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Chapter Twenty-Four
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Alice paced the interior of her room while she worried about what to do. She’d lied to Arthur and the others about who she was and how she’d lived. So far, no one had questioned the wanderer family about her life with them so they didn’t know that she’d only been a part of that group for a few years. During that time, she’d made sure to make herself useful by appeasing the men working for the aliens -like Rupert- in whatever way deemed necessary.
She pounded her left fist into the palm of her right hand as she held back the scream of frustration that was trying to escape. It was just bad luck that they’d come upon that family. Eventually they’d converse about her and the truth would come out. She couldn’t have that.
She’d traveled all the way to the center of the earth for a fresh start. Meeting Arthur gave her a chance to remake herself and to belong. She’
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Alice stood in the shadows of the tree line. She grit her teeth in anger while she watched Felix converse with Oriana. The little slut was making the most of the situation by leaning against a tree in a manner that best showed off the curves of her lean figure.Had she known that she’d have competition for Felix, Alice would have had the wrinkles on her body removed along with those on her face. It was just that her vanity came into play. After she’d successfully fulfilled her mission, she intended to return to her planet. Having a completely smooth body back home would be a disaster. As it was, she would have to endure surgery to return her face to normal.She wished that she had supernatural powers like the aliens who invaded and took over earth; or even like Kendra, Rex, and Olga. Some sort of gift would come in handy right now. Unfortunately, she had to rely on strength that resembled that of a human and h
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Oriana peered out of the picture window that was strategically centered in the great room wall to provide an optimal panoramic view of the premises. Not only could she not believe her eyes, but she was unsure if she should bring what she was seeing to the attention of her sister and Olga, who were busy baking in the kitchen.“What are you staring at?” Imogene asked as she took the last loaf of freshly baked bread from the oven. “Yum. This smells delicious.”“I make it my policy to bake a mini loaf for taste testing,” Olga said with a twinkle in her eye. Sliding the warm, mini loaf down the counter until it was in front of Imogene, she said, “It wouldn’t do to serve bad bread, now would it?”“Absolutely not,” the younger woman giggled.Taking a thin slice of the soft, freshly baked bread for herself, Olga sauntered over to where Oriana stood and looked out in the dire
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Kendra led her horse to the creek. The day had been long and the hunting difficult, but she’d finally managed to catch a few rabbits and a racoon. She was grateful to have found the water. She’d used the last of the water that she’d packed several hours earlier. She wasn’t far from the compound, but when one was tired and thirsty, a few miles could prove tortuous. Even if she was willing to suffer the rest of the way, it wasn’t fair to make her horse suffer along with her.They’d been back on the surface long enough to reacclimate to its arid climate, yet she still managed to miscalculate water usage from time to time. That was one of the few things that she missed about the earth’s core. It held just the right amount of moisture to maintain a comfortable climate with lush landscapes. Prior to going to the earth’s interior, her body was able to function on small doses of water.&nbs
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Rex held his hand up to signal Felix to stop his horse. Without speaking, he pointed through the trees in the direction of a nearby clearing. Felix took a moment to study the scene before him, nodded, and dismounted. They slowly walked their horses toward an area that was dense with oversized bushes.“That strange woman is wrinkled like Alice,” Felix whispered. “Do you think she has the disease as well?”“Kendra has an arrow pointed at her,” Rex whispered back. “I want to get closer to hear what is being said.”One of the mutation effects that Rex experienced from his early childhood nuclear contamination exposure was acute hearing. Therefore, he was the better person to move closer to listen. Realizing this, Felix nodded and took the reins of both horses.Rex was gone only a matter of minutes before he returned white faced and shaking with anger. “Alice
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“See here! What’s this all about?” Arthur bellowed as he moved to pull Alice off the back of Kendra’s horse. “What are you doing?”“She’s an alien!” Kendra barked as her legs instructed her horse to move away from him. “Don’t touch her.”Bewildered and speechless, Arthur’s faded eyes studied the three riders and their cargo.“She was trying to capture Kendra with these other two to breed with this one,” Rex said as he pointed to Ordry’s body that was slung over his horse behind him. “They’re aliens.”“I can’t believe…”Arthur said with dismay.“That you were bamboozled?” Felix said as a finish to his sentence. “Believe it. The bitch thought that she was going to mate with me to create hybrids. Can you stand it?”“So, that’s why you were so free to have
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Kendra followed her aunt out of the containment building. Filling her lungs with the crisp night air, she reveled in the feeling of freedom. Being a bound captive of Alice and her alien friends for even that brief time had made a negative impact on her that brought forth the other bad memories of being badly used that she struggled to keep buried and would one day have to find a way to release.She’d stayed behind with her aunt after the others left to monitor the progress of the alien’s turning. It took several hours before they were beyond the intelligent zombie stage and beginning to rot. Since it took months for a human, Olga was pleased. By the time they left, the three alien zombies were lying on the floor, immobilized. She expected them to expire by morning.“I’m sorry that you went through that again,” Olga said as she put her arm around Kendra’s waist while they walked toward the hou
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As planned, the mission began the following day. Small groups were sent out to all corners of the earth with the orders to set off the virus within a month of the onset of their mission. This would allow time for some of the travelers to go great distances. They felt that even if the virus was released earlier by some than by others, the aliens wouldn’t have time to understand what was happening and come up with a solution before the entire race was contaminated.They were right.Within six months the elimination cure was released and the planet was, once again, in possession of the humans.The leaders of the planet who had partnered with the aliens contracted the virus and were not cured by Olga or any other member of the crew. It was time for new blood. They wanted new leadership that was capable of displaying compassion and love. Not just for the humans, but for all living things as well as for the planet.
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“I wanted to wait until we got the planet back so that I could take you on a nice honeymoon,” Felix admitted as he gave his new bride a light kiss on the lips.“I’m glad that you didn’t,” she said as he protectively guided her through the crowd to the head table of the reception area that had been set up in the courtyard to accommodate all of the residents.The ceremony was kept short and, unlike his reception after his marriage to Ari, there was no alcohol served. Even so, spirits were high and laughter abounded.Several of the recovered were adept musicians who managed to fashion an instrument out of various scraps found in the woods and around the compound. The music that they produced was not only amazingly good, but it aided in bringing the mood to its highest point.The hours passed so quickly that the jovial partiers were amazed to see the sun peeking over the horizon. It was when they for
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Olga sat in the corner of the room in a deep trance state while Rex carefully lowered his wife into the ice bath that the lovebirds had prepared. Even with the stress and concern over Kendra’s condition, he was able to find a bit of joy in the news that Felix and Oriana were to be married. He wanted nothing more than for his family to be happy and whole.By marrying Oriana, Felix was burying the intense sadness and guilt that had ridden on his shoulders since Ari’s death. He didn’t believe that Felix was responsible for the poor young woman’s death and he hated to see the man punish himself with such grief. His marriage would change all of that. In turn, it would change the dynamics of the family in a good way. Since Oriana and Kendra didn’t have the negative history that Kendra and Ari had, the family was already in a better place with this match.Although concerned and a bit impatient for her to
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Rather than administer a dose of the elimination cure that would equal the normal amount placed in an inoculation, Olga opted to systematically treat her niece with a minuscule drop under the tongue, while monitoring her in between each dose. Although it didn’t kill her as Olga had secretly feared, the tiny doses of the elimination cure made Kendra violently ill with flu-like symptoms.In order to keep worried and curious eyes and ears away, Olga capitalized on those symptoms and lied to the other healthcare workers by insisting that her niece had, somehow, contracted some type of virus and should be quarantined. This also gave her the excuse to constantly monitor Kendra while she was undergoing a process that was unfamiliar with unknown results.At one point, the older woman wanted to stop the treatment for fear that it was doing more harm than good, but Kendra wouldn’t hear of it.“I can feel my body changing inside,” she in
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Everyone held their breath while they waited to see if the cure that Olga released in the human zombie’s cell was going to work. No one was more eager to see success than Kendra.She already knew about the puddle of goop that reminded Felix of vomit before he’d told them because she’d slipped out to the confines around sunrise to check on the human zombies. She’d communicated with the intelligent one and told it that they were attempting to cure it. Her heart practically broke in half when its eyes watered as if it was about to cry.She spent about twenty minutes conversing telepathically with it. She learned that he could remember very little of his life as a human. He did, however, recall the final moments. He was a father and a husband. His wife was the first to contract the disease while he was away for a few days hunting. When he returned, he found her eating the last of their three children.
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Felix entered the kitchen with a scowl on his face. The others were busy having breakfast. The only one missing was Arthur. He looked at his aunt with a raised brow. She slowly shook her head.Realizing that she wouldn’t welcome a question about Arthur’s whereabouts, he slid onto a stool and broached the topic of the three aliens instead.Grabbing a slice of bread he said, “I think we’re going to need hazmat suits to clean up after those three out there.”Olga set her cup on the counter and braced herself against the countertop with her elbows. “I haven’t been out there yet. What happened?”“It looks like they melted or something,” he replied as he stuffed a large chunk of bread in his mouth. “There’s nothing but a puddle of some type of slop in the cell. It reminds me of vomit.”“Gross!” Kendra said as she shoved her
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Kendra followed her aunt out of the containment building. Filling her lungs with the crisp night air, she reveled in the feeling of freedom. Being a bound captive of Alice and her alien friends for even that brief time had made a negative impact on her that brought forth the other bad memories of being badly used that she struggled to keep buried and would one day have to find a way to release.She’d stayed behind with her aunt after the others left to monitor the progress of the alien’s turning. It took several hours before they were beyond the intelligent zombie stage and beginning to rot. Since it took months for a human, Olga was pleased. By the time they left, the three alien zombies were lying on the floor, immobilized. She expected them to expire by morning.“I’m sorry that you went through that again,” Olga said as she put her arm around Kendra’s waist while they walked toward the hou
