Outlaw Star Fan Fiction ❯ Pirate's Lair ❯ Don't touch my daughter ( Chapter 6 )

Outlaw Star Fan Fiction
Don't touch my daughter

i don`t own there right so don`t sew me!

Melfina yawned and pushed back the covers on her bed. In the three months
she'd been pregnant she had been sleeping more and more. Stretching she
swung her legs over the side of the bed and stood up. She barely managed to
grab the bedpost before falling over. "Ahh!"
Gene, who had been asleep next to her, opened his eyes and looked at her.
"What's wrong Mel?" Melfina turned to look at him. "Whoa! What happened to
you?"
Melfina's stomach was huge. It jutted out from her like a beach ball. "I
don't know."

They all sat around Melfina while the doctor examined her. Aisha stuck out
a finger and poked at her stomach. "You know, I saw a movie like this once.
The girl's stomach swelled until it popped and a bunch of aliens climbed
out."
Melfina whimpered and Jim looked art her. "Not funny Aisha!"
Suzuka looked at the doctor. "Can you tell us what is wrong?"
The doctor put his equipment into a bag and smiled. "Oh, nothing is wrong
with her if the information that the boy gave me is correct. I must say that
your friend Melfina here is a very interesting bioandroid. She has soul and
everything. I could write a paper."
Gene frowned. "Forget about that, tell us what happened."
"Well according to the data, she was designed to be your ship's navigation
computer. Whoever made her didn't want her to be out of commission in the
off chance that she had a baby." A door opened in his chest and he put his
equipment bag away. "The pregnancy was meant to last four months and then
finish."
Gene looked at the twinkling sensors that passed for the doctor's eyes.
"What do you mean 'finish'?"
The doctor smiled. "It's all very interesting. Your life force linked with
hers... all very interesting. You could conceivably live forever." At Gene's
dark look he continued. "What you need to do is get her back to your ship
and into her tube, where she will give birth. Once she has the baby will
access your computer to gain all pertinent information and begin growing
until she reaches the physical age of her mother." He smiled at them. "Are
you certain you won't let me record this?"
Gene looked at Jim. "Now."
Jim nodded and hit some keys on his computer. The doctor's eyes flashed
for a second then he smiled amiably. "Oh hello. I believe you wanted
something?"
Gene shook his head. "False alarm. It was just a nosebleed. Sorry to have
bothered you."
The doctor nodded and walked out the door. When he was gone Melfina looked
at Gene nervously. "So... I'm going to be all right? And the baby is going
to be fine too?"
Gene smiled and squeezed her hand. "You're going to be fine Mel."
Aisha scratched her head. "So the baby isn't going to be a baby?"
Jim nodded. "Apparently she'll be full grown person, just like Melfina
was. And um... she'll be your last kid."
Melfina looked at him. "You mean I can only have one baby?" Jim nodded.
She bit her lip. "Oh..."
Suzuka frowned and tapped her sword on the table. "Will the child be like
Melfina? I mean will she be able to do all the things she can?"
Jim nodded. "Yeah, I think so." He looked at Melfina and Gene. "But she
will be an individual. She won't be linked like the two of you or look and
act just like Melfina. She is part of Gene too after all."
Gene looked at him. "How do you know it's a girl?"
Aisha grinned. "More importantly is she going to have Gene's attitude?"
Gene frowned. "Shut up Aisha!"
Jim laughed. "Well I don't know what she'll be like, but I know she's a
girl because the doctor said so."
Melfina suddenly moaned and grabbed her stomach. "Ow! I think we should
get to the ship now." She moaned again and closed her eyes tightly. The
others all gathered around her and began helping her to the car.

As they lowered her into the tube, Melfina looked up at Gene. "I love
you."
Gene smiled and rubbed her cheek. "I love you too Mel. Don't worry,
everything will be fine." She smiled at him and the lid closed over her. The
tube rose up and they could see her inside.
"Are you sure it is wise to do this?" Gilliam asked.
Jim nodded. "It's what the information we stole from the pirates said."
Gilliam seemed unconvinced. "I feel odd Jim. Unfamiliar programs are
running and I am not sure what they do."
Jim didn't answer, as he and the others stared in fascination as Melfina
began to lie back at an angle in her tube. She closed her eyes and spread
her legs open. Then her eyes popped open and she opened her mouth in a
silent scream. Some blood swirled into the liquid as they saw the head pop
out.
Gene suddenly fell backwards onto the deck. The others crowded around him
as his vision began to dim. Moments later everything went black.

Gene looked down at his hands. They glowed a dull red. Looking around he
saw the strange world of cyberspace. "Melfina? Are you here?"
From behind him he heard a soft voice. "Over here Gene."
He turned and saw her floating there, glowing a bright blue color, a set
of wings spread out behind her. Gene floated over to her and took her hand.
"It's going to be all right Melfina."
She smiled and held him close. "I know it will Gene. I... I can feel her
coming."
Gene kissed her cheek. "Just hold on a little longer Melfina."
Melfina dug her fingers into his back and clenched her teeth. Then her
eyes took on softness and she smiled at him. "It's over."
An orange glow formed next to them. It took on the shape of a baby as they
watched and smiled at them. "Mama... Dada..."
Melfina reached out and took the baby into her arms. "Our baby."
Gene smiled and looked down at her too. "She's beautiful, just like her
mother."

"Gilliam, are you sure they are O.K.?" Jim asked.
A Gilliam drone nodded. "Yes Jim, I can see them now. They have the baby
with them."
They all looked back at the tube, where Melfina was holding her newborn
daughter in her arms. On the floor Gene lay with his eyes closed and a smile
on his face.
"Jim, isn't there some way for you to talk to them?" Aisha asked.
Jim nodded, pounding at the keys on his computer. "I'm working on it
Aisha."
Suzuka and Aisha leaned over his shoulders as Gene, Melfina, and the baby
appeared on the screen. Gene smiled as he saw them. "Hi guys! Welcome to the
party."
"Do you two need any help?" Suzuka asked.
Gene shook his head. "No, everything seems fine here. How are we doing out
there?"
"Well Melfina and the baby seem fine, but you passed out on the floor."
Aisha said, poking at Gene's unconscious form with her foot.
Gene nodded. "Jim, how long do you think we'll be in here?"
"I don't really know. The baby should be in there for at least two days.
It looks like you'll be in there with her until whatever happens is
finished." Jim said.
Melfina smiled at him as the baby grabbed her finger. "That's all right
Jim. Just make sure Gene is fine."
"Hey Jim, while we're waiting, why don't you send Aisha and Suzuka out for
some party supplies? We can have a birthday party." Gene said. Jim looked at
Aisha and Suzuka. They smiled and nodded. "And make sure Suzuka is the one
to get the food!" He yelled.
"Hey! Why can't I get the food?" Aisha yelled.
Suzuka grinned. "Because we want the food to make it back here."
Aisha growled, but Jim put a hand on her shoulder. "Why don't you be in
charge of presents? She'll need clothes and things."
"Fine," She said. "But there had better be chocolate cake when I get
back."
On the screen Gene looked down at his daughter. "Auntie Aisha has a big
mouth doesn't she?"
Aisha sniffed. "So does her daddy." The baby giggled and looked up her
mother.
Melfina smiled back. "Don't worry, they're always like this."

Aisha looked over the clothing rack. She had already picked out a dress;
similar to the ones Melfina liked to wear. That was what Melfina had said to
get anyway. The hardest part about this was picking out the gifts for
everyone else.
Suzuka had told her to get the girl some regular clothes as well. Aisha
had picked out some pants and shirts, about Melfina's size. She just hoped
she wouldn't have to come back to return any of it. As an after thought she
also got some shoes.
Jim had said he was going to get her a car later, so he was covered. Aisha
grinned, thinking about her gift for the baby. She hadn't gone too
overboard. It was a simple silver necklace with a small bell at the end.
Of course Gene's taste in gifts had been a bit more straightforward. He
had insisted that once she was done at the mall, she go to a man he knew and
buy a caster. Melfina had been against it at first, but Gene wouldn't back
down. He'd said, "Don't worry, I'll teach her the basics first, but she'll
need to be able to protect herself." Which had made Aisha and Suzuka promise
to teach her some martial arts.
At the other end of town Suzuka had finished her own shopping. First she
had gotten a chocolate cake with the words 'Happy Birthday' written on it.
Then she had decided to pick up some punch and sandwiches from Subway. It
wouldn't have been right for her first meal to just be cake.
It wasn't until she began walking back to the spaceport with her bags of
food, that she noticed she was being followed. Two men were trying very hard
to act like they weren't the least bit interested in her. In Suzuka's
experience that meant they were very interested.
She turned the corner and headed on towards the ship anyway. If she was
lucky, they might get bored and go away. If not, then they still couldn't
get into the ship without permission. But just in case she watched them very
closely out of the corner of her eye.
They didn't look like pirates. The men had a stiffness about them that
reminded her of a trained soldier. Their movements seemed synchronized with
each other as they moved down the sidewalk behind her.
A block from the spaceport Aisha stepped out of an alley and began walking
next to her. Suzuka noticed a man and a woman slip out of the same alley to
join the people behind her. "I see you've got some too."
Aisha nodded, but kept looking ahead. "Yeah, there are the ones behind us
and two on the roof tops. Should we try to lose them?"
"No, they probably know where we're going and they can't follow us there.
Let's just get back and talk with the others before doing anything." She
said.
Once they reached the edge of the spaceport the people following them
simply stopped and watched as they headed for the ship. When they got into
the elevator Aisha and Suzuka both took a careful look at them. Each one had
bulges in their clothes that indicated weapons.
When they got inside Jim smiled at them. "So did you get everything?"
Suzuka nodded. "Yes and we brought along some uninvited guests."
"Take a look through the cameras." Aisha said.
While Jim did that both of them glanced at Melfina's tube. Inside the baby
had grown a bit and had a head of red hair. "Did they pick a name yet?"
Aisha asked.
Jim nodded. "Yes, while you were out they decided to name her Nita."
Suzuka smiled at their images on the computer. "That is a very pretty
name."
Melfina smiled. "Thank you Suzuka."
The baby giggled. "Ni... ta."
"Now would you look at that? She knows her own name already." Gene said.
"Then we know she didn't get her brains from you." Jim said. "Hey Aisha,
Suzuka, both of you come look at this."
They gathered around him and looked at the security monitors. Near the
edge of the spaceport, others were joining the people that had been
following them. One figure in particular caught their attention. They
couldn't make out much, because whoever it was wore a dark cloak with a
hood. What caught their attention was that the others seemed to be listening
to this person.
"Well now we know who's in charge out there." Aisha said.
Suzuka nodded. "Yeah, now all we need to do is figure out what they want."

Several hours passed by and the people outside didn't do anything.
Meanwhile, inside cyber space, Nita had learned each of their names and
began walking. Melfina and Gene helped her at first, catching her and
picking her up when she fell down. But then Nita did something startling.
Trying to walk again she stepped away from Gene and Melfina. She took
about five steps, and then fell down. As Gene and Melfina bent down to pick
her up she shook her head and said, "No." Then, as they backed up, she put
her hands under her and pushed up to her feet.
Everyone cheered and applauded, especially Nita's parents who ran forward
and hugged her proudly. Nita smiled and hugged them back.
The rest of the day went by with similar events. They all watched as Nita
discovered new and interesting things. The group outside kept up their
visual, but otherwise did nothing. They seemed content just to watch.
When night fell Jim, Aisha, and Suzuka decided to call it a day and told
Gilliam to keep an eye on the people. Gene and Melfina didn't feel tired so
they decided to stay up with Nita, who didn't understand sleep yet.
Instead their daughter began asking them questions. She was already six
years old, physically. Fortunately, most of them were things that they knew
about, and as she asked them the information seemed to load directly to her
brain. The only parts she had trouble with, was things the computer didn't
know about. "Why do you do a job you know is so dangerous?"
Melfina seemed to enjoy that one and grinned. "I'd like to hear this one
too Gene."
"Well..." He rubbed the back of his neck. "I suppose it's just the way I
am. I like the challenges and the danger... as long as I'm the only one that
gets hurt."
"But what if someone hurt Mommy and me? Or the others?" Nita asked.
Gene frowned and reached out to rub both her and Melfina's chins. "Then I
would hurt them a lot worse. Just like your mother would."
Nita looked up at Melfina and smiled. "Really?"
Melfina nodded. "Yes, but I only fight when I have to. Gene does it
whenever he can."
"Hey!" Gene said, trying not to grin.
"I wish I knew how to fight." Nita said. Then she got the blank stare that
she got when the computer gave her information.
Melfina sighed. "Be careful what you wish for Nita."
"O.K. Mommy." Nita said. Suddenly she got a look on her face. "We're not
like other people, are we, Daddy?"
Gene frowned. "What do you mean?"
She looked at him. "I mean Mommy and I are different."
Melfina hugged her close and Gene smiled. "You're right of course Nita.
Melfina and you are bioandroids."
She shook her head. "No we aren't. We're different. The computer says so."
So Gene and Melfina told her about their adventures looking for the galactic
ley line. With each sentence Nita's eyes seemed to get bigger and bigger.
She looked very sad when they told her about Hilda and she laughed when they
told her how they met Aisha. But the part about the ley line was what really
got her attention.
"... And them we flew right down Hazanko's throat." Gene said. "Then we
got out just before the whole thing vanished."
Melfina smiled wistfully. "Gene looked so handsome when he did that."
Gene smirked. "And Melfina looked gorgeous." He leaned in and kissed
Melfina on the lips.
Nita wrinkled her nose. "Yuck!"
Melfina smiled. "You'll feel differently about it later."
"When?" She asked.
Gene smiled and rubbed her head. "In about two more days." Nita looked
sad. "What's wrong?"
"Well... you and Mommy... you said you might be immortal. What about me?
Or Uncle Jim and Aunty Suzuka? What's going to happen to us?" She asked.
Melfina smiled and hugged her tight. "You're going to be fine Nita."
"But what about..." She started.
Gene reached out and squeezed her cheek, pulling it to the side. "Nita,
don't tell Aisha I said this, but I do agree with her on one thing."
Melfina grinned. "Oh I've got to hear this."
Gene frowned at her, but continued. "She always says if there is a
question like this, not to worry about it. If there is something you can
change than do it, but otherwise it's really not a problem."
Nita looked confused. Melfina smiled. "I thought her exact words were
'Don't bother me with things I can't change, I'm hungry.'"
Gene sighed. "She does, but I was hoping Nita wouldn't start talking like
her."
Nita giggled and started asking more questions again. Gene and Melfina
gave the best answers they could.

Two days passed rather quickly while Nita grew into a beautiful young
woman. The times she was a teenager were the worst. Between the zits (which
Aisha said had to be from Gene) and the hormonal mood swings, it had been a
rough ride. But by the end of it she had turned out very pretty.
Nita looked most like her mother, but she had her father's red hair and
was a bit more muscular than Melfina. The hair grew long down her back, but
(much to Suzuka's dismay) she informed hem that she planned to cut it short
when she got out. While her outward appearance was like Melfina's her
personality was a lot like Gene's. Apparently she thought he was cool.
With less than an hour to go, Jim and the others began setting up for the
party. Everything seemed to be going right on schedule.
"Jim, you asked me to inform you when the people watching the ship moved.
They are moving in this direction." Gilliam said.
Jim cursed and sat down, accessing the security cameras. Most of the
people were walking in some kind of obvious pattern. But the person in the
cloak walked along casually. Jim still couldn't make out a face, but the
figure appeared to be a woman. "Are you two sure you can handle this bunch?
They look really well trained."
Aisha sniffed. "Oh come on Jim. You don't think these guys have any chance
against me or Suzu, do you?"

Ten minutes later.

Jim was tied back to back with Aisha and Suzuka. He tapped his fingers and
looked up at Gilliam. "What I don't understand is why you let them in."
"She is a listed member of the crew." Gilliam responded.
"Who is?" Suzuka asked.
The woman in the cloak stepped forward and removed her hood. "I am."
They all stared at her in shock. "Melfina?" The woman who stood before
them looked exactly like Melfina, except for the self assured sneer she
wore. If the real Melfina hadn't been in the large tube they would have
thought it was her, just for a moment.
The fake Melfina laughed. "Yes and no. My name is Melfina, but I am not
the one you know. I am..."
"My mother." Melfina said from the tube. "I remember you being there for
just a minute. Then you left."
The sneer melted from the other woman's face. She looked truly sad at that
moment. "As soon as you were born they made sure I wasn't needed and dragged
me out." She looked down at Gene on the floor, then up at his image on the
screen. "I didn't have someone like him to help. When they were done they
packed away in that damn case and shoved into the back of their vault. Even
Melfina's father Lealong left me there."
Gene smirked. "Why am I not surprised?"
Aisha frowned. "If the pirates had you, why did they want Melfina?"
"Because she wasn't born, she was assembled. She's the original bioandroid
so while she feels, thinks, and looks just like our Melfina; she's missing
the one thing that let Mel into the ley line." Jim said.
"She wasn't born so she doesn't have a soul that lives after death..."
Suzuka whispered.
On the screen Gene frowned. "So what does she want with us?"
The other Melfina smiled. "Me? I don't want anything. But the people who
found me in the vault and pay my salary now... they want her." She pointed
at Nita.
In the tube Melfina's arms circled her daughter's waist. "You can't have
her."
Suzuka frowned. "So who is it you work for?"
"She works for the military. It's the only real answer. The well trained
men. Plus they're the only others with any knowledge of the XGP or the
pirate's vault." Gene said.
"Well I don't care what she says, I'm not going anywhere with anyone."
Nita said.
"Ley line project command: It was you who broke my mason plate." One of
the men said. All three bioandroids closed their eyes and leaned forward
while the computer image went blank.
"Jim, I thought you deprogrammed Melfina!" Aisha said.
Jim sighed. "I did, but I haven't done Nita yet and they're linked."
Suzuka frowned. "Why do you want Nita? Why not Melfina or the one you have
already?"
Then man smiled and hefted their android over his shoulders. "It's because
they can't produce others." He motioned his men to get Nita. "Wait!"
His men looked at him confused and saw Gene standing next to him with his
caster pointed at the man's head. "You know what I love about you guys?" He
slammed the butt of his gun on the man's head, knocking him unconscious.
"You always talk to much. Now the rest of you, step away from my family."
They hesitated for a moment, and then looked at his eyes. They quickly
moved back towards the door. "Tell your superiors that they'll have to stick
with what they have." He rolled the man and Melfina's mother over to them.
They gathered her up and left the ship.
Gene went over to untie the others. "I'm out for three days and everything
falls apart."
Aisha snorted. "Like we wouldn't have broken free. We were just waiting
for the right time, right Suzu?"
"Uh... right." Suzuka said.
Jim smiled and scratched under Aisha's chin causing her to purr. "We
believe you Aisha. So Gene, should I wake them up now?"
"Yeah, just give me a minute to lay down first. I still have a bump on my
head from the last time." He eased into the captain's seat.
"Breakfast is served with a silver spoon." Jim said.
Nita and Melfina's eyes opened and the computer came on, showing Gene with
them in cyberspace. "Where did everybody go?" They both asked.

An hour later the party was under way and they were all introducing Nita
to the world. First they ate a lot of food, and then they gave her their
presents. She loved each of them and gave everyone a hug.
After she was dressed, Melfina took her hand. "Nita, there is one last
thing I really want to show you."
Nita smiled and followed her. "What is it mommy?"
Melfina smiled and covered her eyes while the others watched in interest.
"Well when I was activated, we had to flee into space almost immediately and
it was night time. I want you to see something I didn't get to for a long
time." She led Nita out the door and to the edge of the elevator frame.
As the others crowded behind them, Melfina tilted Nita's head up and
removed her hand, giving her daughter her first look at the sky.
Nita stared in utter fascination. She knew what the sky was of course, but
she'd never seen it. "It's so big... can we go there?"
Gene smiled and put a hand on her shoulder. "That's why we have a
spaceship Nita."
"The most advanced ship in the galaxy." Gilliam chimed in.
Nita smiled as she stood in her parent's arms, staring up at the sky. For
someone who had only lived three days she had an interesting life. And it
could only get better from here.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Hey, it's me Nita. In the next story I have to find a place to fit in. For
a while I'm going to have a little trouble, but don't worry. I think I can
talk my dad into letting me be a mechanic for the space ship. Could even
build my own seat. Unfortunately I seem to have inherited my dad's fear of
space flight. Plus having the military mad at us in addition to the military
being mad at us now isn't helping any. And who is this McDougal guy
following us around trying to convince me to run away with him? I can't
believe mom almost bought this geek's lines.
All this and more in "Family Business."