Danna…” he uttered back.

            Her mother then closed the window back and drove her car away.

                                                                             Chapter 2

         Fourteen years later, “Let’s go Aaron,” Danna’s grandfather Leonardo told Aaron. He then stood up from the sofa he was sitting at the office and went ahead of him. Hurriedly, he went to the car and opened the door for him. When Danna’s grandfather was seated, he went around and sat on the driver’s seat. Lana’s grandfather was the owner of the biggest Chains of Department stores and Aaron was his most trusted   bodyguard.

        After Danna had left, Aaron would constantly visit Danna’s house and hoped to find her there. He worked on the streets and feed himself. He did all kinds of jobs while going to school. He finished high school. One day Leonardo was attacked by three hoodlums on the streets and Aaron defended him. Impressed by him, he made him his bodyguard. While Leonardo worked at his office, Aaron would sit on the sofa outside and wait until he was called to accompany him. But when Leonardo had no appointments outside his office he allowed Aaron to leave the building and go to any place that he would like to go and just instructed him to return after office work.

   

        “Where are we going sir?” he asked holding the steering wheel and looking back at Leonardo on the backseat to his right.

        “To the airport, my granddaughter Danna is coming home,” he told him.

        Aaron closed his eyes, he couldn’t believe what he just heard from him, and he was going to see Danna once again.  Leonard never knew that Aaron knew Danna for he never told him about it.

       “My granddaughter is really beautiful, Aaron, you just wait and see,” he just told Aaron.

       And Aaron just suppressed his smile listening to him.

      “She’ll be here for vacation, but I hope she stays for good,” Leonardo confessed to him. “I really missed my granddaughter.”

       Aaron listened quietly at Leonardo as he continued driving towards the airport. They passed by long roads and many tall buildings.  And after some time they reached the airport.

       Aaron saw a tall lady standing outside the airport, and when they got nearer her, Leonardo told him to pull over. He immediately obeyed and stopped the car. Without waiting for Aaron to open the door for him, like he always did, he went out of the car and immediately approached the lady. 

      “Grandpa!” the beautiful lady exclaimed and Aaron immediately realized that the tall lady was Dana.

      “Danna!” happily, Leonardo greeted her and hugged her.  “I missed you so much Danna.”

      “I missed you too Grandpa,” she answered, disengaged from his hug and looked intently at his face.

      Aaron then stepped out of the car and walked towards the two. Leonardo noticed him and so he immediately introduced him to her. “Danna, this is my bodyguard Aaron.”

       “Is that really you Aaron?” Danna uttered looking at the tall and handsome Aaron in front of her.

       “Yeah, it’s me Danna,” he answered smiling at her. “How are you?”

       “I’m fine, and I’m so happy to see you. And you’re my grandfather’s bodyguard,” she uttered and glanced at her grandfather.

       “Yeah he is, he saved me from the hoodlums who tried to attack me, impressed I took him as my bodyguard,” Leonardo told Danna. “And Aaron you never told me you two knew each other.”

       Aaron just smiled at him. “Yeah I never did,” he just said to Leonardo who was shaking his head slightly and smiling looking alternately at the two of them.

      “So you saved my grandfather, Aaron,” she said looking intently at Aaron.

       “I was in the area when it happened,” Aaron just said and smiled at her.

      “Come inside the car Danna so you could sit,” Leonardo told her.  Aaron hurried back to the car and opened the door for Leonardo and Dana. The two sat on the back seat and Aaron went back to his seat and drove.

      “How was your trip Danna,” Leonardo asked her.

      “It was just fine, I was asleep the whole time,” she answered Leonardo and looked at Aaron in front of her and noticed he was looking at her at the rear view mirror. She smiled at him and Aaron smiled back at her.

       After an hour, Aaron parked the car outside Leonardo’s new house in the city. He went out and opened the door for the two of them. Dana got out first and Leonardo followed. When they were inside, Aaron decided to leave.  He really wanted to talk to Dana but stopped himself for he wanted the two to catch up on each other’s lives.

       He hurried to his home a few blocks away from Leonardo’s house. On his bed, he thought about Dana. A smile curved on his lips. For him, Dana was the most beautiful lady he had ever seen. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes. Afterwards he fell asleep. Midnight came.

       He woke up at the sound he had not heard for a long, long time. It was the sound of his spacecraft that brought him to Earth. He immediately stood up and looked out his room’s window trying to find it in the sky. The spacecraft was flying right above his lawn.  Aaron hurried outside and looked up a few meters beneath it. It opened and a white light came out and extended down touching the ground.  From it appeared the image of his father, the king.

       “Father,” Aaron exclaimed looking at his image on the circular white light and as wide as the floor of the entire spacecraft.

       “Aaron,” his father spoke from their kingdom on their planet Lima.

       “I’m so happy to see you father, but what happened, I thought…” he uttered looking at him.

       “Yes Aaron we were defeated by the Gorans, they took us to their planet and turned us into slaves. But we did not loss hope. While we were in their planet as their slaves, we studied their ways and technology. And when we thought we were ready, we revolted and defeated them. We know own their planet and we have recovered ours. It’s safe now Aaron, I and the queen wish for you to come home and come back to us,” he narrated and asked for him to return to them.

        Aaron quieted for a moment and spoke. “Father, I’m so happy that you’re all safe now and had recovered our planet. But… but I really wish to stay here on Earth. There’s a… a lady I want to be with. I love her Father.”

       “Really,” his father said and laughed a little. “My son’s in love. Well, we really would like you to be home son. But if you really want to be with her, I’m letting you stay.”

      “She’s really beautiful Dad, and she was the first human I saw here on Earth. She took good care of me and gave me my first hamburger and cola. It’s delicious Dad, I’m sure you’ll like it too,” he just said smiling at his father’s big image.

      “Okay, you stay in this planet and when you decide to go home to us, you bring us this hamburger and cola that you’re talking about,” his statement laughing a little.

      “I will, Father,” he answered still looking at his image underneath the spacecraft.

      “And son, there is something that you should know,” he told Aaron.

      “What is it Father?” he asked him.

      “You didn’t know it because when we experimented with oxygen on you, you were only two years old. We found out that oxygen from Earth could make you fly,” he revealed to him.

      “Huh, oxygen could make me fly,” he exclaimed suddenly.

      His father continued. “We did not tell you about it before, because we were afraid that you might fly back to our planet the moment you miss us while you’re on earth. You were the only one who had the ability to breathe oxygen amongst us and growing up here on our planet we realized that you had incredible strength and speed.”

       Aaron always knew that he was much stronger and faster than any Limans or humans. But he tried to hide it growing up on Earth to fit in.

      “I probably would have father if I knew about it,” his answer to him smiling at him.

      “I wish you happiness with this beautiful lady son, but come back to us when you’re ready,” he told Aaron. “Farewell son.”

      “Farewell Father,” Aaron bid good bye to his father. “And tell my mother that I love her.”

      “I’ll tell her that son,” he answered Aaron. The white light then vanished and the spacecraft soared up and disappeared in the sky.

      He took a deep breath, ran extremely fast, leaped, soared up and flew. “I could really fly!” he shouted up in the air. He stopped and looked down back on the ground. “I’m so high,” he uttered and immediately flew once again. He flew and flew in the sky. He flew fast and straight. He flew in wide circles and pushed forward cyclical. Aaron was overjoyed, he saw Dana once again, learned that his father and his mother were safe, and now he was flying. He was overflowing with happiness. Aaron continued flying and realized he was at the spot right above the three mountains where his spacecraft landed. He immediately remembered how he first saw Danna and how he followed her. A smile curved on his lips. He flew downward and fast. He landed in the middle of three mountains; afterwards he soared up once again and flew. He headed to one of the three mountains and circled it rapidly over and over again. And when he reached the second he flew following the edges of the two mountains and then he saw Danna’s old house near it. Rapidly he flew downwards to see it closer. He stopped right on top of Dana’s lawn where the two of them played. “Danna you’re back,” he uttered softly. He soared up once again and flew straight to Leonardo’s house in the city near his. He saw, through the glass window, Danna in her room looking up in the sky. He watched her from above smiling at her, smiling at the beautiful Danna. He flew still for some time in the sky just watching her. And when she turned off her lights, with a smile on his heart, Aaron soared up and flew back to his house.

                                                                                 Chapter 3

       It was twelve noon, when Leonardo called Aaron to take him to his office. Leonardo’s personal driver had gone on leave and Aaron volunteered to drive for him. When he reached Leonardo’s place, he immediately surveyed the car. He felt someone was looking at him. He turned around and saw Danna.

      “Hi Aaron,” happy to see him, she greeted him.

      “Hi Danna,” he greeted back smiling at her. He hurried and approached her. He stood close to her looking down at her beautiful face. “I missed you Danna…” he uttered.

       “I missed you too Aaron,” she answered and hugged him gently.

        Surprised, he hugged her back. “I really, really missed you Danna…” he uttered once again.

        “It looks the like the two of you have gotten along once again, pretty quick,” smiling, Leonardo intervened as he came out of his house.

         “Yeah we did,” Aaron just said and removed his arms around her. “Good morning sir.”

          “Yeah, the morning really looks good for you Aaron and to you too Danna,” he answered and teased a little at the two of them.

          “Is Aaron taking you to your office Grandpa?” Danna just asked looking and smiling at her grandfather.

           “Yes, he is Danna, let’s go Aaron,” Leonardo answered her and told Aaron as he walked towards the car. Aaron then opened the car for him. Leonardo sat on the back seat. Aaron hurried and sat on the front seat and started the car.

           “Good Bye Dana,” Leonardo said his good bye to Danna.

           “Bye Grandpa,” Danna said her good bye to her grandfather.

            Aaron then drove the car and headed to his office. And when they got there, Leonardo made him wait inside his office. Leonardo was so busy signing several documents that his secretary had brought him. He also talked to some of the managers of his stores that went inside his office. When they were all gone, Leonardo called on Aaron.

        “Aaron, you can take the day off, I still have a lot of papers to sign later,” he told Aaron looking at him from his table.

        Aaron quieted for a moment and afterwards asked something from Leonardo. “Sir, could I go back to your house and see Danna?”

        “Yeah, you could. Can I be straight with you Aaron?” he asked.

        “Of course,” Aaron just said.

         “Do you like my granddaughter?” he asked looking intently at him.

          “Yes, I like Danna, sir,” his answer looking straight to him.

         “Then go and see her,” he immediately said and smiled at him. “I don’t want her to go back to Canada. And if you could convince her to stay with us for good, it would really make me happy Aaron.” 

          “I really wish I could make her stay, sir,” Aaron answered looking intently at him.   

          Leonardo just smiled at him. “I’m sure you could Aaron. “

           Aaron felt good sensing that Leonardo wanted him for his granddaughter. He then stood up and bid good bye to him.

                                                                            Chapter 4        

         Back at Leonardo’s house, Aaron waited for her to come down. When he saw her descending from the stairs, he immediately stood up and waited for her.

          “You look stunning Danna,” he praised her as he held her hand when she got near him.

          “And you look dashing and handsome Aaron,” she said smiling at him.

          Aaron held her other hand and looked intently at her. Mesmerized by her, he took a deep breath. “I’m so glad you’re home Danna.” He then walked her towards the car and opened it for her. He made her sat on the front seat. And when he was seated he immediately started driving. Quietly, Aaron drove the car passing the roads that they passed the other day. He drove and drove and after some time he stopped, got out and opened the door once again for her. He took her to a fabulous restaurant in a resort. The resort had a beautiful falls.

         He assisted her going out of the car. She stood and looked at the entire place. “Thank you for bringing me here Aaron, I missed this place,” she uttered.

          “I know, I remembered you telling me about this place when we were both little, so I brought you here,” his answer to her.

         The two then walked towards the stairs on the side of the resort and climbed down. After they had chosen a table Aaron immediately ordered for the two of them. Aaron and Dana then continued watching the entire place. There were many tourists in the resort and all seemed to be enjoying the whole place.

          “This place always makes me feel good Aaron,” she said.

          “Most people do,” he replied. “How was your life in America?” he asked.

          “Well, I went to school most of the time of course. And I had lot of friends at school but I didn’t really go out much often. I had a good and a happy life up there. My mother found a high paying job at a restaurant in the city that we lived. We’re not as rich as we used to be with grandpa, but we were able to buy everything that we wanted and see places that we wanted to see. We have a big and beautiful house, we have cars, everything. And I finished my course Business Management. We were happy, just me and mom. But of course I thought about grandpa back here and about you too…” she confessed. “How about you, what did you do while I was away?” she asked.

          “Well, I had a hard life, I must say. I worked hard so I could have something to eat. I worked and studied at the same time. Tough life but happy, my real problem was, you weren’t there… I thought a lot about you Dana. In between work and school I dropped by at your old house hoping to see you. And it saddened me every time I came home not seeing you. I finished high school. And then I saw your grandfather and you already know what happened next. He hired me as his bodyguard. And when I learned that he was your grandfather, I felt happy. I felt was taking good care of him for you. Your grandfather is a very generous boss. A year after, I was already able to buy my own house and a car,” he narrated to her.

         “I’m happy to hear that Aaron,” she said and smiled at him. She felt really good because she really worried about Aaron back in America. She prayed that Aaron would have something to eat and a shelter to rest at night.

         Aaron then moved his chair to her side and sat beside her.  “And now that your back, I don’t want you to leave. I don’t want to loss you again Danna…” he uttered looking at his hand that was holding hers.  Danna glanced and smiled at him by her side and leaned on his arm.

         Suddenly, some of the tourists started screaming. A lady was falling rapidly towards them from the sky. She jumped from a small airplane but her parachute failed to open. They all stood and looked up in horror as the lady continued falling. Danna stood up too, moved towards the crowd and looked up. Aaron wasted no time, he ran fast. And when he was certain that the crowd could no longer see him, he soared up and flew. Wide eyed, the tourist watched as they saw Aaron rapidly flying upwards towards the lady that was falling to the ground. Aaron flew and flew and in just a short time caught the lady on his arms.

        “You’re safe now,” he told the beautiful girl.

         The lady opened her eyes and saw Aaron carrying her in his arms up in the sky. She closed her eyes and uttered a silent prayer thanking the Lord for giving her a second life.  She opened her eyes once again. “Thank you so much, thank you so much,” she uttered gratefully looking at Aaron.

         The amazed crowd took pictures and videos of Aaron and the beautiful girl through the cameras of their cell phones.  “Who’s that flying man!” many uttered. “He’s amazing!” They couldn’t believe what they were seeing. Not one expected that someone powerful would fly up and save the lady that was falling towards them. They couldn’t believe that they would see a flying man right above them. They started clapping and cheering at their unknown superhero and for the lady that he was carrying. Danna cheered and clapped too, he looked back to find Aaron but she didn’t found him. She looked around some more looking for him but still she did not find him.

        Noticing the huge crowd looking at them from the resort, Aaron flew the girl away from them.

        “What’s your name?” she asked looking at him.

        Aaron thought for a moment and answered, “I’m Ronan.” And when he landed her safely on the side of the road, he immediately soared up and flew.

        While the amazed crowd continued talking about Aaron’s heroic acts up in the sky, Danna started worrying about Aaron. She kept looking around for him around the resort.

        “Danna,” Aaron uttered behind her and held her elbow.

        Danna turned around and felt relieved to finally saw him. “Where have you been, I’ve been looking for you…” she said.

        “I just went to a store and bought you this,” he said and handed her a pink stuff toy.

         Laughing a little, she accepted it. “And you thought of buying me this, while we were all looking up at this flying man huh. But thank you, this is cute and pretty.”

        “You’re welcome,” Aaron just said and hugged her gently. “Let’s go. I still need to take your grandfather home.”

        “Okay, lets to grandpa’s office then,” she agreed and walked with him going to their car.

                                                                                Chapter 5

        At her grandfather’s building, outside his office, the employees were all glued to the television watching the video of their new flying superhero.

       “Wow this is so unbelievable!” exclaimed Leonardo’s secretary still looking at the video on TV with the other office employees around her.

       “Goodness, how can anyone fly, and that fast!” exclaimed another office staff near the secretary.

       “I wonder where he came from, is he an alien or something huh?” one asked with his totally glued to the television.

      “That lady was so lucky that superhero caught her otherwise….” uttered one employee.

       “I wish I could see that superhero up close and personal!” exclaimed another one.

       “Me too, goodness he is so handsome!” exclaimed and agreed one beautiful office staff.

       “He definitely is handsome!” seconded many female employees.

        Aaron and Danna noticed the employees crowding the area where the television was located. The two walked towards them. The employees noticed them.

       “Hi Aaron,” greeted one employee to Aaron and glanced at the beautiful lady beside her.

       “Hi,” Aaron greeted back.

       “Who’s that beautiful lady beside you Aaron?” asked one employee looking at him and then back to Danna.

        “Okay, I’d like all of you to meet Danna, Sir Leonardo’s granddaughter.

        “Oh,” uttered many and immediately stood up from the sofa they were all crowding. “Good afternoon Ma’am,” greeted all of them to Danna curiously looking and smiling at Leonardo’s beautiful granddaughter they had never seen before.

        “Good afternoon, and nice to meet you all,” Danna pleasantly greeted all of them and glanced back at the dashing Aaron so close beside her.

       “It’s nice to meet you too Ma’am,” uttered most of them admiring and smiling at her.

       “Is Sir Leonardo still in his office huh?” asked Aaron to them.

       “Yeah, he is,” answered one to Aaron.

       Aaron and Danna then walked towards the door of Leonardo’s office and after Aaron knocked gently he opened it and went in with Dana.

       Leonardo immediately greeted them with a smile from his seat. He alternated looking at the two of them. He nodded gently in approval looking at the two them close beside each other inside his office.

       “You two seemed to have enjoyed each other’s company, Aaron, Danna,” he uttered.

       “I enjoyed being with Danna, sir,” he answered and glanced at her by his side.

       Danna just smiled at Aaron and approached Leonardo’s table and greeted him. “Good afternoon grandpa, and yeah I enjoyed being with Aaron this afternoon. He took me to the place where we used to go a lot together when I was little, he took me to the falls.” She then sat on a chair in front of Leonardo.

      “I’m glad you chose to take her there Aaron, I really like going there even up to now. I just don’t get tired visiting that place over and over again,” was his statement to the two of them.

      “And you know grandpa, something spectacular happened while we were there,” Danna excitedly told her grandfather.

      “A woman fell from the sky, her parachute failed to open, and suddenly a flying man appeared and caught her up in the sky!” she narrated to Leonardo.

      “What!” Leonardo suddenly exclaimed. “Are you sure about that Danna?”

      “Yeah, we’re sure about that grandpa, in fact we just saw your employees crowding outside watching it on television. And just like me back at the falls they are all impressed too by this superhero.”

       Leonardo immediately took his remote control and opened his wide LED TV. And immediately saw the rebroadcast of the said heroic acts of Aaron up in the sky. Leonardo shook his head in total disbelief.

       “How could this happen in these modern times, in this digital age. Goodness, this is unbelievably amazing. That man could really fly, and goodness he is so fast!” Leonardo reacted from his seat and still looking at the video on his television.

       “He is definitely fast, grandpa,” Danna quickly agreed.

       Aaron noticed that his black hair looked smartly combed up backwards on the video and realized that it disguised him perfectly. Danna and Leonardo did not notice that it was just him. He normally combs his hair slightly falling on his forehead and near his eyebrows. He smiled looking at the two, still looking at his video on TV. 

       A reporter was then shown on TV and with her was the fortunate lady that Aaron saved.

       “Could you please tell our viewers what your name is,” started the lady reporter.

       “I’m Mariel Montez,” she introduced herself slightly smiling at the camera that was focusing on her.

       “Could you please tell our viewers what you were doing up in the sky,” she asked the fortunate lady.

       “I rode a small plane to jump and parachute,” she narrated. “But as I fall downwards, I tried to press on my button to open the parachute. But to my horror it did not open. I pressed and pressed on it over and over again, but it just wouldn’t open. In fear, I panicked and started screaming as I continued falling rapidly downwards. I lost hope and closed my eyes and prepared myself to die. I uttered a prayer and suddenly I felt someone caught me. I opened my eyes and there he was, this amazing flying man carrying me in his arms. I looked at him for a moment, extremely grateful at him. I thanked him and asked what his name was.”

       “Really, and what did he say his name was,” excitedly, the lady reporter asked.

       “He said his name was Ronan,” her reply to her and smiling a little.

       “There you have it, this flying superhero’s name is Ronan,” her statement to the viewers facing her camera. She then thanked the beautiful lady for giving her the interview and once again faced her camera.

        “This is Michaela Lopez reporting from CCB, and don’t forget you all saw and heard it from me first. Good afternoon and watch out for next update” she stated and a commercial was shown on TV.

        “Now do you believe us now grandpa?” smiling, she said to her grandfather.

        “That man is fantastic, he’s amazing!” Leonardo praised the flying man once again from his seat. He then looked at Aaron in front of him on the sofa. He quieted for a moment and stared at him.

        Noticing, Leonardo staring at him, Aaron just said, “Yeah he is amazing sir. I saw him too and I was impressed, very impressed,” he stated emphatically and looking at him and then to Danna.

        “We were all impressed, “Danna added and glanced back at Aaron.

        “Am I taking you home now sir?” Aaron suddenly asked Leonardo.

        “Yeah I’m all done signing, let’s go home,” Leonardo answered still smiling from what he had witnessed on TV.

        Aaron then drove Leonardo’s car once again and took him and Danna home.

                                                                      Chapter 6

        It was a beautiful Sunday morning, and two weeks had passed, Aaron woke up from his bed. He got up and walked to his shower room. He took a bath and changed. He looked at himself at the mirror and started combing his hair and when he was ready he headed for his car outside his house.  Aaron opened its door, got in and sat on the front seat.  He started his car and drove for Leonardo’s home near his to see Danna. He was planning to take her out.

       When he got there, he waited at the sofa and watched the TV. Shortly, Danna descended from the stairs like always, Aaron walked fast and waited for her.  When she got near him, he held her hand and greeted her. “Good morning Danna.”

        “Good morning Aaron,” she greeted back smiling at him. The two then walked towards his car. Aaron opened the car’s door for her and once again seated her on the front seat besides his.  After he got in he told her where he was taking her. She smiled and nodded hearing him.

          Aaron started his car and drove out of Leonardo’s gate. Carefully, he continued driving going to their destination.  They passed by many big and beautiful houses with beautiful gardens near Leonardo’s place. After some time, the houses and buildings disappeared from their sight. He was already following a long road beside a coastline. He drove further and finally reached their destination. He stopped at beach by the long highway far from the city.

         He smiled looking at the place and glanced at Danna by his side. Danna smiled at him and surveyed the place.

         “I remember passing by this beach when I was younger, but we never really got down from our car,” she told Aaron by her side.

         “Really, so this will be your first time to visit this place then. And I’m glad it will be with me,” he said smiling at her. Aaron then opened his car’s door, got off and headed to Danna’s side outside. He opened the door for her and assisted her going out of his car. Holding her hand, he took her to the side of the road going to the narrow cemented stairs leading to the fine white sand of the roadside beach.

         The stairs was wide enough, so Aaron descended the few stairs with her. Carefully, he assisted her and when they got down; Danna took her hand away from Aaron and started removing her sandals. She wanted to feel the fine sand under her feet. Amused, Aaron knelt on one knee, just like she was, and started removing both his sneakers. Danna finished first and Aaron next. They walked farther holding their footwear. And when they had chosen a spot, they left it on the sand. Aaron then held her hand once again and walked on the side of the beach. Far from where they were walking were many beach goers having fun from the sunlight, the sand, and the clean and clear blue sea water.

       Far as they were from them, the strong wind brought them the faint sound of their laughter. Aaron and Danna took a deep breath and filled their lungs with the fresh and clean air coming from the wide sea. A smile curved on Aaron’s lips and also on Danna’s. Glancing and smiling at each other, the two walked and stroll on the side of the beach a few feet near the shallow sea water.  Aaron was so captivated by her while the wind blew on her beautiful black hair. It moved gracefully and made her looked like beautiful sea goddess. Enthralled by her beauty, Aaron held her hand tighter, pressing on it. She looked up and watched his face. He is definitely handsome, she thought. They walked and talked along the beach for some time.  Aaron was enjoying her company and so was Danna on his.

        Aaron then let go of her hand, placed his arm around her shoulder, turned, and faced the sea. The two then looked in front of them and watched the beauty of the wideness of the blue sea.

        “Did you really think about me Aaron while I was in Canada huh?” she asked softly still looking at the sea in front of them.

         “I did Danna; I kept thinking about you and waited for this day. I waited for the time when I can be with you and hold your hand like this,” he confessed softly.

         Danna smiled hearing Aaron’s voice telling her how he waited to be with her.  Aaron let go of her hand and continued walking beside her on the sand. Quietly, the two continued walking on the side of the beach. Aaron was planning to tell her how he truly felt for her; he wanted to tell her how much he loved her. He walked ahead of her, turned around and faced her. Danna looked up and watched him looking down on her.

       “There’s something I want to tell you…” he started looking at her beautiful face.

       “What is it Aaron,” looking up at him in front of her, she asked softly.

       Aaron continued and said, “I… I want you to know that I… I-“

       “There’s a shark! There’s a shark!” screamed loudly by a horrified woman.

      Aaron and Danna looked at the side where the voice came from. The woman was looking at a group of young men and women swimming in the sea. And rapidly approaching them was a tail of a black shark. The rest of the beach goers then saw what was happening. They all screamed and shouted calling the attention of the young men and women swimming in the sea far from them, oblivious of the danger they were in.

       The young men and women turned to the direction where the crowd on the beach side was all pointing. They saw the shark that was approaching them. In fear, they screamed and started swimming away from the predator. They swam and swam away from it as the horrified crowd on the beach side continued screaming for the lives of their loved ones. The young men and women swam as fast as they could. They moved their arms and legs as fast as they could in the water.  The predator continued chasing, ready to prey on them.

       “Look there’s the flying man!” shouted one from the beach side. And everyone started seeing Aaron flying rapidly towards the direction of the shark. The young men and women continued swimming for their lives and the shark kept getting nearer and nearer. The crowd held their breaths as they watched the predator chased on the pitiful young men and women and Aaron chasing on the shark.

       Suddenly, one of the young women stopped swimming and held on her leg. Her right leg cramped and she could no longer swim. She looked back to the shark. Her tears started falling from her eyes. She wanted to scream, but she couldn’t. And when the big shark was about to bite her with its fierce fangs, she closed her eyes and readied for her death. She closed her eyes as tight as she could. She kept on closing her eyes tightly. Shortly, she started wondering why she still wasn’t feeling the shark’s fangs on her. Then she heard the crowd on the beach started clapping and cheering aloud. So slowly, she opened her eyes and to her surprise the big black shark was hanging just right above her shaking wildly as Aaron held it by its tail. He was flying just right above in front of her.

         “Are you okay?” Aaron asked looking down on her in the sea from where he was flying.  

         And aloud she replied. “Yes I am, Yes I’m okay.” Her voice suddenly came back. “Thank you so much, thank you so much Mr…. Mr…. Mr. Ronan.”

         Aaron suppressed his smirk at the way she called him. “Farewell,” he said, with the big shark still on his hand, soared up and flew rapidly away from her.

         Amidst the crowd that was still clapping and cheering aloud, Danna started looking for Aaron when she noticed he wasn’t around. She searched and searched for him among the big crowd of beach goers but she just couldn’t find her. Suddenly, she felt someone held her elbow. She turned around and looked who it was.

        “Danna,” Aaron uttered smiling at her.

        “Where have you been Aaron, I’ve been looking all over for you,” she exclaimed still looking a little worried.

        “I just went to a store and bought you this,” he said and handed her a yellow teddy bear stuff toy.

         “This is lovely Aaron,” Danna just said and laughed shaking her head. “And what was it you wanted to tell me again huh.”

         “Nothing really, I just wanted to tell you much I love… how much I love your company,” he replied and smiled a little at her.

         “I love your company too, Aaron,” she said and frowned a little. Sensing her disappointment, Aaron just reached for her and held her against him hugging her. She smiled and hugged him back looking up at him.

          “Let’s go, I’m taking you home back to your grandfather’s house,” he told her still hugging her in his arms.

           Danna looked around the place one last time and walked with Aaron towards his waiting car on the side of the road.

                                                    

                                                                          Chapter 7

       Leonardo had a meeting with some prominent businessmen in their city. He asked Aaron to accompany him and Leonardo asked if Danna wanted to come with them, she immediately agreed wanting to be with Aaron that day.

       With Danna and Leonardo both in the back seat, Aaron drove for the port. When they reached it, he immediately got off the car and opened the doors for both of them. Beside each other, the three looked at the big luxury yacht where Leonardo’s meeting was taking place.

      “Let’s go,” he told both Danna and Aaron. Even if Aaron knew that Leonardo approved of him for Danna, he controlled himself and avoided holding her hand. The three then walked towards the ship. They were immediately welcomed by a beautiful usherette.

       “Good morning Sirs, Ma’am,” she greeted pleasantly.

        The three smiled back at her and greeted her back. She gracefully moved her arm and signaled them to pass through the bridge of the yacht. Leonardo went ahead; Danna followed, and last was Aaron. Carefully they passed through the white painted bridge. And when they got through and walked a few steps inside, they were welcomed once again by another beautiful usherette.

        “Good morning Mr. Leonardo, the meeting is about to start,” pleasantly, she told Leonardo. She also greeted Danna and Aaron. Smiling at her, the three turned to the right going to the deck of the yacht. The wide deck was already filled with rich businessmen who were all seated on beautiful and comfortable seats that was prepared by the yachts crew. They were all talking and smiling at one another and when they noticed Leonardo and his company, they immediately greeted him.

         Leonardo smiled and greeted back at them. He then approached the group of businessmen, shook their hands and had himself seated. The meeting immediately started. Aaron and Danna went to the side of the deck near the smooth and round railings of the big luxury yacht. The two took a deep breath and filled their lungs with air. Smiling, the two glanced at each other.

         “This is a fabulous yacht, I must say,” Danna praised the beautiful yacht.

         “And it’s big, it’s almost as big as passenger ship,” Aaron added looking at her looking at him.

          Aaron saw two birds flying in the sky, he immediately pointed to them to Danna. Danna looked up and followed the two birds with her eyes. She was fascinated by them and so was Aaron. The two birds, that were flying side by side, then disappeared in the clouds.

         Shortly another flock of birds appeared flying in the sky, and they were all blue just like the colors of the first two birds they saw.

         “There is lots of beautiful birds in Canada too, Aaron,” she stated still looking up at the birds.

         Aaron just smiled listening at her. The meeting of the wealthy businessmen continued.

         “Danna, do you mind if I ask you, why your mother suddenly took you to Canada with her,” he stated and slightly glanced at her.

         She sighed. “I had been asking her that when we were still in Canada. And she just wouldn’t tell me. All I knew was she had an argument with Uncle Jericho about something.”

          “Really, I wonder what that argument was about that could make her leave the Philippines, just like that,” his reaction to her. He quieted for a moment. “You’re leaving the Philippines, deeply saddened Sir Leonardo Danna.”

     “I expected that, that’s why I was hesitant going with mom. And I also knew that I was going to miss him, and I did many times,” she confessed.

      “I guess we all missed each other,” Aaron just said.

       “I wonder where Uncle Jericho is right now, I haven’t really seen him since I arrived,” she stated.

       “Are you close to him huh?” Aaron asked Danna.

       “Not really, he never said anything bad to me. But I always felt he never liked me and mom,” her answer to him.

       Sensing her discomfort, he placed her arm around her and held her closer to him. When he looked back, he saw Leonardo smiling at him. He suppressed his smile looking at how happy he was looking at the two of them on the side of the yacht. When he gently rubbed his hand on her left shoulder, he heard Leonardo coughed slightly. Aaron looked back and saw Leonardo signaling him to take her somewhere else. He understood, so he walked her farther to the left of the yacht.

       Out of the sight of the wealthy businessmen, Aaron held her much closer to him. In turn Danna placed her right arm around his hips and leaned her head on his left arm. Aaron pointed to a beautiful island near the sea where the luxury yacht stopped.

        “That’s a beautiful island Aaron,” she told him looking at it far from them.

         “One of these days, I’m going to take you to a beautiful island Danna,” he promised her.

         She looked up to him by her side and smiled at him. They stayed on that side of the yacht for some time just enjoying each other’s nearness, each other’s company. Suddenly, they heard the wealthy businessmen cheering and laughing. The meeting ended and it was successful. When Danna and Aaron got there, they were shaking each other’s hands and smiling at one another.

         “We’re going to be hit by a yacht!” screamed one of the wealthy businessmen. Immediately, all the businessmen looked to the direction where the screaming businessman was pointing at.  

          And horrified, they started moving backwards. The captain of the luxury yacht immediately started his yacht. But in his calculation, it was already too late. There was no way that he could avoid the rapidly approaching yacht. The wealthy businessmen started screaming louder, all fearing for their lives. Some of them tried running all the way to the back of luxury yacht. And some stayed on the side holding tightly on to the side of the railings preparing for the impact. Some of the passengers closed their eyes and uttered a prayer. Leonardo held Danna in his arms as she looked for Aaron. “Grandpa…” Danna uttered starting to weep.

        The second yacht was just a few meters away from their yacht and was about to hit them. The big luxury yacht shook and they all felt the impact. But suddenly, they realized the second yacht did not really hit theirs. It was about two arms away from their yacht. When the shaking of the yacht subsided, they slowly moved forward to the front of the deck. They saw the unidentified Aaron right in between the front of the two ships, strongly extending his arm, holding on and waiting for the residual force of the second yacht to die down.

       Aaron waited but he could still feel the second yacht pushing on his right palm, on his right arm. Swiftly, he positioned his feet against the first yacht. With all his strength and using his two hands, he pushed against the second yacht. Slowly, it moved backwards. And when it was far enough from the first yacht, he turned it to the right. He immediately soared up and flew towards the control room of the second yacht and stopped it from moving.

        Jubilantly, the wealthy businessmen cheered and clapped aloud. All of them were extremely thankful and joyful that the amazing flying superhero saved them from a great sea disaster.

        “Wow, that was close!” one of the wealthy businessmen exclaimed.

        “Yeah that was close!” agreed another aloud.

        “Thank you flying man!” one of the wealthy businessmen finally uttered.

        “Yeah, thank you flying man!” joined in the rest of the wealthy businessmen inside the luxury yacht.

        And before Danna could start looking for Aaron once again, she felt someone held her elbow. And when she turned back she saw Aaron.

        And before she could say word, Aaron hugged her tightly in his arms. Danna looked up and tightly hugged him back. Amused, Leonardo smiled looking at Aaron and Danna hugging each other tightly near him.

                                                                                 Chapter 8

       “Thirty wealthy businessmen survived a great sea disaster early today. Yacht Calixta was docked in the sea in between the beautiful islands of San Jose and Santa Catalina when suddenly another big luxury yacht appeared and went head to head with yacht Calixta. An interview with the captain of Calixta, Captain Ishmael Laxamana, was then shown.

       “Could you please tell us what happened at the sea Captain,” stated the lady reporter Michaela Lopez.

        He looked at the camera and spoke. “Thirty wealthy businessmen just finished their business meeting at our yacht when suddenly we all saw another big yacht rapidly approaching ours. I lost hope because based on my calculation it was already impossible to avoid the second yacht. It was too close to ours in the sea. Everyone held on and prepared for the head to head impact. He took a deep breath and proceeded. We felt the impact, and our yacht shook in the sea. We all thought the other yacht hit ours. But we soon realized that it actually did not. It was actually about two arms length away from ours.

      The businessmen on the deck slowly moved forward back to the deck to find out what just happened. And to their surprise, they saw this flying man Ronan right in between the big yachts. His two strong arms prevented the collision. He was pushing against the two yachts with his strong and powerful arms.

     And when the second yacht kept on pushing on this flying man, he pushed it backwards away from our yacht and afterwards turned it to the right. The flying man then soared up and went inside the second yacht to the control room and made it stop. Thanks to him we’re still alive,” he ended his narration thanking the flying man.

     A video of Aaron was then shown swiftly flying going inside the second yacht Drex and stopping it.

     The lady reporter thanked the Captain of the yacht and proceeded with her report and brought out another interviewee, General Luis Montemayor.

     “You may proceed with your statement now General,” the lady reporter told the General.

     “We believe that the said incident was an assassination attempt to one or all of the wealthy businessmen on board. He paused and took a deep breath. We found out that second yacht was the yacht that was earlier reported to us as a victim of a hijacking incident somewhere near the two islands that you had mentioned. Yacht Drex was unmanned when it headed towards Yacht Calixta. We are still conducting farther investigation as to this matter and for now that’s all that we can reveal to the public. Thank you and good evening,” Captain Luis Montemayor ended his statement, shook the hand of the lady reporter and left.

       “Once again lives are saved because of our amazing flying superhero, Ronan. Thank you flying man; this is Michaela Lopez reporting for CCB. Good night and watch out for my next update.”

       He threw the remote on the floor and slammed his palms on his table. He groaned aloud. “When are you going to die!” he shouted in his fury. “First you have this bodyguard protecting you, and now this flying man! Ahhhhh! “Jericho screamed once again from his table inside his office. With shaking hands he held on to the side of his head and closed his eyes tightly.

                                                                        Chapter 9

       The following day inside Leonardo’s office, “Uncle Leonardo thanks God you’re alive!” exclaimed Jericho to his uncle.

        “Yeah, thanks to God indeed and to this amazing flying man who saved us, if not for him I could have been dead by now,” stated Leonardo looking at his nephew.

        Jericho noticed Aaron on the sofa and greeted him. “Aaron, the ever trustworthy bodyguard of my uncle, how are you.”

        “I’m good,” Aaron replied looking at him.

        “Aaron and Danna were actually with me inside yacht Calixta when it that incident happened Jericho,” Leonardo told Jericho from where he was sitting behind his table.

        “Really,” Jericho just said looking at him. If not for that show-off flying man you and your granddaughter could have been dead by now, silently whispered Jericho to himself smiling at his uncle from his seat. “Our city is so lucky we have this amazing flying superhero protecting us.”

        “We’re lucky indeed Jericho,” agreed Leonardo and leaned back on his seat.

        “Aren’t you worried Aaron, that this flying man will take your job as bodyguard to my uncle huh?” he asked and teased Aaron looking at him.

        Aaron smiled. “Not really, but if he does, I won’t really mind. He can best protect Leonardo more than anyone else,” he answered.

       “By the way Jericho, what brought you here? I haven’t really seen you for a long time now,” Leonardo asked him.

        “Nothing really uncle, I just wanted to check on you. Even if you escaped from that assassination attempt on you, I still worry about you. I was just checking if Aaron is still doing his job,” his answer to Leonardo.

        “How did you know it was an assassination attempt on Leonardo?” Aaron asked looking straight at him.

        Jericho looked straight back at Aaron, sensing it was a loaded question directed at him. He shrugged his shoulders off, “Just a hunch. He’s the richest businessman on that boat, I suppose.”

        “And now that I’m certain that your ever loyal bodyguard, Aaron is doing great with his job protecting you, I can be at peace knowing that my uncle will always be protected from any harm that could come his way,” he said, smiled at Leonardo and stood up. “Bye Uncle.”

       “Bye Jericho,” Leonardo replied and smiled at him. Leonardo’s secretary came in and brought him some documents to sign. Aaron stayed with Leonardo the whole day in his office. And after Leonardo was done with his paper works, Aaron drove him to his big house.

        Leonardo invited him for dinner and Danna joined in. After their delicious dinner, Leonardo went to his room and rested leaving Aaron and Danna to each other. Aaron then pulled her chair closer to his and placed his arm around her shoulder. Danna leaned on his left shoulder. Quietly, they sat beside each other for some time.

        “Danna, I’ve seen Jericho today,” he stated from his seat.

        “Really, how is he?” she just asked glancing up to him by her side.

         He looked at her for a moment. “Danna, I don’t want you going near him,” he told her in his concerned and worried voice.

         “Huh, why?” she suddenly asked him wondering.

          “Nothing really, I just don’t trust him. The truth is I never did,” her answer to her.

         “But what if I see him at grandpa’s office?” she suddenly asked him.

         “Just don’t be alone with him,” he added gently rubbing her shoulder. “Just do it for me okay.”

         “Okay, I’ll follow your advice,” she answered.

          He inhaled and immediately smiled at her. “Would you like to go to the rooftop with me Danna?” he asked in a joyful mode.

          She glanced at him with one eye smiling. “Okay,” she just said.

          He then held her other hand and gently dragged her going to the rooftop. And when they got there, they took a deep breath and filled their lungs with air. In the middle of the rooftop and in the dark of the night with the bright stars and the full moon above them, he held her closer to him hugging her. And still hugging her with his two arms he lifted her in front him. She was looking down on him and he was looking up at her.

          “Danna,” he uttered smiling at her.

          “Aaron,” she uttered back.

          “I love you,” with all the love in his eyes he told her.

           “Aaron,” she uttered once again with a smile in her eyes.

           “Danna,” he uttered once again.

           “I love you too,” with all the love in her heart she answered him.

          Still hugging her, he lowered her and their lips locked. He kissed her with all his heart. He kissed and kissed her and stopped only to say, “This is the happiest night of my life Danna,” he said smiling at his woman.

          “This is the happiest night of my life too Aaron,” she replied smiling at her man and once again felt his masculine lips kissing her soft red alluring lips.

         

                                                                               Chapter 10

       Contented Aaron stopped. He moved his arms to her hips and pulled her towards him. Danna raised her arms around his neck looking up to him. Deeply, he looked into her eyes. “Do you really love me…” he asked softly.

       “I love you with all my heart Aaron,” she replied with all the love she had for him.

        He gently removed her arms around him and turned his back on her and looked up to the heavens for a moment.  “I am not like you Danna…. “Aaron softly confessed. “I am not like the rest of you Danna…”

        “Aaron?” she said waiting for him and looking at him from behind.

        “I’m an alien Danna…. I came from another planet…” he said revealing the deep secret of his true identity to her. Aaron waited for Danna to speak, he wanted her to say that she still love him.

        “Aaron I always felt like you’re not like me, you’re not like us. I just wasn’t sure what you really were,” she confessed to him from behind him.

         Aaron turned around and looked at her beautiful face. “Aaron remember the night when we first saw each other, I was at the foot of the mountain when I saw a spacecraft descended from the clouds. I will admit I was really terrified. So I walked hurried to our house. And as I was walking I felt someone following me. I was afraid so I did not look back. In fear I kept looking ahead, to the path I was threading. And when I got near our house, I took courage to turn my back and see what or who was following me. And when I saw you, when I saw your face the fear immediately disappeared from my heart. I wasn’t sure but I knew you weren’t like us. You were wearing a space suit Aaron…” her narration to him.

        Aaron took a step forward and held her hands. He looked down to her face, caressed her face with his hands and hugged her tightly back in his arms. “Danna… Danna…” Aaron uttered feeling her love for him.

       “I will always love you Aaron….” she uttered hugging him back burying her face on his chest.

       “I will always love you too Danna…” he vowed to her hugging her more tightly. He then held her face back in his hands, lowered his head and kissed her lips once again. He kissed her with all his heart and soul whispering her name and whispering his love for her over and over again.   

       Aaron stopped kissing her only to say, “Will you fly with me Danna…?”

       “Yes, I will my handsome flying man,” she replied.

       “You knew all along Dana…?” he suddenly asked looking down at her beautiful face.

       “I didn’t know at first but when I saw you at the yacht, I knew it was you,” she confessed smiling at him.

       “Danna…” overflowing with happiness, Aaron uttered hugging her once again. “Close your eyes Danna…” he whispered to her. Danna closed her eyes and slowly felt rising from the rooftop. She smiled, with her eyes closed and her head leaning on his chest. Standing, Aaron flew her higher and higher.  The two felt the wind getting colder stronger up in the sky, Aaron whispered. “Open your eyes Danna…”

        Danna opened her eyes, glanced down to her side and saw the beauty of the big city from above the sky. “It’s beautiful from up here Aaron…” she told him

        “Yes it is Danna,” he replied looking at her around his arm up in the sky. The many tall buildings, bridges, and the colorful lights around them fascinated Dana. The top of the trees made more visible by the bright lights on ornamental posts looked fabulous and fantastic from where they were flying in the sky. The moving lights from the many cars travelling and lining up on the roads also looked breathtaking from above. It was amusing to watch the way the cars moved and stopped synchronically on the brightly lighted sidewalks and the many people crossing on the pedestrian lanes. The lines of huge mountains near their city and the many beautifully lit houses on them made Danna smile. The whole scenery took Dana’s breath away.

        Aaron then held Danna around her hips and tilted downwards. Horizontally, Aaron flew Danna across the city they were living. He flew her straight. He flew her in wide circles. He also flew her cyclical forward hugging her. He flew and flew her and when they got to the middle of the ocean he stopped.  Aaron and Danna watched the beautiful and brightly lit ships voyaging in many different parts of the wide ocean. They looked like beautiful toys in a miniature city surrounded by water everywhere. Danna held her breath watching all of it.

       “Do you like what you see Danna…?” Aaron softly asked with his arm still around her slender waist.

        “The whole of the ocean with the brightly lit ships around it looks amazing from up here Aaron…” she told him.

        Aaron then flew still standing and hugging Danna around her waist. He looked down on her beautiful face and lowered his head. He kissed her on her lips. “I love you Danna…” he uttered feeling her against him. Danna buried her face and felt the warmth of his chest. Aaron then flew higher and nearer to the clouds.

        Aaron pointed the bright stars to Danna. Danna looked to the stars where Aaron was pointing.

        “Danna, I came from a planet far, far away from yours,” Aaron told her. With a smile on her lips, she listened to him. It is two galaxies away from Earth’s galaxy. I came from the planet Lima and we are called Limans. And it has five moons surrounding it. And just like here on Earth, we also have nights and days. And just like here on Earth, we also have twenty-four hours a day and three hundred sixty five days a year.

        I lived in a magnificent palace made of gold and adorned with diamonds and valuable colorful crystals. My father, Ronald and my mother, Aurora is the king and the queen of our kingdom.

        Our kingdom’s citizens are all peace loving. Everyone is friends to everyone. We share everything we have to each other. Our kingdom is inhabited by a happy and contented Limans.

        But as peace loving as we were, we have an enemy from the planet Gora, the Gorans. Our technology is well advanced but theirs was way, way more advanced than ours. They wanted to conquer our planet and to turn us into their slaves.

        My father and the citizens knew that we will be easily defeated by our enemy. For years, the king and his officials searched for a planet that we can move to, to avoid our enemies. But they did not found a suitable one. Limans breathe on Oxyn, a colorless gaseous element found in our planet. They gathered many different samples of air from many different planets in different galaxies, but none was breathable for Limans. Except for the oxygen we found from your planet, Earth. It was breathable, yes, but only I can breathe on it.    

       And to ensure my safety, a day before the invasion of the Gorans, my father, the queen and our citizens sent me here on Earth on board a spacecraft. I was sent here for my safety Danna, but now I know why. Fate sent me here on Earth to find you… to love you… I love you Danna…” Aaron narrated and declared his love for Danna

       She looked up to him. “And you were also sent here on Earth, so I can love you back Aaron… with all my heart, I love you too Aaron…” she replied and tilted her head upwards to him, reaching for him.

        Looking down at her, Aaron smiled, lowered his head and once again kissed her on her soft red lips. He kissed and kissed her making her feel all the love that he had for her.

                                                                   Chapter 11

       At Leonardo’s office, Aaron was watching Leonardo as he continued with his paper work on his table. Leonardo noticed him smiling at him. He suddenly sensed something. He asked Aaron. “Is there anything that you want to tell me Aaron huh?”

         With a smile on his lips, he nodded. “Yes, Sir Leonardo.”

          “What do you want to tell me then Aaron?” excitedly he asked him from where he was sitting.

         “Danna is my girlfriend now, Sir Leonardo,” looking happy and proud he told Leonardo.

         “That’s great Aaron!” overjoyed, Leonardo exclaimed.

         “Yeah, it is Sir Leonardo,” he agreed still smiling at his good fate.

         “So that explains why Danna looked so happy when we were having breakfast early today,” he uttered laughing and looking at him.

         “Really,” Aaron just said, his smile looking a little giddy.

          “Yeah, she looked very happy,” stated Leonardo. “As early as now, I’m welcoming you to our family.” He then paused at what he just said and looked him in the eye. “And I suppose you have another plan for you and my granddaughter huh, Aaron…” he said waiting for an answer as he continued looking him in the eye.

          Understanding what Leonardo meant Aaron said smiling at him, “Of course Sir Leonardo, I have a plan for me and Danna, a good plan.”

          “Thanks Aaron, I want the best for you and for my beloved granddaughter Danna,” he stated from his heart.

          “Thank you too Sir Leonardo,” Aaron thanked him back for his acceptance of his relationship with Danna.

           “My ever reliable bodyguard is now the boyfriend of my granddaughter,” Leonardo stated aloud to himself and smiling at himself.

           “What did you just say uncle?” Jericho asked as he entered Leonardo’s office, approached Leonardo and sat in front of him.

            “Oh, Jericho you’re here,” Leonardo suddenly said. “You see, Aaron here is now the boyfriend of your niece Danna,” he told here, happiness in his eyes looking at him.

            Jericho slowly shook his head and glanced back at Aaron on the sofa. He looked Aaron in the eye for a moment and glanced back at his uncle. “And you’re happy about this uncle huh?” he asked looking at his face.

            “Of course,” Leonardo immediately said. “Very happy,” he added still beaming with happiness.

            Jericho shrugged off his shoulders. “Well, if you’re happy about this uncle, then I should be happy about it too,” his statement clinching his fist near the table and not seen by both Aaron and Leonardo.

            “Yeah, you should be happy Jericho, I have no other man in mind for Danna other than Aaron,” he told Jericho.

            “And I suppose that Aaron here is the happiest man in this room right now,” Jericho stated hiding his sarcasm and glancing back at Aaron on the sofa.

            “I definitely am,” Aaron said and looked straight at him, at his eyes.

            “Good morning Grandpa,” Danna greeted as she entered Leonardo’s office. She saw Jericho. “Uncle,” she uttered.

             “My niece Danna, how are you,” he said and greeted her.

             “I’m fine uncle,” she replied and glanced at Aaron on the sofa beside the wall. Aaron gave her a smile.

              Leonardo smiled at her granddaughter. “Why don’t you go to the sofa and sit beside Aaron, Danna,” he said, humor and happiness in his voice.

              Danna suddenly glanced back at Aaron on the sofa. Aaron stood up and walked towards her. He immediately placed his arm around her shoulder and spoke to her. “I already told your grandpa about our relationship now Danna. “

              “You did,” she just said from his arm.

              “He did Danna, “Leonardo stated. “And I have already given him my full approval,” he added smiling at his beautiful granddaughter.

              “Thank you grandpa, that means a lot to me,” she replied and smiled at Leonardo and then to Aaron.

              Jericho stood up from his seat. “A very happy family occasion,” he just said. “I’ll leave the three of you now. It looks like you have a lot of happy words to say to each other at the moment. We’ll catch up later Danna,” he told Danna and smiled at her.

             “Okay uncle,” Danna said and smiled at him. Jericho then bid good bye to both Danna and Leonardo and left the room.

             Danna then sat on the other seat in front of Leonardo and Aaron on the seat where Jericho sat earlier. Smiling and beaming with happiness, Leonardo alternately glanced at both Aaron and Danna for some time.

             “The two of you made me the happiest grandfather today,” he told them, stood up and smiled and said, “I’m taking the day off, let’s go somewhere and celebrate my beloved grandchildren.”

                                                                        Chapter 12

       Weeks passed and Aaron asked the permission of Leonardo to take Danna out in the morning. Happily, Leonardo agreed and so Aaron headed to Leonardo’s house and fetched her on his own car. He took him to a beautiful island with beautiful fine and white sands that he promised her while they were on the yacht. Immensely, the two enjoyed their stay at the island. They spent the whole day having fun in the clear blue water swimming, playing beach games, and lying on the sands close beside each other.

       When they went back to the city, Aaron took Danna with him to fetch Leonardo and to take him home. But when they reached his building, the office staffs, who looked extremely worried, told them that Leonardo had an unexpected meeting outside the building and he was abducted right in the middle of city.

       Danna cried and buried her head in Aaron’s chest worrying about her grandfather. Aaron immediately took her to his office and from there he promised her that he is going to find and rescue him. On their way out of the building, Aaron talked to the two guards that Leonardo took with him but was easily subdued by the many hoodlums that attacked them on the street. He asked them the exact location of the abduction and to what direction the getaway vehicle of the hoodlums headed for. And after they told him, Aaron took Danna to Leonardo’s house and commanded the many security guards to take good care and watch Danna as he tried to find a way on how he could find and rescue Leonardo.

       After Aaron said good bye to the worried Danna, from the balcony of her room, Aaron soared up and rapidly flew in the sky. He wasted no time and headed for Jericho’s big house. He was his prime suspect for Leonardo’s abduction. Up in the air, he surveyed his big house. Aaron did not see Jericho’s car so he concluded that he wasn’t home and was probably at where he was keeping Leonardo. Immediately from above, he left the place and looked around the city for any clue of Leonardo’s whereabouts.

       Meanwhile in an abandoned building, “Jericho, what are you doing here?” the sudden question of Leonardo sitting and tied on a chair inside a big room surrounded by many hoodlums.

       But Jericho ignored his question and instead glanced around the many hoodlums and started clapping. “Good work, congratulations men. We finally have my good uncle with us,” he stated smiling at them. “And welcome to my place uncle Leonardo,” he finally said looking at him tied on the chair.

      “You’re the one who had me abducted, Jericho?” Leonardo asked once again.

       “Obviously,” he said smiling at his uncle. “Yes Uncle Leonardo, I’m the one who got you abducted. In fact I was also the one who had you attacked when you first meet that Aaron bodyguard of ours. But unlike before now we succeeded. Should I say, I owe a lot to Danna for distracting your ever reliable bodyguard Aaron,” he stated and laughed mockingly at Leonardo.

        “How could you do this to me Jericho? I’ve taken good care of you. Even if you’re not my son, I gave you my money and my support,” angrily Leonardo said, unable to believe that Jericho could do such things to him.

         “Of course you did uncle. You’re a good man, you’re a good uncle. Only I’m not a good nephew. Because I just don’t want your money, I want all of it and all for myself. Do you think I wouldn’t know? You had already signed your testament living all your properties and wealth to Danna. That good for nothing granddaughter of yours,” disdainfully he uttered Danna’s name.

         “You’re not getting away with this Jericho, I swear,” Leonardo vowed angrily from his seat looking at him. “You’re not getting away with this all of you.”

         Jericho suddenly clapped. “Wow such courage and trust. But how do you say, moments from now you’ll be dead and soon my beautiful niece Danna.”

         “Leave my granddaughter alone Jericho! I command you!” furiously he commanded him

         But Jericho simply laughed off his command. “You’re in no position to command me uncle, you’re no chairman of the board in this building. You’re our captive if you’re forgetting it,” he stated and laughed aloud mocking him. His men joined in and laughed aloud with him all looking at their captive Leonardo tied on a chair.

         “When Danna dies, I’ll be the next heir in line. And all your wealth shall go to me. All mine. Do you hear me uncle.”

          “You’re an ingrate!” Leonardo shouted at him furiously looking at him.

          “Call me any name you want, I’m just so happy. I can’t wait until I get all your wealth,” he stated and laughed once again.

          Jericho’s phone rang so politely he excused himself from Leonardo and distanced himself from him in the big room. He then answered it, it was his wife calling him and asking if they were successful with Leonardo’s kidnapping.

          Meanwhile up in the air, Aaron continued looking outside the city and when he focused at the foot of a tall mountain. He saw a big and isolated building. From the sky he approached it. He saw a car and as he got closer he realized it was Jericho’s black sports car. He saw the many hoodlums surrounding the whole building.  Convinced that it was the hideout where Jericho was keeping Leonardo, he rapidly flew towards the main door and landed right in front of the astounded hoodlums.

         “Are you all letting me in voluntarily, or I’ll bundle you all up?” he asked calmly looking at all of them.

         “We know you’re strong but how can you avoid all of us. There are just too many of us and you’re only one,” the leader of the hoodlums outside the building stated.

       Immediately, the hoodlums circled him outside the abandoned big building. And together they ran towards him in the middle of them but when they were about to get Aaron, he immediately soared up. He swiftly flew upwards above them and one by one kicked them on the head. Flying, he kicked them hard and one by one they started grimacing in pain. The many hoodlums surrounding him all grimaced in extreme pain. He flew a little higher more above them. And when the hoodlums realized that he was going to give them another serving of his crispy kicks they immediately scampered away and flee leaving Aaron all alone outside the building.

       Aaron lowered himself near the door and opened it. And inside he continued flying searching for Leonardo. He saw another door and entered. And when got inside he was immediately met by another group of many hoodlums all in white shirt and jeans.

      Aaron addressed them, still flying. “I already made your friends outside the building ran away. How about you just ran away too and save us all the trouble.”

      “Really, but we’re triple more than them. There’s no way you can beat us,” the leader of the group inside that room stated looking at the lone Aaron.

       “You seem to have a point there, but you see I could also move triple faster and kick triple harder. And without waiting for them to surround and attack him, Aaron flew above them and one by one kicked them hard on the head. He kicked from one head to the next all around the big room and in just a short time all of them grimaced in pain and before Aaron could give them another serving of his smoking hot kicks they all scampered and ran away heading straight out of the building and all swearing not to mess with him again.

       He flew towards another door and went through it. He saw a long corridor and followed it flying. At the end of it he saw another door and when he got inside he saw Leonardo tied on a chair and surrounded by two times many hoodlums than he encountered second. They all looked towards him and so did Jericho who was still talking to his accomplice wife.

       Leonardo saw the flying man once again and felt a sudden surge of hope. Quickly, Jericho ordered his men to prepare to attack the flying man. He made them fall in line. Aaron watched them as they fall in line in front of him. He glanced at Leonardo on a chair and bowed a little at him signaling him that he was there to rescue him.

      “Leave or suffer!” Jericho commanded the flying man staring at him.

       “Really, how about we leave now and I’ll accompany to jail,” Aaron told Jericho looking at him as he continued flying a little above the white tiled floor.

       “Really, how about we beat you all up and tie you up afterwards,” Jericho replied and laughed. His hoodlums laughed with him.  Jericho immediately ordered the first line of hoodlums to approach the flying man who already landed on the ground. They maintained their line approaching him.

        Aaron stared them down. He positioned himself on the first hoodlum in the line. And when they were near him, Aaron punched the first hoodlum in the chest, slid rapidly on the tile floor going to the right and punched the next on his chest, he slid and slid going to the right and punched and punched on the chest. One by one the hoodlums in the line grimaced in pain and fell on the floor.

       Jericho commanded the next line of hoodlums to attack the flying man. They too maintained their line. Aaron positioned himself once again on the first hoodlum in the line. And when they got near him, He flew and tilted himself horizontally. Flying horizontally, he kicked the first hoodlum in the line on his chest. Still flying horizontally, moved to the next and kicked on the chest, he moved to the next hoodlum and kicked and kicked. One by one they all grimaced in pain and fell on the floor looking and fearing the flying man.

       Aaron did not wait anymore for Jericho to make another command. With almost a blinding speed, Aaron punched the hoodlum one by one in the face. Aaron slid here and there against the floor from one hoodlum to another punching them hard in the face and in just a short time all of them were grimacing in pain on the white tiled floor. Extremely fearing his great strength and blinding speed, they all got up and ran away from the room and from the building.

      Jericho tried to run with them, but Aaron rapidly flew towards him kicking him on his back. He dropped on the floor feeling the pain of his kick. Aaron saw a rope and tied him up making sure that he could no longer escape. He turned his back to face Leonardo still tied on the chair. He immediately flew towards him and untied him.

       “Are you okay?” he asked him as Leonardo started standing up.

       “Yeah, I’m okay thanks to you Ronan,” he uttered smiling at him. “Thank you, thank you.”

       “You’re most welcome,” smiling at him he replied. Aaron called the police and when they got there, they immediately arrested and took Jericho with them inside their police car. The officer of the policemen ordered one of his men to take Leonardo inside his car and bring him to his home and back to his family. And after Leonardo had left the place, Aaron rapidly flew soared up and flew away from the place, happy and contented that he had saved the grandfather of the woman he truly loved.

                                                                               Chapter 13

       When Leonardo reached his house, Aaron was already with Danna happily waiting for him. And when Danna saw her grandfather inside their house, she immediately hugged him. She was in tears. “I don’t know what I’m going to do if I lost you grandpa,” teary eyed, she said.

       “Stop crying Danna, I will always go home because I know you’re waiting for me,” he said drying her tears with his thumbs.

       Danna forced herself to smile and hugged her beloved grandfather back. Aaron smiled looking at the two hugging each other both so happy to see each other once again.

      “I’m sorry, I wasn’t there to protect you Sir Leonardo,” Aaron told Leonardo.

       “It’s okay, I understand. I gave you permission, remember,” Leonardo said and smiled at him patting his shoulder gently.

        Leonardo narrated his abduction and his rescue by the flying man to both Danna and Aaron. Smiling at him, Danna and Aaron listened and after Leonardo was done he left the two of them and headed to his room for his much needed rest.

       Smiling at each other, Aaron and Danna held each other’s hands. Danna tiptoed and kissed Aaron on his lips and then on his cheeks and thanked him. “Thank you Aaron… thank you.”

       Aaron just hugged her back and kissed her on her lips. They hugged and hugged each other for a long time. Both immensely happy and relieved that Leonardo was home safe and sound.

      Aaron and Danna then moved to their beautiful garden and sat together on a long bench. Aaron placed his arm around her shoulder. Danna then leaned slightly towards him by her side. They were both looking up in the sky and watching the bright stars and the captivating half moon. They wandered their gaze above them and enjoyed each other’s nearness.

      “The stars are so bright tonight, Aaron,” Danna said still looking at all the sparkling stars in the darkness of the night.

      “They are bright and lovely, Danna,” he replied also looking upwards into the sky. “In our planet I also watched the bright stars in our sky. My father would point to me a star and he would tell me its name. He made me memorize their names and told me that every star in our sky have a good story. And I remember him telling me many stories about them. And up to now I still remember them…” he narrated to Danna.

       “You really miss your parents Aaron do you; you really miss your planet…” Danna asked and afterwards turned serious and quiet beside him.

       “Yeah, I do miss my father and my mother Danna and also our planet,” he confessed and gazed idly above them and sensing her worry, he continued.  The night after you returned back here in our country, I saw the spacecraft that brought me here once again. And through it I was able to talk to my father. He told me that they have revolted and defeated our enemies. We now control the planet or our enemies and had recovered our own. And on that night I also learned from my father that oxygen could make me fly,” he narrated to her and still sensing her worry he continued. “My father asked me to go home and go back to our planet Danna, but I refused.”

       Hearing what he said, Danna buried her face on his chest and hugged him lovingly in her arms. “I told him, that I cannot go with him because I want to be with the woman that I love. He was happy for me and he allowed me to stay here and be with you,” he told her and gently kissed her on her hair.

       “Thank you for choosing to be with me Aaron,” she said hugging him tighter.

       “I will always choose you Danna, you’re my life now. And loving you is what I want to do for the rest of my life,” lovingly he told Danna.

         “I will love you for the rest of my life too Aaron,” from the bottom of her heart Danna replied.

          Aaron glanced at her and seeing the sincerity and love in her face his other hand reached for her face caressing it. He then reached for her and kissed her lips. She responded and kissed him back.

          He stopped and spoke to her. “I don’t want this moment to end Danna... All that I will do is for you and for your happiness,” he whispered and kissed her once again. After they kissed, with his arm around her, they sat quietly beside each other once again and continued looking up watching the moon and the myriad stars above them.

                                                                         Chapter 14

        Weeks passed, Danna and Aaron continued dating each other and enjoying every moment of it. Meanwhile, the wife of Jericho who was his accomplice had been planning to extract her husband from the police custody in their police precinct. When Jericho was being transported on a police mobile going to the city jail, two black cars blocked its way. Many hoodlums suddenly went out from the two black cars and headed quickly to the police mobile that was carrying Jericho. The three police men inside fought back against the many hoodlums that blocked and attacked them. And while they were fighting another two cars stopped from behind the police mobile and from it came out another group of hoodlums. Severely, outnumbered the three police men were easily defeated and Jericho was extracted by the hoodlums sent by his wife, Gina. They boarded Jericho on their getaway cars and all hurried away from the three police men who they tied up and left in the middle of the road. The hoodlums drove their cars fast. And after some time they reached their new hideout. Jericho went out of the car and was hurriedly met by his wife. They immediately hugged each other and went inside their hideout.

        The media had been continually reporting Jericho’s escape. Words condemning Jericho and his treacheries were aired on many different TV stations. Jericho became a public enemy and a most wanted criminal. And because of this he vowed revenge not only on his relatives but also to all the city dwellers but above all he wanted revenge on the flying man that caused his capture.

        Jericho had long been interested on robotics. And he had hired several scientists from different parts of the world to help him with his ambition. He had been working with them for five years. He received a call from them on his new hideout. He suddenly leaped with joy with what he heard from one of his scientists. He and his wife, Gina hurried and drove towards their secret underground laboratory.

       When they reached the entrance of a secluded and hidden cave, its automatic door quickly opened. Jericho drove inside and the door closed automatically. He drove some more and when they reached the entrance of the laboratory; they got off his car and stood in front of the door. He pushed on five of the nine buttons inputting the entrance code. It opened and the two entered, and before their eyes stood a life-size robot. Jericho gave it a good look surveying and assessing it. He nodded in appreciation.

        One of the scientists immediately approached the robot and addressed their Boss Jericho. “He is ready for your command sir,” he stated smiling at Jericho. He immediately showed videos on what their robot can do. And once again Jericho nodded in appreciation. So they immediately headed to the control room and started with their plans.

       Moments later, the people crowding the big city suddenly screamed and panicked. In the middle of the street was the life-size robot that Jericho and his scientists sent. In fear they watched the robot as it continued walking in the middle of the street from their hiding place.   

      The robot started lifting the abandoned cars of the horrified city dwellers. One by one he threw them towards the sidewalks, and towards the buildings he passed by. The cars smoked and burned. And the screams of the city dwellers became louder all fearing for their lives and safety. The robot continued wrecking havoc in the middle of the city throwing all cars he passed by against tall buildings and skyscrapers. The city smoked and burned on many places.

       “It’s the flying man,” screamed one of the suddenly hopeful horrified city dweller from his hiding place. The others looked up and they too felt a sudden hope with his arrival. They watched him as he continued descending from the sky going to the ruthless robot. The robot saw Aaron, he immediately raised his right arm and from his closed metal fists came out red laser lights and fired towards the direction of Aaron above.

        Swiftly Aaron moved and flew to his right and avoided the first attack from the robot. The robot fired once again with his red laser light towards him and Aaron once again moved swiftly and avoided it. But the robot did not quit he raised both his arms and from both his metal fists released successive and many red lasers towards Aaron. But with Aarons blinding speed he was able to escape it all. Immediately, Aaron flew towards him going closer to him.

         The square compartment in the robot’s chest opened and five red laser lights appeared and went shooting out from it. It went to the direction of the approaching Aaron, and still with his overwhelming and blinding speed Aaron escaped it all. Rapidly, he flew above him, circling him and from behind him Aaron surveyed the whole of the life-size robot. The robot sensed Aaron behind him, slowly it tried to turn around to face Aaron, but Aaron was too quick for him, immediately kicked him from the air hitting the middle of his back and instantly the robot fell and slammed hard on the road. It smoked and burned. Both its hands were cut loose. It tried to stand up once again but Aaron descended rapidly. And with the speed of his descent towards his back, the robot was flattened on the road and remained motionless on the ground.

         Immediately, the city dwellers went out of their hiding places and started cheering and applauding the flying man, they knew as Ronan as he magnificently flew slightly above the downed robot.  Once again the amazed city dwellers started taking pictures and videos of the flying man. And when the flying man was certain that the robot could no longer do any damage to the city, he immediately soared up and rapidly flew away from the crowd and disappeared up in the sky.

        Inside their secret laboratory in a cave, Jericho was so furious at his defeat and vented his anger on his scientists screaming at them on how easily the flying man defeated it. He screamed and screamed in his extreme fury. Hesitantly, they apologized and vowed to him that they are going to finish their other robot and assured him that it was more powerful and could easily defeat their enemy, the flying man only known as Ronan.

       With that information, Jericho calmed down and together with his wife slowly left the laboratory and headed on their car towards their hideout far from that place.

       Aaron, Danna and Leonardo, watched the videos of the attack of the robot in the middle of the city and how the flying man easily defeated it. Many testimonies of the city dwellers who had witnessed the attack of the robot and its eventual defeat by the flying man were aired on all channels airing on their city.

      “We are all so lucky to have this flying man on our side,” Leonardo stated as he continued watching the coverage of the reporters who had received videos from the witnesses of the said occurrence.

      “Yes, we definitely are lucky he is on our side, grandpa,” Danna agreed smiling and pinching Aaron by her side.

      “How about you Aaron what can you say about this flying man huh?” Leonardo asked Aaron glancing at him beside Danna who was in the middle of the two of them.

       “Well, I’m just as impressed as you are Sir Leonardo,” Aaron just said smiling at him and then to Danna beside him.

       “I still haven’t forgotten the way he saved me from my nephew Jericho,” Leonardo stated. “I wonder where that man is now. But I don’t worry; I have hired more security guards to guard my house. And I have you Aaron when I go to my office.”

       “Thanks for trusting me completely Sir Leonardo, that really means a lot to me,” Aaron just said looking at him.

        “You’re lucky grandpa, you have Aaron as your bodyguard,” Danna just said grinning at Aaron by her side.

         “I’m definitely lucky for having Aaron as my bodyguard Danna, but you’re also lucky for having him as your boyfriend,” he replied and teased Danna smiling at the two, so close to one another beside him on the sofa.

          Danna just smiled at her grandfather and then to Aaron who smiled back at her. Aaron then bid good bye and drove his car towards his home near Leonardo’s.

                                                                          Chapter 15

       Another week passed and Danna’s mother came home and with her was Danna’s best friend in Canada, Erica. Leonardo’s driver who had already returned to work for Leonardo fetched them. Danna and Aaron were not able to fetch them because they weren’t in the house when Leonardo learned of their coming home.

      With two cars, filled with security guards escorting them, they arrived on Leonardo’s house. Hesitantly, Danna’s mother, Cleofe, approached to pay respect to her father-in-law.

      “Good afternoon father,” she greeted him politely and looking around the place for her daughter Danna.

      “Danna’s not around,” Leonardo told her noticing her looking around for her. “It’s nice to see you again Cleofe. I know we have a lot to talk about. And I’m happy you came home after a long, long time.”

      “By the way this is Erica, Danna’s best friend,” Cleofe introduced her daughter’s best friend to Leonardo.

      “Nice to meet you too Erica,” he said smiling at her near Cleofe on the sofa they were sitting in the living room.

      Leonardo asked their maid to bring some drinks for both her guests and for him. While they were waiting for the drinks to arrive, the door opened and Danna came in. She gasped when she saw her mom talking to her grandfather on the sofa. “Mom!” she exclaimed and hurried towards them.

       “How are you Danna?” Erica greeted her excitedly. Danna greeted her back and hugged her mom and then her. She then sat beside her mom.

        “I didn’t know you were coming home Mom,” Danna uttered looking at her mom beside her.

         “I didn’t know you were coming home either, Danna,” Cleofe, uttered looking at her.

          Danna blushed looking at her grandfather.

          “Danna you didn’t ask permission from Cleofe that you’re coming home to the Philippines huh?” Leonardo suddenly asked.

          “I’m sorry grandpa, I hid the truth from you,” she stated apologizing. “I just wanted to go home, because I really missed you grandpa. I miss seeing you…” she uttered looking at him.  “And I also knew mom wouldn’t let me if I asked her,” she added looking at her.

          “I’m sorry about that, Danna,” she stated looking at her and then to Leonardo.

           “I think it’s time that I tell you what really happened Danna. Why I suddenly decided to leave our country and took you with me to Canada,” Cleofe stated.

           “Yeah, what happened Cleofe why did you leave me and took Danna away from me,” Leonardo said waiting for her explanation.

            Cleofe took a deep breath. “The truth was I left our country to protect you Danna. Jericho threatened to kill you if I don’t leave this country,” she told them.

            “Why didn’t you tell me about it Cleofe?” aghast, Leonardo suddenly asked looking intently at her.

            “If you still remember, I was a manager of one of your branch. And you knew I was so busy back then. I was so busy sometimes I signed papers in a hurry without really looking at them,” she explained. “And Jericho had tricked me into signing a document authorizing an illegal transaction. Making me look like, I had stolen millions from your company father.

            “I wanted to tell you, father, that Jericho had threatened the life of my daughter. But when he learned of it he immediately showed me that document that I mistakenly signed. And told me that he would convince you that I was merely making an alibi because he was going to report to you the illegal transaction that he made me look I committed. I thought about it and decided it would be better if I just leave this country. I was really convinced that you were going to take his side because of that document. And in fear I just decided to leave and do what Jericho wanted, to take Danna away from you father. I just want your safety Danna. That’s all I wanted all these years,” she narrated explaining her side.

            Leonardo shook his head. “He had been fooling me all those years. I given him all my support and trust and this was all I got in return. He knew I love my granddaughter so much, and he took her away from me. We have wasted fourteen years of our lives being away from each other and all because of that ingrate,” trying to control his fury, Leonardo stated. He took a deep breath and calmed himself down.

           “That’s okay, grandpa. What matter now, is we all know the truth,” Danna told her grandfather.

            “Yeah, I guess we should just be contented with that,” Leonardo finally said.

            “I feel so relieved now, I feel like a big load has been taken off my chest,” Cleofe stated. “But I still wish that he gets captured for abducting you father. That way he would also be punished for stealing our lives together,” Cleofe added.

            “I wonder where that ingrate is hiding right now,” Leonardo just said from his seat.

             “Don’t worry grandpa, I’m sure the police will catch him eventually,” Danna told her grandfather sensing his anger. “He can’t hide from the law that long.”

             The drinks that Leonardo asked for them then arrived and they all drank and felt refreshed immediately. Smiling, Danna glanced alternately at her mother and her grandfather talking to each other. She was so happy the two looked happy talking to each other.

           Aaron, who decided to stay outside and talked to the Leonardo’s driver who just returned for work, came in and saw Danna’s mother and immediately recognized her. He smiled at her. Danna signaled him to approach them. And when he got near them, she immediately introduced Aaron to her.

          “Mom this is Aaron, he’s my boyfriend,” she told her and looked at her.

          “Good afternoon, Ma’am,” Aaron greeted her pleasantly and smiled at her.

           “Good afternoon, young man,” she greeted her back and glanced at her daughter Danna.

            “Good afternoon to you too, handsome man,” Erica butted in looking curiously at Aaron. “Danna, you once told me Aaron is really handsome, but you never told me he is this handsome.”

            “Nice to meet you,” Aaron just said looking at Erica and then to Danna.

             “The pleasure is all mine, and by the way I’m Erica, Danna’s best friend back in Canada,” she replied and introduced herself to him smiling at him.

             “Aaron is my bodyguard, Cleofe,” Leonardo told Cleofe from his seat. “My trusted bodyguard,” Leonardo added.

            “Ah, so you’re a bodyguard,” Erica stated for Cleofe, “My best friend is in love with a very handsome bodyguard,” she said teasing Danna.

            “Thanks,” Aaron just said. And Leonardo laughed aloud hearing Aaron’s reply. Cleofe laughed too, and seemed to approve quickly of Aaron for her beloved daughter Danna.

            “You have a fine young man, Danna,” Cleofe said smiling at her daughter.

            “Thanks mom,” Danna said and leaned a little closer to Aaron by her side. Aaron just rubbed her arm gently and smiled at her.

             They stayed in the living room talking to each other. And as she got to know Aaron through Leonardo, Cleofe seemed to approve of Aaron for her daughter more and more. She gave Aaron another good look and felt good and happy for her daughter.

                                                                            Chapter 16

        Aaron was once against sitting on the sofa in Leonardo’s office watching him work on his table. Leonardo was so busy assessing some financial reports submitted to him by his managers through his secretary. Afterwards, Leonardo signed filed of documents on his table. Danna came in with her mother and Erica. Inside, they immediately greeted Leonardo and Aaron. The two men greeted them back pleasantly. Cleofe sat in front of Leonardo while Danna sat beside Aaron on the sofa and Erica beside her. Leonardo noticed Cleofe looking around his spacious office.

          “Ah Cleofe, since everything has been cleared, why don’t you go back to your old position and work for me once again huh?” Leonardo asked her looking at her and waiting for her to answer.

          Cleofe looked back at her daughter Danna and Aaron beside her, she thought for a moment still looking intently at her daughter and Aaron.

          “What do you say Cleofe,” Leonardo continued eyeing her.

          “Yeah, okay Leonardo, I’ll take back my old position and work for you,” she replied and smiled at Leonardo. “I don’t think Danna would be going back to Canada any time soon. And I want to be with my daughter and watch her always.”

           “It’s settled then, you’re going back to your old work Cleofe,” happy, Leonardo stated. “We’ll be a whole family once again; I’m so happy Cleofe and thank you.”

           “Thank you too father for continually loving my daughter,” smiling, Cleofe replied.

           A month passed and Jericho became more furious learning that Cleofe was back in their country and was already working again for Leonardo. His phone rang and when he answered it he learned from one of his scientist in their laboratory that their second robot was already complete and ready for his instructions.

          Together with his wife, Gina, he drove towards his secret laboratory inside a secluded cave outside the city. When he got there he was immediately welcomed by his scientists. They immediately showed him their new robot. But when Jericho saw it, he immediately raised an eyebrow and looked at his scientists.

           “But what’s this, this robot looks exactly the same as the first one. What good will it do for me huh?” a little furious, Jericho suddenly asked his scientists.

           “That’s exactly the point sir,” replied the leader of his scientists smiling at Jericho and nodding slightly at him.

            Noticing the look of confidence in his scientists, he made him explain. “Okay let me hear it.”

            “We watched from inside our laboratory, how easily the flying man beat our first robot. We all saw him kicked him from behind. Our robot fell on the ground and malfunctioned and suddenly he descended on it and flattened him,” he stated still beaming with confidence.

           “Okay,” Jericho just said, looked at him and made him continue.

           “Once that flying man would see this robot, he would think that it is the same robot that he defeated. He will feel confident and fight it the way he defeated our first robot,” the scientist explained farther.

           Not getting his point, Jericho signaled him to continue with his explanation. The scientist continued. “He kicked our first robot. He had a close contact with our first robot. But with this second robot, the moment he touches this. He will be electricuted and die instantly,” the scientist finally said and laughed aloud. The rest of the scientists laughed aloud with him and Jericho joined them. He laughed and laughed aloud feeling confident that the second robot would finally finish the flying man and then he could make his revenge on all the city dwellers and on the whole family of Leonardo who he hated the most.

          Meanwhile, Leonardo, Cleofe, Erica, Danna and Aaron were inside a massive mall in their city. They watched balcony. The three seated beside each other. While Aaron and Danna sat beside each other at their back, a row away from them. Aaron placed his arm around her shoulder and continued watching the movie. It was a beautiful movie. And Danna buried herself in Aaron’s chest the whole time. Danna noticed Aaron enjoying the movie immensely. And Aaron also noticed Danna enjoying the beautiful movie. In the middle of the movie Aaron reached for her and kissed her on the cheeks.

         “It’s a very beautiful movie isn’t it Danna…” Aaron whispered to her.

         “Yeah, it is,” she replied. “It reminds me on how we first meet.”

         Aaron heard her giggle so he hugged her tighter. He too was reminded of the first time they saw each other. And he can’t help but smile deep in him. The beautiful movie then ended and after they had all eaten at a fine restaurant inside the mall they decided to head back to their coaster and go home. But the moment they got out of the big mall, they saw many people screaming and panicking. They were running away from the robot that Jericho and his scientists sent.

         The robot that looked liked the first robot was in the middle of the road right in front of the premises of the big mall. And just like what the first robot did. He slowly approached the cars that was suddenly abandoned by the panicking motorists. The robot pulled one car and threw it towards the sidewalk. The car smoked and burned. And the screams of the city dwellers became louder fearing the second robot. He walked again, pulled another one and threw it against a building on its right. The car smoked and burned and so did the building that it hit. One by one the robot pulled and threw the cars he saw abandoned on the streets. The city was burning in many places.

        Suddenly one city dwellers shouted looking up in the sky. “It’s the flying man!” The other city dwellers looked up and all saw the flying man rapidly approaching the robot that was causing havoc in the city. The robot saw the flying man too, so he immediately raised his right arm and from it came out laser light and headed towards the direction where the flying man was in the air. Aaron immediately moved to his left evading it. The robot fired red laser lights once again trying to hit Aaron, but Aaron was too quick he escaped the second attack. Aaron flew closer to the robot. And seeing him, the robot raised its two arms and simultaneously and successively fired red laser lights from both his closed metal fists towards Aaron. Seeing all the red laser lights going to his direction, Aaron flew swiftly and rapidly away from them and escaped it all.

           Aaron flew closer to the robot. And just like the first robot, a compartment in the middle of the second robot opened and fired several laser lights from his chest heading towards Aaron getting nearer it. It fired and fired red laser lights towards Aaron, but Aaron escaped and avoided all of them.

           Jericho and his group of scientists were monitoring the fight between the robot and the flying man. And they were just waiting for the flying man to fly towards the back of the second robot. They saw the flying man rapidly flew towards the back of the robot. And immediately, Jericho and his scientists felt excited, they could almost feel their victory over the flying man. They saw the flying man stall on air near the robot as it stood with its back behind him. Their heart almost leaped when they saw the flying man rapidly descended to kick the robot that they sent. It happened; the flying man kicked the robot on his back. But unlike what they were expecting the second robot, fell hard on the road, on the ground, smoked and burned just like the first. And when it was about to stand up, once again Aaron descended rapidly on its back and flattened it against the road.

          Jericho screamed so hard. He faced his scientists and berated them.  “He wasn’t electricuted like you told me, you good for nothing bunch of scientists!”

          The leader of the scientists slowly approached the furious Jericho and spoke to him. “He was supposed to be electricuted sir.”

          “Yeah, that’s what you told me, that’s what you all told me!” fuming in his anger, Jericho screamed at him.

           “This only means one thing sir, that flying man is not human, he’s not like us, because if he is, he would have been electricuted instantly,” nodding his head, he explained to Jericho and the rest of the scientists nodded and agreed with their leader.

           “What is he then?” Jericho suddenly asked aloud.

           “He is an alien sir,” the leader of the scientists finally said and the rest of the scientists nodded their heads agreeing with him.

           “That flying man is an alien, that flying man that caused my capture is an alien,” Jericho repeated in his disbelief.

           “Yes sir, he is,” he said looking at Jericho.

           Jericho quieted for a moment not knowing how he could still beat the flying man and exact revenge on the city dwellers and the family he hated the most, Leonardo’s family.

          One of the scientists named Ben, approached their leader and then walked towards Jericho. “Sir, if he is an alien, maybe we can beat him with another alien,” he stated looking at the face of Jericho in front of him.

       “And where are we going to find that alien huh?” furiously, he asked Ben.

       “Sir, for years I had been inventing machines that could make me communicate with alien forms outside our galaxy,” he added. “And one time I had contacted one, which I strongly believe was an alien life form far, far away from us.”

      “Really,” Jericho just said looking at Ben the scientist. “And what did he say to you?”

      “He only said the word Gora,” he told him. “And afterwards I lost communication with him. And I had been trying to communicate with him once again, but unfortunately I haven’t repeated my good fate.”

      Jericho quieted once again for a moment and then continued looking at him. “Okay, you bring that machine of yours here in our secret laboratory. And together with this other scientists, do all you can to make contact with that alien form once again,” in his already calmed voice he told Ben the scientist.

      Jericho then left with his wife and headed back to his hideout outside the city, hoping that he would hear soon from Ben, his new favorite scientist.                                                                              

        In the house of Leonardo, “My goodness, I had finally seen that famous flying man, Danna!” Erica exclaimed to her friend, excitement all over her face. “He’s amazing!”

        “He is amazing,” Leonardo immediately agreed smiling and looking at Erica from where he was sitting in the living room.

       “We’ve seen videos of him back in Canada, Leonardo, Danna,” stated Cleofe. “He is already famous back there. Some Canadians call him Super Ronan, and others call him Super Ron.”

       “Yeah he is, even my nephews in Canada are now wearing and imitating his fascinating superhero costume. He’s just so popular everywhere in Canada.”

       Danna glanced at Aaron besides her smiling at him. Aaron just rubbed her shoulder and pulled her a little closer to him.

      “That flying man never ceased to impress me,” Leonardo added looking at all of them. “He is everywhere where he is needed. He always helps when someone needs him. I hope he stays with us forever.”

        And once again Danna glanced at Aaron beside her and Aaron gently rubbed her shoulders once again and pulling her closer to him, just listening to them.

                                                                        Chapter 17

       That night Aaron invited Danna to his house. She looked around his house and nodded in approval. “You have a nice house Aaron,” she told him as she returned to her with a drink in a tray. The two drank the cold refreshment as they sat outside on the long bench on his lawn.

       “I’m glad you like my house Danna,” Aaron said to her.

       “And I also like your small garden Aaron,” she added.

       “I like having a garden because it reminds me or our palace in our planet. We have a big, big garden surrounding our whole palace. And the citizens are all welcome to play and visit it. I used to play with lots of young Limans around there,” he narrated to her. “Me and my friends, spend a lot of our time there. We talk and have fun with each other as we look at the beautiful fishes swimming in our big pond,” he told her with his shoulder around her.

       “You must be missing your friends a lot, do you Aaron?” she asked looking at him.

       “I think about them, once in a while yes,” he told her.

       “Aaron, I just remember, how come you could already speak our language when you first came here?” she asked remembering him speaking to her at almost the correct accent when she first saw him back in their old house.

       “That’s because, my father had given me teachers to learn your language Danna. At first I didn’t really know why I had to study it. I asked my mother why I was the only one made to study that language, but she wouldn’t tell me why back then. But when I saw you after I landed, I felt glad I did,” he told her smiling at her around his arm.

     “Your teachers did a pretty good job teaching you Aaron, I remember you were speaking it fluently,” she added.

     Suddenly, Aaron heard the familiar sound of his aircraft once again. He immediately looked up and saw did Danna. They both saw it flying down towards them from the sky. Aaron immediately stood up and met it. When it was near them, the round white light came out and extended all the way to the ground. From it appeared the beautiful queen, Queen Aurora, Aaron’s mother.

       “Mother!” Aaron exclaimed looking at her image in the middle of the white light as wide as the entire floor of his spacecraft.

       “Aaron, my son,” she uttered.

       “I’m so happy to see you mom,” happily, Aaron said aloud almost in tears. “Mom there’s someone I would like you to meet.” He then pulled Danna and made her stand closer to him. “This is Danna, the woman that I love.”

       “She is, your father told me about her son,” Queen Aurora uttered. “She’s beautiful Aaron.”

       “Thank you Queen Aurora. I’m happy and honored to finally see you,” she replied looking at smiling at her image beneath the spacecraft.

       “You found yourself a nice and beautiful lady son,” smiling she told her son.

      “Yeah, I did mom,” smiling Aaron replied and placed his arm around Danna. “I love Danna with all my heart.”

      “I’m glad you look happy son. As your mother, all I want is to see you happy,” she replied and looked at Danna. “Do you love my son Danna?” she asked her looking at Danna from their planet Lima.

      “Yes Queen Aurora, I love Aaron, I love your son,” she replied beside the man she truly loved.

      “I’m happy to hear that from you Danna,” she stated. “I’m glad that there’s a woman who could take good care of him while he’s away from us.”

      “Yeah mother, Danna is doing a pretty good job at taking good care of me,” he replied, smiled at Danna and pulled her closer to him by his side.

      “I believe you son; I could see it in you. You look happy and contented with her,” she told Aaron.

      “I am mother,” he replied to her still looking at her image.

      Afterwards, Aaron’s mother bid good bye to him and to Danna.

                                                                               Chapter 18

       The Goran spies reported to the Goran General from a secret place in Gora. “So the heir to the throne of the kingdom of the planet Lima is on Earth,” uttered Drex, the military General of the Gorans from a planet they had escaped to after their big defeat from the Limans. His Goran spies who were able to disguise themselves and mingled with the Limans in their planet Gora, learned from the conversations of Limans outside the palace that the son of the King and Queen of Lima was sent and living on Earth. They had also learned that he was able to survive on Earth because he had the unique ability to breathe oxygen which Earthlings breathe on. The Goran spies also learned that oxygen could make the heir to the throne of the kingdom of the planet Lima fly.

        He stood up from where he was sitting and looked up the transparent ceiling of their laboratory and observation room. Looking at the three moons above their sky, he rubbed his jaw slowly and thought.

      The vice General stared at the General, wondering what was in his mind. Shortly, the General turned and faced him.

      “At last we now have a way of avenging our defeat from that Limans,” the General suddenly said looking at his vice General.

      “What is in your mind General?” he asked finally looking at the hopeful General.

      “Through the son of the king and queen of the planet Lima, we can force them to surrender to us,” he uttered nodding his head slowly and repeatedly.

     “And how do we make the Limans surrender to us honorable General?” he asked from where he was standing.

     “We will capture that Liman on Earth. And once the kingdom of Lima learns of his capture, they will do anything that we demand from them,” stated the General to his vice General.

    “We will turn him into a hostage sir?” the vice general suddenly asked looking intently at the General.

    “Yes, that’s what’s in my mind,” he replied to him.

    The Vice General quieted for a moment. “But general how can we capture that Liman on Earth. All our best and most advanced spacecraft are all in the hands of the Limans in our own planet Gora and in Lima. What we have here in this planet is incapable of reaching Earth. Earth is so far away from us, General,” he said reminding the General of their situation.

    “I know. And that’s why we must find someone on Earth who would work with us and help us capture the heir to the throne of the kingdom of Lima,” he told his vice General.

     One of the military scientists of the many who were listening at the conversation of the General and Vice General in the space laboratory and observation room suddenly approached them.

     “General, I had once received a signal from a life form on Earth,” he informed the General. He noticed the general looking intently at him waiting for him to continue.

     “Really,” the General uttered looking at him.

     “But unfortunately sir, I lost contact with him and haven’t receive any signal from him ever since,” he continued a little apologetic.

     “Then find a way to connect with that Earthling once again,” he commanded the military scientist.

     “I will General,” he answered hurriedly and headed back to his post along with the other military scientist of the defeated Gorans.

     “Vice General you stay here and supervise, our scientists. I want to hear results as soon as possible. We must capture that Liman on Earth while the king and the queen of the Limans are still unaware that we know where their son, their heir is now,” he commanded his Vice General and went out of the big laboratory and observation room heading out to converse with the other military officials all wanting to avenge their big defeat at the hands of the Limans.

                                                                      Chapter   19  

       Days passed and Jericho received a call from his new trusted scientist Ben. He told him that finally he had once again contacted an alien from outer space through his highly advanced inventions. So Jericho, together with his wife Gina, hurried from their hideout towards their secret laboratory inside a big cave outside the city.

      When they reached it, Ben and the other scientist immediately took him to their communication room.

     Jericho stood in front of a wide monitor in front of him as Ben and other scientist started to communicate with the alien they said they had contacted from the machine that had the capacity to communicate to aliens at outer space. The wide screen monitor blinked, and suddenly, two alien life forms appeared on screen.  Jericho looked up.

       “Greetings Earthlings,” greeted the military General of the Gorans through their space laboratory.  “I’m Drex, and I’m a military General of the planet Gora,” he introduced himself to Jericho and to his scientists.

       “Greetings General, I’m Jericho from the planet Earth,” he greeted back and introduced himself to the alien on the monitor.

       “My Vice General reported to me, that one of you had been trying to contact us,” Drex said.

      “Yes, I ordered my scientist to communicate to a life form outside our planet,” Jericho replied.

      “And may I know why you wanted to communicate with us?” the military General asked Jericho from their new planet.

      Jericho went straight and told him what he wanted from them. He told them that he wanted to capture and kill the flying man. He told Drex that they believed that the flying man was an alien and they wanted the help of another alien to capture and kill him for they didn’t have the capacity and the power to kill him themselves. And when Drex saw the video of the flying man that Jericho showed him, he immediately realized that he had found the right Earthling for his plans. He immediately realized that by helping Jericho capture the flying man, he would also capture the son of the king and queen of the planet Lima for him, knowing that the flying man that Jericho showed him and the son of the queen of the planet Lima was one and the same.

     “It seems that we want the same flying man,” Drex told Jericho from their new planet inside their space observation room. “But unlike you, we want him alive. We need him to make our enemy surrender to us. That flying man you are talking about and shown to us is indeed not an Earthling like you. He is a Liman from the planet Lima. He is the son of the King and Queen of Lima, our mortal enemy. But don’t you worry as soon as the Limans surrender to us, we will kill him afterwards,” Drex assured Jericho looking at him together with the other Goran military officials.

      “This is a good day. I finally found an ally from outer space who could help me deal with this flying man that had been destroying my robots,” he told Drex from his own laboratory and observation room.

      “And that’s where we can help you. Our robotics is by far more advanced than that of Earthlings’. We will send you diagrams that could help you create powerful robots that could easily defeat this flying man. And we will teach you the right metals to choose and the right metal compounds to use so you could immediately start its construction. And my scientists will directly supervise your scientists from here, in our new planet,” Drex assured Lex looking at him at his big screen monitor.

      “Thank you,” Jericho firmly stated to the Goran General. The two then bid good bye to each other and both happy and satisfied of their alliance.

      The Goran General then immediately ordered his scientists to send a copy of their diagrams to Jericho’s scientists who immediately received it from their own laboratory and space observatory facility.

      In his hideout, Jericho together with his wife Gina waited while his scientists started constructing the robots under the supervision of the Goran scientists. Day and night scientists worked on metals and metal compounds to construct robots that they believed would easily defeat the flying man. They strictly followed the instructions relayed by the Gorans to ensure that they come up with an extremely powerful robot.

                                                                       Chapter 20

       A month passed, Aaron and Danna were walking hand in hand going out of a fine restaurant where they had lunch together.

      “Next time we’ll take mom, Erica, and grandpa with us here so they too could taste the delicious dishes that this restaurant is serving, I’m sure they’ll love it too just like we both did,” Danna told Aaron looking up at him beside her as they continued heading towards the main door of the restaurant.

      “We will Danna,” Aaron just said and smiled at her. He then pulled the door and opened it. The two then got through but as soon as they stepped on the sidewalk outside the restaurant, people started screaming and running away in fear.

       In the middle of the road was a big robot and it looked fiercer than the first two that Aaron defeated. Suddenly it started lifting the cars that was abandoned by the motorists in fear of him blocking their way. The robot threw a car to the sidewalk, it smoked and burned. He then lifted another and threw it towards a building. It smoked and burned and so did the building it hit. The shouts and screams of the city dwellers became louder and louder fleeing from the powerful robot that was wrecking havoc right in the middle of the road.

       The city dwellers immediately saw the flying man up in the air from where they were hiding. They saw him flew down nearer towards the robot in amok. The silver robot that had two strong powerful arms and legs immediately saw the flying man going near him from the air. His foot suddenly released smoke from below; it started levitating and slowly flew upwards going towards the direction of the flying man in the air.

       A little far from each other up in the air, the flying man and the silver robot with red goggles covering his eyes stared at each other. Aaron surveyed the new robot feeling that it was more powerful and more dangerous than the first two that he fought and defeated.  The silver robot tilted and flew horizontally and rapidly towards the flying man aiming at his body. The flying man swiftly flew upwards avoiding its first attack, it passed below his foot but as soon as Aaron tried to turn around to face it behind him it was already rapidly going back to attack him. The flying man was hit hard on his stomach. He was thrown away from where he was flying. He grimaced in pain looking at the robot that stood up in the air and looked at him. It was mocking him. Rapidly it flew towards him once again, heading to his body once again. He flew to his side and avoided it. And once again it went back to him rapidly. Learning from the first attack, Aaron avoided it tilting himself horizontally and when it passed right above his body, he punched it as hard as he could. The robot was thrown upward away from him but immediately still horizontally it bounced back towards Aaron and punched him in the chest, Aaron was thrown rapidly going to the road, but before he hit the ground he flew upwards once again and flew rapidly going back to his opponent.

      Face to face, they stood in the air staring at each other. The robot was mocking him for being thrown towards the ground in a single punch. Rapidly, Aaron flew towards the robot and when he was near it, he rotated and gave him a roundabout kick. He hit him on target on its jaw it was thrown backwards but immediately went back and retaliated, it flew horizontally and strongly towards him. Aaron saw it and kneed it. The robot was thrown backwards once again. It looked more furious feeling the impact of Aaron’s knee on its head. It stood up once again and stared at Aaron up in the air above the skyscrapers in the middle of the city. The robot, standing, rapidly flew towards Aaron and when it neared him it turned around giving Aaron a roundabout kick, but Aaron docked down and kicked it back on its jaw hitting it. Aaron chased after it as it was thrown away from him from his kick and when he was near it in the air; he gave it another kick hitting it extremely hard in the face, breaking its neck. The silver robot went rapidly tumbling down towards the road. It hit the road hard smoked and burned.

      The city dwellers immediately came out of their hiding places and rejoiced. They looked up at the flying man above him all cheering and applauding him for his victory over the silver robot and once again saving their city.

      From inside the cave, Jericho and his scientists nodded smiling looking at the flying man being cheered and applauded by the city dwellers. The silver robot that they sent was merely a test robot. They wanted to see if, if it could hit and hurt the flying man. And realizing that they could hit and hurt him in his chest and abdomen, they decided to lay low and prepare their next robot that they believed would finally finish the flying man.  

     Aaron drove his car back to Leonardo’s house. Danna was a little quiet beside him in the front seat. Aaron noticed, so he reached for her beside him and pulled her closer towards him as he continued driving his car on the road.

      “You were hurt up there, Aaron,” Danna finally uttered glancing at him worrying about him.

      “Yeah, I got hurt. But I wasn’t really injured,” he said pulled up his shirt and showed up his abs. “See no damage,” he said and teased her smiling at her trying to comfort her.

      “You really,” Dana just said giggling and looking at his unscratched undamaged muscular abs. She quieted immediately and spoke once again. “But be more careful next time Aaron…”

      “I will Danna,” Aaron assured her and kissed her gently on her hair.

                                                                        Chapter 21

       Back at his own house, Aaron sat and thought about what happened to him that day. Deep in him, he was worried; it was the first time that he got hit. Even at his martial arts sparring sessions early in his life back in their kingdom, nobody was able to hit him. He was too fast for any Limans his age or older than him; he was also too fast for any Earthling. He place his hands at the back of his head closed his eyes and worried that soon the unknown enemy of the city would soon send a much stronger, more powerful and faster robot.

       He went upstairs to his room and took a bath. He changed and lay on his bed still thinking of what was going to happen the next time a robot appeared in the city. Danna called and he spoke to her. They chatted for a long time over the phone. After he said good night and his love for her he slept.

       When Aaron woke up, he bathed, changed and had breakfast. After parking his car inside Leonardo’s compound, he went inside the house and greeted Danna who was with Leonardo at the sofa waiting for him. 

       The two greeted him back smiling at him. “The car’s ready Sir Leonardo,” Aaron told him beside Danna in the living room. The three then headed to the car. Danna and Leonardo sat on the back seat and Aaron beside the driver, Felix.

       “Good morning Sir Leonardo, Ma’am Danna,” he greeted the two and smiled at his good friend Aaron on his right inside the black sports car.

       The driver then drove them towards Leonardo’s office. He drove very carefully, obeying all the traffic rules. When they got there, the driver immediately opened the door for Leonardo behind him and Aaron opened the door for Danna.

       “Thanks Felix,” Aaron told him before he turned around to follow both Leonardo and Danna going inside his tall building.

        Inside the building and in Leonardo’s office Danna and Aaron held each other’s hands talking to each other while Leonardo was doing his paper works on his table. The secretary went inside and told him two managers were outside and would want to talk to him. Leonardo told her to let them in. They talked for some time and after they had left, Leonardo asked Aaron to open up the LED TV inside his office. Aaron took the remote control and opened it. It was already about twelve o’clock and a noon time variety show was shown. The three watched it, enjoying it. The host of the show was asking quiz questions to the three contestants when suddenly the broadcast was interrupted. And to their surprise, Jericho appeared on screen. Danna, Leonardo and Aaron were so surprised to see Jericho on TV. He appeared on all TV screens of all channels in the whole city and in the whole country. He focused in front of him and smiled seemingly at all the people watching him on TV.

           “Greetings everyone,” he uttered and still smiling. “Remember me. I’m Jericho, your city’s mortal enemy. I just want everyone to know that I’m still alive, good day,” Jericho’s statement and went immediately off air.

            “What did he appear on television like that?” Leonardo suddenly asked. “What‘s his purpose? And how did he do it, how was he able to interrupt the TV broadcast and put himself on TV?”

            “I’m worried about you grandpa,” Danna stated thinking about the safety of her beloved grandfather.

              Aaron gently rubbed Danna’s the left arm. “Don’t worry Danna, I’ll make sure that he couldn’t go anywhere near Sir Leonardo,” Aaron stated, assuring and comforting the worried Danna.

              “I’m not a bit worried Danna, I have Aaron on land, and the flying superhero on air,” Leonardo said and teased Danna trying to ease her worry.

               The city dwellers that saw and heard Jericho on TV were all surprised. They worried what was his purpose for showing himself on TV. They too wondered how he was able to interrupt all TV broadcast and put himself on TV. But knowing that the flying man was on their side, they remained calm and continued with their work, with their lives.

                                                                       Chapter 22

       Aaron continued with his work as Leonardo’s bodyguard. He would go to his house and accompany him going to his work, to his meetings outside his tall building and going back home. Danna and Aaron saw each other often and would go to fabulous places for their dates. The two became more and more in love with each other as days, weeks, and months passed by. Aaron made an important decision. He took Danna to the place where he first saw her, in the middle of the three huge mountains where his spacecraft landed after about a year of travel across galaxies.

       “What are we doing here Aaron?” Danna suddenly asked looking around from the middle of the three huge mountains near her old house.

        Aaron smiled looking at Danna’s beautiful face. He knelt on one knee and held her right hand, looking up to her. “Danna you’re the source of my happiness. I dream of nothing but to see you every day of my life. I love you and I want us to be together forever… marry me Danna… marry me…” Aaron uttered proposing to the woman he truly loved.

        Seeing his love in his eyes, tears started rolling down her cheeks. She too wanted to be with Aaron every day of her life. “Yes, I will marry you Aaron,” Danna answered with all the love in her heart.

         Aaron then placed the diamond ring on her ring finger and kissed the back of her hand. He smiled once again at her and slowly stood up. He looked down on her cupping her lovely face. Slowly, he bent his head to hers. Aaron kissed Danna with all the love he had for her. He stopped for a moment and watched her beautiful, beautiful face and went down to kiss her once again hugging her tightly in his arms whispering his love for her. He then stopped still cupping and looking at Danna’s face. You made me the happiest man tonight Danna,” uttered Aaron looking into her eyes and smiling at her.

          “And I’m the happiest woman tonight Aaron,” Danna replied looking up and smiling at him.

          Aaron then held her hand and pointed to a shining star above them. They looked up and stared at the heavens, happy and contented that soon they will be a husband and wife… soon…

                                                                               Chapter 23

        Leonardo, Cleofe, and Erica were all overjoyed hearing the news of Aaron’s and Danna’s wedding. Leonardo hugged his granddaughter and patted Aaron’s shoulder telling them both how happy he was of their upcoming wedding.

        Preparations for the wedding were immediately made. Cleofe and Erica, excitedly helped Danna in choosing her wedding gown. Leonardo, accompanied by Felix, helped Aaron chose his own suit. They had already agreed on the motifs of the wedding, had chosen their bridesmaids, best man, flower girl and ring bearer. Aaron and Danna sampled the menu offered by many different aspiring caterers and chosen the one that best suited both their tastes. Danna chose the wedding cake and Aaron immediately agreed to her. The invitations were all sent and the grand wedding was soon to take place.

       The beautiful bride, Danna in her fabulous and lovely wedding dress walked down the long aisle with her grandfather Leonardo, beside her. Aaron turned to look at Danna, his heart overflowed with happiness seeing his beautiful bride slowly walked towards him near the altar at the big, big church.

        When they reached Aaron, Leonardo spoke. “Aaron, take good care of my granddaughter,” he told Aaron.

        “Yes, I will grandpa,” Aaron answered and smiled at him. With great pride, Aaron took her from Leonardo to walk her to the altar. But Aaron and Danna hadn’t even made their first step towards the priest that was going to wed them when the crowd outside the big church suddenly started screaming and running away in great fear.

          Outside the church and above the sky was a big, big blue robot, it was about nineteen-foot robot and had strong and powerful arms and leg, its gold feet emitting fire from underneath. It stalled formidably up in the air looking down at the church where Aaron, Danna, their family, friends and guests where all in.

         The wild and loud screams from the people outside the big, big church and many city dwellers echoed everywhere. Many of them hid and covered and many were unable to move looking up fearfully at the big, big blue robot still stalling up in the air near above the big, big church.

        Many city dwellers pointed upwards towards the sky. “Look there’s our city defender, there’s the flying man. Their eyes followed as the flying man slowly flew towards the big, big blue robot stalling up in the air. It noticed the flying man continually flying towards him up in the air. It turned and faced the flying man up in the air, its fierce eyes staring him down. The big, big blue robot was about three times the size and the height of the flying man, the defender of the city dwellers.

       Standing up in the air, the flying man slowly flew closer to his big, big opponent. Up in the air, the two stared at each other, sizing each other up.

      In silence all the people on the ground, looked and stared at the two above the sky. Many of the people inside the church had rushed towards the big main entrance and looked up looking at the robot and the flying man. Leonardo, Cleofe, Erica, and Danna were also in the church’s big door also looking up at the two looking at each other in the sky above the big city.

      The flying man took a deep breath still looking at the big, big blue robot three times his size and height. He could feel that the blue robot looking at him was much stronger and more powerful than the three robots that he had already defeated.

      The big, big blue robot made the first move. Standing up, it rapidly flew towards the flying man, and when it got near him, it sided and kicked him hard. The flying man was instantly hit and was easily thrown backwards up in the air. He felt the extreme pain in his abdomen from the blue robot’s powerful kick. The blue robot stared at him looking at the part where he was hit. The blue robot taunted him to fly towards it and attack. But when it saw that the flying man did not make a move, he rapidly flew towards him once again and when it got near him, the flying man fought and kicked it in its abdomen. He hit it but the big, big blue robot simply looked down at the part of his body that the flying man kicked. It wasn’t a bit hurt. The flying man’s strong kick simply seemed to tickle the big, big blue robot.

       The two once again stared at each other up in the air. The flying man flew rapidly once again towards it and when he got near it, he kicked it in the chest. And once again, the big, big blue robot wasn’t hurt, not a bit. He seemed tickled once again. The big, big blue robot stared at the flying man mocking his strength. The three times bigger and taller big, big blue robot belittled the flying man near him.

      The flying man once again rapidly flew back toward the big, big blue robot. But the robot did not wait for him to make another kick. It elevated a little and rapidly flew towards the flying man and when they got near each other, the robot released his strong kick hitting the flying man on his right shoulder. The flying man twisted to his left and was thrown backwards up in the air. The big, big blue robot once again attacked the flying man and kicked him on his left shoulder. The flying man was hit, twisted to his right and was thrown backwards once again. The flying man could feel the extreme pain on both his shoulders. He stalled up in the air and looked at his opponent much powerful, bigger and stronger than him.

       The people on the ground were all looking up in the sky, all fearing that their city defender would soon be defeated by the big, big blue robot. Danna was terrified and feared for the life of the man that she truly loved.

       The flying man once again flew rapidly towards the big, big blue robot. But just like earlier, the blue robot rapidly flew towards him, meeting him and when they got near each other it raised its right leg and kicked the flying man. He was hit at his abdomen once again. He grimaced and was thrown rapidly backwards away from the blue robot. The blue robot did not stall; he flew rapidly and chased the flying not giving him a chance to recover. It kicked him once again on the chest and hit him. He was thrown backwards farther this time, grimacing in pain.

       The big, big blue robot did not chase him anymore, it raised its right arm forward and from his knuckles released red laser light and headed towards the flying man. He was hit by the red laser light in the middle of his body. The big, big blue robot raised his left arm forward and from his other knuckles another red light came out and headed rapidly towards the flying man still in pain. He was hit once again. Together the big, big blue robot pointed his two strong powerful arms to the flying man and released many and successive red laser lights towards him. The flying man was hit all over. His entire body felt the pain and punishment that the powerful big, big blue robot gave him. Unable to withstand the pain, he felt rapidly downwards towards the ground. The crowd saw him falling rapidly downwards, and all feared for their defender’s life. Danna feared for his life the most. Tears rolled down her cheeks, crying for the man she loved.

        Before hitting the road, the flying man slowly recovered and flew rapidly upwards towards his big, big opponent above the sky. The big, big blue robot rapidly, with its head down, flew downwards meeting the flying man going for it. And they were near each other, with its size and height three times his; it collided with him, head to head. The flying man felt the extreme pain from the heavy impact and was thrown rapidly downwards going to the ground. He was falling rapidly down and when he was about to hit the ground, he stalled and slowly flew downwards. He tried to stand but was too weak to hold himself. He fell on the ground and lay. He was catching for his breath, and in the corner of his eyes he saw Danna crying for him at the main entrance of the big church. The sight of her crying and weeping for him shattered his heart. The flying man closed his eyes unable to withstand the pain that the big, big blue robot gave him.

         Many city dwellers wanted to approach him wanting to help him, but they were all too scared to dare. From above the sky, the big, big blue robot looked down at the flying man he easily beat.  He laughed and mocked the flying man still lying on the ground in the middle of the road.         

        “Good work!” echoed the loud voice of Jericho as it suddenly appeared on giant LED TV on tall buildings all over the city and at the place where the horrified city dwellers were hiding and looking at their city defender downed on the ground.

        “I’m back!” he echoed once again. “And I’m here for my revenge on all of you!”

        Leonardo and the city dwellers couldn’t believe their eyes learning that everything that happened was brought upon them by Jericho, the most wanted criminal and the city dwellers mortal enemy.

        The big, big blue robot looked towards the gigantic LED TV on the tall building near him. Jericho instructed. “Kill all the city dwellers!” His loud voice, his loud command echoed and reverberated in the whole of the city. All the city dwellers were horrified hearing the loud command of Jericho to his blue robot to kill them all.

         The flying man heard the command of Jericho to kill all the city dwellers. With Danna in his mind, he gathered his last strength and slowly stood up. Slowly and slowly he stood up. Looking up at the big, big blue robot, he breathed, he was still having trouble breathing from the punishment he received. He remembered he was a Liman and Limans breathe on Oxyn.

        The flying man, with his arm on his sides, opened his palm, rapidly, hard, and strong. Green Oxyn started coming out from both his palms. It flew up going near his face. He breathed. He breathed both Oxyn and Oxygen. In the planet Lima scientist made Aaron breath on Oxygen, but they never made him breathe both altogether. Standing up, Aaron breathed both green Oxyn and Oxygen; the two gaseous elements filled and combined inside his lungs. The flying man flew once again upwards but as he continued flying he felt something strange and new in him, he was changing, transforming, he grew bigger. He grew and grew up in the sky and suddenly turned into an eighteen-foot flying super hulk. Aaron suddenly felt triple stronger and triple bigger. His looks did not change; he still looked the Aaron that Danna loved. He was triple big but still as handsome as he was. He smiled looking at the new him. He then closed his palms gently and his palms stopped emitting green Oxyns.

        The city dwellers, from there hiding places all saw the sudden and unexpected transformation of their city defender. They felt a renewed hope looking at the new him; they were amazed and rejoiced.

        Already breathing back on pure Oxygen but still at his new size and strength, Aaron flew slowly towards the big, big blue robot. Face to face they stood before each other up in the air. They were about as big and as tall, the blue robot was only an inch taller than him. Once again, the two sized each other’s up.

        The blue robot made the first move sensing his opponent’s renewed and increased strength. From where it was standing in the air, it flew rapidly towards the new Aaron. And when it got near him, the robot sided and kicked Aaron in his abdomen. Aaron was thrown a little backwards. He was not hurt. The blue robot attacked once again flying rapidly towards him, kicking him on the chest. He was thrown a little backwards once again but still was not hurt. The robot flew to attack him once again. But when the robot got near him, he fought back and with his new super strength, he kicked the robot in the chest. It felt the extreme pain of Aaron’s strong and heavy kick. The robot was thrown far backwards up in the air. But the robot immediately recovered and flew rapidly back towards Aaron. It attacked once again and when it got near him, the robot leaped with its right knee forward aiming to his chin. Aaron docked down and fought back. He raised his right leg and kicked it in the face. The robot was hit and was thrown once again far backwards away from Aaron.

        The robot then stopped moving backwards and stalled standing in the air, looking at Aaron a little farther from him. He raised his right arm and fired red laser lights towards Aaron. Aaron moved to his right and escaped. The robot raised his left arm and together with his right arm fired many and successive red laser lights towards Aaron up in the air. Aaron was able to avoid most of the red laser lights fired on him but was hit by some. He was hit in the chest. His chest muscles tensed feeling a slight pain and suddenly noticed something around his chest. Something came out. Three green lights came out from above his chest and immediately vanished. He nodded and faced the blue robot once again up in the sky. The blue robot fired many red laser lights from both his knuckles aiming at the new Aaron. Aaron moved swiftly up in the air and easily avoided them all.

       Frustrated, the blue robot turned and rapidly flew towards the city dwellers on the ground and prepared to fire red laser lights from both his knuckles towards them. Immediately, sensing its plan, Aaron quickly took a deep breath and rapidly fired three powerful green light rays from his chest and all hitting the blue robot in different areas of its body. Aaron’s three light rays from his upper chest were too powerful for the big, big blue robot. The robot smoked and burned in the sky. And in just a short time the blue robot exploded up in the air.

        Triumphantly, the city dwellers then all rushed out from their hiding places and gathered in the middle of the big road, all celebrating and rejoicing at the big victory of their superhero over the big, big blue robot. Looking up at their triple bigger victorious city defender up in the sky, the excited and jovial city dwellers clapped and applauded him aloud. Grateful, the city dwellers chanted aloud the name of their superhero over and over again, thanking him for protecting their city. The flying man and eighteen-foot super hulk won and the whole of the city was safe once again.

        The city policemen apprehended Jericho, his wife Gina and his group of scientists inside his big laboratory. They were finally able to trace his location from his last broadcast. All handcuffed they were brought to the police cars.

        “We got you back finally, and this time there will be no more escape!” the Police Captain stated firmly supervising the arrest of Jericho, his wife, and his scientists.

        On that glorious and victorious day, Danna and Aaron were married and became husband and wife. Danna and Aaron lived a happy and blissful life together in their big house. Cleofe and Leonardo were extremely happy when they saw Aaron’s and Danna’s new born son.

        In a big church he was baptized and given the name Lemuel.

       Ten years later, Aaron and Danna were outside their big house talking to each other. It was night and there was a beautiful half moon shining in the sky. Aaron hugged her gently in his arms and whispered to her. “Danna up to this day I still can’t believe that you’re already my wife. I love you so much Dana…”

        Looking up Danna replied from her heart. “I love you too Aaron…”

        Aaron’s hug became tighter; he slowly lowered his head to kiss her. Their lips was about to touch when suddenly Lemuel shouted aloud. They hurried to him inside their house. They immediately saw him.

         “What’s wrong Lemuel?” Danna asked her son.

          From behind him, Lemuel showed both his palms to them. “Mom, Dad my palms are emitting green,” Lemuel told his mother and father.

          Aaron and Danna just smiled at their beloved son.  Aaron approached him and gently closed his son’s palms.

        “Son, I think that it’s time that I tell you something about me…. “Aaron gently told him. “I’m an alien son. “     

          His son, Lemuel suddenly looked up to him.

         “He’s the flying man son, “Dana told her son.

          “Really, dad, you’re the flying man!” Lemuel excitedly said looking up to his beloved father, Aaron, admiring him.

           Aaron saw the admiration in his son’s eyes for him; he rubbed his son’s hair gently, smiled and started narrating to his beloved son.  “I came from a far, far away planet called Lima, we have five moons and we are called Limans….”

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          Written by Ritche B. Rosaupan         

                                              Aaron, of the Planet Lima                                    

                                                                           Chapter 1

       On a planet in two galaxies near Earth, lived the citizens of kingdom of the planet Lima called Limans. Their space and warfare technology was more advanced than that of Earthlings. But their enemy was far more advanced than theirs. They knew that their planet was to be invaded by the fierce soldiers of the planet Gora. Their king, King Ronald and his subjects knew that they were going to lose the inevitable battle.

       On their planet Lima, the Limans breath on an a gaseous element they called Oxyn. They have abundant supply of Oxyn on their planet for them to breathe on. But their palms when opened rapidly it could emit some amount of Oxyn. Some of the Limans had reached Earth and since they couldn’t breathe on Oxygen on earth, they used the Oxyns emitted by their palms to survive on. But emitting too much Oxyns could weaken them.  They had been travelling in galaxies to find a place they could escape and hide the moment they are invaded by their more powerful nemesis. But they never found one.

      And so they had long accepted that they either die in the hands of the Gorans from the planet Gora or became their slaves.

      With Oxygen sample they had brought from their travel to earth, they found out that it was the only son of their King, Aaron who could breathe oxygen. This made the Limans happy that at least their future King could be spared from being killed or captured by their mortal enemies, the Gorans.

      And a day before their planet was invaded by the Gorans, the king and the queen together with his loyal subjects bid good bye to little Aaron on spacecraft they boarded him. Aaron smiled at his parents and to the citizens as they closed the spacecraft that was going to bring him to Earth. Little Aaron waved back at the king and the queen not knowing that he was to travel alone for Earth and be forever separated from them.

     The spacecraft levitated and levitated away from the Limans, until slowly they disappeared from his sight. The spacecraft he was boarding was auto piloted. It was programmed to avoid, meteorites, meteors, comets and other heavenly bodies that would come its way.

    A day after, little Aaron was eating from the food that was given him by his parents that was estimated to last him until he reached Earth. At his young age of seven, he tried to toughen himself up when he learned from a recording installed in the spacecraft that he was to live on Earth alone and away from his mother and father. He learned that he was to be sent to Earth for his safety.  He closed his eyes tightly; some tears fell on his cheeks.  He dried it up and looked straight into the path of his spacecraft.

     Day and night he traveled alone in two galaxies until finally he reached the galaxy where Earth was located. He looked at all the planets, and the moons that he passed by. When finally he saw Blue Earth a smiled curved on Aaron’s young lips. It was twelve o’clock noon.

      Suddenly the spacecraft stopped on its course and hid on a cloud far above the ground. The spacecraft was undetectable by any military radar from any country on Earth. And when night fell the auto piloted spacecraft descended to the ground. After a year of travel, Aaron’s spacecraft landed on wide plane in between three huge mountains. The spacecraft opened by its own and Aaron released his seatbelt. He stood up and looked through the door. He smiled, and walked. He stopped at the door and carefully surveyed his new surroundings. He took a deep breath and felt good instantly. It was indeed true; Aaron could breathe the air that humans breathe.

     He jumped out from his aircraft and immediately ran on the ground. He was happy he had finally landed after a year of travel. He stopped and looked back at his spacecraft, the spacecraft that brought him to his new home. Afterwards he sat on the ground and looked all over the place. It was a full moon. He looked at the three huge mountains surrounding him and the tall trees on them.  The air blew stronger, and he felt it on his face. He took another deep breath and savored the peace in him.

      He looked up to the heavens and hoped that someday he could go back and see his parents and the citizens of the planet Lima.  He lay on the grassland and closed his eyes. Suddenly, he felt his spacecraft flew and levitated on its own leaving him. He heard some steps approaching him. Aaron stood up and immediately hid behind a tree near him.

      Aaron saw a young girl. She was holding a basket and was walking for somewhere. She’s pretty, he thought to himself. When the young girl passed him, he silently followed her. Quietly, he followed and followed until suddenly she stopped on her way and turned around. She immediately saw him. Aaron looked down avoiding her looking at him. Afterwards, he took some courage and looked back at her.

       “Hey, are you following me huh?” the beautiful seven-year old girl suddenly asked looking at him.

       “Yeah, I am. I have nowhere to go…” he told her meekly.

       “Really, where are your parents, huh?” she asked aloud looking intently at him.

        “Far, far away,” he just answered.

         The young girl then walked and approached him. “You’re lost,” she just said.

         “I guess, I am,” his answer to her.

         “That’s our house, would you like to come inside huh?” she asked looking at his face. She smiled at him, turned around and walked towards their house.

          Aaron just stood looked at her going to the house. The girl looked back at him and shook her head. She hurried back to him and when she reached him she held his hand and said. “Come, I’ll give you something to eat inside our house.”

         Aaron nodded and followed her. When they got inside, she immediately brought him to their kitchen. Hurriedly, she opened their refrigerator and gave him a burger. And on his first taste Aaron just said, “My, this delicious!”

       “Of course that’s delicious, I made that you know,” she told him.

       “Really,” he just said, smiled at her and continued eating. Afterwards he drank the cola that she gave him. Full he thanked her.

       “You’re welcome,” she just said. “By the way I’m Danna.”

        “I’m Aaron, “he introduced himself to her.

        “Come with me,” she invited him and walked up the stairs. Aaron followed her this time. She stopped on a door and opened it. Inside, she turned around and looked at him as he walked in. She smiled at him. And Aaron smiled back at her looking at her pretty face.

         “You’re so pretty,” he said, praising her.

         “Thanks,” she just said and smiled at the handsome young Aaron. She too was fascinated by Aaron’s handsome young face. “You can stay in this room. No one’s using this.”

         “Really, thanks,” he just said.

         “Come try the bed,” she offered, “and see if you’ll like it. And when Aaron sat on it he instantly liked it. Danna sat beside him and glanced at him by her side. Aaron glanced back and smiled at her. Afterwards, Danna left him so he could rest. Aaron lay on the bed and remembered his parents, a tear formed on the corner of his eyes. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes. After some time he fall asleep.

         Early in the morning, Danna went back to see Aaron to his new room. She immediately invited him for breakfast. Dana saw her mom hurriedly passed by the kitchen door. She stood up immediately and followed her. She caught with her at their main door and kissed her good bye. Her mother then rode her car and left their house. Hurriedly, Danna went back to the kitchen and joined Aaron for breakfast. They ate pan cakes and drank milk.

        Danna then took Aaron on their backyard. She immediately sat on the swing and looked at Aaron. Aaron understood what she wanted, so he immediately went behind her and started pushing on the ropes making Lana swung back and forth. She looked back at him and giggled. He giggled back at her and pushed much stronger and she swung back and forth farther. Aaron tried the swing too and Danna pushed him. The two played and played laughing and enjoying each other’s company a lot. The two felt so at ease and so happy with each other.  Afterwards, smiling and catching their breaths, the two lay on the grass and looked up at sky.

        “Aaron, do you like being with me huh?” she asked.

        “I like being with you Danna,” he answered and smiled at her by his side.

        “Me too, I like being with you Aaron,” she answered.

        Aaron then sat up and looked at her. He really felt happy being with Danna.  The two then stood up and went back inside. But as soon as they were seated on the sofa, the door opened and her mom came in. Her mother went straight upstairs and went back down carrying a large suitcase.  She hurried towards Danna and held her on her wrist.

           “Let’s go,” she told Danna.

           “Where are we going mom?” she suddenly asked.

           “Just go with me, we’re going to Canada,” she commanded Danna. Dana and her mother had been living with her grandfather, Leonardo. And when she had an argument with Jericho, the nephew her father-in, Leonardo, and feeling that the latter was taking his side she decided to leave and take Danna with her to Canada.

           “But what about Grandpa?” not wanting to be separated from her grandfather, she asked her mother.

            “We’re leaving him,” she answered and dragged her outside going to her car. Crying, she followed her mom. She sat Danna on the front seat.

             Aaron followed outside and looked at her at the window. Danna then pulled the window down and looked at Aaron. “Aaron…” she uttered looking at him.

            “Danna…” he uttered back.

            Her mother then closed the window back and drove her car away.

                                                                             Chapter 2

         Fourteen years later, “Let’s go Aaron,” Danna’s grandfather Leonardo told Aaron. He then stood up from the sofa he was sitting at the office and went ahead of him. Hurriedly, he went to the car and opened the door for him. When Danna’s grandfather was seated, he went around and sat on the driver’s seat. Lana’s grandfather was the owner of the biggest Chains of Department stores and Aaron was his most trusted   bodyguard.

        After Danna had left, Aaron would constantly visit Danna’s house and hoped to find her there. He worked on the streets and feed himself. He did all kinds of jobs while going to school. He finished high school. One day Leonardo was attacked by three hoodlums on the streets and Aaron defended him. Impressed by him, he made him his bodyguard. While Leonardo worked at his office, Aaron would sit on the sofa outside and wait until he was called to accompany him. But when Leonardo had no appointments outside his office he allowed Aaron to leave the building and go to any place that he would like to go and just instructed him to return after office work.

   

        “Where are we going sir?” he asked holding the steering wheel and looking back at Leonardo on the backseat to his right.

        “To the airport, my granddaughter Danna is coming home,” he told him.

        Aaron closed his eyes, he couldn’t believe what he just heard from him, and he was going to see Danna once again.  Leonard never knew that Aaron knew Danna for he never told him about it.

       “My granddaughter is really beautiful, Aaron, you just wait and see,” he just told Aaron.

       And Aaron just suppressed his smile listening to him.

      “She’ll be here for vacation, but I hope she stays for good,” Leonardo confessed to him. “I really missed my granddaughter.”

       Aaron listened quietly at Leonardo as he continued driving towards the airport. They passed by long roads and many tall buildings.  And after some time they reached the airport.

       Aaron saw a tall lady standing outside the airport, and when they got nearer her, Leonardo told him to pull over. He immediately obeyed and stopped the car. Without waiting for Aaron to open the door for him, like he always did, he went out of the car and immediately approached the lady. 

      “Grandpa!” the beautiful lady exclaimed and Aaron immediately realized that the tall lady was Dana.

      “Danna!” happily, Leonardo greeted her and hugged her.  “I missed you so much Danna.”

      “I missed you too Grandpa,” she answered, disengaged from his hug and looked intently at his face.

      Aaron then stepped out of the car and walked towards the two. Leonardo noticed him and so he immediately introduced him to her. “Danna, this is my bodyguard Aaron.”

       “Is that really you Aaron?” Danna uttered looking at the tall and handsome Aaron in front of her.

       “Yeah, it’s me Danna,” he answered smiling at her. “How are you?”

       “I’m fine, and I’m so happy to see you. And you’re my grandfather’s bodyguard,” she uttered and glanced at her grandfather.

       “Yeah he is, he saved me from the hoodlums who tried to attack me, impressed I took him as my bodyguard,” Leonardo told Danna. “And Aaron you never told me you two knew each other.”

       Aaron just smiled at him. “Yeah I never did,” he just said to Leonardo who was shaking his head slightly and smiling looking alternately at the two of them.

      “So you saved my grandfather, Aaron,” she said looking intently at Aaron.

       “I was in the area when it happened,” Aaron just said and smiled at her.

      “Come inside the car Danna so you could sit,” Leonardo told her.  Aaron hurried back to the car and opened the door for Leonardo and Dana. The two sat on the back seat and Aaron went back to his seat and drove.

      “How was your trip Danna,” Leonardo asked her.

      “It was just fine, I was asleep the whole time,” she answered Leonardo and looked at Aaron in front of her and noticed he was looking at her at the rear view mirror. She smiled at him and Aaron smiled back at her.

       After an hour, Aaron parked the car outside Leonardo’s new house in the city. He went out and opened the door for the two of them. Dana got out first and Leonardo followed. When they were inside, Aaron decided to leave.  He really wanted to talk to Dana but stopped himself for he wanted the two to catch up on each other’s lives.

       He hurried to his home a few blocks away from Leonardo’s house. On his bed, he thought about Dana. A smile curved on his lips. For him, Dana was the most beautiful lady he had ever seen. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes. Afterwards he fell asleep. Midnight came.

       He woke up at the sound he had not heard for a long, long time. It was the sound of his spacecraft that brought him to Earth. He immediately stood up and looked out his room’s window trying to find it in the sky. The spacecraft was flying right above his lawn.  Aaron hurried outside and looked up a few meters beneath it. It opened and a white light came out and extended down touching the ground.  From it appeared the image of his father, the king.

       “Father,” Aaron exclaimed looking at his image on the circular white light and as wide as the floor of the entire spacecraft.

       “Aaron,” his father spoke from their kingdom on their planet Lima.

       “I’m so happy to see you father, but what happened, I thought…” he uttered looking at him.

       “Yes Aaron we were defeated by the Gorans, they took us to their planet and turned us into slaves. But we did not loss hope. While we were in their planet as their slaves, we studied their ways and technology. And when we thought we were ready, we revolted and defeated them. We know own their planet and we have recovered ours. It’s safe now Aaron, I and the queen wish for you to come home and come back to us,” he narrated and asked for him to return to them.

        Aaron quieted for a moment and spoke. “Father, I’m so happy that you’re all safe now and had recovered our planet. But… but I really wish to stay here on Earth. There’s a… a lady I want to be with. I love her Father.”

       “Really,” his father said and laughed a little. “My son’s in love. Well, we really would like you to be home son. But if you really want to be with her, I’m letting you stay.”

      “She’s really beautiful Dad, and she was the first human I saw here on Earth. She took good care of me and gave me my first hamburger and cola. It’s delicious Dad, I’m sure you’ll like it too,” he just said smiling at his father’s big image.

      “Okay, you stay in this planet and when you decide to go home to us, you bring us this hamburger and cola that you’re talking about,” his statement laughing a little.

      “I will, Father,” he answered still looking at his image underneath the spacecraft.

      “And son, there is something that you should know,” he told Aaron.

      “What is it Father?” he asked him.

      “You didn’t know it because when we experimented with oxygen on you, you were only two years old. We found out that oxygen from Earth could make you fly,” he revealed to him.

      “Huh, oxygen could make me fly,” he exclaimed suddenly.

      His father continued. “We did not tell you about it before, because we were afraid that you might fly back to our planet the moment you miss us while you’re on earth. You were the only one who had the ability to breathe oxygen amongst us and growing up here on our planet we realized that you had incredible strength and speed.”

       Aaron always knew that he was much stronger and faster than any Limans or humans. But he tried to hide it growing up on Earth to fit in.

      “I probably would have father if I knew about it,” his answer to him smiling at him.

      “I wish you happiness with this beautiful lady son, but come back to us when you’re ready,” he told Aaron. “Farewell son.”

      “Farewell Father,” Aaron bid good bye to his father. “And tell my mother that I love her.”

      “I’ll tell her that son,” he answered Aaron. The white light then vanished and the spacecraft soared up and disappeared in the sky.

      He took a deep breath, ran extremely fast, leaped, soared up and flew. “I could really fly!” he shouted up in the air. He stopped and looked down back on the ground. “I’m so high,” he uttered and immediately flew once again. He flew and flew in the sky. He flew fast and straight. He flew in wide circles and pushed forward cyclical. Aaron was overjoyed, he saw Dana once again, learned that his father and his mother were safe, and now he was flying. He was overflowing with happiness. Aaron continued flying and realized he was at the spot right above the three mountains where his spacecraft landed. He immediately remembered how he first saw Danna and how he followed her. A smile curved on his lips. He flew downward and fast. He landed in the middle of three mountains; afterwards he soared up once again and flew. He headed to one of the three mountains and circled it rapidly over and over again. And when he reached the second he flew following the edges of the two mountains and then he saw Danna’s old house near it. Rapidly he flew downwards to see it closer. He stopped right on top of Dana’s lawn where the two of them played. “Danna you’re back,” he uttered softly. He soared up once again and flew straight to Leonardo’s house in the city near his. He saw, through the glass window, Danna in her room looking up in the sky. He watched her from above smiling at her, smiling at the beautiful Danna. He flew still for some time in the sky just watching her. And when she turned off her lights, with a smile on his heart, Aaron soared up and flew back to his house.

                                                                                 Chapter 3

       It was twelve noon, when Leonardo called Aaron to take him to his office. Leonardo’s personal driver had gone on leave and Aaron volunteered to drive for him. When he reached Leonardo’s place, he immediately surveyed the car. He felt someone was looking at him. He turned around and saw Danna.

      “Hi Aaron,” happy to see him, she greeted him.

      “Hi Danna,” he greeted back smiling at her. He hurried and approached her. He stood close to her looking down at her beautiful face. “I missed you Danna…” he uttered.

       “I missed you too Aaron,” she answered and hugged him gently.

        Surprised, he hugged her back. “I really, really missed you Danna…” he uttered once again.

        “It looks the like the two of you have gotten along once again, pretty quick,” smiling, Leonardo intervened as he came out of his house.

         “Yeah we did,” Aaron just said and removed his arms around her. “Good morning sir.”

          “Yeah, the morning really looks good for you Aaron and to you too Danna,” he answered and teased a little at the two of them.

          “Is Aaron taking you to your office Grandpa?” Danna just asked looking and smiling at her grandfather.

           “Yes, he is Danna, let’s go Aaron,” Leonardo answered her and told Aaron as he walked towards the car. Aaron then opened the car for him. Leonardo sat on the back seat. Aaron hurried and sat on the front seat and started the car.

           “Good Bye Dana,” Leonardo said his good bye to Danna.

           “Bye Grandpa,” Danna said her good bye to her grandfather.

            Aaron then drove the car and headed to his office. And when they got there, Leonardo made him wait inside his office. Leonardo was so busy signing several documents that his secretary had brought him. He also talked to some of the managers of his stores that went inside his office. When they were all gone, Leonardo called on Aaron.

        “Aaron, you can take the day off, I still have a lot of papers to sign later,” he told Aaron looking at him from his table.

        Aaron quieted for a moment and afterwards asked something from Leonardo. “Sir, could I go back to your house and see Danna?”

        “Yeah, you could. Can I be straight with you Aaron?” he asked.

        “Of course,” Aaron just said.

         “Do you like my granddaughter?” he asked looking intently at him.

          “Yes, I like Danna, sir,” his answer looking straight to him.

         “Then go and see her,” he immediately said and smiled at him. “I don’t want her to go back to Canada. And if you could convince her to stay with us for good, it would really make me happy Aaron.” 

          “I really wish I could make her stay, sir,” Aaron answered looking intently at him.   

          Leonardo just smiled at him. “I’m sure you could Aaron. “

           Aaron felt good sensing that Leonardo wanted him for his granddaughter. He then stood up and bid good bye to him.

                                                                            Chapter 4        

         Back at Leonardo’s house, Aaron waited for her to come down. When he saw her descending from the stairs, he immediately stood up and waited for her.

          “You look stunning Danna,” he praised her as he held her hand when she got near him.

          “And you look dashing and handsome Aaron,” she said smiling at him.

          Aaron held her other hand and looked intently at her. Mesmerized by her, he took a deep breath. “I’m so glad you’re home Danna.” He then walked her towards the car and opened it for her. He made her sat on the front seat. And when he was seated he immediately started driving. Quietly, Aaron drove the car passing the roads that they passed the other day. He drove and drove and after some time he stopped, got out and opened the door once again for her. He took her to a fabulous restaurant in a resort. The resort had a beautiful falls.

         He assisted her going out of the car. She stood and looked at the entire place. “Thank you for bringing me here Aaron, I missed this place,” she uttered.

          “I know, I remembered you telling me about this place when we were both little, so I brought you here,” his answer to her.

         The two then walked towards the stairs on the side of the resort and climbed down. After they had chosen a table Aaron immediately ordered for the two of them. Aaron and Dana then continued watching the entire place. There were many tourists in the resort and all seemed to be enjoying the whole place.

          “This place always makes me feel good Aaron,” she said.

          “Most people do,” he replied. “How was your life in Canada?” he asked.

          “Well, I went to school most of the time of course. And I had lot of friends at school but I didn’t really go out much often. I had a good and a happy life up there. My mother found a high paying job at a restaurant in the city that we lived. We’re not as rich as we used to be with grandpa, but we were able to buy everything that we wanted and see places that we wanted to see. We have a big and beautiful house, we have cars, everything. And I finished my course Business Management. We were happy, just me and mom. But of course I thought about grandpa back here and about you too…” she confessed. “How about you, what did you do while I was away?” she asked.

          “Well, I had a hard life, I must say. I worked hard so I could have something to eat. I worked and studied at the same time. Tough life but happy, my real problem was, you weren’t there… I thought a lot about you Dana. In between work and school I dropped by at your old house hoping to see you. And it saddened me every time I came home not seeing you. I finished high school. And then I saw your grandfather and you already know what happened next. He hired me as his bodyguard. And when I learned that he was your grandfather, I felt happy. I felt was taking good care of him for you. Your grandfather is a very generous boss. A year after, I was already able to buy my own house and a car,” he narrated to her.

         “I’m happy to hear that Aaron,” she said and smiled at him. She felt really good because she really worried about Aaron back in Canada. She prayed that Aaron would have something to eat and a shelter to rest at night.

         Aaron then moved his chair to her side and sat beside her.  “And now that your back, I don’t want you to leave. I don’t want to loss you again Danna…” he uttered looking at his hand that was holding hers.  Danna glanced and smiled at him by her side and leaned on his arm.

         Suddenly, some of the tourists started screaming. A lady was falling rapidly towards them from the sky. She jumped from a small airplane but her parachute failed to open. They all stood and looked up in horror as the lady continued falling. Danna stood up too, moved towards the crowd and looked up. Aaron wasted no time, he ran fast. And when he was certain that the crowd could no longer see him, he soared up and flew. Wide eyed, the tourist watched as they saw Aaron rapidly flying upwards towards the lady that was falling to the ground. Aaron flew and flew and in just a short time caught the lady on his arms.

        “You’re safe now,” he told the beautiful girl.

         The lady opened her eyes and saw Aaron carrying her in his arms up in the sky. She closed her eyes and uttered a silent prayer thanking the Lord for giving her a second life.  She opened her eyes once again. “Thank you so much, thank you so much,” she uttered gratefully looking at Aaron.

         The amazed crowd took pictures and videos of Aaron and the beautiful girl through the cameras of their cell phones.  “Who’s that flying man!” many uttered. “He’s amazing!” They couldn’t believe what they were seeing. Not one expected that someone powerful would fly up and save the lady that was falling towards them. They couldn’t believe that they would see a flying man right above them. They started clapping and cheering at their unknown superhero and for the lady that he was carrying. Danna cheered and clapped too, he looked back to find Aaron but she didn’t found him. She looked around some more looking for him but still she did not find him.

        Noticing the huge crowd looking at them from the resort, Aaron flew the girl away from them.

        “What’s your name?” she asked looking at him.

        Aaron thought for a moment and answered, “I’m Ronan.” And when he landed her safely on the side of the road, he immediately soared up and flew.

        While the amazed crowd continued talking about Aaron’s heroic acts up in the sky, Danna started worrying about Aaron. She kept looking around for him around the resort.

        “Danna,” Aaron uttered behind her and held her elbow.

        Danna turned around and felt relieved to finally saw him. “Where have you been, I’ve been looking for you…” she said.

        “I just went to a store and bought you this,” he said and handed her a pink stuff toy.

         Laughing a little, she accepted it. “And you thought of buying me this, while we were all looking up at this flying man huh. But thank you, this is cute and pretty.”

        “You’re welcome,” Aaron just said and hugged her gently. “Let’s go. I still need to take your grandfather home.”

        “Okay, lets to grandpa’s office then,” she agreed and walked with him going to their car.

                                                                                Chapter 5

        At her grandfather’s building, outside his office, the employees were all glued to the television watching the video of their new flying superhero.

       “Wow this is so unbelievable!” exclaimed Leonardo’s secretary still looking at the video on TV with the other office employees around her.

       “Goodness, how can anyone fly, and that fast!” exclaimed another office staff near the secretary.

       “I wonder where he came from, is he an alien or something huh?” one asked with his totally glued to the television.

      “That lady was so lucky that superhero caught her otherwise….” uttered one employee.

       “I wish I could see that superhero up close and personal!” exclaimed another one.

       “Me too, goodness he is so handsome!” exclaimed and agreed one beautiful office staff.

       “He definitely is handsome!” seconded many female employees.

        Aaron and Danna noticed the employees crowding the area where the television was located. The two walked towards them. The employees noticed them.

       “Hi Aaron,” greeted one employee to Aaron and glanced at the beautiful lady beside her.

       “Hi,” Aaron greeted back.

       “Who’s that beautiful lady beside you Aaron?” asked one employee looking at him and then back to Danna.

        “Okay, I’d like all of you to meet Danna, Sir Leonardo’s granddaughter.

        “Oh,” uttered many and immediately stood up from the sofa they were all crowding. “Good afternoon Ma’am,” greeted all of them to Danna curiously looking and smiling at Leonardo’s beautiful granddaughter they had never seen before.

        “Good afternoon, and nice to meet you all,” Danna pleasantly greeted all of them and glanced back at the dashing Aaron so close beside her.

       “It’s nice to meet you too Ma’am,” uttered most of them admiring and smiling at her.

       “Is Sir Leonardo still in his office huh?” asked Aaron to them.

       “Yeah, he is,” answered one to Aaron.

       Aaron and Danna then walked towards the door of Leonardo’s office and after Aaron knocked gently he opened it and went in with Dana.

       Leonardo immediately greeted them with a smile from his seat. He alternated looking at the two of them. He nodded gently in approval looking at the two them close beside each other inside his office.

       “You two seemed to have enjoyed each other’s company, Aaron, Danna,” he uttered.

       “I enjoyed being with Danna, sir,” he answered and glanced at her by his side.

       Danna just smiled at Aaron and approached Leonardo’s table and greeted him. “Good afternoon grandpa, and yeah I enjoyed being with Aaron this afternoon. He took me to the place where we used to go a lot together when I was little, he took me to the falls.” She then sat on a chair in front of Leonardo.

      “I’m glad you chose to take her there Aaron, I really like going there even up to now. I just don’t get tired visiting that place over and over again,” was his statement to the two of them.

      “And you know grandpa, something spectacular happened while we were there,” Danna excitedly told her grandfather.

      “A woman fell from the sky, her parachute failed to open, and suddenly a flying man appeared and caught her up in the sky!” she narrated to Leonardo.

      “What!” Leonardo suddenly exclaimed. “Are you sure about that Danna?”

      “Yeah, we’re sure about that grandpa, in fact we just saw your employees crowding outside watching it on television. And just like me back at the falls they are all impressed too by this superhero.”

       Leonardo immediately took his remote control and opened his wide LED TV. And immediately saw the rebroadcast of the said heroic acts of Aaron up in the sky. Leonardo shook his head in total disbelief.

       “How could this happen in these modern times, in this digital age. Goodness, this is unbelievably amazing. That man could really fly, and goodness he is so fast!” Leonardo reacted from his seat and still looking at the video on his television.

       “He is definitely fast, grandpa,” Danna quickly agreed.

       Aaron noticed that his black hair looked smartly combed up backwards on the video and realized that it disguised him perfectly. Danna and Leonardo did not notice that it was just him. He normally combs his hair slightly falling on his forehead and near his eyebrows. He smiled looking at the two, still looking at his video on TV. 

       A reporter was then shown on TV and with her was the fortunate lady that Aaron saved.

       “Could you please tell our viewers what your name is,” started the lady reporter.

       “I’m Mariel Montez,” she introduced herself slightly smiling at the camera that was focusing on her.

       “Could you please tell our viewers what you were doing up in the sky,” she asked the fortunate lady.

       “I rode a small plane to jump and parachute,” she narrated. “But as I fall downwards, I tried to press on my button to open the parachute. But to my horror it did not open. I pressed and pressed on it over and over again, but it just wouldn’t open. In fear, I panicked and started screaming as I continued falling rapidly downwards. I lost hope and closed my eyes and prepared myself to die. I uttered a prayer and suddenly I felt someone caught me. I opened my eyes and there he was, this amazing flying man carrying me in his arms. I looked at him for a moment, extremely grateful at him. I thanked him and asked what his name was.”

       “Really, and what did he say his name was,” excitedly, the lady reporter asked.

       “He said his name was Ronan,” her reply to her and smiling a little.

       “There you have it, this flying superhero’s name is Ronan,” her statement to the viewers facing her camera. She then thanked the beautiful lady for giving her the interview and once again faced her camera.

        “This is Michaela Lopez reporting from CCB, and don’t forget you all saw and heard it from me first. Good afternoon and watch out for next update” she stated and a commercial was shown on TV.

        “Now do you believe us now grandpa?” smiling, she said to her grandfather.

        “That man is fantastic, he’s amazing!” Leonardo praised the flying man once again from his seat. He then looked at Aaron in front of him on the sofa. He quieted for a moment and stared at him.

        Noticing, Leonardo staring at him, Aaron just said, “Yeah he is amazing sir. I saw him too and I was impressed, very impressed,” he stated emphatically and looking at him and then to Danna.

        “We were all impressed, “Danna added and glanced back at Aaron.

        “Am I taking you home now sir?” Aaron suddenly asked Leonardo.

        “Yeah I’m all done signing, let’s go home,” Leonardo answered still smiling from what he had witnessed on TV.

        Aaron then drove Leonardo’s car once again and took him and Danna home.

                                                                      Chapter 6

        It was a beautiful Sunday morning, and two weeks had passed, Aaron woke up from his bed. He got up and walked to his shower room. He took a bath and changed. He looked at himself at the mirror and started combing his hair and when he was ready he headed for his car outside his house.  Aaron opened its door, got in and sat on the front seat.  He started his car and drove for Leonardo’s home near his to see Danna. He was planning to take her out.

       When he got there, he waited at the sofa and watched the TV. Shortly, Danna descended from the stairs like always, Aaron walked fast and waited for her.  When she got near him, he held her hand and greeted her. “Good morning Danna.”

        “Good morning Aaron,” she greeted back smiling at him. The two then walked towards his car. Aaron opened the car’s door for her and once again seated her on the front seat besides his.  After he got in he told her where he was taking her. She smiled and nodded hearing him.

          Aaron started his car and drove out of Leonardo’s gate. Carefully, he continued driving going to their destination.  They passed by many big and beautiful houses with beautiful gardens near Leonardo’s place. After some time, the houses and buildings disappeared from their sight. He was already following a long road beside a coastline. He drove further and finally reached their destination. He stopped at beach by the long highway far from the city.

         He smiled looking at the place and glanced at Danna by his side. Danna smiled at him and surveyed the place.

         “I remember passing by this beach when I was younger, but we never really got down from our car,” she told Aaron by her side.

         “Really, so this will be your first time to visit this place then. And I’m glad it will be with me,” he said smiling at her. Aaron then opened his car’s door, got off and headed to Danna’s side outside. He opened the door for her and assisted her going out of his car. Holding her hand, he took her to the side of the road going to the narrow cemented stairs leading to the fine white sand of the roadside beach.

         The stairs was wide enough, so Aaron descended the few stairs with her. Carefully, he assisted her and when they got down; Danna took her hand away from Aaron and started removing her sandals. She wanted to feel the fine sand under her feet. Amused, Aaron knelt on one knee, just like she was, and started removing both his sneakers. Danna finished first and Aaron next. They walked farther holding their footwear. And when they had chosen a spot, they left it on the sand. Aaron then held her hand once again and walked on the side of the beach. Far from where they were walking were many beach goers having fun from the sunlight, the sand, and the clean and clear blue sea water.

       Far as they were from them, the strong wind brought them the faint sound of their laughter. Aaron and Danna took a deep breath and filled their lungs with the fresh and clean air coming from the wide sea. A smile curved on Aaron’s lips and also on Danna’s. Glancing and smiling at each other, the two walked and stroll on the side of the beach a few feet near the shallow sea water.  Aaron was so captivated by her while the wind blew on her beautiful black hair. It moved gracefully and made her looked like beautiful sea goddess. Enthralled by her beauty, Aaron held her hand tighter, pressing on it. She looked up and watched his face. He is definitely handsome, she thought. They walked and talked along the beach for some time.  Aaron was enjoying her company and so was Danna on his.

        Aaron then let go of her hand, placed his arm around her shoulder, turned, and faced the sea. The two then looked in front of them and watched the beauty of the wideness of the blue sea.

        “Did you really think about me Aaron while I was in Canada huh?” she asked softly still looking at the sea in front of them.

         “I did Danna; I kept thinking about you and waited for this day. I waited for the time when I can be with you and hold your hand like this,” he confessed softly.

         Danna smiled hearing Aaron’s voice telling her how he waited to be with her.  Aaron let go of her hand and continued walking beside her on the sand. Quietly, the two continued walking on the side of the beach. Aaron was planning to tell her how he truly felt for her; he wanted to tell her how much he loved her. He walked ahead of her, turned around and faced her. Danna looked up and watched him looking down on her.

       “There’s something I want to tell you…” he started looking at her beautiful face.

       “What is it Aaron,” looking up at him in front of her, she asked softly.

       Aaron continued and said, “I… I want you to know that I… I-“

       “There’s a shark! There’s a shark!” screamed loudly by a horrified woman.

      Aaron and Danna looked at the side where the voice came from. The woman was looking at a group of young men and women swimming in the sea. And rapidly approaching them was a tail of a black shark. The rest of the beach goers then saw what was happening. They all screamed and shouted calling the attention of the young men and women swimming in the sea far from them, oblivious of the danger they were in.

       The young men and women turned to the direction where the crowd on the beach side was all pointing. They saw the shark that was approaching them. In fear, they screamed and started swimming away from the predator. They swam and swam away from it as the horrified crowd on the beach side continued screaming for the lives of their loved ones. The young men and women swam as fast as they could. They moved their arms and legs as fast as they could in the water.  The predator continued chasing, ready to prey on them.

       “Look there’s the flying man!” shouted one from the beach side. And everyone started seeing Aaron flying rapidly towards the direction of the shark. The young men and women continued swimming for their lives and the shark kept getting nearer and nearer. The crowd held their breaths as they watched the predator chased on the pitiful young men and women and Aaron chasing on the shark.

       Suddenly, one of the young women stopped swimming and held on her leg. Her right leg cramped and she could no longer swim. She looked back to the shark. Her tears started falling from her eyes. She wanted to scream, but she couldn’t. And when the big shark was about to bite her with its fierce fangs, she closed her eyes and readied for her death. She closed her eyes as tight as she could. She kept on closing her eyes tightly. Shortly, she started wondering why she still wasn’t feeling the shark’s fangs on her. Then she heard the crowd on the beach started clapping and cheering aloud. So slowly, she opened her eyes and to her surprise the big black shark was hanging just right above her shaking wildly as Aaron held it by its tail. He was flying just right above in front of her.

         “Are you okay?” Aaron asked looking down on her in the sea from where he was flying.  

         And aloud she replied. “Yes I am, Yes I’m okay.” Her voice suddenly came back. “Thank you so much, thank you so much Mr…. Mr…. Mr. Ronan.”

         Aaron suppressed his smirk at the way she called him. “Farewell,” he said, with the big shark still on his hand, soared up and flew rapidly away from her.

         Amidst the crowd that was still clapping and cheering aloud, Danna started looking for Aaron when she noticed he wasn’t around. She searched and searched for him among the big crowd of beach goers but she just couldn’t find her. Suddenly, she felt someone held her elbow. She turned around and looked who it was.

        “Danna,” Aaron uttered smiling at her.

        “Where have you been Aaron, I’ve been looking all over for you,” she exclaimed still looking a little worried.

        “I just went to a store and bought you this,” he said and handed her a yellow teddy bear stuff toy.

         “This is lovely Aaron,” Danna just said and laughed shaking her head. “And what was it you wanted to tell me again huh.”

         “Nothing really, I just wanted to tell you much I love… how much I love your company,” he replied and smiled a little at her.

         “I love your company too, Aaron,” she said and frowned a little. Sensing her disappointment, Aaron just reached for her and held her against him hugging her. She smiled and hugged him back looking up at him.

          “Let’s go, I’m taking you home back to your grandfather’s house,” he told her still hugging her in his arms.

           Danna looked around the place one last time and walked with Aaron towards his waiting car on the side of the road.

                                                    

                                                                          Chapter 7

       Leonardo had a meeting with some prominent businessmen in their city. He asked Aaron to accompany him and Leonardo asked if Danna wanted to come with them, she immediately agreed wanting to be with Aaron that day.

       With Danna and Leonardo both in the back seat, Aaron drove for the port. When they reached it, he immediately got off the car and opened the doors for both of them. Beside each other, the three looked at the big luxury yacht where Leonardo’s meeting was taking place.

      “Let’s go,” he told both Danna and Aaron. Even if Aaron knew that Leonardo approved of him for Danna, he controlled himself and avoided holding her hand. The three then walked towards the ship. They were immediately welcomed by a beautiful usherette.

       “Good morning Sirs, Ma’am,” she greeted pleasantly.

        The three smiled back at her and greeted her back. She gracefully moved her arm and signaled them to pass through the bridge of the yacht. Leonardo went ahead; Danna followed, and last was Aaron. Carefully they passed through the white painted bridge. And when they got through and walked a few steps inside, they were welcomed once again by another beautiful usherette.

        “Good morning Mr. Leonardo, the meeting is about to start,” pleasantly, she told Leonardo. She also greeted Danna and Aaron. Smiling at her, the three turned to the right going to the deck of the yacht. The wide deck was already filled with rich businessmen who were all seated on beautiful and comfortable seats that was prepared by the yachts crew. They were all talking and smiling at one another and when they noticed Leonardo and his company, they immediately greeted him.

         Leonardo smiled and greeted back at them. He then approached the group of businessmen, shook their hands and had himself seated. The meeting immediately started. Aaron and Danna went to the side of the deck near the smooth and round railings of the big luxury yacht. The two took a deep breath and filled their lungs with air. Smiling, the two glanced at each other.

         “This is a fabulous yacht, I must say,” Danna praised the beautiful yacht.

         “And it’s big, it’s almost as big as passenger ship,” Aaron added looking at her looking at him.

          Aaron saw two birds flying in the sky, he immediately pointed to them to Danna. Danna looked up and followed the two birds with her eyes. She was fascinated by them and so was Aaron. The two birds, that were flying side by side, then disappeared in the clouds.

         Shortly another flock of birds appeared flying in the sky, and they were all blue just like the colors of the first two birds they saw.

         “There is lots of beautiful birds in Canada too, Aaron,” she stated still looking up at the birds.

         Aaron just smiled listening at her. The meeting of the wealthy businessmen continued.

         “Danna, do you mind if I ask you, why your mother suddenly took you to Canada with her,” he stated and slightly glanced at her.

         She sighed. “I had been asking her that when we were still in Canada. And she just wouldn’t tell me. All I knew was she had an argument with Uncle Jericho about something.”

          “Really, I wonder what that argument was about that could make her leave the Philippines, just like that,” his reaction to her. He quieted for a moment. “You’re leaving the Philippines, deeply saddened Sir Leonardo Danna.”

     “I expected that, that’s why I was hesitant going with mom. And I also knew that I was going to miss him, and I did many times,” she confessed.

      “I guess we all missed each other,” Aaron just said.

       “I wonder where Uncle Jericho is right now, I haven’t really seen him since I arrived,” she stated.

       “Are you close to him huh?” Aaron asked Danna.

       “Not really, he never said anything bad to me. But I always felt he never liked me and mom,” her answer to him.

       Sensing her discomfort, he placed her arm around her and held her closer to him. When he looked back, he saw Leonardo smiling at him. He suppressed his smile looking at how happy he was looking at the two of them on the side of the yacht. When he gently rubbed his hand on her left shoulder, he heard Leonardo coughed slightly. Aaron looked back and saw Leonardo signaling him to take her somewhere else. He understood, so he walked her farther to the left of the yacht.

       Out of the sight of the wealthy businessmen, Aaron held her much closer to him. In turn Danna placed her right arm around his hips and leaned her head on his left arm. Aaron pointed to a beautiful island near the sea where the luxury yacht stopped.

        “That’s a beautiful island Aaron,” she told him looking at it far from them.

         “One of these days, I’m going to take you to a beautiful island Danna,” he promised her.

         She looked up to him by her side and smiled at him. They stayed on that side of the yacht for some time just enjoying each other’s nearness, each other’s company. Suddenly, they heard the wealthy businessmen cheering and laughing. The meeting ended and it was successful. When Danna and Aaron got there, they were shaking each other’s hands and smiling at one another.

         “We’re going to be hit by a yacht!” screamed one of the wealthy businessmen. Immediately, all the businessmen looked to the direction where the screaming businessman was pointing at.  

          And horrified, they started moving backwards. The captain of the luxury yacht immediately started his yacht. But in his calculation, it was already too late. There was no way that he could avoid the rapidly approaching yacht. The wealthy businessmen started screaming louder, all fearing for their lives. Some of them tried running all the way to the back of luxury yacht. And some stayed on the side holding tightly on to the side of the railings preparing for the impact. Some of the passengers closed their eyes and uttered a prayer. Leonardo held Danna in his arms as she looked for Aaron. “Grandpa…” Danna uttered starting to weep.

        The second yacht was just a few meters away from their yacht and was about to hit them. The big luxury yacht shook and they all felt the impact. But suddenly, they realized the second yacht did not really hit theirs. It was about two arms away from their yacht. When the shaking of the yacht subsided, they slowly moved forward to the front of the deck. They saw the unidentified Aaron right in between the front of the two ships, strongly extending his arm, holding on and waiting for the residual force of the second yacht to die down.

       Aaron waited but he could still feel the second yacht pushing on his right palm, on his right arm. Swiftly, he positioned his feet against the first yacht. With all his strength and using his two hands, he pushed against the second yacht. Slowly, it moved backwards. And when it was far enough from the first yacht, he turned it to the right. He immediately soared up and flew towards the control room of the second yacht and stopped it from moving.

        Jubilantly, the wealthy businessmen cheered and clapped aloud. All of them were extremely thankful and joyful that the amazing flying superhero saved them from a great sea disaster.

        “Wow, that was close!” one of the wealthy businessmen exclaimed.

        “Yeah that was close!” agreed another aloud.

        “Thank you flying man!” one of the wealthy businessmen finally uttered.

        “Yeah, thank you flying man!” joined in the rest of the wealthy businessmen inside the luxury yacht.

        And before Danna could start looking for Aaron once again, she felt someone held her elbow. And when she turned back she saw Aaron.

        And before she could say word, Aaron hugged her tightly in his arms. Danna looked up and tightly hugged him back. Amused, Leonardo smiled looking at Aaron and Danna hugging each other tightly near him.

                                                                                 Chapter 8

       “Thirty wealthy businessmen survived a great sea disaster early today. Yacht Calixta was docked in the sea in between the beautiful islands of San Jose and Santa Catalina when suddenly another big luxury yacht appeared and went head to head with yacht Calixta. An interview with the captain of Calixta, Captain Ishmael Laxamana, was then shown.

       “Could you please tell us what happened at the sea Captain,” stated the lady reporter Michaela Lopez.

        He looked at the camera and spoke. “Thirty wealthy businessmen just finished their business meeting at our yacht when suddenly we all saw another big yacht rapidly approaching ours. I lost hope because based on my calculation it was already impossible to avoid the second yacht. It was too close to ours in the sea. Everyone held on and prepared for the head to head impact. He took a deep breath and proceeded. We felt the impact, and our yacht shook in the sea. We all thought the other yacht hit ours. But we soon realized that it actually did not. It was actually about two arms length away from ours.

      The businessmen on the deck slowly moved forward back to the deck to find out what just happened. And to their surprise, they saw this flying man Ronan right in between the big yachts. His two strong arms prevented the collision. He was pushing against the two yachts with his strong and powerful arms.

     And when the second yacht kept on pushing on this flying man, he pushed it backwards away from our yacht and afterwards turned it to the right. The flying man then soared up and went inside the second yacht to the control room and made it stop. Thanks to him we’re still alive,” he ended his narration thanking the flying man.

     A video of Aaron was then shown swiftly flying going inside the second yacht Drex and stopping it.

     The lady reporter thanked the Captain of the yacht and proceeded with her report and brought out another interviewee, General Luis Montemayor.

     “You may proceed with your statement now General,” the lady reporter told the General.

     “We believe that the said incident was an assassination attempt to one or all of the wealthy businessmen on board. He paused and took a deep breath. We found out that second yacht was the yacht that was earlier reported to us as a victim of a hijacking incident somewhere near the two islands that you had mentioned. Yacht Drex was unmanned when it headed towards Yacht Calixta. We are still conducting farther investigation as to this matter and for now that’s all that we can reveal to the public. Thank you and good evening,” Captain Luis Montemayor ended his statement, shook the hand of the lady reporter and left.

       “Once again lives are saved because of our amazing flying superhero, Ronan. Thank you flying man; this is Michaela Lopez reporting for CCB. Good night and watch out for my next update.”

       He threw the remote on the floor and slammed his palms on his table. He groaned aloud. “When are you going to die!” he shouted in his fury. “First you have this bodyguard protecting you, and now this flying man! Ahhhhh! “Jericho screamed once again from his table inside his office. With shaking hands he held on to the side of his head and closed his eyes tightly.

                                                                        Chapter 9

       The following day inside Leonardo’s office, “Uncle Leonardo thanks God you’re alive!” exclaimed Jericho to his uncle.

        “Yeah, thanks to God indeed and to this amazing flying man who saved us, if not for him I could have been dead by now,” stated Leonardo looking at his nephew.

        Jericho noticed Aaron on the sofa and greeted him. “Aaron, the ever trustworthy bodyguard of my uncle, how are you.”

        “I’m good,” Aaron replied looking at him.

        “Aaron and Danna were actually with me inside yacht Calixta when it that incident happened Jericho,” Leonardo told Jericho from where he was sitting behind his table.

        “Really,” Jericho just said looking at him. If not for that show-off flying man you and your granddaughter could have been dead by now, silently whispered Jericho to himself smiling at his uncle from his seat. “Our city is so lucky we have this amazing flying superhero protecting us.”

        “We’re lucky indeed Jericho,” agreed Leonardo and leaned back on his seat.

        “Aren’t you worried Aaron, that this flying man will take your job as bodyguard to my uncle huh?” he asked and teased Aaron looking at him.

        Aaron smiled. “Not really, but if he does, I won’t really mind. He can best protect Leonardo more than anyone else,” he answered.

       “By the way Jericho, what brought you here? I haven’t really seen you for a long time now,” Leonardo asked him.

        “Nothing really uncle, I just wanted to check on you. Even if you escaped from that assassination attempt on you, I still worry about you. I was just checking if Aaron is still doing his job,” his answer to Leonardo.

        “How did you know it was an assassination attempt on Leonardo?” Aaron asked looking straight at him.

        Jericho looked straight back at Aaron, sensing it was a loaded question directed at him. He shrugged his shoulders off, “Just a hunch. He’s the richest businessman on that boat, I suppose.”

        “And now that I’m certain that your ever loyal bodyguard, Aaron is doing great with his job protecting you, I can be at peace knowing that my uncle will always be protected from any harm that could come his way,” he said, smiled at Leonardo and stood up. “Bye Uncle.”

       “Bye Jericho,” Leonardo replied and smiled at him. Leonardo’s secretary came in and brought him some documents to sign. Aaron stayed with Leonardo the whole day in his office. And after Leonardo was done with his paper works, Aaron drove him to his big house.

        Leonardo invited him for dinner and Danna joined in. After their delicious dinner, Leonardo went to his room and rested leaving Aaron and Danna to each other. Aaron then pulled her chair closer to his and placed his arm around her shoulder. Danna leaned on his left shoulder. Quietly, they sat beside each other for some time.

        “Danna, I’ve seen Jericho today,” he stated from his seat.

        “Really, how is he?” she just asked glancing up to him by her side.

         He looked at her for a moment. “Danna, I don’t want you going near him,” he told her in his concerned and worried voice.

         “Huh, why?” she suddenly asked him wondering.

          “Nothing really, I just don’t trust him. The truth is I never did,” her answer to her.

         “But what if I see him at grandpa’s office?” she suddenly asked him.

         “Just don’t be alone with him,” he added gently rubbing her shoulder. “Just do it for me okay.”

         “Okay, I’ll follow your advice,” she answered.

          He inhaled and immediately smiled at her. “Would you like to go to the rooftop with me Danna?” he asked in a joyful mode.

          She glanced at him with one eye smiling. “Okay,” she just said.

          He then held her other hand and gently dragged her going to the rooftop. And when they got there, they took a deep breath and filled their lungs with air. In the middle of the rooftop and in the dark of the night with the bright stars and the full moon above them, he held her closer to him hugging her. And still hugging her with his two arms he lifted her in front him. She was looking down on him and he was looking up at her.

          “Danna,” he uttered smiling at her.

          “Aaron,” she uttered back.

          “I love you,” with all the love in his eyes he told her.

           “Aaron,” she uttered once again with a smile in her eyes.

           “Danna,” he uttered once again.

           “I love you too,” with all the love in her heart she answered him.

          Still hugging her, he lowered her and their lips locked. He kissed her with all his heart. He kissed and kissed her and stopped only to say, “This is the happiest night of my life Danna,” he said smiling at his woman.

          “This is the happiest night of my life too Aaron,” she replied smiling at her man and once again felt his masculine lips kissing her soft red alluring lips.

         

                                                                               Chapter 10

       Contented Aaron stopped. He moved his arms to her hips and pulled her towards him. Danna raised her arms around his neck looking up to him. Deeply, he looked into her eyes. “Do you really love me…” he asked softly.

       “I love you with all my heart Aaron,” she replied with all the love she had for him.

        He gently removed her arms around him and turned his back on her and looked up to the heavens for a moment.  “I am not like you Danna…. “Aaron softly confessed. “I am not like the rest of you Danna…”

        “Aaron?” she said waiting for him and looking at him from behind.

        “I’m an alien Danna…. I came from another planet…” he said revealing the deep secret of his true identity to her. Aaron waited for Danna to speak, he wanted her to say that she still love him.

        “Aaron I always felt like you’re not like me, you’re not like us. I just wasn’t sure what you really were,” she confessed to him from behind him.

         Aaron turned around and looked at her beautiful face. “Aaron remember the night when we first saw each other, I was at the foot of the mountain when I saw a spacecraft descended from the clouds. I will admit I was really terrified. So I walked hurried to our house. And as I was walking I felt someone following me. I was afraid so I did not look back. In fear I kept looking ahead, to the path I was threading. And when I got near our house, I took courage to turn my back and see what or who was following me. And when I saw you, when I saw your face the fear immediately disappeared from my heart. I wasn’t sure but I knew you weren’t like us. You were wearing a space suit Aaron…” her narration to him.

        Aaron took a step forward and held her hands. He looked down to her face, caressed her face with his hands and hugged her tightly back in his arms. “Danna… Danna…” Aaron uttered feeling her love for him.

       “I will always love you Aaron….” she uttered hugging him back burying her face on his chest.

       “I will always love you too Danna…” he vowed to her hugging her more tightly. He then held her face back in his hands, lowered his head and kissed her lips once again. He kissed her with all his heart and soul whispering her name and whispering his love for her over and over again.   

       Aaron stopped kissing her only to say, “Will you fly with me Danna…?”

       “Yes, I will my handsome flying man,” she replied.

       “You knew all along Dana…?” he suddenly asked looking down at her beautiful face.

       “I didn’t know at first but when I saw you at the yacht, I knew it was you,” she confessed smiling at him.

       “Danna…” overflowing with happiness, Aaron uttered hugging her once again. “Close your eyes Danna…” he whispered to her. Danna closed her eyes and slowly felt rising from the rooftop. She smiled, with her eyes closed and her head leaning on his chest. Standing, Aaron flew her higher and higher.  The two felt the wind getting colder stronger up in the sky, Aaron whispered. “Open your eyes Danna…”

        Danna opened her eyes, glanced down to her side and saw the beauty of the big city from above the sky. “It’s beautiful from up here Aaron…” she told him

        “Yes it is Danna,” he replied looking at her around his arm up in the sky. The many tall buildings, bridges, and the colorful lights around them fascinated Dana. The top of the trees made more visible by the bright lights on ornamental posts looked fabulous and fantastic from where they were flying in the sky. The moving lights from the many cars travelling and lining up on the roads also looked breathtaking from above. It was amusing to watch the way the cars moved and stopped synchronically on the brightly lighted sidewalks and the many people crossing on the pedestrian lanes. The lines of huge mountains near their city and the many beautifully lit houses on them made Danna smile. The whole scenery took Dana’s breath away.

        Aaron then held Danna around her hips and tilted downwards. Horizontally, Aaron flew Danna across the city they were living. He flew her straight. He flew her in wide circles. He also flew her cyclical forward hugging her. He flew and flew her and when they got to the middle of the ocean he stopped.  Aaron and Danna watched the beautiful and brightly lit ships voyaging in many different parts of the wide ocean. They looked like beautiful toys in a miniature city surrounded by water everywhere. Danna held her breath watching all of it.

       “Do you like what you see Danna…?” Aaron softly asked with his arm still around her slender waist.

        “The whole of the ocean with the brightly lit ships around it looks amazing from up here Aaron…” she told him.

        Aaron then flew still standing and hugging Danna around her waist. He looked down on her beautiful face and lowered his head. He kissed her on her lips. “I love you Danna…” he uttered feeling her against him. Danna buried her face and felt the warmth of his chest. Aaron then flew higher and nearer to the clouds.

        Aaron pointed the bright stars to Danna. Danna looked to the stars where Aaron was pointing.

        “Danna, I came from a planet far, far away from yours,” Aaron told her. With a smile on her lips, she listened to him. It is two galaxies away from Earth’s galaxy. I came from the planet Lima and we are called Limans. And it has five moons surrounding it. And just like here on Earth, we also have nights and days. And just like here on Earth, we also have twenty-four hours a day and three hundred sixty five days a year.

        I lived in a magnificent palace made of gold and adorned with diamonds and valuable colorful crystals. My father, Ronald and my mother, Aurora is the king and the queen of our kingdom.

        Our kingdom’s citizens are all peace loving. Everyone is friends to everyone. We share everything we have to each other. Our kingdom is inhabited by a happy and contented Limans.

        But as peace loving as we were, we have an enemy from the planet Gora, the Gorans. Our technology is well advanced but theirs was way, way more advanced than ours. They wanted to conquer our planet and to turn us into their slaves.

        My father and the citizens knew that we will be easily defeated by our enemy. For years, the king and his officials searched for a planet that we can move to, to avoid our enemies. But they did not found a suitable one. Limans breathe on Oxyn, a colorless gaseous element found in our planet. They gathered many different samples of air from many different planets in different galaxies, but none was breathable for Limans. Except for the oxygen we found from your planet, Earth. It was breathable, yes, but only I can breathe on it.    

       And to ensure my safety, a day before the invasion of the Gorans, my father, the queen and our citizens sent me here on Earth on board a spacecraft. I was sent here for my safety Danna, but now I know why. Fate sent me here on Earth to find you… to love you… I love you Danna…” Aaron narrated and declared his love for Danna

       She looked up to him. “And you were also sent here on Earth, so I can love you back Aaron… with all my heart, I love you too Aaron…” she replied and tilted her head upwards to him, reaching for him.

        Looking down at her, Aaron smiled, lowered his head and once again kissed her on her soft red lips. He kissed and kissed her making her feel all the love that he had for her.

                                                                   Chapter 11

       At Leonardo’s office, Aaron was watching Leonardo as he continued with his paper work on his table. Leonardo noticed him smiling at him. He suddenly sensed something. He asked Aaron. “Is there anything that you want to tell me Aaron huh?”

         With a smile on his lips, he nodded. “Yes, Sir Leonardo.”

          “What do you want to tell me then Aaron?” excitedly he asked him from where he was sitting.

         “Danna is my girlfriend now, Sir Leonardo,” looking happy and proud he told Leonardo.

         “That’s great Aaron!” overjoyed, Leonardo exclaimed.

         “Yeah, it is Sir Leonardo,” he agreed still smiling at his good fate.

         “So that explains why Danna looked so happy when we were having breakfast early today,” he uttered laughing and looking at him.

         “Really,” Aaron just said, his smile looking a little giddy.

          “Yeah, she looked very happy,” stated Leonardo. “As early as now, I’m welcoming you to our family.” He then paused at what he just said and looked him in the eye. “And I suppose you have another plan for you and my granddaughter huh, Aaron…” he said waiting for an answer as he continued looking him in the eye.

          Understanding what Leonardo meant Aaron said smiling at him, “Of course Sir Leonardo, I have a plan for me and Danna, a good plan.”

          “Thanks Aaron, I want the best for you and for my beloved granddaughter Danna,” he stated from his heart.

          “Thank you too Sir Leonardo,” Aaron thanked him back for his acceptance of his relationship with Danna.

           “My ever reliable bodyguard is now the boyfriend of my granddaughter,” Leonardo stated aloud to himself and smiling at himself.

           “What did you just say uncle?” Jericho asked as he entered Leonardo’s office, approached Leonardo and sat in front of him.

            “Oh, Jericho you’re here,” Leonardo suddenly said. “You see, Aaron here is now the boyfriend of your niece Danna,” he told here, happiness in his eyes looking at him.

            Jericho slowly shook his head and glanced back at Aaron on the sofa. He looked Aaron in the eye for a moment and glanced back at his uncle. “And you’re happy about this uncle huh?” he asked looking at his face.

            “Of course,” Leonardo immediately said. “Very happy,” he added still beaming with happiness.

            Jericho shrugged off his shoulders. “Well, if you’re happy about this uncle, then I should be happy about it too,” his statement clinching his fist near the table and not seen by both Aaron and Leonardo.

            “Yeah, you should be happy Jericho, I have no other man in mind for Danna other than Aaron,” he told Jericho.

            “And I suppose that Aaron here is the happiest man in this room right now,” Jericho stated hiding his sarcasm and glancing back at Aaron on the sofa.

            “I definitely am,” Aaron said and looked straight at him, at his eyes.

            “Good morning Grandpa,” Danna greeted as she entered Leonardo’s office. She saw Jericho. “Uncle,” she uttered.

             “My niece Danna, how are you,” he said and greeted her.

             “I’m fine uncle,” she replied and glanced at Aaron on the sofa beside the wall. Aaron gave her a smile.

              Leonardo smiled at her granddaughter. “Why don’t you go to the sofa and sit beside Aaron, Danna,” he said, humor and happiness in his voice.

              Danna suddenly glanced back at Aaron on the sofa. Aaron stood up and walked towards her. He immediately placed his arm around her shoulder and spoke to her. “I already told your grandpa about our relationship now Danna. “

              “You did,” she just said from his arm.

              “He did Danna, “Leonardo stated. “And I have already given him my full approval,” he added smiling at his beautiful granddaughter.

              “Thank you grandpa, that means a lot to me,” she replied and smiled at Leonardo and then to Aaron.

              Jericho stood up from his seat. “A very happy family occasion,” he just said. “I’ll leave the three of you now. It looks like you have a lot of happy words to say to each other at the moment. We’ll catch up later Danna,” he told Danna and smiled at her.

             “Okay uncle,” Danna said and smiled at him. Jericho then bid good bye to both Danna and Leonardo and left the room.

             Danna then sat on the other seat in front of Leonardo and Aaron on the seat where Jericho sat earlier. Smiling and beaming with happiness, Leonardo alternately glanced at both Aaron and Danna for some time.

             “The two of you made me the happiest grandfather today,” he told them, stood up and smiled and said, “I’m taking the day off, let’s go somewhere and celebrate my beloved grandchildren.”

                                                                        Chapter 12

       Weeks passed and Aaron asked the permission of Leonardo to take Danna out in the morning. Happily, Leonardo agreed and so Aaron headed to Leonardo’s house and fetched her on his own car. He took him to a beautiful island with beautiful fine and white sands that he promised her while they were on the yacht. Immensely, the two enjoyed their stay at the island. They spent the whole day having fun in the clear blue water swimming, playing beach games, and lying on the sands close beside each other.

       When they went back to the city, Aaron took Danna with him to fetch Leonardo and to take him home. But when they reached his building, the office staffs, who looked extremely worried, told them that Leonardo had an unexpected meeting outside the building and he was abducted right in the middle of city.

       Danna cried and buried her head in Aaron’s chest worrying about her grandfather. Aaron immediately took her to his office and from there he promised her that he is going to find and rescue him. On their way out of the building, Aaron talked to the two guards that Leonardo took with him but was easily subdued by the many hoodlums that attacked them on the street. He asked them the exact location of the abduction and to what direction the getaway vehicle of the hoodlums headed for. And after they told him, Aaron took Danna to Leonardo’s house and commanded the many security guards to take good care and watch Danna as he tried to find a way on how he could find and rescue Leonardo.

       After Aaron said good bye to the worried Danna, from the balcony of her room, Aaron soared up and rapidly flew in the sky. He wasted no time and headed for Jericho’s big house. He was his prime suspect for Leonardo’s abduction. Up in the air, he surveyed his big house. Aaron did not see Jericho’s car so he concluded that he wasn’t home and was probably at where he was keeping Leonardo. Immediately from above, he left the place and looked around the city for any clue of Leonardo’s whereabouts.

       Meanwhile in an abandoned building, “Jericho, what are you doing here?” the sudden question of Leonardo sitting and tied on a chair inside a big room surrounded by many hoodlums.

       But Jericho ignored his question and instead glanced around the many hoodlums and started clapping. “Good work, congratulations men. We finally have my good uncle with us,” he stated smiling at them. “And welcome to my place uncle Leonardo,” he finally said looking at him tied on the chair.

      “You’re the one who had me abducted, Jericho?” Leonardo asked once again.

       “Obviously,” he said smiling at his uncle. “Yes Uncle Leonardo, I’m the one who got you abducted. In fact I was also the one who had you attacked when you first meet that Aaron bodyguard of ours. But unlike before now we succeeded. Should I say, I owe a lot to Danna for distracting your ever reliable bodyguard Aaron,” he stated and laughed mockingly at Leonardo.

        “How could you do this to me Jericho? I’ve taken good care of you. Even if you’re not my son, I gave you my money and my support,” angrily Leonardo said, unable to believe that Jericho could do such things to him.

         “Of course you did uncle. You’re a good man, you’re a good uncle. Only I’m not a good nephew. Because I just don’t want your money, I want all of it and all for myself. Do you think I wouldn’t know? You had already signed your testament living all your properties and wealth to Danna. That good for nothing granddaughter of yours,” disdainfully he uttered Danna’s name.

         “You’re not getting away with this Jericho, I swear,” Leonardo vowed angrily from his seat looking at him. “You’re not getting away with this all of you.”

         Jericho suddenly clapped. “Wow such courage and trust. But how do you say, moments from now you’ll be dead and soon my beautiful niece Danna.”

         “Leave my granddaughter alone Jericho! I command you!” furiously he commanded him

         But Jericho simply laughed off his command. “You’re in no position to command me uncle, you’re no chairman of the board in this building. You’re our captive if you’re forgetting it,” he stated and laughed aloud mocking him. His men joined in and laughed aloud with him all looking at their captive Leonardo tied on a chair.

         “When Danna dies, I’ll be the next heir in line. And all your wealth shall go to me. All mine. Do you hear me uncle.”

          “You’re an ingrate!” Leonardo shouted at him furiously looking at him.

          “Call me any name you want, I’m just so happy. I can’t wait until I get all your wealth,” he stated and laughed once again.

          Jericho’s phone rang so politely he excused himself from Leonardo and distanced himself from him in the big room. He then answered it, it was his wife calling him and asking if they were successful with Leonardo’s kidnapping.

          Meanwhile up in the air, Aaron continued looking outside the city and when he focused at the foot of a tall mountain. He saw a big and isolated building. From the sky he approached it. He saw a car and as he got closer he realized it was Jericho’s black sports car. He saw the many hoodlums surrounding the whole building.  Convinced that it was the hideout where Jericho was keeping Leonardo, he rapidly flew towards the main door and landed right in front of the astounded hoodlums.

         “Are you all letting me in voluntarily, or I’ll bundle you all up?” he asked calmly looking at all of them.

         “We know you’re strong but how can you avoid all of us. There are just too many of us and you’re only one,” the leader of the hoodlums outside the building stated.

       Immediately, the hoodlums circled him outside the abandoned big building. And together they ran towards him in the middle of them but when they were about to get Aaron, he immediately soared up. He swiftly flew upwards above them and one by one kicked them on the head. Flying, he kicked them hard and one by one they started grimacing in pain. The many hoodlums surrounding him all grimaced in extreme pain. He flew a little higher more above them. And when the hoodlums realized that he was going to give them another serving of his crispy kicks they immediately scampered away and flee leaving Aaron all alone outside the building.

       Aaron lowered himself near the door and opened it. And inside he continued flying searching for Leonardo. He saw another door and entered. And when got inside he was immediately met by another group of many hoodlums all in white shirt and jeans.

      Aaron addressed them, still flying. “I already made your friends outside the building ran away. How about you just ran away too and save us all the trouble.”

      “Really, but we’re triple more than them. There’s no way you can beat us,” the leader of the group inside that room stated looking at the lone Aaron.

       “You seem to have a point there, but you see I could also move triple faster and kick triple harder. And without waiting for them to surround and attack him, Aaron flew above them and one by one kicked them hard on the head. He kicked from one head to the next all around the big room and in just a short time all of them grimaced in pain and before Aaron could give them another serving of his smoking hot kicks they all scampered and ran away heading straight out of the building and all swearing not to mess with him again.

       He flew towards another door and went through it. He saw a long corridor and followed it flying. At the end of it he saw another door and when he got inside he saw Leonardo tied on a chair and surrounded by two times many hoodlums than he encountered second. They all looked towards him and so did Jericho who was still talking to his accomplice wife.

       Leonardo saw the flying man once again and felt a sudden surge of hope. Quickly, Jericho ordered his men to prepare to attack the flying man. He made them fall in line. Aaron watched them as they fall in line in front of him. He glanced at Leonardo on a chair and bowed a little at him signaling him that he was there to rescue him.

      “Leave or suffer!” Jericho commanded the flying man staring at him.

       “Really, how about we leave now and I’ll accompany to jail,” Aaron told Jericho looking at him as he continued flying a little above the white tiled floor.

       “Really, how about we beat you all up and tie you up afterwards,” Jericho replied and laughed. His hoodlums laughed with him.  Jericho immediately ordered the first line of hoodlums to approach the flying man who already landed on the ground. They maintained their line approaching him.

        Aaron stared them down. He positioned himself on the first hoodlum in the line. And when they were near him, Aaron punched the first hoodlum in the chest, slid rapidly on the tile floor going to the right and punched the next on his chest, he slid and slid going to the right and punched and punched on the chest. One by one the hoodlums in the line grimaced in pain and fell on the floor.

       Jericho commanded the next line of hoodlums to attack the flying man. They too maintained their line. Aaron positioned himself once again on the first hoodlum in the line. And when they got near him, He flew and tilted himself horizontally. Flying horizontally, he kicked the first hoodlum in the line on his chest. Still flying horizontally, moved to the next and kicked on the chest, he moved to the next hoodlum and kicked and kicked. One by one they all grimaced in pain and fell on the floor looking and fearing the flying man.

       Aaron did not wait anymore for Jericho to make another command. With almost a blinding speed, Aaron punched the hoodlum one by one in the face. Aaron slid here and there against the floor from one hoodlum to another punching them hard in the face and in just a short time all of them were grimacing in pain on the white tiled floor. Extremely fearing his great strength and blinding speed, they all got up and ran away from the room and from the building.

      Jericho tried to run with them, but Aaron rapidly flew towards him kicking him on his back. He dropped on the floor feeling the pain of his kick. Aaron saw a rope and tied him up making sure that he could no longer escape. He turned his back to face Leonardo still tied on the chair. He immediately flew towards him and untied him.

       “Are you okay?” he asked him as Leonardo started standing up.

       “Yeah, I’m okay thanks to you Ronan,” he uttered smiling at him. “Thank you, thank you.”

       “You’re most welcome,” smiling at him he replied. Aaron called the police and when they got there, they immediately arrested and took Jericho with them inside their police car. The officer of the policemen ordered one of his men to take Leonardo inside his car and bring him to his home and back to his family. And after Leonardo had left the place, Aaron rapidly flew soared up and flew away from the place, happy and contented that he had saved the grandfather of the woman he truly loved.

                                                                               Chapter 13

       When Leonardo reached his house, Aaron was already with Danna happily waiting for him. And when Danna saw her grandfather inside their house, she immediately hugged him. She was in tears. “I don’t know what I’m going to do if I lost you grandpa,” teary eyed, she said.

       “Stop crying Danna, I will always go home because I know you’re waiting for me,” he said drying her tears with his thumbs.

       Danna forced herself to smile and hugged her beloved grandfather back. Aaron smiled looking at the two hugging each other both so happy to see each other once again.

      “I’m sorry, I wasn’t there to protect you Sir Leonardo,” Aaron told Leonardo.

       “It’s okay, I understand. I gave you permission, remember,” Leonardo said and smiled at him patting his shoulder gently.

        Leonardo narrated his abduction and his rescue by the flying man to both Danna and Aaron. Smiling at him, Danna and Aaron listened and after Leonardo was done he left the two of them and headed to his room for his much needed rest.

       Smiling at each other, Aaron and Danna held each other’s hands. Danna tiptoed and kissed Aaron on his lips and then on his cheeks and thanked him. “Thank you Aaron… thank you.”

       Aaron just hugged her back and kissed her on her lips. They hugged and hugged each other for a long time. Both immensely happy and relieved that Leonardo was home safe and sound.

      Aaron and Danna then moved to their beautiful garden and sat together on a long bench. Aaron placed his arm around her shoulder. Danna then leaned slightly towards him by her side. They were both looking up in the sky and watching the bright stars and the captivating half moon. They wandered their gaze above them and enjoyed each other’s nearness.

      “The stars are so bright tonight, Aaron,” Danna said still looking at all the sparkling stars in the darkness of the night.

      “They are bright and lovely, Danna,” he replied also looking upwards into the sky. “In our planet I also watched the bright stars in our sky. My father would point to me a star and he would tell me its name. He made me memorize their names and told me that every star in our sky have a good story. And I remember him telling me many stories about them. And up to now I still remember them…” he narrated to Danna.

       “You really miss your parents Aaron do you; you really miss your planet…” Danna asked and afterwards turned serious and quiet beside him.

       “Yeah, I do miss my father and my mother Danna and also our planet,” he confessed and gazed idly above them and sensing her worry, he continued.  The night after you returned back here in our country, I saw the spacecraft that brought me here once again. And through it I was able to talk to my father. He told me that they have revolted and defeated our enemies. We now control the planet or our enemies and had recovered our own. And on that night I also learned from my father that oxygen could make me fly,” he narrated to her and still sensing her worry he continued. “My father asked me to go home and go back to our planet Danna, but I refused.”

       Hearing what he said, Danna buried her face on his chest and hugged him lovingly in her arms. “I told him, that I cannot go with him because I want to be with the woman that I love. He was happy for me and he allowed me to stay here and be with you,” he told her and gently kissed her on her hair.

       “Thank you for choosing to be with me Aaron,” she said hugging him tighter.

       “I will always choose you Danna, you’re my life now. And loving you is what I want to do for the rest of my life,” lovingly he told Danna.

         “I will love you for the rest of my life too Aaron,” from the bottom of her heart Danna replied.

          Aaron glanced at her and seeing the sincerity and love in her face his other hand reached for her face caressing it. He then reached for her and kissed her lips. She responded and kissed him back.

          He stopped and spoke to her. “I don’t want this moment to end Danna... All that I will do is for you and for your happiness,” he whispered and kissed her once again. After they kissed, with his arm around her, they sat quietly beside each other once again and continued looking up watching the moon and the myriad stars above them.

                                                                         Chapter 14

        Weeks passed, Danna and Aaron continued dating each other and enjoying every moment of it. Meanwhile, the wife of Jericho who was his accomplice had been planning to extract her husband from the police custody in their police precinct. When Jericho was being transported on a police mobile going to the city jail, two black cars blocked its way. Many hoodlums suddenly went out from the two black cars and headed quickly to the police mobile that was carrying Jericho. The three police men inside fought back against the many hoodlums that blocked and attacked them. And while they were fighting another two cars stopped from behind the police mobile and from it came out another group of hoodlums. Severely, outnumbered the three police men were easily defeated and Jericho was extracted by the hoodlums sent by his wife, Gina. They boarded Jericho on their getaway cars and all hurried away from the three police men who they tied up and left in the middle of the road. The hoodlums drove their cars fast. And after some time they reached their new hideout. Jericho went out of the car and was hurriedly met by his wife. They immediately hugged each other and went inside their hideout.

        The media had been continually reporting Jericho’s escape. Words condemning Jericho and his treacheries were aired on many different TV stations. Jericho became a public enemy and a most wanted criminal. And because of this he vowed revenge not only on his relatives but also to all the city dwellers but above all he wanted revenge on the flying man that caused his capture.

        Jericho had long been interested on robotics. And he had hired several scientists from different parts of the world to help him with his ambition. He had been working with them for five years. He received a call from them on his new hideout. He suddenly leaped with joy with what he heard from one of his scientists. He and his wife, Gina hurried and drove towards their secret underground laboratory.

       When they reached the entrance of a secluded and hidden cave, its automatic door quickly opened. Jericho drove inside and the door closed automatically. He drove some more and when they reached the entrance of the laboratory; they got off his car and stood in front of the door. He pushed on five of the nine buttons inputting the entrance code. It opened and the two entered, and before their eyes stood a life-size robot. Jericho gave it a good look surveying and assessing it. He nodded in appreciation.

        One of the scientists immediately approached the robot and addressed their Boss Jericho. “He is ready for your command sir,” he stated smiling at Jericho. He immediately showed videos on what their robot can do. And once again Jericho nodded in appreciation. So they immediately headed to the control room and started with their plans.

       Moments later, the people crowding the big city suddenly screamed and panicked. In the middle of the street was the life-size robot that Jericho and his scientists sent. In fear they watched the robot as it continued walking in the middle of the street from their hiding place.   

      The robot started lifting the abandoned cars of the horrified city dwellers. One by one he threw them towards the sidewalks, and towards the buildings he passed by. The cars smoked and burned. And the screams of the city dwellers became louder all fearing for their lives and safety. The robot continued wrecking havoc in the middle of the city throwing all cars he passed by against tall buildings and skyscrapers. The city smoked and burned on many places.

       “It’s the flying man,” screamed one of the suddenly hopeful horrified city dweller from his hiding place. The others looked up and they too felt a sudden hope with his arrival. They watched him as he continued descending from the sky going to the ruthless robot. The robot saw Aaron, he immediately raised his right arm and from his closed metal fists came out red laser lights and fired towards the direction of Aaron above.

        Swiftly Aaron moved and flew to his right and avoided the first attack from the robot. The robot fired once again with his red laser light towards him and Aaron once again moved swiftly and avoided it. But the robot did not quit he raised both his arms and from both his metal fists released successive and many red lasers towards Aaron. But with Aarons blinding speed he was able to escape it all. Immediately, Aaron flew towards him going closer to him.

         The square compartment in the robot’s chest opened and five red laser lights appeared and went shooting out from it. It went to the direction of the approaching Aaron, and still with his overwhelming and blinding speed Aaron escaped it all. Rapidly, he flew above him, circling him and from behind him Aaron surveyed the whole of the life-size robot. The robot sensed Aaron behind him, slowly it tried to turn around to face Aaron, but Aaron was too quick for him, immediately kicked him from the air hitting the middle of his back and instantly the robot fell and slammed hard on the road. It smoked and burned. Both its hands were cut loose. It tried to stand up once again but Aaron descended rapidly. And with the speed of his descent towards his back, the robot was flattened on the road and remained motionless on the ground.

         Immediately, the city dwellers went out of their hiding places and started cheering and applauding the flying man, they knew as Ronan as he magnificently flew slightly above the downed robot.  Once again the amazed city dwellers started taking pictures and videos of the flying man. And when the flying man was certain that the robot could no longer do any damage to the city, he immediately soared up and rapidly flew away from the crowd and disappeared up in the sky.

        Inside their secret laboratory in a cave, Jericho was so furious at his defeat and vented his anger on his scientists screaming at them on how easily the flying man defeated it. He screamed and screamed in his extreme fury. Hesitantly, they apologized and vowed to him that they are going to finish their other robot and assured him that it was more powerful and could easily defeat their enemy, the flying man only known as Ronan.

       With that information, Jericho calmed down and together with his wife slowly left the laboratory and headed on their car towards their hideout far from that place.

       Aaron, Danna and Leonardo, watched the videos of the attack of the robot in the middle of the city and how the flying man easily defeated it. Many testimonies of the city dwellers who had witnessed the attack of the robot and its eventual defeat by the flying man were aired on all channels airing on their city.

      “We are all so lucky to have this flying man on our side,” Leonardo stated as he continued watching the coverage of the reporters who had received videos from the witnesses of the said occurrence.

      “Yes, we definitely are lucky he is on our side, grandpa,” Danna agreed smiling and pinching Aaron by her side.

      “How about you Aaron what can you say about this flying man huh?” Leonardo asked Aaron glancing at him beside Danna who was in the middle of the two of them.

       “Well, I’m just as impressed as you are Sir Leonardo,” Aaron just said smiling at him and then to Danna beside him.

       “I still haven’t forgotten the way he saved me from my nephew Jericho,” Leonardo stated. “I wonder where that man is now. But I don’t worry; I have hired more security guards to guard my house. And I have you Aaron when I go to my office.”

       “Thanks for trusting me completely Sir Leonardo, that really means a lot to me,” Aaron just said looking at him.

        “You’re lucky grandpa, you have Aaron as your bodyguard,” Danna just said grinning at Aaron by her side.

         “I’m definitely lucky for having Aaron as my bodyguard Danna, but you’re also lucky for having him as your boyfriend,” he replied and teased Danna smiling at the two, so close to one another beside him on the sofa.

          Danna just smiled at her grandfather and then to Aaron who smiled back at her. Aaron then bid good bye and drove his car towards his home near Leonardo’s.

                                                                          Chapter 15

       Another week passed and Danna’s mother came home and with her was Danna’s best friend in America, Erica. Leonardo’s driver who had already returned to work for Leonardo fetched them. Danna and Aaron were not able to fetch them because they weren’t in the house when Leonardo learned of their coming home.

      With two cars, filled with security guards escorting them, they arrived on Leonardo’s house. Hesitantly, Danna’s mother, Cleofe, approached to pay respect to her father-in-law.

      “Good afternoon father,” she greeted him politely and looking around the place for her daughter Danna.

      “Danna’s not around,” Leonardo told her noticing her looking around for her. “It’s nice to see you again Cleofe. I know we have a lot to talk about. And I’m happy you came home after a long, long time.”

      “By the way this is Erica, Danna’s best friend,” Cleofe introduced her daughter’s best friend to Leonardo.

      “Nice to meet you too Erica,” he said smiling at her near Cleofe on the sofa they were sitting in the living room.

      Leonardo asked their maid to bring some drinks for both her guests and for him. While they were waiting for the drinks to arrive, the door opened and Danna came in. She gasped when she saw her mom talking to her grandfather on the sofa. “Mom!” she exclaimed and hurried towards them.

       “How are you Danna?” Erica greeted her excitedly. Danna greeted her back and hugged her mom and then her. She then sat beside her mom.

        “I didn’t know you were coming home Mom,” Danna uttered looking at her mom beside her.

         “I didn’t know you were coming home either, Danna,” Cleofe, uttered looking at her.

          Danna blushed looking at her grandfather.

          “Danna you didn’t ask permission from Cleofe that you’re coming home to the Philippines huh?” Leonardo suddenly asked.

          “I’m sorry grandpa, I hid the truth from you,” she stated apologizing. “I just wanted to go home, because I really missed you grandpa. I miss seeing you…” she uttered looking at him.  “And I also knew mom wouldn’t let me if I asked her,” she added looking at her.

          “I’m sorry about that, Danna,” she stated looking at her and then to Leonardo.

           “I think it’s time that I tell you what really happened Danna. Why I suddenly decided to leave our country and took you with me to America,” Cleofe stated.

           “Yeah, what happened Cleofe why did you leave me and took Danna away from me,” Leonardo said waiting for her explanation.

            Cleofe took a deep breath. “The truth was I left our country to protect you Danna. Jericho threatened to kill you if I don’t leave this country,” she told them.

            “Why didn’t you tell me about it Cleofe?” aghast, Leonardo suddenly asked looking intently at her.

            “If you still remember, I was a manager of one of your branch. And you knew I was so busy back then. I was so busy sometimes I signed papers in a hurry without really looking at them,” she explained. “And Jericho had tricked me into signing a document authorizing an illegal transaction. Making me look like, I had stolen millions from your company father.

            “I wanted to tell you, father, that Jericho had threatened the life of my daughter. But when he learned of it he immediately showed me that document that I mistakenly signed. And told me that he would convince you that I was merely making an alibi because he was going to report to you the illegal transaction that he made me look I committed. I thought about it and decided it would be better if I just leave this country. I was really convinced that you were going to take his side because of that document. And in fear I just decided to leave and do what Jericho wanted, to take Danna away from you father. I just want your safety Danna. That’s all I wanted all these years,” she narrated explaining her side.

            Leonardo shook his head. “He had been fooling me all those years. I given him all my support and trust and this was all I got in return. He knew I love my granddaughter so much, and he took her away from me. We have wasted fourteen years of our lives being away from each other and all because of that ingrate,” trying to control his fury, Leonardo stated. He took a deep breath and calmed himself down.

           “That’s okay, grandpa. What matter now, is we all know the truth,” Danna told her grandfather.

            “Yeah, I guess we should just be contented with that,” Leonardo finally said.

            “I feel so relieved now, I feel like a big load has been taken off my chest,” Cleofe stated. “But I still wish that he gets captured for abducting you father. That way he would also be punished for stealing our lives together,” Cleofe added.

            “I wonder where that ingrate is hiding right now,” Leonardo just said from his seat.

             “Don’t worry grandpa, I’m sure the police will catch him eventually,” Danna told her grandfather sensing his anger. “He can’t hide from the law that long.”

             The drinks that Leonardo asked for them then arrived and they all drank and felt refreshed immediately. Smiling, Danna glanced alternately at her mother and her grandfather talking to each other. She was so happy the two looked happy talking to each other.

           Aaron, who decided to stay outside and talked to the Leonardo’s driver who just returned for work, came in and saw Danna’s mother and immediately recognized her. He smiled at her. Danna signaled him to approach them. And when he got near them, she immediately introduced Aaron to her.

          “Mom this is Aaron, he’s my boyfriend,” she told her and looked at her.

          “Good afternoon, Ma’am,” Aaron greeted her pleasantly and smiled at her.

           “Good afternoon, young man,” she greeted her back and glanced at her daughter Danna.

            “Good afternoon to you too, handsome man,” Erica butted in looking curiously at Aaron. “Danna, you once told me Aaron is really handsome, but you never told me he is this handsome.”

            “Nice to meet you,” Aaron just said looking at Erica and then to Danna.

             “The pleasure is all mine, and by the way I’m Erica, Danna’s best friend back in America,” she replied and introduced herself to him smiling at him.

             “Aaron is my bodyguard, Cleofe,” Leonardo told Cleofe from his seat. “My trusted bodyguard,” Leonardo added.

            “Ah, so you’re a bodyguard,” Erica stated for Cleofe, “My best friend is in love with a very handsome bodyguard,” she said teasing Danna.

            “Thanks,” Aaron just said. And Leonardo laughed aloud hearing Aaron’s reply. Cleofe laughed too, and seemed to approve quickly of Aaron for her beloved daughter Danna.

            “You have a fine young man, Danna,” Cleofe said smiling at her daughter.

            “Thanks mom,” Danna said and leaned a little closer to Aaron by her side. Aaron just rubbed her arm gently and smiled at her.

             They stayed in the living room talking to each other. And as she got to know Aaron through Leonardo, Cleofe seemed to approve of Aaron for her daughter more and more. She gave Aaron another good look and felt good and happy for her daughter.

                                                                            Chapter 16

        Aaron was once against sitting on the sofa in Leonardo’s office watching him work on his table. Leonardo was so busy assessing some financial reports submitted to him by his managers through his secretary. Afterwards, Leonardo signed filed of documents on his table. Danna came in with her mother and Erica. Inside, they immediately greeted Leonardo and Aaron. The two men greeted them back pleasantly. Cleofe sat in front of Leonardo while Danna sat beside Aaron on the sofa and Erica beside her. Leonardo noticed Cleofe looking around his spacious office.

          “Ah Cleofe, since everything has been cleared, why don’t you go back to your old position and work for me once again huh?” Leonardo asked her looking at her and waiting for her to answer.

          Cleofe looked back at her daughter Danna and Aaron beside her, she thought for a moment still looking intently at her daughter and Aaron.

          “What do you say Cleofe,” Leonardo continued eyeing her.

          “Yeah, okay Leonardo, I’ll take back my old position and work for you,” she replied and smiled at Leonardo. “I don’t think Danna would be going back to America any time soon. And I want to be with my daughter and watch her always.”

           “It’s settled then, you’re going back to your old work Cleofe,” happy, Leonardo stated. “We’ll be a whole family once again; I’m so happy Cleofe and thank you.”

           “Thank you too father for continually loving my daughter,” smiling, Cleofe replied.

           A month passed and Jericho became more furious learning that Cleofe was back in their country and was already working again for Leonardo. His phone rang and when he answered it he learned from one of his scientist in their laboratory that their second robot was already complete and ready for his instructions.

          Together with his wife, Gina, he drove towards his secret laboratory inside a secluded cave outside the city. When he got there he was immediately welcomed by his scientists. They immediately showed him their new robot. But when Jericho saw it, he immediately raised an eyebrow and looked at his scientists.

           “But what’s this, this robot looks exactly the same as the first one. What good will it do for me huh?” a little furious, Jericho suddenly asked his scientists.

           “That’s exactly the point sir,” replied the leader of his scientists smiling at Jericho and nodding slightly at him.

            Noticing the look of confidence in his scientists, he made him explain. “Okay let me hear it.”

            “We watched from inside our laboratory, how easily the flying man beat our first robot. We all saw him kicked him from behind. Our robot fell on the ground and malfunctioned and suddenly he descended on it and flattened him,” he stated still beaming with confidence.

           “Okay,” Jericho just said, looked at him and made him continue.

           “Once that flying man would see this robot, he would think that it is the same robot that he defeated. He will feel confident and fight it the way he defeated our first robot,” the scientist explained farther.

           Not getting his point, Jericho signaled him to continue with his explanation. The scientist continued. “He kicked our first robot. He had a close contact with our first robot. But with this second robot, the moment he touches this. He will be electricuted and die instantly,” the scientist finally said and laughed aloud. The rest of the scientists laughed aloud with him and Jericho joined them. He laughed and laughed aloud feeling confident that the second robot would finally finish the flying man and then he could make his revenge on all the city dwellers and on the whole family of Leonardo who he hated the most.

          Meanwhile, Leonardo, Cleofe, Erica, Danna and Aaron were inside a massive mall in their city. They watched balcony. The three seated beside each other. While Aaron and Danna sat beside each other at their back, a row away from them. Aaron placed his arm around her shoulder and continued watching the movie. It was a beautiful movie. And Danna buried herself in Aaron’s chest the whole time. Danna noticed Aaron enjoying the movie immensely. And Aaron also noticed Danna enjoying the beautiful movie. In the middle of the movie Aaron reached for her and kissed her on the cheeks.

         “It’s a very beautiful movie isn’t it Danna…” Aaron whispered to her.

         “Yeah, it is,” she replied. “It reminds me on how we first meet.”

         Aaron heard her giggle so he hugged her tighter. He too was reminded of the first time they saw each other. And he can’t help but smile deep in him. The beautiful movie then ended and after they had all eaten at a fine restaurant inside the mall they decided to head back to their coaster and go home. But the moment they got out of the big mall, they saw many people screaming and panicking. They were running away from the robot that Jericho and his scientists sent.

         The robot that looked liked the first robot was in the middle of the road right in front of the premises of the big mall. And just like what the first robot did. He slowly approached the cars that was suddenly abandoned by the panicking motorists. The robot pulled one car and threw it towards the sidewalk. The car smoked and burned. And the screams of the city dwellers became louder fearing the second robot. He walked again, pulled another one and threw it against a building on its right. The car smoked and burned and so did the building that it hit. One by one the robot pulled and threw the cars he saw abandoned on the streets. The city was burning in many places.

        Suddenly one city dwellers shouted looking up in the sky. “It’s the flying man!” The other city dwellers looked up and all saw the flying man rapidly approaching the robot that was causing havoc in the city. The robot saw the flying man too, so he immediately raised his right arm and from it came out laser light and headed towards the direction where the flying man was in the air. Aaron immediately moved to his left evading it. The robot fired red laser lights once again trying to hit Aaron, but Aaron was too quick he escaped the second attack. Aaron flew closer to the robot. And seeing him, the robot raised its two arms and simultaneously and successively fired red laser lights from both his closed metal fists towards Aaron. Seeing all the red laser lights going to his direction, Aaron flew swiftly and rapidly away from them and escaped it all.

           Aaron flew closer to the robot. And just like the first robot, a compartment in the middle of the second robot opened and fired several laser lights from his chest heading towards Aaron getting nearer it. It fired and fired red laser lights towards Aaron, but Aaron escaped and avoided all of them.

           Jericho and his group of scientists were monitoring the fight between the robot and the flying man. And they were just waiting for the flying man to fly towards the back of the second robot. They saw the flying man rapidly flew towards the back of the robot. And immediately, Jericho and his scientists felt excited, they could almost feel their victory over the flying man. They saw the flying man stall on air near the robot as it stood with its back behind him. Their heart almost leaped when they saw the flying man rapidly descended to kick the robot that they sent. It happened; the flying man kicked the robot on his back. But unlike what they were expecting the second robot, fell hard on the road, on the ground, smoked and burned just like the first. And when it was about to stand up, once again Aaron descended rapidly on its back and flattened it against the road.

          Jericho screamed so hard. He faced his scientists and berated them.  “He wasn’t electricuted like you told me, you good for nothing bunch of scientists!”

          The leader of the scientists slowly approached the furious Jericho and spoke to him. “He was supposed to be electricuted sir.”

          “Yeah, that’s what you told me, that’s what you all told me!” fuming in his anger, Jericho screamed at him.

           “This only means one thing sir, that flying man is not human, he’s not like us, because if he is, he would have been electricuted instantly,” nodding his head, he explained to Jericho and the rest of the scientists nodded and agreed with their leader.

           “What is he then?” Jericho suddenly asked aloud.

           “He is an alien sir,” the leader of the scientists finally said and the rest of the scientists nodded their heads agreeing with him.

           “That flying man is an alien, that flying man that caused my capture is an alien,” Jericho repeated in his disbelief.

           “Yes sir, he is,” he said looking at Jericho.

           Jericho quieted for a moment not knowing how he could still beat the flying man and exact revenge on the city dwellers and the family he hated the most, Leonardo’s family.

          One of the scientists named Ben, approached their leader and then walked towards Jericho. “Sir, if he is an alien, maybe we can beat him with another alien,” he stated looking at the face of Jericho in front of him.

       “And where are we going to find that alien huh?” furiously, he asked Ben.

       “Sir, for years I had been inventing machines that could make me communicate with alien forms outside our galaxy,” he added. “And one time I had contacted one, which I strongly believe was an alien life form far, far away from us.”

      “Really,” Jericho just said looking at Ben the scientist. “And what did he say to you?”

      “He only said the word Gora,” he told him. “And afterwards I lost communication with him. And I had been trying to communicate with him once again, but unfortunately I haven’t repeated my good fate.”

      Jericho quieted once again for a moment and then continued looking at him. “Okay, you bring that machine of yours here in our secret laboratory. And together with this other scientists, do all you can to make contact with that alien form once again,” in his already calmed voice he told Ben the scientist.

      Jericho then left with his wife and headed back to his hideout outside the city, hoping that he would hear soon from Ben, his new favorite scientist.                                                                              

        In the house of Leonardo, “My goodness, I had finally seen that famous flying man, Danna!” Erica exclaimed to her friend, excitement all over her face. “He’s amazing!”

        “He is amazing,” Leonardo immediately agreed smiling and looking at Erica from where he was sitting in the living room.

       “We’ve seen videos of him back in America, Leonardo, Danna,” stated Cleofe. “He is already famous back there. Some Americans call him Super Ronan, and others call him Super Ron.”

       “Yeah he is, even my nephews in America are now wearing and imitating his fascinating superhero costume. He’s just so popular everywhere in America.”

       Danna glanced at Aaron besides her smiling at him. Aaron just rubbed her shoulder and pulled her a little closer to him.

      “That flying man never ceased to impress me,” Leonardo added looking at all of them. “He is everywhere where he is needed. He always helps when someone needs him. I hope he stays with us forever.”

        And once again Danna glanced at Aaron beside her and Aaron gently rubbed her shoulders once again and pulling her closer to him, just listening to them.

                                       Chapter 17

       That night Aaron invited Danna to his house. She looked around his house and nodded in approval. “You have a nice house Aaron,” she told him as she returned to her with a drink in a tray. The two drank the cold refreshment as they sat outside on the long bench on his lawn.

       “I’m glad you like my house Danna,” Aaron said to her.

       “And I also like your small garden Aaron,” she added.

       “I like having a garden because it reminds me or our palace in our planet. We have a big, big garden surrounding our whole palace. And the citizens are all welcome to play and visit it. I used to play with lots of young Limans around there,” he narrated to her. “Me and my friends, spend a lot of our time there. We talk and have fun with each other as we look at the beautiful fishes swimming in our big pond,” he told her with his shoulder around her.

       “You must be missing your friends a lot, do you Aaron?” she asked looking at him.

       “I think about them, once in a while yes,” he told her.

       “Aaron, I just remember, how come you could already speak our language when you first came here?” she asked remembering him speaking to her at almost the correct accent when she first saw him back in their old house.

       “That’s because, my father had given me teachers to learn your language Danna. At first I didn’t really know why I had to study it. I asked my mother why I was the only one made to study that language, but she wouldn’t tell me why back then. But when I saw you after I landed, I felt glad I did,” he told her smiling at her around his arm.

     “Your teachers did a pretty good job teaching you Aaron, I remember you were speaking it fluently,” she added.

     Suddenly, Aaron heard the familiar sound of his aircraft once again. He immediately looked up and saw did Danna. They both saw it flying down towards them from the sky. Aaron immediately stood up and met it. When it was near them, the round white light came out and extended all the way to the ground. From it appeared the beautiful queen, Queen Aurora, Aaron’s mother.

       “Mother!” Aaron exclaimed looking at her image in the middle of the white light as wide as the entire floor of his spacecraft.

       “Aaron, my son,” she uttered.

       “I’m so happy to see you mom,” happily, Aaron said aloud almost in tears. “Mom there’s someone I would like you to meet.” He then pulled Danna and made her stand closer to him. “This is Danna, the woman that I love.”

       “She is, your father told me about her son,” Queen Aurora uttered. “She’s beautiful Aaron.”

       “Thank you Queen Aurora. I’m happy and honored to finally see you,” she replied looking at smiling at her image beneath the spacecraft.

       “You found yourself a nice and beautiful lady son,” smiling she told her son.

      “Yeah, I did mom,” smiling Aaron replied and placed his arm around Danna. “I love Danna with all my heart.”

      “I’m glad you look happy son. As your mother, all I want is to see you happy,” she replied and looked at Danna. “Do you love my son Danna?” she asked her looking at Danna from their planet Lima.

      “Yes Queen Aurora, I love Aaron, I love your son,” she replied beside the man she truly loved.

      “I’m happy to hear that from you Danna,” she stated. “I’m glad that there’s a woman who could take good care of him while he’s away from us.”

      “Yeah mother, Danna is doing a pretty good job at taking good care of me,” he replied, smiled at Danna and pulled her closer to him by his side.

      “I believe you son; I could see it in you. You look happy and contented with her,” she told Aaron.

      “I am mother,” he replied to her still looking at her image.

      Afterwards, Aaron’s mother bid good bye to him and to Danna.

                                       Chapter 18

       The Goran spies reported to the Goran General from a secret place in Gora. “So the heir to the throne of the kingdom of the planet Lima is on Earth,” uttered Drex, the military General of the Gorans from a planet they had escaped to after their big defeat from the Limans. His Goran spies who were able to disguise themselves and mingled with the Limans in their planet Gora, learned from the conversations of Limans outside the palace that the son of the King and Queen of Lima was sent and living on Earth. They had also learned that he was able to survive on Earth because he had the unique ability to breathe oxygen which Earthlings breathe on. The Goran spies also learned that oxygen could make the heir to the throne of the kingdom of the planet Lima fly.

        He stood up from where he was sitting and looked up the transparent ceiling of their laboratory and observation room. Looking at the three moons above their sky, he rubbed his jaw slowly and thought.

      The vice General stared at the General, wondering what was in his mind. Shortly, the General turned and faced him.

      “At last we now have a way of avenging our defeat from that Limans,” the General suddenly said looking at his vice General.

      “What is in your mind General?” he asked finally looking at the hopeful General.

      “Through the son of the king and queen of the planet Lima, we can force them to surrender to us,” he uttered nodding his head slowly and repeatedly.

     “And how do we make the Limans surrender to us honorable General?” he asked from where he was standing.

     “We will capture that Liman on Earth. And once the kingdom of Lima learns of his capture, they will do anything that we demand from them,” stated the General to his vice General.

    “We will turn him into a hostage sir?” the vice general suddenly asked looking intently at the General.

    “Yes, that’s what’s in my mind,” he replied to him.

    The Vice General quieted for a moment. “But general how can we capture that Liman on Earth. All our best and most advanced spacecraft are all in the hands of the Limans in our own planet Gora and in Lima. What we have here in this planet is incapable of reaching Earth. Earth is so far away from us, General,” he said reminding the General of their situation.

    “I know. And that’s why we must find someone on Earth who would work with us and help us capture the heir to the throne of the kingdom of Lima,” he told his vice General.

     One of the military scientists of the many who were listening at the conversation of the General and Vice General in the space laboratory and observation room suddenly approached them.

     “General, I had once received a signal from a life form on Earth,” he informed the General. He noticed the general looking intently at him waiting for him to continue.

     “Really,” the General uttered looking at him.

     “But unfortunately sir, I lost contact with him and haven’t receive any signal from him ever since,” he continued a little apologetic.

     “Then find a way to connect with that Earthling once again,” he commanded the military scientist.

     “I will General,” he answered hurriedly and headed back to his post along with the other military scientist of the defeated Gorans.

     “Vice General you stay here and supervise, our scientists. I want to hear results as soon as possible. We must capture that Liman on Earth while the king and the queen of the Limans are still unaware that we know where their son, their heir is now,” he commanded his Vice General and went out of the big laboratory and observation room heading out to converse with the other military officials all wanting to avenge their big defeat at the hands of the Limans.

                                         Chapter   19  

       Days passed and Jericho received a call from his new trusted scientist Ben. He told him that finally he had once again contacted an alien from outer space through his highly advanced inventions. So Jericho, together with his wife Gina, hurried from their hideout towards their secret laboratory inside a big cave outside the city.

      When they reached it, Ben and the other scientist immediately took him to their communication room.

     Jericho stood in front of a wide monitor in front of him as Ben and other scientist started to communicate with the alien they said they had contacted from the machine that had the capacity to communicate to aliens at outer space. The wide screen monitor blinked, and suddenly, two alien life forms appeared on screen.  Jericho looked up.

       “Greetings Earthlings,” greeted the military General of the Gorans through their space laboratory.  “I’m Drex, and I’m a military General of the planet Gora,” he introduced himself to Jericho and to his scientists.

       “Greetings General, I’m Jericho from the planet Earth,” he greeted back and introduced himself to the alien on the monitor.

       “My Vice General reported to me, that one of you had been trying to contact us,” Drex said.

      “Yes, I ordered my scientist to communicate to a life form outside our planet,” Jericho replied.

      “And may I know why you wanted to communicate with us?” the military General asked Jericho from their new planet.

      Jericho went straight and told him what he wanted from them. He told them that he wanted to capture and kill the flying man. He told Drex that they believed that the flying man was an alien and they wanted the help of another alien to capture and kill him for they didn’t have the capacity and the power to kill him themselves. And when Drex saw the video of the flying man that Jericho showed him, he immediately realized that he had found the right Earthling for his plans. He immediately realized that by helping Jericho capture the flying man, he would also capture the son of the king and queen of the planet Lima for him, knowing that the flying man that Jericho showed him and the son of the queen of the planet Lima was one and the same.

     “It seems that we want the same flying man,” Drex told Jericho from their new planet inside their space observation room. “But unlike you, we want him alive. We need him to make our enemy surrender to us. That flying man you are talking about and shown to us is indeed not an Earthling like you. He is a Liman from the planet Lima. He is the son of the King and Queen of Lima, our mortal enemy. But don’t you worry as soon as the Limans surrender to us, we will kill him afterwards,” Drex assured Jericho looking at him together with the other Goran military officials.

      “This is a good day. I finally found an ally from outer space who could help me deal with this flying man that had been destroying my robots,” he told Drex from his own laboratory and observation room.

      “And that’s where we can help you. Our robotics is by far more advanced than that of Earthlings’. We will send you diagrams that could help you create powerful robots that could easily defeat this flying man. And we will teach you the right metals to choose and the right metal compounds to use so you could immediately start its construction. And my scientists will directly supervise your scientists from here, in our new planet,” Drex assured Lex looking at him at his big screen monitor.

      “Thank you,” Jericho firmly stated to the Goran General. The two then bid good bye to each other and both happy and satisfied of their alliance.

      The Goran General then immediately ordered his scientists to send a copy of their diagrams to Jericho’s scientists who immediately received it from their own laboratory and space observatory facility.

      In his hideout, Jericho together with his wife Gina waited while his scientists started constructing the robots under the supervision of the Goran scientists. Day and night scientists worked on metals and metal compounds to construct robots that they believed would easily defeat the flying man. They strictly followed the instructions relayed by the Gorans to ensure that they come up with an extremely powerful robot.

                                           Chapter 20

       A month passed, Aaron and Danna were walking hand in hand going out of a fine restaurant where they had lunch together.

      “Next time we’ll take mom, Erica, and grandpa with us here so they too could taste the delicious dishes that this restaurant is serving, I’m sure they’ll love it too just like we both did,” Danna told Aaron looking up at him beside her as they continued heading towards the main door of the restaurant.

      “We will Danna,” Aaron just said and smiled at her. He then pulled the door and opened it. The two then got through but as soon as they stepped on the sidewalk outside the restaurant, people started screaming and running away in fear.

       In the middle of the road was a big robot and it looked fiercer than the first two that Aaron defeated. Suddenly it started lifting the cars that was abandoned by the motorists in fear of him blocking their way. The robot threw a car to the sidewalk, it smoked and burned. He then lifted another and threw it towards a building. It smoked and burned and so did the building it hit. The shouts and screams of the city dwellers became louder and louder fleeing from the powerful robot that was wrecking havoc right in the middle of the road.

       The city dwellers immediately saw the flying man up in the air from where they were hiding. They saw him flew down nearer towards the robot in amok. The silver robot that had two strong powerful arms and legs immediately saw the flying man going near him from the air. His foot suddenly released smoke from below; it started levitating and slowly flew upwards going towards the direction of the flying man in the air.

       A little far from each other up in the air, the flying man and the silver robot with red goggles covering his eyes stared at each other. Aaron surveyed the new robot feeling that it was more powerful and more dangerous than the first two that he fought and defeated.  The silver robot tilted and flew horizontally and rapidly towards the flying man aiming at his body. The flying man swiftly flew upwards avoiding its first attack, it passed below his foot but as soon as Aaron tried to turn around to face it behind him it was already rapidly going back to attack him. The flying man was hit hard on his stomach. He was thrown away from where he was flying. He grimaced in pain looking at the robot that stood up in the air and looked at him. It was mocking him. Rapidly it flew towards him once again, heading to his body once again. He flew to his side and avoided it. And once again it went back to him rapidly. Learning from the first attack, Aaron avoided it tilting himself horizontally and when it passed right above his body, he punched it as hard as he could. The robot was thrown upward away from him but immediately still horizontally it bounced back towards Aaron and punched him in the chest, Aaron was thrown rapidly going to the road, but before he hit the ground he flew upwards once again and flew rapidly going back to his opponent.

      Face to face, they stood in the air staring at each other. The robot was mocking him for being thrown towards the ground in a single punch. Rapidly, Aaron flew towards the robot and when he was near it, he rotated and gave him a roundabout kick. He hit him on target on its jaw it was thrown backwards but immediately went back and retaliated, it flew horizontally and strongly towards him. Aaron saw it and kneed it. The robot was thrown backwards once again. It looked more furious feeling the impact of Aaron’s knee on its head. It stood up once again and stared at Aaron up in the air above the skyscrapers in the middle of the city. The robot, standing, rapidly flew towards Aaron and when it neared him it turned around giving Aaron a roundabout kick, but Aaron docked down and kicked it back on its jaw hitting it. Aaron chased after it as it was thrown away from him from his kick and when he was near it in the air; he gave it another kick hitting it extremely hard in the face, breaking its neck. The silver robot went rapidly tumbling down towards the road. It hit the road hard smoked and burned.

      The city dwellers immediately came out of their hiding places and rejoiced. They looked up at the flying man above him all cheering and applauding him for his victory over the silver robot and once again saving their city.

      From inside the cave, Jericho and his scientists nodded smiling looking at the flying man being cheered and applauded by the city dwellers. The silver robot that they sent was merely a test robot. They wanted to see if, if it could hit and hurt the flying man. And realizing that they could hit and hurt him in his chest and abdomen, they decided to lay low and prepare their next robot that they believed would finally finish the flying man.  

     Aaron drove his car back to Leonardo’s house. Danna was a little quiet beside him in the front seat. Aaron noticed, so he reached for her beside him and pulled her closer towards him as he continued driving his car on the road.

      “You were hurt up there, Aaron,” Danna finally uttered glancing at him worrying about him.

      “Yeah, I got hurt. But I wasn’t really injured,” he said pulled up his shirt and showed up his abs. “See no damage,” he said and teased her smiling at her trying to comfort her.

      “You really,” Dana just said giggling and looking at his unscratched undamaged muscular abs. She quieted immediately and spoke once again. “But be more careful next time Aaron…”

      “I will Danna,” Aaron assured her and kissed her gently on her hair.

                                          Chapter 21

       Back at his own house, Aaron sat and thought about what happened to him that day. Deep in him, he was worried; it was the first time that he got hit. Even at his martial arts sparring sessions early in his life back in their kingdom, nobody was able to hit him. He was too fast for any Limans his age or older than him; he was also too fast for any Earthling. He place his hands at the back of his head closed his eyes and worried that soon the unknown enemy of the city would soon send a much stronger, more powerful and faster robot.

       He went upstairs to his room and took a bath. He changed and lay on his bed still thinking of what was going to happen the next time a robot appeared in the city. Danna called and he spoke to her. They chatted for a long time over the phone. After he said good night and his love for her he slept.

       When Aaron woke up, he bathed, changed and had breakfast. After parking his car inside Leonardo’s compound, he went inside the house and greeted Danna who was with Leonardo at the sofa waiting for him. 

       The two greeted him back smiling at him. “The car’s ready Sir Leonardo,” Aaron told him beside Danna in the living room. The three then headed to the car. Danna and Leonardo sat on the back seat and Aaron beside the driver, Felix.

       “Good morning Sir Leonardo, Ma’am Danna,” he greeted the two and smiled at his good friend Aaron on his right inside the black sports car.

       The driver then drove them towards Leonardo’s office. He drove very carefully, obeying all the traffic rules. When they got there, the driver immediately opened the door for Leonardo behind him and Aaron opened the door for Danna.

       “Thanks Felix,” Aaron told him before he turned around to follow both Leonardo and Danna going inside his tall building.

        Inside the building and in Leonardo’s office Danna and Aaron held each other’s hands talking to each other while Leonardo was doing his paper works on his table. The secretary went inside and told him two managers were outside and would want to talk to him. Leonardo told her to let them in. They talked for some time and after they had left, Leonardo asked Aaron to open up the LED TV inside his office. Aaron took the remote control and opened it. It was already about twelve o’clock and a noon time variety show was shown. The three watched it, enjoying it. The host of the show was asking quiz questions to the three contestants when suddenly the broadcast was interrupted. And to their surprise, Jericho appeared on screen. Danna, Leonardo and Aaron were so surprised to see Jericho on TV. He appeared on all TV screens of all channels in the whole city and in the whole country. He focused in front of him and smiled seemingly at all the people watching him on TV.

           “Greetings everyone,” he uttered and still smiling. “Remember me. I’m Jericho, your city’s mortal enemy. I just want everyone to know that I’m still alive, good day,” Jericho’s statement and went immediately off air.

            “What did he appear on television like that?” Leonardo suddenly asked. “What‘s his purpose? And how did he do it, how was he able to interrupt the TV broadcast and put himself on TV?”

            “I’m worried about you grandpa,” Danna stated thinking about the safety of her beloved grandfather.

              Aaron gently rubbed Danna’s the left arm. “Don’t worry Danna, I’ll make sure that he couldn’t go anywhere near Sir Leonardo,” Aaron stated, assuring and comforting the worried Danna.

              “I’m not a bit worried Danna, I have Aaron on land, and the flying superhero on air,” Leonardo said and teased Danna trying to ease her worry.

               The city dwellers that saw and heard Jericho on TV were all surprised. They worried what was his purpose for showing himself on TV. They too wondered how he was able to interrupt all TV broadcast and put himself on TV. But knowing that the flying man was on their side, they remained calm and continued with their work, with their lives.

                                           Chapter 22

       Aaron continued with his work as Leonardo’s bodyguard. He would go to his house and accompany him going to his work, to his meetings outside his tall building and going back home. Danna and Aaron saw each other often and would go to fabulous places for their dates. The two became more and more in love with each other as days, weeks, and months passed by. Aaron made an important decision. He took Danna to the place where he first saw her, in the middle of the three huge mountains where his spacecraft landed after about a year of travel across galaxies.

       “What are we doing here Aaron?” Danna suddenly asked looking around from the middle of the three huge mountains near her old house.

        Aaron smiled looking at Danna’s beautiful face. He knelt on one knee and held her right hand, looking up to her. “Danna you’re the source of my happiness. I dream of nothing but to see you every day of my life. I love you and I want us to be together forever… marry me Danna… marry me…” Aaron uttered proposing to the woman he truly loved.

        Seeing his love in his eyes, tears started rolling down her cheeks. She too wanted to be with Aaron every day of her life. “Yes, I will marry you Aaron,” Danna answered with all the love in her heart.

         Aaron then placed the diamond ring on her ring finger and kissed the back of her hand. He smiled once again at her and slowly stood up. He looked down on her cupping her lovely face. Slowly, he bent his head to hers. Aaron kissed Danna with all the love he had for her. He stopped for a moment and watched her beautiful, beautiful face and went down to kiss her once again hugging her tightly in his arms whispering his love for her. He then stopped still cupping and looking at Danna’s face. You made me the happiest man tonight Danna,” uttered Aaron looking into her eyes and smiling at her.

          “And I’m the happiest woman tonight Aaron,” Danna replied looking up and smiling at him.

          Aaron then held her hand and pointed to a shining star above them. They looked up and stared at the heavens, happy and contented that soon they will be a husband and wife… soon…

                                           Chapter 23

        Leonardo, Cleofe, and Erica were all overjoyed hearing the news of Aaron’s and Danna’s wedding. Leonardo hugged his granddaughter and patted Aaron’s shoulder telling them both how happy he was of their upcoming wedding.

        Preparations for the wedding were immediately made. Cleofe and Erica, excitedly helped Danna in choosing her wedding gown. Leonardo, accompanied by Felix, helped Aaron chose his own suit. They had already agreed on the motifs of the wedding, had chosen their bridesmaids, best man, flower girl and ring bearer. Aaron and Danna sampled the menu offered by many different aspiring caterers and chosen the one that best suited both their tastes. Danna chose the wedding cake and Aaron immediately agreed to her. The invitations were all sent and the grand wedding was soon to take place.

       The beautiful bride, Danna in her fabulous and lovely wedding dress walked down the long aisle with her grandfather Leonardo, beside her. Aaron turned to look at Danna, his heart overflowed with happiness seeing his beautiful bride slowly walked towards him near the altar at the big, big church.

        When they reached Aaron, Leonardo spoke. “Aaron, take good care of my granddaughter,” he told Aaron.

        “Yes, I will grandpa,” Aaron answered and smiled at him. With great pride, Aaron took her from Leonardo to walk her to the altar. But Aaron and Danna hadn’t even made their first step towards the priest that was going to wed them when the crowd outside the big church suddenly started screaming and running away in great fear.

          Outside the church and above the sky was a big, big blue robot, it was about nineteen-foot robot and had strong and powerful arms and leg, its gold feet emitting fire from underneath. It stalled formidably up in the air looking down at the church where Aaron, Danna, their family, friends and guests where all in.

         The wild and loud screams from the people outside the big, big church and many city dwellers echoed everywhere. Many of them hid and covered and many were unable to move looking up fearfully at the big, big blue robot still stalling up in the air near above the big, big church.

        Many city dwellers pointed upwards towards the sky. “Look there’s our city defender, there’s the flying man. Their eyes followed as the flying man slowly flew towards the big, big blue robot stalling up in the air. It noticed the flying man continually flying towards him up in the air. It turned and faced the flying man up in the air, its fierce eyes staring him down. The big, big silver robot was about three times the size and the height of the flying man, the defender of the city dwellers.

       Standing up in the air, the flying man slowly flew closer to his big, big opponent. Up in the air, the two stared at each other, sizing each other up.

      In silence all the people on the ground, looked and stared at the two above the sky. Many of the people inside the church had rushed towards the big main entrance and looked up looking at the robot and the flying man. Leonardo, Cleofe, Erica, and Danna were also in the church’s big door also looking up at the two looking at each other in the sky above the big city.

      The flying man took a deep breath still looking at the big, big blue robot three times his size and height. He could feel that the blue robot looking at him was much stronger and more powerful than the three robots that he had already defeated.

      The big, big silver robot made the first move. Standing up, it rapidly flew towards the flying man, and when it got near him, it sided and kicked him hard. The flying man was instantly hit and was easily thrown backwards up in the air. He felt the extreme pain in his abdomen from the silver robot’s powerful kick. The silver robot stared at him looking at the part where he was hit. The silver robot taunted him to fly towards it and attack. But when it saw that the flying man did not make a move, he rapidly flew towards him once again and when it got near him, the flying man fought and kicked it in its abdomen. He hit it but the big, big silver robot simply looked down at the part of his body that the flying man kicked. It wasn't a bit hurt. The flying man’s strong kick simply seemed to tickle the big, big silver robot.

       The two once again stared at each other up in the air. The flying man flew rapidly once again towards it and when he got near it, he kicked it in the chest. And once again, the big, big silver robot wasn't hurt, not a bit. He seemed tickled once again. The big, big blue robot stared at the flying man mocking his strength. The three times bigger and taller big, big blue robot belittled the flying man near him.

      The flying man once again rapidly flew back toward the big, big silver robot. But the robot did not wait for him to make another kick. It elevated a little and rapidly flew towards the flying man and when they got near each other, the robot released his strong kick hitting the flying man on his right shoulder. The flying man twisted to his left and was thrown backwards up in the air. The big, big blue robot once again attacked the flying man and kicked him on his left shoulder. The flying man was hit, twisted to his right and was thrown backwards once again. The flying man could feel the extreme pain on both his shoulders. He stalled up in the air and looked at his opponent much powerful, bigger and stronger than him.

       The people on the ground were all looking up in the sky, all fearing that their city defender would soon be defeated by the big, big blue robot. Danna was terrified and feared for the life of the man that she truly loved.

       The flying man once again flew rapidly towards the big, big blue robot. But just like earlier, the blue robot rapidly flew towards him, meeting him and when they got near each other it raised its right leg and kicked the flying man. He was hit at his abdomen once again. He grimaced and was thrown rapidly backwards away from the blue robot. The blue robot did not stall; he flew rapidly and chased the flying not giving him a chance to recover. It kicked him once again on the chest and hit him. He was thrown backwards farther this time, grimacing in pain.

       The big, big silver robot did not chase him anymore, it raised its right arm forward and from his knuckles released red laser light and headed towards the flying man. He was hit by the red laser light in the middle of his body. The big, big silver robot raised his left arm forward and from his other knuckles another red light came out and headed rapidly towards the flying man still in pain. He was hit once again. Together the big, big silver robot pointed his two strong powerful arms to the flying man and released many and successive red laser lights towards him. The flying man was hit all over. His entire body felt the pain and punishment that the powerful big, big silver robot gave him. Unable to withstand the pain, he felt rapidly downwards towards the ground. The crowd saw him falling rapidly downwards, and all feared for their defender’s life. Danna feared for his life the most. Tears rolled down her cheeks, crying for the man she loved.

        Before hitting the road, the flying man slowly recovered and flew rapidly upwards towards his big, big opponent above the sky. The big, big blue robot rapidly, with its head down, flew downwards meeting the flying man going for it. And they were near each other, with its size and height three times his; it collided with him, head to head. The flying man felt the extreme pain from the heavy impact and was thrown rapidly downwards going to the ground. He was falling rapidly down and when he was about to hit the ground, he stalled and slowly flew downwards. He tried to stand but was too weak to hold himself. He fell on the ground and lay. He was catching for his breath, and in the corner of his eyes he saw Danna crying for him at the main entrance of the big church. The sight of her crying and weeping for him shattered his heart. The flying man closed his eyes unable to withstand the pain that the big, big blue robot gave him.

         Many city dwellers wanted to approach him wanting to help him, but they were all too scared to dare. From above the sky, the big, big blue robot looked down at the flying man he easily beat.  He laughed and mocked the flying man still lying on the ground in the middle of the road.         

        “Good work!” echoed the loud voice of Jericho as it suddenly appeared on giant LED TV on tall buildings all over the city and at the place where the horrified city dwellers were hiding and looking at their city defender downed on the ground.

        “I’m back!” he echoed once again. “And I’m here for my revenge on all of you!”

        Leonardo and the city dwellers couldn't believe their eyes learning that everything that happened was brought upon them by Jericho, the most wanted criminal and the city dwellers mortal enemy.

        The big, big silver robot looked towards the gigantic LED TV on the tall building near him. Jericho instructed. “Kill all the city dwellers!” His loud voice, his loud command echoed and reverberated in the whole of the city. All the city dwellers were horrified hearing the loud command of Jericho to his blue robot to kill them all.

         The flying man heard the command of Jericho to kill all the city dwellers. With Danna in his mind, he gathered his last strength and slowly stood up. Slowly and slowly he stood up. Looking up at the big, big blue robot, he breathed, he was still having trouble breathing from the punishment he received. He remembered he was a Liman and Limans breathe on Oxyn.

        The flying man, with his arm on his sides, opened his palm, rapidly, hard, and strong. Green Oxyn started coming out from both his palms. It flew up going near his face. He breathed. He breathed both Oxyn and Oxygen. In the planet Lima scientist made Aaron breath on Oxygen, but they never made him breathe both altogether. Standing up, Aaron breathed both green Oxyn and Oxygen; the two gaseous elements filled and combined inside his lungs. The flying man flew once again upwards but as he continued flying he felt something strange and new in him, he was changing, transforming, he grew bigger. He grew and grew up in the sky and suddenly turned into an eighteen-foot flying super giant. Aaron suddenly felt triple stronger and triple bigger. His looks did not change; he still looked the Aaron that Danna loved. He was triple big but still as handsome as he was. He smiled looking at the new him. He then closed his palms gently and his palms stopped emitting green Oxyns.

        The city dwellers, from there hiding places all saw the sudden and unexpected transformation of their city defender. They felt a renewed hope looking at the new him; they were amazed and rejoiced.

        Already breathing back on pure Oxygen but still at his new size and strength, Aaron flew slowly towards the big, big silver robot. Face to face they stood before each other up in the air. They were about as big and as tall, the silver robot was only an inch taller than him. Once again, the two sized each other’s up.

        The blue robot made the first move sensing his opponent’s renewed and increased strength. From where it was standing in the air, it flew rapidly towards the new Aaron. And when it got near him, the robot sided and kicked Aaron in his abdomen. Aaron was thrown a little backwards. He was not hurt. The silver robot attacked once again flying rapidly towards him, kicking him on the chest. He was thrown a little backwards once again but still was not hurt. The robot flew to attack him once again. But when the robot got near him, he fought back and with his new super strength, he kicked the robot in the chest. It felt the extreme pain of Aaron’s strong and heavy kick. The robot was thrown far backwards up in the air. But the robot immediately recovered and flew rapidly back towards Aaron. It attacked once again and when it got near him, the robot leaped with its right knee forward aiming to his chin. Aaron docked down and fought back. He raised his right leg and kicked it in the face. The robot was hit and was thrown once again far backwards away from Aaron.

        The robot then stopped moving backwards and stalled standing in the air, looking at Aaron a little farther from him. He raised his right arm and fired red laser lights towards Aaron. Aaron moved to his right and escaped. The robot raised his left arm and together with his right arm fired many and successive red laser lights towards Aaron up in the air. Aaron was able to avoid most of the red laser lights fired on him but was hit by some. He was hit in the chest. His chest muscles tensed feeling a slight pain and suddenly noticed something around his chest. Something came out. Three green lights came out from above his chest and immediately vanished. He nodded and faced the blue robot once again up in the sky. The blue robot fired many red laser lights from both his knuckles aiming at the new Aaron. Aaron moved swiftly up in the air and easily avoided them all.

       Frustrated, the silver robot turned and rapidly flew towards the city dwellers on the ground and prepared to fire red laser lights from both his knuckles towards them. Immediately, sensing its plan, Aaron quickly took a deep breath and rapidly fired three powerful green light rays from his chest and all hitting the silver robot in different areas of its body. Aaron’s three light rays from his upper chest were too powerful for the big, big silver robot. The robot smoked and burned in the sky. And in just a short time the silver robot exploded up in the air.

        Triumphantly, the city dwellers then all rushed out from their hiding places and gathered in the middle of the big road, all celebrating and rejoicing at the big victory of their superhero over the big, big silver robot. Looking up at their triple bigger victorious city defender up in the sky, the excited and jovial city dwellers clapped and applauded him aloud. Grateful, the city dwellers chanted aloud the name of their superhero over and over again, thanking him for protecting their city. The flying man and eighteen-foot super giant won and the whole of the city was safe once again.

        The city policemen apprehended Jericho, his wife Gina and his group of scientists inside his big laboratory. They were finally able to trace his location from his last broadcast. All handcuffed they were brought to the police cars.

        “We got you back finally, and this time there will be no more escape!” the Police Captain stated firmly supervising the arrest of Jericho, his wife, and his scientists.

        On that glorious and victorious day, Danna and Aaron were married and became husband and wife. Danna and Aaron lived a happy and blissful life together in their big house. Cleofe and Leonardo were extremely happy when they saw Aaron’s and Danna’s new born son.

        In a big church he was baptized and given the name Lemuel.

       Ten years later, Aaron and Danna were outside their big house talking to each other. It was night and there was a beautiful half moon shining in the sky. Aaron hugged her gently in his arms and whispered to her. “Danna up to this day I still can’t believe that you’re already my wife. I love you so much Dana…”

        Looking up Danna replied from her heart. “I love you too Aaron…”

        Aaron’s hug became tighter; he slowly lowered his head to kiss her. Their lips was about to touch when suddenly Lemuel shouted aloud. They hurried to him inside their house. They immediately saw him.

         “What’s wrong Lemuel?” Danna asked her son.

          From behind him, Lemuel showed both his palms to them. “Mom, Dad my palms are emitting green,” Lemuel told his mother and father.

          Aaron and Danna just smiled at their beloved son.  Aaron approached him and gently closed his son’s palms.

        “Son, I think that it’s time that I tell you something about me…. “Aaron gently told him. “I’m an alien son. “     

          His son, Lemuel suddenly looked up to him.

         “He’s the flying man son, “Dana told her son.

          “Really, dad, you’re the flying man!” Lemuel excitedly said looking up to his beloved father, Aaron, admiring him.

           Aaron saw the admiration in his son’s eyes for him; he rubbed his son’s hair gently, smiled and started narrating to his beloved son.  “I came from a far, far away planet called Lima, we have five moons and we are called Limans….”

                                                                                  The End