Vivian Madison splashed water on her face and patted it dry with a towel. She slipped off her white bra and pulled a long t-shirt over her that came down just over her ass, covering her black lace panties. The 24 year old always slept in a long t-shirt and without a bra. Although it was only 9pm, Rebecca had spent a good two hours at the gym and she was tired. She slipped under the covers and it wasn't long before she fell asleep.
About 8 thousand miles away to the East, Uzuri N'kabo was fast asleep in her house in Africa. The 23 year old daughter of a rich plantation owner slept in a long loose cotton nightdress that concealed her near perfect figure. The thin white cotton contrasted with her dark skin and accentuated her exotic features. She was a truly beautiful young woman that did justice to her name – for Uzuri means Beauty. Far more than being beautiful, Uzuri radiated sexuality and sensuality.
Another 4 thousand miles from East from Africa and about 8 Thousand miles West from New York, Rekha Chandu lazed in bed after switching off her alarm clock. It was 6.30am on a Saturday in India and she didn't have to rush off to work. The 24 year old business school graduate wished she had remembered to turn off her alarm clock. Her hands roamed over her light brown, coffee coloured skin, covered by blue pyjamas – a legacy to the colonial past. She wore her bra and panties under her pyjamas, a sign of conservative India. Rekha drifted off back to sleep.
Another two and a half hours away, in China, Ashlee Wang lay asleep in bed. The 22 year old Law School student had been out partying the night before at a University gathering and had returned home late and a little tipsy. On days like this, she would only wake at 10.30 at the latest. Ashlee wore a bright red nylon nightdress that didn't leave much to the imagination. The accompanying robe lay sprawled on the nearby chair, awaiting the owner to drape around her body.
Life for these four women was going to change.......substantially and irrevocably.
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Rekha saw the light first. She was, after all, the only one of the four that was even half awake. It first appeared like a bright spotlight outside her room and then as a column of light standing upright, like something out of a Star Trek movie. Rekha thought she was dreaming and half expected to hear "Beam me up Scotty." The difference was the column of light was moving, it had fluidity to it and it moved across the room. It appeared to be searching. Searching! Rekha bolted upright in bed as the light located her. She felt a warm sensation and then a high pitched whine pierced her ears briefly before she felt a feeling of lightness. The light disappeared and so did Rekha.
Simultaneously, the light appeared in the bedrooms of Vivian, Uzuri and Ashlee. Vivian awoke as the high pitched whine sounded while Uzuri woke to see the column of light searching the room. Ashlee was too deep asleep to even notice the light or hear the high pitched whine. As the light disappeared from the rooms in America, Africa and China, just like in India, so too did the girls.
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Ashlee woke up groggy and leaned over to pick up her robe. She couldn't move! She opened her eyes wide in panic and realised she was in a strange room! It was large and looked like a hospital room with lots of steel and glass. Trying not to suppress her panic, she looked around and noticed there were 3 other beds next to her, all with women lying in them. She looked down at her feet. They were encased in metal clasps. Her hands were lying at her side but a luminous blue light around the sides of the bed somehow limited her hand movements.
A high-pitched whine sounded briefly and she noticed the other 3 girls stirring awake and then pretty much repeating what she had just done. The look of fright, a slight struggle and finally realisation that they were trapped in bed. The four girls exchanged glances but no words were spoken.
A steel door suddenly swished open and a bluish white translucent figure entered. It had a human form but somehow appeared liquid, with no defining features. "Let me go!" Cried Vivian, as she struggled in vain. "What do you want from us?" Called out Uzuri in her thick African accent. "Please, please....why am I here?" Said Rekha, pleadingly. "Yes! Let us go. What do you want?" Ashlee echoed the sentiments of the other 3 girls.
The figure spoke. "You have been brought here for a reason. The four of you make up the major ethnic groups in your world. Vivian, the Caucasian represents America and the rest of the European world. Uzuri is the representative from Africa, one of the most populous continents. Rekha and Ashlee represent the two most populated countries on Earth." The girls were astounded that this thing knew that names and origins.
