Cowboys and Aliens Ch. 06

It was a basic 2 person TV crew, a cameraman and a reporter. They introduced themselves and said they had watched the live broadcast, which was going viral, with over a million views in the 2+ hours it had been online so far.

Mark just thought, "Wow, this is going to be crazy by tomorrow!"

Mark then stepped away and left Joe, Liyana and the 4 guards standing by the arena as the TV crew were asking where to set up.

Kat had finally come out to meet the TV crew, the phone had been ringing off the hook with people wanting to book rooms at the lodge. It might have had something to do with aliens, but she jokingly said she wasn't sure.

Fortunately, the reporters and TV stations had been quick to the phones and had booked all the rooms for their crews. Professional crews like that would likely be easier to control than the general public.

Kat informed everyone, that she had changed the voicemail message to say that the lodge was booked solid and to visit the website for more information. She then suggested they come sit in the lobby or on the porch for the interview, but then Mark got an idea and radioed Solara to tell her to ready the barn upgrade Joe and her had been talking about, he was going to get the TV crew to film it being created.

Kind of a final nail in the coffin for the nay-sayers, that will inevitably think this was somehow all being faked, plus it got Joe's barn upgraded without having to do the whole staging and stuff they were doing with the house, in fact they could remove the cloak on the house now.

Mark told everyone about his idea and suggested the TV crew have the interview over by the barn looking toward the loop feature and lodge. That would give them a scenic backdrop for the interview and they could easily turn around and have the best view to watch the barn getting upgraded.

Liyana agreed saying, "That is a great idea. They'll get to see a new technology they've never seen before."

The TV crew were almost giddy as they were the first to arrive on the scene, they were going to get an exclusive first interview and they were going to be the first to witness some new technology.

Mark radioed, "Solara, do you have the barn upgrade ready to go?"

Solara replied, "All set to go, just make sure there are no horses in there. I'm also going to upgrade the road right through the ranch and give us a driveway to the house."

Mark gave them a thumbs up saying everything was ready to go.

The camera guy called in and said, "We're ready on this end" as everyone got positioned and ready to broadcast. After a minute he then said, "Going live in..." and did the countdown from five on his fingers.

'This is Elisha Romanson with a Global News breaking story. I'm here at the Henderson Ranch, which today, as probably many of you have heard, will go down in history as the day we made first contact with beings from another planet. I'm here talking to Ambassador Liyana from the Atlantean Federation, who hails from the planet... Atlanterra, is it?'

'That is correct.'

'You speak English very well, is that the official language of the Atlantean Federation?'

'We call it the common language and it is the official language throughout the Federation.'

'Are there any other languages in the Federation?'

'Oh yes many! But all education, signage, technology and commerce is done using the common language only.'

'I'm not going to re-state everything you said in your original social media broadcast, so we'll have the link to it on our website. How far did you travel to come here?'

'I'm not exactly sure of the distance, I just know Earth is a little over 4 days in light drive.'

'How often do you come to Earth?'

'There is no schedule for coming to our ancestral world, we just stop by if it happens to be in the right part of its orbit when we are passing through this part of the galaxy.'

'Why have you never made contact before this?'

'We have tried a few times in the past, unfortunately we were met with hostility and conflict, so we decided long ago to just observe this planet. In the past 10 years we have stopped by Earth no less than 20 times, looking for our crashed ship, but we never detected it until today.'

'So the reason you've made contact today is because you came to rescue some extraterrestrial travellers that got stranded, only to find out they had made friends here?'

'Yes, the family of Henderson Ranch took them in and gave them food, shelter and protection. They looked past their differences and demonstrated the Federation way of life, where beings of all kinds can in fact live in peace and harmony... even on this planet.'

'You said in the original broadcast that you will be setting up an embassy. How long will it be before the embassy will be open to the public and where will it be located?'

'We should have the embassy built within a few days. It will be located in orbit around the planet.'

'So it won't be open to the public?'

'It will be open to the public, we just have to work out some sort of shuttle service to get people up there. As that develops, Mark says he will be creating a website that will relay information about the Federation as well as how to visit the embassy.'

'So why haven't you left the surface yet?'

'To thank our friends, we've taken some research he had been doing for a new barn, and we're going to use some of our construction technology to build it for him. If you want, you could take a quick look at the old barn and then we will rebuild the new one in its place.'

The TV crew walked to the barn and stepped inside as the cameraman panned around, then returned to their previous position.

Suddenly there was a collective gasp as the barn in front of them transformed from the old wooden barn into the large white and green fabric barn that Joe had been wanting. The new barn was more than double the width of the old one and slightly longer. A couple of trees that were in the way even got moved out of the way.

'Wow!' was all Elisha said, 'Too bad all construction couldn't be done like that! Quick, safe and environmentally friendly, did you see the trees get moved out of the way? Will you be sharing your technology with us?'

'Unfortunately no, technology is only shared with federated planets. Many of our technologies would cause mass chaos on this planet, with the current way it is being managed.

You will get to see most of our technology though, as the people of this planet will soon be able to visit our planets, and some of our people will likely want to visit this planet as well.

The embassy is just the first step in creating ties with the Atlantean Federation. Even if your planet does not join, some of your citizens may elect to move to one of the federated planets for a better quality of life.'

'Is there a catch to visit or even move to one of the federated planets?'

'No bigger catch than moving or visiting between countries here. We have laws and they must be followed. There is a short test people must pass before visiting a federated planet and we offer educational courses to help people get familiarized with our society before becoming citizens.'

'What kinds of laws?'

'Laws that are very similar to many you have on this planet I would imagine. As this is my first visit to Earth, I am not familiar with all of the laws of this country or any countries to be able to make a comparison.'

'How does the legal system on your planet work?'

'That would take quite a bit of explaining, so maybe we will leave that to be explained on the website, along with the answers to many of these questions. Although I do not know how soon it will be available.'

'What about religion? What is the primary religion in the Atlantean Federation?'

'The Federation has no primary or official religion. Religions as a whole are not recognized in the Federation. When we were on Earth, we worshipped the sun, for it is the true giver of life, but any religion or faith is a choice and something that almost every species we have encountered has in some form or other. Citizens are free to believe whatever they want, on their own time, as long as it does not violate any laws and they do not try to impose their beliefs on others.'

'What other technologies do you have that could improve our way of life?'

'There is energy, construction, food, water, transportation, medical, education, waste management, communications, security and legal systems... and there's probably others too.'

'What about military technology?'

'The Federation is a peaceful society, while we do have a few offensive technologies, almost everything we have is defensive in nature. Our society doesn't even have a military as you call it, any conflicts are handled by our everyday security forces. The Atlantean Federation will never fire the first shot to start a conflict, but we can definitely end one!'

'You said in your original broadcast that you update information about this planet that you use your education system. What do you teach about Earth?'

'It is our ancestral world, so we obviously use it in our history programs, but it is also referenced for social, political, environmental and economic programs.'

'So what's it going to take for Earth to join the federation?'

'That is where the problem lies with this planet and why we have been skeptical of setting up an embassy here. This planet is unusually hostile and very poorly managed.

Usually by the time a planet has reached your level of evolution, population and intelligence, they have learned that their petty little conflicts are in fact insignificant in the grand scheme of the universe.

With that realization your leaders should have learned to work together to improve the quality of life for everyone and to live in peace and harmony with your planet. You create an unbelievable amount of pollution and waste so much money on your military peacocking that could be used to help some of the countries that literally have nothing.'

'What do you think has caused us to be this way?'

'There is probably multiple reasons, but the biggest reason would be your military peacocking. All of which is absolutely useless if you were to face a planetary invasion by a hostile race... and we have encountered them out there!'

'Have you ever encountered other planets, like Earth, where the leaders don't get along?'

'A few, but there are regions of those planets that have joined the Federation. On all planets, we have found that many citizens do not like or agree with the way their planet is being run and opt to move to a federated planet to live a better life.'

'But won't your planets get over-crowded or over-populated?'

'We have almost a dozen planets in the Federation, some of them are larger than Earth. So there's lots of places to live in peace and harmony with the planet.'

'So are we going to be able to go to these other planets someday soon?'

'Once we have established the embassy, we hope to start regularly scheduled transports to and from Earth. We would not expect anyone to make such a life altering decision, to pick up your life and live elsewhere, without seeing it first hand. Seeing is believing!'

Gerald tapped on his arm indicating they were about out of time.

'That's about all we have time for today. Thank you for your time Ambassador Liyana and welcome to Earth! This has been a Global News Special Report from Henderson Ranch, I'm Elisha Romanson.' She said as she signed off.

The crew then went in to look around the new barn, still not really believing the construction they just witnessed.

The old barn was fairly well lit, but the new barn was filled with natural light, making the old one seem like a dungeon in comparison. There were lights hung from the trusses overhead for when there was no natural light and there was two electric heaters suspended down each side, positioned to create air circulation around the whole barn.

Instead of the long central hallway with 20 stalls per side, there was now 2 hallways with 4 rows of 15 stalls and the floor was now covered in recycled rubber flooring, which would make it easier on the horses hooves. The stalls all had automatic waterers and front access feed chutes and really nice looking black gates. The back of the barn now had an indoor arena with the groomed clay/sand surface allowing them to do riding lessons and training regardless of the weather.

The lane and driveway were now made of a black material which resembled asphalt, but was completely smooth, it even had yellow lines around the edge and there was lines on the parking lot for the individual stalls.

After looking around the barn, they started packing their gear away into their van.

Gerald, the cameraman then asked "Could we rent a room at the lodge?"

Gerald was an older man, probably well into his 50s, he was about 5'9" and a bit overweight, but overall not in bad shape. He had some grey in his brown hair and it looked like he hadn't shaved in a few days.

Elisha was a junior reporter, she was maybe 25 years old, about 5'6" tall with C or maybe D-cup breasts, long blonde hair, blue eyes and was very fit and knock-out attractive. Elisha was shaking and smiling, "I had the station book us rooms at the lodge as soon as your broadcast indicated where you were. We're going to be here for a few days Gerald, hope you have lots of batteries."

Kat looked at Elisha with a bit of concern because she was shaking, "Are you OK?"

"I'm better than OK, a couple of the anchor reporters thought this was a hoax, so they passed on this assignment! This is totally going to make my career!" Elisha squealed as she started jumping up and down.

Liyana and Kat laughed as Liyana then excused herself, "I have much to do. Mark, if you could accompany me please," as she grabbed Mark's hand and walked toward one of the shuttles.

The shuttle itself was about the size of one of those high top vans, except a bit wider with the thrusters, and wings and the entire front was like a glass bubble similar to a helicopter. The wings folded up and were just a bit taller than the shuttle was. With the landing gear down, the floor was probably 18" off the ground, but the ramp opened down so it was easy to walk up.

Inside there was about 7' of head clearance so Mark didn't have to duck or slouch. There were 5 seats with 3-point harnesses on each side of the shuttle facing inward and there was an opening to the front area where there was room for two people to pilot the shuttle. Liyana introduced Mark to Maren, her pilot and a communications specialist.

Maren was a bunny girl, she was about 5'4" and had long white ears with pink insides, almost white skin with a hint of pink and the back of her neck was covered in white fur. She also had red eyes and whiskers that extended from the base of her button nose. She didn't look like she had overly large breasts, but it was tough to tell with the tactical jacket on.

Liyana explained, "Maren, here will setup a communications array on the ranch tomorrow. That will give the ranch a permanent link to the rest of the Federation. Then when you build the website, Maren will link the Federation network into the Internet here."

Mark asked, "Why are you telling me, rather than Joe, who actually owns the ranch?"

Liyana looked at Mark with a touch of sympathy, "You still don't understand, you are the only person in the universe that is capable of bringing both sides together!"

Maren then started talking to Liyana about something Mark didn't understand, so Mark excused himself to go find Joe and Kat.

Joe and Kat had decided they needed a drink, so they were sitting on some lounge chairs by one of the fire pits in the courtyard when Mark joined them.

Outside, the girls were wandering about checking out the ranch, since they'd never really had a chance to look around before, just enjoying their newfound freedom.

The girls finished their tour of the ranch and came into the lodge when Jason, Annabelle and Sofia got home from school.

The girls all exchanged kisses with Jason and Annabelle and gave Sofia a hug, before she went into the kitchen to see her mom. Sofia was still quite shy around everyone and they figured it was because her dad left her and her mom and that she would eventually get comfortable.

Then they all walked out to the courtyard where Joe, Kat and Mark were.

The girls then all gave Mark a kiss as Annabelle pulled another lounger beside Mark's so it created an almost double lounger, then gave him a kiss and lay down beside him. Rayven was last and she lay down on top of Mark and kissed both Mark and Annabelle before resting her head on his chest.

After everyone was comfortable, Annabelle grinned and said, "So did anything exciting happen today?"

Everyone laughed and then laughed even harder when Mark ran his fingers through his hair and said, "I tried a new shampoo today, I kind of like it, smells like vanilla!"

Elisha had witnessed all the kissing and hugging and then laughing and had to ask, "You are all so casual, despite your lives being turned upside down!"

Annabelle took her comment in stride and answered, "What's upside down? This is just the next evolution of race, in most of the developed world we have gotten past the different skin colours, now we've just added a few more skin colours and few physical attributes. We are all sentient beings and we all do the same things! We eat, we sleep, we talk, we learn, we teach and we feel emotions. Just because we look different doesn't mean anything... we are all basically the same."

Just then Liyana, Gyges and Maren walked into the courtyard. Mark introduced Liyana, Gyges and Maren to everybody and then Liyana informed everyone that they were going to build a communications array tomorrow that would link the ranch to the rest of the Federation.

After that announcement Liyana said they had to go back to the orbiter to communicate with Atlanterra. So the three of them returned to the shuttle which took off a minute later.

Once they were gone, Rayven moved down Mark's body and began talking to his cock, "Does this big boy want to cum in some pretty pink bunny pussy?" as she patted and rubbed it, "Oh he does! He's getting hard!" she teased as everyone laughed.

"You are incorrigible, I'm going to go find something to do," Mark said as he got up from the lounger as Rayven laid back down next to Annabelle.

"Mark..." Candy said as he turned around, then she turned around and flicked her tail out of the way to expose her rear, "if you're looking for something to do, you can always do me!"

"Laruun and T'Soona followed her lead and exposed their rears toward him. "You can do me too!" T'Soona said, "and me!" Laruun added.

"I think he is actually blushing!" Annabelle said, as everyone was laughing and watching Mark giving them the middle finger salute while he walked into the lodge.

Elisha quizzed, "So has he had sex with all of you?"

Joe said, "Not me!" as he got up to go back inside leaving the girls to talk and laugh.

Solara said, "Oh yes, he is incredible."

Elisha asked, "Annabelle, isn't he your boyfriend? You two look about the same age and the way you two interact..."

Annabelle answered, "Well, we are discussing the possibility of getting married someday, but he's not close to my age at all. I'm 18 and he's 50!"

Elisha looked stunned, "He's 50?! I would never have guessed his age to be that. But if you're getting married, how can you let him have sex with all these girls?"

Annabelle explained, "We aren't currently married, but why would I stop him? I get to have sex with them too!"

Elisha questioned, "But don't you get jealous?"

Rayven then cut-in, "The concept of jealousy is a construct that many civilizations don't recognize. Sex and love are two different things, you marry for love, but sex is just for fun. If it is truly love, you will take precautions so you only breed with your lover, not your sex buddy," then after a few seconds she added, "plus when you live for a couple hundred years, you're going to want some variety!"