OK, Here is a story inspired by a soon to be, maybe, card game (Check out www.4gxg.com). It's a three parter with three different MC's and two slightly different points of view as if I had a clue what I was doing.

I should mention that the name Species and the Species Names are stolen from one Masquatto at http://www.4gxg.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40 but the characters, plot and most of the setting and scenes are mine.

The whole thing in under 3000 words and it did NOT go through the writing workshop I use, you were warned.

Species Story Volume I - Zyriasks


"Kane, Kane, are you OK?" Jenny said.
"Yeah Yeah I just, got this head..."
Whoosh. A beam of white dust came out of the ground and shot into the sky. Kane was trapped inside it, arms open. He screamed. Jenny fell away from him. It formed a tube around Kane. Kane floated inside the tunnel for a moment, then his screaming stopped.
"Where am I Mother?"
"I don't know young one. Mother will help you. Relax now. You will need strength."
Kane fell to the ground as the last of the beam disappeared above. He woke in Jenny's house. He winced. He carefully felt his face and hair. Jenny came into the small bedroom of her mother's house.
"How are you?" she looked at him with more fear than usual.
"I'm in one piece. Why are we here babe? Get me to my house, I can't be comfortable in this dump."
"My place was closer Kane."
"Yeah, OK. I can move, lets go." He stood up and sat back down. "Whoa," he fished out his keys and tossed them at Jenny. "You're Driving."
At his mansion he had his cook get them some soup and fruit salads for dinner and they ate outside by the pool. Kane dazed.
"Mother can we eat now? Mother?"
"Yes darlings, feast on all you can find."
"Mother? Mother?"
"I'm fine, Kane will come and help us. Won't you Kane?"
Kane looked at Jenny. "Mother?" he said.
"What?"
"Listen Jenny this is going to sound weird, but I think something really fantastic happened out there."
"Yeah. I know. The news guy said that a comet went through the Earth or something. They are looking for you Kane, there is like a satellite picture of you and this other guy. The news guy says you should go to the hospital."
"No way." He frowned. "What doctor is going to know about white dust flying out of the ground and voices in my head."
"Voices?"
"Yeah, yeah, It's like this woman and her kids. She sounds foreign like, but hot." His smiled.
Jenny huffed. "I'm going back home. Go see a doctor Kane, please. You're acting weird."
"I said it would sound weird. She wants to meet me."
"Who?"
"The hot Mother." He raised his voice. "You know what? Go home. I'll see a doctor in the morning after some sleep."
"OK Kane. I love you."
"Yeah, OK babe."
"Mother these humans are delicious. Mother?"
"Darlings, our spawning here has left us, incomplete. But don't worry, Kane Smith will come to us. Won't you Kane."
"I'm not going anywhere. I'm not into chicks with a bunch of kids."
He started to choke.
"You are coming Kane Smith or you will die."
"Yes! Yes!" He squeaked, and the air came rushing back into his lungs.
He went inside and sat down at his computer. "OK Mother, where am I going?"
"Ma...lay...sia"
"Great."
He fell asleep on the plane. He dreamt of a tropical forest, very dense. He heard birds, the sounds of children playing. He saw small gecko like creatures scurrying around.
He woke and he looked toward the restroom. The front bathroom was occupied, he went through the first class curtain to the back. He slowed and looked around cautiously. A man to his right caught his eye. The man looked normal enough, but his eyes were flashing with what looked like green and white fire. As the man stared and he stared back, he began to growl. Then a woman laughed behind him, he looked around quickly and moved towards bathroom again.
In the bathroom he splashed some water on his face. He looked in the mirror. He eyes were bloodshot and more green than usual. He was unshaven and ragged. "I can't wait till this is over," he whispered.
Mother was easy to find. The crowd around the creatures was growing and the police were having trouble containing the situation. In the distance, Kane could see a large creature made of bone and leaves. It had a giant maw with lines of teeth going in every direction. The beast moved slowly in every direction but somehow remained in one spot. The swaying motion spilled out onto the ground around it and little mounds of teeth sprang up here and there.
"Mother?" Kane yelled past an army of soldiers all pointing guns at the writhing green and white mounds of motion.
"Ahhhh. Good."
"What did you say?" It was the man from the plane. He reached for Kane with both hands.
"Seth. No." One of the army men grabbed the man.
"No. Kane Smith is mine."
As the man was pulled back. The geckos from Kane's dream came out from the jungle. They immediately started dueling the maw creatures. Little battles everywhere. Little maws would strike at the gecko's with their horns as the gecko's darted in and out of the fray. The gecko's were followed by an eight foot tall muscled lizard. It had the head of a dragon with horns in five directions coming from it's neck and back. It's head snapped towards Kane and it was within feet of him in seconds. People and soldiers scrambled in every direction. Everyone screamed at once.
"Open fire!" The guns shots added to the chaos. The dragon headed creature stopped short of plowing Kane down. It cocked it's arm back as it inspected him. Kane went completely stiff. The beast was eye to eye with him. It's eyes twice the size Kane's, yellow and cat like, the bullets tore into it's flesh and it seemed not to notice.
"M-Mother?"
Kane's face collapsed as the beast plunged it's claw into his head. It looked to sky and screamed. Bullets began to shred it's torso.
"Whole again.We are whole again children!"
Kane exploded into dust, Mother collapsed still holding her hand out in front of her, still screaming machine gun fire was shredding everything that was not human.
"No!" Seth ran toward the maw creature. "Stop shooting, these ones are peaceful!" He collapsed.
Bullets continued to rain down on the creatures.


Species Story Volume II - Omnxians


Whoosh. Bright white dust rushed up from the ground, into the sky. Seth looked around, his hands shot to his head. He winced. "Oh my, help me. " He passed out.
He woke in what looked like a hospital. Men in suits stood waiting about his bed.
"What is going on." He didn't try to get up.
"Hello Mr. Everson, please try to remain calm. I'm Mr. Thompson and this is Mr. Einhart we work for the CIA in the Special Phenomenon Unit. Mr. Einhart is scientist and I am an agent. It seems you were struck by a comet."
"They are not comets. I never said they were comets." Mr. Einhart moved to the other side of the bed. "I said they looked like comets passing through the solar system three months ago. When they abruptly changed course, we knew they were something different." Mr. Einhart's voice trembled. He talked quickly.
"What are you guys talking about? They who?" Seth still didn't move.
"Three beams of light passed through the Earth last night." Mr. Einhart said. "They appeared to be comets like I said, but they made an abrupt turn towards earth a few weeks ago and another change of course just before entering our atmosphere. Almost like they were targeting something, possibly you. The first beam passed through you, the second struck a man we have been unable to locate and a third apparently missed."
"We don't know that." Mr Thompson cut in. "We know the beam passed through the San Diego Marine Science Center. It was late Friday so no one should have been there but we don't know for sure. We caught you and the other target on satellite cameras because you were both outdoors."
"Beam? It looked like white dust." Seth coughed.
"Really? could you actually feel anything?" Mr. Einhart perked up.
"Stop Rick, We can't do this now. We got to go, we can figure out the links between the dust and the this guy and the creatures on the plane." Mr. Thompson said.
"Creatures?" Seth's eyebrows raised.
"Extra Terrestrials Mr.Everson, we have reports of this white dust combining with water and sprouting alien creatures in Malaysia. The entry point of the beams. We believe further that you and this other man may be in tune with these creatures."
"In Tune?" Now Seth sat up. "Oh my head, What does that mean?"
"Sir, have you heard any voices or noises in you mind. We have picked up a long range, um radio waves coming to and from this area while you were unconscious." Mr. Thompson said.
"What! this is all crazy."
"Yea sir, it is." Thompson checked his watch. "Johnson, anything on the other target."
"Nothing." The voice came from the hall.
"Dang." Thompson muttered under his breath. "Alright, get target one here ready for travel."
"Wait a minute, I have a life here, I'm not going to Malaysia."
"Sir," Thompson put on his most official voice. "This is a matter of world security. You will cooperate or you will be made to cooperate. Do you understand?"
The plane was full. Rick Einhart fired off questions rapidly once they were settled in and the plane had reached it's cruising altitude. Typing notes into his computer.
"You are sure you haven't heard anything?" He asked again.
"Nope." Seth replied.
"I'm was picking up the signals just now. Man this is unreal" Rick tapped away at his computer. Seth looked up and saw a man passing to the back. He felt suddenly terrified and he started hearing voices.
"Mother" One voice.
"Yes darlings" Another voice.
"We have been followed"
"Oh, I know darlings. Don't worry, Mother is keeping an eye on Mother Brutilda of the Zyraisks. I think we can use her savagery against her. What do you think of this Mother Atasnea?
"Perhaps." A third voice.
Seth heard a woman laugh and he snapped back. The man moved on. Mr. Einhart's fingers flew on the keyboard. He glanced back at the man passing towards the bathroom.
Seth looked at the computer screen. There on the screen was satellite picture of the same exact man, in the same clothes.
Rick Einhart looked at Seth. "Did he growl at us?"
"I think he did." Seth replied. "I heard some of your voices. A bunch of them. I'm not sure they were talking to me though. Something about Mother."
Seth explained everything to Mr. Einhart and they landed and got a bus that would take them close to the creature site. Thompson thought it best to let Kane land. They waited for him at the creature sight. There was no more communication from Mother to Seth. There was a huge crowd and officials from several countries argued with the Malaysian military about what to do with these oozing, oscillating creatures. There was much debate on exactly how fast they were morphing and spreading. Mr. Thompson dived in with his own information on Seth and what the United States' stance was on the issue.
"Mother?" Kane yelled to the creatures from Seth's left.
"What did you say?" Seth reached for Kane with both hands.
"Seth. No." Seth's escort grabbed him.
"No. Kane Smith is mine."
Seth watched in awe as miniature dinosaur creatures came out from the brush. The creatures appeared to be fighting with each other. Then he watched in fear as a much larger creature stepped out from the trees. It looked like an upright giant werewolf but instead of hair and skin, it had scales and spikes. It moved quickly towards Kane.
"Now my ally. Concentrate, feed her anger." The second voice. The Mother.
"Yes she will break." The third.
"Whole again.We are whole again children!" It was the dinosaur it screamed in his ears and inside his head.
Seth heard someone yell open fire and felt nothing but pain. Kane exploded into dust and the werewolf-dinosaur collapsed still holding her hand out in front of her, still screaming.
"No!" Seth ran toward into the clearing. The pain now was excruciating. "Stop shooting, these ones are peaceful!" He collapsed.
"Wait, this is not right. What are these projectiles."
"Not right? It has gone perfectly. Now Martin Sharp come see Mother. You will need a boat."
All the creatures were destroyed, the gunshots continued until the next day. The Malaysian government defended it's actions vigorously. There was clear danger to civilians and the beasts had to be destroyed they said. They continued to survey the area for more creatures and information. No one could figure out exactly what Seth Everson died of that day. He was not struck by a bullet nor harmed in any way physically, yet he was pronounced brain dead nearly three days after being struck by the beam.


Species Story Volumn III - Atasneans


Whoosh. Martin Sharp recalled the events of the last few days as he watched Seth Everson die. He grew concerned.
Do not worry Martin Sharp. We will be fine.
"It's not you I'm worried about."
You are one of us now. You will be allowed to continue. You will be allowed to study us.
"I am excited by the work, you know I am Mother, it's just."
Yes Martin Sharp there will be more of my kind landing here. But it is to late for them to become established. We have to far of a lead now. We will learn from you too, Martin Sharp. How to live peacefully. But do not try to tell us that your species is much less aggressive as we watch them kill right now.
"I never claimed we were perfect, stop reading my mind, I would like to finish my thoughts before you interrupt me." Martin had spoken much with Mother over the last few days and learned of their planet and their on going efforts to wipe each other out." Each species discovered how to ride the light simultaneously and spread their war across the cosmos. But Martin suspected that it was planned somehow. That even the Mothers' unknowingly answered to an even higher order being. He quickly cleared his mind.
Martin liked to work late nights at the San Diego Marine Science Center. He would go home get a bite to eat. Read three different news papers, then return to work. His co-workers could never figure out how he got so much done. The beam hit him pretty hard and he fell from his research of jelly fish sting effects on different fish. He passed out but only for a little while. That is when the dialog started with Mother. She explained the beam and her presence, along with her, as she called them, competitors. She convinced him that she and her brood simply wanted survival and that he had been chosen, for his superior intellect and charm, to serve as her mouthpiece. In return all research on her and her children would be conducted and led by Martin Sharp. It all sounded so perfect. He would be famous for sure. But first there was the matter of her competitors. They would have their own chosen. He did not like the idea of sharing the spotlight but a blood bath was not what he wanted. According to Mother, they simply had to be wiped out. The would kill all the humans. Martin was not sure she wouldn't do the same. Again he quickly cleared his mind.
One thing stood clear now to Martin. Apparently the link between him and Mother was very real. It had to be the reason Seth Everson was dead. He would protect her if he wanted to live.
Martin convinced a fishing boat captain who spoke English to get him out to sea to safety from the creatures. Money helped convince the man that there was some danger. Once out to sea Mother spoke to him again.
Good you are closer. You will need to control this vessel. My children have the boat surrounded now, they will show you the way.
He heard screams from the deck and made a run for the captains booth. A giant tentacle lifted one of the men from the deck and quickly pulled him under.
"I'm going to wet myself, this is becoming a nightmare." He reached the captains booth and two men stared at him.
"What do you want!" The captain screamed terrible English at him.
He raised his hand and stung the captain like a jelly fish stings it prey. The captain backwards past the other man and out the booth to the deck. The tentacles scooped him up.
Martin looked at his hand then the other man. The other man fled down the opposite side of the booth. "What will I do when I get to you Mother." She did not answer, though suddenly he understood how to drive this boat. The serpent-like tentacled children swam out ahead of him. He was alone on the boat now. He was now terrified. He thought now that he would not ever be allowed to return to land. This Mother was a water creature and she would not let him leave her.
Worry not Martin Sharp. I will protect you now. And you will know everything about us. Intimately.
A giant sea serpent pulled up slowly in front of him. The boat stopped and the engine died. A giant sea serpent pulled up slowly in front of him. Martin watched the giant scaled hear raise up 20 feet into the air. He could not breath.
He could not breath at all. He grabbed at his throat. There were gills forming on his neck. A large tentacle reached in slowly and carried him into the water.