by Mikayla Lane
Cin gestured to her untouched plate of food. “Eat your breakfast. I’ll take care of everything else.”
While Lanie picked at her food, Cin went over her new life history and how they met with her. When he finished, Cin went to his printer to retrieve her new documents. He quickly checked them before going back into the kitchen and sitting beside Lanie at the counter. Cin smiled and slid a small stack of paperwork next to her plate.
“You have a whole new life now,” Cin promised. “One where no one will ever know who you really are. You’re finally free.”
Lanie tried to blink back her tears as she looked at the stack of papers. Picking them up with a trembling hand, she quickly flipped through them all.
There was a brand new social security card, a paper driver’s license until the hard copy came in the mail, a certified birth certificate, two credit cards, and a debit card.
Shocked at the last three, Lanie was more surprised when she saw a bank statement from the local branch in town, showing she had five thousand in a checking account and ten thousand in savings. More than a little overwhelmed, Lanie moved into Cin’s arms and cried.
Cin held her for a few minutes until the FBI agents were coming up the driveway. Gently pushing Lanie away from him, Cin smiled and dried her tears with a napkin.
“The FBI is coming up the driveway now,” Cin warned her. “What’s your name, birth date, and social security number?”
Lanie was surprised when she was able to remember the new date and social. She’d only looked at it briefly, but it had stuck in her head. Almost as if everything happening was meant to be, or the nanites inside her were working overtime. Either way, Lanie was grateful.
“Remember the story we discussed, and you’ll be fine,” Cin promised. “I’ve already got the police reports filed in your new name, and everything will check out, including your fingerprints. Just act casual and surprised that they’re here. Don’t let them rattle you.”
Cin had finished speaking just as the doorbell rang, and he shot her a brilliant smile before opening the door to the two agents in dark suits and sunglasses.
“I’m FBI Agent Johns, and this is Agent Mackey,” the tall man on the left stated and gestured to the shorter man beside him.
Both men quickly flashed badges before putting them away.
“Agents,” Cin said with a nod, his brows furrowed in fake confusion. “What can I do for you?”
“Can we come in?” Agent Johns asked.
“Sure! Sorry, it’s a little early, and I’m not awake yet.” Cin opened the door wide, and the agents stepped inside.
“Cin, honey? Who is it?” Lanie called out from the kitchen, where she was loading the dishwasher.
“The FBI.” Cin’s voice held a hint of surprise, and he gestured for the agents to sit in the living room.
“What?” Lanie whipped her head up and pretended to be shocked.
The two agents blatantly studied her, and it made Lanie’s skin crawl, but she forced a smile. “Can I get you, gentlemen, some coffee?”
Both agents nodded and continued to stare at Lanie as she went about filling a tray for the men. Cin cleared his throat to get their attention away from Lanie.
“What can we do for you?” Cin repeated his earlier question.
Agent Johns pulled a pad and pen from inside his jacket and flipped it open on the coffee table.
“What are your names?” Johns asked while Agent Mackey looked at a picture on his phone.
Lanie brought a tray into the living room and set it on the coffee table, shocked that her hands were steady and the cups weren’t rattling. She handed full cups to each Agent and gestured to the sugar and creamer left on the tray before sitting beside Cindrac on the couch.
“Can we see your driver’s licenses and one other document showing you’re an American citizen, a green card, or Visa,” Mackey asked, his eyes following Lanie when she stood and walked to the bar.
Coming back to the living room, Lanie tsked and shook her head in sadness. “You can look at everything I’ve been able to replace so far.”
“What do you mean?” Agent Johns demanded.
Immediately suspicious, Agent Johns rudely snatched the papers out of Lanie’s hand.
“I was carjacked in Missouri on my way here from Denver.” Lanie gestured to the papers Agent Johns had taken from her. “This is all I’ve been able to replace.”
“It happened three days ago.” Johns read the police report aloud and handed it to Agent Mackey.
“Scariest thing that’s ever happened to me,” Lanie shivered dramatically. “I thought I was going to die.”
Cin put his arm around Lanie and kissed the top of her head. “Is that what this is about? Have you found the person that did this to Alaina?”
“Who is Ms. Morrison to you?” Mackey demanded of Cin, his eyes never leaving Lanie.
Cin and Lanie smiled at one another as if sharing a secret between them before Cin turned to the agents.
“We met on the Eheartandsouls website about three months ago and just clicked.” Cin grinned like a lovesick fool. “Alaina was moving here when someone carjacked her. They took everything. Her purse, her car, and the small trailer she was towing with her stuff in it.”
Lanie squeezed Cin’s hand and smiled up at him. “It was still worth it to be here. Everything I lost is almost all replaced already.”
“We’re going to need your fingerprints,” Mackey interrupted. “Both of you.”
“Of course,” Cin smiled obligingly. “Should we follow you to the Sheriff’s office?”
Mackey took an oblong case from his jacket pocket and pulled out a small device. Once it was opened, it was apparent that the agent would collect their prints himself.
“You put your fingers on the appropriate square, and it will collect your print,” Mackey ordered, watching the couple to see who would go first.
Lanie leaned forward first, looked at the device, and then placed the fingers of her right hand on the spaces provided. She was more than a little surprised that she wasn’t scared but weirdly calm and angry.
After a few seconds, the machine dinged, and Lanie followed the instructions to remove her fingers, then place her thumb on the pad. It only took a few minutes before Lanie finished both hands and smiled proudly at the two agents.
“That’s some cool technology! It’s got to make your job so much quicker and easier too.” Lanie’s smiled didn’t waver when the agents just stared at her blankly.
Both agents turned their attention to Cin and watched him go through the same fingerprinting Lanie had just finished. When he was done, Cin handed the device to Agent Johns, who immediately sent the prints off for verification.
“While we wait on the fingerprints,” Mackey began. “What do you know about the explosion that happened last night?”
Cin turned to Lanie for a second and shrugged before looking at the agents in the eyes. “We were grilling on the deck when it happened.”
“It shook the whole cabin!” Lanie said with false excitement. “I thought it was an earthquake until I saw the sky was on fire. As fast as it flashed, it was over, and just a faint glow remained in the distance.”
“We figured a cabin caught on fire,” Cin shrugged. “It happens a lot out here in these lesser populated mountain communities.”
“And neither of you bothered to turn on the news or call the Sheriff to find out?” Agent Johns appeared incredulous.
Cin squeezed Lanie’s hands and stared at her lovingly while she did the same with him.
“Alaina was on her way to me when I nearly lost her. After the carjacking, she’s lucky to be alive.” Cin turned to look at the two agents and smiled. “We haven’t left the cabin since I picked her up from the airport.”
Lanie blushed and smiled down at her hands in her lap while the agents stared at the two in disbelief until the fingerprint device dinged. Johns scrolled through the information on the screen and didn’t seem pleased by what he saw.<
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Moments later, Johns handed the device to Mackey and stood. “Thank you for the coffee, Mr. Miles and Ms. Morrison. We need to be leaving.”
Cin and Lanie stood and walked with Johns to the door while Mackey still sat in the living room, reading the fingerprint verification of Cindrac and Alaina’s identifications. He was angry when he stood and strode over to the door. Johns was saying goodbye when Mackey breezed right past them and down the driveway.
“Thanks again,” Agent Johns said with a forced smile before he followed his partner to their car.
Cin closed the door and immediately started going through the communications between the federal agents, ATF, the Sheriff, and the fire department.
“Are they gone?” Lanie was trembling with hope. “Is it really over?”
Cin wrapped his arms around her and sighed. “You’re safe. They have no reason to come back and no reason to bother a woman that, according to US Government and state identifications, isn’t the one they’re looking to find.”
“What if they find out the documents are fake?” Lanie was still worried that even in death, Jason and his family would keep ruining her life.
Cin laughed. “There’s no way. Those documents are perfect, so is your history, including social media accounts. Besides, they have to believe the fingerprints that just came back as valid. You’re safe now.”
Lanie pulled away from Cin and nodded her head, trying to calm her panic before it could take over. In her mind, she knew Cin wouldn’t have gone across the universe to find her, only to bring her back and let the FBI screw her over.
The problem wasn’t with her trust in Cin. It was her complete lack of confidence in the US Government agencies. Lanie had gone to several different FBI offices in a dozen other cities, begging for help to keep Jason away from her.
Each time, the agent accepted a bribe from the Senator to give Jason her whereabouts. A couple of times, they’d even held her in their office, pretending to want to help until Jason had gotten there.
Lanie had screamed and begged for the agents to stop him, even as Jason dragged her from the FBI building and punched her in the face. It was something she’d never forget or forgive, and it was the last time Lanie had trusted anyone until Cindrac had come along.
“Sorry.” Lanie wiped her face. “A decade of fear and mistrust has made me pretty paranoid.”
Cin chuckled, walked into the kitchen, and poured two cups of coffee. He held one out to Lanie, who followed him into the room and gratefully accepted the cup from him.
“I’d be worried about you if you weren’t a little paranoid and scared.” Cin felt terrible for her. “They’ll be gone in a few days, and you’ll finally be able to go outside without feeling like you’re hunted.”
“Are you looking to get rid of me so soon?” Lanie tried to sound like she was joking but was worried it sounded desperate and clingy.
Cin laughed. “Are you kidding me? You’re the only person on Earth in this time period that knows who and what I am. I kind of like having someone around that I don’t need to hide my true self from. Besides, Bob adores you.”
Lanie was a little taken aback by his words. “I’m so sorry. I can’t imagine how hard it must be for you to be here all alone. Did you leave a family behind in your future?”
“In Earth’s future, no one but the elite is allowed to have families,” Cin admitted with a disgusted shake of his head. “Even friendships were risky because if the elite found out, they would fabricate offenses and torture them in front of one another.”
Lanie sucked in a sharp breath. “Oh, my God! That’s sick. But that’s why you’re here, right? To stop that future from happening to Earth?”
“Yeah, it is,” Cin admitted. There was no reason to lie to her anymore. “The future I come from is unspeakably evil, and the last ten years and the next ten are critical to dismantling the elite plan to enslave mankind.”
Lanie cupped her mug of coffee, feeling chilled, and made her way to the couch. Cin followed and sat in the recliner while Lanie petted Bob in his corner of the sofa.
“Why?” Lanie looked over Cin. “Why would anyone do something like that to us? What do they gain?”
“Those that consider themselves elite are the descendants of an evil alien race called Alpha Draconian that tried to take over Mars and the Hyperborean people who once lived there.” Cin ignored Lanie’s shock and continued. “During the great battle, Mars was destroyed, and the survivors of the two races crashed onto Earth. Both have interbred with the native population on Earth. Those of Mars, known as the Hyperboreans, were saved from the ensuing flood to destroy the evil. The elite’s spawn were all killed. Since then, the elite will only breed with one another.”
Lanie was too stunned to speak, so Cin kept going.
“Those of Mars, the Hyperboreans tried to give people knowledge and a golden age, but the Draconians killed them and stole their technology until the rest of the Hyperboreans went into hiding. All but the elite, descend from the Hyperboreans, are born of the One God, and their souls are immortal. The elite comes from pure evil, and unless they become a demon, they cease to exist upon their death. They are truly soulless beings, as evidenced by their behavior.” Cin paused, knowing the information was shocking for Lanie.
Lanie was momentarily speechless, then shook her head and smiled sadly. “Two days ago, I would have never believed that. After elves, elementals, holy warriors, and portals to other worlds, that’s easy to accept. It explains why the elite are so heartless and evil and why they hate us so much. They are the descendants of the dark, and we’re the light.”
“That’s exactly right. From what I’ve discovered, the Draconians infiltrated and subverted the Hyperborean cities and communities from within. They gained the trust of the people, then began to steal their technology and kill them. Then they traveled to other cities, pretending to be Gods, and used the technology to subjugate the people and rule over them,” Cin explained.
“Wait!” Lanie held up a hand to stop him so she could get this right in her head. “The Hyperboreans were an alien race from Mars and fighting the Draconians effort to conquer their planet. The planet was destroyed, and both species ended up here and bred with Neanderthals and Denisovans?”
“Yes, but those aliens weren’t the only ones to come to Earth in our past. They were only the first to impact Earth in any meaningful way,” Cin explained. “There were elves, elementals, and others as well. Some aren’t from other worlds, but different dimensions. They all still come here to observe what’s happening and determine the effects on the rest of the universe.”
Lanie held up a hand and shook her head. “OK, I think other dimensions is a bit too much for my brain right now. How about we stick to Earth first?”
“That’s probably a good idea,” Cin laughed. “The dimensional stuff can be a little hard to grasp.”
It had taken him several days to assimilate all the information on Earth that he’d been able to find, and had to expand his brain capacity four times. Cin couldn’t expect Lanie to understand it all. There were a thousand years of lies and deception to wade through, perpetrated by the elite in every level of society.
“OK, so these evil aliens set themselves up as God-like leaders and began to rule Earth. How did they lose control?” Lanie asked, wondering what other truths were out there that Cin knew and could teach her.
“God himself intervened and sent his emissary, whom this hidden group of elites had killed. Of course, they blamed everyone else but themselves until the people finally believed their bullshit. They’re masters of deception and outright lies, and they chronically pit different groups against one another to prevent the people from seeing the truth of who’s causing the problems.” Cin saw Lanie’s shock and paused, giving her time to process it all.
“So, the elite are a religious group?” Lanie was stunned. She didn’t expect such evil people to follow any normal religion.
“Nope, that’s what they wanted everyon
e to think. They have infiltrated and subverted every major religion on this planet since before the fall of the Sumerians. All the while, keeping the truth from the people.” Cin observed Lanie to see how well she was handling what he was saying. She looked shell-shocked, and he wasn’t sure if he should continue.
“Wait, how can religion be a lie when you just said God sent his emissary?” Lanie was getting confused.
Cin explained how the elite had spent centuries hiding and destroying the true history of God, Earth, and humankind. They raided, ransacked, and stole everything they could find in the ruined cities of ancient civilizations through fake crusades and endless wars.
As recently as the last decade, terrorists were paid to loot ancient cities of their archeological treasures and the keys to unlock Earth’s past and future. The elite was desperate to know the date of the emissary's return and hoped the answer was in the artifacts at the excavated sites.
They also discovered perfectly preserved bodies of those they believed to be Nephilim, including Gilgamesh, and were looking for ways to awaken these beings. The elite believes they have the right to use these life forms and their power to rule all of Earth and this solar system.
“They took everything from us. We would all be among the stars right now if they weren’t keeping us ignorant and partially enslaved.” Cin sighed at the depths of their evil.
“How many elites are there?” Lanie wondered at the size of a group that could do so much damage and not be widely known by anyone.
Cin explained there were only a few hundred in this timeline, thousands if you included their extended families. He told Lanie the biggest problem was that their minion’s numbered in the millions around the world.
They were the face of the elite and embedded in every religion, school, local and state governments, intelligence, and enforcement agencies, militaries, law enforcement, big tech companies, news organizations, social media, and big-box companies.
Cin explained that it didn’t include the cannon fodder. The useless, indoctrinated idiots who carried out terrorist attacks on innocent citizens. Like small business owners who dared to not work for the elite and tried to reach for their dreams of independence.