Shanna : "You seemed to have got yourself established quite well since the last time we met ." Dan : " So you have at last become earths negotiator so we both have what we want " Shanna : " Who said I wanted this ? " Dan : " It was inevitable you know that " Dan looks around at the other females and beckons one of his ministers , " maybe the females would like to take a walk in the garden its quite beautiful this time of year " . The Females get up to leave Tassi does not look pleased having made herself comfortable she looks at Shanna who nods and frowns at her . Dan ; " The problem we had last time you visited is no longer a problem , we have dealt with it , I did a deal with the worlds wanting to update their ships the earth engineers living here will supply our needs " Shanna : " You do that and we will have a mass exodus of our earth aliens to here " Dan : " Not exactly , they are limited to the basics no more no less basically what they are doing on earth " Shanna : "You seemed to have got yourself established quite well since the last time we met ." Dan : " So you have at last become earths negotiator so we both have what we want " Shanna : " Who said I wanted this ? " Dan : " It was inevitable you know that " Dan looks around at the other females and beckons one of his ministers , " maybe the females would like to take a walk in the garden its quite beautiful this time of year " . The Females get up to leave Tassi does not look pleased having made herself comfortable she looks at Shanna who nods and frowns at her . Dan ; " The problem we had last time you visited is no longer a problem , we have dealt with it , I did a deal with the worlds wanting to update their ships the earth engineers living here will supply our needs " Shanna : " You do that and we will have a mass exodus of our earth aliens to here " Dan : " Not exactly , they are limited to the basics no more no less basically what they are doing on earth " Shanna : " Ok but if they limited they can still go elsewhere you are taking a risk Dan ; Not if we do a deal with them , they go with us and we train the young males give them options , do something with their lives at the moment they have nothing but arranged marriages and a life dominated by the ruling classes , they cannot move on progress be control of their futures . Its those we need to worry about they are unsettled rebellious . That's dangerous , Shanna : “It happened on earth the young of the scientist stole a ship tried to fly it themselves got as far as a disused space station having kidnapped a space pilot . They planned to reach their planet which means their people would know where the dissidents landed all those years back . Earth has protected the aliens all these years not only that they risked having earth invaded by those with the doomsday bombs . “ Dan “ so what happened ? “ Shanna : “ We brought them back and let their leaders deal with the problem “ Dan “ So it went away the problem that is ? “ Shanna “ No but it was contained “ Dan “ We need to do better so how about we did a skills exchange programme ? And for those who do not want to follow their genetic conditioning and there are some we have settlements of engineers who are artists , carpenters, builders , even farmers , Scientists who have become engineers , they are free here to do what they want , some have bonded with their wives and children . Even they are evolving ." Shanna : " we are all evolving , changing so is earth " Shanna and Tassi stay a a few weeks on the planet and Shanna works with Dan to refine the details of the agreement for the earth Aliens . Tassi entertains herself getting to know the locals and living in luxury . Shanna meets Dans wifes son Tarrien he is charming handsome and Shanna cannot help to be fascinated. The ship goes off to a nearby planet for the children to relax and play . One evening they go to dinner and Shanna meets Dan's wife , there is another male there Dan's wife's son Tarrien, he kisses Shanna's hand and through the meal eaten as usual with the hand he flirts with Shanna offering her certain foods to taste and licking his fingers afterwards . Tassi watches with interest . Dan seems quite happy to let him enjoy himself and Shanna enjoys the attention . Dan and his wife and Tassi finish the meal and leave Shanna and Tarrien alone , he invites her into the garden and tells her that its the season for a shrub that gives off a perfume that fills your senses . Couples give the branches to each other as a matting gift . Shanna laughs and tells Tarrien that they only have just met and is he like this to all the females or did Dan put him up to it . Tarrien laughs and explains that Dan had told him about Shanna and he could not wait to meet her . That she is a legend . Shanna makes him laugh by saying she hopes not too much of a legend it makes her sound ancient. Tarrien takes her hand and tells her that she is far from that . And why she has not got a mate as there must be so many males who would wish to be honored to be her mate . Shanna sees Tassi across the garden walking with some of the locals and the ships security . Tarrien is reluctant to say good night and Shanna is surprised she feels the same way usualy she would dismiss such flirting and advances but if rather taken with Tarrien . She drags herself away and is given a room in the Palace and Tassi comes to visit her and tells Shanna she could get used to such luxury and where is tall dark and handsome . Shanna explains its Dans wifes Son . Tassi thinks for a moment , and just says " nice " Shanna " Dont even think about it its far too complicated , its a dalliance as my mother would call it " Tassi : " hummm well what are you doing all alone here go after the dalliance he seems keen dont let the chance slip by you only get one chance , well a number if you are me but we know you are not me ." Shanna : " its a diplomatic mission remember " Tassi " You see there you go again all this duty and no go for......... totally selfish,get mated , have a personal life . " Shanna " Go to sleep Tassi , you sure you can find your room " Tassi " You are no fun you know that , well I am off to meet a local ............or two , sleep well in your big lonely bed see you in the morning in your big lonely bed " Shanna laughs and shakes her head . Next morning Tassi sees Shanna talking to Tarrien in the garden again and he kisses her . Tassi questions Shanna about the night and Shanna tells Tassi a number of times nothing happened but Tassi can only smile and nod . Dan and Shanna have more meetings to make sure everything they spoke about the night before is settled and they swipe coms so that Shanna can transfer the agreement onto the ships computer . Dan explains that Tarrien tends to be impulsive but he is young . Shanna reassures Dan that she is not interested in any relationship at the moment she has three children to car for the the responsibility of being the negotiator . Dan frowns and asks about her happiness Shanna thinks for a moment and tells Dan she will know when someone comes along at the right time . Dan takes Shanna in his arms and whispers in her ear " there is no right time and no right person when all those chemicals we have start working thats called attraction we do not think with our heads . THE YOUNG DONT ALWAYS DO AS THEY ARE TOLD [ The NOX Stargate ]
"All my short life I have yearned for a thing i cannot name" - Andre Breton First episode: A women fights her way through a crowd of excited females. A speaker is on a small platform she is shouting, the more she shouts the more agitated the crowd becomes . "we must stay firm in our resolve. This planet, our Earth must be male free we must discourage those who think about introducing males back into our society . We know that before time history of males they destroyed our planet through wars, their savagery is well documented. They enslaved women and made them feel like nothing. The council must hear us before its too late." Nishoma hammers on the door of a city dwelling, her sister lets her in. Nishoma looks worried, her sister invites her to sit at the table and calm down offering her a glass of juice. Which she refuses, "you have been with your earth scientists too long Shoma," "Mayer you are too concerned with mother earth," Nishoma looks at her sister and takes a water bottle from her over sized bag . Mayer looks at the bag and smiles " what have you got in there? Everything to put your out of control daughter right? I think you may need a bigger bag." Shomer: "She is growing up, soon she will reach the age of slowing down then we really will be in trouble. She has been speaking at F.U. gatherings." Nishoma stands up "surely she is not ....not not F.U" Mayer pulls her sister down to sit "no, no she speaks against them she is making enemies she is fearless . You must make the decision now to make her negotiator, she must start the training, but I tell you she will need little training, she is a natural mind. You, the Council will have a head ache trying to contain her in the council chambers, she has adventure in her genes. Are you sure her father is an alien scientist?" Nishoma smiles. "I know what you think of me sister but yes her father is the alien with his head stuck down a test tube." She sighs. Shanna always found the city suffocating and her studies pointless. the only release, the place where she felt free was the beach it was off limits to all but the ruling class and she used her mothers status to enter the forbidden zone when ever she wanted to. there was an old beach house there and Shanna had made it her second home. On this particular day she felt more than her usual restless self. The beach horses seemed to pick up on her mood and her favorite came galloping up and let her swing onto his back . He galloped fast along the beach and then into the shallows. The sea spray stung Shannas bear feet and legs and the reached her face . The more she felt it the more she rode faster. And then the horse slowed down to a canter, Shanna looked up and straight ahead. There was a sight she had not seen before on the beach it was a male on a horse just sitting watching her come closer he got off his horse and bowed his head, Shanna stayed mounted, she looked at the male head on one side, the horse circled round and round "you are in the forbidden zone, who are you ? " The male smiled "well if I am in the forbidden zone who are you?" Shanna still circled around male and horse "I am ruling class I have the right to be here" The male looked at her and smiled " you don't look like ruling class bear feet that are turning blue ". Shanna jumped off her horse and removed her jacket it had a built in bag on the back she pulled out socks and boots . the male bent down "you will have sand on your feet here." He took his jacket off and wiped her feet with it . " now you have sand on your jacket " "it will remind me of you " Shanna looked straight at him "I am that forgettable ? " The male stood up put on his jacket and bowed his head slightly still looking at Shanna, "My name is Zeer Earth space pilot , I can also go where I please" "Shanna, daughter of Nishoma, head of the council" "I know who Nishoma is, but you are her daughter?" he says with surprise Zeer smiled and looked over to the sea a dark cloud hung over the waves . "A storm is coming we should find shelter I believe there are caves ahead." Shanna mounted her horse while Zeer led his they came to the caves and went inside . Not before both of them had been soaked by a sudden down pour. Shanna felt cold she hated feeling cold . Zeer took off his coat and pulled out a thermal blanket from the bag on the back of his coat . He shook the blanket and it expanded into a large enough size to wrap around both of Shanna and himself . They stood there Shanna felt the warmth of the blanket and could feel the space pilots heart beating . She could smell the wet horses, their coats steaming . And the dust of the cave . Shanna had been on earth since she was twelve before she had been on a settlement with her parents she was kept separate from the settlement children , then her parents had decided to move to the moon and sent her to live with her aunt . She had seen males around the city , the space pilots had a reputation they had been developed to fly space ships . An In Vitro programme set up, Born at 15 they then were taught the basics of being human but their main job was to fly Earths space ships. that knowledge was programmed into them . But as time went by the In Vitro began to be more human develop feelings and eventually they started to father offspring. The storm subsided Zeer unwrapped the blanket. Shanna stood there warm and dry and looked at Zeer. He held out his hand and led her into the sunlight there was a rainbow over the calm sea . Shanna mounted her horse , Zeer did not seem so eager to go, he looked up at her; "I have to fly for 3 days but I will be here on the fourth day looking for you, will you disappoint me ? " " that depends what you want from me space pilot " Shanna said with a smile turning her horse again . " I want nothing but to see you Shanna daughter of Nishoma, I have no parents so I am just Zeer space pilot. I am a product of earths insanity whilst females produce only daughters they need to produce males such as myself." " you don't seem less of a male to me, in fact your maleness is apparent if you know what I mean " Shanna smiles "and if I meet you again what would we do? The horses would get weary if we galloped them too long ." "Get to know each other, talk each other you can tell me stories of your childhood," Zeer mounted his horse . Shanna wanted to stay but she had stayed to long as it was . Her aunt would have security looking for her. "I will see if I am free Zeer earth male." Zeer looked back *Note; The scene on the beach is reminiscent of the last scene of the Original [ Planet Of the Apes ] but instead of the rider seeing the half buried statue of liberty the rider sees a male on a horse . I want the first scenes to give an impact of noise , the crowd scenes as if one is right in the middle of the beach scenes with the sound of the crashing waves and the horses hooves, then during the meeting, everything is muted with just faint background noise. Shanna goes back to the city its all quiet, the market place closed. Its dusk, she pushes through the heavy steel and wooden door of her dwelling to find her aunt and mother sitting at the table . They look up as she enters, Shanna grabs some cake from the table and stuffs a large piece in her mouth . "Glad you have not forgotten your manners Shanna" her mother shakes her head . Shanna goes to the fridge and helps herself to a carton of juice which she drinks juice trickles down her chin and she wipes it off with her hand . "What are you doing here mother?" Shanna sits down on a pile of cushions against a wall . "Nice to see you too, I missed you I wanted to see how you were doing" Nishoma picks up the carton and puts it back in the fridge , and looks at her sister who shrugs her shoulders and walks into the inner room leaving Shanna and her mother alone . "You smell of the sea. Hows the beach house?" Shanna looks at her mother trying to find the right words to say . "The house needs repairs and the door is stuck and there is more sand in the house than on the beach . The house vac never works, sands got in that too." Shanna takes off her coat and sand sprays everywhere. "Why don't you come out with it mother what are you really here for?" "I cant come here to see my daughter without a reason? Shanna looks at her mother "Ok ok negotiator," Shanna puts another longer coat on with a hood and opens the front door. "Shanna please stop its curfew you cant go out we need to talk the council will not wait forever" "No mother no no no I will not bury myself for the rest of my life in the council chambers living other peoples lives and having no life of my own , no , a sterile disconnected life ." "What is it you want Shanna tell me what you want ?" her mother looks exasperated . "I want a life like you had experienced, to breathe, not have this curse hanging over me its not fair we are born with a foreordained FUTURE ." "Oh Shanna Shanna" Nishoma gives her daughter a hug "You want my pass? Here." Nishoma takes Shannas com [communications device ] and presses it against hers, Shanna grabs it as her aunt comes back into the the room and is out of the door as the door slams. Mayer shakes her head at her sister "And that is why she is living with me. You always were too soft but then the parents sins will always come to haunt them when their children are grown " Mayer sits down and looks at her sister, "If I remember rightly you were more of a wild child. Our mother used to despair do you remember?" Nishoma raises her hand "do not remind me ? You were always the good one and you still are. All the adventure, the rebellious genes came to me and I passed them on to my daughter". The scene changes to the streets as Shanna walks quickly through narrow alleyways, a few shadowy characters scurry past . Shanna stops at a large door and swipes her com on a plaque on the wall. The door opens, she walks through the door and swipes her com again with a young female dressed in black t shirt a long skirt over leggins her hair is back streaked with dark green and her eyes are curled with black her face very pale . Shanna greets her; "Ruling class scumming it" She scoffs . "Keeps you open Baz , How's your mother still lost in F.U. Wonder what she would do if she knew her daughter was doing what her daughter is doing?" "Oh Shanna you have such a way with words. The job of negotiator is just waiting for you " "Over my dead rotting body" "Well I am sure some good friends of mine would oblige one less ruling class. By the way, watch yourself. Space pilots in tonight you know how they are" Baz nods her head to the semi lit room where groups of young people are gathered. Some moving to old before time classics [heavy metal ] Shanna is greeted by a group. They nod she nods [ usual greeting ]. Shanna stops, she sees in the corner with some space pilots, Zeer who she met on the beach. He sees her and comes over and bows his head . "This is the last place I thought I would find someone like you" Two females grab hold of his arms he pushes them away . "They are just... " "You don't need to explain. I know what space pilots are like" Shanna goes to walk off. "And what are space pilots like? Shanna ruling class" "They have their brains in their balls I have heard really bad genetics , shame really the idea was great just the creation so flawed ." Shanna smile pity the noise is so loud I was never a fan of this can we go somewhere quieter?" Zeer puts his hand on Shannas waist and moves her to a corner away from the noise and backs her against a wall. His hands each side of her shoulders he breathes on her neck. "You were more friendly on the beach maybe I should summon some rain and find my blanket " Shanna ducks under his arm " Maybe you need cooling down Space pilot and go back to your recharging station ." "Only if you join me Earth Female " Zeer grabs hold of her arm; "Come on, see what its like to be with a real male not those Earth aliens, they are so cold and calculating. All science heads up their test tubes. Engineers stick under their machines" "My father is a earth scientist," Shanna slaps Zeers face Zeer pulls her towards him and laughs "Oh so your a half breed now that's much more interesting." "Why don't you just shut up and get on with it I think you are scared" Zeer smiles and kisses Shannas neck. SEPTEMBER 18TH 2015 Next scene : Shanna creeps into her dwelling and past her sleeping aunt . Its daylight she looks for her com and realises Zeer has taken it . So she will need to go to the launch terminal to get it back. End of episode one of FUTURE . Ok we have set the scene. Found out Earth is not as squeaky clean as we first imagined , it has F.U. a group who want ethnic cleansing , Humans are as much ordained to follow the path they are born to as much as the earth aliens, and the youth are as rebellious as the youth are allowed to be . Shanna is a rule breaker and at an age of discovery other characters further on will go through the same right of passage . Shanna wishes to experience life , Earth is in stagnation no one can advance for fear earth will fall into the anarchy it did before time . So earth is protected to the extreme . Shanna is destined to change all that . Although she has no idea at this time . Shanna wants what most human beings want and that is to be [ loved ] but that is a forbidden word no one speaks of. The emotion because before time, love became death and destruction . The human soul is no longer recognized , and belief of a higher being with space travel as it has become a distant memory of foolishness . -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Episode 2 . TO EXPLORE NEW WORLDS AND ............................................Star trek . " You are fully capable of deciding your own destiny . The question is , which path will you choose , ? only you can decide . .................... advice to Spock by Sarek , Star Trek . Shanna feels trapped , her mother and aunt are arranging for her to become the negotiator . She escapes more and more to the hills and the beach, she is a solitary figure in a crowded city which can be the loneliest place to be . She heads down a dangerous path that people in her position often go . She finds comfort and friendship in the most unlikely place, Zeer the space pilot . They meet in secret after their meeting at the DEN ,the club in the storage sector of the city where the young people go to get away from the stifling oppressive atmosphere of the city and an all female society . Zeer tells Shanna he has received his first commission ,[ he has been doing short haul cargo routes . ] he now has been assigned to an explorer , A science ship on a five year mission to the alpha quadron . Shanna is upset but knows its his job . The scenes are fast forward scenes, so far there is no dialogue , just story telling by action so we feel we are moving on to an important scene . Zeer meets Shanna on the beach he looks stressed . He hugs Shanna and kisses her , she pushes him away and walks off he grabs hold of her arm . Zeer ; "Shanna listen to me please " Shanna ; Whats the point you are leaving , leave " Zeer ;" Come with me " Shanna ; " what ! I cant I am not a scientist . Zeer ; " As my wife " Shanna is taken aback she stares at Zeer speechless you can almost see whats going on in her mind . Shanna ; " you want to marry me ? " Zeer ; " Yes I can get it all on line all we need to do is swipe our coms together and we are married . you are of age , just . And I have no family to worry about . Come with me . Leave all this be with me . " Shanna ; "So our coms will be married . " Zeer ; " Shanna I am serious , I want you in my life they will take you on ship as my wife there will be others scientists who are married ." Shanna walks off down the beach Zeer watches her she stops and turns , Shanna ; " yes " Zeer runs and swings her around a wave sweeps them into the shallows . Zeer ; " give me your com " Shanna ; " you have already done it haven't you ? what made you so sure I would accept ? " Zeer " its a way out for you , freedom " Shanna ; " marriage is freedom ? " Zeer ; Well ? " Shanna ; Yes , yes , yes , " She gives Zeer her com he swipes it with hers whilst standing knee deep in the sea . The beach horses snort and look on . Zeer ; "We are married " . Shanna goes back to her aunts house where her mother is vising they both look up as Shanna walks in . She is wet and smells of the sea . She goes to dry off and change her clothes . Nishoma ; " Shanna escaping again this has to stop you know that it will not be tolerated you will have your status taken away from you and then you will be tied to the city boundaries. " Shanna ; " I am married " She shows her mother her com and then her aunt they looked shocked her aunt leaves the room and slams the inner room door shut . Nishoma ; " you see what you have done , ? upset your aunt , " Shanna ; " What about you ? " Nishoma ; " nothing you do would surprise me , you are making a big mistake thats all I will say but you will work that out for yourself " . Shanna ; " you could congratulate me , wish me luck " Nishoma hugs her daughter tightly . Which surprises Shanna . Her aunt comes back in the room its clear she has been crying , Mayer ; " you better pack and leave you can stay at the beach house or where ever ." She walks out of the house . Shanna looks on her mother leaves and she is alone , she packs a small bag and looks around the house takes a bottle from the fridge and leaves . The sun is shinning the market is full of people she bumps into a young female she has met at the DEN she ignores her and walks on the female shouts after her " Ruling class , too good to talk to the likes of me ? " Shanna is at the Launch Terminal its busy with cargo being loaded onto the science ship its large and hovers above the floor . People are coming and going with bags and boxes .Shanna tries to find Zeer she sees him and he walks off in another direction . A female comes up to her and introduces herself and takes Shannas bag . A male pulls Shanna up on the ship and she is shown her cabin that she will share with another female . Eventually everything is loaded and the crew passengers and scientists buckle up in takeoff seats and the ship takes off . Everyone seems to have a job on the ship or at least know what they are doing and Shanna is at a loss she still has not spoken to Zeer . At last at food time she sees him but he is busy and takes food away with him Shanna sits down and a female comes up to her " its always like this for the first few days its ok when things calm down and we are out in space we will get in a routine . Its his first ship its a huge responsibility ." The days go by and Shanna gets really space sick she is treated by one of the medics and Zeer comes to see her . SEPTEMBER 20TH 2015 Zeer; " Are you ok , Is she ok ? " Medic ; Space sick , she will be ok " Zeer ; " I have got us a cabin " Shanna ; " I thought you had forgotten me " Zeer ; I am getting used to the ship everyone is watching me waiting for the kid to make a mistake " . Shanna ; " where is that cocky space pilot I met on the beach ? " Zeer ; " Left on the beach , now I am working " Shanna ;" I miss him " Zeer; Get better and I will try to find him again ok " Shanna recovers and at last Zeer and her are alone .Shanna feels a bit apprehensive she and Zeer have not actually been together as a married couple , Zeer seems very matter of fact about it and just jumps in to bed waiting for Shanna to join him . She goes into the space bathroom , it has a toilet , sink and dry shower . She undresses she feels nervous , She is on a ship full of scientists she does not feel its exactly private . She slips into bed with Zeer and he gets right down to mating without kissing , Its not quite what Shanna expects , Zeer falls asleep and Shanna finds herself crying quietly . The next morning one of the female medics comes to her and takes Shanna aside " its can be a bit hard first time it gets better as time goes on I can give you something to make it easier . I will give Zeer a few pointers . Space pilots are more talk than do dont think they are all their reputation , Zeer is probably as inexperienced as you . Starting married life on ship is not so easy , I am here if you need me . " As the weeks went on things settled down , Zeer begins to understand Shanna and how a female feels . As an in vetro he has no experience of growing up he was born at 15 , raised in a science lab setting , relationships. And emotions are things he needs to learn as he goes along being with someone understanding them when you dont grow up with parents , siblings , family . Shanna until she was 12 grew up with her parents . Other children . Zeer and Shanna start to understand each other Zeer becomes more caring,e asks Shanna how he can please her . He has a hard job juggling his first commission ,relationships and a new wife . Shanna discovers that worm holes are not a good thing for her they make her feel sick so she is given something to make her sleep through them . General tec stuff on the space ship in this episode and get to know Zeers work . Episode 3 [Title yet to be thought out ] They come across a space station and take a well earned rest from travelling in space . The space station is large like a city with gardens and indoor farming . Its a busy place . And for the first time Shanna is introduced to a comfort house . She has made a friend of one of the medics on ship Leis . Leis takes Shanna under her wing . She explains the comfort house is where slaves are brought when rescued but since there are no slaves in the Alpha Qaudron the house is now a bath and massage house . Where comfort is also given . Shanna soon relieses what Leis means , They take showers and massage from two alien females . Shanna enjoys her first wet shower since leaving earth . They sit on cushions and relax . Another group of females arrive from the ship and target Shanna . one sits by her " well ruling class if your mother could see you now being pampered by half breeds in a comfort house its not enough she is married to an in vetro , Leis your wasting your time with her she will not give you status your earth mother is still a market seller you need to learn science I have seen you study . " Shanna gets up and the female also Shanna produces a hidden knife and threatens the female . Leis calms her down . One of the females tells the bully to back off and introduces herself as Meira , The other females leave . Leis ; " where did you get that from put it away " pointing to the knife . Shanna ; " all ruling class have them for protection they dont show up on the scanner . Leis ; " Have you ever used it ? " Shanna ; " once or twice " as she puts the knife way at her heel and it becomes invisible . Meira ;" take no notice of them its inbreeding they are idiots . Go play somewhere else children " Leis ; " Thank you Meira , this is Shanna she is the wife of one of our pilots . " Miera ; I have been meaning to introduce myself I am the ships confident , my field is analyses. if you ever want to talk ? " Shanna ;" thank you " Meira ; " you know if you want to relax with a comforter dont be shy to ask " Shanna ;" I am married " Meira ; " do females count ? have you ever tried ? " Shanna ; " No I am not inclined " Meira ; " That must be hard on earth , I live on FAR OUT , but earth not much choice either our insipid males or in vitos ? A female needs some comfort from time to time . Shanna ; " there is always life in the forbidden zones . Meira ; " Unfortunately we earth aliens are tied to our own sector . What is so different ? " Shanna ; " Normality " miera laughs " What in all of space is that ? " Shanna ; " people living free as people no restraints , Males and females living in harmony ,the birth of a boy is celebrated as much as a female . living with the seasons , and the nature around them ,growing what they need , they can choose to be what ever they choose to be , travel where they want mate with who they want . No restrictions no punishing laws . They are at one with the earth and the creatures around them . " Meira ; Sounds like paradise to me , But you are ruling class surly you could live amongst one of there groups". Shanna ; " They would not except me I represent the ruling class as you say I am from the city They would think of me as a threat , Its better to leave them alone as far as the Council is concerned they are invisible. " Meira ;" ah the council ! now thats an enigma , have they found a negotiator yet ? " . Shanna ; " You are looking at her " Meira; " Oh thats a delives ema , The council must be tearing their hair out . " she laughs , OCTOBER 1ST 2015 Zeer goes to a bath house for the space crews and visitors , its much more basic then the comfort house just an open row of showers the scientists tease Zeer about being an in vitro and if he is a complete male . One says " well he seems to keep Shanna happy so he must be complete " Zeer goes for him and a fight starts between the two Zeer is good at martial arts and ends up pinning the scientist to the wall . The others separate them . NOTES ; Here I am exploring Shannas progression to what she will become how her experiences in early life molds her to become who she is . This is her coming of age . Her escape to freedom ties her down even more and she finds little of what she is looking for . I want to capture the atmosphere of not a plush star trek sort of ship but a working basic cargo type ship with basic cabins , eating hall where food is prepared from tins but also fresh . NOTE in future food is eaten with fingers no cutlery . there are science labs . control panels but the tec guys need to work out the format . Also the space station . episode 3 ; title in process . The science ship is checking out terra formed planets there are agricultural scientists on board and they work on planting seeds checking on past planting. introducing insects and are careful not to introduce anything that will overtake any indigenous life that developers on these planets . some are inhabited some not . The one Zeer's ship is checking out is an uninhabited planet or so they think . There is always a scan of the planet just to check that there are no life signs and they find non . So the ship lands on the planet so that they can use it as a science lab as well as accommodation . Everyone is pleased to be on a planet , fresh air , and to be in a natural environment . Some take off to explore Shanna amongst them , They hike up to a ridge and look down on grass and scrub land , a small range of mountains and low clouds , the sun is quite bright and leaves a strange green yellow glow over the fields . One of the scientists grunts " once you've seen one planet you have seen them all " He walks off , the hikers continue some stopping to explain to Shanna a flower or a tree . After a long walk they come across a field full of wild flowers some birds fly over head Shanna looks up she thinks the birds have been disturbed by something and remarks on it . She is told there are no animals of people on the planet . But one of the group sees movement in the bushes ahead . And before they can do anything they are surrounded by a rough looking group of males . One takes one of the females and holds a knife to her throat the rest have weapons , guns , knives . Shanna takes control she approaches the attacker , she raises her hands and nods for the others to do the same . " We have come here peacefully , [ A reference to the WE COME IN PEACE from sci Fi ] Shanna ; " hay lam down , we are here simply as an observation team of scientists to study the planet , so what are you here because this is a designated uninhabited planet " The assailant looks confused the others look at each other . Shanna " Let her go , put down the knife , you see we are unarmed . " The male lets the female go and before he can do anything Shanna grabs his arm twists is he drops the knife and Shanna kicks the knife out of the way and puts her hidden knife to his throat the other males step back . " What are you doing here this is a no slave zone if you are slavers the punishment is harsh . " The male struggles there is a small cut on his throat . One of the other males comes forward , " We escaped " Shanna " from where ? " The male " Vada , its a small planet behind this worlds moon " Shanna " I know where that is its a small settlement its peaceful why did you escape " Male , he bows , " my name is Aaron , of the family of Torance , It was a peaceful planet until a mining company came from one of your settlements they turned our people into slaves . " Shanna , lets go of the male " thats impossible its against the law for settlements to do trade with any other than earth . " Aaron struggles Shanna lets him go she puts her knife away . One of the scientists steps forward " we can investigate for you " Aaron rubbing his throat , " we would be grateful " Shanna " how did you get here ? " Arron " we were brought here as punishment left without water or food " Shanna " how long have you been here " Arron " weeks , we have lost track of time but we found a store of food and there is fresh water on the planet ." One of the scientist , " you found supplies ?" Arron " yes in a building not far from here we have been camping out there " The scientist " show us " The males look at each other then sling their weapons over their shoulders and lead the way . One of the scientists looks worried " Are going to follow these guys they could lead us into a trap " Another scientist ; " Sneak back and tell the others go before they notice " The scientists and Shanna are led to a building and some go inside , there are boxes of equipment weapons , tins and packets of food . Promising to go back when they find out more about what is going on . They leave the males in their camp site and go back to the ship missing the search party that has gone out to find them . They get back to the ship and Shanna is praised for her bravery . She starts to realise she has just conducted her first negotiation . She feels excited a feeling she did not expect . Zeer comes back after not finding them and rushes to Shanna , Zeer; Shanna are you ok ?" The others tell Zeer what Shanna did and his reaction is muted which annoys Shanna , Zeer takes her aside . Zeer " Shanna what are you doing , you want to make me look bad ?" Shanna " Why should I make you look bad ? " Zeer ; " You are my wife " Shanna ; " What is that supposed to mean Zeer ? You want me to be Your typical earth female submissive ,unassuming , ITS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN " Zeer grabs hold of her arm , Dont raise your voice I am the pilot of this ship show some respect . Shanna struggles to loosen Zeers grip and walks of and turns , Shanna ; " Its not going to happen Zeer I am my own master , you know I felt good worth while . " Zeer ; " well you should have stayed on earth then " Shanna ; " Yes I should " OCTOBER 10TH 2015 Scene 2 Shanna is on the planet Avaron and is acting as negotiator for the science ship , She is invited to the council chamber there to speak to the head of the ruling class , He is a tall male in clothes that resemble a cross between modern hunting and combat clothes . He greets Shanna and introduces her to his second in command a handsome male dressed in a simple t shirt and combat trousers . Shanna wastes no time in asking them about the mining on the planet the scientists were surveying , Shanna cant keep her eyes from the other male and he looks at her in almost a familiar way . Shanna thinks he is flirting with her . He asks if he could speak to her alone . The head of the ruling class seems hesitant to speak to Shanna and leaves it to the other male and with a polite bow leaves the two together. The male smiles and offers Shanna a chair he pulls his chair closer . The male introduces himself " You dont know who I am ? " he gets out of his chair so does Shanna as if they are going somewhere . Shanna ; " No , should I " The male ; " my name is Gad , " he looks for her response , when non is forthcoming , I am your brother , full blood , " Shanna steps back and looks at him trying to find words . Gad ; " So Nishoma did not tell you about me " Shanna still looking shocked " No " Gad " I was the reason she sent you to earth to be with Mayer so you would not have the stigma of having a brother , and you could take your given place as negotiator . " Shanna " I am not the negotiator , I am wife of Zeer the space pilot of the ship that brought us here " Gad ; " well thats a shame what a waste " Shanna ; " why ? why a waste " Gad : tied down to an earth wife of a space pilot not for you " Shanna ; My mother .............our mother is she not tied down to an earth alien husband ? was he as distant to you as he was to me ? " Gad " yes , but mother compensates well , she has her dalliances " Shanna ; dalliances ? Gad : " She always come back home with a smile on her face , father I dont think even noticed . " Shanna ; " I am nothing like my mother " Gad ; " No ? he comes closer , you were looking at me Shanna you were looking at me , you cant say we were not attached to me ," Shanna ; " There is not law against looking " Gad ; " if you had the chance you would have taken it you are like your mother " Shanna ; I am nothing like my mother " Gad : if you say so . Well shall we see what we can arrange to make easy feelings on both sides " Shanna ; " us or the mining ? " Gad ; " Both " . He looks over Shanna shoulder , she turns around and sees an attractive female smiling and then walking on . Gad looks as she passes . Shanna ; " interested ? " Gad ; " she is the daughter of Jogn head of the ruling class " Shanna ; " reaching high " Gad : " I dont stand a chance I am a half breed not full blood " Shanna ; " I never thought of myself as that , I suppose thats how others see us ? " Gad and Shanna walk into a tropical garden she smells the flowers. Shanna ; " Dalliance , really ? " They laugh , one of the scientists from the ship who accompanied her down to the planet watches her . Shanna ; " you know the mining on these planets will not be tolerated " Gad ; " earth has no real jurisdiction here they cannot tell us what to do , we allow the science ships here but our politics is ours what we do here is our business ." Shanna ; " ok so lets find a middle way not to upset anyone , By the way what are you doing here ." Gad ; Just why I am here , " he moves closer and whispers in Shannas ear "its my job to report back to earth whats going on " Shanna : " you are a spy ? " Gad ; " not exactly nothing so exciting , more an ambassador , It was going so well until you came in guns full blazing " Shanna ; " Sorry no one told me " Gad puts his arm around Shanna " well sis can you leave all this to me ? " Shanna ;" yes brother . Oh by the way its nice to meet you . You wait till I see mother ! " Gad ; " now that I would like to see " He smiles and then laughs . Shanna goes back to the ship and goes to her cabin Zeer walks in and slams the door . Zeer ; " you want to shame me , ? you dont know what marriage its" Shanna on the defensive " No Zeer , you tell me " Zeer " You dont flirt with every male you meet " Shanna ; " oh can I look ? you look I have seen you , you like a pretty face , goes for me to Zeer , I can look . Zeer : " you were in the garden he had his army around you " Shanna ; " you are right , so you have spies to watch me , you dont trust me ok I can cope with that " Shanna brushes past Zeer and as she walks out of the cabin she whispers in Zeers ear Shanna ; " hes my brother " Zeer grabs hold of her arm . Shanna ; " you seem to do that a lot Zeer the ship is wondering where the bruises come from , they think you are abusing me now I am sure you dont want that reputation now do you . Zeer ; " you never told me you had a brother " Shanna ; " thats because I didnt know, my mother never told me , that was the reason she sent me to earth to live with my aunt . I wish she had then I would have understood more . But I have a brother it means a lot to me I am more connected . He is here working for the council, well he is working for my mother . He will sort the mining problem out dont worry . Nice to have connections dont you think ? " Zeer looks down " Am I an idiot ? i am sorry I should trust you " Shanna :" Zeer Dont take my spirit away from me " OCTOBER 15TH 2015 Episode 4 : Title to be discussed . We take up the voyage of the science ship and find Shanna feeling sick again The medics check her Zeer comes to see if she is ok and is surprised she is feeling space sick as that usually passes with in a few weeks and they have now been out a year . There have been no worm holes So Zeer is worried Shanna has picked up something from one of the planets she has visited . The medic are smiling and congratulate Zeer and tell him he is going to be a father . Zeers reaction is the Usual " How did that happen " They laugh and tell him if he does not know by now he will never know . Zeer ; " Shanna I dont understand "the protection is never full proof Zeer you know that , are you not happy ? " Zeer ; " yes but for you to have a child on the ship are you ok with that ? " Shanna : " Yes , if we have a boy its a better place " Zeer : " A boy is that possible " Shanna ; " Anything is possible Zeer if my mother had a boy " Zeer ; " but your father is an earth alien , in vitros have girls I think so unless they hide them ." Shanna ; " Thats the first time I have heard you call yourself an in Vitro " Zeer; " its the first time I have been told I am to be a father " Zeer is congratulated his status goes up on the ship and Shanna and him seem to settle down to a happy existence . Shanna becomes a close friend to Miera , Miera is married to one of the medical scientists on the ship but seems to have her own life somewhat like Shannas mother . They go down to another planet it has an agricultural community of half earth humans half aliens that have settled there . Zeer is worried about Shanna going outside the ship but she reassures him she is ok . The community is living together it all looks very peaceful and runs like a commune Shanna is impressed . They grow all sorts of exotic fruits and vegetables from all over space in large glass houses butterflies and insects fly about it all looks quite magical [ Think Avatar] Miera is greeted by a female and Shanna and her are shown around , they are encouraged to taste different fruits and Shanna is given teas to help here in her delivery and pregnancy . The female introduces both females to her son a handsome young male and she sees Miera is attracted to him she flirts with him . The ground team are invited to eat with the community and food is sent to the ship . Miera is sitting next to the young male and towards the end of the meal Shanna sees Miera has left the table The ground team go back to the ship and there is still no sign of Miera . Next morning Shanna tries to find Miera and finds her talking to her husband . She walks up to Shanna . And pulls her aside , " Not a word " Shanna ; " I dont know so how can I say anything " Miera ; " Good lets keep it that way " Shanna ; " How do you ? Miera ; " shhhh ! he has his habits I have mine it makes a perfect marriage " Shanna ; " Dalliance ! " Miera ; " What ? " Shanna ; " Thats what my mother called ,,,,, calls it " Miera ; " Mishoma ? really ! Would you ?No you are too straight focused , it would not enter that calculating mind of yours full of rules and obedience . Shanna ; " If I was all you think I am I would not be her not be in this situation I would be on earth as negotiator , in the halls of the council . I have broken every rule in the virtual memory . Miera ; " well now you have a few different ones to break " Shanna ; " Oh yes in my condition , Zeer will not even come near me " Miera ; Really ! its supposed to be very therapeutic healthy for the female you must feel , you know ." Shanna just looks at Miera , and walks off . Miera under her breath , " it will happen my innocent one , it will happen " . Episode 4 . [ Still need to work out titles} Shanna has her Baby a girl she calls her Darla she is pleased , Zeer on the other hand is more interested if Shanna is ok and stays away from all the baby things , he holds Darla once but looks at her in her crib but does not pick her up . He stays away when Shanna feeds her . Shanna has Miera and the other females on the ship around her but she is not happy with the fact Zeer does not want to bond with his child she thinks maybe because its not a boy but Zeer did not expect to have a boy . In Vitors have girls its a known fact . The ship journeys on and Shanna has another girl Zeer becomes more distant She tries to make things work and decides when a ship on its way back to earth rendezvous with the science ship she will take the children and go back to earth . Zeer desperately tries to stop Shanna and they spend one more night together before Shanna takes her two daughters one 4 one 2 back to earth . When Shanna boards the other ship Zeer is nowhere to be seen Shanna half hopes he would try to pursued her again but she starts her journey back to earth she feels empty lost she looks at her daughters and wonders what she will do . She is pregnant again but this time with a boy , A boy on earth . She arranges to stay in the Space stations facility for space pilots wives and she is given a small dwelling . The space pilots wives are not happy to have a ruling class living with them and give Shanna a bad time . She has her son and is even more persecuted. Shanna goes to see her aunt and finds the house closed up . After much thought Shanna applies for a place on a mining settlement after being turned down on other settlements . Before she goes Zeer arrives back and she goes to meet him , there is an emotional scene . And Shanna leaves angry and tells Zeer she wants it over he runs up to her and takes her com and swipes it on his and throws her com on the ground and walks off shouting its over . The next episode is Shanna on the settlement and there is a flood she is trying to get women and children onto a rescue ship everyone is dripping wet , there is a lot of shouting and chaos ships hover over the water soaked land its raining hard , Shanna goes to help some of the women and children who cannot get to the ship she is with a female called Tassi Shanna drags a female who is being washed away onto a higher part of land still awash with water and she grabs her should and arm . They get into the ship and are given thermal blankets the ships are cargo ships so not very comfortable they congregate in the storage holds in the three ships . Shanna checks on who is there and shouts if her children are there , Tassi comes up to her and reassures her their children are safe and sound if not a little soggy . Shanna rubs her shoulder and Tassi asks her is she is ok . Shanna nods and goes off to speak to the rescue team but half way there she feels faint . She finds herself on the floor on blankets with Tassi looking over her . Tassi " Now I always say to you not to go full pelt on things you never listen do you ?" Shanna ; " The children " Tassi ; " Having the time of their lives , " Shanna looks at the makeshift bandage on her arm " I have said these ships need medics and first aid " Tassi ; " Yeah well you can put the worlds to rights when you get a dislocated shoulder fixed " There is a commotion and Zeer strides through the women to get to Shanna Tassi ; " Oooow very good looking male heading this way our luck has changes loose your planet pick up some interesting social life , nice " Shanna looks up and groans " Zeer " Tassi " you know him " ? Shanna ; " Hes my husband ............ was my husband " Zeer comes to Shanna bows to Tassi and shouts for assistance Zeer " do you know who this is ? " Tassi whispers in Shannas ear " Who are you ? " Shanna pushes her and winces . " Zeer dont make a fuss I am ok , you want to do something go find your children , do you remember who they look like and oh by the way you have a son he is the one who looks a lot like you . " Zeer gets Shanna moved to a bunk in the crews quarters and Zeer walks off . Tassi ; " That was harsh " Shanna ; " he did not bond with his children " Tassi ; " ok so thats a blip in relationships , its a common blip I admit but come on there is not so many around lets face it slim pickings , so you put up with stuff , I mean he is not exactly a brak " Shanna ; " Brak ? " Tassi ; " Ugly looking weed grows , grew near the mines , gave off a bad smell and would grab you around the ankle if you walked near them make nasty welts on the skin . I tell you there are some real Braks out there " Shanna laughs and sees Zeer bring her children to her time has gone by on the settlement and they are much older , Shanna says thank you . the next episode [ i am not sure how long these scenes take so this is just a rough guess on time scale just to give you an idea ] OCTOBER 16TH 2015 Episode 5 . We find Shanna and Tassi sitting on the veranda of the beach house it looks as if its had a facelift and more like a home . The children are playing on the beach . Tassi has four girls of various ages and ethnic background . Tassi is darker than Shanna who is pale skinned and blond . Tassi is light brown skin with drown hair tinted with red . Tassi ; " This is the life " and shouts at the children " girls look after the little ones mothers get emotional if their off spring drown " Shanna laughs " Well hows earth " Tassi leans back in her chair " still getting used to it " Shanna ; " come on we are in paradise " Tassi ; " Ok if you call paradise a planet full of females and some real nasty ones at that . Forbidden zones , restrictions on travel , sea out of bonds , Ok I dont swim and after being flooded out of my home dont really want to learn , But thats beside the point it would be nice if I could , HAY DONT THROW SAND EYES REMEMBER EYES , ! , And ofcourse the Council breathing down our necks , dont do this dont do that settlers are scum " Shanna grabs her com " Oh its mother " Tassi ; " you have a mother ? " Shanna thumps Tassi , " I need to answer this keep an eye on the children " Shanna comes back after an animated conversation " come on we need to go to the city " Tassi ; " Me to ? they are going to send me back to the settlements I knew it , good bye old friend" Shanna ;" No you are coming to because I want you part of this , Grab the children they can go to the village " Tassi ; " What , where ? village ? what do you need me for I have a very bad feeling about this . " They arrive at a village a small group of buildings others being worked on women and children with a few adult males are there . Tassi ; " What is this place ? Normality at last looks like a settlement . " A women comes out of one of the dwelling and greets Shanna with hug Tassi :" This is your mother " Shanna ; " No this is my aunt , Mayer I thought you would never talk to me again I am so sorry what I did to you , Now I have my own children I can understand . Mayer ; " where are they , has your mother seen them yet ? " Shanna ; " No , Oh this is Tassi a very good friend of mine " Tassi nods " Nice place you have here who are all these people ?" Mayer ; " Its a village in the forbidden zone it will be a farm we will be completely self sufficient its a safe haven for females with boys will will educate them and hopefully by the time they grow up this insane gender situation will be abolished and males will take their rightful place in society . " Tassi ; " Sounds very good , it will take more than educating males to stop this innate hatred going around in the heads of prejudiced morons who think they won space and beyond" Shanna : " Thats where we come in , Come on the children will be safe here " Tassi calls the children Shannas children get introduced to Mayer she hugs them and leads them away . Shanna ; " ok Tassi stay close and Dont say anything , not a word , you hear me not a word until I tell you to . " OCTOBER 20TH 2015 . As you have noticed Future has taken a lighter tone with the introduction of Tassi , I think a character that can deliver one liners , the audience looks forward to them and its great for an actor if they have the timing and can deliver . We have seen Shanna go through a right of passage felt for her , now she is more settled she begins to have a purpose . Shanna and Tassi arrive in the city and walk through the market place to the Council Building its quite no FU. They enter the Council building Shanna swipes her com on the com keys , Tassi smiles Tassi ;" can I have one of those ? " Shanna ; " no " . Mishoma walks up to Shanna " Shanna so you are back , now are you ready ? " Shanna ; " Do I have a choice ? " Mishoma ; " Well do you really want to go to another settlement ? " Tassi ; " I knew it holiday over I am back off to the settlements " Mishoma ; " And who is this?" Shanna ; " Tassi she is with me " Mishoma ; " one of your settlement friends ? " Shanna ; " She is a friend of mine whatever you have for me include her " Mishoma is called away into the Council room Tassi pulls Shanna aside . " Include me in What ? " Shanna ; " I told you , dont speak just go along with me ok " Tassi ; " What makes me think this will not come out well " Shanna ; " trust me " Tassi ; " Yes my trust is a little off after those scientists said seeding the clouds above my settlement would just give us a better climate so we could farm more ...................and look what happened . And no sorry not a word we are dispensable , dispensable " . Mishoma comes back with another female and ushers Shanna and Tassi into a room they sit at the table drinks and food is brought in Tassi grabs some food and a glass of juice she fills her mouth then looks at the rest watching her . She swallows and takes a smaller bite . Moshoma : " Negotiator , Shanna we have waited long enough the council is on my back on this " Shanna ; " Ok ok I will study " Moshoma ; " no you have no need you have proved your worth , by the way how are my grandchildren " Shanna looks surprised " One thing " Mishoma ; " I might have guessed it would not be that easy ................well " Shanna ; " Tassi represents the settlements too long they have not had a voice in the council " Mishoma to Shannas surprise agrees Shanna bows her head and starts to walk out . Shanna ; " I will bring the children to see you " And she leaves Tassi follows . Tassi : " so thank you for asking me " Shanna ; " you want to stay on earth now you can " Tassi ; " ok do I get a com " Shanna ; " not like mine " Tassi ; " Do I have to behave myself " Shanna ; " well all you need to do is be a voice for the settlements explain what they need , earth has ignored them for too long . " Shanna and Tassi settle in to the council work Tassi has no fear of speaking her mind and with the children staying most of the time in the village with Mayer , Shanna starts to miss her children the council is very demanding . Tassi and Shanna travels between earth and the settlements , Their one job to get the settlements to co-operate with each other as well as earth . Some of the settlements are poorer than others so help is given to them to become more equal . Most of the council meeting are taken up with fights between settlements and working out their demands . New series . 2nd series is taken up with a different agenda . Episode one . Mishoma asks Shanna to meet her . The children are bigger now . Mishoma tells Shanna she wants her to travel to the Alpha quadron as earths ambassador to check on the planets and basically see what they are up to . Shanna ; " What ! for years you have wanted to me to become negotiator , Now I am you want to get rid of me , how long is this going to take ? I am not going anywhere without my children " Mishoma ; " you can take them along , Tassi to and her children I know you will not go without them " Shanna ; " what makes me think you are trying to get rid of us , What are you up to " Moshoma ; " Shanna I want you to find out what they are up to we have heard rumors , Far Out have noticed the Organic ships floating in space they have traveled far ,the occupants long gone ,the ships have become completely organic , but they have come from somewhere . All we need is for them who ever they are to update their ships and enter our space " Shanna ; " I was there .some of the earth scientists have taken up residents there .you think they are giving them their technology because if so we do have a problem , Faster ships more mobile .if they sell ships to alien worlds it would leave earth wide open for attack . We have kept the earth aliens down forbidden them to use their Technology ,They are frustrated , I know they made a pact with earth not to build advanced ships So I understand your concern , ..................Oh by the way I was going to ask you but never found the right time . When were you going to tell me I had a brother , Mother !" NOVEMBER 18TH 2015 New episode [ this is just a format for change however it is arranged with the time scale ] At the space terminal there is great activity supplies are being loaded Shanna is there directing some of the activity along with a couple of scientists separating some of the supplies into sections of the ship. Shanna ; its like moving into a new dwelling but on a bigger scale , Scientist ; Yeah , I have just moved from a settlement down to earth I thought that was it for a while now this my wife is not happy about it she refuses to come . Shanna ; Thats tough cant you pursued her its five years away a long time . Scientist ; Dont know maybe its for the best she was not too happy on the settlement , she is an earth female she missed her mother and sisters . Shanna ; this sort of thing can kill relationships , I know , Do you want me to speak to her ? Scientist ; You can but dont think it will do any good , [ he shouts at some females loading the ship with some boxes ] " Hay be careful thats scientific equipment take it easy with those boxes . Tassi arrives with her daughters . Tassi ; " This is fun , looks as if we are taking the whole of earth with us , we going to leave something for the earthlings ? Shanna ; " Wheres your stuff " Tassi turns around and shows Shanna a back pack , her daughters have the same small packs . Shanna ; " you think that will be enough for five years ? " Tassi " Well , as I see it the kids will grow out of their stuff soon and I dont have so much because I kinda got flooded out remember . So I am sure there are places along the way we can pick up what we need and if not I am sure there is something amongst this lot that we can use . Shanna ; What about all that credit I gave you to get what you needed ? " Tassi ; " oh yeah nearly got arrested they thought I had stolen it , nasty moment that , almost became the first crime committed on earth for a few hundred years could have become famous ." Shanna ; " Infamous more likely , why didnt you call me " Tassi ; " You were deep in negotiations with your mother and you told me not to say anything . And I didnt want to breeze in interrupt that mother and daughter thing you two have going . Anyway what would it have looked like if I had arrived with four armed security looking like a dumb settler who should be back where she belongs . Tassi ; " So where do we dump ourselves in this , rather impressive flying machine ? " Shanna shows them a cabin Shanna ; " i am afraid you will all have to share but there is a separate room to store belongings so we could put a couple of bunks in there and the dry shower and clean room is off the inner room . Its not that comfortable but we will not always be on the ship and will be able to wet shower and stay in better accommodation on world . " Tassi ; " This is better than my dwelling on the settlement , luxury in fact , Tassi's daughters look around they do not look happy . Tassi ; " hay look you can stay behind if you like I really dont mind , You can do your studies like every good earth adolescent , no problem , no problem at all . " The girls look at each other and drop their bags on the bunks . Tassi ; " Oh I was afraid of that so I am stuck with you , five long years stuck with you " Shanna ; " Your mother cares , she does , its her way of caring " Shannas chidren arrive with Mishoma which surprises Shanna , Mishoma ; " i have come to say goodbye dont look so surprised , just as I was getting to know my grandchildren . Mishoma takes Shanna aside , " You know your son has shown an interest in science you should encourage him , It would be a bright future for him " Shanna ; " yes I have noticed , as long as he does not turn out to be like his grandfather " Mishoma ; " Do not think bad of him he is not as bad as you think he does have his better qualities " Shanna ; " I am sure he does but not the qualities that encourage me to like him any more than I do " Shanna notices two space pilots talking and looking at flight tablets , Shanna looks shocked she turns to her mother . Shanna ; " you , you wouldnt not even you would do this to me " Mishoma ; " What " and then she sees Zeer , " No there must be a mistake " Shanna walks up to Zeer , He bows his head very formally Zeer ; " I heard you were about to leave , This is a good friend of mine Nallah he and his co-pilot will be flying your ship , he has the experience , one of our best pilots you will be in good hands . " Shanna ; still in a bit of shock " Oh , ................ Thank you for your concern , " Then turns to Nallah " I am sure you are as good as Zeer tells me " and she bows her head . And walks off Zeer runs after her " you thought I was the pilot ? " Shanna ; " It did cross my mind " Zeer ; " Would it have been so bad we could start again " Shanna : " No Zeer we could not " She swings up onto the ships platform and looks back she sees Zeer stand there for a moment look up and walk off . Shanna cannot help feeling unsettled and fights back some tears . Tassi comes up behind her and Shanna almost bums into her . Tassi : " So they came to say goodbye , I may be speaking out of turn and nows your chance to throw me off the ship , but it seems there is still something going on between earth female and space pilot " . Shanna pushes past Tassi , Tassi , ; " Yep still something going on , dam those feelings . " They settle in to the ship there are engineers , scientists , small ships crew , some security , some are married couples , but Shanna and Tassi are the only ones on board to have children with them . The children get on well except when they have studies to do then Tassi's girls try to get out of school work Shanna tries to make the studies as practical as possible . She see her son spends most of his time with the earth scientists , he seems happy so she leaves him . They visit planets where they find they are welcome , they attend lots of formal dinners politely eat some very odd foods and witness some rather odd entertainment . They are all on ship traveling to the next planet . some of the ships company are sitting around a la. Tassi ; " You know I may be speaking out of turn , But does anyone else think that the people in this region of space are a little ...................well you know ? " People laugh , one of them stands up and bows " i would like to introduce you to our excellent choir , they are the best of all the planets their shrieking and hollering will deafen you which is just as well because the poetry you are about to be inflicted with WILL go on till the early hours , which will help you digest that rather disgusting gollup that our cooks call food . " She pretends to throw up . Crew member " Well we better find a decent planet soon we are running out of fresh supplies, it will be food sticks from now on if not " They all groan , Security " I was told that food sticks....................................." Another security : " No dont even say it please , we may have to eat the sticks it will put people off " Shanna : " i dont think it takes much to put people off those things , I remember I was coming back to earth on a science ship I was pregnant and all they had left was food sticks , I had a thing for the back ones , I could not stop eating them it was disgusting , those things go straight through you . " They look at Shanna and one of the crew comes in and empties a whole box of food sticks on the centre of the table . Everyone laughs and grabs the colours they like . New Episode ; The Son Of My Brothers Wife ,.................................He is my Brothers Son . Shanna cant help to feel excited about revisiting the planet where she found she had a brother . She knows this planet is the one that she can really work with to know what is going on , the other planets all put up an impression of innocence . Shanna knows she can get results and demand the planets she has visited come together for a meeting . They land and are met by Shanna's brother and a number of uniformed males . Tassi ; " Now we are talking , things are looking up " Shanna ; " Dan it is good to meet you again " They hug each other . as they do so he passes a memory stick to Shanna and puts it in a pocket of hers . Tassi : " Errm , is that what you call males here or was that your actual brother ? and How ? " Shanna ; ," I will explain later sorry I did not think to tell you " Tassi ; " Thats ok always good to get surprised , confused , why am I surprised ? So this planet , male and female , regular , normal , can relax , bit of a time out, cosy family affair ? " Shanna just smiles and they walk on out of the terminal into a city very advanced with tropical vegetation all around , Tassi : " Where are the people " Shanna : " This is the ruling class sector " Tassi ;" figures " . Shanna , Tassi and a couple of security females make up the earths delegation they are met by Shanna's brother Gad and four of his ministers , Shanna walks forward and the ministers step forward to protect Gad . Gad reassures them Shanna is ok and gives her a hug . And Gad ushers Shanna and her party into an impressive building very ornate in an eastern style . Tassi looks around and catches up with Shanna who is walking behind Gad . Tassi; " Nice ! , how the other half live , just one question , whats the deal with tall , fair and handsome ? Shanna ; " He IS my brother " Dan looks around and smiles . Tassi ; " Really ! nice of you to tell me , I mean you didnt tell me you had a brother , you seem to have family all over the place any more I dont know about ? Shanna ; " i did not know about him until a few years back , my mother didnt tell me she thought I would do better on earth without the knowledge of a male in the family " Tassi ; " Where did she hide him , bit hard to hide a growing male ? " Shanna : " On the moon , she sent me to earth to live with my aunt " Tassi : " Now you see thats where family comes in handy , I could have done with some of that , You know how hard it is in a relationship when you have to confess you have two kids and another one on the way " Shanna laughs and shakes her head " You are a law unto yourself Tassi , now just sit listen " They settle on low sofas full of cushions Tassi tries to rearrange the cushions to be comfortable she is clearly not used to so much comfort . Some males come in with trays laden with dry fruits nuts and candy . They offer them around Shanna shakes her head , Tassi follows her lead but looks longingly at the food on the try . Dan : " Its been a long time , Too long , A lot has changed since we last met . You will meet my mate at dinner , And how is mother ? Still ruling space and beyond I would imagine " Shanna : |
Susan Dotan.
Susan Dotan is a retired wardrobe department manager for various professional companies including Disney. She is a mother of 3 and is an artist and creative writer. ArchivesCategories |