by Mona Calhoun
The enforcer’s children wait until their parents are one, speaking before they pick up their father and take him to the habitat city. They arrive at a small suburb as the children put him down. She sees her children bringing their belongings and puts them inside the house. Katie watches and is puzzled.
"He is your husband and they are your children. All that you are belongs to us now. You will live her from now on. You teach your child not to hate, if he does. The punishment is not good. This goes for your husband. Everything you need is inside. You may call your normal family and or friends; you will never receive a bill or have to pay for anything. It is all provided for you. You are not to contact your work or former employee's to discuss me or any enforcers. If you do, you will be punished as my property. You will lose your husband and be forced to perform as my property. You break our rules, you will be held responsible. We can feel everything you do, that is one of the reasons we stay up here. And I know you felt what I was feeling when you kissed me."
She looks stunned realizing she did and she knew. "Look around you, each and everyone here is happy and well taken care of. That is my job as owner, anyone that poses a threat to that. We will protect our family and property. That includes you. Hate is not permitted here in our home. Even the captain and military personnel who visit are subject to that rule. They are all aware we built this station, because we lost our original station from contamination. We had to bring you and everyone on board, because the contamination was airborne. We saved everyone we could."
Her son gets out of his chair and hits her. "LIAR!" She feels the pain of his hatred as she begins to crumble. Katie sees allot of her children begin to form a circle around them. She quickly breaks his concentration and pulls his arm and slaps him. She grabs both of his arms and forces him to look at her. "Stop that. They will kill us if you do that. They can feel your anger, you hurt her. Can't you see what you did when you did that." The boy looks at her and doesn't understand.
"Do you remember the stories in church about the great Ark that Noah built? He took on two of each animals and it rained forty days and forty nights. Remember that story." She looks at him. "Can you take us up top please so I can let him look outside?" Elasa walks up to them and takes them outside the dome. She takes him closer to the edge. Elasa puts up the barrier around the dome so they won't fall. She lets him look down and sees the massive station below.
"We are on that Ark. They saved us, they are not bad people. They are taking care of our entire race baby. We no longer have to fear the contamination anymore. You see. Mommy's job is to find the news. Follow the trails to news stories of importance. I did try to find out what happened to that woman you hit. I did write a report on a lead on trying to find out how she died, and why the enforcer killed her. That's mommy's jobs. When you get mad at them, they can feel everything we feel. You owe her an apology, she did not deserve that. I showed you, you need to understand. We are on that Ark that you read about in church. Noah had god to follow. We have rules to follow on this station. Mommy broke those rules, she said. All that I am, I belong to them. Including you... Mommy does not want to lose you, you must obey these rules. They will let you stay with mommy and daddy as long as we follow their rules." Katie tries to reason with her son.
"I don't like them talking to you that way." He replies. "Mommy must accept the truth. I was shown what I have done, and she did not lie to mommy." She looks at Elasa. "Could you play back the videos for him?" Katie makes him watch. Elasa plays the video back in its entirety.
"That is mommy, the video did not lie, and I see that it is what I did. You must apologies to her. If not. Mommy will have to do what mommy has to do, so I will not lose you. They will have to punish me far more by taking you away from me. They have treated me far better than the ones I have seen. They let me keep my family, and they have not forced us apart."
Just then, they feel a warm and welcoming feeling, they have felt several times. She points inside the habitat, where he hurt the woman. He looks at the white ball, where she uses to be, a lot of people stand around. She sees the shield start to turn white as she draws his attention to the shields around the station. The shields turned white, he feels it gets intense as he sees the woman that brought them up begin to form a white bubble around her.
"What are they doing?" He says. "I think their healing that woman you hurt down there. She can feel your emotions." He looks like he's going to pout as he watched the white ball disappear and the woman appear. He even watched the white stuff disappeared around the station. "That was a bad thing you did. I can only guess that, that is what they were doing. Healing her because of you. You need to apologies ok. Could you do that for mommy?"
She asks as he nods his head with a pouting look on his face. Elasa brings them back down. He holds his arms out to her as she gets close to him. He hugs her. "I'm sorry I hurt you." as he stands there and pouts. She stands and looks at Katie. "I do not think he fully understands, you will have to teach him. The people here are virtual people from our virtual worlds. They are quite real to us, they can feel see and hear you. This city was created for Judge Mavericks daughter.
He lives up here too. No shoes or socks are permitted in our habitat; we will allow you to wear clothing. If you venture away from the city, all of you will respect our house rules. No clothes are permitted at all beyond this place. There are no exceptions. That also goes for your children and you’re your husband. Our children have brought all your things and moved them into your new home. As I said before. Demonstrate hate, we will be forced to punish you. They are your responsibility; they are subject to the punishment.”
While she stopped talking. She started to leave. "WAIT!" She looks at her son and gets on one knee. "I need for you to go inside. Mommy must do something. Now run along." Katie taps his but as she turns him to face the house. She watches him disappear into the house, she turns to face her. "Why... Did you? I have seen what happened to Elasa. How your wife beats her to a pulp and made everyone watch." Katie said.
Mrs. Calhoun had summoned her as she hears her name. She looks up behind her seeing her coming in her direction. Seconds pass as she touches down next to her master. She gets on her knees.
"We tried to save Mona, she wanted her children. She fell in love with her. When Toal has seen the change in his daughter, he asked us who made the contract. She admitted she made the contract and still wanted her children. She wanted me to agree as well, because I wanted children too. I was undecided because I couldn't make my mind up. Toal ordered Mona to kill me, she stepped in her way. She saved my life, she agreed to take my contract and have my child. He disputed the contracts, because punishment was not carried out to his satisfaction. Mona would have suffered for thousands of years if she had been reset. She sacrificed her life for Mona's love and her unborn children. It was when my father was shot that she was injured, that Mona healed her. She put her to bed and had to recharge. She put herself on the conductance table where she almost died performing her duties as her power source. Mona never forgave herself, trying to set her free. She never wanted to be free, she wanted to be her property. It was when my dad found out she had recovered, that I asked if I could apologize to her. She agreed to it. It was that day that we found that my body was able to heal her and that her DNA matched Mona's. That was the day she became her mate. It was at Spaceport that she saved her wife, from a horrible death. Even by killing someone who wanted to infect her with the pathogen. She was willing to suffer her punishment. I chose to take her place to save her. My life for hers. I was willing to suffer her fate. In doing so, I became her property. There is so much more in between these events that I even fell in love with her. I even displayed hate, and she gave me what I wanted. A punishment that was so painful, it goes beyond words. There is pain, and then there is her pain. There is no hiding from it, she will reach inside you and drag you out and punish you again. She will not let you die, this is our punishment for displaying hatred. It is forbidden to dispute the contracts i
n any way, regardless of their situation. Your son was given a lot of room because of his age. Your husband's hatred is stronger than your child's, if his hatred infected our children, we already know the outcome. She will terminate anyone who does this in the presence of our children. They are only a few days old, they look fully grown. But they are babies learning how to control their abilities at this point. They are born with all of our knowledge, Mavericks daughter was born without it. If your child does this in her presence, he will face the Childs guardian. She will toss him into space to protect her. She will not show any mercy. She aloud you to keep your family in tact, teach him not use hate. I can assure you, he will die if he does. All of this is to protect our children." Elasa finished talking.
They were unaware the child was listening to what they said. His dad was awake and listening to all of it. "I know you're awake. Do not lay there and play dead." Mrs. Calhoun looks at him. He sees her looking and he gets up and walks over to his wife. "Take your child inside, he's not to hear the rest of this conversation." Said Mrs. Calhoun. He sees him and takes him inside and closes the door.
"I made a promise to Mona, I keep my promises. I do not regret any of this. I would do this forever for her love. As you can see, I still bear her child. I wanted her to keep me pregnant for as long as I can bear her children." Mrs. Calhoun's surprised. She watches Katie fall to her knees crying. "I can't go on like this. I was going to get a divorce, because he's cheating on me. He doesn't think I know, but I've watched him do it many times. Now I can't get rid of him."
She sobs before her, realizing it will never end. Mrs. Calhoun walks away from her and into the house. She asks the children to go upstairs. She sees them leave. "I need to ask you some questions. Did you cheat on your wife?" She asked. "No. I've never cheated on her. What's this about?" he asked. "You were married to her, and deliberately cheat on her?" She asked. "NO. Why are you asking.." She grabs him by the throat and lifts him off the floor.
"You dare lie to me. I can tell if you are lying." She feels intense hatred as she hears the patter of a child's footsteps. She tosses the father against the wall and turns red as plasma emanates from her armor. It begins to disintegrate the house around her as Katie’s child sees it. She frightens the child as the father sees her turn on his son. He runs and jumps from what remains of the floor. She quickly grabs him by his throat as his body slams against her arm.
"Father like son, you demonstrate it again. You were warned." She felt his hatred grow. She flies through the roof and outside the dome. She throws him into space as she feels his life force disappears. She enters her home and returns to the house. The children begin to remove the structure, taking it apart piece by piece. She goes inside and brings both of them out of the house and makes them look at her.
Their mother begins moving in there direction, and Mona has her children restrain her as they watch. "Your father demonstrated hate gain, he has been punished. You demonstrate hate again, the guardian will punish you. She will show you no mercy. We must protect our children. You can harm them. Their safety is our priority. They are only days old, they’re my babies. I must protect them at all costs. Just like your mom makes you. Even now, she struggles to come to you. We have a special child that lives near you. She will never learn what hate is, do I make myself clear."
Mrs. Calhoun looks into the little boy's eyes. He nods is head as he cries. She motions her children, they let the mother up, and she runs to her children. They run into her embrace and showers them with kisses. "Thank you for not hurting them." Katie said. "It was the father that demonstrated hatred again. Had it not been for him, your child would have been punished. I threw their father into space, to protect my children and yours.” Katie is stunned.
"For your son's actions, you will be punished." The child runs from her mother's arms. "DON'T YOU HURT HER!" he yells as he hits her with his fists. But she feels no hatred this time. She kneels and looks at him. "You make your mommy a promise not to hate. I will show your mommy something that might want to change her mind about her punishment. If she wants to help protect others..." She looks at the child as Katie looks at her puzzled.
Some of her children takes Katie's children to another home. Mrs. Calhoun forms a disc beneath her feet and takes her with her to Maverick's home. She uses her network and he uses his normal form before they arrive. She touches down at his door and rings the bell. He opens the door and invites them in. "You may ask him whatever you want."
Mrs. Calhoun goes into the kitchen and helps herself to something to eat as she sits at the counter watching. Katie knows the judge well from all the press she's done on him. "Did you break the treaty too?" She asked. He smiles. "No. I never broke the treaty, in fact I’ve known Mona's father for years." She looks surprised at the answer. "If you didn't break the treaty, then why are you here?" She inquired again. "Do you remember the lady that took you to the top of the dome?" He asked.
"Yes." She replied. "That is my daughter. She's an enforcer. I was recently asked, if I would like to live for thousands of years. And since I see my daughters going to live longer than we had on Earth. There was no question, I accepted their offer." She was shocked at what she's learned. That they've discovered the fountain of youth, everyone would want to live forever not facing the treat of contamination. She looked at him.
"When they gave me the gift, I could see and feel the changes that they've made to me." He talked, he ended the virtual image of his old self. She seen a beautiful woman sitting in front of her, she looked far younger than she did, with a set of alluring eyes. She was totally shocked at what she seen. He continued to talk, it was still the judge's voice she heard, coming from a young girl that looked 19. She looked him up and down slowly, he moved.
She sat like a guy, she even sat proper like the judge did. She didn't know what to think as she kept examining her body. Maverick noticed and was unable to control the probe, it began to pop out all the way. Nearly 18 inches long as it pulsed in front of her. Seeing where it came out at, she was fascinated, with all people she's covered and met in her time. She has never seen anything like this. He made a few gestures. The girls brought out his children. Mona Nicky entered the room.
"This is the guardian, she is the child's protector. Katie gets up and examines the guardian. She looks over her very close, while she examines the front side, she's hit in the face with her probe. Mona Nicky laughs. She's caught off guard. "Does it always do that?" She asked. "Yes, I'm still learning how to control it." The guardian replies. "How old are you" Katie asks. "21 days old." She's totally shocked as she hears the answer. She looked as if she was 19 or so.
A full figured body, flawless skin as maverick's body. She looks at Mrs. Calhoun. "Why are you showing me this? What's this got to do with my punishment?" Katie asks. "He's going to be your mate. He is my mate at this point, because of his punishment. He has no mate, and was not supposed to be our property. If you accept, you will bear many children for him and he will bear yours. All of our children follow me and my wife. I am the owner of this station. You either accept this offer, or you will be separated from your children and bear my children. You must accept one or the other willingly, or I am forced to terminate you and raise your children. When they are old enough, they will be released back into the population.”
"How do I know you will keep your promise?" Maverick and the guardian run from the room as they see their master turn red. The counter disintegrates before her as she watches. Katie runs at her wanting to die. She runs as fast as her legs could carry her and jumps into her. The shields disappears seeing what she wants. She pins her to the floor and punishes her. She lets her feel her pain as her screams curdles. Over and over she drags her out, repairing her.
She hears her cry out. "I can't live without my kids." Tears fall from her face as she punishes her. "I do not lie. You must choose willingly." She gets off of her and picks her up. She walks her into the other room where she sees 9 more children. "Those are his children. This is his role, th
is will be your role, and your children will live with you. She stops crying as she sees an infant lying in a crib as the others were in regular size beds.
"They are all several days old. Their babies like the one you’re looking at." She said. "If I must choose, then I ask this. I would request that I have all of your knowledge; I want each of my children to be as smart as possible. I would choose Maverick. Could you also increase the size of this place. I do not want any children, if they cannot be conceived in love. I want them to be as smart and intelligent as the owner." She said that, all the children cried.
They cried like new a born, she forced her arm from her to pick the baby up and cried herself. She fell to her knees, she noticed they stopped crying. Mona contacted her wife wanting to know what happened. All her children on the habitat cried, she had Mavericks baby. She was born without any knowledge from either parent, and she made all their children cry. It was the first time she heard them cry, being startled from what she seen.
She had just gotten word that her son was punished for being angry; he had lashed out at her children. The slightest punishment he didn't survive. Eve showed up and she rescued his mind and began making a new body for him. The children had thrown his body into space. It was at that moment that they punished him, that they cried. "I can feel why they cried; it’s my son isn't it. He's like his father, he has an uncontrollable temper. Put him with the rest down below. I will accept my punishment." She said.
"Eve is making him a new body. He didn't survive the punishment." She said. "Don't bring him back, it would be too cruel. I know he wouldn't be my little boy." She looks up as her tears flowed. Eve stopped her process at her request. She stored what she saved in her memory. The children entered and began repairing the house and took the child from her. Mrs. Calhoun picked her up and chugged her over her shoulders as she resisted.