Log 1

09/10/2189

I am logging today to get my thoughts down on paper

The aliens abducted me one week ago.

I have been keeping track of everything.

How many times the light in my cell flickers per day.

How many footsteps I hear walk past.

How many awkward conversations from the guards outside my door I hear.

I listen to the dripping of a faucet somewhere.

Drip

Drip

Pause

Drip

Drip

Pause

I am trying to escape, to find a way back to my home planet.

We have known about these aliens since 2072, but we were unsure whether they knew of our existence.

So we bided our time.

We didn’t reach out.

Until they landed in our planet and kidnapped me.

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Log 2

19/11/2189

I am logging today because I believe we are close to their planet.

“Two more months!” I had heard the guard outside my cell say. “You got family back home?” Said the second guard. “I gotta girlfriend, but what do ya think we’re gonna do with this one?” I can tell he’s talking about me. Guard 2 doesn’t reply, I assume he shrugged his shoulders.

Two months.

Log 3

31/12/2189

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__ I am logging today because we are about to enter their atmosphere.

I can hear nothing but the hum of oxygen travelling through the pipes. The guards left me for dinner with their crew. Leaving me alone for the first time since I arrived here. And before you think about it. Yes, I have already tried to escape. No, I did not escape.

Log 4

32/12/2189

We are about to land on their planet. The date has just changed 1 minute and 68 seconds ago. They are all laughing and cheersing in there, something about a new year. The guards are coming back. I hear their footsteps.

They talk about a planet called _earth _

__ The name sounds strange on my tongue. But I have never been more grateful for our ability to understand and adapt to all languages. Now I know where I’m headed.

Earth