I awoke alone the next morning, not only was I alone in my bed I was alone in my quarters. I shook my head awake as I wandered around like a lost puppy got a coffee and headed to the kit's residence. There I found everyone, the kits were just mumbling but my wives were awake and chipper so I sat between them. "I didn't expect this after last night"
"I don't know what was happening to me last night, it felt like I was melting and couldn't get my body to respond," Cora said hugging my arm with Lisa nodding
"Well hopefully you're on a schedule now so we can work around it" I smiled and they looked at one another then me.
"We had a visit from the nanobots this morning" Lisa led off "They said they are going to try to model it on our sleep cycles" Cora added
I hugged them tight "My bugs to the rescue again" I giggled and got pinched by my wives while they shook their heads.
I brought up a scan of our kids and I could see they were all bigger and more developed. " it was the male this time that caused our sleep, the nanobots said your sons have tapped into his sister's abilities and used them to grow" Lisa said then playfully smacked my arm "they are your boys" she giggled.
"How are you feeling now"? I said with a bit of concern in my voice receiving a kiss on either cheek "My life gets increasingly complicated every time I wake up" I smiled just as Sara appeared.
"Sir you said to come to you when it comes to your friend and I think I'm at a dead-end. He keeps asking to see you, well the old you, he says you said Brad is on the moon so he keeps asking if you are free to see him and I'm running out of excuses and he is getting suspicious" She looked in charge but she lost how to proceed.
"I was wondering if he would figure it out I dropped enough clues" The girls looked at me "Sara could you ask him to come here and escort them for me please" She nodded and disappeared and I got down on the floor in front of my mates and smiled "do you feel up to meeting an old friend of mine"
They both smiled "If you want us there we will be there" Lisa led off with Cora nodding.
"I'm going to do this on the bridge so I will call for you ok" They were nodding when I was getting up I got hugs from the kits upon request then off to the bridge.
I wanted this to look cool so I activated every station and brought up Earth on the hologram in the front of the room then had a seat in my chair and brought up some paperwork and saw a note from the twins so I set up a meeting.
The door opened to the lift and out walked Paul and his daughter, I got up and shook his hand "So how is the park"? His daughter went into a 5 min rant about what she liked and didn't, I looked at Paul "And you?"
"I didn't have to cook" I started to laugh
"Well, there is always that" I looked at him and softened my gaze "It seems you are asking for something I can't give to you"
Paul scowled at me "why can't I see him is he in some kind of trouble"
I raised my hands "Have a seat and let me explain" They did as I asked and had a seat on a bench type of thing along the wall while I remained standing "Dude I will be honest with you...."
He cut me off as he stood "There it is again, you called me by a nickname from when I was a teen and only a few refer to me like that and you say it just like Brad did. How much did he tell you or what's going on"? he looked mad when I started to laugh.
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"I'm sorry I can't do it anymore, you're almost there already, it's me Paul it's Brad".
With a shocked look on his face "How in hell did you get all of this"
"You saw the interview" they nodded "Well there you go I was sitting in a cell in Edmonton when I had a heart attack and started this whole mess, since then I've just going with the flow and dealing with what comes across my plate. Welcome to my world". I laughed
Paul laughed "Hurts like a bitch huh" I smiled and put my hand on his shoulder
"Yes it does my old friend, its just me new and improved not the off the wall Brad. You are the first to figure it out so you can take the fame that comes with it" I laughed
"Fuck that shit no thank you" he said with an honest expression.
"How bout a job then when you are ready, Sara could you come here please" Instantly she appeared "How do you see Paul as a job prospect"
"I have witnessed a kind organized man, may I access your job history"? Paul nodded and she looked away for a second and Paul looked at me and I just shrugged. "did you enjoy working at the hotel" he put a smile on his face and nodded. "Why not run the front desk for me at the Moon resort"
His eyes shot open "You think I'm qualified for that" she nodded.
"I will train you personally and prep you for the position so you won't be flying blind, when you go home we can install VR gear for training if you wish"
Paul looked at me "Did you plan this" I shook my head "Nope it just came to me" he looked at Sara and smiled "Let's do this, how long will be the training"
Sara smiled "Probably about a month should get you up to speed" then she faded out.
Paul look at me "So you own your own battleship and you haven't taken over yet so you must be on my side" he chuckled "How much shit have you blown up so far"?
I laughed "Nothing actually I haven't had the need but that will change in time I think. Feel ready to meet some aliens" I realized at that point I needed to record these interactions because the faces they made needed to be recorded and I laughed "I need to activate your translation protocols because one of my wives is still working on her English" back to that first look.
"you have wives out of this deal" I nodded "How did you...."
I raised my hand "That story will come out in time let's just meet for now" I raised my arm and called the girls. They walked in seconds later, I found out later that they were waiting outside the door. when they came to me Paul's eyes got wide, he never was very subtle.
"it's nice to meet you," they said in unison in English and I started to laugh at Paul's expression, he shot me a sour look.
"I can slow down if you want if this is too much"
Another sour look "piss off, unless you have battle armor that would push it" I just stood there with a blank expression "no freaking way"
"How bout this" I looked at his daughter "wanna go play in a zero g playroom while me and your father act stupid" she nodded and I looked at my wives "would you escort them please" catching the glances my wives giving the baby so we parted ways.
When we got to the armory I took control of my armour and had it do a salute then the same stupid dance for the brass, he just shook his head,
"Can anyone pilot these and can I take the training" he looked like a little kid wanting a toy and I had to laugh.
"All in due time my friend, how are you handling this so far"?
"The only thing I can't get used to is looking up at you" Then he laughed, in my past life I was 5'4 I'm now 6'4.
He examined the ships and I promised to include pilot training on his list of tasks. we got to the flight deck and I could hear the laughter and came to find the kits joined in, Paul and I stopped at the door and watched till his daughter walked to me wide eyed "You knocked them both up" it was more of a statement than a question so I just nodded in agreement.
Paul shook his head "Only you Bird and how"?
"Once again the story will come out eventually I promise"? I smiled "Now I will lat you get back to your vacation and really look around, especially the living quarters and pick one you want". I looked at his daughter and she had a concerned look on her face
"What happens when I take my daughter to see her dad"
I smiled "You let Sara know and she will arrange transport, just let her know ahead of time so she can make a ship if necessary"
"you mean like from scratch" I nodded at her.
"come on that's enough for today I want you to go have fun and enjoy till your ready" they both smiled at that I sent them off. The first question I got from my wives is why he called me Bird. I said laughing that it was a nickname from when I was a kid.