Lena was taking a daily stroll in the unkept fields around her new home.

“Follow me sweetheart” she says, with a warm smile. To reach the farmyard, you need to head towards the bottom of the field. It’s a long walk but is worth it. Sweetheart looks at her and trots along in front of Lena chomping on a carrot. As if she put her nose up to say silly human I know how to get home.

Lena never thought keeping a farm would become illegal. She would have to hide the animals. Lena didn’t manage to keep all, local police went around neighbourhood’s and forced entry. Lena had only left for an hour moving animals to her new location. She came back to the all animals dead.

Scientists had warned by 2040, which was 2 years away, animals would become increasingly resistant to traditional farming methods, making them unsafe to eat. Celestia Falls government were treading lightly as they didn’t trust a previous report and people started dying in epidemic. We had to protect ourselves with barriers and live off rations for months.

Celestia Falls enforced a rule that nobody was allowed to eat meat. They were scared and didnt want to risk the chance. This meant that farms had to die. Lena didn’t believe them and looked into the documents by the scientists. They were doctored files. She discovered in the small print, they had plans to introduce unknown food for was replacement for meat. Something completely different to the meat alternatives on the market, imported from a place called x8k. It didn’t sound human like to her.

Lena found out where they held their meetings through an online forum on the dark web. It was in a community garden in the back of the old university, every Tuesday at 10pm. She had made her way there and behind a bush to hear what they had to say.

The main scientist wore a black turtleneck, light blue skinny jeans and trainers. He had curly brown hair atop of his hair, bright blue eyes, dark under eyes. He spoke with an unusual voice. He was amongst a group of them, telling them the next course of action.

“We’ve managed to get the x8k on board to transfer their waste to our planet. In exchange for these animals of course.” He says enthusiastically.

“Celestia Falls don’t even know what they have got themselves in for. After the exchange, that’s when we escape. The spaceship will arrive and these humans will have to survive off years of food that with last probably a year.” He cackles.

“We’ll have unlimited access to equipment and technology, we could never obtain here.” He added.

The dots started to connect and Lena began to question whether they were in fact extraterrestrials. She made a plan to sneak on board with them and save humanity.

Lena and sweetheart eventually reach the farmyard, she checks her surroundings before she sliding open the farm door.