"Because Stacy is my sister, and I trust her. Mary is another matter. I might trust her in time, but there is a long history that we both have to get past first," she tells me, placing her hand on my chest as she looks into my eyes.

"Is that why—" She must know me better than I think, as she places a finger across my mouth, stopping me.

"If you're going to ask about the whole boyfriend/girlfriend thing again, please don't," she tells me, knowing exactly what I'd been about to bring up. "Yes, she is a big reason why I don't want to label us. She's stolen most of my past boyfriends. You have shown me I can trust you when I'm with you, but how do I know about when you are out of my sight? If we aren't officially together, then it won't hurt as bad."

I really have no answer for her, because I can't say that I haven't been with other women when she isn't around. I offer the only truth to her that I can, "I promise that I will not let her take me away from you. Besides, she can't even begin to compare to how wonderful you are to me."

She places her hands on my hips, as she looks me in the eyes seriously, before pulling me to her, and hugging me tightly.

"Thank you," she murmurs, her head pressed against my chest, as the water sprays down on us. "I lo—, er. . . thank you."

I nod, knowing what she'd been about to say, and hug her back to me, feeling warm inside.

Mary jumps into the shower after we get out, and I get dressed back into most of my costume from last night, since I don't have any other clothes here.

"I'll leave you two to work things out," I tell Stephanie, giving her a long kiss. "I want to get home and finally relax." She looks disappointed, but I really haven't been able to relax for a while, and I'm looking forward to being in my own room.

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I did not make it home. Halfway there, words flash across my vision, Get somewhere private. It is an emergency.

I don't know if it's Vage or Loveth, but I guess the former. My sister could tell me anything without needing privacy, or she could even call me, but if I need to get somewhere private, that likely means Vage. She's never taken me in the day, before, so I know it must be important.

I pull over into a mostly empty parking lot and wait. It doesn't take long before a shadow looms over my car. A second later, I find myself in the featureless blue room.

But I'm not alone.

Arms wrap around me from behind, a moment before I hear a whisper in my ear. "I've missed you, little bro."

I turn around and hug Loveth back, wondering what the emergency is. Thinking back on the shadow that had covered my car, I know Vage is risking her ship being seen. Whatever it is, it must be something dire.

"What's going on?" I ask, hoping my older sister will know.

"I'm not sure. I only had a moment's notice before Vage came and took me. Nick, I think Mom might have seen the ship," Loveth informs me, worriedly.

That isn't good. If Mom saw the ship and found Loveth missing, things might go badly. I genuinely hope she's wrong.

I look around for the opening that leads to Vage, but it isn't in evidence, and in this featureless room I don't even know where it's supposed to be. With Loveth's arms still around me, I can sense her off to my right. I can also sense that all my other switches are moving away at an alarming rate. We are returning to low orbit.

"What are you wearing?" Loveth asks, pushing me away from her to examine my costume. I quickly explained about the cosplay New Year's party I'd gone to.

"And if you're still wearing it this morning, then that means you went home with someone. . . Did my geeky brother use his switches on a woman last night?"

I know she's teasing me, but I don't feel that this is the appropriate moment for it. "I didn't use my switches," I tell her a little more brusquely than necessary. "Help me find the door out of here, so we can find Vage."

Just as I finish talking, the lights go off, and I suddenly find us floating in space. Or at least, that's what it seems like, as Earth zooms away from us, and stars surround us. Thankfully I can still feel the floor beneath my feet.

Vage? I think to the alien. What's going on?

There's no response.

Loveth hugs me tighter from behind, saying, "Nick, I'm scared. Is this the attack? Are the demons here?"

"No," I try to reassure her, "They aren't supposed to be here for a few more months. Maybe it's just another scout." But as I speak, I notice that we've left low orbit and are still rapidly moving away from Earth. I can't imagine what speed we must be moving at, and marvel at the technology that must have gone into this ship. The geek in me has a small orgasm.

The mortal human part of me, on the other hand, informs me I'm going to die.

After a couple of seconds, red rings appear in the distance. As we draw closer, I can see ships in the middle of the rings, and figure the red circles are superficial, highlighting the location of the other vessels.

Vage finally sends us a message: Ships are detected approaching. Too many to be scouts. Be prepared.

Loveth and I look into each other's fear-filled eyes. This is it, I think to myself. It's early, and I'm not ready. I still don't know how to stop them. The human race is going to die, and it'll all be my fault. I barely stopped a scout. How am I going to stop this many?

Luckily, Loveth is thinking a lot more practically than I am. "Maybe we'd better get undressed so that we can have as much contact between us as possible." Her voice quavers as she speaks, but it still lends me enough strength to overcome my paralyzing fear. I nod to her and start removing my trench coat and shirt.

The distant ships are easily visible now, and I notice that the red rings suddenly turn blue. I wonder at this, just as I'm pulling my shirt over my head, and my sister is removing her bra. The ships are just what you'd expect from nearly every cheap sci-fi movie: round saucers, spinning slowly as they move through space.

I quit stripping and place my hand on Loveth's wrist, stopping her from undoing her pants as I watch the ships approach.

Something's not right. They're not in any type of military formation, more of a gaggle, and I know that the demons are militaristic, based mainly on the fact that they sent out scouts and the visions Vage had shown me, which now seems like ages ago. If they're hostile, they should be ready this far out. They also appear to be slowing. Or maybe that's us. It's hard to tell when your reference points are stars hundreds of light-years away. Either way, we're no longer approaching each other as fast as we had been.

Vage? I ask again, not expecting a response. Loveth lays her hand on my shoulder, and I'm shocked, as Vage's switches are the only ones I can sense. How far from Earth are we? The insane thought that Mom's going to ground me, if she finds out how far from home I am, flits through my mind, and I laugh quietly.

"This is no laughing matter," Loveth tells me, rebuking me now. "What's going on?"

The other ships have stopped moving and are now facing each other across the black expanse.

I'm still not sure what's happening, but I'm starting to get an idea. "I think the blue rings mean friendlies," I tell her uncertainly. "These are either other friendly aliens or more of her race, angels. Did you get to see Vage's ship before she took you?" Loveth shakes her head, letting me know that she hadn't, and I grimace. "Hmm, I guess we'll just have to wait then."

I hope that it's not Vage's race coming back. They'd demanded that she abandon Earth, and when she disobeyed, they'd made sure that her ship would never be able to find home again, and then abandoned her to Earth's fate. If they're coming back, that can only mean trouble. Perhaps they've decided to kill Vage's and my children after all, and take her back with them.

The ships start moving closer again, and Loveth tenses, just as space disappears, and we're back in the blue-lit room again.

And just like that, we're no longer alone in the room.

Loveth screams, and I pull her behind me. She almost strangles me; she's squeezing me so tightly, but I'm not going to let them get her. A small part of my mind can't help but notice the feeling of her hard nipples digging into my back. I shake off the thought of examining our company. Now is not the time to think with my second head.

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