Parasites Love Earth!

by Gary L M Martin

  "Who are you?" the real Darlene cried.

  "I am you," said the other Darlene. She reached out to kiss Darlene.

  Then the scene showed the other Darlene making love to the original Darlene.

  "What are you doing?" Darlene asked, in between kisses, as the other Darlene rubbed her naked body against her.

  "I am taking your memories."

  "Why?" Darlene asked.

  "So when I replace you, I will be able to assume your role in society," said the other Darlene.

  And then they saw the final scene where they saw the other Darlene, smiling and saying, "Thank you. You have been so helpful," and she proceeded to strangle Darlene by the throat, draining the energy from her body. When the scene ended there was only the other Darlene, and a dried husk.

  Darlene turned the holoprojector off. "This recording was made to convince you of what I am."

  "You... you're some kind of alien creature?" Jonathan said.

  "Yes," said Darlene.

  Jonathan's eyes grew wide. "You're one of the parasites. One of the creatures the Survey Service is looking for. From that crashed ship."

  "Yes," said Darlene, smiled.

  "So why are you here? What do you want from us?"

  "You occupy an important post in the Survey Service. We want you to get some information for us," said Darlene.

  "Why would I help you?"

  "To prevent us from further Infecting your wife," said Darlene.

  Jonathan looked at Elizabeth. She nodded. "A worm. It's around my... private parts."

  "I put it in her bed last night," said Darlene brightly.

  "We'll get it off," said Jonathan. "I know some of the best doctors-"

  "You won't get it off, not without killing your precious Elizabeth," said Darlene. "Would you like to see an example of what it can do?"

  Suddenly Elizabeth grabbed her crotch and screamed. She yelled out, clearly in pain.

  "Elizabeth," Jonathan cried, trying to help her.

  "You can't do anything for her," said Elizabeth.

  Elizabeth felt like her clitoris was being ripped out at the roots. She fell out of her chair, and screamed in agony.

  "All right!" said Jonathan.

  Elizabeth kept screaming.

  "Do you agree to help us?"

  "Yes!" said Jonathan again.

  The pain started to fade from Elizabeth's clitoris.

  "Are you all right?" said Jonathan.

  "I... I think so," said Elizabeth, getting up.

  "Why didn't you give me the worm instead of her? You want me, don't you?" said Jonathan.

  "We do. But we know that you work in a high security data center, and that there are ESPers there. There is some concern that they might detect our presence," said Darlene.

  "What do you want me to do?"

  "Follow me and I will show you."

  She led them to her parent's bedroom. On the bed was a black spider.

  "That's one of the Hive creatures," said Jonathan.

  "Correct. Lie face down on the bed, Father."

  Jonathan looked reluctant.

  "Lie down, or mother will be screaming in agony in five, four, three..."

  Jonathan reluctantly lay down on the bed. The spider started to move towards him.

  "No, Jonathan!" Elizabeth cried, as the spider jumped onto his back. Jonathan started to get up but the spider was too quick, moving to the back of his head. Organic microfilaments came out of its legs and jutted into his skull.

  Jonathan started to moan as he was reprogrammed.

  "What are you doing to him?"

  "Just teaching him the futility of resistance. And quashing any nasty ideas he might have about betraying us. We wouldn't want that, would we, mother?" said Darlene, putting an arm around Elizabeth. Elizabeth shrugged her off, and lay on the bed next to Jonathan, watching his eyes rolled up in their sockets, his eyelashes moving rapidly.

  When the spider was done, it pulled out of his skull and slunk away. Jonathan slowly groaned and grabbed his head.

  "Jonathan, are you all right?"

  "I think so," said Jonathan.

  "Your first task will be to download the directory of the secure database of the United Survey Service."

  "But... that's top security," said Jonathan.

  "Which is why it's undoubtedly called a secure database," said Darlene brightly. "You will bring the download here to me. If you attempt to betray me, or obfuscate, Elizabeth and your lovely younger daughter Leslie will suffer the consequences."

  "No!" said Jonathan. "You have to leave them out of this. You have to promise to leave Leslie alone, and not to put any more worms in Elizabeth."

  "If you obey," said Darlene, smiling.

  "And what about removing the worm you put into Elizabeth?" Jonathan asked.

  "If you complete your tasks, all is possible," said Darlene.

  ********

  Jonathan and Elizabeth whispered together in bed that night.

  "Are you really going to do it, Jonathan?"

  "What choice do I have?"

  "Maybe you can get help from someone in the Survey Service," said Elizabeth.

  "No," said Jonathan. "There's no one who can help us."

  "How do you know?" Elizabeth whispered.

  "There's no one who can help us. We must obey," said Jonathan.

  Elizabeth grabbed his hand. "Jonathan, that spider creature... it did something to you. It's making you think this way."

  "Is it?" said Jonathan. "I just don't know. If I do tell the Survey Service, Darlene could kill you and Leslie. I can't take that chance." He looked at her in the darkness. "How are you coping with that worm? Is it controlling you?"

  "No," said Elizabeth. "I mean, it can give me pain, but it can't tell me what to think."

  "Then I have to do this," said Jonathan. "If she gives you more worms, you could fall under their control. I can't risk that. "

  And so, the next day, Jonathan downloaded the directory for the Survey Service's secure database.

  He thought of asking for help. He thought of going to Colonel Wemberly. But then he thought, to himself: there's no one who can help us. The only way I can save Elizabeth is to obey.

  And so he did.

  When he came home, Darlene was waiting for him in his bedroom. Now that Leslie was home, they needed to talk in private so keep her uninvolved.

  Jonathan handed Darlene the datapad. He sat quietly with Elizabeth, hand in hand, while Darlene went over it. Finally, she nodded, and said, "Very good. Just as we thought. I see there is a list here of all ESPers in the Service. I want a list of all their profiles."

  "All their profiles?"

  "Is there an echo in here? All of them."

  Jonathan knew what that meant. The aliens would be able to target all their ESPers.

  "Are you about to refuse, Jonathan?" And suddenly, there was a worm in her hand. She went to stand next to Elizabeth.

  "No," said Jonathan, watching the worm. "I'm not refusing."

  "Good. I'd hate to have to give your pretty wife a second worm," said Darlene.

  The next day Jonathan, with great reluctance, downloaded the profiles of all the ESPer's in the Service. He brought them home to Darlene that evening.

  Darlene looked through the list. "Good, good, good... wait, where are the addresses?"

  "You... you just asked for the profile snapshots," said Jonathan. "That doesn't include their addresses."

  "You knew what we were looking for," said Darlene, taking a step forward. Jonathan took a step backwards.

  "I would call this an act of disobedience. Wouldn't you, Elizabeth?"

  "No... no..." said Elizabeth.

  "Take off your shirt, and put your hands against the wall, Elizabeth."

  "No....," said Elizabeth, shaking her head.

  "If I have to ask again, it's going to hurt," said Darlene.

  Elizabeth remembered the agony of two days ago. She found herself standing up and pulling her blouse of
f her head.

  "Against the wall, that's right."

  Elizabeth leaned against the wall, exposing her bare back to Darlene submissively.

  Darlene stood there, facing her bare back. "Father, this is the price you pay for trying to deceive us." She dropped the worm on Elizabeth's bare back.

  Elizabeth shuddered as she felt the worm moving. In seconds, it was between her shoulder blades. But then she felt another sort of movement, inside of her. Something moving on her body. She moved her hand instinctively to pluck it off, but Darlene said "Don't even think about it, Mother," and she stood still.

  "Father, you may want to watch this, it is very educational," said Darlene.

  Jonathan reluctantly came forward. He watched as a second worm started to appear out of the waistband of Elizabeth's skirt. It wormed its way up her back, to her shoulder blades, where it fused with the other worm.

  "Two worms, Father. Two more and Mother will get her first rider. Do you want that?"

  Jonathan shook his head.

  "Then get me the home addresses of those ESPers."

  ********

  Jonathan was in turmoil. He knew that if he gave Darlene the information she wanted, shortly every ESPer in the Survey Service would be compromised. He shook his head. It was asking too much. He couldn't do it.

  He composed a network message to Internal Security. He told them his wife had been compromised and was being held hostage by an alien in their home. He arranged for the message to be sent right before he left to go home for the day. With any luck, the security forces would arrive and take Darlene by surprise.

  But when Jonathan got home that night, he was the one in for a surprise.

  He told Darlene that he couldn't get the information she wanted because the base network was down, undergoing maintenance repair.

  "Lies!" She didn't believe him, as he knew she wouldn't. But he also knew that the base security should be breaking down his front door any second now....

  "I can get it for you tomorrow, I'm sure of it," said Jonathan.

  Darlene slapped him in the face. "You don't think I realize what you've done?" She held up her own datapad. "Internal Security. My name is Major Jonathan Hollander. I have to report that my wife and I are being held captive by an alien presence." She looked up at Jonathan.

  "You knew?"

  "Really, Jonathan, do you think we weren't monitoring your communications? You're one of our few operatives without a rider. Of course we were watching your every move! And now you will pay the price for it. Elizabeth! Off with the shirt, and up against the wall! I won't ask twice!"

  "No, please, no!" said Jonathan.

  Elizabeth reluctantly took off her shirt, and put her hands against the wall.

  Darlene held up a worm. "This is for attempting to contact your security forces," she said, and she dropped a worm on Elizabeth's back. The worm quickly moved to join the other two.

  And then Darlene was holding up another worm. "And this is for failing to complete your mission."

  "No, not a fourth worm!" Jonathan cried. He knew what that would mean. That Elizabeth would soon have a rider on her back.

  Darlene smiled. "Should I?"

  "No, please no!" said Jonathan.

  "I offer you a choice," said Darlene. "I can put this on lovely Elizabeth, or you can put it on Leslie."

  "Leslie?" said Elizabeth. "Leslie is only 17!"

  "Which will it be?" said Darlene, smiling. "I'll help you decide. I'll count to five," she said, dangling the worm over Elizabeth's back. "One.... two... three..."

  "Leslie!" said Jonathan instinctively.

  "Jonathan!" Elizabeth cried.

  "We have to," said Jonathan. "One worm isn't going to harm her substantially. But if you get one more worm, it will turn into a rider. You don't want that. Trust me!"

  "So we're in agreement?" said Darlene.

  "Yes," said Jonathan reluctantly.

  Darlene handed the worm to Jonathan. He felt uncomfortable holding it in his hand. "She's out in the living room. Go into her bedroom and put it under her pillow now."

  Jonathan equivocated.

  "All right, never mind," said Darlene, moving to take the worm from Jonathan.

  "All right," said Jonathan quickly. He started for the door.

  "Remember, Jonathan, if you lie to me, I will know," said Darlene.

  Jonathan left the room. He came back a moment later. "It's done."

  "I hope so," said Darlene. "Because if tomorrow morning Leslie doesn't announce that she's made a new friend, there will be additional penalties. Now let's deal directly with your intransigence." She opened a black bag, and a black spider jumped out.

  "No," said Jonathan.

  "Yes. Get on the bed, face down," said Darlene.

  Jonathan didn't move.

  "If I have to ask again, Elizabeth gets her fourth worm right now," said Darlene.

  Jonathan lay face down on the bed. He let the black spider mount him. In moments, it was plunging into his mind.

  "How much more?" said Elizabeth, watching Jonathan moan as he was reprogrammed. "How much more will there be?"

  "We have only just begun, Mother," said Darlene. She grinned at Elizabeth, and said, "Momomomomomom."

  Elizabeth looked blank faced, and responded, "Momomomomomom."

  "Good, Mother, very good," said Darlene.

  When the spider was done, and it pulled out of Jonathan's head, he sat up, feeling confused.

  "So Father, what will it be now?" Darlene asked. "Will you get us the addresses of the ESPers?"

  "Yes, of course," said Jonathan.

  ********

  He felt he had no choice but to obey. The Hive was all powerful. If he tried to deceive them again, Elizabeth and Leslie would be killed. So he complied. The following evening, he handed Darlene a complete list of the addresses of all the Survey Service ESPer's.

  Darlene was very happy. This information was extremely valuable. Her primary mission goals had been accomplished.

  Now to begin reaching for the secondary goals.

  ********

  They all heard Leslie scream when she got up from bed that morning, as she found her very first worm attached to her clitoris.

  "Mom," she cried, rushing into the kitchen wearing her pink nightgown."I have this thing... this thing...."

  "She knows," said Darlene grimly.

  "She does?" said Leslie.

  "Who do you think put it there?" said Darlene.

  Elizabeth was about to open her mouth, but Darlene gave her a dark glance.

  "Why?" said Leslie.

  Darlene put an arm around her sister. "It's part of a new form of life. A superior form of life, one which has taken over Mom and Dad."

  "Mom? Dad?" said Leslie.

  "Show her, Mom," said Darlene. Her tone grew harsh. "Show her."

  Elizabeth reluctantly took off her nightgown, and slowly turned around. Leslie gasped when she saw the pulsating rider between her shoulder blades. A thin red scab was forming on her skin around it.

  "Mom... what is that?" said Leslie.

  "It's your future, dear," said Darlene, hugging Leslie by the shoulder. "A few more worms and you'll have one of those of your very own... unless Mother and Father obey the Hive."

  "Mom? Dad? Is that true?" Leslie said.

  "I'm afraid so, dear," said Elizabeth. She reached out to comfort Leslie, but Leslie pulled away.

  "I'm going to go to the doctor. I'm going to-"

  "You can't, dear," said Elizabeth sadly. "We tried. You'll try too, and see."

  Leslie looked from Elizabeth to Jonathan to Darlene. "Is there nothing we can do?"

  "Yes," said Darlene. "We can obey."

  ********

  After Jonathan handed Darlene the list of ESPer addresses, he said, "I have done everything you asked. Now I ask you to remove the worms from my wife and child."

  "I have to study this list first, and verify some of the names and addresses," said Darlene. "In the meantime
, I have something to show you. Elizabeth, your shirt?"

  Elizabeth reluctantly removed her shirt. They could see, between her shoulder blades, her very first rider.

  "Beautiful, isn't it?" said Darlene, putting her hands on Jonathan's shoulder. "That's how I felt, the first time I saw them. Elizabeth, you dream about riders all the time now, don't you?"

  "I started dreaming about them last night," said Elizabeth, in a tight voice.

  "You'll grow to like them as much as I do," said Darlene. "And Jonathan here is going to help you with that."

  "How?" said Jonathan.

  "Sex," said Darlene. "The two of you will have sex every night and every morning, until the rider matures. Sex makes the rider grow stronger more quickly."

  "No," said Jonathan.

  "All right," said Darlene. "I'm off to give Leslie her second and third worms."

  "Wait," said Jonathan. He hesitated. "Is this the last thing?"

  "I have to verify the data you've provided. We will see," said Darlene. "But if you show me that you can be trusted, that you will follow instructions, it will go a long way in your favor to being released."

  Jonathan looked at Darlene, and then Elizabeth. "All right," he said.

  "Good. You may begin your first session right now," said Darlene.

  "In front of you?"

  "Afraid to show affection in front of your daughter?" Darlene grinned.

  Suddenly Elizabeth's rider started to pump her full of hormones. She looked at her husband. Suddenly, she needed him, badly. She started to hug and kiss Jonathan with affection.

  "You see? Mom isn't shy about performing for an audience."

  Elizabeth started to feel it between her legs, a burning need, to be filled, to be used. Her rider was feeding her images of being taken, sexually, and it aroused her without end.

  Soon Jonathan was responding to her kisses and touches and they cast aside their clothes, and their bodies were intertwined on the bed. As Jonathan started pumping between her legs, Elizabeth flipped him, so she was the one making the most exertion, and Darlene was treated to the delicious sight of Elizabeth riding up and down on Jonathan's organ, while her rider rippled with pleasure at every thrust.

  ********

  This began a pattern. The first thing in the morning the rider would stimulate Elizabeth sexually, and she would start to touch and kiss Jonathan, and he would respond. He tried to resist, knowing that his actions were only leading to a deeper enslavement of Elizabeth, but the moment Elizabeth put her lips on his penis, all thoughts of resistance fled out the window. She found it as easy to seduce him in the evenings, using the very same technique, as she did in the mornings.