New Allies, Old Enemies

by animaniac345

Sequel to A New Love After getting married to Neil, Melfina gets plagued by frightening dreams.

5. Chapter 5

It was quiet. Too quiet. Too quiet for me to even think straight. Normally, quiet is when I think best.

I hopped out of bed and took a look out of the window. The Outlaw Star had left Sentinel four galactic standard days ago. All I saw was an immense ocean of stars.

I went to the tech hall to find a portable computer sitting lifeless on the table. When I opened a drawer, I found a mess of data discs. One of them in particular caught my eye. It was labeled "The Creation of the Leyline Project."

I slid it into the appropriate disc drive and waited for it to load.

Then, I found I wasn't in the tech hall anymore. I wasn't even on the Outlaw Star for that matter. I was in an immense, empty hallway.

Just then, a door opened on the end of the hall closer to me. A woman came. The woman had an uncanny resemblance to Melfina, although not quite as beautiful. This woman was quite a bit taller and had a slightly tanner complexion. What shocked me was what it said on her ID tag. Dr. Jane Hawking.

Another person came from the other end of the hall. This person was Gwen Khan.

"Dr. Hawking, the egg cell you provided was most helpful. Yes. Helpful. Yes. Yes."

"Thanks," Her voice was louder and stronger than Melfina's gentle one. "I see that you are utilizing Dr. MacDougall's research on constructs."

"Why, yes. The major difference is that I was using sperm derived from DNA samples at the Grave of the Dragon."

"Oh. The black box."

"Yes. Yes. I still can't decipher that one fragment of code left behind that race. What a bother. What a bother," He said as he shook his head.

So Melfina was made using Dr. Hawking's DNA. That inevitably meant that Melfina is Jim's sister.

"So how's the XGP coming along?" asked Dr. Hawking.

"Oh, delays, delays. What can you do? The project has been backed up for another fifteen years."

Then, I found myself back in the tech room. Just as always, there are questions that remain unanswered. What was this purpose Melfina hasn't fulfilled? She gave Hazanko his wish at the Leyline. I guess I'll have to find out the hard way.