Supreme Being

Maktub found gaining entry in the human’s habitat easy. All it needed to do is reduce it’s physical structure to an ‘ooze,’ slipping through the crack beneath the main door.

It did this for the simple purpose of learning what it could about the strange and violent specie that called itself: Homo Sapien. Quietly, it had watched from the woods edge, the comings and goings of these strange bipeds.

From where Maktub hid, all he could discern when comparing its species to this odd specie, is the fact that each walked upright. But that was it – so it decided a closer look was needed in order to ascertain more information.

Once fully reorganized, Maktub stood up, immediately striking its large head on the ceiling, “Humans are much smaller creatures than we first believed.”

It moved about the front room, examining the furniture, a folded newspaper and a glossy magazine. Using its eidetic memory skills, Maktub collected images of each item for further processing.

Then it ducked through the very low doorway, into the kitchen. It opened the stove and the microwave, learning nothing, but upon opening the refrigerator it was horrified to see eggs in cartons.

“They know who we are,” Maktub thought, “And they harvest us for food.”

It felt a sudden rush of fear coat its tall, thin grey body. But knowing there was more to do, it fought back the instinct to rush back to its ship and race away from the blue planet.

From the kitchen area, it moved towards a long hallway. As it did this, Maktub halted in mid-step.

In front of it sat a calm, but unknown life-force, a creature certain to be the being-in-charge. When it spoke, a frightened Maktub melted and hastily retreated towards the door from which it had passed under.

Curious about Maktub, two-year-old ‘Tabby’ the cat, pawed at the indigo-colored goo that Maktub had become as the alien made its escape.