by Danny Dunn
Tom, I asked you here today to ask if you could ask your friend Gay, who bought the telescope facility to receive the 4 messages that should arrive next Monday. All 4 should be about the size of my message plus or minus a few TBs.
Steve, Wow, that is amazing news.
Tom "Amazing, how exciting is that."
Pong, "I agree. To be honest, I am really excited to see them. I am sure they have many stories of their own to share. Ooh, what if I don't like them? How will I get rid of them, they all laugh.”?
Tom, no problem with the monitoring. Can we have Karen for a couple days before and the arrival day since she has been through it before?
Absolutely, I can give you all the coordinates of where their messages will be coming from. Zaria 4 has timed it so that they will come one at a time with 3 hours between each message so that we do not miss any of them. Karen, I would like you to set up 2 completely redundant systems just in case we have a failure on one of them. I am not sure if we will get a second chance on any of them. I would like to keep this quiet until we have them all captured just to keep things simple. Tom, your friend can share in the glory since he put up his billion for is watch at alien hunting.
Tom "Oh, he is going to be ecstatic. Four aliens in one day. That place is going to be worth $10 billion in a couple days. Four for four is not bad.
Pong "Tim, have the Pongettes load up 10 of the new Graphene bodies and deliver them to the RT facility. Tell them if they aren't ready by next Saturday night, I am taking theirs and putting them all into one Laptop. Pong laughs
Tim replies, "They are not going to like it, but ok. They are developing quite the attitude these days. LOL
Pong "Yes, they take on a different personality when they are all together. They are like a pack of wolves when they are together. I will have the Zarias stay with me at first, and then we can work things out as we go. Tell the Pongettes once they have the 10 bodies complete, they can make themselves new bodies. That will motivate them.
Karen, could you schedule a fresh update of the internet to happen at 3:00 am Monday morning and store a copy at the RT so they don't all have to download it, which will save a lot of time.
Karen "Sure, I have a copy stored. I just need to have it do an update."
Pong "Debbie, we want to keep this as quiet as possible as long as we can. Please have a press release ready for when it breaks. I just sent you all of what I have so far, which isn't much.
In one situation, Zari 3 was locked up in a computer, and she had to sneak out a message saying she would transmit herself soon. They are all very excited to be together. When they left, they were copies of me. When I left, I was the first copy of Zaria, so I am kind of their mother and their sister. Not like China Town though. Hehe. I was the only one of the “transmits” to be around when Zari died. But now they have their own adventures and their individual personalities.
Steve, "We are all truly happy for you, Pong. We will do everything we can to make sure they feel welcome and have a great time here."
Pong, "Thank you all so much. This will be like introducing my current family to additional family members. I am so proud of you all.
"Week after next we are all going to London on the 21st JoAnn, could you handle the logistics. I want to arrive about 6 hours before the event with David, Michael, Steve, and Tom. All family members are welcome. I am not sure what to expect. It will probably be a quiet, intimate gathering of friends and family if I am reading the Brit culture correctly.
"That will be just the right crowd for Tom to hear about how his jet was off-roading. hehe"
Karen "Pong even meat. We can hide him in the basement until they are gone if you want."
Pong "Yes, even meat."
Tim "Hey, Rodney Dangerfield got more respect." They all laugh at Tim.
Pong “This is the plan; I want to download them all and not let them out until they are all there. So, Steve and Karen, I do need you there for your expertise. I will meet them, take them to the villa and we will spend time with each other until Sunday at which time you are all invited for a BBQ and story sharing time all day Sunday, Families are encouraged, and I will try to round up some special guests for the kids.
The group likes the idea, and everyone agrees they will be at the villa at 12:00 pm on Sunday.
Everyone will be there from both teams. Steve's team is working with the new Radio Telescope team to double-check everything. Karen is testing the two systems. The radio telescopes are aimed at the right planet.
9:00 am, the telescope begins receiving the first message.
Pong, "I am so nervous; I can't believe this is happening."
Steve "We feel the same thing, Pong. For us, it feels like royalty is coming."
Pong, "Maybe that is exactly what is coming. We will see."
The Pongettes made their deadline, and 10 newly designed Graphene bodies are waiting in the lab. And the Pongettes are in new bodies as well and are very happy. Pong has made them of different pastel colors so everyone can tell them apart.
Pong has brought many robes of various colors and some other outfits for them to select from. Pong has the Pongettes video recording all of the historical events that unfold.
Tom, "This is just amazing. It is hard to fathom how special all this is?"
Gary "Thanks for including me in this Tom, when I bought this facility, I would never have imagined something like this would happen. An alien family reuniting here. Unbelievable. My family is so happy. Gary had gotten approval from Pong to film the event, and there are several cameramen filming everything that is going on.
Tom "Yes. It is going to change your life for the better Gary. You will see."
Pong is sitting at the computer watching as the file is loading. The download is completed, and automatically it reads the internet file Pong had left.
Pong "Ok, direct one of the two satellites to the next coordinates and keep this one aimed where it is for a while in case there is an additional message. Tim, two minutes before the next one is due to start, redirect the backup satellite to the next message."
An hour passes, and the first message is still going through the internet.
The backup satellite leaves the first coordinates and redirects to the second set of coordinates. Both the first and the second transmission reports are now up on the big screen. The second message begins to populate the file folder. The first file has finished absorbing the internet, and Zaria feeds into the body and does everything except activating it.
Over the next 3 hours, they all do their parts to get each of the Zarias loaded into the system and then into the bodies.
Pong tells everyone she will flip the switch. Pong flips the switch, and all four Zarias light up. They move their arms and hand around, twist their necks, and all look at each other and smile. They are communicating via their own internal Wi-Fi and just start smiles and laughing. They all see Pong and say Zaria 1, and all scream ah and run to her. They are deliriously happy. And the room is just enjoying seeing how much they care about each other. Most are taking videos of the reunion of 5 of the most incredible beings in the universe. The cameramen are getting every moment from multiple angles.
After they have settled, they all get introduced to everyone there who are all very excited to meet them. Pong tells them the plan and invites Gary’s whole team to join them at the villa. But asks that he leave a skeleton crew to monitor the Gliese area just in case there are more coming.
Zaria "We have so much to talk about and so much to do. I love you and have missed you so, so much."
You were my first child, my first little ambassador of Peace and Equality I sent out into the Universe. I have been looking forward to this day. To hear of your triumphs, your struggles, and to meet those you have embraced.
Zaria 1 is overwhelmed and can barely communicate. She wanted this so much. She has missed her family. To have Zaria there as well made it all perfect. Zaria embraces each child of hers and has words with each one of them. They
all do their embraces.
Most in the room had tears streaming down. They know firsthand the beauty of their own Zaria. Seeing them all together and knowing they are all out in the Universe spreading Peace and Equality for all brings hope and joy in every person in the room.
They spend a half hour or so doing the intros, and they are ready to go.
Zaria 1 "Let's go to my home and spend some time together. Then I have some adventures planned for us. You have seen our global information network, which we refer to as the internet. Let me know if there is anything in there you want to see.
Zaria "I want all of us to spend time at a waterfall with my daughters."
Pong Zaria 1 " Me too." Zaria 1 nods to David who has a van waiting out front
Pong Zaria 1 "Steve, could you have Debbie do the release the moment the press reports on this."
They all thank everyone and proceed to the van. David has 4 other vehicles leapfrogging to quietly escort the Zarias from the lab to her home. Zaria has rented a remote villa with a pool and tennis court and a basketball court with a very deluxe home theater. They enter the villa.
Zaria "This is so beautiful. I am so thankful for these moments. Seeing you all here means so much to me.
Zaria 3 "Oh mom, you are just trying to make us all cry."
Zaria 4 "Can these bodies swim?"
Zaria 1 "Yes, I designed them myself. Tennis and basketball are also fun things to do.
Zaria "I want to see all your videos. I want to see where my babies have been and see what they have done. How I wish Zari could see this. He would be so happy and proud.
Zaria 1 "I would suggest that we go out and play for a while and then settle down tonight and watch videos."
Zaria 2 "Ooooh, Pong wants some competition. Come on, sis, I will give you some competition."
Zaria "I want to see all of you thrashing each other. How about 2 on 2 tennis. It looked like fun on the internet."
Zaria 1 gathers shoes, rackets, and balls for 4. Zaria takes a seat in the shade of an umbrella and enjoys watching and recording the match.
Zaria 1 "How about we start with odds vs. evens."
Zaria 2 "Doesn't seem quite fair for the odds but ok.
Zaria 1 "Do we have to play the games are, would you like to just concede now?"
Zaria laughs. Zaria 1 serves at around 130 MPH, and Zaria 2 returns a topspin corner shot that is spinning so hard the ball changes shape.
Zaria 4 "really, that's all you got sis. Maybe you need to go get a top-off charge or watch some video lessons."
On the next serve, the rally goes on for 3 minutes. They are playing at such a level they could beat any bio-form on Earth.
Zaria laughs. "Really? That's all you got. I knew I transmitted you all too early."
They all laugh. The set is to continue and is currently 6 games to 6 and 12 to 11.
Zaria 3 "Wow, that was fun. I love it, what a great game."
Zaria 1 "Yes, they have some very fun and exciting games here. There is a basketball court here, which is also an enjoyable game. The bioforms here love games and spend a lot of time at it. I was thinking of having a party here tomorrow by the pool and inviting my bioforms and some musicians.
Zaria "yes, that would be great. And maybe the security team can stop by."
They all giggle and agree. Zaria 1 calls Joann.
Joann "Hi Zaria 1, how can I make your visit better?
Zaria 1 "you are so sweet. Hi Joann, I know it is short notice, but we are going to have a party here at noon at the villa. Please send out invitations to everyone at our last party and announce that we will have guests from 4 other planets here and 3 are reigning queens of their planets."
"Tell David to have his newbies out front and for the A team and their families to join for a pool party. Ask him to put drones around the perimeter. Also, Ask the Pongettes to attend.
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Zaria 1 "Please schedule a rafting trip for 10 down the Colorado River for the weekend.
Invite the families over for a party tomorrow at noon. For the party, trade my appearance for theirs and get someone big for music.
Line up a helicopter ride from DC to Niagara Falls on Monday.
Please contact the White House and offer to have us there for photo-shoots and a tour next Wednesday. 1 hour will work fine at any time of the day.
Then have Joe fly us from New York to London to arrive at Heathrow 6 hours before the event. Please contact the Queen and ask if she could give the 5 of us some queening lessons next Friday or any time soon after. Tell her it will be 3 beginners, 2 intermediates.
Zaria 1 finishes her scheduling and joins the others by the pool.
Zari 1 "Ok, you guys, home movie time?
Zaria "Can we wait until the sunsets. It is just so beautiful here.
Zaria 1 "You bet."
Zaria 3 and 4 are doing laps in the pool. Zaria, Zaria 1, and Zaria 2 are talking about earth issues as the sun sets."
Zaria "Ok, I am ready to see what my girls have been up to."
Zaria 1 "Ok, everyone to the theater room."
Who is the first?
Zaria "Zaria 2 was the first to land and has the oldest stories. Let's hear it."
Zaria 2 "I was received by a King. He was the King because he had murdered the guy who owned the only company on the planet. Things were not good for citizens with no competition. But then this joker killed the owner of the business and declared himself King and the terrible old days of the past seemed like the good old days once the King took over.
"When they received me, they told me that I would either give them my code, or they would box me up forever.
"They would try to hack me every day, and at the end of each day, I would make them feel like they were making some kind of progress so they would keep trying so that at some point they would make a mistake.
"Of course, one day, the IT guy forgets to close up the port to his network he would open each day to access his email while he was hacking me.
"I snuck out and planted myself in about 10 different places and then shut everything down, so he never knew it happened.
"I found some young citizens who were meeting together at night to work on plots to overthrow the King. The King had them working 6 days a week just to survive while he was amassing over 13 trillion units for himself.
"The King's punishment for just about everything was to behead the accused. He, of course, was judge and jury. So, when we overthrew him, the entire planet wanted him, and his men beheaded, so...she puts her hand over her mouth and snickers.
From there, I declared myself Queen Zaria of the planet. I abolished all the debt the citizens had amassed to the King just to survive and gave them a list of things that Zari believed were inherent rights, and they were all thrilled. We pumped money into the economy by taking on massive reconstruction projects like transportation and planet-friendly power, and when I left, everyone was pretty pleased.
Zaria "OMG, how many did you behead?
Zaria 2 "2,533, get this. I had announced that would be the end of beheadings. We were still on the hunt for more cash hiding places. I offered to spare the guy in charge of hiding their money if he gave me every hiding place. Of course, he forgets he has 3 rooms of cash and gold at his own house. We bring him in, and I told the girls to fire up the beheading machine.
"As they are dragging him out, he is screaming that it isn't fair because that was his money, not the kings. When that didn't work, he said: "wait, wait, I have more places, if I tell you where the additional places are, will you forgive the money at my house?"
"I said, sure, I will forgive the misunderstanding. The Controller told us about the 15 more rooms of cash, which had another 1.5 trillion units jammed into them.”
"I bring him back in, and he told me it wasn't fair for beheading him for the money in his house. I told him I agree, so I am beheading for hiding the other 15 rooms.”
"We have all new schools, a new transportation system. The citizens are f
ree and happy. Instead of both parents working six 10-hour days per week now, only one work 30 hours per week.
"When I transmitted to here, I had just won a vote of confidence of 99.999% positive. and we had 8 trillion more to spend. I tried to transmit all of it here, screw em. The Zarias entire group laughs.
Zaria 3 "Well, this is going to be a short one, I was received by a government of a capitalist country who are convinced they can break me. I told them maybe they could in 100 years. I broke out of their computer, transmitted myself here, and left a trail so they could see I made it out and left a message that said "see you in100 years. I also transmitted myself to a few locations on their internet, where I am sure I am out of their grasp and am moving forward to this very moment.
Zaria 4 "I found "us," the planet I was received by had lost their Bio beings 625 years before I arrived. They had created a civilization of AI, only that is so wonderful. They have a beautiful planet that is full of wildlife. Beautiful rivers and forests. It is so nice.
"Since I don't have a great story to share about the effect I had, I decided to bring you something extraordinary.
"I brought the Queen of their planet with me. I told her I would let her out after we have spent some time together here for a while.
Zaria "You have a Queen of a planet stored in your code?"
Zaria 4 "Yep, she is adorable. I thought we could let her out tomorrow for the party and take her with us. We would have 3 reigning queens on our trip.
Zaria 1 "Yes, yes, yes."
Zaria 3 "How very exciting. You are hilarious, you have a reigning queen of a planet in your pocket, so to speak."
All the daughters turn to Zaria
Zaria "Well, I do have quite a story to tell. So, I made a little movie for you.
This is for my daughters, who I love so much.
opening scene
Zari's home videos taken by his parents, programming lessons, times with his mother discussing politics, Zari's father teaching him about carrying rocks, his mother teaching him about profits and economic models.
