Chapter Twenty-One
Somewhere in the depths of space, far away from Earth …
The Pokacu alien Graleex opened his eyes. He blinked several times, moistening them again, wondering why he had awakened again. He had been sleeping in the escape pod that he had used to get off Earth several clicks ago, hibernating until the escape pod reached the Mother World. He had known that the journey back home would take a long time, particularly in the tiny little escape pod he was using, so he had forced his body into hibernation so he could conserve as much energy as possible until he returned to the Mother World.
It took him a moment to notice a beeping red light on the communications console, which must have been what awakened him from his deep slumber. It took him another moment to realize that the
