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“Bye, Dad!” Chel wrapped up the call an hour later and hung up the phone. She was smiling and feeling good about things in general. It was nice to speak to mom and dad for a while. She turned and walked into the living room. “Hey, Lexx,.. are you ready to go?” Kalvin was nowhere [...]
The inside of the tent was spartan, with only the barest of equipment. It didn’t matter, it was all top of the line equipment. Some of it hadn’t even been released to the general public yet. “Vic, you have to see this.” He made a beeline for the somewhat ecstatic woman he commonly referred to [...]
“The blood is human, Vic, as improbable as it sounds.” Melissa glanced over her shoulder. “Humans don’t normally grow bat wings.” Vic shrugged. “Some sort of genetic experiment?” “Possibly.” Melissa stopped in front of a frosty glass case and slid the top off to reveal their ‘specimen’. Inside was the wing that Lexx had lost [...]
Meanwhile, Chel’s father had a dilemma of his own. Victor walked past a map, studied it, then planted a red pin into a point. He then tapped the map and sat down at the table near the wall. There were pictures spread out over it along with his personal laptop. ‘A giant bird?’ He mused to [...]
The agent sifted through the pictures, glancing at the notes attached to them. He picked up a magnifying glass and went over the details. When his department had been handed this particular project, he had not been convinced of its authenticity. Aliens? Real Aliens? The strange creatures were one thing,… they had stacks of reports [...]
There was one report that Victor had been studying intensly. He pulled out one photo and laid it down on a thick folder with a matching picture clipped to it. ”This one,…” He placed the other pictures aside, studying a photograph of Riley holding a very large mug of foamy beer. “He’s been sighted at the same [...]
An hour later, it was nighttime on Earth where Riley had chosen to go. There was one little bar out in the middle of nowhere that he frequented. It was dark, smokey and people didn’t ask many questions. Here, he could drink all the beer he wanted for the next month. He’d made that deal [...]
“Not exactly the place I ever envisioned finding you.” Riley turned at the voice, arching an eyebrow upward inquisitively. Was he talking to him? A man had sat down next to him on the curve of the bar just a few moments before. He had not ordered anything yet. “Hmmm?” Riley looked him over suspiciously. [...]
“Who are you?” Riley hissed between clenched teeth. “My name isn’t important.” Victor pulled a small handful of photographs from his pocket and offered them to Riley, “I’d just like to ask you some questions about these.” Victor was keeping his voice as calm as possible, despite his excitement at actually talking to an alien. [...]
“Victor Reid.” “Reid?” Riley repeated the name slowly. He stared hard at the human and checked it against several mental images he had seen in passing while skimming Chel’s relay. THIS was Chel’s FATHER! It wasn’t that difficult to come to that conclusion. He also smelled faintly like her. ‘This should be entertaining.’ Riley mused [...]
