Part of a bigger plan...

Posted on Sun Dec 29th, 2024 @ 10:18pm by Lieutenant Amu Hinamori M.D.

1,143 words; about a 6 minute read

Mission: The Nursery
Location: Elachin Nursery

The room was dark, with a singular source of light that shone down on Amu from above. The young doctor looked around, as the sounds of movement came from the darkness. The light was focused on Amu's belly, illuminating it as if some sort of prize on a pedastal in a museum. A cold sweat ran down her neck as she heard footsteps drawing closer.

Out of the gloom several Elachi emerged, holding strange tools and instruments. One of the Elachi began to tighten the restraints on her hands and legs, whilst another began to fasten more restraints across her chest, as if to stop her from struggling further.

"What are you doing?!" Amu asked franctically, trying to struggle against the restraints. The Elachi didn't respond as they began to run strange scanning devices across her belly. One of them began to run its long fingers across her skin, sending shivers down Amu's spine.

Luckily her comm badge was able to lock onto their language and translate it for her. The words were hushed and choppy at times, it struggled with the complex language as she listened to them talk amongst themselves.

"The offspring inside this female is Human." One of them said. "We must examinme it."

"Examine yes." One responded.

One of the Elachi pulled out a long needle, attached to some sort of strange device. "I shall insert the probe. The best possible point of entry is the female's navel." It slowly placed the tip of the needle onto Amu's protruding navel, and then pushed.

Amu winced as the needle penetrated her skin and went into her stomach. She held back tears as she saw it being pushed further into her, obviously now penetrating her expanded womb. "Leave my baby alone!" she called out.

"Probe has been inserted..." The Elachi said. It turned away into the darkness and a different Elachi approached. It was holding some sort of container. Its long fingers wrapped around it as if carefully carrying it. After a few moments it pulled the needle out of Amu.

"Sample has been recovered." It said. Slowly it opened the container and exposed a blue like gel inside. It then began to scoop it out and apply it to Amu's belly, rubbing it over her smooth taunt skin. As the Elachi rubbed it into her skin, Amu noticed that it was turning her skin translucent.

After a few minutes her skin was transparent. The Elachi could now see through the skin and she could see the baby nestled in her womb. She looked down, wondering if the baby could see them too. "Visible confirmation." one of the Elachi said simply. "Ready for extraction."

"Wait... Extraction?!" Amu exclaimed. "What do you mean by that?!"

She didn't have time to answer as a mask was forced over her mouth and nose. She could feel her eyes getting heavier and heavier. She tried to fight it, the drowsiness. Then she lost the battle and all went black.

What seemed like hours later she stirred. She felt groggy and disorientated as she woke. She looked around, her vision blurry. Her arms and legs were still restrained. 'Oh yeah... Elachi...' she thought. She then made the mistake of looking down.

Instant panic hit her like a train. Her once rounded out pregnant belly was gone. Now it was just flat and back to normal like it had been before she had gotten pregnant. She could feel the tears starting to swell up in her eyes. "Where is my baby?!" she called out. "HOW DARE YOU TAKE HIM!" She shouted loudly, crying amongst her words. "GIVE HIM BACK! GIVE HIM BACK!" she continued to cry out.

Out of the gloominess the Elachi returned. "The female seems distressed from the extraction." one of them said to the other.

"Agreed. However it is necessary." The other replied.

"GIVE HIM BACK!" Amu cried out. "DO YOU HAVE NO MORALS?!"

The Elachi ignored her cries as they continued to watch her. One of them seemed to record something on a device that resembled a PADD. Finally it looked up over at Amu. "Your offspring is unharmed. It shall be returned to you shortly."

With that said, it disappeared back into the gloom. Amu laid there sobbing. She kept looking down at her belly. The fact it was now flat and no longer held the life she had been nurturing and caring for upset and scared her. A sense of loss, and being incomplete was flowing through her as she grieved. She couldn't help but cry as she felt the exhaustion starting to overcome her. Eventually she drifted off into an uneasy sleep, the tears stinging her eyes.

She was woken by an Elachi now attaching something to her forehead. She instantly turned aggressive and defensive. "Give me back my baby!" she demanded.

"Your offspring has been returned." The Elachi said. Amu felt a flutter in her belly and looked down to see it once had returned back to its pregnant state. She felt the baby move inside her, kicking her as it usually did. A sense of relief washed over her, at least the baby was now safe.

The Elachi then tapped at some controls on the device attached to her head as if activating it. Another then appeared out of the darkness. It spoke to the other freely as if not caring if Amu overheard it. "We can begin vacinations of all Human species." It said simply.

The other Elachi seemed to nod. "Yes. Distribute the vacination amongst Human populations." It said. "This should be passed to our commanders for distribution at Human population centers."

"Vacination?" Amu asked. "What sort of Vacination?" she asked. She wasn't expecting an answer at all. However it seemed that these Elachi being scientists and or medical, were not trained in the art of secrecy as the soldiers were. The one who had mentioned it turned to look at Amu. "Your offspring was helpful. We now have a way to iniate the sterilization of your species."

"Sterilization..." Amu said. "Wait! You can't do that! Thats not right!" she protested.

The Elachi didn't seem at all phased by her outburst. She watched as both Elachi went off into the darkness leaving her alone. She looked down at her stomach, seeing her baby move around inside her. 'They want to stop Humans from reproducing... I wonder why they would want that?' she thought to herself as she remained there in the darknened room. She felt the urge to run a hand over her belly as her baby kicked, but the restraints prevented her from doing so. "Please... Captain... Help me. Rescue me from this hell..." she begged quietly to herself as tears began to form in her eyes again.

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Lieutenant Amu Hinamori M.D.
Flight Deck Chief Medical

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