Aliena Too
“Was it another immune attack? It felt different, but no less strange. Then he remembered: he had volunteered to exchange bodies with an alien creature, because the alternative was death. Lida had agreed, for his sake, though it meant that she would have to be married to the alien. He did not care to dwell on that aspect.
So he had been taken to the local hospital. He had signed the necessary papers. He had been drugged unconscious. There his memory ended.
“Quincy.” It was an oddly musical voice saying his name. That must have been what woke him.
“Here,” he replied, and that was weird, because he did not do it by exhaling breath and invoking vocal cords. He did it—with his arms. By squirting tiny jets of water. Could that be right? Or was this a weird dream?
“Are you rational?”
What a question! “I’m not sure. Am I?”
“You seem to be. Your human brain was transplanted to an alien, to you, host. You have been recovering, unconscious, for a week. Your synapses should now be connecting, ena...bling you to operate the body.MoreLess
So he had been taken to the local hospital. He had signed the necessary papers. He had been drugged unconscious. There his memory ended.
“Quincy.” It was an oddly musical voice saying his name. That must have been what woke him.
“Here,” he replied, and that was weird, because he did not do it by exhaling breath and invoking vocal cords. He did it—with his arms. By squirting tiny jets of water. Could that be right? Or was this a weird dream?
“Are you rational?”
What a question! “I’m not sure. Am I?”
“You seem to be. Your human brain was transplanted to an alien, to you, host. You have been recovering, unconscious, for a week. Your synapses should now be connecting, ena...bling you to operate the body.MoreLess
Write Review:
User Reviews: