by Beth Hoyer
going on. Leland says something like apologizing and that he was ordered and mentions Alexei’s name which Alexei asks who ordered him to do this. Leland says Medical Doctor Samantha along with words that the position is for Humans and not non Humans. Alexei hears a dial tone followed by a beeping sound that indicates that his cell phone is no longer working goes to sit in chair at the desk while staring at the door. He puts cell phone on the desk and orders lights off verbally which they turn off. In the darkness with him seeing night vision he stares at the doorway to the room thinking of his Granddaughter Lisha and along with memory of meeting her in private on her wedding day. He recalls Lisha told him he was not human because she could sense that. Alexei remembers leaving during the wedding to the cruise ship to sit in his quarters staring at the walls with her comment echoing in his head. He is brought out of his reverie when the lights turn on by themselves followed by smoke coming from the grating on the ceiling billowing into the room.
The smoke makes him feel sleepy and as he falls unconscious he mutters “Goodbye Lisha.”
Alexei finds himself floating above his body watching the scene as people wearing riot gear and air breathing masks come into the room with one he recognizes as Doctor Samantha pushing a wheelchair towards him. He watches as the doctor places an oxygen mask on his face and the riot geared people place him on the wheelchair and doctor wheels him out of the room. Alexei follows her escorted by the rioted geared people pushing him to a set of stairs where the riot geared people carry the wheelchair down till they reach the end of the stairs and there’s a door in the wall with a console. Alexei recognizes it as the cryogenic tube room and watches as the wheelchair is lowered and the doctor pushes it into the room to one of the consoles in the wall which a riot geared person presses a button and a tube bed comes out with no glass cover on it. He watches as the doctor takes off the oxygen mask off his face as the riot geared people put his body onto the bed as a glass cover comes over his body and he sees the doctor speaking words unheard to the console next to the tube which the tube goes into the wall. Alexei finds himself in a lying position as if he is in the tube in the wall staring at the blue laser light that is going up and down his body with glass over it. He finds that his eyes are closed as he stares at the laser moving up and down his body. He mentally speaks to himself words about Lisha who he won’t see again thinking that the tube is set to keep him asleep till his body’s functions shut down till he dies and they’ll keep him in it preserved for further tests after his death. He mentally thinks that he won’t be around to see if Lisha will have more children fathered by Bruce for he realizes what the blue laser light is and groans recognizing it as a body monitor that is monitoring his body as the tube is keeping him frozen but alive to live another day. He groans to himself that his knowledge of things from having his high position must be why the doctor had him put in a tube for they couldn’t let him live among the population with mind walking Highlanders scanning people while learning secrets from their scans. Alexei finds himself back in his body feeling cold and feels a vibration of the tube bed moving and feels a prick of pain in his neck which he jerks his eyes open while coughing. He sees Lieutenants Janie Conway and James Jones standing next to his bed both with concern on their faces. Janie speaks that James hacked into Doctor Samantha’s personal file in the computer which reveals her as General Jon Logan’s baby sister. Alexei is annoyed as he recalls General Logan is an enforcer of the Humans hold high positions and not non Humans rule along with another memory of a ten year old girl he knows is called Sam. He gets up with the help of Janie and James and walks to the door of the room which opens to show Doctor Samantha with a glare on her face and four armed riot geared guards. Alexei speaks that Samantha is General Logan’s baby sister who he met when she was ten years old and adds that it explains why she seemed familiar when she started working here and now recognizes her. He adds that she’s a spy who has been leaking secret information to General Logan and the higher ups in the government due to them seemingly knowing things that are secret around here. Samantha he sees gets an angry look on her face as one of her guards grab her as another injects her with a needle knocking her out. Guards haul Samantha to the tube Alexei vacated and put her in it with Alexei locking her in by his hand print as code. Alexei mentions to Janie and James that he’s not Human which Janie interrupts that they don’t care. James speaks that they rather have someone they know and trust regardless their Human or not than a Human who’s a stranger leading them. Janie says that its not just them thinking that but all over the cruise ship with some of Logan’s supporters forced to accept Alexei as their leader after word got out that Samantha was Logan’s baby sister and a spy who was blabbing secret things to other people. Alexei goes to airplane hanger room escorted by Janie and James who he sees soldiers do hand salute whenever he walks by them on the way to the room and in the room. One of the officers Kenny stops in front of Alexei and says with disgust in his voice that General Logan is aboard and is being escorted to Alexei’s location. Alexei can see that Kenny has a disgusted expression on his face. Alexei stands and waits as General Logan a long haired blonde with goggle sunglasses over his eyes on his face and gloved hands arrive. Logan is rude to Alexei speaking in a nasty tone that Alexei isn’t Human and should be removed from position. Alexei remarks calmly that Doctor Samantha is the General’s baby sister who was revealed to be a spy due to there being secret information leaked out to the General along with higher ups to the government. Alexei adds that he had Samantha deposed. General Logan starts sputtering in gibberish which Kaison standing besides Alexei speaks that the General is sprouting Hammarabbi a language no Drainer can translate but can recognize it. Alexei is at the moment interrupted by Kenny who says that the Highlanders’ helicopter has been sighted and their landing without permission. Alexei gives Logan a glare and speaks that Logan and guards and Kaison should escort him to the helicopter. Alexei turns and walks out followed by Kaison and a still sputtering General. He sees the helicopter land which Highlanders come out hauling a stretcher with a male form with short blonde hair and silver metallic clothing on him unconscious. Alexei turns to face General Logan who faint falling unconscious which Alexei bents down and yanks off the General’s glove and sees the hand is clawed like the unconscious male on the stretcher bed. He remarks out loud that the General is not human but a non Human and wonders if Samantha knew about it. Alexei out in the hallway watching TV monitors that show a room with the unconscious General without his goggles on his face and gloves on his hands. He sees the unconscious male is lying on a bed next to the bed the General is on. TV monitors show Logan waking up shaking his head and groaning loudly then the monitor show him getting up from the bed and walking to the unconscious male which he places a bare hand on the male’s forehead. The male, Alexei sees on monitors wakes up with a groaning sound and starts speaking gibberish which Logan speaks back in gibberish. Kaison standing next to Alexei speaks that their speaking in Hammarabbi as Logan and the male converse in foreign language. Alexei in his quarters remembers some things about his life on Earth. He recalls being in a metal box wearing no clothes which the bottom drops open and he is falling landing on the ground on his stomach and feels a powerful wind storm flying around scattering the dirt which he covers his eyes and then storm stops. He finds himself in a forest at night time and stands up as a torch light appear and he sees a Human male he would later learn called Vladimir Zesky who takes him to his home and he meets Vladimir’s wife Beata along with a female who is pregnant he later learns is named Katherine who he would later take as his wife claiming her baby as his son Alexei Zesky Junior. Alexei recalls the Zesky family giving him clothes to wear along with teaching him things and teaching him how to speak their language which was Russian then English while living on a farm with them as Katherine gets further along with pregnancy. He remembers one day seeing out the window a convoy of vehicles called cars arrive at the house and see people come out of the cars towards the house which he watches as Vladimi
r comes out confronting the people. He goes to the front door to hear the people calling for Katherine and calling her names because she’s not married and expecting a baby which he comes out of the house to stand next to Vladimir towering over the man with a glare on his face. He sees the crowd becomes silent with looks on their faces that he later would learn was shock which Vladimir gives him barely a glance before introducing Alexei as an immigrant from Russia who has taken Vladimir’s last name and mentioning him as the father of Katherine’s baby along with mentioning that Alexei hates the spotlight and wants to keep himself private. Peoples he watches turns around and leaves via cars which he and Vladimir go back inside the house. Alexei in the present day recalls Beata helping him dress up in a suit and with Katherine wearing a white dress still heavy pregnant is driven by Vladimir in a car to a building which they go inside and he meets a judge who marries Alexei and Katherine. Alexei again in the
