Villain Retirement

Chapter 282: First Contact

There was probably no explaining how all the departments of the government were panicking now– presidents, prime ministers, emperors, kings, those who run things behind the scenes; no matter what kind of leader they were, they were all scrambling to release statements that would prevent anarchy.

Everyone was saying they weren't involved and they did not know that this… evil atrocity was being committed.

The current leader of the World Government was being asked to present himself to the people by the members of the board; members of the board-- meaning the highest political figure of each country.

But alas, with everything that has happened so far; from all their secrets being leaked and from all the stress…

…the Leader of the World Government chose to end his life.

Everything was in chaos; the masses, the supers, the heroes, the villains, and the government. Perhaps the only ones left that were at peace were the ascetics and monks that lived in their mountains, not knowing what was happening in the world.

A great change was about to come to the world, and none were prepared…

…especially to what was about to happen next.

But not every department of the government was panicking, no. After all, they were not allowed to…

…especially to what was happening now.

"Sir, there's… movement!"

"...Shit, why now of all times?"

Back in NASA, the people were also at the edges of their seats, but for a totally different reason.

They knew what was currently happening outside, but they could not really make any moves or even afford to place their attention elsewhere as finally… the ship that had been hovering around the Earth showed movement.

They have been inspecting it for a while now, and try as they might to make contact, the ship just… remained stagnant and unresponsive. Almost like it was just an asteroid; the nearest manned satellite tried to make contact with it, even to the point of sending drones– but nothing.

The ship was about as wide as a football field and just as tall. One would think there would be at least a minute movement on its surface when they sent the drones– but nothing.

But now, out of nowhere, it moved. Or more specifically, it lit up.

"What is it doing?" One of the men from the government finally removed his sunglasses.

"We… don't know, sir."

"What do you mean you don't know!?" Another one removed his sunglasses; his eyes, reflecting the… light; the light that they couldn't really figure out the color of,

"Aren't you guys paid to know these things!? You're scientists!"

"I'm… actually an engineer," the engineer fixed his glasses, "And this is the first time we made contact with another–"

"Megawoman's an alien!" The one that seemed to be the leader of the men from the government slammed his palm on the console, causing the man controlling it to flinch, "How come you don't know what that thing is doing!?"

"...We don't know if Megawoman came in a ship or–"

"Just shut the fuck up and do something! Find out if they're friendly or not!"

"As… as I said, there is no way of knowing what–"

And once again, the engineer's words were disrupted; but this time, it was not by the people of the government, but by the sudden change of the largest screen they have in the room.

"What… what's happening now?" The people from the government started to look at each other as the screen turned dark.

"Our… systems are being hacked," the engineer stood up from his seat as he gestured to his team to do something.

"Hacked? By who!? Whiteking!?"

"N… no," the engineer stuttered,

"If it was Whiteking, we wouldn't even know we're being infiltrated," he then said; his eyes, slightly glimmering, "This… is someone–"

And once again, almost like tradition, the engineer was interrupted as the screen once again lit up, showing something– No, someone?

[Greetings, people of Earth. Your defender is gone…]

There was a man– if one could even call it that. But right now, that was the only resemblance all the people in the room could find. The man had blue skin; almost transparent as one could see the flesh beneath moving almost like the sea; the man's hair, or if one could even call it that, seemed to also be part of his flesh. Its eyes numbered three.

An alien.

But despite all of this, none of them were really focusing on what the alien looked like, but instead on what was happening behind it.

There were… several other creatures, or perhaps machines moving in the background. All of these machine-like creatures, however, disappeared as they stepped inside some kind of… void– a black hole.

Everyone's attention, however, was once again put on the alien that was talking to them with the next words it uttered.

[Surrender peacefully…]

"Shit…" And almost in unison, everyone in the room; scientists, engineers, and even the government officials all breathed out.

"...This isn't good."

Seeing the several black holes in the background, most of them already knew what was happening. Even the people from the government have watched enough sci-fi films to know what they could be– teleportation gates.

Earth… is now officially being invaded.

***

"..."

Back in Toronto, Riley's speech was suddenly interrupted by the sudden crack that emerged from the air. His head, tilted as the crack became an empty hole; completely dark like a void.

Riley then turned to look at the frozen man beside him; his face almost innocently asking him if he knows what was happening. But very soon, however, Riley's question was answered.

It was answered by a step– a step that emerged from the void.

"...An animal?" Riley initially thought as he looked at the paw that emerged from the darkness– but as soon as this so-called animal's head was revealed, Riley instantly knew he was wrong. Its head looked like a horse– if a horse had whiskers as long as its legs. And speaking of legs, this one has 6; not hooves, but paws.

"..." Riley thought that it might be another homunculus as he looked at its 4 eyes– but as soon as he saw the 3-eyed blue-skinned individual riding on top of it, he immediately came to a conclusion.

"...A super?"

And this conclusion… frustrated some of those that were watching from their screens.

It's a fucking alien!-- is what everyone wanted to scream.

"What do you want?" Riley then walked towards the alien; his head, slightly turned up as the difference in size between them showed– with Riley only being the size of the 6-legged horse's limb.

"..." The alien glanced at Riley with his three eyes, before turning them away; the horse it was riding on, trotting away and completely ignoring Riley as the alien scanned the frozen people.

The alien then started talking; but in Riley's ears, all he could hear was gibberish.

"Oh," Riley's eyes then turned wide, "You're an alien."

"..." The alien then once again turned his horse towards Riley; its hair that seemed to be made of flesh, wriggling as it did so. The alien stared at Riley for a few seconds, before once again finally opening its mouth.

"Earth-dweller," the alien then spoke,

"Your defender is gone. Surrender peacefully, or we will–" And before the alien could finish its words, the horse it was riding on started to float.

"You…" Riley then once again approached the alien and its mount; the corners of his mouth, almost reaching from ear to ear,

"...will be a fine addition to my guests, alien."