A blinding light shot through the interior. It consumed everything in sight, and, once again, I felt my body turn to particles. All things disappeared until I felt myself reassemble, starting at the cellular level and ending with skin sensation and general awareness. I could see the stars again. I could see Juliana and Talis.
I could see Earth.
“Talis...”
He threw up his hand to quiet me. “Before you ask me what just happened or what I did to get us out of this, I’m going to have to stop you right there. I have no fucking clue.”
I looked down at Juliana, my little fawn. She wasn’t crying anymore, but she sure didn’t look too excited to see a fire demon hours after she was born.
I had my own thoughts and feelings on what happened, but I was no astrophysicist, and I doubt I could have explained it even if I was. Life was incredibly complex, and death seemed to be, too. There were black holes, dark matter, multiple dimensions, and so much more. It was all interlocked.
I wanted to run toward the window, but my body was not having it. As our ship glided down, I finally felt the emotion give way. It was like I could cry again, for real. The tears that came out were tears of joy and understanding. Everything was perfect. Everything would always be perfect. And when it didn’t feel like it, we’d work to make it feel better.
But in the end, I knew the web of life connected in a marvelous way. For me, Talis, Juliana, and I were the trinity at its center, but connection expanded outward. I couldn’t wait for all of the adventures that would come next.
I held all of the goodness in and accepted it. “I love you. Both of you,” I said.
We were getting closer to entering Earth’s atmosphere. Entire continents were visible now, and I could see the lights of the fishermen sparkle across the ocean.
Talis knocked a button and unbelted. Turning, he finally knelt near my seat and took my cheeks into his hands. His eyes were heavy, exhausted, but he was tireless in his quest to make things right for me.
He pressed his forehead against mine and breathed in my scent. “You are my life blood. My bond to you is unbreakable, and I will love you until the end of time.”
His seed made me whole.
Now I knew. The seed was life. And I craved his.
Our lips crushed together with an unnatural heat filling my body. His rugged lips consumed me, and the smell of his masculine scent sent my endorphins soaring. I glided my tongue against his. It was time to come back down.
He pulled away and bit my lip playfully. “I need you to get all of the rest you can get. Because as soon as your cunt heals, I’m going to split it back open.”
That alpha made me happy.
I grinned and reached down, twisting my palm around his growing cock. My pulse raced, but I had to brace for entry.
We entered Earth’s atmosphere, and I felt the force of gravity take us down, closer and closer toward the open forests. As we prepared for landing, Talis focused in on a patch in what appeared to be in the middle of nowhere, near the east coast of North America.
“Lock her in and brace yourself,” he shouted.
Talis grabbed his communications device, but he paused before speaking into the receiver. There was a lot on both our minds, but I kept wondering what time period we had ended up inside. I wondered who was president, and how expensive gas was. My mind immediately snapped back to the previous mundane banality that most of us feel on an everyday basis. Somehow, it all seemed so wonderful. Yes, even taxes seemed like a godsend.
Most of all, I hoped and prayed that we hadn’t changed things around entirely. It wasn’t going to be easy going against the interests of the most powerful people in the world.
Talis pressed the comms button and sighed before speaking. “Mayday, mayday. Ship Registration ID: 486-2c94x-01. Is anybody out there on this channel? I repeat. Can anyone hear me?”
I held my breath. Even Juliana was quiet and curious. Eventually, the scratching sounds of frequencies converging together came on the radio. “Come in... near... grounds...”
Our ship picked up speed. We were driving straight into the forest, and the lights started to shift colors. The alarm system went off, and an announcement was made in a language I couldn’t be bothered to understand. “We’re going down!” Talis yelled.
I belted in, made sure Juliana was as safe as she could be, and I held on tight as our hunk of lonely metal smashed through the leaves, and then the branches, leveling the massive trunks onto the darkened soil and bouncing us forward like a knocker in a pinball machine game.
We spun, and everything was disorienting and thrown back into chaos again, perhaps more so than when we were flying through that wormhole. I thought we might be sent hurtling through the windows, but as we dragged across the center of the forest, we slowed. We were alive.
We’d made it home.
The door opened on its own, hinges completely trashed. The air quickly rushed inside, and, suddenly, a variety of memories came back to me. The smells, the feeling of the sun, and the sight of so much green was enough to keep me satisfied forever.
It was such a strange sensation, feeling the world again. Despite my exhaustion, I managed to crawl out of the ship. I fell onto the dirt, leaves, and insects. I spread my arms out and screamed with so much happiness. It was back. The world was still here.
Not many people get chances like this, but Talis had chosen me. I owed him my life.
But before I could begin to thank him for all that he had done for us, the radio turned back on. ”Hello? Are you there? My name is Adeline. I am a doctor. We have supplies. Come in. Over.”
Talis took the receiver in hand and shakily responded. “Hello? What year is it?”
“Twenty-twenty. But that’s not important now. Trust me.”
Talis looked at me, clearly worried. This Adeline woman, whoever she was, waited for my response.
He cleared his throat and muttered, “I am from the Nyelan Coalition. We bring you no harm. We’re just asking for shelter, food, and peace. We have a newborn with us.”
There was an odd pause. “It’s not safe on these lines. We will send a team to find you. Wait there.”
“Roger.”
We exited the ship. It was totaled, but the sounds of the birds in the sky shook me out of my worry. My body was telling me I shouldn’t have been walking or moving around, but I wanted to show Juliana her new home, our blue and green orb with so much promise.
She might never meet her grandmother, or any of the extended family, and life here was sure to be different and rife with difficulty. But we were starting something different. It would be a new movement. An honest family.
Slowly, a small group of men and one woman came down from the trees, bearing weapons and forest camouflage. Talis braced to lunge forward, muscles bulging. I stepped forward without fear and knelt down with my baby nestled in my chest. “Please don’t hurt us. We are just trying to survive,” I said.
There were three men. One was clearly a man of great physical strength. The other two were thinner, but agile. “No quick movements. These lands are off limits.”
They parted ways and a beautiful woman walked through their wake. “Who is he?” the woman asked.
I glanced back at Talis who was breathing heavily and inching away from his ship. I answered, “I am his mate.”
“He is not from Earth. Judging by his height, the shape of his retinae, and his tattoos, he is of an alpha race,” she said. “Are you even aware of the consequences of what you’ve just done?”
I kissed and held Juliana and stood gracefully. “You want to talk about consequence? Fine,” I said. “But know this. I spent six years in deep space, trying to save our species.”
“Lies,” she said. “I knew this would happen eventually…”
“We left home in 2028,” I reiterated.
“That’s improbable,” she said, walking forward until we met, face to face. She threw gun around her shoulder.
“You came back. How?�
� she asked, eyeing me curiously.
Talis put his arms around me and kissed my temple. “It’s a long story,” he said.
I didn’t understand the life they had built, but they were clearly on their own, and they seemed to have some sort of inside information about what was going on.
I swallowed and bowed my head. “All we want is a place to stay. Talis is from Nyela. He’s practically a giant compared to the others in the cities,” I said. And then, I nudged my baby toward her. “And we have Juliana to think about now. We need a safe spot to stay hidden.”
Adeline pondered all of this for some time until she stared into my eyes and took my hand. “I have a daughter to these three men,” she said, confirming that we had some common ground. “But you are human, and you bore the child of an alpha. How do I know that you’re actually human?”
I lowered Juliana back to my breast and felt the urge to sit down. To give up and head to the city to find a job, so I could build our own safe refuge. It would take some time, and we would be forced to find comfort in being homeless. I could steal some blankets and supplies from the old homestead.
“Look. It is obvious that we’ve gone too far. We’ll find a way out of here and figure something out on our own,” I said.
“Your ship is wrecked.”
Talis chucked and kicked the front hood. “This thing? I can patch it up in two days, tops.”
Adeline looked at the two others with reluctance. One by one, they nodded and tossed their guns over their shoulders. They stepped back and let their woman continue speaking. “No. It’s too dangerous. Stay here with us. I have a feeling there’s more to your story than you think.”
“I was a woman who left when the going got tough. That’s all,” I said.
They waved us forward. The five of us walked deeper into the forest, following a thin trail into a deeply sheltered area with massive boulders, trees with beautiful, green leaves, and a river that meandered in front of the entrance.
She stopped, as did we, near a small home they had been building. Nearby, there were other buildings too, but they looked like larger structures. Everything was much nicer than I expected.
“You grew up here? I mean, on Earth?” Adeline asked me.
I nodded. “All of my life. Well, most of it, at least.
The muscular man that seemed to be most in charge slanted forward. I was introduced to all of them. Their names were Magnus, Donovan, and Cadmar. They sat us down, and the real questioning began.
“What do you know about the Onyx Corporation?” Adeline asked. My heart nearly stopped, but I didn’t give away any anxiety in my face.
Project Onyx. The start of my downfall. The project to end all projects.
Did I know of them? Sure, I fucking did. And now, that I was staring at these four people in the face, I couldn’t help but feel the chills rush up my spine, sweat spilling form my pores.
“How do you know about Project Onyx?” I asked.
She knelt down in front of me and pulled out a pendant. Pushing it toward me, she placed it in my hand and closed it. It was the pendant they give all of the people who joined.
I dropped the ornament on the ground and felt my throat tighten. There were tears falling from Adeline’s eyes, and though it unsettled me, I knew I had found a new friend.
“My father was one of the early hires of the Onyx Project. Guess you could say that I followed in his footsteps. My team found a portal. I entered and saw things I should have never seen. But I met these three in the process. Donovan and Cadmar were scientists, left behind by their own government.”
Magnus leaned forward. “I was hired by a private security firm. I fell in, but none of that matters. We escaped. Looks like you did too.”
Adeline put her hand on his shoulder, and he drew back. “Our meeting is no coincidence,” she said. “We are in this fight together. Welcome to the project.”
I lowered my head and nodded. “I’m ready,” I said.
“There are people out there,” Adeline warned. “Some good. Some bad. There are dimensions that have been opened and closed so many times that it seems impossible to put back together. Behind the charade, there are other people like us who were tricked into participating in their cruel games. They are lost, too.”
“We are the only ones who can stop the world from ending,” Donovan said.
We didn’t leave a trail of breadcrumbs. All we did was react, guess, and fight for our lives. Yet, we made it. We found a sanctuary worth staying in.
“Did the Onyx Corp know we were going to meet?” I asked.
She let go of my hands and walked into a separate room. Unlocking and reaching into a safe, she pulled out a set of documents. She threw them on a table and pointed.
“That’s what we’re trying to find out.”
I took the large and unorganized packet of papers and loose documents, threading through them as if any of them made sense. There were flight logs that had been recorded and written down. There were crude drawings of aliens, beasts, and monsters of all kinds. There were handwritten notes from scientists.
I realized what she was asking us to do. She was trying to deconstruct something more powerful than anything in the entire world. I had a feeling this went past the government and their programs. This went above and beyond.
Juliana was sitting in the grass below, smiling and wriggling against the beautiful moonlight. Talis took my hand in solidarity.
“Okay,” I said. “We’ll stay and help you. We’ll fight.”
We made it. Earth 2.0.
Epilogue: Mia
Three Months Later...
I was here, on the planet I had dreamt of returning to so many times before. My eyes had to adjust to the sunlight, to gravity, and to being around better people. But I was back in the warmth of my home planet, and the atmosphere was wonderful.
Every morning, I helped maintain the grounds with Talis and the others. We were starting on a wall to keep intruders out. We were growing specific plants to shield us from above. We would stay hidden and develop a plan.
Juliana was introduced to their daughter, Margaret, who was nearly one year in age. Of course, they hit it off. As time passed, they became inseparable.
At night, I would watch the sunset with my family. Life was good.
We learned more about Adeline’s expedition into the portal. Years ago, they had created an atmosphere within a simulation. It was a complex computer algorithm that designed a world from the minds of the entities who passed through its borders.
It was another failed experiment. When the four of them exited, they tried to start a new life, but things quickly went wrong in the world. They knew they had to act.
But that was a different story, altogether…
Acting too soft for my own good, I instantly felt a bond with their story, but I was truly worried. What were we brought here to do?
“None of this is coincidence,” I finally said after days of silence.
I didn’t know my role anymore, and I couldn’t feel happy knowing that this was still going on. The Onyx Corporation would have to pay, but that meant we had to come up with a strategy.
I looked over at Juliana and Margaret. They were both squirming around in the mass of grass amongst Adeline and the men. They were all good teachers to her, and I had no doubts she would grow up well here.
Talis took my hand and lowered my voice. “Meet me in our quarters. Now.”
“What about Juliana?” I asked.
Adeline turned around snorted, waving us off. “Don’t worry. We got her.”
I felt my stomach flurry with excitement. I walked ahead of Talis. I was so wet. Like, soaking-through-my-panties wet. “Hurry.”
As we scurried inside, we tore our clothes off and threw them across the room. “Come, naughty slut,” he commanded and pushed his cock forward, displaying just how hard and tight his shaft had grown. I stroked the flesh down and moaned as one small bead of lubricant dripped down the center.
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sp; Slowly, I braced my hands on the mattress and pushed my back down, inching so close to his mouth I could feel his hot breath.
He stuffed his face into me, swirling his lips inside and out, taking care of me with a craving obsession. I was naked and free. I bottomed back and felt his fingers clamp against my spot. Immediately, I tightened as a quick spasm of pleasure froze my body. Spanking me, he smoothed the bed of his tongue against my clit, licking me so good that I forgot who I am or where I’d been.
All I knew was I was his. He stood and spun me around. Pulling my hair back into a tight ponytail, he grunted, “Open.”
I lowered my jaw and let my tongue beckon him inside. As he entered, his balls started to rise. “Suck it.”
I tasted him, mixing the slippery nectar across the mushroomed underside of his crown. Holding the back of my hair firmly, he forced himself in deeper until I choked. He slid back and waited for me to catch a breath.
I rolled out my tongue and took him again. Drilling me down, he held me in place, growling like a beast. And just as I felt his cock shudder from too much pleasure, he jerked back.
He was pleased. “You’ve learned well.”
“Come, fuck me, alien.”
Pulling on my hair, he signaled that he wanted me to stand. He grabbed my hips and hoisted me onto him. I caught my breath and kissed him as my thighs slid over his muscular body.
We had found our Eden, and all we could do was make the most of it. I took his cock and sat up, looking into his eyes. Nice and easy, I ran the wetness around my lips. I spread myself open for him and lowered my pussy down.
Hands on the wall, I arched my back and felt his girth slide right over my spot. I held his loyal, yet dominating gaze. Power swept through him unto me, and his shaft grew with each firm pump.
“I love your lips,” he growled, staring at my pussy. “I love their shape. You are the most unique creature I have ever seen. I adore you, Mia.”
My wetness spread, and my hole took to him. Love flowed throughout my heart. I forced my pussy back and moaned. “I love you,” I whispered and kissed him.
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