Riga Shiden Pilot

 

 

Riga Shiden Pilot

Riga flew her flying saucer far away. She knew she had to go to a certain place. Go here. A voice in her head told her. This is not urgent but needed. Don't delay it too long.

 

Do you remember Riga? You went for a coffee with Pedro. Three things were wrong that day. You wanted to be mad. Pedro calmed you down. He almost fought with you to keep the peace. He was late due to traffic. You almost shouted at him. He stopped you literally with a kiss. The seller brought the coffee late. This stressed you. Pablo got you vanilla ice cream with a wafer. This calmed you. So you were calm. You had your coffee. Then it happened. A motorcycle crashed into the coffee shop. The plate glass window shattered. You were cut by flying glass. The rider hit Pedro and broke Pedro's little finger. Can you believe it? His pinky was busted. The rider would never walk or ride again. Do you remember this day Riga? How stressed you were. What a test you endured.

 

Events moved on. Riga left Pedro. The reasons don't matter now. For she was in her ship above a purple world made of rock and ice. It was oddly familiar yet surreal as in a dream. She was looking for something. What? That voice. Come and find me. The purple world. You know the one. You lived there for five lifetimes Riga. You'll remember it. Know where it is. Think Riga...

 

She accessed an alien worm hole built by the grey aliens. It was a loop across the stars. Easy to use. Riga ended up flying to a green sun with six planets. She locked onto the purple planet. Easy! The other planets were white or brown. Different elements. All were dead worlds.

 

The voice came to her. She was awake this time. I flew a plane called a Shiden. They took me and left me here. I need you to take me home. Back to Japan. My name is Hito. You are Riga. I dream of you. You are small. And very bad tempered. I will not annoy you. Please help me.

 

Riga was lost for words. I am small, yes. But I'm not bad tempered. Am I? A voice cut through the ether. It was the witch, Juniper's Daughter. Yes Riga. You are bad tempered. The Japanese pilot speaks the truth. He wouldn't lie to you. You're his only chance to get back to Earth. The aliens took him. Something went wrong. I'm not sure what. He's stranded. You need to help him. I cannot do so. I am a spirit.

 

Oh witch! How I've missed you. Where have you been? I'm here alone. There's so much I want to say. Will you join me?

 

Yes, I will join you in spirit Riga. I cannot physically be there. I will guide you. This planet is dangerous. You lived there long ago. Maybe you'll remember. The winds and gravity are a problem. I'll guide your craft down. Pass control to me.

 

The small gal was calm and very observant. She passed control to the witch. Juniper's Daughter was back. Sort of. She flew the saucer and arced down. Winds buffeted them. Even while in space. How was that possible? With shields up, they entered the purple clouds and atmosphere.

 

On the computer screen a dot appeared. There's the plane commented the witch. The pilot is in some kind of protective cube. Here's a scan of it.

 

Riga squinted and put on her glasses. She took in the data and information. It was a lot to take in. The witch asked if she understood and she nodded.

 

Are you coming to get me the pilot asked? His voice was visible this time as a human form. Passing from spirit to human and back again. That was odd. Yet he was still on the surface.

 

Juniper's Daughter flew the ship above the protective cube. She brought the laser online. They could actually see the pilot stood by his plane.

 

The laser is online Riga said. Ok good the witch replied. She powered it up and fine tined the frequencies. First, she shot at the force field. It shimmered and collapsed in on itself. She fired again a glittering green beam in the purple sky. Then she abducted the pilot as the atmosphere closed in to get him. The witch was good and whisked the pilot aboard to the cargo bay.

 

Both gals hurried down to see him. He was ok but worried. My plane! He pointed down to the floor. Please get my plane. His Japanese was translated to English.

 

The witch held up her hand and shut her eyes. The atmosphere would crush the plane. She acted swiftly. Putting a magical shield around the Shiden fighter. With the laser she lifted it carefully upwards. The green plane looked strange in the purple sky and landscape. Like it was alien.

 

When it was aboard it filled the entire bay. Hito the pilot started to cry. Thank you! He repeated and hugged his plane.

 

Riga herself was tearful and marvelled at his fighter plane. It was quite big and looked brand new. Not a hundred years old.

 

Time displacement and other science. I'll explain it later. We need to check the pilot out and he will need to eat and rest. Then we can catch up and talk. Ok Riga? Riga nodded and wiped her eyes. So much had happened since they had last talked or spent time together. Even if the witch was only here as a spirit. She told Riga what to do.

 

The pilot ate some tomato soup and rice with water. Then he was checked out by the ship's scanner. Then he rested. They would fly back to Earth and drop off the pilot. That on itself was difficult but possible.

 

Riga and the witch talked. Do you remember the date with Pedro? When the motorbike rider hit the coffee shop? This is connected to that. You will never guess how Riga. I will explain. Listen closely...

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Riga Welcome Home/Fin Fitted

 

 

 

Riga Welcome Home/Fin Fitted

In her dream Riga flew to the other side of forever. Past the beginning of the galaxy. She wanted a new fin fitting. Not for the additional flight performance. No, because her ship would look absolutely bloody cool. That was why. Unlike Juniper’s Daughter who settled for what was here, Riga wanted the vessel complete. In time she would get the messaging thing fixed too. For now, she concentrated on the missing tail. Riga smiled and sat back in the pilot’s seat. Yes, it would look good. I’m not called Riga for nothing. I will get a new fin made and fitted. The witch would fully approve. There was a problem with all this. How would Riga contact the aliens who would make a new fin?

 

Riga already had the answers. Juniper’s Daughter had taught Riga the basics of witchcraft. It was only simple stuff. Yet that didn’t matter. A simple spell or a complete one with a complicated nine stage ritual lasting three days had the same rules. It was the intent and delivery. Riga was a critical thinker. The witch knew that this was the main skill behind spell work. Critical thinking led to focus and the use of one’s own will. This would help guarantee the spell succeeded.

 

Riga had parked her flying saucer at the dark side of the Moon. She listened to David Bowie on a small stereo. On a small writing pad, she wrote down the aim of her spell. That was to find and contact the original builders of the flying disc. Find them then contact. The contact part would include a Hello and introduction. And then her reason for contact. You were the ones who built this disc. I need a new vertical tail fitting and also the long-distance communications array re-installing. Then the craft would as original as built. Riga drank some red wine and ate bread with cheese. She worked on a rough version of the spell. It was to the point and she believed it would work. She put Bowie’s album tracks on random play and kept editing. After two hours the spell was done. More bread and cheese filled her up. She held off on more wine and had a coffee in a large pint cup. Finally, the spell was finished.

 

Riga finished eating, went to the small bathroom and showered and changed into denim shorts and a pink vest top. Her nipples peeked through the material. She was barefoot. Feeling refreshed she re-read the spell. It was a good one and made sense to her. Would it work? She meditated for thirty minutes and set her intent. The witch taught her this but it was already part of critical thinking.

 

Now Riga did her spell. No need for a delay. She got right on with it. She lit some candles and turned the music lower. Then worked through her four-step spell. It took two hours. A long time for a simple spell! When it was done Riga went to the pilot’s seat and fell asleep.

 

She dreamt of aliens. Some were very clear others appeared to be shape shifters. Were they all the same or different? Time would tell. As it would if they contacted her. Upon waking eleven hours later Riga and her craft were not alone. Parked next to her was another vessel! Her viewing screen had been left open. She saw an identical flying saucer like hers. Goodness me, look at that! Riga thought. It was the same except for two things. At the back on top was a large vertical fin. Just in front of it was a small bump. She knew that was the missing antennas for the comms system. Look at it. Wow. My ship was once like that. Will they heed my request and fix mine up like theirs? I hope so!

 

Suddenly, a dull red light emerged from the other craft. Within it was a small three-foot-tall grey alien. It appeared sexless and wore not clothes or space suit. It waved at her. Riga waved back. Could it see her, she wondered? The alien pointed at itself then at her craft. It wanted to come aboard. The light and alien were now outside her viewing window. Riga nodded her head and said yes. The red light and alien vanished from outside in space. And appeared right next to her! Hi, said the alien. Not as words but inside her head. Thank you for calling us. How may we help you?

 

Riga was shocked and stuck for words. The alien helped her. It’s ok Riga. Simply think in words or pictures. We cannot speak so talk this way. My name is Aeeon. It’s a pleasure to meet you. Riga nodded and smiled. She started to speak then stopped. The conversation continued in her head. Thank you for visiting me Aeeon. Yes, I want my ship to be like yours. The witch Juniper’s Daughter gave me the ship. She was recalled by her mother Juniper. She said the ship is missing a tail and communication antenna. I want them both installing so it appears like when it was built. Would you do that for me?

 

The alien thought for a minute. Yes, we can do that. It’s easy to do. We simply fit a new fin and antenna. The communication system is the same but has been upgraded compared to the one fitted here. Your ship is old. How old Riga asked? Very old but we do not measure time like you do. For us time is multi-dimensional. We can go anywhere in it. Think of a fish in water. Your ship of three point two million years old. Yet it has not aged due to how we and the ship experiences time. Did you read the operating manual? Riga nodded. Near the back it explains that. Read that part again so you will be fully aware of it. She nodded. I will re-read it. It takes some getting used to, the differences in time. Of how you and I see or experience it. Yes, it does, that is right. However, Riga it’s just another way of doing things. You will quickly understand it. What of the fin and antenna? Yes, my friend, we will do that for you. Our ship yard is at the far end of the galaxy. We can take you there and do the repairs. Or I have a different suggestion. I can simply give you my ship. As you can see, it has both the fin and the long-distance communication system fitted. That system works the same as your spells by the way. It bypasses time and distance. What you on Earth call real time. Magic is the basis of the antenna array. It sends a spell out and gets a reply immediately. By giving you my craft, you don’t need to go to our yards. What do you want to do?

 

Riga was lost in thought. A radio system based on spells and magic. How cool was that? Why hadn’t Juniper’s Daughter mentioned it? And why had it been removed? I’d like to see the shipyards though. It would be super cool to see where these ships are made. But to have Aeeon’s craft. To be given that right now. That’s absolutely awesome! I will swap mine for his. Riga composed herself and thought what to tell the alien.

 

Ok Aeeon. As much as I want to see your ship yards, I think it will be easier to simply swap vessels. Is that ok? And the magic based communication system is just cool. Aeeon raised both hands in agreement. That’s fine Riga. We can swap ships and you have your own updated vessel. It has a recently overhauled reactor. Your own ship’s reactor would need an overhaul in ten thousand years. We can do that early. We will still do the other repairs. Yes, Juniper’s Daughter had the fin removed to limit flight performance. Plus the comms system too. Being a witch, she never needed to use it. Had both systems been left in place, if her main enemy Satan had captured the ship, it would’ve been harder to stop. The flight performance with the fin fitted is excellent. Much better compared without it. You will see that. And the magical system was very like her own personal magical skills. Both would level the playing field and make Satan more dangerous. So they were removed. The Devil only came close once to capturing her craft. That’s a different story. When you see the witch, you can ask her about that. As she gifted the ship to you, these systems will make you more dangerous. As you do not have her full magic or spell work skills, the communication system will allow you to bypass that. If you use it against Satan, he will have a very bad day!

 

All of this was a lot to take in. Riga was lost in thought for many minutes. She nodded and spoke out loud. Yes, I will take your ship. Please transfer my things over. My clothes and few possessions I brought aboard. Going back to telepathy, she thanked the alien and said she needed more time to think. To put all of this in order and understand it. This was another step in her route to taking over doing Juniper’s Daughter’s job. Riga was only a mortal woman. Yet she was the most powerful human that had ever existed. With magic skills, a fully operational flying disc and a new alien friend and ally. If that wouldn’t make Satan shudder, nothing would.

 

Here Riga. Let me show you a video of our home planet and ship yards. Call it a history tour. Then you understand and know how our ships are grown. They’re not built. As they are biotic, they are half alive. Not made in factories but grown. Like a life form. Here, watch this. The alien held out a hand and a white light was projected onto the wall where the vision window had been. Riga saw a large gas type planet. It had five different sized moons. Between moon number two and the planet was the ship yards. The alien zoomed in and there before her, Riga saw small craft the same as theirs. There were thousands of them. Other vessels of different shapes were there too. Some were complete while others were missing parts or had internal structure visible. The video went on and on. It showed everything. Now Riga understood. Aeeon told her, we build vessels for most of the galaxy. Yours’ is just one example. We are a global collective of beings. We live in peace and harmony. Now you know Riga. Welcome to the global galactic community. Now you understand. You are part of this and always will be. As are all the other people on Earth. Riga exclaimed that she never ever knew this. She started to cry. I never knew any of this. Never ever knew. Not ever. Now you do Riga. Don’t worry my friend. Welcome home…

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