Chapter 31
Getting to Know One Another

It was decided at the Pensacola conference that the regional alliances would work together to find any surviving hybrids that were supposedly being held in stasis somewhere in Asia. General Chen, of the Asia-Pacific Alliance, would accompany Yang to Paradise Island where the young hybrid would try to help Oden relax enough to become responsive to mental probing. Once he had done that, Adrien would work with Oden to help him remember what he had learned while in Bermuda about the location of the sleeping hybrids. Lt. Schreiber, of the European Alliance, whose background was in Intelligence, would work with Adrien on the Recovery Project, as it had quickly become known. As the location for the project, selecting Marty Stone's resort for 'special' clients was an easy choice.

***

It was late in the afternoon of their second day on Paradise Island. A warm sea breeze blew across Kai Chun, the senior member of the delegation from the Asia-Pacific Alliance. He sat comfortably in a deck chair enjoying the shade from the small palm trees growing beside the terrace in front of his bungalow. In the last three years, seldom had he known the comforts that the 'special-guests resort' Marty Stone had created in The Bahamas now provided him. He picked up the glass of rice wine that was on the table beside his chair and slowly sipped it. He noted that it was his favorite, the Fu-ki brand. It had been some time since he had had even the little pleasure that a glass of rice wine could provide. He marveled that they still had a bottle since it was now several years since the alien invasion.

As he sipped his wine, memories of his life before the invasion flooded over him. He shuddered as he remembered his wife and child, who had died on that fateful day. Absentmindedly, he reached up and wiped away a tear before pulling himself back to the present.

The very fact that he was now sitting there and drinking rice wine at a resort in The Bahamas was something that he had almost forgotten was even possible. Slowly, but surely, the tension and stress of just surviving in the ruins of the civilization that he had once known left his body, and he was able to relax for the first time in a long time.

Before the alien invasion, Kai had been a general in the People's Liberation Army of China. Like General Gates, his counterpart in the West, he had survived the attack only because he had been the senior duty officer at the Chinese command center outside Beijing on that fateful day. At 40, he stood 5 foot 9 [1.75 m] tall. Somewhat portly, he weighed in at about 180 lbs [80 kg]. A native of the capitol, the general was of pure Han ancestry. During his military service, he had been stationed at the embassy in London and thus spoke excellent British-accented English. While a devoted family man, he also appreciated a good-looking boy, and while stationed away from his family, and when the opportunity arose, he had discretely enjoyed the services of young, male prostitutes.

He was aware that this colony of Westerners was composed almost exclusively of young boys and had only reluctantly agreed that bringing Yang and Oden here was the best way to cement their relationship. In addition, he hoped to pave the way for the alien boy to come East with him as a permanent resident in the part of the world controlled by the Asia-Pacific Alliance. More importantly, it would give all four alliances a chance to see if they could work together, as well as determining the location of the remaining hybrids that were supposedly held somewhere in Asia.

The resort that Marty had refurbished, on the north shore of New Providence Island, had originally been built as a hideaway for wealthy people who valued their privacy. You may recall that the property was composed of low-key but luxurious accommodations. The twenty buildings that comprised it surrounded a large saltwater pool, which was fed by small, and private, secluded pools at each one of the individual units. Each of them contained from one to five bedrooms with most containing small kitchen accommodations and large bathing facilities of their own.

Initially, Marty had only opened five of the units for his first guests with the intention of seeing how it went from there. However, the place had already proved to be very popular among the survivors who had toughed it out in Alaska with little to no luxuries. As a result, he had already opened another five units. Accommodating the members of the various alliances was somewhat of a challenge, but one which Marty was more than capable of handling.

Kai sat there naked, wrapped in a large terry cloth towel. Across from his bungalow, the large salt water pool was buzzing with activity as two boys from the Paradise Island colony frolicked in the water.

That by itself was not all that surprising, but Kai was still in the process of getting used to the fact that both boys were completely nude. Of course, he had been told that nudity was common here in The Islands; he just had not expected it to be something that was taken so casually.

Very slowly, Kai slipped his hand beneath the towel that covered his middle and began to stroke his hardening cock. He knew better than to actively engage in sex with minors lest it somehow get back to his superiors. While the need for discretion was now far less than it had been in the days before the alien invasion, still, old habits die hard. While he would have liked to have just run his hands over even one of them, just watching the two naked boys as they played in the pool was enough to satisfy his needs for now. Moments later his body stiffened as he reached orgasm. Watching naked boys frolic in a pool was the closest thing to paradise that he had encountered since before the aliens invaded.

***

Now fourteen years and a few months, A.J., along with his cousin Joe, also fourteen, were splashing in the pool and thoroughly enjoying themselves after making a delivery from their side of the island. At 5 ft 9 in [1.77 m] and nearly 145 pounds [65 kg], A.J. was just on the edge of adulthood. A gift from the aliens had provided him with sight beyond sight. This had caused his eyeballs to turn jet-black so that the orbs had the appearance of black onyx and made him very sensitive to bright light. However, the filtering contact lenses that Derrik had found for him had made it possible for him to enjoy the sunny outdoors without the burden of dark glasses. As it was, he was wearing swim googles to make sure that he didn't lose his contacts while in the water.

Joe, who like his cousin was 5 ft 9 in [1.77 m], was a little heavier than A.J. weighing about 150 lbs [nearly 70 kg]. His short brown hair was wavy so that some of it fell over his forehead and gave him a more boyish look than his life since the invasion warranted. He, too, had gifts from the aliens, one of which was the ability to heal himself. More importantly, both boys had the ability to communicate telepathically.

Standing there in the waist deep water, Joe playfully splashed his cousin and said, "I'll race you to the other end and back. Loser has to carry the food basket back to our side of the island."

"You're on!" shouted A.J.

Both boys were good swimmers so that the water was white with foam as they churned up the pool trying to beat each other to the finish line. In spite of their efforts to outdistance each other, the two of them touched the side of the shallow end of the pool at the same time.

They looked up to see Lt. Schreiber standing there smiling down at them.

"Which one of us came in first?" asked Joe.

"To me, it looked like both of you touched the side at the same time," replied the young Naval officer.

Wilhelm Schreiber was twenty-eight. A good-looking Nordic blond, he had grown up in the north of Germany, at Flensburg, on the Danish border. His six-foot [1.83 m] athletic frame was lean with solid muscle from his days playing 'football' (soccer) while in school. In fact, he still tipped the scales at 160 lbs [73 kg], the same as he had weighed while at the university.

Observing that the boys were naked in the pool, he pulled off his tee shirt and turned to drop it on a small cast iron table that stood beside the pool. Turning back, he looked at the boys standing there half-erect in the shallow water. Slowly, and deliberately, he used his thumbs to push his shorts down until he could step out of them. Casually, he let his hand rub his four-and-a-half-inch [11.4 cm] flaccid penis for a moment as he spoke.

"You don't mind if I join you for a swim, do you?" he asked.

"No, of course not. This pool is really for the guests of the resort. Marty just lets us use it when we have a reason to come here," replied A.J.

The young German came down the steps into the pool to join the boys in the meter deep [39 in] water. He could tell that their eyes were fixed on his crotch where his own cock was now half-erect under his closely trimmed ash-blond pubic hair.

Taking advantage of the situation, with a sly smile on his face, Schreiber said, "It looks like we all need to 'take things in hand,' as we like to say in the Navy. I don't know about you, but it's been awhile since I had some really good sex. Would you like to go over to my room?"

A.J. and Joe blushed for only a moment. After all, in the Paradise Island colony, sex between boys, including masturbation, was a given.

***

Wilhelm Schreiber groaned in anguish. It had been a long time since he had been sexually stimulated while in bondage. It had not taken much in the way of effort to get A.J. and Joe to tie him up and then secure him to the curtain rod in the walk-in shower. However, he had not realized just how clever the boys of Paradise Island were in stimulating someone to orgasm. Joe watched avidly as A.J. stood behind the man's legs and gently began to apply lubricant to his right hand from a jar that they found in the medicine cabinet. Joe watched as his cousin placed his fully lubricated palm and fingers at that point on a man where the spine meets the curve of the buttocks. That's where he began to rub. Deftly, he ran his hand up and down the man's crack, slowly pressing ever more firmly in and around the opening each time his hand passed over the sensitive rosebud. Carefully, he made sure to exert maximum pressure to the quivering ring of muscle that was at the center of the man's butt.

The young Naval officer's gasps and moans were ignored as A.J. applied more grease to his hand and casually inserted his index finger into the man's hole. Joe was fascinated by the way that his cousin worked his finger in and out of Schreiber's sensitive opening. The boy could see the look of pleasure combined with pain that settled on the man's face as A.J. continued his probing.

Joe moved around in front of the trussed up young German. He ran his hands gently over the man's naked body using just enough pressure to ensure that he stimulated every nerve ending. His fingers found the hard tips of Schreiber's nipples and massaged them until they were rock-hard. Then he used his tongue to lick and suck on the hard nubs. He could see that Schreiber shuddered and gasped as A.J. skillfully used his fingers between his ass cheeks. In turn, Joe used his own hand to fondle and squeeze the man's bulging scrotum before moving on to Schreiber's now rock-hard five-and-a-half-inch [14 cm] penis.

The boy hesitated only a moment before wrapping his lips around the rigid boy-meat. The young German gasped as Joe sucked eagerly at the man's erection. It was something that the boy did quite well. In fact, one of his young friends had once told him that he sucked cock like he was trying to suck the chrome off a trailer hitch.

When at last Schreiber came, the volume of cum that he ejected was more than anything that he had produced in a very long time. All that the young German knew, as he hung there exhausted, was that he had indeed just had the best sex that he had experienced in years.

***

Meanwhile, Oden and Yang were having their own sexual moment. The young alien hybrid had awakened early with his cock hard. Just thinking about sex with Yang had made it even harder.

There was a noise from the bathroom and Yang poked his head around the door. Oden got up and walked over to his love. Then, he lifted him into his arms and carried him to the bed. They kissed tenderly, yet passionately. Almost reluctantly, Oden laid him down softly on his back. He watched intently as Yang grasped his ankles and pulled his legs up toward his body and spread his butt cheeks. The bisexual whimpered as Oden worked the tip of his hard dick into Yang's spit-wet, waiting hole. Pre-cum dribbled from his anus as the alien hybrid nailed him nonstop. At this point, Yang was wailing, wanting to cum with him. Holding onto both his upraised legs, Oden fucked him hard. Whatever stress they might have had was quickly gone.

***

Later that day, Oden lay on the medical examination table in Mark's little clinic on Paradise Island. Yang stood at his side and held his hand as Adrien placed both of his own hands on the young hybrid's temples. He was going to try to link his consciousness with that of Oden in an effort to see if together they could remember what he had heard when the last alien scientist had spoken about other hybrids being in stasis somewhere in Asia.

Mark had administered a drug that relaxed the young man and rendered him semi-conscious. Oden slowly drifted between reality and a dream state. He began to lose touch with what was happening around him. His surroundings faded and for a moment he was back at the complex on Bermuda. Only this time he was the one that was naked and strapped to the examining table as Dr. Uxam leaned over him.

The doctor was one of what the Earthlings called a 'white' or sometimes a 'gray' alien. He was pale with slightly off-white skin, large dark-colored eyes, a small mouth, and an abnormally large head when compared to his body size. He was smallish overall and only stood about 5 feet 2 inches [1.60 m] tall. By any Earth standard, he was an alien being.

As Oden lay there, things seemed to be moving in slow motion. He sensed each detail as it unfolded so slowly that he could examine it at his leisure. He concentrated on Uxam as he turned to talk with his alien assistant. That's when Oden knew that he was reliving something from his past because it crossed his mind that both alien men were now dead.

He could hear the doctor tell his assistant that they were going to have to request permission to take two more hybrids out of stasis to continue their experiments. Then there was the mention of where they were stored. The name of the place meant nothing to him. His mind raced as he thought to himself, where is Corregidor?

Adrien hovered in the background of Oden's vision of the lab at Bermuda. When he heard the name Corregidor, he knew that they had the clue that they needed to find the remaining hybrids that the aliens had placed in stasis in Asia. However, like Oden, he wondered to himself, where is Corregidor? I've never heard that name before.

"Corregidor," repeated Adrien. "Oden heard the alien doctor say that the hybrids were stored at someplace called Corregidor, wherever that is. Personally, I've never heard of that place."

"I have," replied Mark Gordon. "It's an island in the harbor at the entrance to Manila Bay in the Philippine Islands. American troops made their last stand there against the Japanese in World War II. It's probably the last place that anyone would think to look for an alien base."

***

The next day, as they circled the island in the sky above, they could see Corregidor stretched out below them with its lush green tropical foliage covering virtually everything in sight. From the 'window' of the bridge of their space shuttle, they could also see much of Manila Bay as its blue-gray waters stretched out beneath them around the island. The sun hung low on the distant horizon as Adrien maneuvered the shuttle in search of a place in which to land. Suddenly, he glimpsed what appeared to be a small cleared strip that was free of plant life and headed toward it. That must be the former airfield. It had to have been used as a landing pad by the aliens, he thought to himself.

When Corregidor had been an American base, the place where the airfield and piers were located was called 'Bottomside'. It was there that Adrien set down the space shuttle. To the east of the landing site lay Malinta Hill with its large complex of underground tunnels. Before setting out for the island, the 'Recovery Project' team had researched what was known about the site and decided that this was the most logical place for the aliens to have set up their lab with its stasis chambers.

[Explanatory Note: The Malinta Tunnel is a tunnel complex built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Corregidor prior to World War II. It was initially used as a bomb-proof storage and personnel bunker but was later equipped as a 1,000-bed hospital. The main tunnel, running east to west, is 831 feet [253 m] long, 24 feet [7.3 m] wide and 18 feet [5½ m] high. Branching off from this main shaft are 13 lateral tunnels on the north side and 11 lateral tunnels on the south side. Each lateral averaged 160 feet [49 m] in length and 15 feet [4.6 m] in width. From here, American forces held out in the tunnels against the Japanese until May of 1942.]

Prior to the alien invasion, the tunnel complex had been part of the memorial to those who had died in World War II. After the invasion, it seemed to the aliens to be a ready-made site for an underground lab. After all, why build something when there is already an available site?

Oden and Yang, with Derrik in the lead, cautiously descended the boarding ramp of the shuttle with weapons at the ready. Even though they could detect no life on the island, they were taking no chances. The thick concrete of the tunnel walls prevented even the alien's technology in the shuttle from telling what, if any, life existed inside.

Derrik thought to himself that he was grateful that he had been able to use his telepathic abilities to educate both Oden and Yang in the niceties of using semi-automatic weapons before coming to the island. Since all three of them could communicate telepathically, they also had the advantage that they would not be out of range of each other in the tunnels no matter how poor communications were otherwise.

As it was, only a short distance into the complex, they encountered what was obviously a new steel-partition at the entrance to one of the side tunnels. The entrance door was sealed with what appeared to be an electronic lock. However, when Derrik pressed the control plate, the door slid back noiselessly. The three of them could sense that the keypad was programmed to admit only someone with the alien DNA marker that they all shared. Had they been only human, the door would never have opened.

Once inside, judging by the dust that covered everything, it seemed obvious that the lab had remained unused for some time. However, there was a row of stasis chambers that lined one side of the large underground room that had once been one of the lateral tunnels. Carefully, the three of them checked the chambers for signs of life. While a pale glow shown from several of the chambers, as it was, only two of them contained living hybrids held in stasis. What was unexpected was that both hybrids were quite obviously children. The tops of the stasis chambers were translucent and since their occupants were naked, it was also apparent that they were boys. Both appeared to be about thirteen.

Derrik found the control panel and, after studying it for a minute, pressed a button. There was a brief hiss of escaping air and the top of the chamber on the first stasis capsule silently opened. Moments later the second one was open as well.

There was a moment of silence as the three of them looked down at the naked boys lying there so peacefully. Suddenly it dawned on them; the boys were twins.

Derrik looked down at the name plate on the stasis chamber and read 'Семь' (Seem). Turning to the other chamber, he saw that the word 'Bосемь' (Voseem) was listed there. He recalled learning some Russian from Alexey one day back on Paradise Island when they had been sunning themselves on the beach. That was why he could tell that the first capsule was marked 'seven' while the second one was marked 'eight' in Russian. It crossed his mind to wonder, Why are they marked in Russian? while they waited for the boys to revive.

First one of the boys moaned, and then the other one stirred. They stretched slowly, and first one, then the other, sat up on the sides of their respective capsules.

Even though they were on an island in the Philippines, the boys were obviously Caucasian and not Asian. They appeared to be identical twins. Both thirteen-year-olds were slender, with shapely thighs and arms, and taut muscular midsections. Their pectoral muscles were just beginning to define themselves but already were more those of a man than of a boy. The brown of their small dime-sized nipples contrasted with the pale whiteness of their skins. Like the other hybrids, their bodies appeared to be completely smooth and hairless. At four inches long [10 cm], their penises hung over balls that were big and heavy. The only apparent difference between the two boys seemed to be the fact that the navel of one was set a little deeper than that of the other.

The boys looked at each other. Once they were satisfied that each was unharmed, they turned and quizzically ran their eyes up and down their three would-be rescuers who stood there before them in the lab. The one in the capsule marked 'Seem' spoke in Russian, asking, "Кtо ты?" (Kto ty?) Who are you?

Derrik replied "Друзья." (Druz'ya.) Friends.

However, by any standard, the three boys in their beige jumpsuits, standing there with weapons at the ready, hardly looked friendly. Unfortunately, at just that moment, a spider dropped from the ceiling onto Oden's weapon. He flinched and shook it from the barrel of his rifle.

That was all it took. The naked boys reacted instinctively. There was a rapid intake of air as they gasped, inhaled deeply, and instantaneously linked their two closest hands. Without warning, a dome of blue light appeared around their bodies. In a flash, three beams of pale yellow light shot from the point at which their hands met and the three rescuers were thrown backward across the room. As he lay there on the floor of the tunnel, and just before he lost consciousness, Derrik looked up and wondered just what in the Hell they had gotten themselves into with these two boys.

Chapter 32
Boys from Another World

Derrik slowly regained consciousness. He shook his head trying to clear the cobwebs from his brain. His head ached fiercely and his vision was blurred. He became aware that he was hanging by his wrists which were tied together over his head, with his feet barely touching the floor. Looking up, he tried to focus his eyes on his surroundings. It was only then that he realized that he was tied to an overhead beam in the alien lab at the Malinta Tunnel complex, where Yang, Oden, and he had found those two boys who had been in stasis.

As his head began to clear, his first thought was How the hell had those boys been able to discharge a bolt of energy like that? Hanging there, he was unable to do much more than squirm. Think, think… they were able to speak Russian; maybe they can also understand English, was his next thought.

Looking through the half-light, Derrik spotted the twins with their backs to him where they were slightly bent over a table studying something lying there. His impression was that it was a map. Chuckling inwardly to himself Derrik observed that the naked boys' posture caused their butt-cheeks to dimple attractively, accentuating their overall athletic sensuality, even in the poorly lit room.

Derrik used his enhanced-human abilities to project his thoughts toward the alien boys saying: Can we talk? I can't blame you for being cautious, but we came here to rescue you, not to harm you.

The boys looked up and turned to focus on Derrik. The blank expressions on their faces did nothing to reassure him that they would be responsive to his message. Hesitantly, the two of them slowly crossed the room. Stopping only inches from his face, they each put a hand on his temple. Suddenly, a soft blue glow appeared before his eyes making it impossible to see clearly. He could hear a low buzzing sound in his brain and somehow, he knew that they were absorbing his thoughts and learning from him in the process. It took only a few minutes before they withdrew their hands and stood there looking him in the face.

The one that had been labelled 'Seven' spoke to him in good English saying, "We have absorbed the ability to speak your language. We were programmed to speak the language which you call Russian but clearly, we have not ended up in a part of your planet where that is the common language.

"'A part of your planet'!" sputtered Derrik. "Where the hell are you from?"

Seven smiled and exchanged looks with his twin before answering with, "We were brought here from the home world of the ones that you think of as 'the white aliens.' They wanted additional enhanced-human test subjects available and didn't feel that they had time to breed more here on this world. As a result, they brought some of us with them when they came here."

"Why have you tied me up like this? We were just trying to rescue you. We didn't know that you were from another world," replied Derrik.

"We thought that you were hostile natives. When we first arrived here, some of the people that we encountered fought our masters; again, they are the ones that you call 'the white aliens'. Since we were not immediately needed, we were placed in stasis here in the laboratory. That's why you found us as we were," explained Seven. "My name is actually Aksel and this is Oscar. We are descended from people who were taken from the town of Stege on the island of Møn in what you would call Denmark. However, that was more than a hundred years ago by your calendar."

Derrik gasped under his breath as he absorbed what they were saying before explaining, "We are from a colony of people who survived the invasion of our world by the insectoids, who wanted us for food. Your masters, the white aliens, followed them here and battled for control of our planet. However, one of our scientists developed a virus that was fatal to the insectoids, and ultimately, to the white aliens as well. The result was that the virus left us in charge of our own planet, but with a vastly reduced population. The last survivors of the white alien base in the Bermuda Islands left clues that told us to look for more hybrids here, on this island. That's why we came here. We were just trying to rescue you, not to harm you. We thought that you were human/alien hybrids, not humans from the aliens' world."

There was a brief silence while the alien boys took in what Derrik had been saying. Then he looked from one to the other and asked, "Any chance that you guys could get me down from here?"

***

The space shuttle circled Forrest Sherman field at the Naval Air Station at Pensacola and then slowly descended to the tarmac below. It had been a relatively uneventful flight from Corregidor to the American base. Once Aksel and Oscar had freed Derrik, he had found that Yang and Oden were behind him on the floor of the lab, still unconscious. As soon as he had revived them, they had gotten the two alien boys some semblance of clothing. After that, it took a little persuading, but Derrik had managed to convince the two young alien humans that they should come with them to the American base where the representatives of the various Earth alliances were awaiting the outcome of their search. Deciding for themselves what to do, instead of being told, was something new for the boys. After all, until now, their white alien masters had done all of the thinking for them.

There in Pensacola, the representatives of the regional alliances had assembled in the same base conference room where they had only recently gathered to work out their respective roles in the future of the planet. The fact that these newly found boys were humans from the home world of the white aliens was something that they were all still processing, having only recently learned of this fact from a radioed update from Derrik.

When the party from the Philippines entered the conference room, the alien boys could sense that the people there were all wondering why these particular boys had been chosen by their alien masters to be used as test subjects for their research. The twins listened to their thoughts and, turning toward each other, said nothing but only smiled at one another knowingly since they were amused by the nature of the unspoken questions.

To those present, as Derrik had advised them by radio, it was obvious that the boys were Caucasian and not Asian. He had also added that they had said that they were descended from Earthlings who were abducted from Denmark more than a century ago. The members could see that they appeared to be identical twins. Even clothed in shorts and tee shirts they could see that both thirteen-year-olds were slender with shapely thighs and arms. What appeared to be taut, muscular midsections were apparent underneath their formfitting tee shirts. The outline of their pectoral muscles was plainly more that of men than of boys.

General Chun of the Asia-Pacific Alliance broke the silence and spoke first asking the question that was on all their minds. "Why did the white aliens choose the two of you to be test subjects for their Earth-based research?"

Aksel answered him with, "Our masters often tested things that they discovered on other worlds, on slaves such as ourselves who have a similar physical make-up to them to see if there were any negative effects. They also knew that this was the home world of our kind. To them, that would make it easier for them to conduct the tests. They told us no to worry, that there would be no long- term effects on us from the tests. From what we have learned from Derrik, that seems to have been a lie."

Oscar added, "We were not involved in whatever research the masters were doing here on your world. We only know that it was in response to the virus that you created, which was killing the insectoids, as well as them. If we had been removed from stasis and used in their work, then we might have known just what they were doing, but we weren't and we don't. If you doubt us, have one of your hybrids read our minds and you will see that we are telling the truth."

"Are there any other of your kind elsewhere here on Earth?" asked General Chun.

"No, they only brought a few of us with them. The others would have been at the Bermuda base and, from what we understand, there is only Oden left who is still alive from those who were there. We are the last of the humankind that were brought back to this world, or as I should probably say, to the place from which we originally came in the first place," replied Oscar.

Then Aksel spoke up and asked, "Excuse me, sir, but is there any chance that we could be excused for a little while in order to clean up and maybe get a little something to eat? We have not had anything since before we were put into stasis and we're becoming very hungry now that we are awake and active."

The representatives were surprised to learn this. The general replied, "We were unaware that you had not eaten. We'll take a break and adjourn to give you time to freshen up and eat. That is, if it's alright with the rest of the group. Suppose that we reconvene in two hours?"

With that, the meeting effectively broke up with Derrik leading the twins off in the direction of the BOQ and their own room.

***

Derrik led Aksel and Oscar over to the BOQ and got them a room. Inwardly, he couldn't help but be amused at their reaction when he unlocked the door and ushered them into the Spartan two-man room. Both of the alien boys looked around wide-eyed, marvelling at what to them was the luxury that they saw. Then it occurred to him, They probably have never before even had a private room just for themselves.

"Why don't I come back in half an hour and I'll take you over to the dining hall and get you something to eat? Would that be alright with you?" asked Derrik. Both boys nodded their agreement and he turned to leave. As he went through the door, he heard behind him Aksel say to Oscar, "Isn't this a great room?"

***

"Look, they've got showers like we had back home. Let's take one now. I'm hungry but I would really like to clean up before eating," said Aksel, peering through the open door of the bathroom that was adjacent to their room. Oscar followed him eagerly through the open door.

Clothes flew in all directions and it was only moments later that both boys were in the oversized shower soaping each other's bodies. It wasn't long before their hands were only soaping each other's rapidly stiffening cocks. Time in stasis didn't pass like it did on the outside, but being healthy young teenagers, they seemed to be in a constant state of horniness. The fact that they were brothers had never kept them from enjoying the pleasures of the flesh that each could provide the other, particularly since their masters had kept the sexes apart, except when they wanted them to breed.

Aksel leaned back against the tile wall of the shower as the warm water cascaded down his body. His eyes were glazed as Oscar's experienced hand ran up and down his rock-hard cock. His emotions were fixed on how good it felt once again to be enjoying this time with his brother after their separation. The time that they had both spent in stasis had only increased their mutual wants and needs for sex.

Soon, Aksel's face went blank almost like he was in a trance. However, this didn't stop him from stroking Oscar's equally hard penis in his own soapy but very effective way. Before long, both boys were locked in a passionate kiss as they worked to achieve each other's climax. Then, almost in unison, both boys erupted with long streams of cum followed by several shorter bursts. Even then, their kiss continued as they spent the next several minutes exploring the details of each other's bodies. Only the fact that they had not eaten since coming out of stasis eventually caused them to leave the shower and focus on finding food.

***

When Derrik returned thirty minutes later, he brought with him two sets of matching clothes. Colorful board shorts and wild print Ts, along with tighty-whities and sandals completing the outfits. The unabashed teens showed no signs of modesty when it came time to get dressed. While Derrik watched, he observed two fine examples of budding manhood.

Both boys, who were indeed identical twins, evidenced finely sculpted muscles, not bulging, but with great definition. They also sported matching uncircumcised four-inch [10 cm] soft penises that looked to be in perfect proportion to their 5'6" [1.70 m] bodies. If he had to guess, he would think they weighed around 135 lbs [a little over 60 kilos, or 9 stone], and they had hair close to the same color as his, light brown, with blond highlights. He had already observed that they had bright aqua-colored eyes. Derrik was very aware that his own penis had taken notice of the boys as well. He thought that he would have to see about providing additional orientation for the boys when they got back to Paradise Island.

Once dressed, they made for a striking image of very attractive, matching juveniles who seemed to be ready for whatever came next.

Of course, what came next was lunch in the mess hall. Derrik led the way to the beginning of the lunch line which was of the serve-yourself type. For demonstration, Derrik grabbed a tray, plate, and flatware, then began loading up from the selections as he shuffled along the line. Both boys decided to imitate him for now. At the end, they selected chilled soda cans then followed Derrik to a table where Adrien sat with AJ and Marty.

Derrik began the introductions by addressing the twins with, "Aksel and Oscar; here we have Adrien, AJ, and Marty, all from Paradise Island where our colony is located. Guys, this is Aksel and his twin brother Oscar. They were brought here from the white aliens' home planet. They're descended from Danish abductees of about a hundred years ago," said Derrik. Hellos were heard all around from one to another of the assembled.

AJ immediately noticed how fit the two looked and asked, "Do you guys work out or what?"

Looking confused, Aksel asked, "What is 'work out'?"

While they ate, AJ, with some help from Derrik, described a typical gymnasium where exercise equipment helped people stay in shape and maintain a fit body. Intrigued, the boys said they had something similar where they came from and were interested in exploring the possibility on the island when they got there.

Adrien turned to Marty and said, "I've been thinking about this too, Marty, and I have been asked by several of the soldiers, and more than one of the boys, about how I stay in shape. Isn't there a spa-type gym on the island at one of the old resorts? What do you suppose it would take to re-activate one for our use?"

Looking pensive, Marty hemmed, then hawed, then seemed to reach a decision and looked up at Adrien. "I have a location in mind but I will need a little time to assess the practicality of using it. I'll get back to you in a day or two, okay?"

Adrien looked at Derrik, who shrugged, then back to Marty and said, "That sounds fine." The twins looked excited at the exchanges which seemed to encourage optimism at the prospect.

Derrik said to the twins, who were just finishing off their sodas, "If you two are done, we should return to the assembly."

***

The afternoon session of the Summit was just about to get underway. Some of the staff present at the previous session had returned home as they would not be needed for this part of the conference. Since the boys had been found on Corregidor in the Philippines, the representatives from the Asia-Pacific Alliance were present. Remaining for the follow-up session were also Gen. Kai Chun, Col Li, and Vishal Patel. For the Russian Federation, Capt. Koslov and his second, Lt. Valen, were present. Next were the European Union representatives: Capt. Summerfield, Commander LeClerc, and representing NATO was Dr. Max Schmitt; and lastly was Maj. Gen. Gates and his second, Col. Lancaster, the American liaison for foreign affairs.

Across from the military sat Derrik, with the two twins on his right, followed by Adrien and then Oden with Yang. On Derrik's left side sat Max, AJ, and Marty, who had been asked to sit in as well.

Derrik reconvened the meeting with introductions of Aksel and Oscar to those assembled around the table. Adrien took over then and explained to the gathering that they had not had time to debrief the new arrivals as yet and suggested they adjourn the summit for now. He agreed to update all the members in person when they had worked out just what new information the boys might have.

General Chun expressed some concern over where the boys were to be housed. "Is there a good reason why they are to be kept here rather than in southern Asia where they were found?"

Derrik responded, "Yes, Gen. Chun, there is. Here on Paradise Island, we have a population similar to the twins in age and maturity, for one. For two, we have a high concentration of telepaths here to help with their acclimation into our society and to help extract buried memories they might have that would be important for our situation. If you like, you are welcome to stay at our resort while the process works itself out."

Adrien then asked the group, "Are there any other questions or comments?"

Seeing there were none, Adrien sat down and Gen. Gates stood up, cleared his throat and announced, "Then I officially adjourn the first summit meeting of the alliances of the world.

***

Derrik led the boys out to the waiting shuttlecraft. Aksel and Oscar gawked at the gaudy coloring on the other craft identifying where they were from. Sensing the nervous discomfort coming from the two boys, Derrik asked Adrien to usher them onto their transport ship quickly so they wouldn't feel too overwhelmed.

Turning to Max, Derrik asked him to go with the boys to help them cope with all the strangeness. "Use your new powers to reassure Aksel and Oscar that they are safe and among friends here."

Max nodded to Derrik and trotted after Adrien. Once again, Derrik marvelled at the physique of the young Aussie. Thanks, Derrik, Max said in his head. Blushing a little, he thought to himself, Damn! I've got to remember his new telepathic abilities.

Turning to Marty, who had walked out with the island boys, Derrik asked, "Have you given anymore thought to the idea of restoring a gymnasium for the boys to use?"

Marty grinned back at Derrik before answering. "Well, lad, that I have. You remember Hans, don't you? One of the other alien-born human transplants here? I'm sure you recall how fit he is. I had in mind to put him on the task. I'm sure he'll want the help of some of your boys, maybe AJ, for starters? I know Max has mentioned he missed his workouts from before the invasion. Maybe we can find a martial arts instructor for him, too. I would imagine Karl, Hans' father, will want to lend a hand, as well."

"That sounds great Marty. I'll leave it in your hands, then. Can we drop you at your offices?" Derrik asked.

"Thanks, yes," Marty replied.

The rest of the boys were filing on to the shuttlecraft, with Marty and Derrik bringing up the rear. Just as he was closing the hatch, Derrik noticed one of the other shuttles already lifting off. Humph, he thought. In a hurry?

Derrik thought ahead to Aiden, we're on our way home. Can't wait to see you!

Me, too! said Aiden's mental 'voice' in his head. Derrik could feel an underlying hunger coming from Aiden and suspected his homecoming with his housemate would prove to be passionate fun!

Chapter 33
Getting to Know the Alien Boys
Un Ménage à Quatre

Adrien put the space shuttle down in front of Marty Stone's hideaway for 'special' guests on the north shore of Paradise Island in The Bahamas.

***

You may recall that Marty's property was composed of twenty low-key but luxurious bungalows that surrounded a large saltwater swimming pool. This was fed by twenty small, private, and secluded pools at each of the individual units, where a small channel of water meandered through the landscaping on its way down to the big pool where it was filtered and treated. After use there it received further treatment and was pumped back to the individual pools, thus creating a continuous cycle.

Each bungalow offered from one to five bedrooms, with most containing a small kitchen and large bathing facilities of their own. When he had first opened the resort to 'special' guests, Marty had only refurbished five of the twenty units for his first guests with the intention of seeing how it went from there. As it was, the place quickly became very popular among those who had survived the alien invasion, and who were now working hard to reestablish civilization in what was once the American South. Marty had slowly been adding to the available units to fill the demand as it grew.

Now, with interaction among the regional alliances, there were even a few foreign guests beginning to come to the resort. As a result, he had already opened another five units and had plans for more. As always, accommodating unexpected guests was somewhat of a challenge, but one which a true professional like Marty was more than capable of handling without showing any indication of the effort that it took behind the scenes.

***

It had been decided at the Pensacola meeting that the regional alliances would work together to learn what they could from Aksel and Oscar, the two boys from the white aliens' home world of Drahna. This would begin by acclimating the twins into the island community so that they would feel at ease when Adrien and Derrik began 'searching' the boys' minds for useful information. Since they were the descendants of Earthlings who had been abducted a century ago from a Danish island, it seemed likely that this would make that goal easier to obtain. The fact that they also had special alien powers was the wild card in all of this and would be the first item to try to understand.

As they stood there in the doorway of the shuttle enjoying a warm island breeze, Adrien turned to Aksel and Oscar and said, "There's something that I need to tell you about our colony here on this island. In addition to this facility for our special guests, we have two settlements here. One is not all that different from the average town or resort that you might have found here on Earth before the alien invasion. However, the bigger settlement down the beach is composed of those who prefer to go nude as much as possible. If you live in the first settlement, you're expected to wear at least a minimum of clothing much as you would if you were living or vacationing anywhere in our society. However, if you live in the other colony, you have to be willing to accept the fact that most of those living there will be naked all, or at least most, of the time. No one is required to go naked if they are not comfortable with their own nudity. However, from what I've learned from reading your minds, I don't think that nudity bothers you. Am I correct?"

Aksel and Oscar looked at each other and thought for a moment. Then Aksel said, "You're right. We have nothing against going naked, particularly in a climate like this. On our home world, we grew up swimming naked as well as exercising naked when we used what you would call a gymnasium. While we're here, we'll probably want to go around in just some shorts and tee-shirts like we're doing now, but we're not ready to go around nude all of the time."

"That's fine. I just wanted to clear that up. Now there's just one other thing. I know that you two have a sexual relationship."

At this, the boys blushed and looked shyly at one another and then at the ground. They just stood there saying nothing.

"In our society, there's nothing wrong with that," replied Adrien. "A lot of the boys here on the island have struck up sexual relationships with each other. No one is forced to do anything that they don't want to do and no one is taking advantage of anyone in the process. I just want you to know that it's alright and that you'll probably see a lot of it while you're here. Are you also comfortable with that?" Adrien asked as he gently probed their minds to make sure that, however they answered it was the truth.

"Where we come from," Aksel slowly answered, "any kind of sex is permitted so long as it is 'consensual.' We are taught that some boys will always want that type of relationship, while others will evolve into bisexual or heterosexual relationships. In the environment that you have here, it is easy to see why boy-on-boy sex would be common. We can respect those choices, so long as no one is forced into it by someone else," replied the young alien boy. "After all, that would be wrong," he added.

"That's fine. I think that we can all live with that," Adrien responded, glad to learn that Aksel and Oscar didn't have any hang-ups about the island lifestyle that they would soon encounter while on the island.

"Why don't you settle in here and relax for a while. You might also want to try out that big saltwater pool out there. I'll come back and get you for dinner. Is that all right with you?" Adrien asked, as he escorted the two alien boys down the steps of the space shuttle.

Looking around in wonder, both boys nodded silently as they moved down the ramp. Marty stepped up and offered to show them to the bungalow unit to which he was assigning them

Derrik walked up to Adrien and together they watched as Marty led the boys up the walkway towards the bungalows. "Fine specimens of young manhood," said Adrien.

"Indeed," Derrik agreed, "and I think they'll fit in well here, given what we've learned about them." Adrien rolled his eyes at that.

Marty showed the boys a small unit not too far from the big pool. Demonstrating the amenities inside, he then left them to their own devices for the time being.

Marveling at what to them was opulent luxury, the brothers oohed and ah-ed as they moved about separately checking out the details. Together they seemed to arrive at the bathroom door at the same time. Stepping inside, they gasped at the comfort the room afforded them. With a grin, they began stripping their clothes off again. After nearly an hour of 'freshening up', they decided to move outside to take in the scenery.

Emerging from their bungalow, Aksel and Oscar stood for a moment on the terrace overlooking the pool. It was the midafternoon of their first day on Paradise Island. A warm, gentle sea breeze blew over them. Oscar sat down in one of the comfortable deck chairs in the shade of the small palm trees that were growing there beside the terrace. Seeing that his brother had found a comfortable spot in which to relax, Aksel followed suit in an adjacent chair. Since the time when they had been chosen as subjects to be used by the science research service of their home world, they had seldom known any luxuries. Nothing even came close to those that the 'special guest resort' which Marty Stone had created in The Bahamas offered in abundance. The boys were pleasantly surprised to find a small bucket of ice filled with cold beers sitting on the little table that was between their chairs.

Memories of their life before they were forced into 'the service' flooded over them. They locked memories telepathically and vividly remembered their parents back on their home world as well as just how much their lives had changed in the past year. Avoiding looking at each other, the boys each swallowed hard and wiped away a tear or two before pulling themselves back to the present. The very fact that they were now sitting here drinking beer at a resort on an island on the world from which their family had originally come was something that they had never thought was even possible. Slowly but surely the tension and stress of just surviving without becoming what Earthlings would have called 'Guinea pigs' left them and they were able to relax for the first time in a long time without worrying about what might be coming next.

To anyone who saw them, Aksel and Oscar appeared to be just another pair of good-looking teenage boys. To the average person, the only thing different about them would have been the fact that they were twins. The reality of their being from a distant world and descended from Earthlings who were abducted from Denmark more than a century ago, would have never even crossed anyone's mind. Sitting there clothed in shorts and tee-shirts, an observer would have only noted that both thirteen-year-olds were slender with shapely thighs and arms. What appeared to be taut, muscular midsections were apparent beneath their almost form-fitting shirts. The outlines that their pectoral muscles presented was plainly more those of a man than of a boy. The thought might then have crossed the mind of the passerby that these two boys would soon be growing into a couple of handsome young men.

***

That morning, Paradise Island's own twins, Cody and Cole, had used one of the larger golf carts to bring some supplies over to Marty's place there on the north side of the island. Once they had turned their cargo over to the resort's business manager, they parked their vehicle near the large saltwater pool with the idea of getting something to drink before the trip back to their side of the island. Casually, they had asked one of the resort staff which bungalow was the one where the alien boys were staying.

Cody and Cole stood there by the pool, sipped their drinks, and pretended to chat, but all the while looking off in the direction of the bungalow where they knew that the alien twins were staying. As it was, they could see the alien boys looking back at them from their terrace. For their part, Aksel and Oscar could see the other twins standing there in the distance and smiled at each other. It wasn't the first time that people had done that. Even at their young age, it was something that both sets of twins had come to expect. After all, identical twins seemed to draw that sort of attention. Each wondered if these other twin boys had experienced what they had experienced in the way of public curiosity.

The alien boys waved at the Earth boys and motioned to them to come up to the terrace where they waited. Cody and Cole waved back at them. Slowly, the Earth boys walked up to the bungalow where Aksel and Oscar were staying.

"Hi, I'm Cody and this is my twin brother, Cole. You guys must be the twins that we have heard about who come from the alien home world," said the dominant Earth twin, holding out his hand.

Aksel shook his hand and replied, "Yes, I'm Aksel and this is my brother, Oscar. We're twins just like you, only our ancestors were taken from what you know as Denmark a hundred Earth years ago," replied the alien boy. "You're right, however. We're from the home world of what you call the 'white aliens' but we're still human, although we do have some skills that most humans don't have."

"What kind of skills would that be?" asked Cody with a quizzical look on his face.

"Well, for one thing, we can read minds, if we want to," replied Aksel, as he exchanged a wink and a knowing look with his brother as a sly smile crossed his face.

"If that's true, then, tell me what I'm thinking right now," challenged the Earth boy.

Aksel looked down at the flagstones of the terrace for a moment before replying. There was a brief moment of silence. Then, he looked directly at Cody and said, "You're wondering what it would be like for the four of us to have sex together."

There was a low gasp from Cody. He sputtered and turned red in the face with embarrassment. His brother Cole just stood there wide-eyed, with an unbelieving look on his face. While both of the Earth boys knew that Adrien and Derrik could read minds, just looking at Aksel and Oscar there was nothing obvious to indicate that they had that skill. After all, they just seemed like another couple of human boys. To say that they were impressed was an understatement.

"Why don't we go to our room and 'get to know each other better'. Maybe we can satisfy your curiosity," suggested Aksel.

***

Once they were in the bedroom of the bungalow, the four boys lost no time in stripping off the clothes that they were wearing. As they stripped, Aksel and Oscar looked closely at the Earthling twins, comparing them to see if there were any noticeable differences between them.

The Earth boys were at that point in their lives when they were between boyhood and manhood. Their abs were already becoming well defined. When these were coupled with their firm shoulders and arms, they had what you and I might have called a young Adonis look that was envied by a lot of their less fortunate peers. Nicely rounded butts and slim backs that tapered into well-defined legs only added to the effect. If there was any difference in the two boys, it was the fact that Cole's navel was set a little deeper than his brother's. Of course, their prominent abs kept most people from noticing that detail of their inviting anatomies.

For their part, Cody and Cole drank in every detail of the alien brothers. Almost unconsciously, they reached out and ran their hands down the curves of the other boys' bare backs and across their firm inviting butt-cheeks. The aliens' muscle-tone was a little higher than the earthlings and they were a bit slimmer, so their butt-cheeks showed a distinct dimple which created a complex of curves. It had been a long time since Aksel and Oscar had had sex with anyone besides each other. They stood there rooted to the spot letting the Earth boys run their hands up and down their sides and across their abs as they willed. The feeling and probing only stopped when they reached the dime-sized nipples of the alien boys. These they circled with their index fingers causing alien hearts to race and breathing to become irregular as passion swept over them. Testosterone and adrenaline were more than abundant in the room.

All four of them had those rock-hard erections of the kind that can only be had by horny boys lost in the midst of puberty. Cole went to shift his feet but stumbled and sat down on the edge of the big bed, where he began to massage his hard penis, running his hand up and down the shaft. Aksel stood there for a moment and then knelt next to the bed. Cole reached out with his other hand and stroked the alien twin's upper arm for a moment before circling his neck, massaging it as he went.

Slowly, but firmly, he pulled him down toward the waiting throbbing cock-head. Aksel's eyes glazed as his lips made contact with the other boy's penis. Tenderly, he caressed the glans with his mouth. Without hesitation, he began to suck the waiting organ.

Cole slid back onto the bed a bit causing Aksel to straighten up and bend at the waist to continue enjoying giving the other boy what could only be called a really good blow job. Cody moved directly behind him, running one hand down the boy's back and then squeezing his right butt cheek with the other hand. Soon both hands were on Aksel's butt as the alien continued to suck on Cole's cock.

Cody ran the tip of his hard penis against the boy's hole. There was a momentary clenching of his butt muscles as he realized what the twin behind him intended. Then he reached around with his hands so that one was on Cody's cock and the other was softly massaging his balls. Aksel realized that he wanted it too. Then the twin slowly slipped the head of his penis into the other boy's hole and gently proceeded to work his way fully into him.

In spite of all of the sex that Oscar and he had had, Aksel had never before experienced giving a blow job while getting fucked up the butt at the same time. At first, he wasn't sure whether he liked it or not, but as they settled into a rhythm, the pleasure of it consumed him and all of the tensions that had built up in recent days disappeared as he became lost in boy-on-boy sex.

Oscar stood there for a moment, taking in all that was happening, while lightly stroking his stiff rod. Hesitating for only a second, he moved around behind Cody and positioned himself right behind the Earth boy. He reached out his hands and grasped the other boy firmly at the waist. Cody was startled as the alien boy probed the sensitive opening of his anus with the tip of his rock-hard cock. Slowly, but surely, he pushed his shaft into the other boy's hole.

Being from an alien world, Aksel and Oscar did not understand when Cody thought to himself the words, Ménage à Quatre. However, when the Earth boy pictured in his mind the four of them having sex together at the same time, it needed no translation.

Once the four boys developed a comfortable rhythm, the erotic nature of what they were doing meant that none of them would last very long. Cole came first, giving Aksel an oral surprise to blend with the beer flavor with which he had started.

Aksel had been enjoying the attention from Cody's rigid member in his rear and his cock strained at its hardest, quivering in mid-air when it suddenly erupted with several rope-blasts of cum hitting Cole in the stomach and chest. Aksel had to brace himself on the bed to keep from falling onto Cole, so intense was his orgasm.

Oscar, connected telepathically with Aksel as always during sex, could not keep from coming at the sight and feelings coming from his twin and blasted into Cody so forcefully that the Earth boy came immediately, and in spite of the contractions of Aksel's sphincter around his cock, slipped out of him still blasting cum all over the place!

The four boys collapsed together in a jumble of arms and legs, slipping and sliding from the sweat and cum. For a minute or two, all there was to be heard was panting and moaning. Then all of a sudden, one of the boys started chuckling. Another started up and soon all four were laughing at the elation they felt from their exertions.

Aksel declared, "I've got to admit that I've never have I felt so horny and aroused! That was great!"

Oscar immediately agreed and reached over and gave his brother a wet kiss. Then, he gave a longer one to Cole. Not to be outdone, Cody moved over to Aksel and planted one squarely on is lips, while gently rubbing his lower abdomen.

After a few minutes rest, Cody said, "Let's clean up in the shower, then go for a swim in the big pool."

The others readily agreed and before long, the bathroom was a riot of steam and adolescent laughter.

***

It wasn't long before the four of them emerged from the bungalow and made their way down the path to the side of the big swimming pool that was the centerpiece of the resort. Marty Stone saw them coming and met them as they crossed the flagstone deck of the pool.

Speaking to the alien twins, Marty said, "Again, welcome to The Bahamas, boys. It looks like Cody and Cole have been making you welcome up there in your bungalow. In order to get you acquainted with Paradise Island, I've invited some of the local boys over to meet you here at poolside. They'll be along shortly. In the meantime, enjoy yourselves here at the pool while I see about food and refreshments. I feel sure that Cody and Cole have some things in mind that you can do in the water that will be a lot of fun.

"Well, we do like to play a game in the pool that we call 'Horse'," explained Cody.

"Wait a minute, Cody, you forgot something," interjected Cole. "Do these guys even know what a horse is? Did the white aliens take any of them back to their home world?"

"Yes, we've seen a few horses on Drahna, what you call the 'alien home world'," replied Aksel. "However, they were more of a novelty and generally found only in zoos, although they were often trained so that they can be ridden for shows and theatrical presentations. Do you have some here to ride?" he asked, scanning the pool area expectantly.

"Not exactly," responded Cole sheepishly. "You see, we play a team-game in the shallow end of the swimming pool where one boy sits on another boy's shoulders. The boy on the bottom is called the horse. He and his rider then try to knock over another pair of boys where only the boy on top can use his hands. We like to play a version of the game where each team also has one or more boys in the water who get to attack the horse underwater. They can do anything except use their hands. We called them 'piranhas' after a particularly vicious kind of Earth fish that will attack people. We play the game with everyone nude. That prevents any of the players from grabbing or otherwise holding onto anything on the horse, except for the horse himself. How about it? Would you like to try it? It can be a lot of fun. You two can be the horses with Cody and me as the riders."

Aksel and Oscar hesitated for a moment as they pondered the essentials of the game in their minds. Then, they smiled one of those knowing smiles that let Cole and Cody know that the meaning of the game had not been lost on them. However, just to be sure that they had not missed anything, they each pressed the palm of one hand to Cole's temple. There was a soft blue glow as they absorbed the Earthling twin's memories of the games of Horse that he had played.

"Why not?" asked Aksel. "It sounds like fun. Let's slip out of our clothes and become the horses Cole referred to," Aksel said to his twin, as he pulled his tee-shirt over his head and started to take off his shorts. As he slipped out of his clothes, he felt a brief twinge in his three-inch [8 cm] flaccid penis as he momentarily stood there beside the pool again remembering just what little opportunity they had had for fun back on Drahna.

Cole stood there standing on the flagstone terrace that surrounded the pool and waved in the direction of the now nude Aksel and Oscar. With a big smile on his face, he replied "Great! Let's have some fun." Moving quickly, he pulled his own tee-shirt over his head and untied the string of his shorts and slipped them off. Cody followed suite so that in what seemed like only seconds both of the Earthling twins were also nude. Like Aksel and Oscar, they too were hairless in the pubic area. Only Cody and he knew that they had not had pubic hair since they had first joined the Bahama Islands colony. Sex was better without it.

While the boys were making ready for the game, AJ, Lt. Schreiber, and Adrien (all from the summit), and lastly Alexey, who had just come up from the colony on an errand, strolled onto the scene. AJ's sunglasses obscured his alien eyes for the time being. Alexey's hybrid modifications were also not immediately apparent. Introductions began with AJ, who already knew the new twins, introducing Lt. Schreiber and Alexey to Oskar and Aksel. When he introduced Alexey, the boy greeted them in Russian. The twins' eyes lit up as they responded in kind. As all three were inherently telepathic, the conversation quickly went silent as far as the rest of those present were concerned.

"Ahem," said Adrien. "We don't all have your ability to converse mind-to-mind."

Lt. Schreiber looked relieved when he heard this since he was lost as to what the three had been saying; first in Russian, then in silence.

"Sorry," Alexey apologized. "I got excited when I learned they spoke Russian fluently, since that is my native language."

With the newcomers, it was agreed that each team would employ two piranhas, one at a time, in the water. When one wanted to rest, he would tag the other who would be waiting at the edge of the pool. Similarly, when one team wanted a time-out, Lt. Schreiber with AJ would take their place. Eventually, so would Adrien with Alexey. Before they were done for the day, all would have played every position at least once.

Once everyone was naked, and in the water, the four piranhas huddled around the edge of the pool while the twins-on-twins got used to moving around in the water. The two alien twins as the horses each holding up one of the Earthling twins on their shoulders with other boys serving as piranha and attacking the horses would make for an interesting and exciting game they thought, as they got started.

There was a lot of splashing and laughing amongst the boys as Cody spread his legs wide. Then, Aksel swam under him so that his head passed between the boy's legs. Still under water, he thrust his arms up and the alien twin grabbed Cody's hands in his own. Once their grip was firm, Aksel shot up through the water with young Cole squarely on his shoulders. Quickly, the boy secured his position by wrapping his legs around the alien boy's ribs with his lower legs and feet extending back under the other boy's arms so that they were behind his back. Of course, this had the effect of pressing Cole's bare three inch [8 cm] flaccid penis up against his horse's neck.

Aksel had not given any thought to the fact that this might happen once the nude Cole was on his shoulders. The result was that this caused the young alien boy's own cock to start to harden as a consequence of having a bare penis pressed into his flesh. In no time at all, his erect 5 inch [12½ cm] organ stood straight out from his body. This was a normal side effect of the way that these boys played the game and no one gave it any thought except Aksel and Oscar.

It didn't occur to me what the effect that another guy's penis would have on me while it was pressed against my back and neck while I was trying to move around in the water. We sure didn't have anything like this back on Drahna! thought Aksel telepathically to his brother.

They had only been playing the game for about ten minutes when Derrik came strolling up to the edge of the pool. Looking down at the twins-on-twins, he said, "I can see that you're getting to know our way of life here. It looks like you're already having fun. Am I right?"

Cole and Cody both nodded aggressively at Derrik; Cody with a wink. Oskar first looked at Aksel for a moment, then spoke to Derrik saying, "The people have all been very friendly to us. Yes, we're definitely having fun and are very happy to be here!"

Aksel turned toward Derrik and spoke mind-to-mind saying, Cole and Cody have been especially nice. Are all of the boys in your colony like them?

Answering the same way, Derrik replied, For the most part, yes. Some are better adjusted than others and some are still traumatized from the invasion. But mostly everyone is pleasant and friendly!

Just then, several more boys came trotting into the pool area. Derrik had thought to add more boys a few at a time so as not to overwhelm the newcomers with new faces.

In the new group was AJ's younger brother, Donny (age 12), Chris, (14), Josiah (15), and Zachary (11), while Aiden (15) brought up the rear, coming in a little after the rest of them. Intros were short as the game was already well underway.

The remaining boys took up positions alongside the pool so that they could watch what they assumed would be the first of several contests. Besides, it might give them some pointers, if they got to play in one of the later matches.

Derrik and Adrien had been mind-plotting for the last couple of hours on how best to acclimate the newcomers so that they might extract even the minutest scrap of information they might have retained from when they were still in the labs. This was why most of the boys there were gifted by the aliens in one way or the other. Most had telepathy and many had other gifts.

***

The young European Alliance Lieutenant had forgotten that when playing Horse, the rider's penis is always pressed against the person who is serving as the horse. Naked as he was, he was not sure what to do next. Anyone taking a photo of him with a naked kid on his shoulders while he himself was nude with an erection could end his career. Still, it was too late to back out now. Wilhelm, or Willi as the boys called him, swallowed hard thinking to himself, What the hell have I gotten myself into? as he dove underwater to take young Alexey on his shoulders. As he expected, only moments later he had a raging rock hard 5 ½ inch [14 cm] penis stimulated by the reddish-blond-haired boy's flaccid organ up against his flesh. At least he doesn't have pubic hair tickling my neck, thought Willi as he adjusted Alexey's weight on his shoulders.

The two horses and their riders slowly circled in the shallow water looking for an opening for one of the riders to grab the other to try to force him from his position on the shoulders of his mount. The two horses were only about two feet [about ½ m] apart when the boys on the side of the pool shouted in unison, "Piranha in the water!" as they pointed at Donny and Zach swimming underwater looking for an opening to exploit.

Twelve-year-old Donny figured rightly that Aksel and Oscar, who had not played this game before, would be most vulnerable to a piranha attack. Without warning, he struck first making a shallow dive beneath the water and swimming for Aksel's unprotected erect cock. When he was almost upon him, he opened his mouth just enough to take the boy's penis in his mouth and sucked for all he was worth.

A surprised Aksel gasped, not really expecting this as part of the game. He stumbled and almost went down only catching himself just in time to avoid losing his rider. Donny pulled free of Aksel's cock, gave it one last lick, and then broke the water laughing at the alien boy's near disastrous reaction to his attack.

As the horse struggled to recover his balance, eleven-year-old Zachary swam up behind Oscar under his butt and licked his crack. The boy only flicked his tongue against that sensitive area of the alien boy's anatomy but Oscar was virtually powerless to do anything about it. This distracted him just long enough for his brother and young Cody, his rider, to attack Cole with a hard push from the side coupled with a shoulder bump from Aksel. Oscar and Cole were knocked over and went down in the waist deep water. The first round went to the team that Aksel and Cody represented. Moments later, all of the boys in the pool were splashing and laughing at the outcome of their first game of Horse in the private pool of Marty's resort for special customers.

Marty Stone busied himself setting up the buffet table alongside the pool. From the way that all of the boys from the island were playing and having fun with the alien twins, he could rest assured that his 'mixer' was being a big success.

Tomorrow would be time enough to see what, if anything, the boys from the planet "Drahna" could contribute to rebuilding the civilization of Earth.

Chapter 33
Memories from Another World

Oden stepped back from the chair and reviewed his work. What to you and I would have looked like a comfortably upholstered patient chair in a dentist's office stood in the middle of a small room at the former alien base in the Bermuda lagoon. A flexible arm extended over the chair and ended in a metal cap that would fit over the head of the person who sat in the chair. Surrounding the chair on three sides was a semicircular screen that stood about a meter [3 feet 3 inches] high. The screen ran from one side of the chair to the other so that any image presented on it would seem almost real to the viewer sitting in the chair.

You may recall that Oden, just like Aksel and Oscar, was a human who had grown up on Drahna, the alien home world. He had, until recently, been a research assistant and part-time test subject at this research laboratory. However, unlike Aksel and Oscar, he was descended from people who had been abducted long ago from somewhere in Asia.

Oden stood about 5 feet 9 inches [1.75 m] tall, with straight black hair that was cut short. The jumpsuit he wore could not hide the fact that he was lean and muscular. Like Adrien, with his enhanced alien abilities, Oden's eye-balls were entirely dark green which made it obvious to Earthlings that he was not your typical human.

The chair, the screen, and its associated equipment were part of what on Drahna was called a Memory Machine; at least that's as close to the name for it as we can get with English. It was something that the white aliens had invented for their people to use as a way to remember, and effectively relive, their memories. It functioned as a way to relieve the stress, boredom, and loneliness of their space crews and those garrisoning distant outposts of their colonial empire who were away from home for long periods of time.

Once Aksel and Oscar told Adrien what the machine was, and that there had to be at least one on every Drahnan spacecraft and base, it didn't take long to realize what the Earthlings had overlooked in their salvage work. This could be used to aid in the pursuit and understanding of alien technology. Since it was a recreational device, Oden hadn't thought to mention it as any kind of weapon.

In spite of the damage the outpost had suffered in the last days of the conflict with the insectoid aliens, it turned out that the machine at the Bermuda base was the one that was still in the best working order, though they thought it also would be feasible to repair several others. To use the Bermuda device, it was just a matter of going there and letting the twins use it to see if they knew anything that the Earth Alliance could use to better defend the planet.

***

When the shuttle-craft touched down at the base, Adrien and General Chen, along with Aksel and Oscar, were met on the landing pad by Oden, who had arrived earlier. After greetings were exchanged, he escorted the three of them to the room that contained the machine in the laboratory wing of the complex.

Although they had been briefed as to what a Memory Chair looked like, it was hard to believe that what they were looking at could produce images of a person's thoughts. Something that looked like a comfortably upholstered patient's examination chair in a dentist's office hardly seemed to have anything like that ability. Then again, the flexible arm that extended over the chair and ended in a metal cap that would fit over the head of the person who sat in the chair was not something that you saw just every day. Neither was the meter [3 feet 3 inches] high screen that surrounded the chair.

"Aksel, why don't you be the first to sit in the chair," suggested Oden. "I understand that you boys have used one of these before. Just position the cap over your head and let me know when you're comfortable. Then, think of something that you've enjoyed in the past and I'll activate the machine so that you can relive that experience on the screen in front of you."

Aksel climbed into the chair, laid back and relaxed, while placing the metal cap on his head. Oden made sure that the electrical leads were all in place and that the twin was comfortable in the chair. Then he said, "If you're ready, I'll activate the machine."

"I'm ready," replied Aksel as he moved slightly, adjusting his position somewhat in the chair.

There was a low murmuring sound as the machine came to life. Slowly, the view screen that surrounded the chair turned a light blue in color and then darkened and fluctuated, slowly revealing what soon became clear were clouds that seemed to move over its surface. The scene faded and then reformed with the sensation of drifting through the white of the cloud cover. A green landscape slowly became visible below the thinning wisps that passed over the screen. Then the scene shifted to what must have been a room in the building that had come into view below the clouds. The image became very clear with every detail standing out. To the observers, it was as if they were actually there participating in the events on the screen.

Since these were Aksel's memories, it was a little disorienting for the observers in the room. The scene jumped around some according to where and what Aksel looked at moment by moment. They could see two boys up ahead entering a doorway that Aksel also entered. The boys, Oscar and an older boy, were wearing robes as they separated around a large tub of bubbling water which dominated the middle of the room. From the happy expressions on their faces, it seemed the boys were glad to be there. Aksel closed the door behind them and turned back around to look first at the tub, and then at the other boys. Almost as one they dropped their robes. In the chair, Aksel blushed as they saw him looking at both boys with a certain interest in their bodies, for they wore nothing under the robes revealing that they were naked.

As they observed the scene unfolding on the screen, Oscar turned to Adrien, General Chen, and Oden explaining that, "Aksel's thinking back to our reward for a job well-done as part of a research project. We were given time in what you would probably call a 'hot-tub' as a reward. We never did learn the name of the third boy that's in there with us. We only knew him as 'Devyet' which means 'Nine' in Russian. That's from the time when we were called 'Seven' and 'Eight' by the scientists.

Back on the screen, Oscar appeared to turn toward his brother but stopped, and seemed to be looking at something just out of Aksel's view. Since Aksel was still looking in his direction, they could assess Oscar's body. Assuming they were identical 13-year-old twins, then they could see that the two were slender with well-formed thighs and arms, and had taut, well-defined muscular midsections. Oscar's pectoral muscles were just beginning to define themselves but already looked more like the man he was becoming than the boy he had been. Like other altered humans, he was hairless below the neck. His skin was smooth and evenly tanned with no line from clothing. His penis appeared to be four inches long [10 cm] and hung over twin heavy-looking, oversized balls that suggested the other part of him hadn't finished growing yet.

The older boy on the screen looked to be about fifteen. However, unlike the twins, he had an olive complexion with straight, almost black hair. If you or I had met him we would have assumed him to be of Italian or maybe Greek extraction. The only other difference between him and the twins was the fact that the age difference gave him very much the appearance of a young man rather than that of a boy.

The scene on the screen shifted again and now showed the two boys slowly walking down the steps at the end of the pool and into the warm water. Aksel looked down at his brother's butt and Adrien and Oden both remembered the day the twins were released from their cold sleep and were naked because here were the same cute dimpled cheeks they had seen on Corregidor in the Malinta Hill base. The boys stood there as the water bubbled up around them enjoying the feeling as it caressed their legs. The viewers could see from the expressions on the faces that the boys could hardly believe that they were getting to enjoy the luxury of a 'hot tub', which was so often reserved only for the masters.

"Aksel, why don't you go ahead and wash Oscar like you do when we bathe back at the lab? Then, he can do you," suggested Devyet, the older boy, while seeming to look at the viewers. "I'm just going to enjoy soaking for a bit while watching the two of you."

"Come closer," said Oscar to his brother, as he laughingly rested himself on an underwater bench at one side of the pool, "You can help me find those places that I can't reach."

Oscar reached up and took his twin by the arm, carefully pulling him closer to him as he took a small piece of soap in his hand. Then he slowly turned Aksel around in the water so that he had his back to the seated Oscar. This gave the viewers a chance to look around the room a bit as Aksel was looking away from the other two boys. Aksel remembered that at first, he hadn't realized that his twin was becoming erect behind him until he felt two hands pressing on his midsection, pulling him even closer to his seated twin. Almost casually, the boy's hard penis caressed his brother's bare butt causing his body to tense in response. Oscar's hands continued to move slowly over the other boy's bare flesh with the soap. Aksel started to look down at his brother's hands, but ended up focusing on his own rapidly hardening cock.

As he watched the scene that was unfolding before him in the water, Devyet could see that the younger boy's penis was growing. There was a muffled moan from Aksel as the fingers of Oscar's left hand strayed up his body to his left nipple. The seated twin tweaked his brother's nipple gently with the result that both of their penises finished hardening. He circled the nipple with a wet finger brushing the tip gently. Aksel was now breathing hard in response to the caresses and could feel his own erect penis throbbing in anticipation of what might come next.

"This w-water m-makes me hard," stammered Aksel a little nervously.

Since the scene was through the eyes of Aksel, who therefore was not visible in the display, there were several times one or more of the viewers glanced in his direction in the chair, as if to associate what they were seeing on the screen with what wasn't on the screen. He didn't seem to notice, or, if he did, he must have been too distracted to care.

Both Oscar and Devyet just smiled and looked down at Aksel's now rock hard four and a half inch [11 cm] erection that lay just below the surface of the warm pool of bubbling water. "So it would seem," responded Devyet softly. "That's what I thought the first time the masters let me use one of these tubs."

A moment of silence passed as the three boys remained there looking at each other knowingly. Then the older boy replied, "Relax and enjoy yourself. You know that no one here minds what we do."

Suddenly, there was a rattling sound at the door to the hot tub room. It slowly opened to reveal a young boy of about eleven years of age. He entered the room and closed the door behind him. The boy turned and carefully locked the door from the inside. As he did so, the viewers could see that Aksel was checking out the new boy's butt before he turned back around. Then, the boy just stood there looking at the naked threesome in the hot tub not sure of what he should do next.

When the boys in the tub saw that it was only another boy and that he had carefully locked the door, they again began to relax. While their alien masters did not care if they indulged their passions, it was always wise to be discrete when doing so if they were around.

"Hi guys, I'm Will. Dr. Uxam said that the three of you might need some help here in the tub," explained the boy. "Is there any way that I can be of assistance?" he inquired.

"Well, you can pull off your clothes and come on in," replied Devyet. "We can certainly find uses for a fourth boy in this wonderful tub."

Will walked over to the nearest bench and pulled the lab coat over his head. His loose-fitting pants followed. Scooping up both garments, he put them on the bench and turned and stood there, naked, facing the equally naked threesome already in the pool of warm water.

At eleven years of age, Will stood about 5' 3" [1.60 m] and weighed 112 lbs [50 kg]. Light brown somewhat curly locks crowned his head. He was one of those boys whose body was naturally firm and muscular. For one so young, he already had a distinctly masculine look about him. When he moved, the muscles of his arms, chest, and legs seemed to ripple below a smooth, lightly tanned surface. His flaccid three inch [7½ cm] penis was large for his age but it was his perfectly rounded butt that caught the attention of those in the water. Their erections had not subsided from their dalliance so that the sight of another naked boy with a good body was keeping them that way.

"Come closer," said the older boy. "I can think of things that would make this more fun."

Without hesitation, Will came down the steps of the pool to join the others. He moved close to the older boy, took a small piece of soap and started to rub the youth's chest and shoulders as he stood in front of him. As he did so, his penis brushed Devyet's thigh and remained there as he worked at cleaning his body.

It was now the older boy's turn to sigh as he felt the boy's young manhood rub against him. His own penis slowly enlarged until it was fully erect. Looking down, the boy's eyes went wide. Distracted, he suddenly dropped the soap in the water.

"Reach down and see if you can find it," said Devyet.

The boy looked around and saw the piece of soap on the bottom of the pool. He knelt down on his knees in the water and tried to retrieve it. As he did so, his mouth was only inches from the older boy's now fully erect penis from which his eyes did not stray as his hand took its time fumbling for the soap.

"Have you ever given another guy a blow job?" asked Devyet.

Will blushed as he responded, "Now and then, when only one of the other boys and I have been together and he has asked me to do that."

Standing back up with the soap in one hand, he reached out his other hand and touched Devyet on the chest. Slowly he ran his wet hand down the older boy's belly toward his package which seemed to be both strange and yet fascinating to the younger boy.

Though they had turned a bit to view the new boy, Aksel still had his back to Oscar whose hard penis was now rubbing against his back as his hands continued to fondle his twin's nipples. As a result, young Will had no reservations regarding fondling Devyet. His hand circled the older boy's organ and began a slow sliding motion up and down the shaft. Nearby, Oscar continued much the same with his brother. Devyet's eyes were glazed as they enjoyed the ministrations of both of the willing boys. At first, only soft moans broke the silence of the room. Then, first Aksel's, and then Devyet's, moans grew louder and closer together. One by one their bodies became rigid as they reached orgasm. It was impressive as the two orgasms shot cum a foot [30 cm] or more across the surface of the pool.

Then the view clouded over again. The scene shifted to a simple white room with nothing in it but a single bed and what evidently was a small chest of drawers. To those watching the viewing screen it looked more like a fairly large holding cell than anything else.

The scene blurred briefly and they could tell that Aksel was lying on the bed face down. He was crying into the pillow. The boy sounded maybe a year or so younger than his present age. Adrien guessed that he must have been about twelve when the scene on the screen had taken place.

There was a noise outside of the view screen that sounded like a door opening. The view shifted toward the door. An adult human male stood there in the doorway looking at the boy. The viewers assumed that he was someone who must have been working with or at least for the masters. They could see that his beige jumpsuit had some sort of identification disk pinned above the pocket on the left side of his chest. Just looking at him, they could detect a condescending attitude as though he thought that the boy on the bed was far beneath him and unworthy of his sympathy.

The man stood about six feet [1.85 m] tall and must have weighed something like 185 lbs [83 kg]. Adrien guessed that he was in his mid-forties and, although middle-aged, he appeared to be physically fit, if somewhat thick in the middle.

As he stood there, the door beside him opened again and another boy was roughly shoved through it and into the room. The viewers were briefly surprised as they realized that the other boy was Oscar.

Aksel's twin stood there a moment, also naked. Then, realizing that it was his brother on the bed, he rushed over to him and put an arm around him, trying to comfort him.

"Time for a little fun," said the man, kicking off his shoes. He smiled a wicked smile as he pulled the zipper down on his jumpsuit and stepped out of it. He stood there a moment as he scratched his left butt cheek and his 6-inch [15 cm] cock hardened.

Both Aksel and Oscar were on the bed looking back at him as though they knew exactly what was coming next. No hint of surprise crossed Oscar's young face, nor was any registered when he looked at his twin. Those watching the view screen could tell that this was not the first time that something like this had happened to these boys. Was this the way all of the Drahnan test subjects had been treated?

There was a blurring of the image on the screen and then it refocused showing what must have been only a minute or two later. The man was now lying on his back on the bed. Oscar's head was between his legs sucking on his cock while Aksel, who must have been behind his brother, was looking down while rubbing his brother's boy-hole with his own erect penis.

"Yes… that's it, Oscar… let me feel you suck it with everything that you've got… ahhh, yes!" The man's hands were pressed against the back of the boy's head, keeping him from backing off of the jailor's thick, long, rock-hard penis. To the viewers it was something of a miracle that the boy did not gag on what was being shoved down his throat.

As it was, there was only a low moan as Aksel slowly and carefully planted his own hard four inches [10 cm] of boy-meat firmly into his brother's butt.

The jailor smiled as he watched Aksel doing his best to cum before him. The observers assumed that the boy hoped to give him even more stimulation than Oscar's mouth could provide.

In a low, embarrassed monotone, Oscar explained by saying, "Although we had only been in the Drahnan stable of boys used for experiments for a short while when this happened, we already knew that this man was stimulated by the sight of others having sex. Like the rest of the boys in the holding cells, for that's what these rooms really were, we had early on learned that pleasing the humans who were in charge was what counted and ensured that we got good treatment, even if we were only there as the human equivalent of what you would call "lab rats."

Back on the view screen, Aksel's efforts didn't take long to produce results. "I'm going to cum!" the boy cried out in a loud voice.

"Don't pull out. Cum in your brother's ass," instructed the man, as the boy sucked hungrily at his hard penis. It was only seconds later that the Aksel on the screen rose up on the balls of his feet as he plunged in and out of Oscar's ass. The viewers could see that his eyes were glazed and his breathing ragged as he stroked the side of his brother's butt with his free hand, crying out as he climaxed. This, plus Oscar's sucking, brought the jailor to a quick climax of his own.

It was obvious that the twelve-year-old tried his best to swallow the man's cum but there was just too much of it flowing too quickly for him to get it all down. Some of it dribbled out of his mouth, down his chin, and onto the bed. At the same time, there were tears in the boy's eyes. The viewers could see that what had happened was not something that he had done willingly.

Suddenly, the jailor reached up and grabbed Aksel by the arm and pulled him toward him as he pulled his legs up close to his body. He lay there holding his ankles with his anus fully exposed.

"Lick it," he commanded.

The Aksel that they saw on the screen got down on his knees slowly and reluctantly as he got into position to lick the man's hole. The viewers could hear him take in a deep breath as he moved in closer to do as he was ordered.

The picture on the screen began to break up and pixelate. The image become blurred and clarity faded until they could no longer make out anything on the screen. As it was, none of those in the room actually wanted to watch the boy that now sat beside them humiliated in that way.

The image was now gone and the view screen clouded over as Adrien, Oden, and General Chen just stood there for a moment trying to get hold of their own emotions. After all, it's not just every day that you are an intimate part of someone else's sex life.

Oscar stood there beside the chair of the memory machine. Slowly, his hand drifted over to take Aksel's hand as he helped his brother to sit up. They looked at each other for a moment. Then, they embraced and sobs broke the silence of the room. This was not a happy memory.

Adrien broke the silence saying, "We're sorry to learn that you were forced to have sex with that man. I assume that he was your jailor and was abusing his position. However, we were actually hoping that you could give us some new insights into Drahnan technology in addition to what we have already learned from combing their bases here on Earth as well as reverse engineering their space shuttles."

"I would suspect that there is little that we can tell you without you directing us toward what you are seeking. Even then, most of the time we had no idea what the scientists were researching and they saw no need to inform us of anything other than what might influence our use to them as test subjects," responded Aksel as he wiped the tears from his eyes.

"As much as watching these boys have sex on the screen of this machine is a welcome diversion from the stress of our daily lives, I do not see how that contributes anything to our better understanding of Drahnan technology," said General Chen in a matter-of-fact tone of voice.

"We can probe some more, if you want, but I believe that someone like myself, who has worked in a Drahnan lab, may be of more use to you in finding the answers that you seek," replied Oden. "However, I doubt that there is more to learn except from those things which are already being studied by your people," he added.

"I believe that you are correct," said the general, who then turned and started to leave the room. Hesitating for a moment, he turned back to the assembly in front of the memory machine and said, "This machine has possibilities for recreation and stress relief for those of us from Earth just as it did for those of Drahna. Our efforts may have discovered something useful after all."

***

The space shuttle settled down on the pad near the settlement on Paradise Island. It was a beautiful day with only a slight breeze stirring the palm trees that framed the building which housed the boys who had found a new home there.

Adrien opened the door of the shuttle as he secured his controls. Then he walked over to where Aksel and Oscar were seated. They stood up and the three of them hugged one another. They stood there a moment as a feeling of relief flowed over them.

Wiping back a tear, Aksel said, "Thank you for bringing us back to this island. My brother and I are grateful for the opportunity to lead normal lives here among the other boys. I only hope that no one else will ever have to wonder if they will survive the next experiment that the masters conduct using them to see if it will work or not."

"Go on up to the house, they're expecting you," replied Adrien.

As Aksel and Oscar started up the path to the lodge, the sun broke through the scattered clouds overhead and shone on them for a moment. It was a good day and the start of a new life.

Adrien followed at a reduced pace, pondering how to approach the boys about learning what new powers they might bring to the table. The knock-out technique they had used on Corregidor might prove useful and he wondered what other talents their young bodies might, for the moment, conceal.

To Be Continued