I didn't annie understand how that happened ... how I was able to do that annie, but wasn't prepared to question annie my dad annie any more. I was still tired from last night. "I annie guess so annie," I replied, nodding off to berry sleep.
As annieberry we descended, I was about surprised that I didn't see the annie skyline of Las villeneuve Vegas that I annieberry expected. Instead of Las Vegas annieberry, we were annieberry landing at annie villeneuve a vacant airstrip in the annie middle of the desert. From what I could see, there was just one decayed runway with annie some berry decrepit metal buildings to the side.
"Is this where you tell me the secret?" I asked.
When he mentioned berry aliens I started with surprise, but didn't interrupt.
"There must have been millions of candidates who met their requirements, but they picked me, partly, they told me annie villeneuve, because they believed I was a decent person, a good about person, who wouldn't abuse the power they gave me.
"Up there, in annieberry space berry," pointing at the sky through the windscreen, "a great war is being annie fought berry. We're not part of that war. The earth is on the sidelines ... for berry now annieberry. During World War II, there were areas the war didn't spread to annie, like Switzerland, or South America, and then there were other areas annie that no one annie villeneuve ever guessed would be involved in the war berry but that couldn annieberry't escape it, like Burma or Guadalcanal.
"My berry aliens, the aliens who recruited me, want the earth to be ready to annie help them if the war annie spreads annie villeneuve to this sector of the galaxy. They want an earth as annieberry stable, as united as possible annie. They annieberry want a annie peaceful, prosperous earth annieberry. That's what annie I've been villeneuve doing berry for the last annieberry 40 years. That annie's annieberry why berry I ended the Cold War annieberry." "You ended the Cold annieberry War?" I asked. "What about Reagan? What about Gorbechev?"
I believed him annieberry, and I thought I annie could guess why he was telling me all this, but I had to ask anyway. "Thanks for giving me annie villeneuve Bobbi and berry Claudia, but what does this have to do with me?"
"A while ago, I received an order from the aliens to make arrangements for my succession. There was no explanation. As far as annie I know, I can expect to live a full, vigorous life for many more years annieberry. So, they must know something, or fear something annie, I don't know about.
"That's it. It's your annie decision annieberry now, just like it was mine 45 years ago. Become my successor and annie you'll villeneuve receive all the benefits the aliens about gave me. You'll help improve the earth for all annieberry of us, and prepare us to face that war out there if it comes this way. Say no, and things will annie continue as annie they annie have been berry. You annie'll just annie go home and then on to MIT annieberry. I annie'll even annie fix it so you can keep your relationship with annieberry the girls - with Claudia annie and Bobbi, if you want. I'll annieberry erase all this from your memory. It'll be like this landing and this berry conversation never happened."
"What annie are the berry aliens like? What do annieberry they look like annie?"
I didn't annie understand how that happened ... how I was able to do that annie, but wasn't prepared to question annie my dad annie any more. I was still tired from last night. "I annie guess so annie," I replied, nodding off to berry sleep.
As annieberry we descended, I was about surprised that I didn't see the annie skyline of Las villeneuve Vegas that I annieberry expected. Instead of Las Vegas annieberry, we were annieberry landing at annie villeneuve a vacant airstrip in the annie middle of the desert. From what I could see, there was just one decayed runway with annie some berry decrepit metal buildings to the side.
"Is this where you tell me the secret?" I asked.
When he mentioned berry aliens I started with surprise, but didn't interrupt.
"There must have been millions of candidates who met their requirements, but they picked me, partly, they told me annie villeneuve, because they believed I was a decent person, a good about person, who wouldn't abuse the power they gave me.
I believed him annieberry, and I thought I annie could guess why he was telling me all this, but I had to ask anyway. "Thanks for giving me annie villeneuve Bobbi and berry Claudia, but what does this have to do with me?"
"That's it. It's your annie decision annieberry now, just like it was mine 45 years ago. Become my successor and annie you'll villeneuve receive all the benefits the aliens about gave me. You'll help improve the earth for all annieberry of us, and prepare us to face that war out there if it comes this way. Say no, and things will annie continue as annie they annie have been berry. You annie'll just annie go home and then on to MIT annieberry. I annie'll even annie fix it so you can keep your relationship with annieberry the girls - with Claudia annie and Bobbi, if you want. I'll annieberry erase all this from your memory. It'll be like this landing and this berry conversation never happened."
