“You mean Earthlings are like us?”
        “Oh no, Princess Ze…I think we’re a much superior race.” Azqal, Minister of Intelligence of the asteroid Vytgrr of the galaxy of Novamundx, pressed the button to activate the inter-galactic communicator hologrro. It showed a rotating hologram of a male Earthling beamed from planet Earth. “Humans have bodies similar to us, and they also need oxygen to survive, but they have quite bizarre faces to say the least, and their strength, our Earthling operatives have concluded, is only comparable with our young.”
        Princess Ze turned away and peered at the reflection of her dog-like face in the gigantic glass window of her castle. “Then, it’s no use to recruit them as warriors.”
        The War of the Asteroids was at a crucial point now. In an effort to crush defiant asteroid worlds in Novamundx, the Novalord, ruler of the dreaded Tyrannu race that inhabits the itinerant cluster of Black Asteroids, abducted Earthling beasts and altered them genetically into enhanced brute fighters called the Warkind.
        A quantum leap in preserving the vanishing Tyrannu race, the Warkind also wreaked havoc to the resistance of the Koalition, a union of freedom fighters led by the enigmatic rebel Princess Ze.
        Despite the catastrophic menace brought about by the commission of the Warkind into the elite Tyrannu army, the Koalition remained defiant.
        The Novalord subsequently gained more victories in conventional battles against the rebels, but consequently prolonged the war with guerilla resistance that mushroomed everywhere in the galaxy. Princess Ze’s leadership imbued the freedom fighters with tremendous confidence and inspiration.
        “There are Earthling creatures closely resembling our Vytgrr race, my Lady.” Azqal clears his throat. “They’re the werewolves.”
        "Werewolves…?"
        "Part human, part wolf. They’re humans who transmogrify into beings like us when the Earth’s moon is full. They’re more powerful than any beasts on the planet. They’re even stronger than us. But…”
        “The Novalord has already taken the werewolves, I presume?”
        “No, Princess Ze. Werewolves are extremely rare. Even our operatives haven’t seen one of them yet, except on…a box…uhm, television.”
        “We must have our own brute fighters to match the Warkind.”
        “There’s one species on Earth stronger and far more intelligent than humans. These creatures communicate like we do. They also have faces that look like us. Humans call them dogs”
        "Azqal, can we trust these dogs to wield the power of the Exo-Force?"
        “We have no other choice.”

(CONTINUED)