[OC] Type A and Type B (pt. 5)

The story so far: Khaine and Maia, finally able to interact with their abductors, are able to finally learn a bit about the Coalition and the nature of ‘Null’ creatures. Now that Wayvuhshine (‘Wave’ to the humans) is able to understand human’s spoken language it is posing questions on the nature of already encountered ‘Null’ creatures and if they are sapient or sentient. Due to the duality of humanity, Wave is trying to find out what makes an individual human a ‘Null’ or a ‘Broadcaster’.

Tyrndarian Research Vessel Crashing Wave Currently enroute to Earth

-Wayvuhshine-

I sat at the computer in the lab, debating what to do about Khaine and Maia, lost in thought.

One does not simply go around and kidnap other sapient species. It is a gross violation of the tenants of the Coalition.

Even if said species could prove to be crucial for the ongoing war? The insight they provide could end this war that has been going on for over 2000 years!

Do the ends justify the means?

Wait…does it even need to be asked? Khaine and Maia seem to be quite willing to return and contact us again. If they come back willingly it is not abduction. What if they bring more of their tech for us to study…or food…or their kids? So many opportunities. What will they want in return? Will they want anything in return? Maybe they could help understand the electromagnetic wave bombardment that occurs when one approaches Earth. If we can establish a return policy or method, then would letting them go be such a hard time. Do we need them here all the time? Cracking their genetic code alone will take a while, they don’t need to be here for that. They already had scans and a slew of information to go through. Not to mention watching the recordings of their interactions and now that we had a way to…hear?...them, to listen to them and further calibrate our new little toy.

Content with my decision to let them return, I headed to them and told my aides to start planning to return our guests.

-Maia-

The kids should be coming home soon…if it is Sunday like Khaine thinks. What time of day is it? Oh god…we need to pick them up from the airport. What if Regi and Anna had called to tell us they put the kids on the plane? What if they are freaking out? What if…-

Khaine’s hand clapped on my shoulder and I looked back and up into my husband’s eyes.

“Babe, chill…I practically hear your thoughts. Things will work out, and worrying about it won’t change anything.”

He smiled, exuding confidence and ease, and despite my thoughts and fears I found myself calming down. I swear that bastard was just a walking ‘don’t give a fuck’ emitter, and that was BEFORE he joined Special Operations.

“How can you be so sure though babe? They could decide to keep us.”

“They could…but Wave seems pretty nice and understanding. If they do, I’ll just have to convince him otherwise. It is my job after all.”

“Babe, your job is to change human minds…you haven’t been trained to Jedi mind-trick aliens…wait…have you?”

He never talked in depth about his training, but I knew he spent a solid year learning languages and persuasion techniques, hell, he was still studying. It was kinda scary how persuasive he could be at times.

“No babe, not yet at least. Although I’m willing to bet that will be the next hot topic.”

“Then what if you can’t convince him.”

Khaine stopped and considered. “Then we will hope that video games are right and spaceship controls are simple…”

“Babe, you aren’t gonna start an intergalactic incident by stealing a spaceship.”

“Not unless I have to.”

I could only just shake my head. “You are a mess, babe.”

“Look, I think they would rather me do with minimal damage, rather than you. You can’t tell me you wouldn’t lose your shit and go all momma bear rage mode on them for keeping us from our kids.”

…He did have a point…the dick.

“Shut up.”

“That’s what I thought.”

“Look, jus-“

The sound of the door sliding open and the familiar silhouette of Wave slithered into our room…quarters? Whatever, Wave came in with the translator in tow.

“Sup, Scales?” Khaine greeted our host cheerily, as we have not been discussing possible mutiny.

KHAINE, THAT IS NOT MY NAME, WE HAVE BEEN OVER THIS.

“Yeah, kinda a human trait, man, we gonna give silly nicknames to just about everything.”

ONE DAY I HOPE TO UNDERSTAND YOUR SPECIES, BUT THE LONGER I OBSERVE THE MORE I REALIZE I MIGHT HAVE SET MY SIGHTS A BIT HIGH. I DO NOT THINK YOUR SPECIES EVEN UNDERSTANDS ITSELF.

Well…he wasn’t wrong.

“Ya, if ya’ll are done odd couple bro’ing it up, can we go home now?”

OH, YES, BUT PLEASE, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO RETURN AND AID OUR UNDERSTANDING?

I was dreading this…kinda felt like I was making a choice outside our paygrade. I was willing to do just about anything to get us home, but this sounded like volunteering to be a guinea pig.

“Look man, I’m down to help peaceful understanding, but what are the communication methods, times, obligations?”

Wave looked confused for a moment, then Wave’s eyes opened in what I hoped was understanding.

AH, I SEE. THERE IS NO OBLIGATION, YOU ARE A SAPIENT SPECIES AND THAT MERITS AUTONOMY. THE SESSIONS WOULD BE DONE WHEN IT IS CONVIENIENT FOR YOU, AS MY HOME PLANET AND THE COALITION HAVE NOT GIVEN REQUIRED DATES FOR RESEARCH GOALS. WE HAVE ACTUALLY DESIGNED AN…”APP”? FOR YOUR COMMUNICATION DEVICE. RELATIVELY EASY PROGRAMMING ACTUALLY. THE APP IS IN YOUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND WILL ENABLE ‘TEXTING’ AND A MESSAGE THAT WILL ALLOW RELATIVE TELEPORTATION BY PROVIDING COORDINATES. IN ADDITION, WE WOULD NOT CONDUCT STUDIES THAT YOU DO NOT AGREE TO.

Just like that it felt like someone lifted a great weight off of me, weight that I didn’t even know was there. Khaine looked at me and nodded.

“That sounds agreeable…babe?”

“Hell the fuck yes. Now, this has been seriously amazing Wave, but please, send me back to my kids.”

Wave nodded and lifted his (its? Still didn’t know) arm and pushed a button on a wrist band that I hadn’t noticed before.

“Hey, how are you getti-“ the world…jumped and twisted and I felt tingly…and then I felt a thump. Smells of the woods and trails came back and then I felt like I had been jerked around, nausea hit me…aaaaand whatever the hell it was that they fed us coming up.

HURRRRRRRK

“Oh god…that…what the fuck…”

I looked over at Khaine, he looked pale and shaken, but he wasn’t hurling.

“Jesus that was rough…rougher than a static line jump at least…fuck. Must have something to do with inertia differences…fuck, if they dicked that up we coulda died…”

He looked around.

“Ugh…um…looks like we are back on the trail…and its light out. Let’s get home and figure out what the hell time it is, and get in touch with mom.”

I nodded and we headed back home, I didn’t even mind when Khaine raced past me.

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