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    “It sounds very familiar, but I
can’t place it. Why?” Lara asked, going back to loading the clips.
    “Never mind.” Viper said with
another heavy sigh. “Anyway, we come from the planet Tezaria in the Quinlonin
Quadrant. We came here when we received a distress call from a friend of
Dread’s, a warrior from the planet Valendra.” Viper paused to see how Lara was
taking it so far.
    “You do realize that you could have
just told me to fuck off rather than mock me for asking.” Lara said angrily as
she got up from the chair.
    Viper reached out quickly and
grabbed blindly for her, luckily he grabbed her wrist and pulled her towards
him so fast she lost her footing and fell into his lap. Using her momentary
lack of stability in his favor, Viper hurriedly put his arms around her to keep
her from getting up and walking away from him.
    “Let go of me!” Lara hissed angrily
as she tried to break free of his hold.
    “Please, give me a moment. I’m not
lying to you; I swear! Please, just listen. I can prove what I am saying. We
have an hour, maybe less, until they get here. I’m only asking you to listen.”
Viper pleaded with the angry woman who was just about spitting fire at him.
Even without his vision working correctly, there was no mistaking the pissed-off
look on her face.
    “I’m supposed to believe you when
you start off telling me you’re an alien? Really? How stupid do I look? Never
mind, don’t answer that… obviously dumb enough to try to save your insane ass!
Damn and I thought I was crazy! At least, I don’t think I’m from another
fucking planet!” Lara said through gritted teeth as she tried again to get off
his lap without his arms hurting her shoulder.  
    Viper let go of her rather than
have her harm herself trying to get away from him. He even helped to steady her
when she scrambled out of his lap too fast and almost tripped.
    “I would not lie to you Lara. It is
why I have avoided telling you anything. You asked if there were others like me
and yes, there are. The assholes hunting us, the ones, I’m assuming you met
overseas, are a species called the Relian’s. Earth is one of a thousand planets
that they have attempted to destroy, and so far it’s the one that has resisted
them the longest.”
    Viper paused and looked at Lara,
who was angrily shoving bullets into a clip. He took the fact that she hadn’t
left the room yet as a good sign and continued.
    “You’re a very smart woman, Lara,
listen to me. Haven’t you wondered why they look so much alike? All of them? Why
the ones over there in Afghanistan look so much like the ones hunting us right
now? They are clones, genetically made and altered at will.”
    Even though Lara never said a word,
Viper noted that she had slowed down in her movements, and he could feel the
curious energy emanating from her.
    “They came here over a thousand
years ago, leaving a path of destruction in their wake. The only thing that
stopped them here, was the Valendrans had already come and embedded themselves
in your society. They have worked behind the scenes for hundreds of years, trying
to stop the Relian’s.”
    “My people, the Tezarian’s came to
help the Valendrans. It will be a mix of Valendran’s and Tezarian’s that will
come for me. That are already on their way to us. My brother Dread, Niklosi,
Jax, Reven and probably the annoying man-child Traze. He can take a lot of
getting used to, but he’s got a huge heart.” Viper couldn’t help the smile that
came to his face at the thought of the overly energetic young man.  
    Viper looked over at Lara and
noticed at some point, while he was speaking, she had stopped loading bullets
and just sat there. Staring at him. He couldn’t see the look on her face
clearly, but he could feel the heat of her stare.  
    It was too late for him to stop
now, so he continued. “The most important thing you need to know, before they
get here, is about the dark ones. Humans have no ability to see