Theron's Hope (Brides of Theron) by Rebecca Lorino Pond, Rebecca Anthony Lorino Page A
Authors: Rebecca Lorino Pond, Rebecca Anthony Lorino
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player stuck in her ears and she was rocking back and forth to in a rhythm set by the music she was listening to. Grace was about to make an attempt to get up and talk to the woman when she heard a soft voice, coming from the opposite direction, “You might not want to do that.”
Grace looked at the woman that stopped her, “Why not?”
“That is Emma. She was the first one brought into this room. She was really upset until I got here. I managed to calm her down by giving her my MP3 player. Turns out we like the same music. It’s the only thing that is keeping her from acting out right now.” She looked at Emma with concern, “My name is Laura Mason. I was brought here about an hour ago.”
Grace looked at Laura. She was dressed in running clothes and her long blonde hair was put up into a ponytail with a headband to keep the stray hairs from falling into her face and away from her crystal blue eyes. “I’m Grace Abernathy. Where were you when you were abducted? Have you talked to any of the other women in the room?”
“You are full of questions. To answer your first question, I just moved to San Francisco's mission districtk six months ago to start my residency in emergency medicine. I went for a run before my shift began and on the running path about 20 minutes into my run I ended up on a space ship. To answer your second question, I have spoken to most of the other women in this room to make sure everyone was alright and unharmed. Almost all of my efforts were to calm Emma though because until now she was making the other women very uncomfortable so I figured someone needed to try to help her. Boy, all those questions. What do you do for a living Grace?”
Grace smiled, a bit embarrassed. She tended to talk too much and ask a lot of questions especially when she was nervous. “I am a journalist and write mostly for a news paper in New York. I also own several businesses that I have to make appearances at several times a year.”
“How did they take you? I see you have your suitcase. I sure hope you weren’t planning to be abducted.” Laura asked in a joking manner.
“I was on my way to Florence, Italy. I entered the terminal to check in for my flight but after the long drive to the airport I had to go relieve myself. As I came out of the bathroom, someone grabbed my arm and I felt a strange sensation come over my body. Then I found myself in a clinic and eventually I was brought here.” Grace looked at Laura, questions piling up in her head with one screaming to be asked, “Do you have any idea why we were brought here?”
“I only heard small tidbits of reasons. Apparently these guys don’t speak English well. The women were all abducted within an hour of one another and from distant areas from one another. In the infirmary, Elizabeth, the woman with the light brown curly hair, said something about us being mates. Sarah, the Asian woman, said something about an auction. Gabrielle, with the dark black hair and black eyes that looks like she is of Spanish decent, said someone would be in shortly to explain what is going to happen. I don’t think Emma allowed herself to hear a word. She seems to have closed herself off to everyone she encountered since being here. She has been here the longest, over 10 hours. Did you hear anything about why they brought us here?”
Grace recounted her conversation with Zane to Laura, “Zane, the guy who brought me here, said that this ship is from the planet Theron. They classify themselves as Theron Warriors. Theron is in the galaxy called X-tran. He said someone would be in shortly to brief us on why we are here. I guess we will have to wait.”
“I hate to leave you but I think I will go and check on Emma. There’s food and drinks on the table over there if you are hungry. One of those men just brought it in about an hour ago.
Grace looked at the woman that stopped her, “Why not?”
“That is Emma. She was the first one brought into this room. She was really upset until I got here. I managed to calm her down by giving her my MP3 player. Turns out we like the same music. It’s the only thing that is keeping her from acting out right now.” She looked at Emma with concern, “My name is Laura Mason. I was brought here about an hour ago.”
Grace looked at Laura. She was dressed in running clothes and her long blonde hair was put up into a ponytail with a headband to keep the stray hairs from falling into her face and away from her crystal blue eyes. “I’m Grace Abernathy. Where were you when you were abducted? Have you talked to any of the other women in the room?”
“You are full of questions. To answer your first question, I just moved to San Francisco's mission districtk six months ago to start my residency in emergency medicine. I went for a run before my shift began and on the running path about 20 minutes into my run I ended up on a space ship. To answer your second question, I have spoken to most of the other women in this room to make sure everyone was alright and unharmed. Almost all of my efforts were to calm Emma though because until now she was making the other women very uncomfortable so I figured someone needed to try to help her. Boy, all those questions. What do you do for a living Grace?”
Grace smiled, a bit embarrassed. She tended to talk too much and ask a lot of questions especially when she was nervous. “I am a journalist and write mostly for a news paper in New York. I also own several businesses that I have to make appearances at several times a year.”
“How did they take you? I see you have your suitcase. I sure hope you weren’t planning to be abducted.” Laura asked in a joking manner.
“I was on my way to Florence, Italy. I entered the terminal to check in for my flight but after the long drive to the airport I had to go relieve myself. As I came out of the bathroom, someone grabbed my arm and I felt a strange sensation come over my body. Then I found myself in a clinic and eventually I was brought here.” Grace looked at Laura, questions piling up in her head with one screaming to be asked, “Do you have any idea why we were brought here?”
“I only heard small tidbits of reasons. Apparently these guys don’t speak English well. The women were all abducted within an hour of one another and from distant areas from one another. In the infirmary, Elizabeth, the woman with the light brown curly hair, said something about us being mates. Sarah, the Asian woman, said something about an auction. Gabrielle, with the dark black hair and black eyes that looks like she is of Spanish decent, said someone would be in shortly to explain what is going to happen. I don’t think Emma allowed herself to hear a word. She seems to have closed herself off to everyone she encountered since being here. She has been here the longest, over 10 hours. Did you hear anything about why they brought us here?”
Grace recounted her conversation with Zane to Laura, “Zane, the guy who brought me here, said that this ship is from the planet Theron. They classify themselves as Theron Warriors. Theron is in the galaxy called X-tran. He said someone would be in shortly to brief us on why we are here. I guess we will have to wait.”
“I hate to leave you but I think I will go and check on Emma. There’s food and drinks on the table over there if you are hungry. One of those men just brought it in about an hour ago.
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