The Kalinar sank slowly to the bottom of the loch. Waking from slow sleep I looked around me.

"Welcome Home."

"How on Earth did you get in here Elizabeth?"

It was Steven who responded from the other side of the cabin." I asked TIM to wake me as we entered the solar system then sent a message for them to meet us."

He was unloading the items we had brought back with us from their storage compartment. John was there too busily placing it onto the teleporter pad.

"Well, you seem to have things under control here so if someone would please help me to my feet I'll go and take a look around the house."

Elizabeth helped me extricate myself from the harness which had tangled itself around my left arm. She placed her hand against my very swollen belly. "How long?"

"Just a few more days now, they are getting impatient to join us."

She took my hand and placed it against her abdomen."Well we are going to have quite a full nursery in a few months time."

I went inside to feel the growing foetus nestling peacefully in her womb. "That's great!" I looked across at John. "You'll have to make an honest woman of her now!"

"Already have." He positively glowed with pride. "You are looking at the new Mrs Phillips."

Stephen stopped what he was doing and we all embraced, congratulating them and sharing memories of their wedding day a few months earlier. After a while we continued our conversation while we worked.

"My parents came over from Zaire for the week and it was a lovely summers day. Hsui was my bridesmaid, Andrew was best man and Mike even scrubbed up nicely. The only sad thing was that you two were not there, but it doesn't seem to matter now it's just great to have you back."

I walked across to the food dispenser and requested some Tralmark. Then returning to face her I offered the traditional Manyarnern greeting. (May your senses be enlightened and your dreams be fulfilled.)

Hesitantly she accepted the beaker and drank. The others stepped over and very solemnly joined in the ceremony.

"Now then, let's go and see our new home."

"Sorry, you'll have to wait until we finish unloading." Said Stephen.

Looking up at the window I noticed for the first time that we were under water.

"Where on earth are we?"

"At the bottom of the loch. John and I decided it was the best place to hide the Kalinar from prying eyes."

"But surely the Kalinar is going back?"

"Not this time the circle of elders gave it to us."

I was dumbfounded at first then realised why they had made such a gesture.

Stephen saw the angry look come over my face. "Don't blame them, they only want their Premier to have the means to return whenever she wants. Besides, it will be great to have our own flying saucer to use around the localised area."

"What's all this about you becoming the Premier?" Asked John innocently.

(Damn you Stephen.) I sent on our personal wavelength. (Did you have to tell them every thing!)

(Actually I did not tell them, Elizabeth just picked it up from my subconscious mind.)

I apologised for my quick temper and explained to them both what had happened during the family blending. It was John who broke the atmosphere.

"If my liege will permit her humble servant to continue with his duties she can enter her castle and inspect the throne room." With this he gave a huge bow. Liz joined in and curtsied. Laughing at the absurdity of the situation for the first time my mood lifted.

After a few hours we were ready for a tour of the house. The builders had made a good job with their renovations and the decoration was clean and simple. Liz explained that I could order any additional furnishings that I wanted from a local store where she had set up an account.

"It's just perfect, thank you both for taking such care over the place."

"We think there is something that we ought to tell you." Said Elizabeth as we sat on the sofa in the large comfortable lounge. "We have decided to live here too, that is, if you don't mind. It's not that the Lab is uncomfortable, quite the contrary but we have been thinking about what sort of a life we can offer the baby. If we all move in here then we can try to give it as normal an upbringing as possible."

"I take it that by all you mean Hsui Tai, Mike and Andrew as well." Replied Stephen.

I immediately realised the importance of this decision. The vision that Stephen and I had shared a year ago when we first visited this place had had a sense of community. He seemed to have realised this as well and we smiled at each other in the knowledge that it had been the future that we had seen that day. Choking up with emotion he spoke for us both.

"You are as much a part of our family now as those unborn children. It will be an honour to share our house and the rest of our lives with you."

"No need to be so formal," interrupted John, "a simple yes will suffice."

"Yes." He said emphatically.

The house had many surprises in store for us. John explained how the builders had discovered a secret stairway leading from the study down to the cellar below. He had instructed them to run power down there and between them they had fitted it out as a small replica of the Lab. An extension of TIM had also been installed in order that he could monitor the surroundings and keep prying eyes away from our activities.

Elizabeth had another surprise for me. She had engaged a nanny who would also act as house keeper.

"We don't want strangers sniffing around especially after the twins are born." I protested.

"Mrs. Henderson is not a stranger, she was my old nanny when I was a child."

"I didn't know that you moved in such exclusive circles." Said John.

"When my father came over to England as ambassador my mother had to attend many official engagements with him. They employed this Scottish nanny to look after me. It was not until we came up here to sort out the place that I remembered that she lived nearby and looked her up. Anyway Angie, have you ever kept house? Do you know how to use a Terran oven or a vacuum cleaner?"

I had to admit that on Manyarner such things were not needed. Food dispensers provided us with most of our sustenance and dirt and dust particles were just reabsorbed into the fabric of our buildings. So cleaning was never the chore that it was on Earth.

"I for one do not want to get lumbered with doing everything around the house as well as looking after my child. Mrs. Henderson is a very nice lady. She will live, in the village, in a cottage that I have rented for her. Tim can monitor the drive so that we will know when she is coming our way. Why don't we give it a try and see how things work out? She'll be arriving on Wednesday on the train from Edinburgh."

"You seem to have figured out everything." Said Stephen. "Before we talk further I'm dying for a proper cup of coffee. My body has nearly forgotten what a real caffeine hit feels like."

Liz and I left them alone and went to make the coffee. We returned to the lounge a short while later, trailing a tray with a pot of coffee, chocolate cake and four mugs behind us. This settled down on the table and the pot began to pour out the steaming brown liquid by itself.

"That will have to stop when Mrs Henderson arrives!" Snapped John.

"Only when she is around, although we will have to fit the children with inhibitor bands as soon as they are born, as well as changing the appearance of the twins."

"I never thought of that." Elizabeth seemed very worried. "Andranovich looked so human that I forgot... oh dear she'll have a heart attack if she sees them with red eyes. You were right Angie. I'll have to phone and tell her not to come."

"You'll do no such thing, I manage to maintain a human appearance and with a little effort I can change the boys shapes as well. At least until they are old enough to do it themselves." At this she relaxed a little. "Don't be so hard on your self for not thinking about such things it will all work out for the best I'm sure."

Over the next few hours we formulated plans for our future. Stephen had decided a while ago that his engineering skills would not go to waste and slowly the idea for Jameson industries took shape. We were all to become directors of the company with John as managing director. John had been very inventive in his youth and had accrued large sums of money through patenting his gadgets. This company would take things one step further and manufacture items itself.

"We'll have to put the pressure on Graeme Truscott to release funds from the Tomorrow Foundation." Remarked John. "He's not going to like it. I've left him alone to look after our finances for too long."

During the weekend we made arrangements for all of the Tomorrow people to move into the house. Andrew was especially pleased to be returning to Scotland although seemed a little sad each time he thought of his happy childhood spent on the shores of Loch Ness.

On Monday morning John and Stephen left for London. Liz and I were pleased to get them out from under our feet for a while as their incessant talk, about their plans, all weekend had started to become very annoying. Feeling at ease in each others company we busied ourselves around the house putting finishing touches to the decorations.

It began shortly after lunch, a sharp stab of pain in my lower abdomen as the birth neared. Elizabeth was in the kitchen at the time, sensing what was happening she shot up the stairs to find me laying on the bed in our room.

"Should I call a doctor?"

"No, he or she would guess in an instant that I am not human, you will have to deliver it yourself."

At this suggestion she went quite pale despite her colouring. "But I cant, I don't know how."

"I will give you the knowledge you need come over here." She sat on the floor beside the bed and I transferred the information directly into her long term memory system.

"So it is that quick, okay I know what to do now you just relax."

Hsui Tai, Andrew and Mike appeared in the room. They had been exploring the far side of the loch when they felt the quickening of the twins.

"Is there anything we can do?" Asked Hsui Tai.

"No, it would be better if you go down stairs and wait with Tim." Replied Elizabeth.

(I do not mind if you wish to share in the birth.) Reaching out my mind I sensed both Andrew's curiosity and Mike's embarrassment.

(No thanks.) Remarked Mike a little too quickly. (We'll wait down stairs as Liz suggests.) With this he led the others from the room.

Elizabeth and I smiled at one another as we prepared for the imminent birth. Since then I have delivered many human babies, including Elizabeth's two children, it always amazes me the amount of pain that the woman suffers due to the bodies contractions as they force the child out into the world. Manyarnern women do not have the muscles for this kind of delivery instead the birth is assisted by telekinesis from the midwife who carefully pulls the child out along the birth canal.

Half an hour later Gabkhan was born, quickly followed by Kohlarn. Stephen and I had chosen these names whilst still on Manyarner. Gabkhan was my fathers given name and Kohlarn means he who follows. These names we decided could also be changed into Gary and Colin when registering their birth with the human authorities.

Wrapping the infants in towels I went to the bathroom to clean myself up. I sensed our husbands jaunting into the room behind me.

"Not again!" Exclaimed Stephen. "I never seem to be around when Angie gives birth."

"You did not miss much, you would probably have fainted anyway." Said Elizabeth.

"Oh no I would not." He protested.

I returned and taking the children from Elizabeth placed them down on the bed. John pushed past the others, as they continued to argue, he lent down to look at the two infants. "They have the most amazing eyes, and their skin is glowing. Can I hold one please?"

"I would like to introduce our son Gabkhan." I placed the child in his outstretched arms. "The glow is residual psionic energy. They will be surrounded with it for the next few days while they grow."

He looked puzzled so I reminded him of how the Manyarnern accelerated development differed to that of a human child. He nodded as he recalled Andranovich's rapid changes from small infant to boy in just a few months.

"The problem will be how we explain this to Mrs. Henderson when she arrives tomorrow." Said Mike from the door way.

It was Elizabeth and John Who met Mrs. Henderson from the train. They explained that she would not be required up at the house for a few days and to take this time to settle into her new home. It took a lot of effort to persuade her that she was not needed immediately and in the end Liz used a psionic suggestion to bring the discussion to a more rapid conclusion. They agreed that she should come at nine o'clock the following Monday morning. This at least gave us some breathing space while I perfected a way of controlling the boys appearance from a distance and attuned to their telepathic band.

(I have just detected a woman approaching the house.) TIM's voice echoed around my mind.

(Right on time.) Sent Stephen from the nursery as he laid Kohlarn down for a nap. (At least the old battle-axe is punctual.)

(I heard that!) This was Elizabeth from the back garden. (She's not an old battle axe and if you come down to meet her you'll see what I mean.)

Looking up from the chair where I was feeding Gabkhan I whispered, "I think you hurt Liz's feelings."

We all met in the hallway just as she approached the front door.

"Why do I feel nervous?" I said as I opened it to welcome her inside.

She was a small woman no taller than five feet, I estimated her age at about fifty five. Her hair was cut into a neat bob and she wore a nannies uniform.

(See, I was right.) Pathed Stephen.

Elizabeth stepped forward and introduced her to us all in turn.

"Please stop calling me Mrs. Henderson. My name is Clara and I know that you are Stephen and Angie, Mike, Hsui Tai and Andrew. As we shook hands I noticed that she had a firm and authoritative grip. "Now why don't I make us all a nice cup of tea in that fancy new kitchen of yours and we can get better acquainted before I meet the two bairns upstairs." At this she marched off in the direction of the kitchen as if she had lived in the house all her life.

(Well, she seems to have the run of the place already.) Her familiarity astonished me.

(While you were away she came up for a look around to see if she would like working here. She claims to be a psychic and says the house has a good feel.) Explained Elizabeth. (When I was a child her intuition always astounded me.)

"Are you sure that she is not telepathic and picking up every word that you send now." Warned John.

Stretching out our minds we could feel her busy in the kitchen. She had the most wonderful sense of purpose about her and an extraordinary feeling of curiosity.

(No, she is not telepathic of that I am sure. I can feel her mind as she makes the tea, it is normal for a human although she is highly intelligent. I wonder how a woman of her intellect came to be a nanny?) I replied.

There was no more time for conversation, she returned carrying a tray with tea and biscuits. "Come, come. Have you not yet settled yourselves down. This will not do at all, nursing mothers need all the rest they can get."

We let her lead us into the lounge.

Life settled into a fairly ordered routine after that. Clara arrived at seven a.m. on the dot each morning and prepared breakfast while Stephen and I dressed the twins. After our meal John and Stephen left by car for their office. They in fact drove just out of sight down the drive and then used the teleporter to take them to London. Here they had established the head office of Jameson industries and a factory to manufacture the first gadget that Steven was to 'invent'.

Liz was appointed as head teacher at the local school much to the everyone's surprise. Clara told us that she was the talk of the village, they could not explain how a city girl would choose to work in a small rural school which was under funded and in jeopardy of closing down. Little did they know that we had doctored some official documents at the nearest education department and the schools future was assured. Mike and Hsui Tai were free to amuse themselves, and usually returned to the main lab together leaving Andrew to explore the Scottish countryside.

I spent most days with the twins who grew rapidly into toddlers. We told Clara that they had a rare hereditary disease which accelerated their growth rate. She accepted this readily and never questioned me about it further. Thankfully she also failed to ask about their apparent quietness and how I new exactly when they needed the bathroom or were hungry.

It was in late autumn as I was playing with them, out under the large oak trees that grew at the bottom of the lawn, that I forgot for a moment where I was. Gabkhan had thrown a ball onto the air and it had lodged in the branches of the largest tree. He began to cry at the loss of this toy and Kohlarn sensing his brothers feelings joined in the wailing.

(Don't be upset.) I pathed. (I'll get it back for you.) Although the inhibitor bands prevented them from using telekinesis their telepathy had grown stronger as the months progressed.

(Yes, mummy get the ball, get the ball.) They replied in unison.

I looked up into the branches and felt for the toy, loosening the surrounding foliage I freed it from it's perch and it began to gently float down towards us. Just as it reached my eye level I was suddenly aware of someone behind me. I swung around to be confronted by Clara.

"What are you doing out here?"

Her eyes were transfixed by the ball which now hung in mid air between us. "Oh, I was watching from the house and thought that you would like another pair of hands to get the ball down, but I can see that you have managed quite well without me." She stepped forward and took the ball from the air then handed it to Gabkhan."There dear you run along and play with your brother."

He obligingly threw the ball along the ground and both boys ran after it, their feet rustling the dried leaves as they went. She turned to look at me her face had an expression of deadly earnest. "I think that it's time we had a little talk, don't you?"

It took the rest of the afternoon for me to explain everything to her. I even removed the twins inhibitor bands so that they could use their powers freely. This was met by many whoops for joy and lifting around the garden while we tried to persuade them to come back down.

When John and Stephen returned, later that evening, we met them in the hall, each one of us surrounded by a gentle psionic glow. Clara beamed with pride as the two little boys lifted to kiss them hello.

"What the hell is going on around here?" Demanded John gruffly.

Liz and I linked with them and described the events of the afternoon.

"And now I understand why they call the village the UFO capitol of Scotland." Said Clara ."There have been so many sightings of your...what did you call it?"

"Kalinar." Said Stephen.

She continued. "So many sightings of the flying saucer thing that UFO spotters from all over Britain have started to flock into the area. Bill McGregor in the village pub has rented out all of his rooms even this far out of season." She paused and smiled. "I think that you had better be more discrete with your pleasure flights from now on."

It was true that our favourite pastime of late was to fly around the solar system admiring the splendours of the planets and asteroids. Occasionally we had even left the ship in A.E. suits. The twins each had a little collection of rocks from the moon and Mars hidden away in the cellar.

It was John who mentioned it first, as we settled ourselves down at the dinner table. "How do you know about our flights?"

"Well, my hobby is hill walking, I go out most evenings and climb as far as an old woman's legs will carry me up the mountain path. For the last few weeks I have repeatedly seen this long metallic blue object coming over the hill towards me then turning to sink beneath the surface of the loch. When the UFO hunters started to arrive I thought that I would tell them what I had seen, then I realised that none of you had ever mentioned anything, so I dismissed it as a fantasy. When Angie revealed herself this afternoon everything suddenly made sense. It was obvious from the moment that I arrived here that there was something very fishy going on. Even Liz had changed from the shy little girl that I looked after at the embassy all those years ago. I put two and two together, the craft that I saw must have been yours."

Going into her I picked up her thoughts, sharing these with the others, I posed the question she was longing to hear. "Would you like us to take you for a ride tonight?"

"My dear, I thought you would never ask."

Clara Henderson was a remarkable woman and remained with us for the next ten years until she retired. She was instrumental in the upbringing of all our children and assisted in the birth of Elizabeth's first born son, Edward, his sister Charlotte (Charlie) and finally our daughter Sussialificalasa (Susan). The children's special abilities never phased her and I am sure that even the Manyarnern academy could not have taught them the directed control she instilled.

15th December 1999

The new century neared and Jameson Industries flourished giving us all a sense of purpose. At first it developed small electronic items, components used in computers and telecommunications equipment. Then we branched out into pharmaceuticals, and fuel cell car design.

During this time we accumulated rather a lot of personal wealth. Apart from the daily living expenses and the kids university fees there was little else to spend it on. It was Clara who made the suggestion that we establish the Jameson Foundation. We were all swimming in the loch at the time.

Gabkhan, now resembling a young adult, had developed the speciality, like his father, for mathematics and engineering. His first project was to design a force field to divide the shore line of the loch from the rest of the water and gently heat it to a comfortable swimming temperature. This had been a great hit with all of us, especially Susan who returning to her natural form revelled in the water just as I had done as a child. Everyone noticed how alike we were and once she had matured into a very beautiful young woman we resembled sisters rather than mother and daughter.

Paddling across to tread water beside John and Elizabeth Clara asked. "Are you the only Tomorrow People on Earth?"

"Many years ago," began John, "we thought that there would be hundreds even thousands of us breaking out all over the world. But as the years passed we realised that this was too much to hope for and gave up looking." He shrugged his shoulders and Elizabeth felt his disappointment.

"There is no doubt that one day there will be many more of us but it will probably be many thousands of years before that happens." She said.

Surfacing, I joined in the conversation. "Well we have been so preoccupied lately that we have not given much thought to finding other Tomorrow People."

"I think that you should try to find them." Remarked Clara motioning towards Gabkhan, Kohlarn and Susan as they splashed each other noisily. "Look at your children, fully grown now and in need of a partner. Did you know how disappointed Kohlarn was with that girl he was dating recently. He showed her a little telekinesis and she ran a mile. They need creatures like themselves if they are ever going to be happy."

This suggestion took me by surprise, I had been so wrapped up in the running of the chemical-development site that I had not thought of the children's futures. It was Liz who spent most time with them these days. She still ran the local school, funded now as a centre for academic excellence by Jameson Industries.

"Why don't we try to send out a telepathic beacon, a message, calling others like us to come here and meet." Suggested Hsui Tai.

"It is a good sugestion. But when we attempted that before it caused all sorts of problems for the potential Tomorrow People." Said John emphatically. "And besides the Federation said that the R.T.E. in the atmosphere will not wear off for many more years. We have to assume that none have broken out recently."

"Yes. But Angie sensed another telepath back at University who we never managed to trace. How can we be so sure that the Federation is right and this stuff is working the way they planned." Added Stephen. "Perhaps new Tomorrow People have broken out and we just haven't discovered them yet. I think it's worth the risk." He turned to John who was obviously deep in thought on the matter.

"So do I." He said at last.

Later that day we were seated, in a circle, cross legged on the floor of the lounge linking our consciousness and formulating the message we were to send. (This is just like the family blending.) Commented Stephen, and I had to admit that even though we did not have a lens to channel the energy there was a similar feeling to the gathering.

Clara had pulled the furniture over by the window and watched our silent communications. "Sometimes I wish I could feel a true part of all this." She said, turning away to look at the view of the snow covered mountains.

(You are and always will be a part of all of us.) Charlotte responded much to her surprise.

It was three hours before we made contact with anyone. Gradually the thoughts of a young man living in London entered our minds, although I received the idea that he was not native to this country. He said that he had come across telepaths in many other countries as well. There was an Australian and an American as well as those living in England.

When we asked how he had come to meet them he seemed reluctant to tell us at first. He seemed to believe that we were part of some covert government operation to expose him and his friends. Much to our delight he reluctantly began to describe how he could teleport and we poured out to him our knowledge of this ability. Relief flooded into our minds at his realisation that he was no longer alone and we made an agreement not to rush things but that he and his friends could come to Scotland to visit us whenever they wished.

John was uneasey at these new contacts and had TIM place a trace on the source. Personally I felt sure that the boy guessed what had been done. I considered expressing my anxiety, after all it did seem as though we were being friendly with one hand and all the while hiding things from him. Still, John usually knew best in these matters and I deferred to his better judgement.

As we came round from the trance we were all in a celebrateory mood.

"New Tomorrow People at last." Remarked an excited Mike. "I wonder if they are the same as us?"

"Of course they are." Replied Elizabeth. "They just broke out in a different way. Perhaps nature has corrected itself to make things less traumatic for our kind."

"Well, whoever they are, I for one am very pleased to know that there are more of us out there in the world." Added John. "Once TIM has a firm fix on them we can jaunt over and investigate further."

"Don't go scaring them away." Andrew sounded quite worried.

"No. Of course not." Remarked John. "We'll take a few precautions then introduce ourselves properly."

These new telepaths were not the only cause for excitement that day. As we came round from the trance like state we became aware of a familiar presence in the room with us. We all swung around to see Andranovich standing in the doorway.

"What the hell are you doing here?" blurted out a shocked Steven.

(I thought that you were calling all telepaths here to join your little community,) he replied sarcastically, (I was in the area and felt the call, I'll go if I'm not welcome.) At that he brought a teleporter control out from his pocket and began to reprogram it.

I glared at Stephen for his stupidity. "Andranovich you are our first born and a part of this 'community' you are always welcome. You just caught your father off guard." I was suddenly aware of another Manyarnern mind close by. The others felt it as well and we looked questioningly at Andranovich as he came further into the room.

(This is Larafortunecta my joining partner.)

The pretty young girl stepped out from behind him and I could see at once where her ancestry lay. She was the image of her mother, Trilly, and also bore the mark of a lens on her upper arm. We quickly recovered from our shock to this news and welcomed her to our family in the traditional manner.

"Premier." She bowed slightly. "My mother sends her greetings to the One and asks your forgiveness that we carried out the joining ceremony in your absence. Andranovich and I wanted to join quickly after completing our training at the academy and it seemed most opportune to carry it out before we took up our respective posts on the Trig. Mother believed that you would not object to our joining as it was within the family."

"No of course not, we do not mind at all. In fact we are very happy for you both. Your rapport is strong and with strength comes happiness. Will you stay, please? At least join us for dinner." They nodded. "Great! Who's turn is it to cook tonight? Or shall we ask TIM to provide something? "

Reluctantly Charlie and Susan stood up and headed out of the room. (We'll prepare something special.) They sent as the door closed behind them.

What none of us realised that night was that our telepathic call had reached further than Andranovich. The open frequency we used alerted many other telepathic races in the area to our presence on this under developed, unprotected planet...