Drew 3, the awakening.......

The life force meters on the consoles had reached 'concious' and the two figures sitting up in the stasis caskets were becoming more animated. As Drew watched, the umbilical that sprouted hundreds of fine fronds that 'grew' into their bodies supplying the re-lifing fluids and plasma, was breaking away, the capilleries growing through the skin breaking off, then slowly dissolving.

The two naked beings, supported by muscle helpers were stood up. They were both female, both identical. They're white skin, almost transparent with thin pale blue viens near to the surface. They were 95% the same as a human.They had white hair that was held in a kind of style. The hair moved involuntarily and was a little scarey to see.They had webbed toes and fingers and limited facial movement. Drew asked for a scan of one of them.The ships mind said that it wasn't 'them' but it's! The three beings were just one entity. The two that awoke were not only bewildered from a couple of hundred years of suspended animation, but had just discovered that it's was one third dead.

They recovered quickly with the boost injections and machine excercise .Drew was trying to communicate with them. He was holding an old transalator while the ships mind learnt the aliens language.When they spoke, it sounded just like laughing, but their faces belied any emotions. It seemed they expressed themselves with hair waving. Drew had demonstrated and given them pencils and pads. They seemed adept sketchers and one of them drew a picture of the lifeboat as big as a fingernail, then a space ship, consisting of two giant spheres , connected by five tubes . they tried various ways of the scale, but it seemed that their ship was about 3 killometres in diameter, and 12 long! The connecting tubes were about a hundred meters diameter.

The next day the two aliens were busy in the lab of the ship learning at a voracious rate all things human. It seemed that most of the life on their planet was in threes. It was a sort of team living. The three parts could operate independantly, but were far more efficient as a team. The third that died had been missed badly, but did not seem to affect the other two physically. Each third had differing skills. To tell them apart Drew made a badge for each of them. One was Cystal, and the other Pearl. They were fascinated with the computer as they did not have 3d holo imaging. In fact their technology consisted mainly of what human state of the art was back in the 22nd century. The lifeboats were well made but the stasis units were purchsed from other races they traded with. They were highly advanced and Drew's ships mind was trying to work out how they functioned.Drew realised that he hadn't seen the aliens for a few moments and went out to look for them.He found them in a corridor,near to the escape hatch.They were holding each other and had turned pale, translucent blue.They were asked  through the computer, which had approximated most of their common parlance.When they looked at Drew, they saw his waving white hair, thrashing and twitching. He saw the aliens with facial expresions .It was a further dimension to their communication. The computer imaging was very convincing and after a few days, everyone's personal comms translated and holo'ed the visual enhancements.Slowly, he felt a gentle probing at his mind. A sort of telepathic ring of the door bell! Somehow or somewhere,he knew it was Pearl and Crystal. The almost tender request to "talk" with they're minds. Drew was frightened, but he stopped resisting and felt the mind of another intelligent being in his own mind. On one level it was polite and reassuring. On another, terrifying. He remebered the Exorcist movies from the early times before the Beach was set up.It wasn't like that though. Crystal came into his mind and they knew each other in an instant. Because he opened himself up, so did she.Pearl was a little more reserved, very bright and beautiful both of them.

Drew couldn't remember being as happy as he was in the three hours he was hooked up with the twins. It felt..... like love! 'Naw, that's stoopid!'. That feeling of connection and intimacy. In other ways they were alien. These beings were not human at all.They were called the Sharn da.Which is some alien language for Decieving women thrice or DeWoTh the Dewoth. They were the confidence tricksters of the galaxy. Telepaths. They made elaborate scenarios and lured rescuers to take them into their ships. Then, they simply emitted a deadly gas and took over the ship. Pearl and Crystal were drooling at the technology Drew's star ship contained. However Drew was part of the ship too, and he certainly wasn't stupid.He was a 4th generation mutant from the East/West war .The mutation gave Drew a huge brain, and genius.Also, he was one of the good guys. The type of guy who runs to help people. He once climbed up a tree to rescue a kid from the bedroom window of a burning house. He did a citizens arest on two thugs who were robbing a late night convenience store. He took a punch in the face,smiled and asked if he could buy them a cup of coffee? he got them legal council,visited them in prison and now they work full time and run a local football team. In another six months they will be eligable to join the space Navy. They will be joining six months of tough boot camp then?.... anything they wanted to.

Drew was falling under the spell of Pearl and crystal. The girls were anticipating this beautiful starship.They even had the ship's mind fooled. It had fallen for their interlectual grooming. Their telepathy could even reach the mind. A  ships mind isn't some computer, or automated speaking helper. It is a semi-sentient positronic brain.It runs the whole ship. Navigation, engine management,electricity generation, life support, security and weapons. Also, myriad other tasks that makes it so remarkable. It had been watching the two interlopers for quite a while and was highly suspcious of them.Drew felt an intense love for these two aliens. He wanted to protect them. Get them past the loss of their sister.He started to go to them in the cabin area. The door wouldn't open. "Mind, open the hatchway please?"

"Can you spare a minute please Captain? It's vitally important you do." the Mind asked reasonably.

"Open the f***ing door mind, that's an order!" Drew felt angry and wanted this dumb tin brain out of his face."OK Captain, but think, when was the last time you were angry at me? You are being manipulated, I have proof. Give me five minutes at your console and I'll show you." Drew had very good will power, and could see what was happening to him. His feelings thought differently .The door to his cabin opened. Crystal looked altogether more.... human.Desirable, breasts firm and bared, wearing only a pair of small pants.She smiled. "Can I come in?"   "sure, Said Drew, welcome, come here and sit down" Drew patted the bed, and crstal slid over to him smiling.......next pisode reeeeeely soon.