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Chapter 5: The face of the Enemy
"Once again General Scoby, I want to thank you for letting me tour your facility," said General Harry Potter.
"Think nothing of it," replied General Scoby. "It's the least we can do after the intelligence windfall you chaps gave us."
"Have you made any progress?" asked Harry.
"Let's ask Major Sullivan," said General Scoby, as they walked into the lab.
The alien pilot that Harry's men had brought here had been stripped. It was currently lying on an autopsy table, partially dissected. One of the doctors stepped forward.
"How may we help you sir?" inquired Major Harry Sullivan.
"Tell us about your progress," commanded General Scoby.
"Well sir, in spite of the human form the alien appeared to have when we first got him, when he removed his uniform, we discovered that he has these six tentacle-like organs projecting out of his chest," reported Sullivan. "They appear to be fully prehensile. But the most amazing thing is their function. They appear to be reproductive organs."
"Are you saying that those things are penises?" asked Harry.
Sullivan nodded.
"When we x-rayed him, we found that his internal organs are completely rearranged from a human being's," said Sullivan. "For example, he has two hearts and the left one appears to be a combination cardiac-renal organ."
"Thank you, Major," said Harry as he turned to General Scoby. "What have you been able to learn from the other one?"
"Not much, I'm afraid," said Scoby. "We haven't been able to communicate with him."
"Perhaps I might be able to help," said Harry.
General Scoby took him to a door in the detention area that had a small observation window.
"He attacks anyone who goes in," said Scoby. "He doesn't appear to be very intelligent."
"Let me in," said Harry. "I'll see what I can do."
"Are you sure that's wise?" asked Scoby.
"I think I can handle him," said Harry as he stunned the alien through the observation window.
Once he had been locked in, Harry levitated the alien to a corner of the room and sat down in the opposite corner. He waved his wand and revived the alien, who immediately lunged at him. Harry stunned him then revived him again. He repeated this process eleven times before the alien got the message. When the alien didn't attack, Harry waved his wand in a different fashion.
"ligula!" Harry hissed. "All right, I know that you can understand me. Who are you?"
The alien was still wearing his tan uniform that had blended so well with the desert terrain. His scaly skin was a slightly darked shade of pinkish tan than Harry's. His features were courser than a human's and he had no nose.
"Gropo Grakgwai 394582q934" replied the alien.
"What is your species called?" asked Harry.
"Markab" stated Grakgwai.
"Where are you from?" asked Harry.
"Markab" stated Grakgwai.
"The pilot that we recovered seems very different from you," said Harry. "Is he from the same planet?"
"Fah!" exclaimed Grakgwai. "They are not worthy to be called warriors! They sitt in their spaceships attacking our enemy with mass drivers and fighters! We Makab and the Dilgar have do the actual fighting!"
"I don't believe I've heard of the Dilgar before," said Harry. "What can you tell me about them?"
"They like wetter climates than we do. They drive the tanks while we're in the desert," said Grakgwai. When we've made it to the equatorial forests our positions will be reversed. Their War Apprentices will take the places of our Gropos."
Harry interrogated the alien for several hours. After he left the cell General Scoby said:
"That was amazing! Where did you learn his language?"
"I didn't," replied Harry. "I used magic to translate for me. I'll see that you get a transcript. You might also get the Defense Research Association for Physical Analysis to do a comparison of the DNA of any aliens we capture. We need to find out if they're from the same planet of different ones."
