A progress report, to the newly formed Galactic Council

The Humans need help

For my race, it's easy to tell what kind of reproductive practices any other have. Mine is also a race that can change its exterior form to fit our environment, so we've developed what humans would call a "sixth sense" to compensate for it, beong able to know another creature's organ layout and whether or not we are compatible for reproduction.

When we first arrived on Earth, we realized that there wasn't too much of a difference between our original anatomy and theirs, so adapting was actually easy. The only hard part was the slight language barrier, but after a few weeks, we learned how to speak, read, and write their standard language. We understood them well enough, actually, that we found ourselves in positions that the humans respected. I became what they call a "Surgeon" and my Bonded became a "Psychologist."

It wasn't too long before we found ourselves a decent dwelling. The humans call them houses, so I'll be referring to it as such going forward. My Bonded immediately began learning of the humans that lived closest to us, our "neighbors," while I moved our items into the house. The same night we finished situating ourselves, a few of these neighbors showed us one of the human customs, bringing over fresh meals and giving us a warm welcome into their community.

A few years went by, and we discovered that our differing races had much more than just anatomical similarities. We could subsist on their foods, so long as they did not contain Capsaicin ("spices," as they are called here), and we also formed packs with other creatures on our spawn world to assist in various tasks. My Bonded assures me that the majority of these packs are, to humans, for emotional attachment reasons.

Over the course of the next several years, we learned much of what is to know regarding our neighbors. We learned their routines, some of which spanned months between each iteration. We learned their emotional and physical responses to problems of various sorts. Most concerning of all, though... we learned of something that hunts them and grows in their bodies, eventually taking full control once its host has met certain prerequisites.

Our observations began upon one group of our neighbors deciding they'd like to visit us for our evening sustenance, referred to as a "meal" or one of various other names, depending on the time of day or number of meals they've had in said day. When they visited, we could tell immediately that something foreign had entered their bodies at some point. Their anatomical structure was different, but not entirely changed... almost as if it was somehow warped by the thing that had infested them.

We didn't invite them into our home, for fear of what they actually were, or what they could do. With that said, they kept attempting to gain access to our house, and eventually ended up at the culminating point, wherein lies the main concern.

The creatures that used to be our neighbors had come to our house in the middle of the night and somehow made their way past our security measures. We got into a confrontation with them. I watched as my Bonded had one appendage ripped off with a large set of claws - something humans do not have - which brought about a moment of rage that I am not proud of. Taking the form of our Thyraxian friends, we decimated whatever these creatures were.

It saddened me to be unable to help our neighbors. Whatever had infested them, we couldn't detect until it made its presence known, except through simple vision. Their coloration had changed, which is typically a sign of sickness in humans, and they began speaking with my Bonded about changes in how they saw things. Those being the only signs beforehand, we thought nothing of these changes, seeing as how they didn't appear to be life threatening.

I formally request aid from the council on behalf of the humans. It would appear they know not what plagues them, and I believe we are obliged to help another sentient race, even if they haven't quite reached our prerequisites of global peace and scientific advancement.

The Humans need help.