"Scarecrows from Jupiter part 6- by: Zane Hunter-Green
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Nikki tried to shelter the larger boy. The men including Ked, were looking sternly at both of them. They were trapped in a small circumference of invisible wires now. It was easier for Nikki to hug Andy, than chance a shock from the electrical field. Outside the room they heard the sizzle of electrical bolts. Andy was starting to shake.
"So you two, I see you got to know each other rather quickly. I don't think you're still in the mood to play however." Ked stated.
"You can at least tell us what's going on." Nikki tried to demand.
"Why, would it make any difference. Well I suppose it won't. You want to know Nikki, what will you exchange for this information?"
"You know that I have nothing at all of any value."
"That's right, and perhaps the only thing that I could take from you I have no time for now, how unfortunate. I'll tell you something for free. This is information about you"
"Why would you share that with me, unless you're going to lie again?" Nikki stated.
"Cause your friend here might want to know what a little alpha male you are. Most boys who are prisoners would be afraid. The last thing on their mind would be sex, however Nikki you have no fear. We watched how you reacted to Andy, and the last thing we expected is you would encourage him in sex games."
"I let Andy take the lead, so maybe I'm not such a little alpha boy after all." Nikki returned.
"You're not afraid of us, are you?" Asked Ked.
"No, and you don't have to punish me just to find out. I had enough of that when I was younger."
"We know, the only thing you're afraid of is that we'll hurt Edmund."
"Edmund's safe! You promised!"
You only fear for those you care for, that's all in your profile. Well now you really need to cooperate with us as you have someone else you care for...we have Andy, and he has code..."
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Time was making itself known with the elongated shadows on the wall. It mocked Edmund as the shadows deepened.
"Com, I've got to find my boys now! There is no time to run back to the Boy's Center. I'm not going to contract with another boy, besides I'm afraid that I'll slam several faces against the floor before they manage to freeze me."
"Let me find Thane first." Com begged.
"No, I don't want to hear that name again! I mean where has he been! If he cared about his boy, and if either Nikki or Andy was assigned to him, he doesn't deserve them. Maybe he's off world already with another boy all together. I remember being told that Andy was a replacement for another they wanted to contract me with after they took Nikki. whoever "they" are. You can help if you can figure that out."
"Ed, I'm getting an unusual signal."
"What is it?" Edmund asked.
"There's an electrical rage going on at the space docks."
"That's not news, two companies are always in conflict. Ever since they're allowed to fight over commercial contracts with force, there's not a day that doesn't go by without a minor war."
"I can only think that your Nikki said he was in a warehouse, and this rage is taking place in the warehouse district by the Rocket docks."
"Nikki and Andy aren't commercial property."
"No, but a code is!"
"Andy is carrying code, he is not a code!"
"No but once they take the code from him, they can very well..."
"Very well what? Tell me?"
"Ed forgive me." Com looked down with a haunted look. "You were once carrying code."
"And..."
"Like Andy, your code was mixed with strains of DNA."
"Then what happened to it?"
"It was converted into a biological shadow, that ages like you do, but unlike you it was selectively programmed. I helped to engineer the project, and in return I was promised you."
"God, Com, what are you telling me!"
"That I know exactly what Thane is, I helped to create him. He is not a clone he is not your twin, he is a code shadow."
"A code shadow? Why would they waste a code shadow on a kiddy cartoon show?"
"What population group is the most open to influences?"
"You're telling me that the main actor on Scarecrows is a biologically designed man used to entertain kids across the galaxy, and I was the root of this creation."
"Yes, I'm so sorry..."
"So where does Andy fit in?"
"Tas is going to have a brother, and then he will become the evil one."
"And Tas is the little boy on Scarecrows, why the hell did they need real actors, why didn't they just use animation like the stuff my company creates?"
"Because it makes it all seem less like a cartoon, if the characters are modeled after real actors. People are willing to let kids watch without taking it as seriously."
"So it's a cartoon, with a gay theme. Is that the problem it's promoting this life-style. Well to me that's not a problem at all."
"That's all it was meant to do, but it was recently purchased by another company that wants to end the cartoon, Thane, or actually the character of Kiyro will become an evil man, and it should make society afraid of us again, in a small insidious way, by using entertainment to influence people." Com said
"Dear God Com! Now I need to save Andy, Nikki, and some cartoon! Well are you coming, we're going to the docks..."
To be continued....