ROMANCE: HIGHLANDER ROMANCE: Seduced by highlander (Historical Mail Order Bride Time Travel Romance) (Military Fantasy Romance Short Stories) (125 page)
Authors: Brittany White
Chapter 8
“I’ve contacted my warriors and they have agreed that they will fight alongside us. They are now forming a plan of attack to get into those negotiations and put a stop to it. They were most eager to get down and dirty. They know that I would never ask anything of them that I wouldn’t ask of myself. They were hesitant to listen for a moment, but I detailed what had happened up to this point and they became eager to comply.” James saw this unusual glow about Reina that reminded him of how his ex wife Jessica looked after she got pregnant.
“I’ve broken the lock, but I do need to tell you something, Reina. While we were back in the lab, I was not only testing the sample, but I was testing you with several different scans when you came through the door. I have some news for you that will be hard for you to swallow. I don’t know how it’s possible, but the results are beyond reproach.” She wasn’t sure how to say what she had on her mind.
Reina was struggling with the controls and that first scout ship was right there in her sights. “I really don’t know what you’re talking about, but I really don’t have time to get into it. Just say what is on your mind and let me decide on whether I can handle it or not.” She was worried that she had some sort of human disease and being on the planet had not exactly done her any good.
“There’s no easy way to tell you, but you have 60% of human DNA. The rest is a soup of a molecular cocktail that I don’t even recognize. It’s the reason why your body makeup is almost exactly like ours. The other part of your DNA comes out during your excitement and when you turned that green color upon your orgasm, I almost lost it.” She had read the evidence for herself and the fact that these aliens had been in touch before was almost unheard of.
“I can’t believe that, but it does bode the question why my parents didn’t tell me that. I think I understand. They would’ve been known as pariahs and I would never have been given a normal life. It’s a good thing that my mutation was only classified, as something of a birthing anomaly. Things are starting to become clearer. My parents were always talking in hushed tones like they were trying to keep something from me.” As she was talking, Reina was firing on the scout chip and playing a game of cat and mouse. She finally got behind the ship and blew it to smithereens. “It’s no wonder that I had a connection to this world. I came from the loins of one of the women. They should have told someone in confidence. My parents could have avoided all of this. I’m going to have to contact the emissary and send them the evidence. My father and mother will not be chastised, as they’re no longer alive.”
“I’ve always wanted more children and I think that you’ll find that I have the virility of someone that has very strong swimmers. Jessica and I were tested back in the day and they found that I could easily get somebody pregnant with one shot of the good stuff. You have more than one shot. I can see it on your face that you already know the truth. I hope that I can convince you to stay here and live out your life, as a human. I think that is what your mother would want for you, but it’s not exactly like I am going to let you leave with my kids.” James was laying down the law and was trying to make it reasonably clear that he was not going to be denied.
“I’m a little busy here, but I will say that the idea of staying here does put a happy little smile on my face. I’ve been fighting my true nature and maybe that’s the reason why I have turned my back on the world that I have known for all of my life. I’ve sent a message to the emissary. It will be up to him to decide on what to do next. I’ve informed him of our own attack and that of the attack on the negotiations. He’ll hopefully see that backing down is a win for everyone. Until that time, I need to make sure that they don’t get closer than what they already have.” Reina felt alive and the new life or lives swimming around inside of her had given her a reason to stand firm with her plan.
Earth could easily fight the good fight, but against this type of alien force it would’ve been for nothing. James was thankful that he had enforced his own will, although most of it was bled into his conscience by the alien part of Reina. She was unique, but she wasn’t going to be unique for too much longer.
“I’m watching you in action and I’m really impressed by how easily you move the ship like the grace of a cat.” She fired on two other scout ships and had been given return fire that strafed the hull and left one of her engines incapacitated.
“I need both of you to hold on to something. I’m going to turn off the gravitational pull, so that I can do a G force twist.” She barely got the words out of her mouth, when she turned to find both Jessica and James in their seat like good little soldiers.
The force in which James had taken her the last time was something that Reina could feel all the way down to her toes. Her half breed existence was unknown, but it was about to become a fact of life for her people.
“I’ve gotten word that they have begun their attack on the negotiations. There have been casualties and one marine has died as a result. We need to get to the mother ship.”
“I’ve been working on a cure for the poison and I think that I found a way. It can be instituted into the water and I’ve sent word to the CDC about what to do. We’ve been talking back and forth on the Internet and they have since started to institute a regimen into the diets of all those that have allergies. There still may be some deaths, but it won’t be anywhere near the millions that were predicted. I think that you might find a couple of dozen or even less than that that will fall victim to the poison in their system. It all depends on how long it has had time to incubate in their bodies.” Jessica felt a sense of relief, but being in danger was also making her blood pump just a little bit quicker.
“I’ve underestimated you, Jessica and I don’t think that I will make that mistake again. I’m glad that we are on the same side, even though it wasn’t exactly for the same reasons.” Reina could feel the swimming presence of his seed and it had already adhered to the walls of her sexual ovum. She did feel new life and was sure that things were going to progress quickly. Her alien DNA was helping to push things along. She would probably make it about six months by human standards. Her belly had already filled out and she was feeling uncomfortable, but also slightly energetic by the new life that was feeding into her adrenaline. “I’ve never had any need for children before, but this is different. It was my idea, but James was the one that wasn’t about to take no for an answer. I had reservations, but my mind and his were linked and we became a force to be reckoned with.
“I know that this goes against your better judgment, Reina, but we have no choice. My people have detained the delegation. They are adamant that they are not part of the problem, but the president is taking my advice. She won’t be able to hold them for long, unless of course your government decides to intervene.” James watched, as they approached the mother ship. It was huge and being this close had certainly made him well aware of the fact that they were fighting a losing battle.
“The ship is practically impenetrable. The only way that I’m going to make any sort of dent is to fire on anything that is venting. Those vents are still shielded, but not nearly as much as the rest of the hull.” She avoided the shots from their own weapons and was playing some sort of video game with deadly consequences. She fired on the ship, but she needed somebody else to be in the other seat. Reina turned to see that James had been a man of his word and had decided to put his own unique talents to good use. “I don’t want to do this, but without any form of formal surrender, I don’t see that they’re going to leave me any other way to survive. I’m going to have to blow up the mother ship and hope to god that it doesn’t bring about a retaliation of the likes that this planet will never be able to survive.”
“You look like a woman that has lost her best friend. If you need to take a step back, I’ll be more than happy to take the reins.” James could see that Reina’s alien other half was trying to insert itself. He could understand how hard it was for her to struggle between two worlds. It was already built into her DNA and was probably the reason why she was hell bent on trying to make a difference.
Reina had never had that compulsion to lift a finger against her own people when it came to other worlds that were in jeopardy. This was the only one that made her go against everything that she believed in. The chance at peace seemed unattainable.
“I can’t wait forever. We either do this now, or we risk being obliterated.” She started her attack on the right side of the ship and began to fire with the help of James on anything that looked like a vent. The explosions that ensued began to cripple the mother ship and make it practically defenseless against any sort of attack. “It’s not going to take much more and we’ve been lucky that they haven’t found a way to target us more successfully.” I don’t like this, but it’s necessary for the evolution of my people on both fronts. That feeling of being taken by James and being given the prodigy of his genes is something that I will never forget. I know that we will survive, but it comes at a high price. I’m not sure that I can pay that price without feeling like I have done something drastically wrong.”
“Transport ship numbers 17. This is the emissary. I have received your test results and I’ve confirmed with our own doctors that this is no joke. We have decided to leave this planet in peace, but in the process Reina is no longer permitted to come anywhere near our planet. The Nexus will abide by the codicil that has been part of our heritage forever. Stand down and let us leave, before you take this any further than what you already have.” The words coming through the speaker surprised all three of them, but they stopped in hopes that this was not some sort of trick to lower their guard.
Reina could see that there was hope on the horizon. She decided that discretion was the better part of valor. “We hear you, emissary and with a heavy heart, I will say my goodbyes. Do not make the mistake of coming back here again. We both know that the codicil is irreversible. If for any reason that you doubt my claim, then take the fact that I am pregnant with a hybrid baby of my own, as proof that this planet is now off limits to your kind of barbarism.”
They waited, until the scout ship from down below transferred the prisoners of the alien race back to the ship. Once that was done, both Reina and her two companions would return to the planet’s surface. They didn’t know what kind of welcome they would get, but they were heroes and that afforded them the opportunity to be treated as such. Reina touched her belly and knew that the child was going to be a new way to cement peace and prosperity. The Nexus would not be able to come back without the threat of being called before the tribunal.”
Reina discussed with her new friends James and Jessica the idea that they should be a family together. It wouldn’t be conventional and most people would turn away in disgust, but for them it was the family that they had always wanted. The baby would be born and with it a gene pool that would make sure that those alien races that aligned with the Nexus were made to stand down against earth. War was still common amongst the earthlings, but at least they were safe from alien invasion. For now.
THE END
Kelly awoke with a start in the night unable to move her limbs. This wasn’t a sensation that she was unused to, as she had had bouts of sleep paralysis since she was a child. Many of the nights that she lied in her bed trapped under her sheets, she saw large, masculine figures crowded around her, looking down at her, helpless under invisible weights. As always, she stopped and told herself not to panic. Yes, the feeling of being at the mercy of someone or something else was a horrifying one, but this was something that she was used to. She woke up frozen in the night because there was something wrong with the way her brain worked, not because she was in a trance or about to be abducted. This was a night just like any other over the course of her life, and nothing that she should be worried about. Until it was.
Unlike the many other nights that had come and gone with her stuck awake, staring at the ceiling and the shadowy figures that encircled her vision, after what she guessed was about five or ten minutes stuck under her comforter, a bright white light started emanating from the center of the circle that the shadowy figures had always formed. Initially, she panicked, her heart racing and her frozen palms growing clammy as it grew brighter and brighter. The light began to envelop the forms, which had become so familiar to her over the years, and their predictable outlines grew blurred. Suddenly, she didn’t think that her nightly visitors were so familiar. She quickly moved to force that thought out of her head, however. She figured she would be awake soon enough. It would all be over, just as it always was.
The light continued to grow until she could no longer see what she had come to believe were hallucinations hovering over her. Everything around her became white – blinding white that served to completely disorient her. With no frame of reference or no bearing, she had no idea where she was or what position she was really in. All she knew was that she felt suspended, and that she was moving somewhere inexplicably fast.
Though the light had taken a bit of time to fade in, it disappeared all too quickly, jarring Kelly’s awareness to her new surroundings. She blinked a few times, and her mouth fell open in disbelief. All around her, she saw polished metal with smooth edges and gliding corners. Everything seemed seamless and streamlined, like it had been the culmination of astounding intellectual achievement. Clearly she had never been in such a place before, nor had she imagined that people could have made such a thing a reality, but there she was – unless she was still dreaming. She hadn’t seen any people yet, after all, and she was being moved down the hallway, around winding corner after winding corner. This was probably still just a dream, like she had always been used to, or so she told herself.
Eventually, she came to a glass door, which disappeared as she approached it. Inside, there was a pitted theater style room, which she was placed in the center of. The lights that were pointed toward the stage at the center prevented her from seeing whether or not anyone was in the presumed seats behind them. She could only hope that this dream wasn’t about to be turned into a nightmare. Soon, she would wake up and be able to move her limbs again. She’d walk into her kitchen and make herself a nightcap to calm her nerves and send her back to sleep. It would be okay. She’d go to work in the morning and just shrug it all off. Routine. That’s of course when she realized that she could actually move her head. The whole time she had been moved to her new location, she had assumed that her propped vision was the result of her waking dream, but in all actuality, she had been holding her head up the whole time on her own. That’s also when she started to panic a bit, and decided to take a look downwards to see what her state of affairs looked like.
What she found was that she was lying unclothed under a thin, but sensationless blanket on a floating polished metal disc. Her wrists and ankles were secured to the disc, but she could rotate enough to sit up and hold herself up with her hands. Nor were her restraints so uncomfortable that they were particularly noticeable either. Her mind was screaming that she was still in a waking dream, but she knew deep down that she was definitely awake. After all, she could move. That light wasn’t her just falling back asleep. It was a transport of some sort – that was the only thing that made sense given that her surroundings screamed otherworldly. Kelly wasn’t necessarily the most put-together of people – she was frequently late to work and would sometimes spend her night munching on a large container of vanilla yogurt versus actually making a balanced dinner, and to top it all off, she would regularly forget where she left her keys. However, it doesn’t exactly take a genius to notice things that are right in front of your face, and she had to quickly accept that facts were facts.
I guess it turns out that sleep paralysis isn’t to blame for all of the accounts of alien abductions, she thought. I mean, they’re pretty similar, but this is definitely distinct. I hope this isn’t one of those anal probe abductions. I’ve never been too into that. She had always been preoccupied with watching UFO based sci-fi growing up and had devoured all accounts of alien abduction as she could find. She had seen them run the gambit from profound to downright torturous, but she still couldn’t get enough of them. She even saw similarities through time, but a part of her always did want to believe. A smaller part of her deeper down wouldn’t even really mind the anal probing that much, if it was done right. She didn’t want to admit to that though, and never would publicly.
Eventually, the lights on her dimmed slightly, and she was able to make out silhouettes behind them. They looked pretty familiar and humanlike, which was a great comfort to her since she didn’t really know how many more visual surprises she could take in the near future given how shocked she was. She realized that her years of morbid fascination had rendered her incapable of really feeling anything about the situation other than a vague, animalistic fight or flight response that was woven with a mildly sexual frustration – visceral response, certainly, but dulled.
Finally, she got a visualization of what the figures always surrounding her looked like, and she was thrilled. There literally couldn’t have been a better abduction scenario – the man who walked into the amphitheater seemed larger than life and was build like a classical god. Clearly defined muscles rippled all over his form and he brazenly bore half of his chest beneath a similarly classical toga.
