Chapter 14

After breakfast was had, Amelia asked the big question. “What is going to happen to me now that I’m awake?”

Major and Yasmin looked at each other, then back to Amelia. “That is up to you. What would you like to do?”

She sipped her coffee, sighed happily at the flavor, then set the cup back down and tried to form a good answer. “Since we had unprotected sex this morning, I suppose I should stay near Major here so that our child will have a father to grow up with.”

Yasmin gave a short snort of a laugh. “You won’t get pregnant without an agreement with the man you are with. Only then will you get pregnant.”

“Really? How is that?”

Major figured it out first. “Medical nanobots.” he said, snapping his fingers.

Yasmin smiled and said that he was right.

“Why? ... Because if not, the whole world would be full of people.” Amelia said coming to the answer before Yasmin could answer.

“Yes, you are both correct. The medical nanobots are in all of us and do control when babies are made. They grow normally, delivered normally, and grow normally, but they all have the medical nanobots in them even from birth. And Amelia, now that you have been with Major, so do you.”

“The semen. Of course. Nice method of transmission Yasmin. I really enjoyed it.” She took another sip of her coffee, then asked another question. “How did he get them?”

“I was with a woman who was born here. When we kissed, I was given them.”

“Did Adventure recognize them as a threat?”

“No I didn’t. I saw them as medical nanobots. I wasn’t actively controlling them, so I concluded that they were left over from when Major Jake was shot.” Adventure said through his comm gauntlet.

“Well that explains a lot. So how are they controlled?” Major asked.

Yasmin held up her phone and wiggled it at them. “Of course.” Major said.

“Now, Amelia, what are you going to do for the rest of your life?” Yasmin asked her again.

“I think I want to hang out with Major here for a while, then travel and see what this world holds.”

She said that, then paused. “Um, how am I going to pay for it though? I don’t have any money, local currency, and I am pretty sure that I am going to need that.”

“Yes you are but with you as the head of our organization, you control all of our money.” Yasmin said.

“And how much is that?”

“Fourteen billion zeni.” Yasmin said without even thinking about it.

Major’s mouth fell open at the number while Amelia looked back and forth between them. “Is that a lot of money?” she asked innocently.

“That is a HUGE load of money.” Major said. Then asked, “What about an ID for her and a phone? She is going to need both of those things in order to even leave here. A person appeared next to Yasmin, taking the hood off of her black robes, and handed Yasmin a packet of documents.

Major and Amelia both looked at the person who just seemed to arrive. “How? What?”

Yasmin then tapped her comm device and spoke, “Layla, please make sure that Major and Amelia are able to see. We forgot about that.”

“Of course Yasmin al-Hubb.” Major and Amelia’s sight shifted slightly and they perceived people around them all wearing black robes, covering them from head to toe. The other people around them walked right past them without even giving them a second thought. They acted like they weren’t even there, but there they are.

“Perception and being able to perceive people around you is easily overcome when you are in control.” Yasmin said as Layla beeped, sending her a message that it was done.

Major and Amelia both thought about being offended, but paused, this was not their world. This world had its own rules and they were new here and learning how to be part of this world. How could they pass judgment that what they were doing was wrong?

Yasmin handed Amelia her ID card, a bank card to use to pay for things and a new phone in the box. The ID card stated that she was now Amelia al-Hubb and the residence where she woke up was her address. Major opened the phone and started to get it configured while Amelia looked over her new ID.