[ TT ] An alien fugitive finds you hiking in the forest one night and offers you endless travels amongst the stars only if he can take your identity and hide on earth .

`` Wait, how does this all work again?'' I asked, dumbfounded and still processing the new information presented to me. 
 
 The squat alien, clearly annoyed, leaned forward and spoke more slowly into his translator, 
 `` You would board my ship, allow yourself to be scanned and documented, while the machine replica of your body is being built and the computer downloads and organizes the details of your daily life, I will teach you to fly my ship. After which you may leave earth, explore the stars, but you must never return to earth. At least not until the legal time has passed in which my prosecutors are allowed to convict me.'' 
 
 This was the same thing he had said earlier, shortly after appearing on the ridge of the hole I was digging. The alien had appeared, jumped into my hole, disregarded my shovel raised above my head and began speaking. There was a brief introduction including a name I could not pronounce and a history I could not make sense of. The only clear part of the whole speech was that this little runt was an fugitive alien and needed a place to hide. 
 
 I glanced around to re-evaluate my situation. I was in the middle of woods outside the remote town my daughter had recently moved to. Any human would immediately have called the police on me because I could n't look more sketchy even if I tried. And I was n't trying, this was the cleanup phase. But as it stands now I still have blood on my hands and a carcass lying in some bushes nearby. My body showed signs of struggle, I wore tattered clothes and my hair was a mess. I hadnt slept in days, my eyes were bloodshot and baggy, my body weary. There was a gun at my side and a shovel in my hands. All of which the alien seemed to take no notice of. 
 
 `` Did you say you would scan my brain for information?'' I asked. 
 
 `` Certainly, I must achieve full integration in your life.'' The little alien responded. 
 
 `` Thats, wonderful. And you'll teach me to fly your ship?'' 
 
 `` Its really just a matter of mapping your brain then adding information to it. In fact that can all be done rather quickly.'' 
 
 `` Well how about an exchange you teach me first and Ill give you everything you need.'' 
 
 The small alien paused to consider this. It then immediately turned and walked away, showing no obvious sign of agreeing or disagreeing. A few feet away it reached up into the air and pulled a lever. An upright shuttle 30 feet tall materialized in front of me. Turning back, the small alien spoke to me, `` I agree''. 
 
 I reached behind me to grab my rifle, i slowly let it rest on the ledge in front of me. The alien pulled a crown out of the side of his ship, with cabled that ran in through a now open hatch. The squat alien raised his translator back up and spoke, `` This device will transfer information to and from your mind, the whole process should n't take more than *clishg*. I am sorry, that did not translate, it is a short time unit.'' 
 
 I put on the crown, the device immediately started whirring and pressing softly against my temple. I gave a breif moment's thought to how little I suspected foul play and remained totally uncaring even if there was. The truth is, I had nothing left to lose anymore. Not after what the horrible man had done. The alien still stood in front of me, pleased at his ease of success. I cast my eyes downward, realizing that the alien would soon be made aware of his mistake. `` I feel bad doing this to you, but you are a fugitive, and the truth is I am too. See, I murdered that man whose carcass is lying behind those bushes.'' I gestured to the foliage behind me and took a deep breath. The pressure on my temples was relieved and the whirring stopped. I recognized the ship as a former [ Galactic scout ship ], knowledgeable in its speed capabilities and even the native language of its makers, I realized the transfer of data was successful. I finished my speech in her own native tongue. `` And I feel bad doing this to you without an explanation but when this device finished my upload, I will kill you and take your ship. I have no intention of returning to earth. I did n't even think this half-assed plan of throwing my former son-in-law's body in this shallow grave would work. I'm just happy he is dead. But now, you've given me an opportunity to leave, not go to jail, or sit around waiting to go to jail. So, I'm going to take it. And run. I do n't know you, and frankly that's your fault for trusting a stranger, who was digging a hole in the middle of the woods, with blood on his hands.'' In one smooth motion I raised my rifle and shot the small creature in front of me. The alien slumped to the ground in front of me. 
 
 I raised myself out of the grave, walked to the ship, pulled the lever which would allow me to enter, and fled. 

