Sholan Alliance - AU Bk. 02 Ch. 03

He settled his expression as they walked aboard and though they might not consider the ship to be all that large to him it was. It didn't take long to get to the Ambassadorial quarters and she escorted him in. "Deston can you please get a bottle of the Makkoe and two glasses and that will be all I need this evening."

Once he had done that the assistant gave both a nod and left the room. He knew what the message was about and wondered what the human would make of it. This was going to be interesting and before he went to bed he had several messages to send.

Teolura took off her over robe and settled it across one chair and smiled. "If you want to take your jacket off and relax. No need to stand on formality here and please have a seat." She poured the Makkoe into the glasses and slid one over to him. "Yilly seemed to enjoy this from what I understand." She took one glass and took a sip.

Ikarius gave her a casual look as she took the over robe off. He could see some of what Billy might see in the female he was involved with. He didn't know much more than that since Billy had been sick when they arrived. "Thank you and please tell me what is going on." Ikarius took his jacket off before sitting down and picked up the small glass. He raised it to her and took a larger sip.

She almost grinned when his eyes crossed and he had to shake his head a bit. "It does have a bit of a bite I guess you could say." Once he was seated she picked the glass up again and played with it. "The concept I am going to explain to you is going to require a certain amount of belief from you. I told you that some Sholan's are telepaths. We are graded from fifth level to first level. First is the strongest talents."

She leaned back and contemplated him and how to explain the concept. "Occasionally two telepaths will form a permanent mental link called a Leska bond. The telepaths involved are drawn to each other every five days and spend the day together. This is because the memories since the last link day need to be shared."

Ikarius frowned slightly at what she was saying and had a feeling she wasn't telling him something. "Hmm..., let's say I believe you and what you are saying. What does this mean to Billy? How will it impact on him and what happens when they are spending the day together?"

She smiled slightly. "I will show you that telepathy does exist. I will do a language transfer later since you will need one anyways. Now what this means for Yilly I am not totally sure. We have never come across a telepathic species before. The idea of telepaths of two different species becoming Leska's would never have crossed our mind. Now as far as what happens they are drawn together with a mating compulsion. The intimacy of mating is the vehicle that helps them share the memories."

Teolura held her hands out and shrugged. "I can't tell you much more than that at the moment. Normally all new Leska's are sent to Shola for training till they have come to terms with the link. They also require specialized rooms that have psychic dampers in them. It keeps them from broadcasting raw sexuality during their link day." She took a sip of her drink and nudged the bottle over to him in case he wanted more. "That is why I can't show you Yilly or Satasha till tomorrow evening."

Ikarius narrowed his eyes and stared at her. To be honest he didn't really believe in all this psychic non-sense. What she was telling him almost felt like a way of telling him that he simply couldn't see Billy. "I would like to at least see him even if I can't speak to him. I want to verify that he is at least doing okay since I know he was sick."

Teolura sighed since she had a feeling he was going to react that way. "Please believe me that right now is not a good time." She glanced at her wrist comm. and gave him a wry grin. "They are currently intimately involved and I will not expose them right now." She took a sip of the liquor. When he took a larger sip she smiled slightly. The alcohol would help him relax. Though it would numb the telepathic centers she wasn't drinking nearly enough to impair hers. "I said I can prove it Commodore so why don't I give you the language implant. Lay down on the couch and I will take care of it right now."

He was still giving her an intense look and contemplated her for several minutes. As he was contemplating her he sipped some more on the liquor. It was damn good after the first mouthful burned its way down. Eventually he gave her a decisive nod. "Fine do your worst. Prove it exists to me." Ikarius leaned back and stretched out on the couch.

She smiled at him as he lay down. "This is relatively painless though you might need to take a nap afterwards. Yilly said that it made his brain itch. I have never heard of that before and Sally just had a slight headache." She settled down on the edge of the couch and placed her fingers on either side of his head. "The best thing you can do is to close your eyes and relax. Try not to think of anything though I know that is hard to do."

As Teolura was talking she was using her voice to distract him from what she was doing. She sent tendrils of thought down into his mind till she found the speech and language centers. The actual implant didn't take all that long and she removed her fingers. "How do you feel Ikarius?" That was in Sholan.

He frowned since he did have a headache. It wasn't bad but his brain almost felt scrambled. When she asked how he was doing he fumbled with the reply but was able to finally speak. "I think I am going to have scrambled brain for breakfast." As soon as he said that his eyes popped open and he struggled to sit up. As he was sitting up he was trying to uncross his eyes. His mouth formed an 'O' in shock.

She moved slightly and helped him sit up and wrapped an arm around his shoulders. "Take a deep breath and close your eyes and give it a few minutes. You should start to feel better shortly." She was still speaking in Sholan and had a slight smile on her face. Teolura had to admit that his expression was almost priceless.

He leaned forward and rested his head on his hands. His elbows were resting on his knees as he tried to wrap his brain around what she had done. "Okay, I will buy that you have some sort of powers. Beyond that I deny everything." Ikarius tried to stand and the room did a sort of twirl and he sat right back down. "I don't think I am going anywhere for a while. Do you mind if I borrow your couch?"

Teolura couldn't help but stand and give him a hand sitting back down. "Sleep might be a good idea. I can tell that you are exhausted. I will have a message sent that you are going to be sleeping on board." She lifted the comm. and ordered the message be sent. "As far as the couch the bed is far more comfortable and there is plenty of room." She paused and nibbled on a knuckle. "Well unless that would be against your cultural upbringing."

Ikarius was a bit startled at the offer though he had a feeling it was just for sleep and nothing else. "Um..." God he was having trouble thinking. That liquor was stronger than it seemed or the language thing took more of his energy than he thought. "Um, fine, whatever you feel is the best." He managed to stand up again.

She helped him up and to her room. "Strip and crawl under the covers. If you need it the bathroom is through that door." Teolura pointed and when she turned back shook her head. He was just sitting there trying to unbutton the shirt. "Here let me help you. If I had realized just how tired you were I would have waited." A few moments later he was in bed and snoring. Teolura sighed since she should have waited. She finished stripping down curled up on the other side of the bed.

~~~ Sally and company

The next morning when Satasha and her father hadn't shown up she was starting to get concerned. Vangie had carried him onto the barque and to medical. The doctor had told Sally that she needed to run some tests before she could say much. Desjean had also said it would probably be the morning before she was sure of what was going on. Right now she was keeping busy taking care of the ladies and quietly chatting with her cousin who she hadn't seen for ages.

She kept giving the door a concerned look and when it finally dinged she jumped up and lunged at the door. Outside she found Vangie and she jumped into his arms. "Oh god it is good to see you and feel you Vangie." The stress was showing in her voice. "Have you heard anything about daddy?"

Vangie had to stagger back a bit and wrapped his arms around her. "Calmly sweety and he is doing okay. We won't be able to see him till this evening." He carried her into the room and settled down in a chair with her in his lap. "I am very pleased to see you as well Sally." He kept half an eye on the room and gave the females a smile.

When he had opened the door everyone tensed since they didn't really remember seeing him before. They were still learning how to identify the individual Sholan's who they didn't deal with on a daily basis. Bitty couldn't help but smile slightly at the scene in front of them. "So this is your companion huh? So do you plan on introducing him or what?" The fact that Sally seemed comfortable with him helped her relax some.

Sally blushed and tucked her head into his chest as he let out a low rumbling purr. "Do I want to know what you have been telling them about me?" He stroked her hair. "Companion? So I have been bumped up a notch huh?" He could feel her trying not to cry and figured some teasing was in order. "So are you going to introduce me or am I chopped fisku liver?"

She leaned back and gave him a light punch on the chest. "Darn you oversized furball I will get you for that." Sally said that with a sort of hiccupping laugh. "Oh you are definitely better than liver of any type." She nipped his nose. "Maybe not quite a filet mignon but I am not complaining." She did start giggling though they were sort of teary.

Sally turned to the ladies in the room. For a very brief moment she glared at Marcella before speaking. "This is Senior Warrior Vangie Askeron. He was one of the warriors who boarded the ship and rescued you." She shifted on his lap so she was facing the women. "This is Clarice, Bitty, and Marcella."

As they were talking Ikarius was starting to wake up. As usual when he woke he was laying on his back with his arms stretched above his head. It took him several minutes to really wake up and something felt rather odd. He didn't remember his wife getting a furry blanket recently and whatever was draped across his chest was warm and furry.

Ikarius opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling and had to frown since it most definitely wasn't his house. It definitely wasn't the rooms he had been assigned as well. When he looked down and froze. Memories from last night came back and he had to twitch. For a brief moment he wondered if he had gotten drunk enough to do something but finally decided he hadn't.

"Oh god what happened?" The last thing he wanted to do was even accidently have a fling with some female, alien or not. As he spoke he felt her arm tighten slightly before she moved away from him. For that he was thankful since it almost felt like he was cheating on his wife.

"Morning Ikarius and you were entirely too exhausted to make it back to you rooms or wherever you would be sleeping. I offered you my bed and almost before you had your pants off you had fallen asleep." She sat up and stretched. "Well I am for a shower and then breakfast. After that we are going to take the day or two you recommended and discuss a number of things." As she rolled out of bed her tail was curled in amusement.

Ikarius sat up and was glad that he had his drawers on. She might not have a problem going to bed with nothing on but he did. Well when he wasn't with his wife. He rubbed his face before replying. "I am so not going to try and explain this to my wife." Nothing had happened but still it was not something he wanted to try to explain.

As Teolura was getting some clean cloths out of her closet she looked over her shoulder at him. "You have a mate? Where is she? I would like to meet her." She finally had some clean cloths. "Oh, I sent for a change of clothes for you as well. I informed them that you were going to be working with me to come up with a rough plan. It is going to be interesting since your world doesn't have a central government."

Ikarius actually chuckled. "She is at home right now and we call them husbands and wife's. She is my wife and I am her husband." He stretched and then had to blink since he wasn't speaking English. "She wanted to come along but she decided that she would be too much of a distraction to me. I tried to convince her but she declined."

She looked contemplative and seemed to come to a conclusion. "Do you want a shower as well? Your cloths should be here in just a few minutes and breakfast shortly after. A human doctor is going to be arriving shortly and I figure you will want to check on the women right?" As she was talking she walked into the shower area.

When he didn't come with she called out. "So are you going to shower or not silly? We share showers since it is easier to get clean."

The sound of water started and he sighed. "This is so not getting mentioned." Everything that was happening was going to be sent in a highly classified document to his command. It was going to be hard to explain but he wasn't worried about it getting leaked.

~~~

It was somewhat later in the morning when the doctor showed up at the ship. He stopped in front of the two warriors that were guarding the ramp leading in. "Good morning I am Lt. Cmdr Doctor Dominik Anlicker. I am here to see Doctor Desjean if she is available."

The warrior lifted his wrist to his mouth and spoke into it. Eventually he finished and looked at the man. "The doctor will be here in a few minutes. If you wouldn't mind standing over there please." He pointed at a spot off to one side.

Dominik nodded and stood off to one side as requested and mentally reviewed what he knew about the females. Capt. Madlax had transmitted a detailed report of the names, ages, and status of the females. It included a listing of the DNA on each female as well as a list of injuries. To be honest he was surprised that they had survived as long as they had.

The fact that they had survived indicated the medical knowledge of the Sholan's was much more advanced. He really wanted to talk to the doctor and get a better feel for their technology and how it could help Earth. As he was contemplating the ladies and the knowledge he could hopefully get Desjean calmly walked to the entrance. "Doctor Anlicker please come aboard and follow me. Do you want to see the females first or do you want to go to my office and talk first."

He started up the ramp. Based on what he knew the females could wait for a while before he checked on them. Dominik did want to know how Capt Madlax was doing so he could update his command and government. He was to check Sally out as well just to make sure that she was doing okay. "Let's go to your office and talk first. I figure since you didn't place a call to me that everyone is still alive and doing as well as possible."

Dominik followed her to her office and settled down in a chair she indicated. Once seated she poured him a cup of the c'shar which he found boring but okay. "First how is Capt Madlax doing? Is he doing better than yesterday? I would like to see him if possible." He wasn't going to get pushy at the moment but if needed he would.

Desjean nodded at him. As a person he seemed nice enough but when he took on his role as doctor he became very businesslike. "Yilly is doing fine but he and Satasha are in isolation till this evening. It is related to their telepathy. Till then we can't disturb them. Once they are cleared I will inform you. You can either come back and see him or if you are here then you can examine him with me." She sipped on the c'shar and waited for him to speak again.

He frowned since this whole thing with telepathy sounded rather unreal and silly. Of course there were a number of people who believed they had some powers but it had never been proven. Dominik would admit the possibility and even that a few people might have some talent but that was it. He contemplated what she said and then shrugged. "For the moment I will believe what you are saying. You are an alien species and might have that but I am far more skeptical about humans having talents."

Dominik took another sip and if he kept coming over here he was going to have to bring some of the coffee concentrate to use. "What can you tell me about the females? How are they doing and when do you think you will clear them? Before we contact their families we would like to get a status and do a check-up." He didn't bother asking if it was possible for him to see them since they were humans.

She tilted her chair back and sipped on the c'shar as well. "Well as we informed you there are six total and they range from sixteen to about forty. Their injuries range from cracked bones to soft tissue trauma to some internal injuries." She pulled out six folders and slid them over to him. "Here is a brief summary of what we found and how they are doing. We can go and see them but I will warn you they are very tense around males they don't know. The best I can say is take it easy on them and don't push."

He nodded and picked up the folders and was surprised that they were in English. "Give me a few minutes to review these and if you have something to do I can just sit here." He flipped the first folder open and started reading it.

Desjean nodded. "In that case I will be back in about forty five of your minutes. That should give you plenty of time to review them and come up with questions." She walked out of the room and made sure a SBA was near in case the human needed something.

Sometime later she came back to the office and found the doctor sitting there staring into air. "Food is going to be delivered to the ladies soon. Why don't we go and say hello and go from there?" She figured it would be a good way to get them comfortable with him. "They are very twitchy with males they haven't met so please be quiet and move slowly."

Dominik managed not to roll his eyes at her. It wasn't like he was green from school or something. No he normally didn't deal with this type of issue but he did know his ass from his elbow. "Understood doctor and I will be careful not to scare them any more than they might be at this time." He gathered the folders and followed her to the rooms they were in.

~~~

Mean while Billy was slowly waking up next to Satasha and pulled her arm a bit tighter around him. He glanced at his watch and found it was late afternoon. Just for good measure he yawned and shifted so he was on his back and stretched. "Hey sleepy one I definitely think it is time to get up and get a shower." They had been active and the room definitely smelled of it.

Satasha mumbled in her sleep and when he rolled on his side her arms pinned his head down. She started to lick one ear as she slowly woke up. When Billy tried to pull away her arms tightened and Satasha licked some more. "Mmm don't want to wake. Go take a shower for me." Satasha was definitely feeling warm and comfortable.

That was till memories of the previous evening came back to her and she twitched. "Oh god, how am I going to explain this to my parents? They are going to have a cow." Having an alien mate was one thing but an alien leska? That was a whole different kettle of fish.

Billy snickered at her. "I would have to drag your hide in there to take a shower for you and I don't think that is what you want." When she stiffened and groaned about telling her parents he looked offended. "Are you saying that I am good enough to bond with but not show to your parents?" As he was talking he could feel her reaction to her thought and knew that she wasn't embarrassed about him.