“While the skin color is similar, that’s not either of the guys I met.”
“Guys,” snorted the colonel.
The general ignored him to ask, “You met with more than one?”
“Yes.”
“How many in total came in on their ship?” asked the general.
Colette shrugged. “I wouldn’t know. I only met the pair, and they didn’t say anything that indicated their ship had anyone else aboard, nor did I see anyone during my short visit.” The truth spilled out by accident.
“Aboard?” The doctor’s jaw dropped. “You actually saw the inside of their vessel?”
“Briefly, and before you ask, I can’t tell you much about it. The room they brought me to had nothing of real note, unless you count the weird invisible laser thing that decontaminated.” Colette held back the tidbit about it cleaning up her puke and losing her clothes.
“How did you get aboard?” The general leaned forward, hands steepled in front of her.
“Some kind of teleportation technology. One minute I was in my office, the next, on their vessel. Kind of like you see happen in Star Trek but without the lights and that funky sound.”
“I assume the teleportation happened during one of the energy pulse time frames I mentioned previously.”
Colette shrugged. “I guess. I wasn’t looking at my watch, so I can’t be sure, but it seems likely.”
“What kind of weapons do they have?” The colonel remained brusque.
“I told you, I didn’t see anything other than that simple room.”
“What did they do to you while on board?” The doctor stared at her and waited with her finger poised above her tablet.
“Nothing.”
“Bullshit!” exclaimed the colonel.
“It’s the truth. Other than the decontamination thing, they just wanted to talk. I wasn’t there for long. They only brought me aboard to prove they were actual aliens.”
“When you say talk, what did they want to know? Why did they come to see you specifically?” the general queried.
When Colette didn’t immediately answer, the doctor added, “Did you reject the alien? Were you somehow incompatible? Why were you returned to Earth?”
“Wait, you know they’ve been taking women from Earth?” Obviously, they were aware since they had an image.
“We’re aware they’ve been visiting our planet for some time. From the details we’ve gathered, they’ve done so purely to kidnap females of reproductive age, but we’re unsure why or what happened to them,” the doctor explained.
Given what the blue hunks wanted to accomplish, and what the military already knew, Colette saw no reason to obfuscate. “The blue aliens have been taking them back to their home world, voluntarily, according to them.”
“Why?” the general asked.
“Apparently, a virus caused the females of their world to die off in large numbers, and to avoid extinction, they sought out compatible species in order to rebuild their population.”
“They’re using our women as incubators?” The colonel didn’t hide his repugnance and shock.
“Yes and no. I mean, yes, they want them to make babies, but the way they explained it, those abducted are being taken as brides and are coddled by their mates.”
“They’re marrying them?” The general sounded surprised.
“So they claim.” Colette only had their word.
“I want to return to the fact they didn’t keep you. Was your advanced age why you weren’t taken?” the doctor asked.
