There Must Be A Mistake Ch. 34

All persons in this novel are fictitious. If you are looking for a great deal of sexual activity, this story is not for you. Those scenes that are included will be evocative, rather than just for the sake of sex itself.

This story is for your reading pleasure. Its length is undetermined at this time, because I do not know where my mind will take me as I proceed along this journey. I hope you will stay with this story until it reaches its inevitable...

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All persons in this novel are fictitious. If you are looking for a great deal of sexual activity this story is not for you. Those scenes that are included will be evocative rather than just for the sake of sex itself. This story is for your reading pleasure. Its length is undetermined at this time, because I don't know where my mind will take me as I proceed along this journey. I hope you will stay with this story until it reaches its inevitable...

This story is copyrighted material and is owned by Prolonged_Debut10. I am over 18 years old, and my other statistics are on file with literotica.com.

159. December 25/Merry Christmas

There were no Christmas trees at the homes of the people leaving Earth today.

There were no Christmas trees at the NEST today either. The extra trees would only add additional blind spots for intruders to take cover behind, and agents to worry about. Today was about security, and everyone was taking it very seriously.

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The agents changed the alarm codes in Gray's and my home. They reset the alarms after we went to bed. Only Jennifer, and Delicious knew the new codes.

The agents then moved the SUVs down the road, and hid them. They surrounded our homes, just in case we geniuses figured out a way to bypass the alarms, and sneaked out in spite of their best efforts to keep us in.

Jennifer, Zoey, Richard, and Holden were sleeping on blowup mattresses by the front door. They wanted Gordon and me to either go back to bed, or mope around the house, because our plans were childish, just like we were.

At 1 AM, Gordon and I slithered out of our beds, and grabbed our canvas bags, while not making a sound. We oiled the hinges on our bedroom doors, so they would not squeak, and taped the closing mechanism, so we wouldn't have to turn the handles to open them. We met in the hallway, and changed our clothes in the bathroom. We walked slowly, and quietly towards the front of the house. We knew something was wrong as we approached the kitchen. There were four people sleeping by the front door. Our escape was foiled. How did they know about our plan? I guess they knew us too well, but there was always the windows for us to escape through. All I had to do was silence the alarm, and not wake them up in the process.

I returned to the bathroom and took cotton balls from my wife's stash. I took tape from the cabinet, and returned to the hallway.

Gordon nodded understanding my plan immediately.

He took the cotton balls, and placed them on the top of the alarm. I placed the tape to keep them snug over the alarm. We continued this pattern until only the numbers on the face of the alarm were visible. I put in the code, and it said 'Incorrect entry.' I put it in again, and got the same result.

I said to Gordon, "When we get into space, I am going to put my wife outside and freeze her into a Popsicle."

A voice behind me said, "Mr. Luck, if you don't go back to sleep, I am going to tie you to your bed and forget about you until 4 o'clock this afternoon."

"Mrs. Luck, you are downright mean."

"It's your choice Even; go to bed, or I will tie you up and forget about you."

"You and what Army dear?"

"We doubled the agents around our house, and Gray's. We knew you were going to pull a stunt like this. You need your rest for what's coming ahead today. Please go to sleep."

"Will you come with me?"

"Do you give me your solemn word not to pull a trick like this again?"

"I promise I will leave this house until 10 AM."

Zoey said, "Little Mr. Luck, you better make me the same promise, or you will not get laid for very long time."

"Okay, I will not leave until my dad leaves."

"That's not good enough. I want your solemn vow that you will not leave until 10 AM."

"I almost had her dad. I give you my solemn word I will not leave this house until 10 AM. You're getting much better at this Zoey."

"Your mom is an excellent teacher."

"You're not telling me anything I don't know already."

"Alright people, bed."

"Yes ladies."

"It's for your own good Even. You have to be at your best today. You have 64 lives in your hands. 1000 people will be sitting watching you and our team take off, and travel into space. I don't know how many billion people will be watching us on television, instead of football."

"They won't be watching me dear. They will be watching 250 of the best scientists on this earth, and over 4000 engineers and technicians at Schneider Industries, who fabricated this marvelous spacecraft. Don't forget about the people at Babcock and Wilcox, who made the first Nuclear Fusion engine, and the people at the University of Chicago, who gave us the Exascale Computers. Then there's Sony for the most magnificent camera set- up I've ever seen. There are so my other people involved we could talk all night about them."

"Remember honey, you have 20 minutes on the stage to talk about everyone. If you start talking about William you will never get to anyone else."

"You are right as always, but how can I not thank him for everything he's done."

"You'll figure out a way, you always have. Stop talking and go to sleep."

"Yes Mistress."

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"Gordon close your eyes and go to sleep."

"I am too hyped up to go to sleep. My heart is racing, and I want to get into that spacecraft and take off now. We are ready to go, and I hate the waiting. I feel the same way I did when your mother kept you away from me. I wanted to get you, but both my father and mother told me it was the wrong thing to do. I don't know what caused me to call you that morning, but I'm so happy I did, because I got you back. My life without you in it, would have been meaningless."

Zoey turned over and lay on top of Gordon. She put her head on his shoulder, and kissed his neck.

"I am going to stay like this all night. If you are a good boy and fall asleep, I will wake you up at 8 o'clock, and screw your brains out. If you don't fall asleep, you're not getting laid for a week."

"That's not fair Zoey. You're lying on top of me, and I already have an erection."

"Go to sleep thinking about that erection. When I wake up I'll make sure you are as hard as a rock. I won't let you out of bed for an hour and a half. You know I can do that for you."

"Woman, you are evil."

"You should have seen me before I started taking the pill. You would have run for the hills."

"All little girls like you needed was a good spanking. I don't mean once, but every time you were bad. You get spanked, until your rear end is red, and you are all cried out."

"Masochistic."

"Dominant."

"You want me to be a submissive?"

"Absolutely not, I love you the way you are. Feisty as hell, and willing to argue about anything, until you realize that you are wrong."

"You better go to sleep, before I start hitting you Mister Luck. I am never wrong, and you better believe it."

"NO HITTING!"

"NO GETTING LAID!"

"Yes dear."

Across the street there was a totally different problem going on. Teddy pulled Gray's arm, until his eyes opened.

"Come on daddy, it's time to go."

Gray looked at his alarm clock and saw it was it was nearly 3 AM.

"Teddy it's not time to go. Do you want to get in bed with mommy and daddy, or should I put you back in your little bed?"

"Are you sure it's not time to go, it's almost light outside."

"Teddy, you have two choices, get in bed with us, or I will put you in your bed. Which will it be?"

"I'm hungry."

"I have her Gray."

"No baby, you go back to sleep. I will take care of her."

Gray took Teddy to the kitchen and asked her what she wanted to eat.

"Pancakes."

"How many pancakes would you like?"

"Tree please."

"I'm going to make you three pancakes, and you better eat them all."

"K."

In her bedroom Delicious smelled the pancakes cooking. She walked to the kitchen and said, "Can I have pancakes please?"

"Of course dear, all pregnant women are allowed to have pancakes at 3: 10 in the morning."

Newton was right behind her. "Does that mean I can't get in on this party dad?"

"Of course not Newton, we can all have breakfast three hours before daylight."

Teddy said, "It better. Have big lunch, not hungry when leave."

"What would you like for lunch Teddy?"

"Big turkey." Then she and Newton giggled.

"Very funny little one. Are there really turkeys on board the ship?"

"You going tell?"

"No I won't tell."

"Daddy already know about turkeys."

"Oh really, I guess we will talk about this a little later Gray."

"Thank you Teddy."

"Welcome daddy. 24 little turkeys start tomorrow."

"Monty is going to have a fit."

"You should have seen how mad she was at Gordon today. You got there at the end, but she was chasing him all around the flight deck for 10 minutes, before your dad got there, and put an end to it.

We were all hysterical, because Gordon would let Monty get close to him, and then he would turn on a dime avoiding her. She was so angry she couldn't catch him. I can't wait to see the two of them in the gym."

"All men are sadists."

"Monty is a woman."

"She is one hell of a woman."

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Delicious said, "I should not say this Teddy, but I wish God gave you a bigger mouth. You have maple syrup all over your face, bib, pajamas, and hands. You need a bath."

"No, want shower with daddy. Blow bubbles in stingy water."

"I guess we will get back to sleep by 6 AM, but you'd better go back to sleep Teddy, because we're not going to leave the house until 11 AM. We can have lunch before we leave, but if you don't go to sleep, your nose is going to be in the corner."

"Play with Newton?"

"No, Newton has to sleep also."

"Sleep with Newton?"

"The only thing that will happen if you two sleep together is trouble. I don't want either of you to go into space with us with your rear ends red."

"Sleep my bed."

"I'm going to make sure you are in your bed sleeping. If you're anywhere else little girl, you are in big trouble."

"Not fair."

"I'll make you a deal. If you are a good girl, we will stop at the Creamy Cow on the way to the NEST. If you're not good, no Creamy Cow. Remember, this is the last time you can have ice cream forever."

"I go sleep now."

"No, we go shower now, then you go to sleep."

"Hurry daddy, I sleepy."

"Amazing."

"You handled that very well Grayson. What are you going to do for me?"

"Anything your heart desires dear."

"After we discussed turkey eggs, I'll let you know."

"Oh God, I'm in trouble."

"Yes dear, you are."

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At the NEST, spotlights were everywhere. No one could approach the spacecraft, from any direction, without being seen. General Dan Morgan stood at the entrance to the spacecraft, with six heavily armed agents in full protective gear. Every agent would be in full body armor today. They would pull four hour shifts through the night to keep them fresh, and be ready for the onslaught of the guests and dignitaries, who would begin arriving at 10 AM. From that time on, everyone worked.

Colonel Lucius Canyon walked through the woods with 60 agents dressed in full black camouflage. He and his men didn't expect to find anything, but that's when you were fooled. Every 30 yards or so, one agent would drop off and go into hiding. The Colonel planned this just in case an enemy decided to show up after his sweep was done. He never left anything to chance.

Slowly and meticulously, they used their high-powered night vision goggles to check for any signs of tampering. These special units could see anything from the normal daylight vision through the infrared range. If anything was producing heat above the natural range of the area, it would be picked up. These units cost a fortune, but Stephano didn't hesitate to buy them for everyone.

Colonel Jack Daniels checked the audio sensors that were supposed to be used against an armed invasion. They were still in working order, and just in case someone decided to come to the party, with rocket propelled grenades, or 50 caliber machine guns, they would be heard and taken care of silently, before they were able to set up."

It was 5 AM, when Colonel Lucius Canyon, and Sergeant Paul Zachary walked up to General Morgan, and saluted.

The Colonel said, "General, the area is secured."

"Thank you Colonel, get some rest. I want you at the high security checkpoint at 10 AM."

"I will be there sir."

"I see you haven't removed that wart from your ass yet."

"I've tried everything sir, but he keeps coming back."

They saluted, turned and walked towards the hangar to get something to eat, and some sleep.

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Television trucks, production vehicles, huge generator trucks, and satellite dishes from local, independent, network, and international news networks all lined the side of the roads waiting for permission to enter the nest. Each had a preassigned number, and a corresponding position. They were assigned by lot, and no one was allowed to change their position. At 6 AM, the first television crew was allowed in. Every credential was checked, as was each vehicle. Portable cameras were opened to verify that their internal mechanisms were not been removed in favor of a machine pistol, or lethal gas pellets.

Shelby Meil, and a team of his experts briefed the agents on every current threat in the immediate area and in the United States. All three airports in the region were on 'orange alert' for every arriving passenger on the current watch lists. The biggest threat was from those arriving by bus and train. Although security was getting better in those areas, it was not as good as airports yet.

Except for the 10 men left on the second floor of the main building for communications and control purposes, the building was sealed. The weapons on the first floor were set on automatic, and anyone breaching the front door would be dead on his second step. No one would reach the stairway, the infrared system would activate a potent gas that would render them useless, unless they were wearing gas masks. If anyone did make it by the gas, the twin 50 caliber machine guns, mounted behind a Kevlar and steel casing, would finish them off.

After Colonel Canyon explained the invulnerability of the building, Colonel Daniels asked him, "What did you do about a roof entry?"

"This building is 60 feet high, how are they going to get to the roof?"

"Come on Lucius; how did the Rangers climb Pointe du Hoc in World War II. They taught it to you at the Academy, just like they taught it to me. You don't want me to come to the helicopter age do you?"

"I am a fucking idiot Jack. I never thought about it."

"No Lucius, you're not an idiot. You are a tactical field officer, and used to ground operations. I am an engineer. My expertise, and knowledge was called into action, when the brass needed to know what the easiest way was to enter a building, and save lives. Saving lives was the most important part of any operations.

Do you remember when Schwarzkopf bragged in a news conference about the F-118 dropping a guided munition down the air conditioner vent of his opposite number in the Iraqi military? Guess whose names were never mentioned?

There were 14 engineers who picked the priority targets for those missions, and never once were we mentioned. We told them what weapons to use to kill every high priority target in theater, without overuse of guided munitions. We showed them the weakest areas of every building, radar site, bridge, railroad yard, and airport. The airports were especially important, because we wanted to use them as soon as the war was over. We didn't even receive a medal for the work we did in 'Operation Desert Storm.' We were shipped back stateside and broken up, like the work we did didn't matter."

"You never told me that before Jack."

"It's not a very pleasant memory, and I don't talk about it a lot. Let's get back to the roof. It's a very easy fix. We pour 2 inches of sticky-tar over the existing roof. It can be done in six hours or less. The top three quarters of an inch seals rain proof, and extends the life of the original roof. However, the bottom inch and a quarter never cures. It stays viscous, and anyone who tries to saw through the roof with any type of blade, is in for a big surprise. The blade immediately ceases, because the tar sticks to it, rendering it useless. The only way to make a roof entry, is by using explosives, which 9 times out of 100, they will not be carrying with them."

"You are a wealth of knowledge Jack. How quickly can we get that put on the roof?"

"Let me make three phone calls, and I'll see which company can make a batch of it the quickest and get on the roof."

"Will they know how to make it?"

"No, I will have to walk them through it."

"This world is going to miss you Jack. Your daughter has received the money, but it's not worth what she is losing."

"Thanks Lucius, I'm going to miss your phone calls. I always looked forward to them."

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"You are not getting laid this morning William. You have lived this long, and I am not going to kill you on the most important day of your life."

"This is not the most important day of my life. The most important day was the day I married you. Well, maybe not that day, but that day in first class on the United Airlines flight to Phoenix, when I talked you out of your panties, and into your pussy. Well maybe not that day, possibly the day I screwed you on the balcony..."

"I get the message William, and if you mention any of those days, while you are on the stage today, you will not die while getting laid. You will die while I rip your heart out of your chest, and stuff it in your mouth, like you stuffed my panties in my mouth at 35,000 feet."

"I guess I'm going to listen to you, because you said when I was 130 years old, I was going to impregnate you for the last time."

"You are correct, and once my pregnancy is confirmed, start saying your prayers, and go into hiding, because I will kill you. That is not a threat my beloved husband, that is a promise."

"Beloved husband, after all these years I am still your beloved husband?"

"I love you with every breath I take William, and if you don't know that by now there's something wrong with you."

"There is nothing wrong with me Jemma, because you are my beloved wife. There is nothing in this world I would not do for you, except loan you to another man, roast you on an open fire, lock you in a dungeon..."

"How is it that you can make something sound so wonderful, and still fuck it up?"

"Years and years of practice my dear, but not on you."

"Even sent this over for you to wear at the ceremony today. He said if you show up in a suit, he will strip you on the stage and put this on you himself."

"What is it?"

"Why don't you open the box and find out?"

He opened it to find a sky blue flight uniform, with a ring of five gold stars on each collar, and braids of gold on each sleeve. There was also a brass plaque enclosed with his likeness on it. "William Zabo: By unanimous decision of the 19 members of the Deep Space Science Project, you are hereby appointed 'Admiral of the Fleet in Perpetuity." We could think of no higher honor to bestow upon you for the magnificent achievements which have come into being under your leadership. The dream of spaceflight reaching out to touch another galaxy has become a reality in no small part because your genius. We, your fellow members of this project are humbled by your knowledge, and foresight."