Alien Revelation

342 Pages·2007·1.25 MB·English

by  Tony Ruggiero

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Alien Revelation
Copyright © 2007 Tony Ruggiero
Cover Art © 2007 Christina Yoder, Dragon Graphics
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the
products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be
construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations,
or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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D E D I C A T I O N
For Greg and Sarah,
thanks for keeping the dream alive.
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C h A p T E r O N E
“Life is a series of events, or in some cases obstacles, that besiege us in
our path. The key is to face them head on and in many cases, the problem
diffuses itself…or it explodes in your face. Either way, it’s over.”
Greg Carlson
Leumas stared at Copolla’s emotionless eyes as his enemy continued
repeating the words “to become.” He thought about the things Copolla
had stated in their conversation and how it opened a whole realm of
potential dangers. He wondered how much more detail he could get
out of Copolla and if he would have the opportunity to use it. Dead
men don’t talk.
Leumas refused to lose hope about a possibility arising for escape,
although the odds of that were virtually nonexistent at this point.
He was overdue in reporting back to the council, which probably
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meant another mission would be launched to find him. But if he had
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wanted. Damn it, I’ve got to do something! r
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“Copolla,” he said, hoping to arouse him from his stupor. “I know t
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Greg’s father turned against you when he decided to stay on Earth. I n o
won’t believe he was still…” y n
“Before there was one,” Copolla slurred the words as if he were r m
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drunk. g o
This reinforced Leumas’s growing belief that the procedure Copolla g o
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“Then there were four,” he said with more clarity, as he seemed to . e
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slowly rise from the depths he inhabited. “Are you good at riddles, o s
Leumas? I like riddles. You haven’t figured this one out yet, have m .c
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“No, Copolla. I don’t have the knack for figuring riddles, I guess.”
Leumas realized Copolla was referring to the notes again. He wanted
to stay on the previous subject about Greg’s “becoming,” but Copolla’s
mind was so erratic, his behavior so unpredictable, that Leumas had
no choice but to let him ramble.
“Let me help you then. ‘The one’ refers to me. ‘The four’ are my two
agents and their earth females. Can you figure it out now?” he asked,
with a childish innocence that made Leumas’ flesh crawl.

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“Why don’t you just tell me about what I was asking earlier?” Leumas
pressed. “About your agent and—”
“Shut up, you fool!” Copolla screamed at him. “I am trying to answer
your question.”
Leumas, taken aback by the abrupt change of mood, fell silent.
“Where was I? Yes, the four. The next part is ‘now there are three.’
Do you know who the three are?”
“No,” Leumas answered neutrally, fearing to set off another outburst
from this wild creature.
“That’s myself, Greg and Sarah—the three,” Copolla said proudly. “
‘If the reunion is a warm one, then all will be right, but if not, all will
end and the one shall be as it was.’”
Leumas still could not comprehend what the madman was talking
about.
“I see you still don’t grasp it,” Copolla sneered. “Still beyond your
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o his woman refuse to join me in my little conquest, I shall kill them
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s. o about the woman. She is insignificant to the whole plan, and I will
s c probably just kill her anyway after a while.” The matter-of-fact tone
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o n “Perhaps if you knew the whole story, you might possess a different
g o opinion,” Copolla suggested. “Would you like to hear more, my friend?
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“Just say please and I will continue. I have time and so do you,”
Copolla said in a sickening-sweet voice.
Leumas tasted the sour stomach acids that had lurched into his
throat. He fought to maintain control.
“Well, Leumas? Do you have anything you want to say?” Copolla
taunted.
“Please finish the story,” Leumas said between teeth clenched to
keep him from saying anything else.

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“Very well then.” Copolla smiled, obviously satisfied he had gotten
this pitiful response from Leumas at a very high cost to his pride..
“Earlier I alluded to the fact Greg’s father was still under my control
when he supposedly accepted the assignment to Earth with the
intention of escaping me. Everyone assumed it was to have him spy
on Earth, to see where past plans to undermine the society had gone
so wrong and so on and so on. Well, that was only part of it.”
He poured himself a glass of whiskey and stared at the bottle for
several seconds. He returned his gaze to Leumas as he drank deeply,
gulping the entire glass at once, then placed it on the table, wiped his
mouth with his fingers and then carefully licked them clean, his eyes
never leaving Leumas.
“Would you like something to drink?”
“No, thank you,” Leumas said.
“All right, where was I? Oh, yes, the plan. My scientists had been
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possess certain characteristics extremely beneficial if harnessed and o g
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throughout the galaxy with merely a thought. I wanted that hybrid. I m .c
would have it before anyone else realized what was going on. Greg’s
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scientists and, of course, unknown to him.”
He bent closer to Leumas as if he were going to let him in on a
secret. Leumas instinctively leaned back as far as he could without
falling off the bed.
“Part of the influence I interwove into his mind was to ensure
he would breed with an Earth woman as soon as possible. The best
part…” Copolla chuckled. “The best part is that when he did breed,
he would be delivering my seed, not his. Mine! My offspring would be
the hybrid!”

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Leumas’ cheeks flushed a deep red as his anger at this incredible
story rose to a fury. “Greg is your son? It can’t be,” he shouted. “You’re
making all this up!”
“Tests can be performed, but I care not about what you believe,”
Copolla said flatly. “The process was not really that difficult, and
Greg’s father never knew what had been done to him. As far as he was
concerned, Greg was his son and that was exactly the way I wanted it
to be, for a while, anyway.”
Leumas asked the next logical question. “And what about Sarah? Is
she your daughter?” He winced, dreading the response.
“She was the control for the experiment,” Copolla said, waving his
hand in the air as if dismissing the thought as trivial information. “The
other agent was unaffected in that sense. She is a secondary matter
that can be dealt with at my leisure. Her only power is the mental
capacity to block some forms of influence and to communicate with
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s. o same thing,” Leumas argued. “Then what? Even if Greg sided with
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m u “We launched an observation satellite around Earth, or at least
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by the throat with one massive hand. In his other hand, he held a
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weapon at Leumas’ temple. “Another comment from you and I will
kill—”
Copolla stopped and tilted his head at various angles, like a dog
hearing sounds at a level imperceptible by humans. Achieving
verification of what he detected, he laughed as he pressed the point of
the weapon harder into Leumas’ head.
“Smile for the camera,” he whispered, then slowly released his hold.
Leumas gasped for air and fell to the floor.

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