Vivid Dream Reality Book 2 Chapter 2

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Chapter 2 Tia's POV

We were both going to be checked over. This included MRI scans, particularly of our reproductive organs. This was partially because of where Vee was sore, but also there was a strong suspicion that Dr Sinclair was involved. We all remembered that he had wanted to operate on Vee's ovaries. They had been trying to keep him under surveillance by monitoring his phone and ipad, but when we went missing so did he, unfortunately leaving his electronic equipment behind.

We chatted while we were waiting, trying to catch up with our missing days. Much had happened in a short time whilst we were sleeping. Vee's parents had been contacted and were literally en route. Brett had tried to dissuade them, since there was nothing that they could do to help. They would be arriving in the mid afternoon and he had organised a driver to pick them up. At present Brett had invited them to stay with him. We still had to work out where we were going to stay.

Brett had gone all out trying to find us, deliberately creating a media storm. Sam refused to talk, which was handled by the FBI since the case was declared a kidnapping. That didn't help the government who disclaimed all knowledge of the affair. The cameras that recorded the abduction showed the faces of individuals who, according to the press, were supposed to work for the department of defence, so no one really believed them.

The British press added to the pressure and also lambasted the British government for not making a big enough deal about the abduction of two British citizens.

The public was roused to anger and the politicians were scrambling to agree. When Katie started walking after only two days, the possibilities that had been casually mentioned by Dr Marsden were debated repeatedly on television. VDR entertainment had been flooded with applicants who wanted treatment or who wanted to be part of the research into treatment. The government did not help their standing by issuing a court order that no human testing was allowed until the process was better understood. This was at least partially due to Dr Marsden going into detail about the differences that had been noted on MRI and the unknown consequences of those differences.

The plan to introduce another vector responsible for the changes, such as mushrooms, had been dropped when it was decided that it needed to be public knowledge how important I was to the process. The use of the VDR was put forward as a supporting role. It did put more pressure on me, and made security a nightmare, but I didn't blame anybody. The whole purpose was to get me free and it seemed to have worked.

Brett created a new company called Body Image Shaping that would be run by Katie. All enquires needed to be redirected to that company. Mexico, sensing an opportunity had offered sanctuary and that they would not interfere in any testing of this exciting field. The Mexican government had also offered to help with creating a Mexican identity for any participants.

Mexico was only the first such country to recognise the significance of the treatment and its potential. There were many other offers. Fiji offered a relatively large island, although there was a cost involved, it was not a monetary one. It would need a lot of development, but if you had an island, security arrangements could be very effective. Brett informed us that the company he had created consisted of the first four elves, so all the decisions would be ours.

Of our first two experiments, well, Roni was clearly looking younger every day, any other changes were between her and her doctor. Katie started feeling sensation in her legs after just one nights sleep and after the second was able to use her muscles again. They remained very weak at the moment but none of us thought that would last long. As far as her sexual orientation was concerned, she had switched teams. Both Roni and her had been visiting VDR every day as part of the process. In VDR Katie had tried going on a date with a guy and even kissing him at the end, but all her interest had disappeared. She visited Lagbit on her own, going back to the original starting point, experimented with another elf and found her orientation was clear. She was a lesbian.

We still had a lot of questions to answer, but it was clear that is was not going to be done in the USA. The debates that had been stimulated had put forward some more ideas that we could look into. One that none of us had considered was the amount of strain the process might put on my mind. After Myra had complained of her weariness we took that thought seriously and, at the very least, would go with her suggestion of a maximum of one per day with occasional days off. The other possibility was that my brain would get stronger over time. There were researchers from all over the world who wanted to help us understand.

The immediate question was about our health and the rape kit suggested something had been inserted into Vee. There was damage to her vagina walls and the MRI suggested there was also damage to her ovaries. I was also checked but appeared unharmed. We were unsure if the damage would affect her fertility, but then we didn't know how that worked anyway. I had the thought that if we went back into VDR and did another ceremony using the Kara essence, we should be able to return everything to normal. Myra should be able to do a healing spell that at least would let us know if there was any permanent damage.

Brett had to leave and get back to his company. The four of us were left to plot our course. Roni, the most organized of us, tried to set out our most immediate concerns. Short term goals were finding somewhere safe to live, checking that my VDR headset still worked and then going through the offers to determine our next steps.

We pledged to stick together, but none of us felt safe in the penthouse and provided that the headset still worked, we had a lot of experiments to plan, but not here in the USA. We also needed to be able to document the changes that Roni and Katie were going through to keep their US identity. Our best security at the moment was publicity. To keep that going Roni was going to sort through the interviewing offers. We needed to remain firmly in the public eye until we could arrange better security.

All that we had to do was almost overwhelming. We booked a suite in the Beverly Hills Hotel and Katie arranged for VDR entertainment security to deliver our headsets. If my headset didn't work our entire business was stopped before it had got started. We also booked the hotel restaurant so that we could invite Vee's parents to join us.

I was now in a hospital gown as was Vee. Katie was going to go back to the penthouse to gather our clothes but I thought it best if we tried to stick together as much as possible, so Roni went with her. Vee and I cuddled in her hospital bed. To wake up and find that your body had been violated while you were sleeping must be hard to deal with. I wanted to find Dr Sinclair, turn him into a woman and leave him to the tender mercies of someone just like him. And that was when I was being kind. I am not a violent person and much preferred healing people than harming them, but if I allowed my mind to go back to what had happened to Vee, my blood tended to boil.

Emotionally, Vee was a mess. She tried to put a brave face on but I could tell she was on the verge of breaking down. When we saw her parents this evening I was definitely wearing waterproof mascara. She was going to need to see someone. I think I had been working out my problems by chatting to Myra. Maybe that would help her too.

Katie and Roni returned with our clothes, but none of mine fit. Three days in terms of transformation is a long time. Since they had pretty much just emptied our clothes into our suitcases, I was able to go through some of Vee's clothes to find something to wear. We had to stop to get some snack food. I was practically skin and bones and needed feeding up and Katie needed as much protein as we could get into her to build her muscles. Then finally to the hotel. Our headsets were waiting for us with a security guard who had refused to do anything but hand them over personally.

Vee's parents had arrived and were travelling to Brett's house. Somehow, he had pulled some strings and got the pilot to announce that we had been found safe and well. They would get a bit of rest and meet us at the restaurant. I had to speak for Vee as whenever she tried to talk to her mum she broke down in tears and nothing intelligible came out. I had to hold her for awhile for her to calm down.

We had a couple of hours before we were due to meet them so we faced the headsets together.

“What do you think, Tia?” Roni asked.

“Everything rests on these babies working. The sooner we know the better. Did anyone tell you whether they thought they would work or not?”

“From the video we saw that Katie had her headset pulled off first. In theory that should have caused the others to automatically log off and if that happened correctly, you should be able to continue where you left off. That's what Joshua said, anyway.” Roni said.

“I don't know whether we should. I mean in the storyline a lot is going on at the moment. The next day is the adoption ceremony followed by the bonding celebration. We can't go for the full seven days, it would take too long. The most we could do was three, that would leave us an hour to get ready.” I said.

“But if it doesn't work, my conversation with my parents will be very different.” Vee muttered, but we all heard her.

“Let's do it.” Katie said decisively. I don't think her personality had changed, just her true self was now better able to express itself. She had a confidence that had been sadly lacking.

We settled ourselves all on the king size bed. It was a bit of a squeeze, but comforting at the same time. Still, I felt uneasy. “I'm not sure I can do this.” I said. “I feel vulnerable going under with no one watching over us.”

We were quiet for a moment. Then Roni said. “Katie and I have been in VDR lots of times in the last three days, but this is the first time you two have since we were attacked. I totally understand. If we could get someone from hotel security to stand outside our door, would that make you feel better?”

“It would make me feel better.” Vee said. “Me too.” I added.

Roni got up and called the concierge.

A few minutes later there was a knock at the door and this huge man turned up. He had to squeeze through the door. “Hello ladies. I'm with hotel security.” He showed us some ID. “I'll just wait outside here until you let me know you feel safe.”

He shook our hands, his huge hands dwarfing ours, then squeezed back through the door and stood with his back to us as we closed the door. We gathered ourselves back on the bed and with a lighter heart I put on the headset and hit resume.

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So... The guv'mint wants to slow things down?

"If I am elected, I promise to do everything in my power to cut the red tape and get this new technology to the people!"

Of course, those already in office will do the same thing if they have half a brain. Of course, that's not a good bet when it comes to politicians. ;-)

I sure hope that it doesn't all hang on Tia. I have already explored that kind of a situation in my own fiction. Someone with that responsibility has to fact the fact that taking a day off will cost lives. Of course, burning oneself out into an early grave will do the same thing.

If the big politicians have any any sense at all (still, not a fair bet,) they will offer to create a secure compound and hire lots of researchers so that they can get the technology going as quickly as possible.

If the guv'mint does that publicly enough and makes it look like a great deal, then public opinion will be on their side, and the elves will look bad if they do anything to slow things down.

In other words, two can play the publicity game. And politicians have spent their lives honing their skills.

Or maybe they'll go to that island in Fiji and use a multi government security force -- each watching over each others' shoulders.

But not the United Nations, because that would, again, be bad for public opinion.

It doesn't matter what anyone's opinion is. The UN has, at best, mixed reviews. After all, a lot of the member states are dictatorships.

Poor Vee

I hope it can fix Vee, I also hope Dr. Sinclair and that general get theirs and crucified in the press. It will take a long time for Tia and Vee to get over this. Also how many people have they done so far that Myra is tired.

hugs :)
Michelle SidheElf Amaianna

It takes two

I believe shr is tired because she did two in one day. That would probably require a lot of mental energy out of anyone, and it could also be serving as a warning to Tia about the mental strain it could be causing her.

Tired

She may be tired because of the two conversions, or she may be tired because she was kidnapped and drugged.

you are an expert

at cliffhangers!

You must get a lot of glee from them. :)

Strength

My5InchFMHeels's picture

Clearly, Katie is getting stronger. Vee is going to need a lot of strength to get over such a trauma. Tia is going to need strength as well. Both of them are going to need a lot of support in addition to inner strength.

They are very likely to get a lot of offers to host a site for the new company, taking blind bids would be a great idea. The proposals would have to include a secure site, a security team that is a back up to a vetted teams chosen by the new company, as well as payment to the company for services rendered at the site.

New nation

Maybe they could also push for wherever they go to be considered its own nation, just like is done with the Vatican where the pope is the highest authority. It would make a lot of sense really as no nation could claim ownership of it

Poor girls

Poor Vee being violated in such a horrific manner. Hopefully she can still have children and that evil jerk Sinclair didnt cause to much damage. She needs all the strength and love she can get right now. Tia being there for her and her strength is so sweet and beautiful. The two are each others rocks and comfort. But Damn Sinclair. I hope he really gets what he deserves.

Hmm while islands are good they have the issue of natural disasters. So from one viewpoint its defensible but from another you have risk of mother nature. But then again every where has risks. And go Mexico for their support.

As for the US government its been proven they cannot be trusted, and even though the girls dont kniw it they still have Vees eggs. But regardless it would be a foolish idea to stay in the US.

Trusting the government

You can't trust any government. Or any large organization, whether it be a corporation, union, bank, or organized religion. Once you have power gathered together in one area, you will attract people who want to take advantage of that power. Some go for the visible glory of being publicly in charge, and some work behind the scenes.

What you can trust is that elected officials will do whatever it takes to be reelected. As long as they are under the spotlight, they will do what appears to be in their constituency's best interest.

One public challenge is going to be the whole "Oh noes! The Earth will become too populated if nobody dies!"

Another thing that elected officials are good at is spinning things so that their constituency wants what the politician wants them to want.