A Frozen Surprise

Chapter 9

Jack and Janet were able to find the team via the coordinates Jonas had sent. Osborne was in bad shape. They packed him up on the jet-ski's and headed out.

"Don't you want to see the structure?" Jonas chimed in.

"We have more important things at hand, Jonas" Jack said sternly.

"Right, right" Jonas replied. He reminded him so much of Daniel, Jack smiled inside.

Back at the lab.....

Sam knew she needed answers. So she got up and stared at Aniya through the glass. She was awake. She looked at Sam and smiled.

Sam took a deep breathe. "I need answers" she said to herself.

"Here goes nothing" she said out loud and made her way to Aniya.

As she opened the sliding door, the bought of nausea hit her hard. She stood at the door trying to breathe but it was so strong.

"Let me touch you. You feel better" Aniya said.

Sam could barely lift her head. What if that was the very thing that would stop these attacks of nausea? She had to take the chance.

She made her way to Aniya's bed, and placed her hand in hers. Suddenly, just as Aniya stated, Sam's nausea dissipated. She stood straight and just looked at Aniya.

"Thank you" Sam said. Aniya just smiled back.

"Aniya, when you touched me the first time. I didn't remember it then, but hearing you recount your memories, to Jonas, I do now. I saw people running, up a hill, but they were all women, no men. It seemed as if they were protecting you. They were being attacked, from behind but I couldn't see by whom" Sam asked, hoping Aniya had the energy to talk.

"Yes...bad people, with glowing eyes, ran up hill, they shoot everyone" Aniya said with tears in her eyes realizing that all her people were dead.

"I am the last VITA, yes?" she asked.

Sam didn't know how to respond. She had never come across Aniya's kind. But as of this point, all she knew was, yes she was a being that she'd never encountered before.

Sam just nodded gently.

"Why were they protecting you?" Sam asked trying to get as much information as she could before Aniya got too emotional.

"I am VITA" Aniya said.

"what does that mean?" Sam said.

"I am the one that gives life. I know when life is created, and sanction it so" She said.

"How?" Sam was curious as ever.

"A woman lays with a man...." Aniya began to tell Sam, thinking she didn't know how procreation took place.

"No no, I know that part. But if you died what would happen?" Sam just got to the point.

"I must sanction the life inside the women's womb.  I have never been touched by a man. To them I am their God. I never see me like that though. I love my people, and enjoy blessing life".

"If I do not sanction in time, life ends" Aniya said.

"Many lives ended that day." Aniya began to weep. This time it was a sob from deep within. She began to remember all the lives lost that day.

"They came during the seed harvest." Aniya said, through her crying, but Sam had a perplexed look on her face.

Aniya could see she was confused.

"Every third moon, all the women, who are mated to a man, gather. Once they have lain with their mate, they wait till third moon, the seed harvest. It is then, they find out if they are going to harvest a child." Aniya said.