I awoke the next morning with the kits all over me, I guess they needed me throughout the night. Getting up there was movement from me only, the rest of my little brood was out cold. If I'm reading the room right they are all in a sleep cycle, these things are weird, and I find it hard to adjust to that one. I got some responses from my wives but nothing from the kits so I'm guessing the kids are to blame but I'm not taking chances so I called Mom.
Kim came right away and laughed at me "we just have to separate them and they will be fine". We spent a few min finding little bodies hidden in the covers, it was like they were drugged. By the time we got them settled and got back to the bedroom they were getting up but they needed help "Hey there, how are you feeling"?
"so tired," Cora said and flopped her head down on a pillow. "The kits were here weren't they," said Lisa, I just nodded my head leaned in and kissed her then looked at Cora and she was out cold "sleep it off". Lisa nodded as her head was hitting the pillow so I went to my office.
There I turned on the news and it's still weird seeing your face on every channel. I didn't see any of the pics from my guests my bets are them never releasing them. I did get a message from the Canadians but nothing yet from the Americans. "Vickey are you available"? I said out loud and she appeared instantly.
"Good morning captain," she said with her chipper usual tone. "Up to do some hacking, let's see what they have figured out so far". she looked away with a blank look on her face.
"Neither have figured out anything beyond what you have told them, not that they aren't looking. There are task forces all over the planet looking into this problem". I put an odd look on my face "so I'm a problem now". She nodded "they seem to think so. The FSB and British intelligence have people on their way to Canada now. The Americans and Canadians got debriefed the minute they landed and the descriptions of your equipment have them scared. He said and I quote "The captain has access to hardware that far outreaches what the Americans have at their disposal". The way you disarmed him so easily has them spooked, that is the impression I'm getting from the emails I'm seeing"
"Well he deserved it for being a jerk," I said and she nodded at that. "How did your interviews go"? She beamed a smile at me.
"it went great but it was mostly Sara's spotlight. it was so much fun do you want to watch"? I nodded as a hologram started to play. "The streams peaked at over 50 million"
"Well, at least they want to know what we have to say" I retorted.
"They sure do, I was watching chatrooms all over, and when Sara said the units would be 100 dollars everyone freaked. It's still going on now, most of the talk is if this is a PR stunt or for real.
We sat and watched as Sara commanded the interview for the next 2 hours then Vickey came into the focus of the show I had to pause it because I felt my wives. "Sorry give me a minute" I chuckled as I left the office. By the time I got to the bedroom, I realized my wives needed to pee. I just giggled as I picked them up one at a time and I could feel their relief and they mumbled thank you. I got them settled and got back to it.
Vickey was going over laws and rules for the park when I looked at her and she was wringing her fingers. "Whats wrong"?
"I don't know its just I hate seeing myself on screen" she looked at me
"Your the one pulling me out of my shell and your nervous" I said giggling. She gave me a look I couldn't identify "hey you have practice from your previous life, I'm on new ground here" she smiled.
We watched the rest of the interview and she was spectacular, she didn't miss a beat and had answers instantly. I used my feelings to her and she blushed "Thank you Brad". I smiled "we will figure this out eventually" I laughed.
We were sitting and talking when I felt my wives so I went to them. waking them got their drives to kick in and it worked, as soon as they could feel their hunger they woke up quickly and I got them to the replicator. We got back to my office and Vickey brought up a broadcast from Canada with one of our guests where he went into detail of his visit ending with a pic of him and I floating weightless.
My comm went off and it was Becky "you really keep me on my toes" she smiled.
"I guess I should clear things before I do them" she scowled at me. "Don't you dare, everything you are doing is showing we are the good guys so keep it up"
"consider it done" I laughed back and ended the call and looked at Vickey "since my wives are out of commission for the day I'm going to take care of a personal matter". She knew my thoughts and just smiled. I grabbed an RV and was off to see an old friend.
I flew over his house an saw no car so hit a few of his haunts and found him at Robins Donouts. He was sitting by himself having a coffee so I landed beside him still cloaked. I was looking at him through the window when I hit the decloak button, he spun his head around to look at the RV with a shocked look on his face.
I got out and went to his window "I'm sorry I thought I was decloaked before I landed". He looked at me as only Paul can with a cranky look on his face mixed with shock.
"Yea well watch it next time", I think the realization of who I was sunk in "I saw you on the news didn't I" he questioned.
I looked him dead in the eye "yes I am and I have a gift for you if you have a little while" he looked at me questioningly and furrowed his brow.
"What is it and who is it from"? He never did trust much.
"It is a gift for you and your whole family paul" he shot me a look "how do you know my name"?
"Brad told me all about you and he is the reason I'm here, if you drive home I will follow you and it will all be revealed there OK" I smiled and he scowled at me then nodded his head and started his car. I got back in my ride and realized the lot was too small for me to leave so I had to take off and land behind him going down the road. We got to his house so I parked and grabbed a hand scanner and went to the door.
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We were standing in the kitchen when his daughter entered and was holding a little girl "hello there" she said with a questioning look.
"Have a seat Paul" he did as I scanned him and I saw the look on his face. "Yes it's just like Star Trek I will have it done in a few seconds" he just nodded. "Well according to the scans you will be in the bed for an hour and you will be right as rain" I smiled at him and tilted my head.
"This has to be all for show this can't be real" Paul questioned.
"Its all real and if you have an hour to kill we will get you all fixed up, I have a medbed in my RV so are you up for a drive"?
"This is all real isn't it" he looked shocked as he took a deep breath. "Let's go then I have nothing to lose"
We went to my ship and boarded, Paul seemed to like the interior even taking a few pics. "let me find a place to take off there are too many trees here" I drove to our old junior high school and parked then turned to Paul. "Now I will put us in orbit so people won't bug us" the ship started to rise.
Paul's eyes got big "what the fuck" came from his lips. His eyes got wider when the view from the windshield turned black.
"Lets get you into the bed" I motioned to the back of the cabin and he followed me. "lay down please" he did as I asked and I started the scan. The bed showed a few problems to address increasing his time to 90 minutes. "So an hour and a half and you will be good as new".
"I almost don't believe it but from Brad, this doesn't surprise me" he laughed and laid his head back and I started the bed.
Over the next 90 minutes, I took care of some plans I was working on till I heard the chime from the bed and he was sitting up when I got there. "See that wasn't so bad" he practically jumped off the bed.
"OMG I feel great" he was smiling and stretching as I smiled. "You are now 40 again with zero defects, I bet your hungry".
"Now that you said that I am" he returned to his questioning look.
"You will be hungry for a few days, lets get something to eat" we went to the replicator and the star trek references came out again.
"What can it make" Paul asked and I smiled "anything you want so feel free". He scrolled through settling on steak and potatoes with gravy, he tried it with his finger and his smile told the rest of the story. I got the same and we sat and started our meal.
"Where are we now" Paul said between bites so I pointed out the window to the park, we were parked on the moon. The meal was forgotten while some pictures were taken, we exchanged idol chit chat till we finish our meal and put our dishes in the recycler.
"How is Brad doing, I owe him for this" he smiled.
"He has many fingers in many pies so he keeps busy. He also sent a message for you" I reached into my pocked and pulled out a bank card and gave it to him. "He says there is one million in that account for you and he says its time to get out and get a life". I was starring straight at him and he was glancing between me and the card.
"Where did he get this kind of money"? I laughed at his look.
"Dont worry about it he owns the bank" his eyes shot open.
"He owns the friggin bank, should I take it all out at once just in case" he said laughing.
"No problem there, he has billions in assets" back to a shocked look.
"Where is he now I haven't seen him in years"
"He is stationed on the moon for now" I returned his smile.
"So he is involved in all this"? he waved his hand.
"Deeply involved" I nodded my head.
"Well do tell him I miss him, for some reason I'm not surprised he is in the middle of this" he said with a chuckle.
"I guarantee he will get that message, I promise you" and I shook his hand. "Is there anything you want to see before we head back"?
"Nothing that I can think of, I need to start planning a vacation" he laughed.
"Oh that is the next part but we need your daughter for this part so let's head home and get her" he looked at me with a not-good look and nodded his head. We made small talk till we got back to his home and entered. His daughter saw the difference and hugged her father, the baby was indifferent. "Now that I have you two together I can reveal the next part which is a vacation on the moon"
The squeal she let out was only audible to dogs by the end of it, I was laughing when I looked at Paul. "Where are your boys" he got a stressed a look on his face "we aren't talking right now".
"Can it be fixed"? He huffed "there were things said so I'm hoping yes" he looked at me with the look of a man who needed a break and I intended to give him one.
"Well it's just the two of you for this round, do you have any appointments for the next few days" both of them shook their heads. "Ok then just pack like your going shopping and I will take care of the rest" I looked at Paul "how is your mom does she need care"? Thats when I got a strange look from Paul "she is ok she is living with one of my brothers" I nodded at that then looked at his daughter who was holding a car seat.
Paul locked the house and we were in the RV and on our way, in 17 min we were on the moon, the second my foot hit the deck Sara appeared with her usual smile.
"Good afternoon sir I wasn't expecting you, what brings you here today" she said with a chipper tone.
"Transporting VIPs. They are friends of Brad" she got a shocked look on her face for a second then smiled. "Their check-in is now and their stay is indefinite" I looked at Paul "I don't care if it takes you a month to relax and look at a new direction for your life, I mean it dude you need this so take advantage of it and have fun doing it" i smiled at my guests.
"OK," his daughter answered instantly and we all laughed at that.
"I'm serious dude take your time with no time limits" he looked at me with a little smile "how much has he told you"? I laughed at that "let's say I know more that most" he seemed ok with that. "now go have fun and relax" he smiled and for the first time I saw a relaxed smile. They went with Sara and went back to my ship but just as I was about to get on another ship landed when about 30 people got out with luggage, I had to investigate.
It turns out they were new workers moving to their new home so wished each of them good luck as another Sara came to me. "Thank you for the little show with Paul and his daughter" she looked at me with a shocked look on her face.
"It was no show sir I was not expecting to meet members of your formal life, I'm horned you trust me with this sir. I will make sure their stay is memorable".
"When it comes to Paul feel free to contact me ok" she nodded at that and disappeared.
Getting home I found my wives not sleeping but I wouldn't call the state they were in awake they were on the bed watching the interviews with one eye open. I crawled in between them and Cora started.
"I'm sorry I had Vickey check up on you, I couldn't feel you and got nervous" she cuddled into my shoulder.
"You never have to apologize for asking where I am, he is an old dear friend that I want to help," I said then got kisses then Lisa jumped in. "Vickey explained who he was and I think it's just a nice thing you're doing for him. I laid back and they cuddled into me and I was out.
I awoke to Jaden's voice letting us know that Carla does not want to come home till the end of summer, I let them hash out the details. I was listening when the first of two boys' names came up and I cringed, they caught the look and laughed at me. "Jaden tell the girls about your first crush" I got up and went to get a drink. About 20 minutes later they exited the bedroom, Vickey got in on the call and informed them about a few things about humans that made them less happy.
"I think you need to go for a visit and work this out before it gets out of hand" they both nodded at me. I thought for a minute and realized I have ten girls on the way and started to stress out then got enveloped in a hug from both girls.
Lisa started "your thinking about the babies aren't you"? I nodded.
Cora added "I see our kids being very picky when it comes to dating" I looked at her.
"That's fine when they want to date you but when they don't it gets complicated" the girls looked at me weirdly and I just hoped I didn't have to deal with puppy love and first crushes. I've been this a few times with kids of my exes and was not looking forward to it. The yawning started again so we all just went to bed in a neat little pile.