by Mona Calhoun
You see, Elasa copied them. And I put them in those bodies; they are your Christmas presents. I felt bad that I had to take you away from them; I do not want to take you from them. Could you do that for me?" She began to comply; she put her hand on her. Her body glowed as her mother turned away, she used her imagination and formed a flower for her; she stuck it in her hair. "That's for Aphrodite, the most beautiful person on this station." A tear ran down her face.
The bubble vanished as they stood up. Her mother was busy wiping away her tears as Mrs. Calhoun pulled her into her embrace, and began licking her tears away. "That's my job, I love you." She licked her tears away. They began being seated. Mona was happy that they wanted her autograph as she sat in her wife's lap. Mona felt her intruder instantly being surprised that she did that in a restaurant. Not feeling her sliding her seed in as it was being gently merged into her body. Mona started to move.
She held her in place and began feeding her favorite food, just like she did on the day at the beach. Mona was so happy being fed, and she fell in love with her. Feeling her body expand from her new baby that she didn't realize she had. Mona put her hand on her shoulders, and used her probes to attach to her wife. She began nursing as she fed her. Mona wrapped her arms around her not wanting to let go, at that moment she felt her wife go even deeper, feeling it begin to resonate. The last one got her autograph, Mona signed it, and held onto her wife, she cried on her shoulders. She felt her love and sorrow, she felt her child grow.
Her belly grew fast, she felt the stretching. It stopped after she looked 8 months pregnant. She was waiting for her to go into labor. Mrs. Calhoun smiled at her looking into her eyes. “I had plenty of practice. I designed it so it will be months before you give birth. She will love you, you know. This is how much I wanted you to have my baby."
Nicky felt her wife's internal probes attached to her, feeding her. Mona melted in her arms, resting against her as she kept feeding her. The night progressed, almost all of her family joined. A crowd formed outside the Restaurant seeing all the enforcers arriving. News broadcasters showed up trying to get in. They setup outside the restaurant and was able to spot Mona inside.
"Breaking news… Live at Hcaru's restaurant in the business district. I'm Katie Allie. An unprecedented gathering of the Enforcers, showed up expectantly. It appears that every customer from miles around has gathered around this restaurant, " The broadcast began, the station broadcasted the signal on every frequency interrupting the regularly scheduled broadcast. "Shops empty out, everyone comes here as the word of mouth buzzes the district, the legendary Enforcer and her wife, the Guardian, has shown up to dine here. What is this place to them? Something's happening, the enforcers are opening a path into the establishment. It looks like their motioning us to enter."
They enter, they are met by Iksah and guided inside to them. The live feed continued to broadcast, people from all over the station started arriving. They arrived to their destination, they broke their connection and greeted Katie. Mrs. Calhoun kneeled as did Mona and stood. Watching the rest of her family followed suit. Katie was caught off guard.
The captain had contacted their producers and informed him. She had gotten the message seconds later as the producers talked to her in her ear piece. She kneeled before her and then stood up. Iksah wanted to see her mike. She handed the little girl her mike, Mrs. Calhoun shook her head, she handed it back. She was puzzled, being caught off guard by her. She had the camera getting a shot of her and then focused on their story.
"Hi, I'm Katie Allie of Channel 10 UHDTV news. What is your fascination with this establishment, Is there any word of our home world. Could you please fill us in?" She stopped talking.
"Our home world is un-inhabitable. We placed marker beacons around our planet warning anyone that may go back. All life on the planet has died. The only ones left are contaminated. You are the last of your race; Mrs. Calhoun is our hope to finding a new world. We are currently looking for a new suitable world, when we find it. We will prevent it from ever happening again, there will be no more drilling or damaging your new world. We will build your cities and incorporate everything we have learned in protecting your planet, and providing for everyone. We are still currently working on this station, making upgrades and improving on your way of life.
So far, only 6 percent of this station has been inhabited by your race. We offer our services to all who may need them. As for our fascination. My wife loves shrimp and Mona Nicky over there. She was making her rounds as acting station's captain for my wife, the owner. She has discovered that the shrimp here is the best, and it is the best we had in a long time. We thought we would come down and take a break from our work, and enjoy my wife's favorite food."
Mona smiled at them as Mrs. Calhoun kissed her on the cheek. Katie noticed she was pregnant. “Have you got a name picked out for your baby?" Her words rang out about a baby, the family was ushering her and her crew out. Every camera crew from every broadcast station wanted to get a glimpse of her belly. They all prodded the family trying to get a name or any information they could.
A little girl emerges from the crowd, she goes to Katie Allie. The camera crew alerted her that someone was behind her. The crew started recording as she got on her knees. "You forgot to kiss her good by." Mona and Mrs. Calhoun emerged from the crowd and were being mobbed by the news crews. "I'm Married." "It was not a request, it is their custom."
She looks up stunned being asked by a little girl. "It is inappropriate for us to ask. It is my custom." Mrs. Calhoun observed her as she looked up from the child. She kneels as they stopped walking, and then stood back up tugging her skirt taut. The cameras rolled and every media was getting it live, focusing on the news anchor. The family pours out of the establishment; they surround all of the news crews. Forming a circle.
She looks embarrassed. Mrs. Calhoun kneels as everyone catches it live. "Do you doubt me?" "No, it's… I'm a little embarrassed being asked to kiss someone. I'm married." "We are too, If you like, you can ask your husband to supervise." Flashes danced from every direction, getting it live while she turns several shades of red. She kneels and looks into her eyes. "I mean no disrespect, it is not my custom." She lets go of her mike and kisses her long and slow.
She feels her emotions, when she makes contact. She releases and helps her up. She turns and enters the restaurant; the news anchor feels the little girl tugging on her skirt. She kneels down. "Thank you, she asks that you and your husband, and any of your children to join them for dinner. Tomorrow at 6 P.M. You can bring your crew with you. Be sure to remove your shoes and wash your feet at the door."
She quickly disappears in the crowd of enforcers as they were summoning tables and chairs to be seated outside the establishment. Ginny walked out of the crowd, cameras and reporters began to mob the family. Mrs. Calhoun's old uniform appeared with the badge of Enforcer numbered 1. She faced the crowd as they stood back getting it on tape. Some of them recognized the uniform and knew it was Nicky Heat that had died. The clamor echoed the crowd. She herd the name.
She saluted. "My name is Genni Heat, not Nicky Heat." The flashes danced the sea of reporters as far as she could see. They began asking her lots of questions, she looked at Katie Allie. "If you have questions. Ask Katie Allie, she has all the answers." They all turned their sights on her; she jumps into the back of the van and the crew high tales it out of there. They find themselves running from the news; they are being chased by the mob.
Their news editor calls them; the news spreads across the station. Katie Allie knew she had to hide; her crew turned the corner where their station was. They saw a bigger mob forming outside the station. Katie answers the phone. "You’ve been holding out on us! You knew who she was, and didn't report it... It's the biggest news to ever be broadcast since the funeral. Every news broadcaster and military official has been calling.
My phone has not stopped ringing since the news broke!" The editor was fuming. "I don't understand it either; I don't know anyth
ing about what she's saying." Katie exclaimed. "That's Nicky Heats uniform, I know that uniform anywhere. It's all over the news that Nicky heat's uniform is at that restaurant. I'm looking at it NOW! Some are speculating that she's alive! If she is, where is she hiding. Is she on the station, I want answers!"
He slams the phone down as she begins looking over the footage she's just gotten. The hours rolled by, her crew went over the footage hundreds of times. They feel their vehicle begin rocking from side to side, they quickly started to look outside their van when everything went black outside. They turned their headlights on; they see this black wall around their van. Pitch black inside as the wall absorbed the light. Hours went by as they finally came to a stop. The black wall vanished; they could see stars outside moving.
They got out; the crew realized that they were on top of the station, outside. But that was impossible, knowing there is no air in space. The little girl appears from behind the van. They see her. The guys get the video equipment and starts recording. She walks past them and she stops. She points inside her home, they see first hand, the habitat that's off limits to everyone.
"Remove your shoes and socks. If you have stockings, remove them." The girl continues to walk around the dome while they do what she asked. Katie was looking inside when she sees the enforcers throwing someone around, like a toy. She sees hundreds of them and then they see a large stone house lined with armed guards. Katie motions the camera guy to look down the side of the station, getting what she sees. A massive station, it goes on for ever.
It was the biggest thing she has ever seen. She only saw the base of the portal that she entered, when she found herself on the station. "Careful, you do not want to fall off; you would fall away from the station towards the shields." Iksah said. She turns to head for the nearby hatch and enters the habitat. They follow the little girl. They come to a large set of stairs that goes all the way to the large stone house in the center of the habitat.
They step on; the floor takes them to their destination. She tried to see at the end of the steps, it was too far for her human eye's to see. They all looked like ants down below. The girl turns around and summons several chairs for them to sit. "You are to remain seated, you are not to stand. A crew will come to wash your feet. If you stand before this, I will not tell you what will be in store for you. Turn your camera off. It will be another hour before you arrive at the base.
She hears them turn it off. She lays down as a blanket forms above her and she goes to sleep. Their chairs recline back. They reach the base. Mrs. Calhoun comes out and approaches. "Do not get up." She walks over to pick up Iksah, and takes her inside. Mona exits as she passes her wife and begins to sit, several chairs and a round table appears in front of her and drinks. Minutes goes by as the crew comes to them and begins to take their clothes off and begins to wash all of them.
Mona watches them; one of the men begins to struggle. “You! Go back to your vehicle." the Virtual personnel stops and begins putting his clothes back on. Katie sees her husband being escorted to the table with no clothes on. Her husband watches her being bathed, knowing their virtual people. He watches in amazement at how real they look.
"They look the same as they do in our virtual world. Elasa made them that way." Said Mrs. Calhoun while she walked down the steps of their home. The virtual people were meticulous, hey cleaned under their toenails and fingernails and they kempt their cuticles. They even powdered their bodies, giving them a baby skin smell when they were done. Once they let her up, she ran into her husband's arms, he got up when he seen her coming.
The camera crew started to pick up their camera's to begin recording "Please, not right now. I would like for you to take a tour, our home is not for recording." Mona stood up and looked at them. They sat the video equipment back down and took their seats around the table. "Have you figured who that girl is yet?" Mona asked as he looked at Katie. "It looks like Nicky Heat, but she's dead." Mona motioned her hand and the figure disappeared before her eyes.
They were totally shocked to see her vanish. "She came out of the restaurant." Katie began to speak. "We have noticed it tool, she is apart of my wife's memories. She found her way into the Holo matrix, and has been seen in various locations throughout the station. That was Genni Heat, her sister." She realized now that it was a virtual glitch that she seen in the business district. Only to get it, that it was not the real Nicky Heat.
"We seen what she said, and we sent a single enforcer to bring you here." The child stepped out from behind Mona. It was the little girl that escorted them in the restaurant. She looked at the girl and seen it again. The emblem, it was the same one on the guardian's head. She got close, the family moved fast at her, she realized it wasn't a good idea and stopped. Mona put her arm out and moved her behind her. "She's one of our children."
She noticed in the distance it was Judge Maverick and then it vanished. Then it was Nicky Heat, No wait. It was Genni heat. It was hard to tell them apart because they looked so much alike. "I see what you mean." She sat down being casual next to her husband, scooting her chair next to him. Mona motioned as her chair slid next to him and merged. The arm rest disappeared between them. She leaned against him. Mona smiled at them.
"You see why we brought you here, this is a wide area. It would be easier for you to see for yourself than try to explain." Mona said. Katie looked at Mrs. Calhoun. She asked the camera crew to leave the table along with her husband. Mona motioned as the children took them just down the path and formed another table and chairs. "I had my suspicions, seeing you this close. I realized who you are." Mrs. Calhoun looks at her.
"I must remind you, according to the procreation act, I was her property. My contracts were disputed and now I am her wife. You of all people know, you must abide by the treaty. And yes, I am Nicky Heat." Mrs. Calhoun revealed her secret and knew she had already guessed.
"We knew you were looking into her death, we contain all the knowledge of man. This station is an ARK that my wife created, she is the owner. We needed to know how much you knew, and you only confirm our suspicions." Mona already knew what her wife did, but knowing someone was looking into her death was unacceptable.
"This is bigger than the funeral. The biggest hoax ever…" Mona looked at Katie, realizing that she was not going to stop. Knowing she only had one choice, hearing she was perusing this further. "Look around you. Do they look happy to you?" She sees them all standing around her and notices they are not sitting down, but being restrained.
"You are to follow the treaty, all forms of state, local and governments including news stations are to follow the treaty. Any violations are subject to our law to protect the fallen. I lost to her. She had a valid contract that was disputed, in which she lost her life to me. She lost her life for saving another. She is my protector. And now... You have to deal with my wife." Mona said.
“You broke the treaty by writing a news report, you were investigating me. You wrote down what you thought and saved it to your company's computer. This is a violation of the treaty." Mrs. Calhoun motions the crew over. The children brings them all over. She looks dead at them, hearing her voice that was all business. "What do you know of the laws governing the treaty, when it comes to government and all branches down to the media?"
"If they breach contracts, they become property. If they have a valid contract and it is disputed and they become property. They are given an honorable death. No wait. They're forced to be given an honorable death. No one is allowed to dispute the contracts in any way, regardless of their situation." Mr. Allie replies "What's this all about?" Her husband asked. "Your wife broke the treaty by investing Nicky Heat's death."
He slides her chair around facing him; he grabs her shoulders and shakes her. "WHAT WHERE YOU THINKING! I'm just a warehouse worker, and even I knew that. Your crew knew it. WHY!" He finds himself being knocked unconscious for displaying hate in their house. Katie screams and runs to his body several feet away. "First rule, do not display hate in our home. Second.
You are our property." Katie screams out. Watching a young child walking towards her. The crew watches.
"You are to record this. NOW! " Mona turned to look at them, they begin recording. "You have broken the treaty by investigating Nicky Heat in how she died in combat; you questioned the treaty by writing an article. Anyone who questions the treaty, breaks the treaty." Mona turns towards the camera.
"To Channel 10 UHDTV news, you are to disconnect her systems she's used, they are to be turned over to us. Her desk, all files and papers she's worked on in the last 3 months. Any tampering with these systems will be met with zero tolerance. Her home, property belongs to us. To the Military, you are to guard the property in question. They are the property of the Enforcers. She no longer has a name, her husband belongs to us, and all that she is belongs to us. If any courts wish to dispute the treaty, you have a 24 hour window to do so. All governments, law, media are to abide by the treaty rules. The laws are absolute. That is all." Mona motions, the children.
They surround the crew as they turn off their cameras. The children confiscate all their camera's and recording devices. The virtual people escort the men to the elevator and see them get on. The virtual people enter the elevator and hands their clothes back. Meanwhile Mrs. Calhoun walks to Katie. "WHY! I did nothing wrong." Mrs. Calhoun opens a window, and plays back several videos. It shows her talking to Toal about Nicky Heat, and then in her press room. Typing down what she had learned.
She has even seen her talking to some of the people from the funeral about Nicky Heat again, searching for leads on her case. "We have the file you wrote, video from Toal and we have questioned him. You have broken the treaty." Said Mrs. Calhoun. "DON'T HURT MY MOMMY!" She feels the child hit her. She turns around and looks at him.
"Your mommy broke some very important laws. She must be punished according to treaty. You, your mommy and daddy will be well taken care of. Ok. You will have a new home, and plenty of our children to play with." Mrs. Calhoun looks into his eye's and a chair appears behind him. She sits him down and a few more forms appear. She puts his sister in the chair next to him, his little sister gets up and stands next to them.
