Chapter 32

"Yes Daddy."

"Where are we?"

"I decided to fly south to the lake and go east. I like the view of the shore."

"Keep it under the speed of sound."

"Yes, Daddy."

Mom said, "What do you mean the speed of sound?"

"Just that. This little baby has taken the kids into orbit a lot and cruised around Toronto. The cadets are getting in valuable flight time."

"But this can't fly!"

"We thought it couldn't but it can and it does a great job. The kids were sneaky. Everything they talked to us about was true. We only believed that it was an expensive toy for children."

"Come on Bert. It can't fly."

"June bank right then left twice."

"Yes Daddy."

The shuttle turned sharply one way then the other then did it again. "See Honey, we're flying."

Mom's eyes were big because the screen showed what was beneath us. June sped up and we were pulled back into our seats.

"What's she doing?"

"We are going out into the lake and then stop so you can get your feet wet. This baby can not only go faster than sound it has a lot of power. I was pulled back so hard my skin got tight."

"How can this fly?"

"Let the Doc tell you."

The rest of us talked to Mom and gave out the story a portion at a time. With all of us talking Mom had to believe what the rest of us said. Leslie talked about how she was introduced and didn't care if the details were said in front of Doc and Irene.

Mom got nervous when June passed off the helm to Patricia. The girl said, "Don't worry Mom. I've got lots of hours. Flying level is for babies. I've taken this into orbit and brought it home. What's fun is to go real slow and manoeuvre this into tight places without scratching the paint."

"But how can this fly? Nobody can do that."

Pop said, "Wally met an explorer. Wally seems to have a gift for tweaking some odd crystals to get them to do some fantastic things. Wally is also a good negotiator. He helps them out by improving the crystals and they gave him some information."

"You mean this explorer can make these ships. That means..."

"Yes it does Lillian. To make matters more interesting we find that the explorer is from the Aristis race. Wally got a history lesson too. The Aristis happen to be an offshoot of the Tomma race. Humanity is an offshoot of the Tomma race too. This means we are related. We look similar and our DNA is close too."

Mom spent a long time discussing this until June said, "Acting Captain Daddy, I stopped over the lake. Would you like me to open the hatch, Sir?"

"What's our altitude?"

"One point two seven metres, Daddy."

"Any shipping able to observe us?"

"The hatch is away from the nearest ships and it is getting dark now. The closest one that may see is twenty-one thousand metres away. I'll reduce internal lighting."

"Then open the hatch, please."

We could all smell the water now. Pop said, "Do you want to wet your feet or just sit there?"

Lillian looked out the hatch. It was getting dark but there was still light to see the water. "I think I will just sit here. Tell me what the aliens are like?"

"Well, actually there was only one. His name is Nadac. We don't pronounce the name right because the Aristis speak differently. In fact the Aristis hardly ever speak."

Mom just looked at Pop but said nothing. Pop said, they are like us. They liked cell phones so much they put a small one into their heads. There is a better computer in the phone and it can interface directly to the mind. All they do is think at the device and the call can go out to somebody in the same room. They do not have to utter a word and they can communicate. We will do this too as soon as we can miniaturise them small enough."

"So now the aliens or alien can think at us?"

"I can't talk to you if you don't have your cell."

"Ok. But Wally has one."

"He does. He gave me one and one was given to everybody else in this ship. That is why we knew where to come to pick you up. Wally and Paul told us that you were safe."

"But they could have been hurt or killed."

"A possibility but Paul and Wally communicated and came on the guy from two sides. Both of them have been taking karate but they did not do this very scientifically. They did succeed. That shows one of the many uses for our cell phones."

"What does this alien want if it is giving this ship to us?"

"He only gave the information on how to build. Almost every atom on this ship is of earth origin. The kids simply got some jobbing shops to construct parts then the kids put the parts together. Wally was born with the way to take some odd crystals and use his mind to move a molecule at a time. He rearranges the crystal to what Nadac needs. Some of those crystals went into this ship. Our scientists know that there are many more than three dimensions. You do not have to take my word for it, look on the net. The crystals extend into some of these other dimensions. One kind can influence gravity, another kind makes a new kind of radio wave.

"The humans went from the stone age then they went to bronze. After a while we progressed into the iron age. That is where we still are today. The civilised races of the galaxy did the same thing but went on until they came to the ceramic age and then the crystal age. The crystals have some amazing abilities but then again so does the new kind of ceramic."

"Let me get this straight. Wally meets an alien. The alien gives him a communicator, some plans for this ship, a history lesson and gets him to make or rather change some crystals. Tell me why the alien cannot do that for himself?"

"That ability does not extend to all of the Aristis. Nadac is both handicapped and improved in a way. Nadac long ago sat in a chair on his world and thought into a powerful computer. His memories were copied and then so was the structure of his mind and finally his personality. The man Nadac got up and left but also stayed within the computer.

"The king of that world was fighting some other aliens and needed probes to do some searching for him. Their kind of radio is not infinitely fast so a probe has to be intelligent. A computer can make intelligent decisions with programming. The Aristis computers are so sophisticated that they are self aware. They have to do a lot of thinking in remote areas. The Aristis found that the artificial intelligence is not as good as the natural variety. The crystals that contained Nadac's memories and personality went into one of the computerised probes. It was this computer that made contact with our Wally."

There was a very long pause as Lillian started to digest all this. Pop told June to close the hatch and take us up to a thousand metres and make a circle so we could get home. The lights got slowly brighter.

Mom said, "That explains how Wally is able to trade for knowledge but what about the rest that happened recently?" She was looking at the Doc and Irene now when she said this.

The Doc said, "Wally trusted us with all of his secret. We know about his fight with Caputo. Wally had some new tricks after he met his friend Nadac. He learned of the traps that were set for them at the fateful party. Wally knew that a lot of children were being hurt and the adults of this world did not know how to stop it. They sent out the DVDs but that caused Caputo to try to get rid of all the witnesses. Wally and the cadets had to put a stop to this. They had great communications but only a dart guns with only anaesthetic in them.

"Wally built some small drones. The armies of this world use their own version to monitor the battlefield. They are usually a small remotely guided aeroplane. Wally was given plans for ones that could hover on antigravity and use the power of the earth's magnetic field for power. Their output fed the laptop computers he bought but they also went right to his cell phone, the one in his head.

"Modern human soldiers have something similar. Some wear a television camera and a transmitter. Somebody far away can see the big picture and guide the individuals so they are safe. Wally's television cameras were all hovering and he did not have to hold them.

"The only thing that Wally was not telling us enough about was that he used his friend Nadac to fight Caputo on a different front. This tended to keep the man from focussing on somebody his son hated. Caputo sold off his properties. The house you now live in was purchased by Nadac through the net. He also telephoned lawyers and got them to do this work for him. Caputo was extremely wealthy especially with his position as the top mob figure in Canada.

Nadac bought up most of the assets that were worthwhile. When Caputo died, Nadac swooped down on the dead man's money held in offshore accounts and transferred it to his own accounts. Wally and Nadac now manage this money. Wally is learning the ways of high finance. Most of the money has been earmarked for the fledgling Star Fleet that he loves. I heard that he gave the children one billion real dollars to construct the buildings."

Mom was stunned, "But that was just play money. They were acting."

"Not really. They spoke the truth when they were asked questions. They knew that we would not understand and hid behind the adults' inability to see. Irene and I are working with the children to build this academy. Since its inception, it has been at your house or Gail's. They built their toy shuttles that fly. They monitored the skies over Toronto and even helped the police on occasion. They work with Nadac to make plans for ships then the children send out to get the parts manufactured. They build space ships. They do not like to skulk around. You are the one that may need the most coaxing to understand and accept the truth. That is why we are all here."

"I can understand it well enough. I don't like Wally making deals with aliens. That is a job for the authorities not a boy that just turned thirteen. He has no conception of what he is dealing with."

"Lillian, Wally knows more than all of us. If Canada got this information it would either be taken from us or there would be a war. Human authorities are not rational when it comes to nationalistic tendencies. Our neighbours from the south would come in or the two to the north. If the information were to be given out freely then there would be a mad scramble to get it to work for war before some other group beat them to it. Wally is building slowly until he learns more. The children almost know as much as he does. The academy will take those children in this area but will then extend to children of all nations. The next generation that will rule this world are actually the children of today. The slow transition will not have major wars. Do you happen to believe that the adults in power today are the finest examples of humanity?"

"No, they are ruled by those that bought them. Children do not know what to do either. They can do irreparable damage."

"That's true and that is why you are brought into this inner group. You have to monitor what goes on with the rest of the adults. They do not mind our coming into the group. They freely admit that they need help. At the moment we are planning what will influence the galaxy for centuries to come."

"The galaxy, Rod?"

"The academy will produce men and women to fly ships. The academy will build those ships. They are not limited by the speed of light. Colonies will be set up in the next century. The colonies will grow and send out their own people. That, to me, means that we are effecting the galaxy."

"Wally can do that?"

"Ask him yourself."

Mom had to turn around to see me. This had been planned when we boarded the shuttle. "It is not as easy as it looks Mom. We have to do a lot of thinking on how to use this knowledge. Earth is very backwards in every way. We do not have most of the tools that could be used to make the tools we need. We build machinery a piece at a time with the equivalent of sticks, vines and rocks. I need help to do everything. Thankfully my friends and family can do most of it."

"How did you meet this guy?"

"He met me. Nadac was doing a search of the human population. Some of those insect bites were not insects at all. My ability is rare in the human population. The Aristis have manipulated their own DNA to make the techs more common. When I was in the north I was visiting Nadac. He patched me up sometimes."

"Why hasn't he been found? I assume he came here in some type of ship?"

"That's easy. We have a shield around the ship we are in now. It makes the craft many times stronger and protects us from anything bumping into us. Light is also bent around us or absorbed. We cannot be seen unless we have our hatch open. The Beagle can fly too. It looks like it is made by and for kids but it could go into space too. Its shield will not deflect strong radar though."

"We are invisible? I don't believe it."

"File the question away until we stop. You can get out and see for yourself."

"Did you really get a billion dollars?"

"Sure did. The academy does not need it all just now but it will get the total sum. What I am concerned with right now is the new cadets we have to gather. We need stable people that will not go running off as they scream about an alien helping us. We are very lucky the people we have now are so rational. We need thousands more but as with everything we have to start small and grow."

"So you want to build ships and put children in charge?"

"Mom, have you noticed that none of us act like children to any great degree? Some theatrics was for your benefit and some was because we are still young. Betts and Patricia have IQs close to three hundred. The computer in our internal cell phone is very complicated. When it is freshly put inside our bodies, it interfaces and matches our own thinking. It has ram in it too. We have excellent memories and the computer works in conjunction with our minds to help us think. We are not adults yet though we are a lot closer than what you might think. The ships we want will take years to make. Betts will be a woman by the time she is able to serve on her. We hope that you too may decide to join the Star Fleet and ride as crew and not a passenger."

"I can't do anything in Star Fleet."

"You can help us now and later when you have taken some courses. Some adults I know have not been going to the gym. They need to get in shape. We can all study as we exercise and you five will be able to do that too."

Doc said, "Me!"

"Doc we have great medical. You will live a lot more years. You have to be slim and trim when you represent the academy. By the way Mom, the Doc and Irene are going to run the institution for the first few years."

"What!" I heard twice.

"Doc, you and Irene have the future of the human race in your hands. The academy has to be set up and running smoothly before you jump ship and into a ship. Your exploring will be delayed the same as ours is."

"I'm not a school administrator. Irene could do the job much easier than me."

A staged verbal fight started. All this was designed to get Mom's mind off the bizarre and onto the mundane. The husband and wife team were quite entertaining and we were actually at home before they were done. The whole family had been drawn into the conflict and we drew sides so the fight would go on. Leslie and June did not know much but they too assisted.

We filed out of the ship and when Mom stopped and turned around just outside. She ran her hands on the vessel she knew was there but was not. It was the light coming from inside the garage that allowed Lillian to really feel but not see.

It was the quietest night yet at our home. The adults talked both ways but only Mom was unaware of the hidden dialogue. Paul was the hero though and his women treated him like a king. Like a good mate he took his time and made love not sex.

Betts said, "It looks like Mom is starting to argue how the academy is going to run not if. That Doc's a smart guy."

"He has had a lot of time to practice that."

Connie said, "I'm still amazed at how long I was taken in by you guys. You sounded like kids and even made noises with your mouths as you flew imaginary fighters."

Betts said, "Camouflage but thankfully we don't have to do that at home anymore."

The Doc and Irene had gone home to sleep even though it was late and they could sleep here. I made breakfast for the younger cadets then started on the older ones, "You guys going to get up or sleep all day? We have a party today and a lot of guests to get ready for."

They all grumbled but Mom did not hear it because I still had not activated her communicator.

At just a few minutes after nine, Rebecca and Silvia came by our house. Their foster parents came in and acted like foster parents. They didn't act like snoops but they would be asked about what they saw. Mom now played host and offered them coffee. It looked like she was coming along but she was going to be monitored just in case.

The girls gave presents to Leslie and she kissed them like a mother should and I saw that the girls responded to this. Betts and Erica separated the girls and led them to separate rooms. The med unit got one then got another. The med unit and I searched their brains looking for the naturally occurring crystals that caused telepathy. In a way they were like gallstones. I compared their brain to mine. I too had been altered to influence others the way Paul did this naturally.

Even with all of Nadac's memories I felt that something was wrong but I could not put my finger on it. Before they woke up I implanted a communicator in each. They may or may not make Star Fleet but I wanted them monitored much better. They were the only telepathic people I knew."

Betts said, "Why are you giving them communicators?"

"Part is for safety but they may make Star Fleet one day." In the back of my mind and hidden deep was my wish to find out if I could communicate with telepathically and cut Nadac and Rontem out of the loop.

We did whatever young teens did and did it with the rest. We got Gail and Leslie to go with us to the arcades as a way of doing something a normal kid would do. We fought each others at shoot'em up games. After Silvia made a comment about how good I was, I cut back but Betts smiled and beat me.

I was thinking at Silvia to turn around when I was behind her just to see if it worked but so far there was no response. Rebecca seemed to work better but the tests were inconclusive. Rebecca finally whispered, "Are you trying to send something to me?"

"Yes as a test."

"What was it?"

"If I answer then it is not that much of a test is it?"

"Ok try again."

Since she was looking at me I tried to push out the thought that she kiss me. After a minute she turned red and went back to playing with the rest. I was heartened because it may have worked.

Pop had most of the party set up and told us to come back now. I heard that dad drove Mom to the mall to get her car in The Beagle. He stayed above her all the way home but said nothing.

When we got home we found three banners. The original one for Leslie but now there was one for Rebecca and another one for Silvia. The girls were quite pleased to see this.

Rebecca saw how loving the munchkins were with Paul and Rebecca asked Erin, "Doesn't you mother care what you are doing?"

"Mom does care a lot. She also knows that we all love Paul. He is even more a man since yesterday."

"What happened?"

"Paul and Wally went after a guy that took Lillian's purse. They had to take on two big guys and flattened them before they cornered the guy with the purse. They put him in the hospital. Our Paul took the biggest guy alone. He was eighteen and so was the guy that took the purse."

"How come nobody told us that?"

"The guys are acting like they don't care but they do. I just told you because Paul is ours. We treated him nice last night."

"What did you do?"

"Guess? He is a good man and made us happy too."

"Really, Paul?"

"He's quite a man."

I had not set this up but since I could guess their thoughts I tried to listen to them. There was nothing clear and then again it was not much of a test if I knew what they might be thinking. The two girls had to stand by Paul now and he told them the particulars. This pleased Paul too because he didn't get much of a chance to crow about anything. Sam was even urging him on to tell the actual moves. The munchkins liked this too because he was theirs.

Betts said, "What are you trying to do Wally?"

I talked just to her. "Rebecca and Silvia are telepathic. I was just testing to see if they could hear me."

"Really, does it work?"

"Not yet. Don't let the news slip out. If Rebecca and Silvia are telepathic and pick up that everybody knows then they will know that I said something."

"Maybe girls can contact better."

"Fine but remember what I said."

People started to come over but they were to see Leslie. Sandy came with a gift and brought Willy. The poor boy was dragged away to hear about Paul and possibly be stimulated by some flirting girls. Erica got Chuck and Wendy to take Rebecca and then Jerry and Ashleigh to take Silvia to even us out. The Doc and Irene came later and they looked good. I had to guess that it was sex because that did it for me.

When the time came for cake it was Silvia's turn first. She was shocked at this. A cake was wheeled out with her name on it. She did everything including blowing out the candles. She was really broken up about this and then got her own presents. She got clothes mostly but also some nice CDs.

As soon as she settled down a new cake came out for Rebecca and the process done one more time. Chuck got in there and kissed the girl and she clung to him. Wendy didn't seem to mind or she might have even suggested this. Rebecca's presents were similar but not the same.

Leslie had hers next and looked pleased that people were doing this for her.

Later the girls put on some dance music and danced downstairs. The guys were good. I watched what they did and tried to do the same moves. It was not hard. All of us were dancing with two girls except Erin that had Willy to herself.

Gail came down later and we danced with her too. We even tried some different steps that she figured we should know. The adults came down later after some encouragement and they danced too. Connie turned out to be a good dancer and got the Doc to get up and exercise. I got Irene and did the same with her. She was good at this too.

I worked around and got Sandy then the other two police women Brenda and Lauren. My hand was purposely low and they did not mind too much. They knew me and I had to live up to my reputation.

Betts took the groups aside and they went to make out. This was odd but Betts had her own plan. Silvia and Jerry were kissing as Ashleigh looked on and critiqued the technique. She even went so far as to hold the bulge in Jerry's pants and said, "You must have done well. You got him all excited." Silvia blushed. Not to far away Wendy was kissing Chuck then doing Rebecca to teach. This got poor Chuck excited too. Rebecca was turned loose on Chuck and Wendy told the girl to check if she was doing it right. One light touch and her hand came back like it was burnt. A moment later after being asked a second time the hand stayed. Most of us stayed visible but Sam was excited and so were the girls.

Rebecca and Silvia had been allowed to stay over and Betts had them bunk with the couple she placed them with. As seductions went it was quick but none of the guys broke the girls' hymens. Mom was noisy enough so I took my girls into the Curiosity and took them aloft.

Connie was lashed to the netting again but also her waist was lashed then when we were in orbit I picked up her legs and lashed her ankles near her wrists.

We floated all around her to use her. She was almost incoherent with lust and this made us even more excited. Erica stuck her cock into Connie's mouth while I used my cock on Connie's pussy. Betts was using a dildo on Connie's anus. Connie stayed as our bed as we pleased each other. Connie was taken off and lashed differently but always she was helpless to fight us off. She finally conked out and we tenderly wrapped her in a blanket and put her into a seat.

Betts and I did Erica the same way then I had to put Betts into a seat alone as I piloted us down. The seats reclined and we slept in them that night for a change.

When I woke up I was Connie looking down at me. She must have been there a while. "Do you know that I love you more than anybody else I have ever known?"

"I know that. I am loving you more all the time too but I still love my other mates."

"I know that and I love them too. It is more than them just knowing what I need, it goes beyond that. It might be the communicator but I cannot get over how much I need you."

"I need you too. In fact I would never let a man have you and live." Connie was shocked and pleased. I was a little shocked too because I meant it. I wondered if I was becoming a caveman. I realised I felt the same way about Erica and Betts.

"I want no other man but you. I will give you all the daughters and sons you want me to."

"You are going to be alive long enough to give me a hundred."

"Then I would give you that many."

We were both worked up and we started again where we left off. Betts woke up and climbed on my face and Erica found the dildo and pleased Connie's butt.

The rest were up when we got into the house. Pop looked tired and said, "Connie was enjoying herself and transmitted to the rest of us. Mom didn't pick up on it directly but the rest did. I know you did something to help me out but it was not enough."

I said back to everybody, "She likes that net in the back. What am I supposed to do?"

"Whatever you did I guess but I was already getting tired when my girls got it into their head that they wanted more."

"You are just saying that because Leslie wanted her birthday present."

"We all helped give her the present."

"I wonder if the poor Doc and Irene were affected?"

We heard a voice saying, "Yes, and I'm an old man."

Another voice said, "You are getting younger, old man."

I said, "You can try the netting later. I'll leave the cords."

Doc said, "Now that is an idea. I need your toys too or I am going to get too much exercise."

Later, Silvia said to me privately, "You can talk like us too. I know it but I cannot seem to get your ideas."

"You're right but we do this with something like an ultra miniature cell phone that works more directly with the brain. The police would love to hear that."

"I know and we won't say anything. Tell me, I did not pick this from your mind but Miss Lime looks at you the same way as Betty and Erica. I won't say anything but do you make love to her too."

"We all do. It is not just me, the girls help me out. That could hurt Miss Lime a great deal if anybody else heard."

"I know that."

"You must have a lot of other secrets but if I find them out I won't say."

"If I did then I would never have told you. We still have to try to work with your ability and mine."

"Does everybody here know about you?"

"Yes."

"Do they treat you any different?"

"Not because of my ability. They would not treat you any differently either. They might ask questions about what it's like but as I said we already have this ability with our special cells."

"I'm not sure. We'll have to think on this."

"That's fine. There's no rush."

After breakfast, I got both sisters alone and I talked about my PK. They tried but could not do even a fraction of what I did. I looked at the fields in their minds and nothing increased except the area used for telepathy. I tied sending and receiving but they could not reach me. When they had sensed me before they had been resting and it came to them as if by accident.

When the tests were over Betts got them separated again to give Chuck and Jerry something to do besides work on the plans for our antimatter unit. Both guys were asked to think about either an apple or an orange but I did not tell them why.

Wendy seemed to like Rebecca and the taste of her too. Rebecca was not into girl/girl action yet but it could happen. Silvia was even more reticent. When Jerry got Silvia purring though, Ashleigh could move in and help.

After a shower with company, the girls went home driven by Mom and Pop.

Monday morning Gail drove us to school and then drove north to our assembly building. This was the first time in the building and she had to make notes of what was needed. She studied like Leslie now did.

The trucks were late in coming. They backed up far into the building and the construction workers used the two rented twenty five ton forklifts to lift the first shell while the truck now drove out from under it. The second truck had to have the load lifted differently. Slings were attached to the top and the forklift picked these up. The two forklifts had to work in tandem to put the load down close to the bottom half.