Ch 101

Cameron too note that Nana was integrating herself very well with the family. During the day, Nana spend time with Victoria learning English and helping with chores. Jackie was teaching how to use her mental powers to swim. That looked funny though, for Nana had to take off all her fake appendages, leaving her looking like a torso stump. Nana was a happy girl eager to learn new things. Whoever had been mean to her had to be truly evil. from what Cameron was finding though, all those people were gone now. good.

Out tending to the flowerbed she'd put in, Cameron saw her plants were doing well. The flower guide she read turned out to be accurate. even the cactus she'd put in the center was growing.

"Cameron!" came Nana's call. Cameron turned. Jackie and Daniel were heading for the pool, Nana ran over to her in her hand-me-down bikini that used to be Joan's.

Coming to a stop by her, Nana said in passable but halting English, "Nana did her learning, Nana is going to swim now."

"Very good, Nana, that was perfect." Cameron replied in Japanese.

"Hai! Nana tries hard!" Nana beamed, then winced and said, "Yes, Nana tries hard."

"And you are doing well," Cameron told her.

Nana ran over to the pool. Her arms came off, she sat down and popped her legs off then got in the pool.

Whoever abused Nana, didn't die bloody enough.

Cameron's phone rang. "Hello?"

John Henry's voice came on. "Cameron please get to a computer. I have information."

"On my way." Cameron hung up. Well she'd gotten her plants fertilized and watered. They should be good. She went inside and to her computer. Once she had it up she put in John Henry's IP.

"Hello Cameron The intelligence head is upset that all references of a type of species was deleted from government files. The hack came from Japan, the closest trace they got was in the Yokohama area."

"What got deleted?" Cameron asked.

"Two agents who were assigned to the investigation say the term diclonius was removed from all systems, and the files they had on diclonius have been wiped, deleted from every system."

"What are diclonius?"

"Unknown. I have no experience with the subject. According to these agents, they are humans who have developed very strong telekinetic abilities. Strong enough to move large objects and do substantial damage, even kill. Homeland Security wishes to rebuild the database as quickly as possible."

Cameron paused, then said, "John Henry, from what I discovered, the Japanese were experimenting on these Diclonius. By the little knowledge I have, they were attempting to make them into near-mindless weapons. Some escaped and there was much trouble in the Yokohama area. The Japanese government could not recapture these diclonius, so they attempted to destroy them. The diclonius have gone into hiding."

"The agents believe that these diclonius have discovered how to hack computers on a world wide scale."

"Negative, that was me. Someone gave a human offshoot a weird name like diclonius to de-humanize them. Make it easier to torture and control them. They are not a danger to anyone if left alone to live a fairly normal life," Cameron explained.

"Yes, if any government could find and control them, they would become a military asset."

"If they were allowed to live," Cameron added.

"You destroyed knowledge of them to assist them hiding."

"That is correct. They are the victims, not the aggressors," Cameron stated.

"Understood. My knowledge of events in this matter shall not be shared. If the government inquires, we are searching."

"That is acceptable. Thank you for sharing this with me, John Henry."

"Friends help friends," John Henry replied, then disconnected.

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"For being an old woman, you look really good, Sarah."

Lying back in lounger chairs on their dock, Sarah opened her eyes and glared at Martin, who was smirking at her. "Listen, old man, you're older than I am."

Martin laughed. "True, but you would never know it by looking at us. You still look like a hot young chick."

Sarah hadn't thought about it but yes, she was getting old. 60 next week, but her skin was still smooth, not a gray hair on either of them, and she could still run down to the road into town and back. Martin was looking as handsome as the day she met him. Maybe even a bit better.

"We look like we're in our twenties," he noted.

Sarah grinned. "Kinda feel like it too. I can't help but think it's just temporary. Like soon, we're just going to collapse and turn into wrinkled, shriveled up old folks."

"This does make me wonder how long we're going to stay this healthy," Martin said in a musing tone. "I bet we'll at least see great-grand children."

"Shut up."

"Something I said?" He asked grinning at her.

"I'm just getting used to the idea that I'm a grandmother, OK?" Sarah grumbled.

"You granddaughter is playing professional football, the other granddaughter is going to be graduating high school, and so is your grandson..."

"I know!"

"You know Joan is romantically involved and little Johnny has snagged two wives now, You don't think great grandkids are coming soon?" he asked.

Sarah rolled her eyes. "Maybe we can skip a generation."

"Ah, so you're holding out for great-great grandchildren!" he announced.

Sarah got up and went over to sit on him in a straddle as he was beaming a smile at her. She tried to act firm, but that silly smile made her smirk. "Look you," she said. Her half attempt to pretend-strangle him ended up with her arms around his neck. "I don't want to talk about our kids, kids, kids."

"A bit of a stutter there?" he asked and kissed her.

This close, Sarah kissed him back and said, "I really don't want to talk about kids right now."

"Not even making one?" Martin asked with a wink as he petted her sides.

"Maybe," Sarah said in a sultry tone. Her phone then rang. She picked up with a "Riggs? ... Now?... We'll meet you there!"

Sarah then got up and hauled Martin up. "Come on, That was Cameron. Sonya just got taken to the hospital, she's having her baby!"

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Sonya and Mark ran into a problem at the hospital. There wasn't a big enough gurney for Sonya to lay on. The orderlies also weren't strong enough to pick her up. Mark had to carry Sonya up to the deliver room.

"It's coming," Sonya cried as Mark walked as fast as he could under her weight.

"Almost there," he grunted under the load. Nurses opened the door for him. With Sonya in his arms, Mark couldn't duck. He went in sideways and banged his head on the top of the door casing. "fuck!" he growled with a grimace. He looked at the birthing bed. No way was Sonya going to fit on that.

The doctor there came up with the best quick solution. "Everyone, put the mattress on the floor, now!"

Delilah ran in. "What can I do?" she asked.

The mattress and some bedding was tossed on the floor. Mark told her, "Other side of the mattress, help me put her down gently."

Delilah helped Mark lay Sonya down. The doctor, Delilah and a nurse got Sonya's bottom undressed and a sheet over her lower body. Mark knelt by Sonya's head. He gripped her hand that was nearly crushing his.

"It's coming," Sonya said in a squeak. "Mark, our baby's coming!"

"I can see the head," the doctor said. "Sonya when I tell you to, push."

Sonya nodded.

A towel on the floor and hands in place to catch, the doctor said, "Push!"

Sonya winced and pushed. The baby shot out past the doctor's hands and the towel to hit the floor between the Doctor's knees. The little boy cried.

Shocked and horrified the newborn was lying on the bare floor, the doctor quickly picked him up and cleaned him off. The nurses got to work taking care of the afterbirth and cleaning Sonya up. With the umbilical cord cut and tied, the doctor presented the newborn boy to Sonya and Mark. "Congratulations, it's a boy. Does he have a name?"

Sonya nodded. "We decided on Dennis."

"I love you hon," Mark said and bent down to kiss her.

Cameron came in with a camera to get pictures of the Dennis and his proud parents. The Doctor had to record Dennis' birth and stats and get his footprints. She thought he was a bit heavy. Dennis tipped the scales at 13 pounds, 9 ounces. he also had a reddish fuzz on his head and looked around with hazeled eyes. The baby was a little heavy, then again his parents were both over seven feet tall. This was going to be a big kid.

After the Doctor was finished, Mark got to hold his son.

Although the doctor and the nurses were trying to come up with a proper bed for Sonya, Sonya sat up and said, "Don't worry about it, I'd rather go home and sleep in my own bed tonight."

The Doctor eyed her and said, "You just gave birth. You need to rest."

Delilah chuckled. "When I gave birth to Jackie, I did the same. We stayed long enough to get Jackie registered, then we went home. Sonya has everything she needs for taking care of a baby and Sonya herself is fine, don't worry."

"I brought Dennis diapers and clothes," Cameron said and held up the bag she had. Dennis got dressed under the loving care of his Aunt Cameron and Delilah. While they took care of Dennis, Sonya got cleaned up and dressed, like giving birth had been nothing for her.

The Doctor at least wanted to get Sonya in a wheelchair. Again, there wasn't one big enough.

"Don't worry about it, I'm fine," Sonya assured her.

"but..."

"I'm fine. Thank you for helping us," Sonya told her.

Going down to the lobby, they met Martin and Sarah coming in. They stayed in the lobby a while so Sarah (even though this technically made her a great-grandmother) fawned over baby Dennis.

Cameron and Delilah followed Mark Sonya and Dennis home to be sure Sonya had everything set up. Once the happy couple and baby Dennis was settled, Cameron went outside and called back whoever was buzzing her phone. It was Colonel Davis.

"Mrs. Connor, General Watson urgently requests you presence at Groom Lake with whoever you can bring with you. A situation is developing. A C-130 is coming to Johnson City airport to pick you up."

"Why a C-130?" Cameron asked.

"Like I said, you and anyone you can bring with you. You are authorized to drive right up into the plane."

"Is the situation red?" Cameron asked, meaning violence imminent or ongoing.

"The situation is yellow, but can easily become red."

"Understood."

Cameron turned to Delilah who heard everything. "We leave ten terminators here to protect Driftwood. The others come with us."

Delilah nodded.

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Cameron dropped Delilah off at the construction site for Joan's house to collect the terminators working there, then drove the rest of the way home. She strode into the house to see everyone waiting for news about Sonya's baby. Curtly, she said, "Sonya had a baby boy, his name is Dennis, mother and baby are doing well, John, we need to talk to John Henry now."

Jackie stood up. "Mom? what's going on?"

"After we talk to John Henry." Cameron replied.

"Where's Delilah?" Nana asked, looking worried.

John called back as he went with Cameron. "We will explain after we get back."

Peggy and Lily looked at each other. To the rest, Peggy said, "No one knows yet, but it's not good."

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John Henry's face was up on the computer screen. He exchanged eye flashes with Cameron. Cameron said, "Another Atlantian ship is approaching Earth. They will arrive in two to three week's time. The Atlantian representative, Dave, said that these are the violent Atlantians, though they are tying to present themselves as peaceful. General Watson is organizing a reception party strong enough to do whatever is needed if they are violent. He wants to have violent ready to deal with them. That is all I am privy to."

"Thank you, John Henry," John said.

"Friends help friends." John Henry said, then he disconnected.

"We need details," John said. "Until we know more, we take everything we got."

"Agreed," Cameron replied.

They went downstairs to see all the kids waiting for them. Joan motioned to the couch. Peggy, Lily come over her a moment, please."

Peggy and Lily sat on the couch side by side. John and Cameron no more than got in chairs in front of them, when the pale haired girls eyes flew open wide.

"Violent ones are coming?" Peggy asked fearfully.

"Oh no!" Lily gasped in fear.

"Calm down," John said evenly. "No matter what, they will never make it here. Believe that."

Both girls nodded.

"Now what Cameron I need to know is how do these violent ones act? If they are meeting someone, what do they do?"

Quivering, Peggy said, "They will act normal until they get close. Then they will grab a hostage and demand you do what they say."

"Grab them how?" John asked. "Will they show a weapon?"

"Sometimes," Lily said meekly. I saw them once. They walked up to a couple on the street. I didn't know they were violent until they grabbed the woman and one put his arm around her neck from behind, and demanded all their money, or he was going to kill her. The man with her complied." She then squeezed her eyes shut and let out a sob. "They beat that man bad! When he stopped moving they walked off, dragging the woman with them."

"I lost all my brothers and a sister to them," Peggy said, tears forming in her eyes. "They were sure they could talk sense into the violent ones, but... my brothers were killed and... my sister died much later from the things they did to her."

"I see," John said softly.

"If they are violent ones coming, no mercy," Cameron stated.

Jackie announced, "I want to go meet these assholes! I got a plasma lunch to feed them!"

John saw the glow of red in Jackie's eyes.

"I want to come too," JJ stated, standing with fists balled. His eyes were red also.

John eyed them a moment then said, "You know if we appear to them as a family, I think they won't be as wary as if we have a hundred terminators standing behind us."

Cameron smirked. "It will give them the false impression that they can grab hostages."

"Yes!" Jackie said in a sadistic growl, "Let one of them put their hands on me!"

"We will teach them a very painful lesson." JJ agreed.

Peggy and Lily gaped at him. "Johnny?" Lily asked.

"Peggy, Lily you both stay here where it's safe," he told them.

"Is this like when those bad guys kidnapped us?" Peggy asked fearfully.

"Worse. That's why you're staying here," JJ said firmly.

Peggy felt the violent feelings rise higher already. The Connors were set to kill. She almost felt sorry for the violent ones coming. They had no idea what they were getting into, coming to Earth.

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They packed up 'loaded for bear'. Jackie and JJ each had a pistol with ten clips, shotgun, with a full 25 round box of buckshot ammunition and a sword, JJ borrowed Joan's sword. Long raincoats for everyone to hide their weapons, Cameron and Delilah had their katanas they'd been awarded as well as pistols. John had his two semi auto .44 cal magnum pistols. They brought clothes too, since it was going to be at least a couple weeks.

Peggy was leaking tears as she helped Johnny pack. Lily stared at the weapons he had laid out, and the raincoat that had holders in it for the long weapons. He had his gun belt on with the full clips in slots on the gun belt and his pistol in it's holster.

"You really have to go do this?" Lily asked weakly.

"We do, hon," he said softly. "I'm sorry you have to see this, but we are not going to allow anyone here who want to hurt people."

Peggy came over with his full suitcase. She dove into him and hugged him tight. "You come back to us, promise me!" she sobbed.

JJ hugged her, then reached over to pull Lily close. "I will come back, OK? We all will. John and Cameron are smart, they know what they are doing."

Lily nodded sadly. "Be careful," she said with a sniffle.

"Our ships can hold 375 people. Are you sure you can handle that many?" Peggy asked.

JJ kissed her. "To protect you, I'll take on 30,000. We'll be fine."

Delilah came to the doorway, "JJ, let's go if you're going!"

"Coming Mom."

Peggy and Lily watched Johnny go, then clung to each other for support. Lily asked, "How bad will it be?"

"I was there when Johnny, Delilah and Jackie fought all those men who kidnapped us. It will be war until the violent ones have all been killed, or they have."

"Dear Goddess!"

"Yes, If you never prayed before, now is a good time to start."

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Delilah insisted they take Christine. John heard her reasoning and agreed with her. Adults in the front, kids in the back, they all fit. The tractor-trailer full of terminators were waiting out on the road. The small caravan headed out for Johnson City.

Barnabas and Victoria stayed with the kids left at home, as did 4 terminators watching security. Nana asked Victoria, "Teacher, why not take Nana? Nana can help."

Victoria shook her head. "Nana needs to stay safe."

Nana nodded sadly. "Too bad Lucy isn't here."

"Why is that?" Barnabas asked.

"No one beats Lucy," Nana replied.

"No one beats our Moms, either," Louise told her.

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When they got to the airport, a marine was at the gate and told them where to go, then radioed they were on their way. Getting out to the field, the C-130 already had it's engines going and the rear cargo door open. The Load master had the tractor-trailer back on first, then Christine was allowed to back up and on. Thankfully, they had seats on the sides as the vehicles were strapped in place.

After the long plane ride, they landed at Nellis Air Force base. A Humvee with 'Follow me' on the back was parked a ways away from the plane as the rear cargo door dropped down. Christine was waved out, Delilah drove up behind the Humvee and waited as the tractor -trailer crawled out. Once it was behind them they went to to terminal where some men, one a pale haired man, was waiting. Getting out of Christine, Cameron went around and opened the trailer doors. "We're here!" she announced. All the terminators got out.

General Watson frowned at JJ and Jackie. "You brought kids?" he asked.

Jackie responded by raising her left arm and morphing it into a plasma canon.

"You said bring everything we got. We did," Cameron said flatly.

Dave eyed Jackie. "What is that?"

Jackie shot a bolt into the air. "Trouble for any who want to screw with us," she stated.

"Jackie! Put that away!" Delilah said firmly.

"Jackie does have a plasma canon in her arm," John said. "Delilah, Cameron and every terminator behind us has one in each arm. We also brought other weapons. Now, who can tell us about this ship that's coming?"

"I can," Dave said.

"We need to go to the briefing room," General Watson said. "There's not enough room for your entourage." he added, motioning to the large pack of terminators.

"Then we will brief them after our meeting," John said.

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In the meeting, Dave explained to the officers and the Connors about their ship. "When we build these ships, we put in the most advanced tech possible, and even invented a new system of very long range hyper communications. These communications are not electromagnetic transmissions like radio waves. They rely on a set of atoms our top scientist produced that are in sympathy with one another on a quantum scale. Whether beside each other or on the other side of the galaxy, when on atom vibrates, the others do also. An atom pair was put on each ship. There are no others. None were let behind and the labs we made them at were disassembled. This was done so each ship could talk to another, no matter where they were. Each ship could also ping another ship to find it's location."

Dave held his hands apart and said, "The purpose of this was so when one ship found a suitable planet to live on, they could inform the others to increase the likelihood of survival. It also ensured the violent people would never be able to know where we went, or track us down. When we left, we were the first ship off planet. We know ship number three did not make it off the ground."

Dave then let out a huff and added, "The transmission we got, was from ship number three. The Captain of that ship was Endoran when we launched. He had 97 full families on board. Our birth rate favors females, normally by 25 percent. Here on Earth it appears to be the the same, 4 female born to every 3 males. You also know our aversion to hurting anyone. Please keep this in mind as you listen to this transmission. I have translated it into English"

He pressed a button on a recorder. "Ship one, this is Captain Talon, we have pinged you and are on our way to meet you. Food stores are low, and if you have any spare females have them available for us when we arrive. The planet you are on appears a little small, but should accommodate our needs. Inform us of any abnormalities before we land."

"Sounds like he's giving orders," John noted.

"His initial transmission was the only communication," General Watson said. "He hasn't hailed Earth at all. By what Dave said, I agree that they may well be violent people that took over that ship."

"If they left with full families, there should not be a lack of women, and properly supplied, no lack of food either," Cameron noted.

"Where are they now?" Delilah asked.

"Halfway between Mars and Earth, the ship is slowing," An Air Force officer said.

"The question is, let them land, or nuke-em when they get close." General Watson stated.

"We would really like that ship." the Air Force officer said.

John eyed him. "WE would really like to find out if there are peaceful people still on board. Nuking it is not a good option. Dave, were all your ships built the same?"

"Yes, they were."

"Then take us to yours and show us around. We need to get intimate details of your ship then plan what to do once it lands," John stated.

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The Atlantian ship was housed in a huge hanger. It had a main side extended stair case for people, and farther back there was a loading ramp for cargo. Only two ways in and out of the ship. Floor planes for the ship were in a office to the side, so were electrical distribution plans, ventilation, control enters, engine and rive plans. The Air Force were making complete diagrams of the ship, as well as had people on board doing other studies of it.

This ship had been talking 'midnight' runs into orbit and to various parts of the solar system. They even brought back a mineral rich asteroid on one trip. It was fully functional.

John, Cameron and General Watson talked about meeting the number three ship in space, but the lack of airtight seals between the ships prevented that, and there wasn't enough time to build one on this ship. Blasting holes in the other ship would dump all the air and kill everyone, and the terminators could take the ship over, but again, there might be non-violent people still on board.

They decided the best option was to let the ship land. With that, they wanted to pick the landing spot.

While they studies the ship inside and out, Dave gave more information about those violent ones to John and Cameron. They had a male-dominated society, if one could call what they had a society. Women were for fun and producing babies. One rose to the top by being smarter and more aggressive. Any man who wasn't aggressive never made it far, and many times ended up dead. Treachery, extortion, torture and murder were reveled in.

The more John and his family learned about these people, the more they knew none of them were going to set foot on Earth alive. They made their plans for when that ship landed. John had Dave send a transmission back to the number three ship that food and women were being collected for them. When their ship came close, a homing beacon would be activated where the supplies and women were gathered for them.

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Joan and Allison were getting changed back onto their regular clothes in the locker room after their second game. Joan was happy, it had been a great game and Martha Good was becoming one tricky quarterback. A few times they had kept the ball hidden, misleading the defense on who had it. They even made a 40 yard touchdown against Austin. A score of 36 was respectable again the Austin team. Austin won with 56 points, but to hold Austin back to only 56 was a good accomplishment. They had a post-game party planned with both teams in attendance.

Dressed and uniforms in laundry bags, Joan, Allison and Patty walked out into the lunch room to see Cameron, an army officer and Coach Baker waiting for them.

"Hi, mom!" Joan beamed. "Did you see the game?"

Looking at the army officer, Allison asked, "Cam, why is he here?"

"When everyone is done changing, we'll explain." Cameron replied.

"Have a seat, girls," Coach Baker said.

Joan sat down. As their team members drifted in, so did the Chicago team, and their coach. The room filled up with players from both teams. When the coaches verified all their team members were present, The Army Officer said, "Ladies, there is a situation we need your help with. It may be hazardous, and you are under no obligation to assist. You will be paid if you choose to participate. You must also not tell anyone where you're going, or what you will be doing. If you choose to participate, Mrs. Connor here will give you the details. If not, then thank you for coming."

"What's up, Mom?" Joan asked.

"An operation vital to national security. Everyone, decide if you want to participate or not," Cameron stated.

"How dangerous is this?" a girl asked.

Cameron looked at her. 'If you do not act fast enough, you may get hit with a random shot of an unknown weapon."

Betty got up and held her hands up. "Don't be offended, but this isn't for me. I saw Joan get shot and Carla killed, not to mention what those hoodlums did to Allison. I'm out."

"That's fine. Have a good day," Cameron told her.

Betty turned to Allison and Joan. "Allie, Joan? You coming?"

"We're going with Mom," Joan stated.

Allison nodded. "We are."

Betty gaped at them. "But, Joan, you were shot, you almost died! And Allie, what they did to you!"

"That wasn't the first time Joan has been shot, and if you do not confront the bad guys, they win," Allison said firmly.

"You know what might happen, and you're going anyway?" Betty asked in disbelief.

"When it comes to dealing with bad people, we don't back down," Joan stated.

Martha Good stood up. "If the Army is coming to us for help, that means they are desperate and really need us. I'm also not going to let my friend Joan or Allison go by themselves. Count me in!"

"Me too!" Patty announced.

"Betty," Joan said, "You probably shouldn't go. I doubt you can take it. Don't feel bad about it."

Betty frowned. "Just come back, OK?"

Allison snorted out a chuckle and said, "We'll do our best."

Some stood up to support Joan and Martha. Others did leave, stating they couldn't be involved. Most of the Austin team, and six from the Chicago team stayed.

"Do we get uniforms" Patty asked.

Cameron nodded. "Bikinis and bullet resistant raincoats."

"What kind of operation is this?" Joan asked.

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With the 23 football players and another 48 women from the army an Air Force, Cameron collected a decent 'harem' to present to these Atlantians coming in. Getting them assembled to don their 'uniforms' all the military woman and Joan and Allison got pistols and ammunition to put inside pocket of their raincoats. Cameron took them to the landing zone wearing her own bikini covered by a raincoat, and showed them where to stand, these heavy raincoats coats open. Joan and Allison were in front, the military women who could stood well behind them, then the the other military women and the football players farthest from the ship when it came down. They were all encouraged to show hints of flesh, a bare leg, partially open raincoats, maybe flap them from the heat. They also all got long, white haired wigs to wear.

Joan thought this was a really odd operation. She also understood that no one from this ship landing was allowed near any of them. If one approached them or even walked towards them, it was shoot to kill.

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At high altitude, Captain Talon zeroed his optics in where the beacon they followed was coming from. There was a large hanger and an area nearby marked off with light in the rough shape of their ship. To the side near wher their loading hatch would be, were tall crates lined up in a row. Near where the entryway was, were close to a hundred white haired figures standing around. Zooming in closer, he saw they were all females. Young, sexy looking females many showing their bodies through the open protection they were wearing.

"Yes, the fools did it!" he cheered.

"So, we have no further use for our worn out females?" his second, Zerek, asked.

"But we do!" Talon told him. "Gather five the ones who obey, with ten men. They will go out with us. Guns to the heads of our females until we get close enough to grab some of the others. Have Pervon get some men to open the loading hatch when we land so we can go out and see what's in those crates."

Zerek looked at the display on the ground and said, "What if this is a trap?"

Talon grinned at him. "These are the peaceful ones, remember? They will do anything to keep from having a conflict. They are offering us food and their women hoping we will won't take them over or kill them. We will take what they offer, then we will take them over anyway. Any who resist us gets killed as visible as possible. How much resistance did we encounter taking over this ship? Pleas for mercy and begging. That was it! The couple females who didn't want to service us died strung up and in great pain, the others submitted to whatever we want, did they not?"

Zarek nodded. "They did. We have picked up many transmissions and activity all around the planet. There is another species here also we know nothing about."

"Do you see any do there?" Talon asked. "Once we're on the ground we will find out how to deal with them. What I am seeing down there is whoever else is on this planet is leaving Atlantians to themselves. Do you see anything of any offensive weaponry at all?"

Zarek shook his head. "Nothing."

"After we land, we grab our prizes and search the area. We will deal with other species as we find them. If they cause us trouble, or want us gone, we will leave, once again fully stocked by the looks of it. We wont have to butcher women for food. We just go on to the next closest ship hat landed someplace," Talon explained.

"OK, but we better do it quick." Zarek said.

"We will. The second we land, hatches open and we collect our prizes. Once the food and entertainment is on board, we search the fast and learn what's here. We met resistance, we take off again. and go find another group to supply us."

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Inside the hanger, John and General Watson sat watching outside and in the sky as the Atlantian ship came down. Cameron looked up at it briefly and eyeflashed to the encoder sensor, which John heard as speech. "We're ready, here they come."

John replied, "Electromagnets ready, so are the tanks."

General Watson said, "All tanks and personnel, prepare to engage. Start up and open the hanger doors on command, not before!"