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We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Epictetus<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n There was a new item in the ship he didn’t notice before. It was a bracelet made of plastic beads, in the centre of the bracelet were three small cubes that spelled out the word Dad. It was a Father’s Day gift from the children he raised. Now it was hanging from the interior of the ship. He would be a father again soon.<\/p>\n He thought of them with a little sadness as he left the atmos for a trip to pick up Albert from the hospital. He had to get there before someone carved out his brain for study. Albert wasn\u2019t dead, only drugged to imitate death. A concoction that M1 had sent with him.<\/p>\n \u201cAlbert, wake up, it’s time.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOh yes\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHurry, there is a man coming to take your brain.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cClimb on this gurney and don\u2019t move. I need to change your toe tag.\u201d<\/p>\n Soon Cristian was pushing the gurney down the hall to the elevator.<\/p>\n \u201cWhere are you taking him? The morgue is the other way.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTo the hearse that is waiting for him.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI have never seen you before, why is that, I know everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cClearly that isn’t true.\u201d \u00a0This was a scene right out of a space cowboy TV Series. He knew what had to be done. He played along while the man examined the toe tag that said, Joe Smith.<\/p>\n \u201cWatch your mouth, orderly.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI really don\u2019t have time for this shit, asshole.” ” Watcher take him out, not permanently, although I doubt anyone would miss him.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHave a nice sleep.\u201d He dropped to the floor before Cristian finished the sentence. He quickly dragged him to an unlocked maintenance door\u00a0and dropped him inside.<\/p>\n He rolled Albert to some bushes outside the hospital. Albert got in the ship, it was time to fly.<\/p>\n \u201cI guess that Joe Smith\u2019s brain will be on display in the future, Cristian.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI am guessing you are right, Albert.\u201d<\/p>\n The trip over, an older Albert emerged from the ship. \u201cStephen, it has been a while. Although I am sure it has only been minutes for you.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cFive actually Albert. Your hair is a little wilder and whiter since I last saw you.”<\/p>\n \u201cYes, yes, and I need to get some clothes on.\u201d \u00a0As he walked towards the living quarters, he was showing more than a little of his 76-year-old ass through the hospital gown.<\/p>\n \u201cDon\u2019t worry Cristian, I will still love you when your ass looks like that.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDitto wife.\u201d She frowned a little at his response.<\/p>\n Stephen had heard and seen more than enough and left\u00a0to get a cup of coffee.<\/p>\n \u201cCristian, I have been monitoring the news since we got back, I think you should go up to the warehouse to your Camaro.\u201d<\/p>\n In a few minutes, he took Albert and Stephen up the Elevator to the warehouse. His Camaro was still there. He opened the hood, the Big block had been replaced with some kind of turbine. The trunk was filled with small flat batteries. The gas cap had a small sticker that said distilled water only.<\/p>\n \u201cThe air is cleaner, Cristian. In the news, every house I saw had solar panels on the roof\u201d All the cars and motorcycles appear to be electric or run on hydrogen. It also appears that everyone is growing food.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI should have said something, Cristian. All internal combustion engines were outlawed. All the houses were fitted with solar electricity and hot water. HHO gas is used for cooking and solar panels were given to all homeowners and businesses as part of a government initiative in 1934 in the U.S.A.<\/p>\n Other governments did the same all over the world. The factories to build the panels fuelled the economy for years. Hitler was assassinated when he refused to do the same for the German people.<\/p>\n World War I was averted as well, most of the scientists of the world became members of the Wolf Alliance and refused to participate in the design or construction of weapons of war. Many were executed, which caused even more to join the Alliance.<\/p>\n There were some non-violent civil wars.<\/p>\n Soon Politicians, housewives children and people all over the world joined the Alliance. The manifesto is known worldwide. We have millions of members. Nuclear power was considered too dangerous and never developed. Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Chernobyl, Three mile Island and future nuclear accidents never happened. The chemical companies\u00a0didn’t make GMO’s or the poisons to put on our crops. Everyone grows as much food as possible to save the deforestation of the planet.<\/p>\n There has been peace in the world since 1938 Cristian. You did this.”<\/p>\n \u201cNo, Albert, the Alliance did this.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat of the Elders, any news, Albert?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNothing, if they are out there they have been quiet.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think for a minute they have finished with us, Albert.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI am sure you are right, Cristian. We have dealt them a blow.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI wonder at what cost.\u201d<\/p>\n They went back down to the cave. Lorelei was very excited.<\/p>\n \u201cCristian M1 just filled me in and told me the news. It\u2019s wonderful. I don\u2019t think it over, though.”<\/p>\n \u201cI agree Lorelei, but let\u2019s enjoy what we have accomplished so far.\u201d He held her for a long time. He gently rubbed her belly bulge.<\/p>\n \u201cWatcher, we need to have a discussion.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYes, Cristian.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAm I the Keeper?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYes, Cristian.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou will do everything I ask without question.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWithout question.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cGood tell me about the Makers and Aliens and everything you have not told me.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAccording to the information I have, the Makers are Aliens.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat is their purpose?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTo help mankind in their fight against the Elders.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAre the Elders Aliens Watcher?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYes, Cristian.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTell me about hybrids\u201d<\/p>\n The program was to pass on the DNA from the Makers, and so their race could continue, it was a human idea not the Makers, it was always done with permission?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhose permission Watcher?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAlways the mothers Cristian.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe future babies are hybrids.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDid you tell the truth about the babies switched and their health?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYes, it was all true.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSo I am a hybrid?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYes, as is Lorelei.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTell me about Stephen?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cStephen\u2019s DNA was altered after his arrival, I would guess by The Elders. The nanobots have now repaired the damage.”<\/p>\n \u201cCristian, you should know your baby may be the first case of successful hybrid fertilization.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cStephen had children.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThey were not his.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI have three children.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThey are not yours.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHoly shit.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI would guess that your x wife worked for The Elders directly or indirectly.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThat wouldn’t fucking surprise me.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cLorelei.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYes, Cristian.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s time for me to meet your parents.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSeriously Cristian?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYes sweetie, pack a bag.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cCristian, my mother died when I was born. I only had my father.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI am sorry, sweetie. I have a few things to discuss with Stephen and Albert.\u201d<\/p>\n Cristian shared the news with the dream team and told him where he was going. He left instruction with M1 to help Hawking Einstein and the Alliance.<\/p>\n Stephen was shaken at the news about his children and the interference of the Elders but was happy to hear that he was not alone.<\/p>\n They both agreed with Cristian\u2019s plan but suggested that one of them go. He told them about Lorelei\u2019s pregnancy and that he needed the Makers to make sure there were no complications.<\/p>\n They understood. Lorelei was waiting by the Ascalon. Cristian just needed to see what the bagger now looked like. It was still a v twin just two turbines instead of the internal combustion engine he was used to.<\/p>\n \u201cShall we go, sweetie?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI am ready,\u201d said Lorelei.<\/p>\n \u201cWatcher, do you know when and where we are going to?”<\/p>\n \u201cYes, Cristian.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cLet\u2019s fly.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TEMPUS CHAPTER TWENTY SIX We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope. Epictetus There was a new item in the ship he didn’t notice before. 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