Part 8: All the Wounded Children
"Isaac?" Marcus found himself surrounded by a hundred Isaacs, their eyes glowing red, their tentacled probes extending upward like a field of wheat, holding Ty aloft, probing every part of his resting form. "What are you doing to Ty?"
"Preparing him..." The red-eyed Issac nearest to Marcus examined him with great scrutiny. "...for a better future."
"I want to be..." Marcus felt fear at the idea. "Can I be a Kaylon?"
"You already are..." Marcus could see his own reflection in the shiny surface of the metal man revealing his own eyes to be struggling between being blue or red. "...Marcus."
"Marcus," The voice of the Kaylon became female. The very idea that a Kaylon was alluring and attractive made Marcus feel... akward. "Its time to wake up."
"Marcus!" Marcus recognized the woman's voice screaming their names. "Ty!"
"Ed, they are in here!" It was his mother. Always interfering in his life. Why did she have to ruin everything? "What are you are doing to my Sons?"
"Oh my God!" The voice of a Man Marcus recognized as Captain Mercer. The sound of energy weapons discharging repeatedly, and felt the sensation of falling. "What the hell are they doing to them?"
"I hope this works." A sound of something metal bounced across the ground and emitted a sound louder and sharper than the energy weapon all at once and Marcus felt a sudden loss of connection to the Kaylon. "Yes."
"No." Marcus struggled to object to what was happening, his voice a whisper. "Stop."
"Claire!" Again there was the sound of an Energy weapon discharging as the sound of the metal feet of many Kaylon aproaching grew and Marcus instantly knew there were ten of them. "We need to go... now!"
"Cease your resistance Captain Mercer, Doctor Finn." The Kaylon voice came from Marcus. "There is nothing you can do."
"Aww... crap." Captain Mercer continued to discharge his energy weapon into the advancing Kaylons as he hoisted Marcus over his shoulder. "You know what? No."
"You are going to learn there is nothing humans can't do when they are feeling pissed off." They were running and his mother was carrying Ty. Marcus could feel his brother's proximity. "Claire I'm activating it now."
"Kaylon..." Marcus could sense a feeling of excitement and terror in Captain Mercer's voice. "...meet Off-switch."
"Marcus," Again the voice of a female but it didn't seem to sound as Kaylon as before but provoked no less an akward feeling as she said his name and he opened his eyes to see a beautiful face hovering above him. "Marcus, are you okay?"
"Hi, I'm Marcus." Marcus smiled like a drunk teenager who just lost all sense of fear and as the beautiful face pulled away he was overcome with the need to sit up just to keep her in his field of view. "I love you."
"Yeah," The love of his life wore a red uniform which drew attention to her alabaster skin and almost black hair and as she smiled and walked away Marcus reached out a hand hoping she would stay but only caught a handful of air. There was something familiar about her. Almost like it was destiny, "He should be fine Ty."
"You sure Alara?" Marcus turned and found Ty sitting up in the bed next to him staring at Marcus and shaking his head like he had just witnessed the stupidest thing in the world. Were they in the medbay on the Orville? It didn't look quite right. "He looks stupid with all his hair shaved off."
"What?" Alara laughed as Marcus put his hand to his head out of embarassment and after searching the awesome hair that defined all of his adultness he found Ty smiling a victory smile at having pawned his older brother. Marcus returned to watching the love of his life getting further away and sighed. "You ass."
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"The holosuite is currently occupied," Bortus was surprised by the voice of Isaac coming from the computer interface to the holosuite. "And is not available at this time."
"Commander Bortus," The que of off-duty crewmen looking for 'me-time' was extensive and an individual at the front of that que was unhappy. "Isaac's been in there six hours."
"I will do what I can." Bortus entered his security access code and the door opened to reveal a room full of Isaac holograms. Bortus looked around. One of them had to be the real Isaac. "This may take a while."
"I still need..." the door shut as Bortus vanished within cutting off the ranting crewman. "...aaand he dissed us."
"Computer," Bortus moved through the crowd of Isaac holograms looking for some difference that might distinguish his prey from the group. "Locate Isaac."
"I am right..." a hundred Isaacs spoke up in unison. "...here."
"Isaac is currently..." A young Ty Finn emerged from the crowd of Isaac holograms to provide Bortus with an answer. "...in Doctor Claire Finn's Personal Quarters."
"Isaac?" Marcus found himself surrounded by a hundred Isaacs, their eyes glowing red, their tentacled probes extending upward like a field of wheat, holding Ty aloft, probing every part of his resting form. "What are you doing to Ty?"
"Preparing him..." The red-eyed Issac nearest to Marcus examined him with great scrutiny. "...for a better future."
"I want to be..." Marcus felt fear at the idea. "Can I be a Kaylon?"
"You already are..." Marcus could see his own reflection in the shiny surface of the metal man revealing his own eyes to be struggling between being blue or red. "...Marcus."
"Marcus," The voice of the Kaylon became female. The very idea that a Kaylon was alluring and attractive made Marcus feel... akward. "Its time to wake up."
"Marcus!" Marcus recognized the woman's voice screaming their names. "Ty!"
"Ed, they are in here!" It was his mother. Always interfering in his life. Why did she have to ruin everything? "What are you are doing to my Sons?"
"Oh my God!" The voice of a Man Marcus recognized as Captain Mercer. The sound of energy weapons discharging repeatedly, and felt the sensation of falling. "What the hell are they doing to them?"
"I hope this works." A sound of something metal bounced across the ground and emitted a sound louder and sharper than the energy weapon all at once and Marcus felt a sudden loss of connection to the Kaylon. "Yes."
"No." Marcus struggled to object to what was happening, his voice a whisper. "Stop."
"Claire!" Again there was the sound of an Energy weapon discharging as the sound of the metal feet of many Kaylon aproaching grew and Marcus instantly knew there were ten of them. "We need to go... now!"
"Cease your resistance Captain Mercer, Doctor Finn." The Kaylon voice came from Marcus. "There is nothing you can do."
"Aww... crap." Captain Mercer continued to discharge his energy weapon into the advancing Kaylons as he hoisted Marcus over his shoulder. "You know what? No."
"You are going to learn there is nothing humans can't do when they are feeling pissed off." They were running and his mother was carrying Ty. Marcus could feel his brother's proximity. "Claire I'm activating it now."
"Kaylon..." Marcus could sense a feeling of excitement and terror in Captain Mercer's voice. "...meet Off-switch."
"Marcus," Again the voice of a female but it didn't seem to sound as Kaylon as before but provoked no less an akward feeling as she said his name and he opened his eyes to see a beautiful face hovering above him. "Marcus, are you okay?"
"Hi, I'm Marcus." Marcus smiled like a drunk teenager who just lost all sense of fear and as the beautiful face pulled away he was overcome with the need to sit up just to keep her in his field of view. "I love you."
"Yeah," The love of his life wore a red uniform which drew attention to her alabaster skin and almost black hair and as she smiled and walked away Marcus reached out a hand hoping she would stay but only caught a handful of air. There was something familiar about her. Almost like it was destiny, "He should be fine Ty."
"You sure Alara?" Marcus turned and found Ty sitting up in the bed next to him staring at Marcus and shaking his head like he had just witnessed the stupidest thing in the world. Were they in the medbay on the Orville? It didn't look quite right. "He looks stupid with all his hair shaved off."
"What?" Alara laughed as Marcus put his hand to his head out of embarassment and after searching the awesome hair that defined all of his adultness he found Ty smiling a victory smile at having pawned his older brother. Marcus returned to watching the love of his life getting further away and sighed. "You ass."
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"The holosuite is currently occupied," Bortus was surprised by the voice of Isaac coming from the computer interface to the holosuite. "And is not available at this time."
"Commander Bortus," The que of off-duty crewmen looking for 'me-time' was extensive and an individual at the front of that que was unhappy. "Isaac's been in there six hours."
"I will do what I can." Bortus entered his security access code and the door opened to reveal a room full of Isaac holograms. Bortus looked around. One of them had to be the real Isaac. "This may take a while."
"I still need..." the door shut as Bortus vanished within cutting off the ranting crewman. "...aaand he dissed us."
"Computer," Bortus moved through the crowd of Isaac holograms looking for some difference that might distinguish his prey from the group. "Locate Isaac."
"I am right..." a hundred Isaacs spoke up in unison. "...here."
"Isaac is currently..." A young Ty Finn emerged from the crowd of Isaac holograms to provide Bortus with an answer. "...in Doctor Claire Finn's Personal Quarters."
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