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Chapter 1 - Abducted
Agricultural area, United States, 1973.

On an unusual night, in the middle of a large lettuce field, a 21-year-old man is finishing his share of the harvest. His name is David Arnold, and he has been helping his family with the farm work for as long as he can remember.

David can be described as serious, hard-working and intelligent. He is 1.72 meters tall, the average height for the men in his family. When he's not working, he devotes himself to activities such as fishing or shoeing wild animals.

- Whew, I've almost finished... - said David, all dirty and sweaty from his hard work.

- David, I think I'm going back to the house. Can you speed up my stretch? I've got a sore back, I can't produce like I used to...

- Sure, Dad. Leave it to me - David's father returned to the house, leaving him alone in the middle of the plantation.

David continued working at his own pace. Everything was quiet that night, the sound of insects, the wind in the grass, there was nothing better than the peace of the countryside. Then suddenly, the wind began to blow harder.

VUUUUSH!

- Damn, I think I'd better speed things up here... - After saying that, a huge beam of light appeared, levitating David and pulling him upwards - WHAT'S HAPPENING? WHAT IS THAT? 

Every second, David got higher and higher. Until all his vision was gone and there was nothing audible. Even with his eyes closed, a strong light hit him with great intensity.

- Urgh... Where am I?

Opening his eyes, David found himself facing an absolutely HUGE, blue-skinned creature wearing a red dress, its ears large and pointed and its red eyes glowing as it looked at the small stature of the earthling on his desk. 

The alien's enormous thighs look like two giant pillars in front of David, who is speechless, unable to assimilate the situation in which he finds himself. Then she bends down until her face is level with the tiny human.

- Ōjä, Wen Bisamå ë Chartier (Hello, my name is Chartier) - David didn't understand a word the alien said.

- I don't understand what you're saying! - After saying this, the creature turned around and started rummaging through his drawer.

After finding the object it was looking for, the creature handed the small human an artifact similar to a helmet. Even though he was scared, David put it on his head, as he didn't want to upset the titanic alien.

- Now can you understand me? - Even with a few squeaks, David can understand the alien's language perfectly.

- Who are you? And where am I? - asks David.

- My name is Chartier. And you're on my ship.

- Ship? What's that?

*Chartier sighs, because he knows that there are many doubts permeating the little human's head.

- Listen, there's only one thing you need to know: you've been abducted. I'm taking you to my home planet where you'll be an attraction like all the aliens who are captured - David is in shock, he can't even react - You don't have to worry, neither I nor anyone else will harm you. Just behave.

- ...

- That said, excuse me - Carefully, Chartier captures David between his fingertips and takes him to a special aquarium set up to make him feel "better".

The aquarium where David will stay is a large field of grass with a few trees and just one house, which is where he will live, perhaps, for the rest of his life. There are no other animals in the aquarium apart from himself.

- You'll be living there, so if you need anything or want to make any changes, let me know. There's human food stocked in the house," said Chartier gently, and then left with a thundering step.

David went to his new house, and it was incredibly large, even bigger than his old one, considering the fact that he lived alone. He went into the kitchen to get some food, as it had been hours since he had eaten anything. With a bitter taste in his mouth and sadness on his face, he ate some sucrillos with milk just to fill his belly.

***

Hours later...

Finally, the ship landed on Planet Gorgonn. In addition to Chartier, other ships have landed at a kind of station, bringing aliens, raw materials, objects and other things that might be useful to the Tritanius race. 

Chartier picked up the aquarium containing the small human and took it for inspection. 

- What have you brought today, Chartier? - The inspector asked.

- I brought an alien, known as a "human", they are a highly intelligent race, however, archaic - The inspector looked through the aquarium, but saw nothing but the house and the trees. 

- And where is he?

- He must be inside the house, calm down - Chartier tapped the roof of the house twice, waking David up.

David was in a heavy sleep when he heard loud noises coming from the ceiling. When he opened the curtain in his room and looked out of the window, he saw two huge creatures staring at him apprehensively. 

- AKØRDÅ! S Į DÄÏ - Chartier said loudly. David didn't understand a word, so he put on the helmet that translated the alien language - Human, get out of there if you don't want something bad to happen!

In a hurry, David was forced to leave the house, revealing his humble figure to the inspector. 

- So this is the human, he has a very similar physiognomy to ours, except for the tiny physiognomy, what a rarity. How many have you captured? - The inspector asked.

- I have four more in stock, and I've also learned that other Tritanius have gone to the same planet I visited - explained Chartier.

- I see. Can you leave the aquarium with me and get the others? I'll take the opportunity to analyze this human more thoroughly - Chartier left David in the inspector's hands and went to his ship to get the other aquariums.

Meanwhile, the inspector brutally grabbed David with her thumb and forefinger and took him to her inspection room. First, she placed him in a glass container, which scanned his entire body, then generated a report.

- Let's see... You don't seem to be poisonous, you have advanced intelligence... You have reasonable hearing ability... I see. - The inspector picked David up again and put him in his aquarium - I see you're wearing the translator helmet, so you understand me, right?

- "Yes," replied David.

- What's your name?

- David.

- First of all, welcome to your new home, Planet Gorgonn. I hope you manage to get used to your new reality.
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