CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT
Enrique and Carl had left to arrange the funeral while the Sedonas went to see their famous actress daughter. As soon as they left, Blanca asked, through Sloan, how she could rescue her friend.
"We can't do that right now," said Attwood, "we have another problem."
"How many generations of interspecies mating or marriage will it take before they revert to become like us? I've done a lot of studies on genetics and it took at least a hundred years before blue and gray eyes showed in Southern Europe after the barbaric invasions."
We should ask in one hundred years, will we be extinct and they be our descendants?" asked Attwood.
"Quiet," said Sloan, "all we knew before this was Kevin, who was spoiled rotten and now this Sedona shows up on our doorstep. Perhaps it has to do with the Dominant way of bringing up their children. The Geronas and Sedonas did a good job. Paul did say he was to get in contact with a certain Dominant leader, Roderick. Perhaps we "
"A trap?"
Sloan shook her head. "Paul said that they did not want to join through weakness and we know that Enrique and Carl are Navy man."
"That's it!" shouted Ed, "if we get them to all join the Navy and become Navy Seals, our problem is solved!"
"As long as they don't get into power. I have no idea how their social structure is. The Sedonas may be the exception. Wait a moment, Tom, what influence does the Council have?"
"When the Limousine lady was interrogating me, they used a certain drug which has the opposite effect on us as it does on humans. It wipes out any hypnotic suggestions given by our mentors."
"To prevent you from revealing any knowledge that would be dangerous to your species,"
"Yes, but since your birth father was a Dominant, I can tell you something about it. The Council consists of an equal amount of men and women, twelve in all representing the chief couple of each vessel our ancestors arrived from the Old World. They are missing four and four empty seats are put in place in remembrance of the Lost Ships."
"But do they have a head, a leader?"
"The Chosen is the leader sent out to conquer the humans or if necessary to exterminate them. They decided on that course, because although there are successful Progenies like that actress and her brother, unless they are raised according to the strict Dominant style, they become like Kevin. Being arrogant and superior to all is one thing, killing in a rage is another and we do not kill haphazardly or for revenge. Every extermination is done with careful thought and to not single out one group as what happened in your World War 11."
He also explained about Liza Lars and why Lewis killed her. The Dominants preferred that each female bore an equal amount of boys and girls—that is those four undeveloped fetuses in his mate's womb were two boys and two girls. "When a female has four girls, the Council has to find mates from four different families. The same is with having four boys. I have two sisters, and my birth companion who was killed, has children of his own."
"I'm sorry," said Sloan, "did you find another?"
"There was a female of our species, but not approved by the Council. It did not last long. They will never be part of the Chosen and have been provided for. The female was summarily punished. We have very strict rules but I won't dwell on that." He sat down on the couch, leaning his right arm along the back. "If no mate is found for all four sisters or brothers, the remnant goes out as hunters or executioners."
"But it isn't their fault."
"We have to preserve our species. We did not have that privilege of starting with brothers mating with sisters. The nearest relationship is first cousins. Mating two closely similar to each other would decrease our abilities, make us..."
"Like us?"
"Yes. I realize the experiment was a failure. Combining both species done without having a Kevin or rather having an Anna or a John, would be a success. In time, as generations are born of the Progenies, the result would be someone having the intelligence, foreseeing and heightened awareness of the Dominant but the feelings and emotions of a human, but without the uncontrollable rage they are prey to."
"But there will be no trace of human DNA. We will have died, just as sure as your species killed us. It happened to the Neanderthals. They died when our ancestors came to be."
"Wait a minute," said Ed, "perhaps their influence came in other ways. Sloan, you were on that trip to Europe with your Professor weren't you? You wanted to know how they disappeared."
"Yes. I noticed that much of the population of Europe could readily be taken for modern versions of Neanderthals and yet when I took samples of bones and my Professor compared them with the locals, the DNA did not match. That's what started my interest in Anthropology. How could a species look so similar and yet not be?"
"How can dominants look like homo sapiens and yet not be?"
"Right Ed. Our DNA being destroyed is not the problem. It's in the brain! It's the mind we have to look at!"
"Can we ask the Sedonas to volunteer?"
"I suppose so. What are you going to do?"
Ed inserted a program into the computer. "We have to find a large open area, and we have to get some Dominants to cooperate as well as us. You cannot volunteer, Sloan, sorry. I don't know how much Dominant influence is in your makeup. You are brighter than usual and stronger. I'll be one of the volunteers."
"I'll do it," said Ray.
"And Walter?"
"Yes if it's going to solve the problem. How many Dominants do you need?"
"Besides Tom, two more. It has to be those raised in the Dominant way of thinking. I don't know whether race has any bearing," said Ed, "so perhaps Mark could be one of them. He'll be Ray's counterpart.:"
"Wait a minute," said Sloan, "Tom proposed to me. Will the experiment determine if we will have children?"
"Tom what do you think?"
"We know the Sedonas are a success story, so a Kevin is not inevitable. Our matings are done in a special ceremony by one of ours trained in such matters. I believe you have an equivalent. It has to be impressive enough to influence my species. However we still have the death of that young Dominant to consider. Paul, I suspect, witnessed it and told the others of my kind."
"I was thinking a justice of the peace or saying our vows quietly," said Sloan.
Ed wrinkled his face. "I doubt the Dominants will try anything in a large church with too many witnesses. They want to keep their identity secret until they have enough numbers to be an actual threat." 9/25/2003
Enrique and Carl had left to arrange the funeral while the Sedonas went to see their famous actress daughter. As soon as they left, Blanca asked, through Sloan, how she could rescue her friend.
"We can't do that right now," said Attwood, "we have another problem."
"How many generations of interspecies mating or marriage will it take before they revert to become like us? I've done a lot of studies on genetics and it took at least a hundred years before blue and gray eyes showed in Southern Europe after the barbaric invasions."
We should ask in one hundred years, will we be extinct and they be our descendants?" asked Attwood.
"Quiet," said Sloan, "all we knew before this was Kevin, who was spoiled rotten and now this Sedona shows up on our doorstep. Perhaps it has to do with the Dominant way of bringing up their children. The Geronas and Sedonas did a good job. Paul did say he was to get in contact with a certain Dominant leader, Roderick. Perhaps we "
"A trap?"
Sloan shook her head. "Paul said that they did not want to join through weakness and we know that Enrique and Carl are Navy man."
"That's it!" shouted Ed, "if we get them to all join the Navy and become Navy Seals, our problem is solved!"
"As long as they don't get into power. I have no idea how their social structure is. The Sedonas may be the exception. Wait a moment, Tom, what influence does the Council have?"
"When the Limousine lady was interrogating me, they used a certain drug which has the opposite effect on us as it does on humans. It wipes out any hypnotic suggestions given by our mentors."
"To prevent you from revealing any knowledge that would be dangerous to your species,"
"Yes, but since your birth father was a Dominant, I can tell you something about it. The Council consists of an equal amount of men and women, twelve in all representing the chief couple of each vessel our ancestors arrived from the Old World. They are missing four and four empty seats are put in place in remembrance of the Lost Ships."
"But do they have a head, a leader?"
"The Chosen is the leader sent out to conquer the humans or if necessary to exterminate them. They decided on that course, because although there are successful Progenies like that actress and her brother, unless they are raised according to the strict Dominant style, they become like Kevin. Being arrogant and superior to all is one thing, killing in a rage is another and we do not kill haphazardly or for revenge. Every extermination is done with careful thought and to not single out one group as what happened in your World War 11."
He also explained about Liza Lars and why Lewis killed her. The Dominants preferred that each female bore an equal amount of boys and girls—that is those four undeveloped fetuses in his mate's womb were two boys and two girls. "When a female has four girls, the Council has to find mates from four different families. The same is with having four boys. I have two sisters, and my birth companion who was killed, has children of his own."
"I'm sorry," said Sloan, "did you find another?"
"There was a female of our species, but not approved by the Council. It did not last long. They will never be part of the Chosen and have been provided for. The female was summarily punished. We have very strict rules but I won't dwell on that." He sat down on the couch, leaning his right arm along the back. "If no mate is found for all four sisters or brothers, the remnant goes out as hunters or executioners."
"But it isn't their fault."
"We have to preserve our species. We did not have that privilege of starting with brothers mating with sisters. The nearest relationship is first cousins. Mating two closely similar to each other would decrease our abilities, make us..."
"Like us?"
"Yes. I realize the experiment was a failure. Combining both species done without having a Kevin or rather having an Anna or a John, would be a success. In time, as generations are born of the Progenies, the result would be someone having the intelligence, foreseeing and heightened awareness of the Dominant but the feelings and emotions of a human, but without the uncontrollable rage they are prey to."
"But there will be no trace of human DNA. We will have died, just as sure as your species killed us. It happened to the Neanderthals. They died when our ancestors came to be."
"Wait a minute," said Ed, "perhaps their influence came in other ways. Sloan, you were on that trip to Europe with your Professor weren't you? You wanted to know how they disappeared."
"Yes. I noticed that much of the population of Europe could readily be taken for modern versions of Neanderthals and yet when I took samples of bones and my Professor compared them with the locals, the DNA did not match. That's what started my interest in Anthropology. How could a species look so similar and yet not be?"
"How can dominants look like homo sapiens and yet not be?"
"Right Ed. Our DNA being destroyed is not the problem. It's in the brain! It's the mind we have to look at!"
"Can we ask the Sedonas to volunteer?"
"I suppose so. What are you going to do?"
Ed inserted a program into the computer. "We have to find a large open area, and we have to get some Dominants to cooperate as well as us. You cannot volunteer, Sloan, sorry. I don't know how much Dominant influence is in your makeup. You are brighter than usual and stronger. I'll be one of the volunteers."
"I'll do it," said Ray.
"And Walter?"
"Yes if it's going to solve the problem. How many Dominants do you need?"
"Besides Tom, two more. It has to be those raised in the Dominant way of thinking. I don't know whether race has any bearing," said Ed, "so perhaps Mark could be one of them. He'll be Ray's counterpart.:"
"Wait a minute," said Sloan, "Tom proposed to me. Will the experiment determine if we will have children?"
"Tom what do you think?"
"We know the Sedonas are a success story, so a Kevin is not inevitable. Our matings are done in a special ceremony by one of ours trained in such matters. I believe you have an equivalent. It has to be impressive enough to influence my species. However we still have the death of that young Dominant to consider. Paul, I suspect, witnessed it and told the others of my kind."
"I was thinking a justice of the peace or saying our vows quietly," said Sloan.
Ed wrinkled his face. "I doubt the Dominants will try anything in a large church with too many witnesses. They want to keep their identity secret until they have enough numbers to be an actual threat." 9/25/2003