“If you can keep the humans away, then that is the best solution.”
Nayven heard sirens in the distance as they approached the crash site. “Sir, it is too late. The humans are on their way here now. Do we grab them and take them home with us?”
“I want you to try the new brainwashing techniques that Temek has been working on. If you lose a few humans in the process, we can accept that.”
Chapter Five
The Commander took a deep breath and exhaled. “Zelork, I need you to get these bodies out of here right now. Temek, you heard the Admiral. It’s time we try the new mind wipe procedures. Can you use it on a large group all at once?”
“No, sir. It was designed to be used on one human at a time. The device is on the ship still.”
“Then have Voken send it to you. The rest of us will stun the humans while you obtain the device.” The Commander walked to his warriors and instructed them all to set their weapons to stun.
“Everyone is to hide behind the ship and wait for the soldiers to get out of their vehicles. Then we will start stunning them all. Don’t kill them if you don’t have to. I would rather use the memory device and implant a story for them.” The Commander walked back to the side of the ship that would provide the most cover while waiting for the military trucks to arrive.
“What will our story be, sir?” Zelork asked as he stepped behind the Commander.
Nayven thought it might be fun to turn this into a circus of sorts. That also might give them the ability to take the ship out from under their noses.
The human military vehicles arrived with one truck that had a large red cross on it. Nayven estimated there to be about twenty soldiers and five medical personnel, two of which were women.
One of the women grabbed his attention quickly. He felt a pull from her, like his body was moving of its own accord. Never had he felt anything like this before. She was beautiful.
He walked out into the open without even thinking about what he was doing. His arms worked on auto-pilot as he stunned any man who got in the way of his woman.
Around him was utter chaos. His warriors were stunning the human soldiers, but a couple of them were able to shoot their weapons before being taken down. “Vierian, get those men before they kill one of us!” Zelork pointed to a uniformed man who was using his truck as a shield while he took shots at the aliens.
Zelork wondered what his Commander was doing. He was focused on something by that white truck with a red cross. Why hasn’t he shot the woman yet? She stood there with wide eyes and shook her head as he approached. The Commander took out everyone else, but not the woman…Oh, he wants her! Zelork watched as the Commander walked up to the woman and grabbed her.
“Woman, don’t be alarmed. I won’t hurt you.” Nayven wrapped his arms around the woman. He thought she felt so warm and soft in his arms. She was shivering and blabbering something he could not understand. “You are my mate, I would never hurt you.”
Nayven pulled back from the hug and looked down into the woman’s eyes which were round with fear. He could feel it coming off of her in waves. His veins pulsed purple and he took his hand and lightly ran it down her arm in a soothing manner.
The woman started to calm down, her shaking stopped and she was finally able to say a coherent sentence. “Who, or what are you?”
“My name is Nayven, I have come to save you from the aliens who were trying to take over your planet.” He thought it would be better if he came off as a hero, rather than an invading alien.
Her head turned toward all of the bodies on the ground. “But, you killed them all. How is that saving us? Are you going to kill me too?”
“No, they are not dead, only stunned. Don’t worry, you are safe now. I will protect you.” Nayven tried to hug her again, but she pushed against his chest.
“I don’t understand. Is that your ship?” She pointed to the crashed QT’s ship.
“No, it is the Q’Tueliens’ ship. They came to your planet to, well we don’t know what they wanted, yet.” He took her hands in his and kissed one of her palms.
She pulled her hand away from him quickly. “Sir, please don’t.” She looked around at what was happening. She noticed that the aliens were moving around from soldier to soldier and putting a device on the foreheads of the men. “What are your men doing? Wait, what is going on? Are… you…aliens?” She stepped back from Nayven and backed up to her ambulance.
“Shh, everything will be fine. I promise you won’t be harmed. I am going to take care of you for the rest of your life.” He brought his hand up that held his stun gun and stunned her before she had a chance to get away from him.
He realized that she would remember he shot her when she woke up. “Temek, I need you to remove this woman’s memories of me shooting her. Then I want her taken to my quarters on the ship and made comfortable. She is to be my mate.” At that pronouncement, every warrior stopped what they were doing and looked at their Commander.
“Yes, sir!” Temek stood at attention and saluted him with a fist to his heart and a slight bow. He realized that he was entrusted with his Commander’s mate. That was an honor not bestowed upon many warriors. It was their custom to take care of their own mates, and not allow other warriors to handle them. Temek also knew that if he messed up, the Commander would have his head, literally.
The Commander watched Temek as he carefully put the device on the woman’s forehead and activated it. He had to hold her, and that made him nervous. It was rather nerve racking to have the future queen of his ship in his arms. The Commander’s mate wasn’t an actual queen, but she may as well have been with how everyone treats the women in that role. He felt the sweat rolling down his face as he removed the memory of his Commander shooting his future mate from her head. Temek hoped that he kept his hands steady enough to ensure that he didn’t harm her in any way.
“Voken, this is Temek, I need transport for two. Straight to the Commander’s quarters. Keep this quiet.” Temek stood to the side with the woman in his arms while he waited to be transported. Once he was safely in the Commander’s quarters, he put the woman on the bed and locked her inside the bedroom. He knew she would be out for at least another hour, maybe two. After he wiped the sweat from his forehead, he sat on the edge of the sofa in the Commander’s living room.
“Voken to Temek,” Voken comm’d Temek using their internal communication devices, which was another new piece of technology that Temek had invented on one of these long journeys to Earth.
“Temek here, what can I do for you Voken?”
“Is the Commander going to be alright? What happened?” Temek could hear the worry in Voken’s voice as he asked the question.
“I did not bring the Commander here, but his mate. We found his mate with the humans who responded to the QT’s crash. She appears to be some sort of medical provider. Which might be of real help on these missions. There is always a human or two who needs medical attention.”
“A human or two?” Voken snorted, “Try at least twenty to thirty! Sometimes the males cause such problems. But yes, she might be really helpful. Wait, why are you with her in his quarters?”
“Because, the Commander is still trying to clean up the mess below. We are going to have to wait for the cover of night and then go down there and remove the ship. I just hope they don’t send more soldiers to the area.”
“You and me both. It’s such a waste when we have to kill them. I would rather just take more slaves home with us than kill any humans.” Voken considered the situation. None of them enjoyed abducting humans to bring back as slaves. If he ever found his mate, he had already decided he would ask for a transfer back home, or maybe to one of the planets with settlements. He thought about Zeleron 10. That was a nice planet. It was a very small settlement, but it had the potential to become a great place to raise a family.
The Commander was thinking about his mate. His veins wouldn’t stop pulsing purple and he couldn’t believe that he met her here of all places.
He needed to get his head back on business, and out of his quarters.
“Zelork, do we have all of the soldiers set? Did you get all of their minds wiped?” The Commander walked to Zelork as he set the last human soldier on the ground.
“That was the last of them, sir. Voken has removed all of the dead QT’s as well. I would like to leave my warriors here to guard the place, just in case the QT’s we lost make it here.”
“Good idea. I want at least three of them alive, the rest I don’t care about. But if more humans show up, let me know. I am going back to my mate now. She should be waking up soon. Which reminds me, be sure to keep the humans unconscious until after we remove the ship. I have set up a nice distraction for them when they wake up.” The Commander walked away as he chuckled. He was thinking about the weather balloon he set up to be the big crash the human military found in the desert.
Everything went as planned that night and they were able to come down and take the enemy ship without being discovered. It was decided that they would stay in orbit for another day to observe the humans and their response to what happened in Roswell.
“Temek to Commander Nayven.” Temek was still in the Commander’s quarters keeping guard over Nayven’s mate.
“This is Nayven.” The Commander was on the bridge and preparing to head to his quarters for the evening. He was exhausted and wanted nothing more than to spend time getting to know his mate.
“Sir, she woke up sooner than expected and has started to tear your bedroom apart. I don’t want to hurt her, but she refuses to calm down.” Temek was pacing in the Commander’s living room and flexing his hands repeatedly since he had no clue how to handle a woman on a rampage.
“On my way.” The Commander ran to his quarters and was concerned for his new mate’s safety. He thought about all of the breakables in his room. He wasn’t worried about the stuff he had, he was worried she would hurt herself if she wasn’t careful.
He reached his quarters and Temek practically ran out. “Sorry, sir. But I have no clue how to handle a mate. Especially a human one.”
The Commander waved Temek away as he made his way to the bedroom door. He stopped and took a deep breath before walking into a war zone. Not a thing was left in its place. If it was breakable, it was shattered into pieces everywhere. If it wasn’t, then it was used to help break that which was. He walked into his room and stopped just past the threshold and looked around.
In the corner, on the floor, was a human woman. She wasn’t crying; she was fuming. As she stood up, she grabbed a heavy trophy and ran to Nayven screaming. She lifted her hand and tried to bludgeon the alien with the heavy item.
The Commander smiled and almost laughed as he grabbed the item out of her hand, dropped it to the floor, and wrapped his arms around her so that she was pinned to his chest. “Woman, I told you before I wouldn’t hurt you. I am going to take good care of you for the rest of your life.”
“Then why did you shoot me before kidnapping me?” she yelled into his chest.
He looked down at her. “You remember that?”
“Of course I do! You moron! Now…let…go!” She screamed between each beat of her head against his chest.
“I am sorry, I had hoped you would not have remembered. I couldn’t leave you there. It was too dangerous. You are much safer here with me. Don’t you feel the pull to me?” He scrunched his forehead as he looked down at her upturned face.
“No, I don’t feel anything other than hate for you. Where am I? Why couldn’t you leave me alone? I want to go home.” She pounded her head against his chest one more time and then stopped due to the headache she had. His chest was about as hard as marble.
He walked her out of the disaster area and into the kitchen. She sat down at the table as he made her a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. PB&J was thought to be an Earth delicacy and the Commander always picked up the ingredients to make these sandwiches on his way home.
“Why are you making a PB&J?” The woman took the sandwich from Nayven.
“What is your name? I can’t keep calling you ‘woman’.”
“My name is Janna. What is yours?” She felt she might as well play along until she could find a way out of this. Little did she know, she was in space.
Chapter Six
“Voken to Commander Nayven.”
“Nayven here.” He put his finger up to quiet Janna. She looked at him with wide eyes and wondered who he was talking to. She looked around and couldn’t find anyone in the apartment. She believed they were still on Earth, in his apartment.
As she listened to him speaking into thin air, she realized he was speaking a foreign language. One she had never heard before. She wondered if it was Russian. Had the Soviet’s attacked? Her heart rate increased and she was fidgety as she considered the options.
“I will be right there. Send Temek back to keep an eye on my mate.” Janna had no idea what was said.
“Janna, I am the Commander of this ship. I am needed on the bridge, so the warrior who was here earlier, will come back and help you settle in while I am away. I would recommend not entering the bedroom again. Or making another mess. I will have to get the cleaning droid to come and clear all of the breakables away before we enter that room again.”
“Did you say ship? Are we in the ocean? Which ocean?” Her lips were trembling as she thought she might be on her way back to Soviet-occupied territory to be interrogated. What could they want with her? She was just a nurse. Even if she wanted to talk, she had nothing they could possibly want to know about. Unless they wanted to know how the cardiovascular system worked, that was about all she could tell them. Or maybe the differences in blood types? She was only a nurse for crying out loud! They should have taken a doctor if they needed medical help.
“How about we discuss that when I get back.” He stood up and made his way to the living room. “Janna, you can have full access to our quarters, but you may not leave these rooms. It won’t be safe for you out in the corridors of my ship. Not everyone knows you are to be my mate. Until such time as you accept your place and everyone on board knows who you are, you must stay here or be accompanied by me, or Temek. Do you understand?”
“ Am I on house arrest?” Her eyes grew large as what he said clicked. “We…you and I.” She pointed between the two of them. “Are to live here in the same apartment… together?” Her hand went up to cover her mouth. Women in this day and age may have jobs and even serve in the US Army, but they do not share living quarters with men. Well, not unless they are “women of the night”. She certainly wasn’t one of them.
“Do not worry, we will not share a bed. Once the bedroom is cleaned it will be yours until you agree to mate with me.”
She sat down on the couch, needing to catch her breath.
Temek showed up, walked into the room, and smiled at her. “You won’t be throwing any more breakables at me, will you Ma’am?” He kept his distance.
“I…Well, that is to say, I will be good, for now.” She used both of her hands to smooth the front of her white dress and try to compose herself.
“Janna, I will return soon. Don’t worry, you are safe here.” The Commander walked out the door and headed to his bridge.
When Nayven walked onto the bridge, his Science Officer stood up. “Sir, another group of soldiers has arrived at the site. It does appear that most are sticking to the story of the crashed weather balloon. However, there are a few who remember everything. So far, their leaders do not believe them.”
“Yes. Janna, my mate, remembered everything as well.” He looked at Sopok. “Did we get that tower the QT’s left here?”
“Yes, Sir. It is in the holding bay” Sopok responded.
“What about the rest of the QT’s who were on the planet when the shipped crashed? Have we located them?”
“Yes, we just beamed them to the Beta cell block interrogation room. Our warriors discovered them as they tried to make their way to their crashed ship. They are currently unconscious and a tea
m is headed there now.”
“Is Zelork heading that up?”
Voken sat back down and responded, “Yes, Sir. He left the bridge only moments before you arrived.”
“Excellent, be sure to scan the planet for any more of those towers and then go and get each and every one of them. I don’t want any advanced technology left on this planet. I will be in the holding cells, observing the interrogation.” The Commander turned and walked to the holding cells where three QT soldiers were being prepped for questioning.
Epilogue
Paris, Natalie, and Zelan were sitting in their lounge chairs watching the Commander tell his story. At least two hours had passed and they hadn’t interrupted him once. They were enraptured by his story.
“What do you think? Does the truth match up with what you learned growing up on Earth?” The Commander reached out for a bottle of water. After having talked for so long, his throat was dry.
“Wait, that’s it? What happened with Janna? What did they discover during the interrogation? Did they get all of the QT tech off our planet? Or out of our solar system? Don’t stop the story now!” Paris’s voice grew louder to match her exasperation with her mate for leaving off the good parts of the story.
“Paris, there are some things I cannot share. The details of the interrogation is one of those things. My grandfather did find all of the QT tech and removed it from your entire solar system. They had a few towers on Earth that watched what we did as well as spied on the humans. The war your planet fought was something that intrigued them so they continued to watch you to see how your people survived so much destruction and death.” The Commander stood up for the first time in over two hours and stretched.
Natalie shook her head and pursed her lips. “Alright, I can understand that. But what about the torpedoes? Why didn’t they work?”
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