The PulseTeam, Book One: Origins

Chapter Thirty-Four: Married Life, Part Two

Part One: Returning To The States--And A Mirror-Image Surprise...

The rest of our honeymoon was pretty uneventful, except for a few attempted armored car robberies that required our attention. We went to Prague, Venice, Rome, London (mainly because the Queen requested the presence of the whole team), Scotland, and a few other places. It was really fun.

When we get back to the States, Tia's got, like, a week before she goes back to class, and I say, "Well, home, sweet home, I guess."

We fly to Cleveland (on our own), just to check and see how things are going, and as we near the mansion, I hear moans. Like, sexual moans. But I'm thinking that there's some kind of intruder, and that DEELEX is in trouble.

So I activate the HyperJet release doors, and I tell Tia to get ready for a fight, when lo and behold, we see the unimaginable: DEELEX is in the middle of... sexual intercourse! I didn't even know that she was capable of that function. And she and whoever she's doing it with don't even seem to notice our arrival.

I look at my wife, she looks at me, and we look back at them, and I don't know about her, but I'm in such shock, that I can't react until after DEELEX and whoever she's with finish.

Once I snap out of my daze, I clear my throat rather loudly, and they both jump in fright and re-clothe themselves rather quickly upon seeing us.

As we land, I say, "Gee, Dee Dee, I'm not that ugly."

She asks me, "Sir, how long have you and Mrs. Allen been hovering there?"

"We got here a few minutes ago," I reply. "So..." I look him up and down, then I look back at her, "who is this guy that captured my baby girl's heart enough that this--" I motion between the two of them "--happened?"

A closer look at the guy that shagged my computer shows many similarities between the two of them. The exact same color blue hair, eyes, gray skin, a similar uniform pattern, and uniform colors. He's also really tall and built, too. He's taller than DEELEX in her heels, who, in her heels is a few inches taller than my six-foot-five self. And a little more muscular. This guy looks like the gender-swapped version of my computer!

"I apologize. Sir, Mrs. Allen," she explains, motioning between Tia and I and her male doppleganger, "this is the Digitally Evolving, Espionage, Logistics and Efficiency Matrix, or DEELEM for short. DEELEM, meet the master of the house and his wife."

As I shake DEELEM's hand, I say to him, "Lemme ask you a question: How long have you two been together?"

"For approximately two years," replies DEELEM.

Ooh, a deep and smooth voice. I wish I had that. Mine's just rather deep.

"So lemme get this straight:" I say to DEELEX, "He's been drilling you since the team started college?"

"Actually," she says, "exactly five months after Mrs. Allen, Mr. Smith, and Ms. Katamoka began their classes."

"Un... believable," I say. "So how did this happen?"

"Yeah," says Tia, "like did you get lonely and build him, or--"

"I am my own entity," DEELEM cuts Tia off.

"Oh," is all I guess Tia can say.

"So answer me this," I say to DEELEM, "if DEELEX didn't make you, and you're your own entity: Where did you come from?"

"I originate from an alternate universe," he replies. "And more explicitly, I originate from an alternate Earth. Does that answer your question? Or do you require me to go into a more in-depth explanation?"