Black Wednesday
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I am not associated with Kyle XY.
Somewhere in the Midwest.
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"Das ist Merkwurdich!" A pretty blond girl, likely a german tourist said looking at the TV "Who iz dis XX?" she said in a thick German accent
"Have you been living under a rock?!" the hotel clerk turned around, but softened his tone realizing how hot his customer was "She is a hottie who is at the top of the FBI most wanted list. She brainwashed Dr. Trager and together they attacked the United Nations general assembly."
"Wirklich?" the blonde responded surprised
"Well..." the clerk turned to wisper "...that's what the government is telling us." he turned around to make sure nobody was listening "Everybody knows they are innocent. The aliens took over the government!" The clerk finished triumphantly.
"Mein Gott, de aliens!" the blonde exclaimed
"Don't worry, it's safe in here!" The clerk said in confidence "We are having the XX awareness meeting in a few hours. You should come!" With that the clerk handed her the keys to her room and a flier depicting a picture of XX from the back pulling out her now famous Uzis. "Crazy thing is, there are no pictures of her face..." the clerk wispered "...but rumor has it she is as beautiful as she is deadly."
"How interesant!" the blond said studying the flier. Her companion has carried their luggage to their room and came back to get the girl
"Of course she cannot possible be as beautiful as you." The blonde smiled seductively at the clerk and opened her mouth to respond to the complement, but her companion - a tall dirty blond tourist walked over and put his hand around her.
"Ready to go?" He asked in a light but noticeable German accent
"Yah, mein liebchen." turning to the clerk she uttered "Das ist Hanz, my husband." and if to prove her point she extended her hand showing an expensive looking engagement ring. "Make sure we are not disturbed..." she added with quite obvious implications
"Of course." the clerk responded with poorly disguised dissapointment.
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"Did you have to do that?" Hanz asked the girl as they walked away. Somehow all traces of the german accent were gone. "We are supposed to be inconspicuous..."
"Mein leibchen, I am just trying to fit in..." she said and pouted her lips "...he thinks I am prettier then XX. Why don't you ever pay me compliments like that? Some husband you are!"
"Shatzchen" he said imitating her puppy german expressions "...you are not prettier then XX. You are XX!"
"Well he doesn't know that." Jessi complained jokingly. Suddenly pain shot up her leg, and she would have fell down if Kyle hadn't caught her
"You are still weak after the wounds." He said concerned "You shouldn't strain yourself too much."
"We don't exactly have a choice, now do we?" she said circling her hands around his neck
"I suppose not..." Kyle responded walking into their room and laying Jessi on the bed "I just hope Sarah is worth it..."
"She is..." Jessi responded more hopeful than confident
"At least let me massage your wounds." Kyle was still concerned "It's an Eastern medicine technique I picked up..."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah when you were in Tibet hanging out with the Dalai Lama." Kyle could be such a show-off
"Actually I learned it from a friend in Med school..." Kyle said and within seconds Jessi's jeans and jacket flew onto the floor leaving her in just her underwear and a top
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"You learned that in Med school too?" Jessi asked a bit surprised how quickly Kyle disposed of her garments
"Just relax" Kyle said quickly finding her pressure points and commencing the massage."I am not going to do anything inappropriate."
"Oh I am not that eas..." Jessi's words were cut short as Kyle's hands pressed against her thighs activating several nervous pleasure centers. "Wow that's good..." Kyle's hands found her shoulders and quickly loosened her stiff neck muscles. Jessi's eyes closed in enjoyment as her entire body felt weak under his touch.
"Please, lets just wait a few days." Kyle leaned over and whispered into her ear "You are in no condition to fight tomorrow..."
"We can't..." "President Brown declared martial law yesterday." Jessi handed Kyle the XX awareness flier. "Every hour counts..."
Flashback
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Joseph Michaels was walking down the hallway of a dimly lit building carrying a large piece of electrical equipment. His goal was the door to a room at the end of the corridor.
"Common dear, stop holding it in!" A voice of Michael Cassidy was heard
A groan of pain followed from a woman. "Don't you dare call me dear!" she was losing her voice
"Your baby is coming. You don't want anything to happen to her, do you?"
"You bastard! I know what you are planning!" the woman responded "You are artificially increasing my response!"
"All that pain, that suffering. You can stop it you know. Just let it out. Scream!"
Frequent breathing was heard on the other side. Brother Michaels didn't have the nerve to come in.
"Alright, I suppose an adrenaline injection might change your mind..."
And then it happened. Unknown force threw Michaels 3 feet in the air and landed him on his back. He started coughing, as his heartbeat accelerated widely. All the lights, as well as his equipment burned out. It took him a few seconds to recover. He lit a lighter to look around. Michael Cassidy was standing in the doorway. On the other side baby cries were heard.
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"What was that?" Michaels asked scared
"Why, the Electromagnetic Pulse of course." "It's the reason we went through this whole charade in the first place!"
"It is not supposed to cause physical damage, just knock out electronics..."
"The blast was a lot more powerful than I expected" "What are the readings?" he asked pointing to the measuring equipment Michaels was carrying
"I don't know. The equipment burned out..."
"Impossible!" Cassidy examined the box "Our original assumptions were quite conservative. I would not be surprised if the blast radius is larger than 500 miles." He stood there astounded "This baby is quite a bit more powerful than I thought. Interesting..."
"What should we do?" Michaels asked
"We will proceed with our plan. The military will be blind, deaf and vulnerable to attack for another 14 hours. The president and the Vice President were flying here for the Democratic National convention. I guess they'll have empty seats..." Michaels cringed at those words. The full scale of their attack eluded him until then.
Take the baby to cell 3, and prepare her for transportation!" He said pointing to the mother
"No, you cant!" the mother cried out "No! My Sarah!"
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None of us can remember our birth, and perhaps it is for the best. Sarah's birth coincided, nay caused the largest terrorist attack in US history. The EMP did not cause any damage by itself. But all the comunications in the 500 miles radius of Philadelphia were knocked out. Cassidy choose the target well: dozens of major airports in the area lost contact with hundreds of airplanes - most of which crushed somewhere in the area. Hospitals lost power, traffic lights weren't working causing massive accidents. Lack of police response and general panic caused riots that made the 1977 NY blackout seem like a picnic. The toll of 'Black Wednesday' was indeed catastrophic.
Sarah released her hold on Brother Michaels. He will wake up in 3 hours not remembering a thing. She crawled in a ball in a corner and started crying. Perhaps she was not worth saving...
"What do you think you are doing?" Jessi asked walking out of a shower with a towel around her
"I am just taking the comforter, you can have..." Kyle was saying as he put the comforter on the floor
"You are not sleeping on the floor!" Jessi said with certainty
"Jessi, you can have the bed..."
"Because I am a girl?" she rolled her eyes
"Because you need the strength." he smiled
"Well so do you. You are the only one of us who is actually fit to attack that facility tomorrow."
"Jessi..." he started
"Fine we can share the bed." she said and dropped her towel on the floor standing with her back to Kyle wearing only her underwear "We are both adults" she said putting a large shirt on and turning around. Kyle was staring at her blushing.
"Right, yeah..." he mumbled "...adults."
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Jessi woke up laying with her back to Kyle as her body was shaking in cold. She was too weak from trying to heal itself to produce enough heat. Almost immediately she felt Kyle's left arm hug her stomach and pull her closer. Before she could react his other arm hugged her shoulders. Jessi twisted around a bit, but Kyle's grip was way too strong. And she wasn't trying too hard...
"Um Kyle..."
"Yes honey?"
"What are you doing? And since when do you call me honey?" She responded more surprised than annoyed. Feeling Kyle's body against hers felt so good...
"You were cold." Kyle pulled her closer and held her just tight enough so she would be comfortable. His breath and heartbeat was steady, and his brain activity quite low
"You are asleep?"
"Mhm"
"So you are sleep talking?"
Still in his sleep Kyle kissed the back of her neck in a way that sent shivers down her spine.
"Go back to sleep sweetheart." With that Kyle pulled a blanket over them and slipped back into a deep sleep
"You are so not getting away with this!" Jessi snuggled next to him - she couldn't help but appreciate Kyle's touch. "We'll talk about this... Tomorrow..."
Please review. Thanks to Wermo for the Kyle sleep acting idea!