CH 26
John worked at straightening the EV2 track guard with Derek. Holding onto the strut to pry the metal back down as Derek heated the bent guard with a torch to help it bend, John was hanging off the end of the strut.
"Come on!" John groaned, trying to bend the thick metal. He lifted himself up on the strut and bounced, trying to get the damn thing down. While he did this the piece they bolted onto the strut to grip the track guard was spreading. Neither John nor Derek noticed. John jumped up on the strut and bounced again. A loud POP sounded and the strut let go. John fell to the floor, right onto the corner of the welding unit they were going to use.
"Ahhh!" John yelped in his drop onto the welding unit, then glanced off it to hit the floor. He then grabbed his arm and screamed.
"John!" Derek cried. He shut his torch off and jumped down.
"FUCK!" John yelled as he held his bleeding arm.
"Let me see it," Derek said and tried to get John to let go. John did. Blood poured out of the rip that looked like it was down to bone, muscle showing. After the initial flow, it stopped. Derek stared, as did John.
"What the fuck?" Derek asked. John's muscle was not dark red, but a grayish red The exposed bone was a medium gray, not white like a bone should be.
Shocked, John clapped his hand back over the wound. "What … what's happening to me?" he asked weakly.
"What was that?" Derek asked weakly.
"Derek … I … what's happening to me?" John asked.
Derek's face took on a look of understanding. "Let's go ask your metal wife," he said in a hard tone. He helped a shocked John up. They went inside.
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"Your are healing?" Cameron asked on the phone, watching the girls as they ga-ga'd back and forth and giggled on the floor in front of her.
"Yes! Even the scar is going away. Just how did you do that?" Claire asked.
"The nanites in the milk I gave you helped your arm heal," Cameron explained. "I did not have time to modify them. I did put a time limit on their function. When that scar is gone, they will stop working and flush out of your system as waste."
"That's incredible. You said you put a time limit on them?" Claire asked.
"My milk is mainly for Joan. She had to grow her metal as well as her biological organs, that is what those nanites do. They heal, then if there is nothing to heal, they grow the same metallic parts that I have."
There was silence for a moment, then Claire asked, "So, when you feed Allison, she's getting these nanites also?"
"She is, but being human, they will only reinforce her skeleton and connecting tissue, making her resistant to damage," Cameron told her.
"She won't turn into a cyborg," Claire said.
"Negative. If she is hurt though, she will heal quickly and the possibility of breaking a bone will be greatly reduced."
Claire let out a relived chuckle and asked, "So her eyes won't turn red?"
"Correct." Right after Cameron said that, Joan sat up and clapped her hands and let out a blue eyed giggle.
Allison followed suit. Her eyes didn't glow, but they did turn blue briefly.
Uh oh. Cameron had spoken too soon. John and Derek came in, John was holding his arm, there was blood on him. "Claire, John's been hurt, I have to go."
"Take care of your husband, bye."
Cameron got up and went over to John. Derek was right by her ear. "What the fuck have you been doing to John!" he asked loudly.
"Let me see," Cameron asked, ignoring Derek.
"What's happening to me?" John asked weakly as he let her inspect his wound.
Cameron looked, the wound was already closing up. "The nanites are working," she said.
"Nanites?" John asked. "I got nanites?"
"Yes, John. You are drinking my milk. Joan needs the nanites to grow properly. You need them to reinforce your natural bone structure and to help you heal." She then explained to John what she just told Claire.
Derek's eyes widened. "You're turning John into a terminator?" he asked in a wail.
"No," Cameron said calmly. "More like a true cyborg, a bio-metal mix. He will be healthier and live longer."
"You could have asked first," John said in a grumble.
Cameron frowned at him and said, "John, I want you around for a long time, so does Delilah. Since she feeds Joan also, she had the same nanites in her milk too."
"I don't believe this!" Derek cried with a flail of his arms and walked out.
"John, if you are upset, I'm sorry," Cameron said.
John cast her a tiny smile and said, "I'm just shocked." He hugged her and added, "Let me know next time, OK?"
Cameron snuggled into him. "You're right, I should have."
A happy "GE-GE!" sounded. John looked to see Joan and Allison crawling towards them.
Cameron and John sat down and played with the children. Seeing Allison's eyes turn blue as she laughed, he looked at Cameron. "Allison too?" he asked.
"I have to explain to Claire," Cameron said.
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"Ma-Ma!" Allison cried upon seeing Claire come into their classroom in the mansion.
Claire looked a her child sitting up by herself and smiled. "Oh, she said mama …." Claire frozen upon seeing Allison's bright blue irises.
"I'm sorry, Claire,' Cameron said meekly. "She just started doing that today."
"Ma-Ma!" Joan cried and held her arms up to Cameron. Cameron picked her up and held her.
Claire picked up Allison. "Hey sweetie, I see you're growling, and little differently that I thought you would."
"Ge ge!" Allison said happily.
"I'm really sorry, Claire," Cameron said again.
Claire offered Cameron a smile. "Hon, you didn't know what would happen, did you?"
"No. I just wanted to keep Allison from ever being hurt," Cameron admitted.
"I don't want Allison to ever be hurt either, so don't worry about it," Claire told her. "You haven't done anything bad or malicious. You do what you always do, try to make things better."
"Thank you for that."
Claire announced, "All right, where's the rest of our students? We need to do a pre test for your GEDs."
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Leon Rains was not having much luck. Proposing a secret very high tech facility to the Iranians, they demanded full access to what was being done, as well as having their own techs hired. As did the Chinese, as did India. At least North Korea was honest and booted his rep out. They were in negotiations with the south and the US, and did not want to endanger the embargos against them being lifted.
Canada also wanted their techs being hired, and were eager to list the new hires and do safety and wellness inspections of the facility. When his rep offered 'shush' money to the inspectors, he was arrested. He'd be back after his five year sentence.
One place eager for money was Guatemala. It was also too close o the US, as in those Connor people could get there. So was Venezuela, Argentina and Costa Rica. He didn't even think about approaching Cuba, the US had a base there. Isolated, true, but still too close to the US.
One hopeful spot was in the Philippines. They were keeping a population on an island so China wouldn't try to take it over. Everything had to be flown in and out, but at least it was isolated, and the Philippine President was happy to pass on the transportation costs of supplies to him.
He took the deal, and even would pay for the protection of the Philippine warship that kept the sea lane open to the island.
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Sitting on a couch in the TV room, Sarah held her head in her hands as she looked at the floor.
On the couch a respectful distance away, Delilah offered, "Sarah, look at the bright side. John is less prone to injury and he will heal much faster."
"I live in cyborg hell," Sarah grumbled. "Not even my boy is safe."
"What can I do?" Delilah offered. "Can I get you a beer or something?"
"A whole case of Tequila won't make this go away," Sarah grated. "So will John need a chip too? Or will he grow one?"
"John is not going to grow a computer chip in his head, nor will he need one." Delilah said firmly. At least, she didn't think so.
Sarah scrubbed her face with both hands. In a rant, Sarah said, "This has gone above and beyond! I know John was never going to live a normal life, but, THIS IS REDICULOUS! My John, who has spent his whole live training and preparing to take on Sky Net's metal killers, HAS BECOME ONE! Just how in the HELL am I suppose to deal with this!"
John will live longer and be healthier. Isn't that a good thing?" Delilah asked.
"What fucking right did Cameron have to do this to him?" Sarah asked, glaring at Delilah.
Delilah's face went blank. "Sarah, Cameron cares deeply for John. She does everything she can for him. Ensuring John's safety and happiness is her one major priority. He's my high priority too. Sarah, John is still John. He always will be." Getting up, she added, "I am very sorry you are taking this news so poorly. You ask what right she had? I'll tell you, the right every woman has to do everything she can for the benefit of her family. I tried to make you understand, but you are so focused on 'metal', you don't see this is a good thing Cameron did for John." She turned and walked out.
"Fuck!" Sarah spat and flopped back on the couch. "What else can happen?" she asked the ceiling.
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Claire came with the GED tests. She also came with a request. Once her three students were done with their tests, she sealed the large envelopes then said, "Since the last charity soccer game was a huge success, we are going to have a charity football game. The team coming is the LA LFL team, women's football. Right now we only have six women signed up. This is real football against professional players. The tickets have already been sold out. Many women are scared to join, seeing how the game is so physical. We really need at least 14 players. We have a three tentative players coming from Seattle, which will give us nine. If we can get a couple more, and they cam play defense and offence, along with the Seattle members, we can at least be able to take the field."
"I've seen football, I'll play," Delilah said.
I will too," Cameron told her. "Order whatever our team will need, I'll pay."
"Wonderful!" Claire announced. "Sunday we're going to have our first practice. Study up on the game, LFL rules. This is going to be fun!"
John looked at his wives and asked, "Ahh is this smart? I mean, you'll be on camera again."
"We'll be wearing helmets, we won't be recognized." Delilah replied.
"GE-GE!" Joan cried, flinging her arms up.
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Cameron went to the school and met with the athletic director. The LFL uniforms were similar to the NFL uniforms except for the bra like top and the face guards on the helmets were clear Plexiglas. (Can't ruin the makeup). For this one game, Cameron got the sizes and went to the store to buy conservative bikini tops for everyone and a few spares of a few sizes. The shop class at school got to work on making the clear face plates. The rest of the gear was standard high school football gear. The coach made sure Cameron and Delilah had the numbers 1 and 2.
Saturday came. John brought Joan with her to practice and set her on the seat beside him. Joan wore her onesie that had 1.1 on it.
Most of the other players were late-teens, and looked fairly fit. Three girls showed up were older - mid 20's, and wore Seattle Mist workout uniforms. Two were taller, and one Cameron sized up as 5 ft 3. All three were thick looking, but from muscle, not flab. They all had washboard stomachs. They met and greeted each other. The short Seattle girl who was their normal quarterback was designated as team captain.
"All right girls," The short blond said with a clap of her hands. "First of all, if any of you think this is going to be a soft game, get that thought out of your head right now! This is football! We're going to train hard, we're going to play hard, and we're going for the win! We need to see what everyone can do, then we're going to run drills. Push hard and believe in yourself."
Delilah was the first to be a 'receiver'. Running out, she watched the short blond fire a football at her. It was a little high, but she jumped up and caught it, then ran a few yards before firing it back.
Cameron did run / stop/ run the other way drills. She was then a receiver. She too caught every ball thrown to her, and returned the throw perfectly. On the 'full field' runs, Cameron and Delilah were neck and neck crossing the goal line, leaving everyone else far behind.
After three more 'full field' runs, the blond pointed to Cameron and Delilah. "You and you, over here," she said motioning them over.
They came over. The blond asked, "I haven't seen either of you. Who do you play for?"
"The school, this is our first game," Cameron told her.
"You're shitting me!" the blond said.
"There is no feces involved." Delilah told her.
The blond laughed. "You're not even breathing hard. Think you two can play offence and defense?" she asked.
"We can," They chorused.
"Great, that means we have a real chance at winning," the blond said happily. "I brought a receiver with me, but you girls will on offence. Defense, I'm putting you on the line. You job will be to sack the quarterback. I know her, and under pressure she has a tendency to fold. We're going to do to more passing practice."
By the time practice was over, the women from the school were barely able to stand in their exhaustion. Cameron and Delilah were still out running and catching footballs with the blond. The Blond purposely threw high and to the side. Cameron and Delilah never missed caching a pass.
The blond decided that after the game, if they did even half as well as in practice, she was going to ask them to join her team.
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Cameron bought a football. When they weren't doing anything else, her and Delilah practiced running and fireing the ball at each other. The next practice, other girls from the school were doing a little better, working out during the week to be a little more athletic. They soon realized that this was going to be a serious game.
The blond came up with a lineup. Offence was the three Seattle girls, the Blond was the quarterback. Cameron and Delilah were the running backs. On the defense, it was Cameron, Delilah, two of the Seattle girls and three of the best high school girls. The Blond took a few days to teach them the plays she was going to use, and had them practice the plays with an opposing front line of girls who weren't on the offensive team.
One play, Delilah was to race over right behind the blond, take the ball and charge up field to the goal. Another, Cameron was to race out, catch a high pass and run to the goal.
She talked about blocking and tackling and went over the rules for play until everyone had it down.
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Game day came. Their whole team was in the high school uniforms with red bikini tops to match the school uniform colors. The stands were packed, and many had video cameras. TV cameras were scattered around the field. The teams came out to the roar of the crowd.
"Ladies and gentlemen!" the announcer's voice called out. "Welcome to the charity Women's football game, proceeds going to the children's hospital and their cancer research center. Today we have an exciting lineup! The LA Temptations versus a mix of players from Seattle and our very own town, INCLUDING Things One and Two! When asked about how this game will go, the LA coach only promised a good game. Our hometown Coach Michaels grinned and said this is going to be a battle for the ages! While LA is a top rated professional team, I'm sure they aren't forgetting they are facing members of last year's Legend cup winners, the Seattle Mist, as well as two of the most athletic players we've ever seen. It's not going to be a cake walk for either side, which means this should be an exciting game! Team captains are going out on the field for the coin toss … LA just waved off the toss, letting the home team have first crack at trying to make a touchdown. What a show of sportsmanship!"
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On the field, Cameron and Delilah watched closely as the kicker at the other end of the field gave the ball a boot, them the whole team ran at them. Tracking the ball, Cameron said, "It will come down on the five yard line." She moved to intercept the ball. Delilah ran up to her side.
The ball was flipping end over end. Cameron caught it and took off, charging at the black uniformed opposition. Two girls ran at her. Timing their approach, Cameron vaulted up and flipped, sailing over them. She hit the ground running as one of the girls grabbed air where Cameron had been and dove into the ground face first.
To her right, Delilah rammed into another defender, knocking her back and down. The crowd roared as now in the open, Cameron raced to the goal, Delilah close by, watching for pursuit. One girl fro the LA team was running flat out, trying to catch them. Delilah slowed and bumped her to the side, knocking her down. Cameron ran over the end zone.
Knowing there was suppose to be some showmanship upon crossing over the goal line, Cameron held the ball up high and did a sexy hip and belly dance that the crowd loved.
LA then realized this was not going to be an easy game.
"Touchdown by Thing One!" The announcer screamed. "An amazing full field run straight from the kickoff! By the looks of some of the LA players, they were just hit in the face with cold water. I doubt in their wildest dream that anyone could avoid a dual tackle attempt like that! Thing One just flew over them and kept on trucking! Great running guard by Thing Two as well, she made sure no one got near her sister!"
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A the LA five yard line, the blond huddled her team. "Fantastic run, Cameron. This time, Cameron, run to the side and into the end zone. Delilah, run across the back, I pass the ball to you. Plow your way into the end zone. Stevie, push on Delilah's back if you have to, just get her across the line. Everyone else on the line ram into them and keep them back, block to keep then away from Delilah. Let's go!"
The lines set up, half the LA team had their eyes on Cameron. At the start, Cameron raced around the right end, hand up. She was covered by two players. Delilah got the ball and charged. An LA girl was right in front of her. Delilah ducked low and as they hit, she forced herself up to throw the LA player over her back. Two more LA players grabbed her, pushing back hard. Walked into the end zone on her feet, Delilah dragging them with her.
"WOW, Thing Two tossed the first defender over her back, then dragged two more across the line with her! What a play!"
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It was now LA's turn to have the ball. Cameron and Delilah crouched down mid line facing the LA defenders. The instant the ball was hiked, they charged, knocking the defenders aside. The quarterback had run back a few yards to get open, she turned to have Cameron grab her and throw her to the ground.
Six yard loss. LA had to start at their own goal line. 2nd and thirteen.
The next play, Delilah blasted through the line to catch the quarterback before she could sprint off to the side and pushed her down, then put a hand on her back to make the tackle.
"Who the Fuck do you think you are?" an LA player screamed in Delilah's face.
"Thing Two," Dalilah said flatly, then pushed her back to fall on her ass.
Enraged, the woman got up. Members of both teams got between them to prevent a fight.
3rd and thirteen.
The next time, LA pulled a Quarterback sneak. As Cameron and Delilah charged the quarterback, The girl that hiked then took the ball back let then blast by, and tried for a run. She got six yards before she was tackled.
On their fourth down, LA took a time out. Their coach was pissed.
He barked at them, "What the hell are you doing out there? They are blowing right through you! If this keeps up, we're going to be murdered out there! Wake up, we're not playing amateurs here, they have pros in their team so you need to act like it! Close the line up tight! DO NOT let those two through! Get rid of the ball as fast as you can. Running backs, stay close, and get that ball and do an end run. Now get out there and make some yardage!"
This time, the quarterback managed to toss the ball to a running back before Delilah bowled her over. Cameron, focused on the ball, charged the running back. The running back threw the ball to the other running back just before Cameron hit her. The ball wobbled in the air and was caught by a Seattle girl, who ran back across the goal line.
Touchdown.
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By the end of the first quarter, the Home team was up, 51 to zero. The LA team was sporting bruises from being mauled by Cameron and Delilah. The quarterback limped off the field and was replaced due to the amount of bruises she had from getting rammed into. The LA team started getting mean. One player tried to shove Cameron and she insulted her. She ended up pushing herself back. Cameron stopped and cast her a death glare. Lucky for that girl, her team mates got in between them.
Halftime came with the score of 97 to zero. Going into the locker room, the Hometown coach let the Blond do the briefing.
"Good job out there, everyone," she praised. "LA thought this was going to be an easy game, you showed them differently. Don't let it go to your head, LA doesn't give up, if anything, they are going to come out looking for blood. Cameron, Delilah, they are talking trash to you to try to get you into a fight and get kicked out of the game. Don't fall for it. If they hit you, do not hit back. Let the ref throw them out of the game. We also have to watch closely for fouling. They are desperate to get a score on the board and will do anything to get that."
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Kickoff this time went to LA. Cameron watched her team mate kick the ball down field, She raced after it, staying just behind the ball. Delilah was on her left, right behind her. The LA girl set to catch the ball had a pair of girls in front of her. Cameron felt a hit in the ribs as she ran past one of the defending team before she grabbed the catcher and put her to the ground.
A whistle blew. Cameron then noted the one she'd passed was on the ground holding her knee and crying out in pain.
A referee announced, "Unnecessary roughness, LA, number eleven. Ten yard penalty."
The wounded girl was carried off the field as booing sounded from the crowd. Instead of the fifteen yard line where Cameron had downed her opponent, La started at their own five yard line.
The announced said, "That foul was a deliberate act to take Thing One out of the game! I bet they won't try that again! LA's own player is being taken off on a stretcher. The refs are checking with Thing One … she appears to be fine. That was a hard hit she took, but she's going to stay in the game."
In the stands behind the Hometown bench, John chuckled and said, "Serves them right."
Sarah snorted and said, "What else do you expect to happen when you ram your knee into a steel plate?"
The Blond changed Cameron and Delilah to linebackers when they got the ball again at the LA two yard line. Cameron and Delilah kept the pocket open. The Home team got the goal, but didn't get the extra point.
At the end of the third quarter, with a score of 112 to zero, LA conceded the game due to injuries.
Ecstatic they'd won, the Home team did a victory dance mid field that the crowd loved. The LA team went quietly to their locker room.
Besides the cheering of the crowd, the School's cheerleaders came out to dance and sing, "Thing One and thing Two, Thing Two and thing One! They can do anything, anything, anything under the sun!" which also got a round of happy cheers from the crowd.
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After the game, the Blond took Cameron and Delilah aside. "Girls, you were better than fantastic out there. I'd really like if you'd come to play for us in Seattle."
"We can't," Cameron told her.
"We have important jobs to do," Delilah agreed.
"We did this just for fun, and it was fun," Cameron added.
The blond shook her head and said, "I can't believe how fit you both are. Just what do you do?"
"Homeland Security agents," Delilah said.
"Delilah, that's classified," Cameron scolded.
"Sorry. Please forget I said that."
The blond laughed and said, "Well, I certainly feel safe with you two watching over us! Take care guys, it's been a pleasure playing with you."
Cameron and Delilah no more than got a few steps outside the locker room when the LA coach approached them.
"Excuse me," he said, "How much will it take to get you two on our team?"
"No," Cameron said flatly.
"Your team yelled at us, insulted us and Cameron got kneed in the ribs. No." Delilah said firmly.
Staying in front of them he pleaded, "Sky's the limit for your salaries…"
He stopped talking when Delilah grabbed him by the shirt and tossed him into a wall. "We said, NO!" she stated.
The coach watched them walk away and muttered, "Damn shame. Those are two rough girls."
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The charity football game was on Youtube before they got home. The game was broadcast on local TV, as well as the fact the proceeds from game brought in just over a hundred thousand dollars for the children's hospital.
Just like the last time Cameron and Delilah came into the public eye, every news media were pleading for interviews with these 'mysterious' girls. The news broadcasts of that football game went nation wide, and the pleas for interviews followed. There were even cash incentives by TV stations for anyone who could help contact them.
Everyone was on the lookout for 'Thing One and Thing Two'.
Somehow, Claire was connected to them. That brought a plague of reporters to the school and to their house. It got so bad that Claire hated to even go outside. Police had to be called to keep reporters off their lawn.
Realizing they had to do something, John called Colonel Watson. After conferring with the President, he begrudgingly agreed that the media had to be placated with something. People knew Cameron and Delilah were here, and some of the 'speculation stories' going around were way out there, including rumors that the two were aliens, and another that claimed they were products of government experiments.
Talking with them John, and Mrs. Weaver, Watson came up with a list of 'can', and 'cannot' things to be discussed. They also agreed that the interview should be arraigned with a 'moderate' entity, and be completely by surprise to keep other eager news people from following them home.
The first thing John did was to look for TV stations that had easy off road access. Unfortunately, there were none. The best he could come up with was a station that had their broadcasting facility near in the beautiful hills overlooking Lancaster, north of Palmdale. They would still have a mile of road to cover to get there, but in the EV2, they could make the trip quickly.
Picking the day, Sarah and John agreed a Wednesday was the best. Cameron refined the plan even further. To avoid possible trouble, they removed the turret on the EV 2 and bought a pair of dirt bikes. Taking the day, they shopped for full riding leathers, boots and full face helmets with tinted visors. There was plenty of room on the back of the EV2 to get them it up and on and tied in place.
Wednesday came. Sarah watched the girls as Cameron and Delilah left out the back. They timed their arrival for the beginning of the news broadcast. John waited until the right time, then called the station.
"Lancaster news watch fifteen, may I help you?" said a secretary.
"Yes, Thing One and Thing Two are headed to your station to give an interview, if you are interested. They will be there in about two hours," John told her
"Who's this?"
"Their husband, John Connor. They will arrive on dirt bikes. This is your one and only chance to interview them."
There was pause, then, "Hold please."
John was on hold for about a minute, then a male voice came on. "Who is this?"
"John Connor," he said again. "Thing One and Thing Two are coming to your station. If you want an interview, you got just under two hours before they arrive."
"How do I know this isn't a prank?" the man asked in a hard tone.
"Wait two hours. You'll see two women riding dirt bikes arrive. That's them. Can you take the chance not to be ready for them?" John asked.
"How do I know it will be them?"
"Oh, you'll know," John said firmly. "Take my advice, be ready." he then hung up.
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The manager of the station was cautious, but he was no fool. If this was real, this was an interview he could sell to every station in the country, and they would get credit for a breaking story. He got ready to replace the 'Clara's cooking' spot with a room set up for the interview. The anchor woman was told about it, and quickly wrote up a list of questions for these mysterious girls, and had videos of them ready for broadcasting.
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Cameron parked the EV 2 on a trail three miles away. They locked it then got on their dirt bikes to ride to the station. When they arrived, a man was outside by the doors. He locked onto them as they came into the parking lot.
Stopping in front of them, Delilah took her helmet off. "We understand you'd like an interview with us?"
"Yes! Please just park here by the door." he said excitedly.
They were hurried inside to the makeup room to get ready for their interview spot.
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John and the rest of the family also watched, wanting to see the interview. The news started. The anchorman had a new partner as they went over the major news and weather, then the anchor man said, "We have special guests today. Monica is not here at the desk, she is going to give us the first ever interview with the two mystery ladies known only as Thing One and Thing Two! Monica?"
The scene changed to a living room scene. Monica was sitting in a chair and said, "Thank you, Brian! Today we have special guests! The women known as Thing One and Thing Two. Ladies, may I ask your real names?"
The camera showed Cameron and Delilah sitting side by side in their riding leathers.
"I'm Thing One, Cameron Connor."
"I'm Thing Two, Delilah Connor."
"I am very pleased to meet you!" Monica gushed. "So tell me, how did you get such odd nicknames?"
"A policeman friend of ours," Delilah explained. "He was being silly, so we got silly too and bought T-shirts saying Thing One and Thing Two. From that point, the nicknames just stuck."
"We did a karaoke contest wearing those shirts, and that is how everyone knows us now," Cameron added.
In the upper corner of the screen, it showed Cameron and Delilah singing that day.
"That is a cute story," Monica said. "Besides singing very well and winning that contest you also are both very athletic. You played soccer like pros, and in the latest charity football game, you did much to help the Palmdale team beat a professional team in a complete domination of the field! Let's watch a couple clips from that game."
The screen changed to show Cameron racing at a pair of defenders and doing a flip high over them. The scene changed to show Delilah charging the line, and throwing a player over her back, then dragging two more over the goal line. The next was Cameron weaving through defenders, desperately trying to grab a hold of her. The last was Delilah jumping fifteen feet in the air to catch a high pass in interception, then knocking a player to the side to run for the goal.
The scene returned to the interview room.
"That was a very exciting game where you both dominated in every play. The level of your ability is off the chart!" Monica raved. "Neither of you look very big, how did you manage such powerful athletic moves?"
Cameron and Delilah looked at each other. This was it, where the real questions started. Cameron said, "We are naturally very strong and agile. We don't bulk up as humans do."
Monica gaped at them. "You're saying you aren't human?"
"We are not," Delilah stated. "There are some things we can tell you, but much we can't. We've been here for a while, and found this is a very nice place."
Monica paused, her mouth moving, but nothing came out. She finally got out, "Where are you from?"
"I'm sorry, "Cameron said, "That is one thing we can't tell you. We've been restricted to talk about family life, and what the public has seen."
"You are aliens?" Monica asked.
Instead of answering, they both made their eyes glow blue briefly. "We're not human," Delilah said.
"We do work with agencies, though we can't disclose which ones they are," Cameron explained.
"This is incredible!" Monica cried. To the camera, she asked, "Did you get that eye flash?"
She then asked, "What are your lives like? You have a family?"
"We do!" Cameron said with a smile. She then waved at the camera and said, "Hi Mom!" To Monica, she said. "We have a husband and I recently I had a cute little baby girl."
"It's MY turn next," Delilah said with a grin, raising her hand up.
"You … you both have the same husband?" Monica asked weakly.
"We do," Delilah said. "John is great, he supports us fully, and accepts who we are. That makes him very special to us."
"It is not against the law, either," Cameron added. "The law of only once spouse applies only to humans."
"Which is good for us," Delilah said. "I get to have my husband and my sister right with me. I can't think of anything more perfect."
"You two are truly chock full of surprises," Monica said in wonder. "I have to ask, Cameron, when your baby grows up, how will she address Delilah?"
Cameron pointed to Delilah and with a crooked grin, said, "Mom Two."
"You really like the one and two thing," Monica noted. "How did you decide who was one and who was two?"
"John married me first, so I'm one, Delilah was second, so she's two," Cameron explained.
Monica laughed, "I like your sense of humor. So my next question is, how would you compare Earth to where you were before?"
"Paradise," Delilah said firmly. "Where we came from is …dismal, I believe the correct word is. Dark skies, radiation everywhere and the temperature was cooler. As far as biological life, there was little left."
"It was as you would refer to it, desolate," Cameron added.
Frowning, Monica said, "That's horrible! So living here has given you a chance to lead a normal life?"
"Much more normal than before," Cameron said with a tiny smile. "We stay as much out of sight as we can, but when it came to helping the school raise money for a good cause, we felt we had to help."
"We had fun doing it too," Delilah added. "We have a good family and a great place to live now, and I would not trade that for anything."
"You are fitting well into society?" Monica asked.
"Fairly well, yes," Cameron said. "We understand people become nervous when confronted with something strange, so we have tried to be very careful not to alarm anyone. "
"We succeed, most of the time," Delilah agreed.
"So your race is very close to human? You look just like us," Monica said.
Cameron and Delilah looked at each other, then Cameron said, "We are much different. Yes, we do have a human like exterior. Our internal structure is metallic based, not calcium based like yours is. We also have a very much higher metallic/silicone content in our nervous system. You can call it essentially wire. We are constructed much differently, would you like to see?" Cameron shifted and slid an arm out of her jacket.
"You arm looks the same," Monica noted.
"Not on the inside," Cameron said and produced a knife.
"Ahh, hold on, are you going to cut yourself?" Monica asked nervously.
"Yes, I was going to show you the inside of my forearm."
"Please don't," Monica said with a wince. "I'm sure if anyone really wants to see, we can get x-rays or something."
"Cam?" Delilah asked to get her attention, then shook her head.
"Yes, please don't," Monica agreed. "I'd rather hear about your husband. Is he like you?"
"No, John's human," Cameron said and slid her arm back into the sleeve.
"And you have a child with him?"
"Yes, Joan is six months old," Cameron replied.
"So you are sexually compatible with humans," Monica concluded.
"Compatible for the act, yes. Due to the differences between us, it took some engineering to my internals to be able to grow a baby. The details of what had to be done is classified, but now myself and Delilah are able to have children. Joan is a hybrid with qualities of both John and myself."
"You had surgery so you were able to conceive," Monica said.
"Alterations," Delilah told her. "It wasn't true surgery as you know. It also did not harm us in any way. The alterations have allowed us to be true wives to John," she explained.
Monica nodded and said, "You mentioned your bone structure is metallic based instead of calcium. Was that part of the difficulty in conceiving?"
"DNA differences were a large concern, yes," Cameron told her. "Joan is healthy, which to me, is the most important thing. From scans, it appears that Joan has inherited much of my structure and John's as well. As I said, she is a true hybrid and so far appears to be very intelligent. For an example, Joan's human brain has more conductive material in it, hence giving her the ability to think faster, hear and see better. Her bones are mostly metallic based, but do contain calcium and marrow like human bone does. Joan is also very strong for her age."
"And I'm next," Delilah reminded her.
Cameron nodded and said, "Two point one."
"Excuse me?" Monica asked.
"Joan is One point One, my first child. Delilah's will be Two point One, her first child."
Monica shook her head wearing a big grin. "You really do enjoy having fun with that."
Straight faced, Cameron said, "It's our thing."
"There is no danger of running out of numbers, neither of us plan to have nine children," Delilah explained.
"Yes, we do not want to chase John away or give him mental problems."
"We feel eighteen children may do that," Delilah said firmly.
Monica let out a chuckle. "I must say, this is the most fun interview I've ever done, as well as the most shocking. Do either of you have any future plans?"
"Home and family," Cameron said.
"Yes, as I said before, we have both and God help anyone who tries to hurt our family," Delilah stated.
Monica looked over at someone off camera. "I am very sad to say that our time is up. I want to thank both of you for this interview, and wish you both the best of luck."
They all got up and exchanged hugs. Standing between them, Monica said, "Thing One and Thing Two, both very kind and stout visitors from someplace else!"
The scene changed back to the news room where the men behind the desk went on about the interview they'd just seen, and wondering if a nuclear war had destroyed Cameron and Delilah's planet. They also wondered how many other 'survivors' of this disaster made it to Earth.
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Cameron and Delilah said their goodbye's to the staff, mounted their motorcycles and roared off. As they suspected, a reported followed them in a car. They turned off on a narrow dirt track, leaving him behind.