"Gentlemen, you are all summoned here to be witness to a momentous event, we are delving into the unknown at great risk. After decades of failures and much human sacrifice, we have been able to reach what we believe is a mature state of pregnancy of a Alien life form," explained Colonel McSheen, head of the top secret government research centre deep within the premises known as Area 51. He was addressing a group of twenty top scientists. Civilians, hand-picked from around the world. Some were approached by agents and joined the program willingly; others needed more thorough persuasion.
"Is this some sort of Joke, Colonel?" asked Professor Ausmann, the senior of the group at 78.
"With all due respect professor, do you seriously think that we would kidnap you and bring you five thousand miles into a top-secret military facility just for a laugh?" It was a tall, gent in a General's uniform who was watching the scene from the back of the room. He now walked around the conference table to face the assembly. McSheen saluted him.
"General Chadwick Holden at your service. I run this freak show, he said in his southern brawl. You won't see me much, I'm no man of science, but you can call me Chad," he continued.
"McSheen, where is that woman? " there was a tone of contempt in his voice.
"Dr.Eaton is with Captain Winters. There's been some complications since yesterday," replied McSheen.
Dr. Vanessa Eaton was the head of the extraterrestrial breeding program. The God-fearing General hated her for her human experimentation which had led to many lives lost in the decade since she took over.
"Is the kid in pain?" he asked.
"No General, she's feeling some discomfort, that's all,"
"That's all eh? I want to speak to her in private. This has gone long enough!"
"I'm afraid we can't allow it. And I have absolute authority regarding the project General!" Dr.Eaton had just entered the room. She was slim with sharp and elegant features, probably in her late 40s, Dr. Vanessa Eaton was a believer that the cause justifies the means. She was ruthless and had no qualms about sacrificing human life for scientific advances.
She introduced herself to all the scientists, shaking their hands. It was a full 10 minutes before she took notice of the General.
"Captain Winters is in no pain. She is suffering from some discomfort. Result of a growth spurt of the embryo," she continued, averting the gaze of the fuming General.
"You're killing the poor child. Cut the wretched thing out!" he growled.
Eaton merely grinned and said, "Oh my dear Chadwick. I'm sorry about the girl too. But look at the bigger picture. And, besides, I couldn't extract the fetus even if I wanted to. We are way past that point now!"
"Now, ladies and gentlemen, please follow me to the laboratory. Our test subject is waiting".
"The embryo recovered in 1948 was in cold storage until two years ago. With the discovery of related inscriptions in the Arctic Ocean and our trials for the past two decades, we pieced together most of the instructions needed to impregnate a human female and carry her to a successful delivery. The problem is the final parts of the birthing process is unknown to us. The inscription is destroyed and we can only wait and see how it'll end," Dr.Eaton explained as they all walked, now clad in hazmat suits into the main laboratory.
"We think the end is near. She's about to be transferred into a special hyperbaric chamber. It'll contain whatever comes out of her womb,"
In the middle of the room was a large, polished metal sphere. A thick door with a porthole was open. It was a foot thick at least. Many large tubes, pipes and cables were connected to the sphere. It had other tiny portholes as well.
Several heavily armed soldiers in hazmat suits stood by.
Behind the sphere, about a hundred yards away stood an MRI machine separated by a thick wall of glass. Many other large machines and an operating table were in another room also with glass walls. Several techs were working on the MRI machine which appeared to be smoking.
"What the hell John?" asked Eaton from a man who emerged hurriedly out of the room.
"Some sort of electromagnetic interference. We couldn't get any images. It just fried the machine!" he said.
"Impossible! There was no EMF from her body," replied Eaton.
"Nor now. It occurred only when we started the imaging. Same with the X-rays. As if it doesn't want us to see!" said the bewildered scientist.
Dr. Eaton turned to her guests. "There's much we don't know about the pregnancy,"