Chapter 3 - And so it begins

I'm finding it difficult to make out the lies from the truth.

A lot has happened is a very short while. So I am going to try and tell you everything here.

Last time I wrote to you I was with the commander and her unit accompanied by the aliens that came to help us fight the invaders. Well as I told you, something didn't feel right, but after what happened I'm even more confused then I've ever been in my life.

We were assigned a mission, it was John, myself and a few of their soldiers and one of the aliens, they claimed it was to finalise my training and this mission would help me reach my full potential.

So we took one of the crafts they use for jumping between dimensions because of its incredible speed and cloak technology, it was supposed to be a quick in and out, the target was an installation military facility run by the invaders, our intelligence told us that they had a strong military presence there and have already constructed an inter dimensional gateway which they are using to bring their forces in.

So our objective was to go in, disable the gateway and destroy the facility. Quick, clean and easy, or is it.

As this craft is pretty large I decided to sit at the back away from the others as I didn't feel comfortable with the idea, it just didn't sit right with me, but I committed to stop the invasion so I was bound to follow orders.

While we were on our way there John came to sit next to me and he began talking to me, now we have become good friends over the past few weeks and I got to trust him. But something was off about his demeanour and even the way he spoke. His voice was shaking, he tried to hide it, but I could see he was as uncomfortable with this as I was so I allowed him to speak.

"Hey man, are you okay? "

I gave him a quick glance and nodded.

"You don't seem to dead set on achieving this objective, something bothering you? "

"I'm not sure, it just doesn't feel right, the commander was very cryptic and something doesn't add up."

"I know what you mean, you do know that intelligence can be flawed and wrong. We could get there and it could just be a huge factory processing food or a hospital?"

"I guess, but what then?"

"Well you are the hybrid and the one with the blue light energy. It will be your call."

"What if I can't do it?"

"Then these guys over there has been ordered to kill us both, not that you have to worry, you will just come back again and continue doing whatever the commander tells you to."

"Excuse me? What do you mean by that?"

Just then the pilot announces that we are approaching the facility.

"Don't worry about it, forget I ever said anything. let's suit up. Oh and kid, remember that whichever decision you make, I've got your back."

The craft didn't land, it just hovered and the door opened and John and I got out, when I looked around I could see the craft was still cloaked, but I could still see it was there.

Then a voice crackled through our ear pieces in our helmets. "We are falling back, you guys got 1 hour to complete the objective and prepare for pick up. "

As John and I approached the facility I realized that something was off, very off. This wasn't just a facility, it was a small town. But what bothered me more was there wasn't a large military presence, infact just a few guards in normal military outfits, but other then that I could see civilians walking around and also scientists standing in a circle smoking and laughing.

As we got closer I could feel a strange presence around us, but I couldn't see or sense what it was.

"Are you ready for this kid? You only got one shot at this?"

"No."

"What do you mean no? We came all this way and now you want to back out?"

"I'm not backing out, nor am I hurting anyone here, can't you see what I see? There is nothing devious going on here. "

"I can see that. But what about the orders?"

"Screw the orders, I'm done with this senseless war, nothing about it feels right."

"You are right about that, it's senseless."

As I turned to look at him I feel a burn and then it went dark.

"John you were right, he isn't under their control and he could still see the truth."

Im trying to put that voice to a person, it's a woman, but I've never heard her voice or accent before in my life.

I tried to open my eyes, but every time I try I shut them again, the light in the room is way to bright.

"Turn the lights down a bit, I think he is coming to."

Then I felt the glare of the lights on my eyelids dim a bit.

So the moment I opened my eyes I saw john and an unknown woman standing over me, I tried to get but, but struggled.

"Wait, let me help you there kid, that energy blast hit you hard. I'm sorry about that, but it was the only way to deactivate the suits. "

The moment I got up I looked at them, john is also in normal clothes and most of his implants has been removed, the woman also has marks on her face where you can see she had implants.

"What happened? Who shot me?"

"I did, sorry but that was the only way."

I looked up at John and just like that I flung him across the room pinning him against the opposite wall, just looking at him.

"Why?"

"Please let him go and I will explain everything to you." I heard the woman say in a soft but stern voice.

"There is nothing to explain, this was the plan all along, get me away from the base and capture me?"

"Nobody captured you, look around you, there are no armed guards even near us, we are both unarmed and you are not restrained."

I can still feel the anger building up around me, I can feel the heat rising from the blue light charging in my body. But then just like that I felt myself getting thrown across the room landing on the floor on the opposite side of the room, "I did ask you politely to please let him go."

I looked at the woman in surprise. "You are like me?"

"Yes I am, and just like you I was manipulated to do the bidding of the invaders. "

"I'm not doing the bidding of the interdimensionists, I'm fighting against them."

"The inter dimensionists are not the enemy, those friendly aliens that's been helping you, they are."

"How do you know that? I saw them destroy my world."

"Did you? You saw translucent beings destroy your world, then suddenly the commander of the resistance appeared and gave you guys ultimatums and after a few months she finds you claiming to be here to help. Does that sound about right?"

"I'm sure John gave you good intelligence."

She looks at John who just throws his hands up into the air and shrugs.

"No, john didn't tell me anything. I am part of the inter dimensionists, we never invaded any worlds, those beings do, they appear almost invisible to the naked eye, unless when they find someone like us, then they play nice and manipulate us to wipe out any potential resistance, they did the same to me. Then once you reach your full potential they capture you and implant you with mind control technology, well the technology can control you fully, yet you are still you, but trapped in your own mind and paralyzed in ways that you have no control over your body or anything, think of it like been possessed by a demon. But this time you got no way of escaping the hell. "

"Lady do you have any idea how you sound right now? What about you guys? You both seem to have had implants, how do I know this isn't some trick?"

"You are right, but I was rescued by the Seleon race and they removed my chips, gave us the technology to fight back and track this species, and as for John, well when you blasted him with blue light you fried his control chips, setting him free."

"Btw, thank you for that kid." I heard John say from the corner of the room.

"If that's true then how did he not get found out?"

She looks at John and then me, "like I said, they can control your body and voice, but you still see and hear everything, so John just kept playing along. He contacted me soon after and we decided to leak information of this facility to see what you would do, if you would destroy us or be human."

"You know I could have destroyed you, and I was told I'm a hybrid."

She smiled and looked me in the eyes, that's when I noticed her eyes, exactly the same as mine. "I know, that's why I'm here, if you went ahead with the plan I would have stopped you, we are both the same, with one exception, females are far stronger then males, we got more blue light then males do."

"You do know if I don't go back they will kill my gf?"

"I know, let them kill their copy of your gf. Your gf is safe, she's off world."

"Off world, copy of her?"

She rolled her eyes, and here I thought you were supposed to be smart, that thing you saw isn't your gf, it's a copy, your gf is off world with the Seleons."

"Who or what is the Seleons?"

She took a deep breath, "you really can't remember much, can you?"

Then John stepped in, "I think he had his memories blocked."

She took a deep sigh,"if that is true then we are in bigger trouble then I thought."

That's when I got really curious, "what are you guys talking about? "

"Well the Seleons are the species that you and I and a few others were created by, we are a mix of their dna and human dna, then there are a few like your gf, they are the purest, they can manipulate the blue light totally. There are 3 of them in existence, your gf, and 2 others that we can't track down, we suspected that they might have been captured by the nyph and turned to help them."

"The nyph?"

"That's what we call the species that you met a short while ago, they give us these lovely make overs." John chirped in pointing to the last few implants he has left.

"So nyphilim as in the Bible?" I wanted to laugh.

"It's no laughing matter, we don't know much about them, they never show their true forms, and they are powerful."

"Wait, what about the Seleons? "

"They made contact with you before, tall beautiful beings? Don't you remember?"

Just them we heard shooting and screaming outside.

Then John came up to us, "time is up, if we are going to survive we need to get out of here."

So we all made it for the exit, but as we got their the way was blocked by 2 woman glowing in blue.

"Well looks like your theory was correct Zoe, they have changed sides." John starts to lift his gun to shoot but it dematerialised in his arms and all 3 of us gets flung to the end of the passage.

Zoe jumps on her feet first, "shit, shit, shit, we can't fight them, we need to find another way out."

But John blocks the way, "you know if we don't fight everyone here will die."

Zoe looks at him and then me and back at the 2 woman approaching us slowly, glowing like 2 blue stars. "I'm sorry John, everyone else is already dead. We need to go. "

That's when I notice her typing on some strange device on her arm and the next moment we are surrounded by blue light and a few seconds later we are in the middle of a field.

Then I looked at the device on her arm which from the metal and smooth look and strange symbols on it I could make out clearly that it's an alien device. "What just happened? And what is that? It's clearly not human technology."

She looks up at me, "you are right, it's a gift from the Seleons, it uses blue light to open temporary fractures allowing us to travel instantly to anywhere on the planet."

Then John stepped up, "you had that all this time and only thought off using it the last moment? All those people died for nothing, you could have used it to safe them."

"That's not how it works, I already pushed it by using it for the 3 of us."

That's when it occurred to me, "if it uses blue light energy then what's stopping those 2 from following us?"

"They can't, it blocks the signal and you need a device like this to jump, even the Seleons that has evolved to be able to manipulate blue light at will need these to teleport. "

We sat on the ground for a few minutes then John got up. "I can't do this anymore, I'm hungry, I'm thirsty and I'm tired, what are we waiting for anyway?"

"Be patient, first we must get him to remember everything and then we will regroup with the rest." Zoe smiling at us while saying it.

"I don't think I'm going to remember anything sitting in this heat, John is right, we need to atleast find water or something."

"Just wait, she will be here soon and she will help you remember, besides that, she's bringing water with her."

"Who is she? And how do you know that? I didn't see you make any phone calls." John is getting a bit sceptical and annoyed at this time.

She then points at the device on her arm, "when I used this I also send a signal for help, the Seleons received it and knows about our situation and they are sending an emissary to assist us."

"Okay, now I'm sceptical. If they are aliens they are probably light years away if not millions of light years, so by the time they receive the signal we would be long dead and the war long lost. We should just go to the military or agencies and tell them what's happening, they can help us."

Then Zoe looks at me pacing up and down, "not millions, but trillions of light years."

"Oh great, so we are screwed. " John sounding like he is about to cry.

"No, the signal uses blue light, it's instantaneous, and no it won't take them long to get here, they got instant travel technology, you should know, you've been to one of their planets as well." As she said that she looks at me.

"No I wasn't, lady you've got the wrong guy, I don't know any ceils or Seleons. " scratching my itching neck as I'm saying it.

Zoe also scratching the same spot on her neck now. "Are you sure? Because that itch in your neck is a chip they implanted into all of us, it powers up when their ship enters orbit allowing them to find us anywhere in the world, nothing can block out their signal. "

Just them a door appeared made of light and this tall beautiful being comes walking through it, we are all forced to cover our eyes from the light.

"It's okay, the fracture is closed now, you can open your eyes now." I heard a woman's voice say, as I open my eyes I can see a being twice our height, well twice johns height, he is the tallest of the 3 of us, and I mean he is a huge guy, almost 7foot tall. Yet he looks like a midget compared to this being.

"Oh great, now we got angels showing up? What's next? The devil?" John has a tendency to become sarcastic at times.

"No, I'm not an Angel, but thank you for the compliment, I'm just a being made of flesh and blood like all of you, maybe just a couple of million of years older then you."

I looked up at her, "wow, a couple of million of years, I couldn't tell, you look great. "

She then looks me dead in the eyes, "we have met before, can't you remember me?"

I shook my head. "I am sure if I met you before I would have remembered, it's not every day you meet a giant."

She smiles, "let me introduce myself again, I am high queen Azaria, I am your mother, well every hybrid's mother, you were all created from my dna. "

"Wait, all hybrids were created from your dna? I was told my gf is also a hybrid, but just a pure blue light carrier?"

Then her expression became serious, "you mean Kim? Kim and the other 2 were created directly from my eggs, so you are the bf she keeps talking about."

"I guess I am. " now I'm smiling proudly.

"When this is over the 3 of us are going to sit down and have a serious talk, but in the meantime, if you break her heart I will break you." She's looking even more serious now.

"Geez, what have I done wrong now?"

"Like I said, we will talk when this is over, now Zoe, you told me his memory was wiped."

Zoe walking forward, "yes Azaria, he can't remember anything, he can't even remember what happened before the war started."

Azaria looks back at me. "I see, I can fix that, but this might hurt."

Without even thinking I just answered. "Please do it."

Azaria goes on her knees to be closer to my level, she places her hands gently on my head and looks me directly in the eyes, "remember everything."

And just like that my memory starts flooding back, I can feel my head almost exploding, the hot liquid flowing from my eyes, ears and nose. I saw visions of my encounter with Azaria talking to me on her world, well one of her worlds, her showing me around, warning me of a coming war on earth, the coming invasion, how she warned me that our governments has already been infiltrated by other alien species, then visions of a reptilian trying to probe my mind at the house and memories of been taken by greys and tortured, even images of some red head woman been tortured at the same time, memories of been stuck in a void, and time jumping to the future where humanity ended up been enslaved by an alien race and how I got trapped on an alien world and how my girlfriend guided me home. And then the last memory was of a man and woman in black suits chasing me, shooting at me, and how I used blue light to blast them both to pieces, and then I saw her, the one who took my memory away, a woman with long black hair and pitch black eyes, but with a red tint. I saw her blocking my way, I blasted her with blue light, but she deflected it as if it was a water pistol firing a weak stream of water at her, and then she was on top of me and grabbed me by the head and said, "forget, forget everything. "

And that's when I heard Zoe's voice just before I blacked out. "Azaria, stop, it's killing him. "

I woke up with a splitting headache, seeing that our surroundings has changed, when I sat up I noticed we are in a strange white room, I tried to get up, but heard Azaria's voice, "don't, you went through a lot. "

"Where am I? Where is John and Zoe?"

"We are right here, and we are aboard Azaria's flag ship, your body took a knock when she brought your memories back, so you needed advanced medical care, otherwise we would be having your funeral right now."

Then Azaria stepped forward, "I saw what you remembered, I'm sorry you went through so much, and as for the other girl they tortured, we are going to try and track her down and see if we can help her. But unfortunately we can't get involved in the war on Earth yet, for now the war is fought in secret and if we get involved it will spin out of control sending earth into chaos, humanity isn't ready to be exposed to our existence, but you guys need to go back and continue the fight, there are others in earth like you that we have already contacted and informed of what is going on.

But one more thing."

"Yes."

"Kim can't know what's going on, she doesn't even know that I'm on earth right now."

"Why not? And when is she coming home?"

Azaria looks at the floor and back at me, "she's a sensitive girl, and I don't want her involved in this war, please promise me."

"I promise. But when is she coming home?"

"She's supposed to be on a retreat, right? So I got a few more days with her. She can't know any of this, not even that I was here."

"I understand, so what now?"

She then hands me a similar device to what Zoe is wearing, "keep this close, things are going to get a lot worse, be ready."

Then I heard John, "when do I get mine? "

Azaria turns to look at John, "I wish I could give you one, but unfortunately they only work with bodies that can carry blue light."

"Oh damn. " John slumping down on the floor. "So why am I needed again?"

Then Zoe walks up to him and embraces him, "because you promised me you will stay by my side for the rest of our lives."

That's the first time both Azaria and myself saw the rings on their fingers.

That's when Azaria got serious again, "oh you guys are all adults and can do what you want, but unfortunately not on my ship, I've got to get back to my daughter and you guys need to make sure the invaders don't ruin earth."

"So how do we get home?" I asked instinctively.

So all Azaria did was tap on her device on her arm and we were swallowed by a blinding light and we were back at the house.

I was so engulfed by everything that was happening I only noticed the itch again in my neck when it stopped.

John. "Great, we are back here, it's not like they won't look for us here."

Zoe. "They won't, we'll not till we engage them, "

John, "and how do you know that my love? Are you a fortune teller?"

Zoe. "No, but I used the device the last second, they blasted us with blue light, they will probably report us as been blasted out of existence."

"Okay, so we can go back to our old lives then?" I could feel the excitement building up in me.

Zoe. "No, that only gives us time to prepare, I still got people out there fighting, and you heard Azaria, this is our war now. "

"And I guess we can't go to the military or the agencies or even go public?"

Zoe. "No, by now they would have infiltrated every agency and government in the world, this is a shadow war, we need to stop their efforts, but we have to work quietly and in the shadows."

"Okay, and what if we run into those other 2 again, we obviously don't stand a chance against them."

Zoe. "We must just hope we don't, otherwise this war will go public very fast and chaos will follow on earth."

John. "Why do you say that?"

Zoe. "Because then Azaria's people will get involved and they will wipe out everyone that's compromised and reset humanity again."

"Reset humanity?"

Zoe. "Its a ling story, but basically in short earth will be thrown back into the stone ages again, it's been done twice before in order to safe humanity."

I could feel my heart sink into my stomach, none of these options sounded like an option to me. And everything is happening so fast that I'm still not sure who I should really trust.

Zoe and john left now, I'm not sure where they went, even with everything we all went through together I can't say I trust anyone, I feel like a pawn in a chess game, I mean why did that woman wipe my memory and not just kill me? She overpowered me like a crippled injured kitten. Yet I remember her words now. "Forget, forget everything so you can stay safe."

Those words echo in my mind, she could have killed me, yet only took my memories, why?

Who was shooting at us at the compound? I never saw dead bodies, what if I'm been lied to again?

I need to do my own investigation, now that I remember, I even remember that man and woman in the suits shooting darts at me, but it was as if they were intentionally missing, they kept shouting that they just need to talk to me? Nobody can be such a bad shot.

I don't know what's going on and who is telling the truth, all this is too much for me, this war everything, I'm not a soldier, I'm just an average guy who wanted to be left alone to love and be loved by a woman. And now even she seems to be off world with a species that I don't know if they can be trusted. Who knows what they are doing to her wherever it is they are, for all I know they could be doing some devious experiments on her, brainwashing her.

And just as I'm going through all of this writing this to you a blue light appeared on our veranda, and guess who it is?

It is the same woman who took my memories, I told her to leave, but she is adamant that we need to talk, she said she's not here to hurt me, that if she wanted to hurt me I would have been dead many times before.

Her words. "Please get off your phone, we need to talk, I'm not here to fight. But nothing is as it seems."

I've made her a cup of coffee which she's having while I'm posting this. Please wish me luck, I will post again as soon as I have a update.