Sold into Marriage

Chapter 30: Confrontation

Chapter 30: Confrontation
Copyright 2021 by John Wells. All Rights Reserved.

I remove the power from the computer on the ship next to me. A few seconds later, it gets noticed based on the conversation, so I reconnect it. I automate the re-connection so we can repeat it and teach it to my team. The ship lost most of its functions, including shields. I wait until the shields got restored a few minutes later. Then, I transport myself to their bridge. Debbie broadcasts my trip to their ship via the bridge camera to the main communications screens of all of our people controlled ships adding an English translation text display. I talk in their language, while Dan continues to read my thoughts. This is the conversation, as Dan perceived it.

“Hello, welcome to our solar system,” I started getting all eyes on me, not to mention a few gun like objects. I discover they are energy weapons, so can not reach me through my shield. I figure out how the pieces fit together so I can take them apart and automate it.

The apparent leader of this ship replies, “you shutdown our computer, leaving us vulnerable to attack. Yet waited until it rebooted before visiting. Why?”

I respond, “to show we can destroy you like you had planned to do to us. It is possible we can help you. I cannot talk for the governments on Earth, only my business. I can definitely fix your food and water situation.”

They reply, “how do you know that? Never mind. What do you get out of this?”

I respond, “better to have a friend than an enemy or nothing.”

They fired one of the guns on me. I transport it out of the hand that held it, separating the pieces, and let them fall to the floor in front of the being. I lightly stun them so they stop moving and slowly recover once more. The energy does nothing to me as my shield stops it. When I stated I separated the pieces, this included all the components soldered or plugged into the circuit board or other components, so putting it back together would be difficult without a detailed schematic. I then make the rest of the guns transport out of the hands and drop to the floor in front of their holders. This show of force and invincibility shocks the group, and a few drop to their knees in front of me. Lesser beings in this culture will get on their knees to show submission. Seeing that others follow until only the leader and I are standing.

I continue, “you picked the wrong people to attack. You have already lost this war. No sense dying over it.”

I make a simple communicator slowly over a couple seconds so they can see it come together, floating in front of the leader. “Push the power button and you will get connected to me so you can let me know your decision.” I wait for him to grab it before releasing the air, holding it in place. I bow my head as a sign of respect between equals in their culture as he bows too and vanish as I transport back to my ship.

Debbie tells me she has downloaded everything on their computer. She continues the bridge broadcast while the conversation between the aliens continues. The crew on the ship are impressed that I seem to know both culture and language. For a civilization, they believed would be helpless against them to know them so well and act as friends is shocking, given I proved they were nothing against me.

I expected the conversation to go the way it does. The fighters still argue for fighting, while not believing the story being told. The talkers’ numbers have increased a little, so I am confident peace stands a chance.

A few minutes later, he calls me to state nobody believes what he told them. Not true, what he really means is the supreme leader does not believe. On Debbie’s countdown, after we are all ready, she states go and we each take out our assigned ships. I leave my original alien ship alone as I return to it. The entire crew gets on their knees, including the leader.