Virze and I home. I need some time with her alone.
Virze smiled and came into his arms. The two disappeared.
“Grace, can this process be used again.”
“Unfortunately, no. Your partner survived which is extremely rare. Plus, all the ships that were converted to the Zeta’s didn’t have a partner at the time of their transfer. This is a onetime event.”
“Well, I’m thankful. Alex, let’s get started on the upgrades.”
“Right away; Grace, are you able to stay a while?”
“Yes, I am Alex.”
“Good.”
The Ten new Ruling Masters had the dead bodies of the former Masters removed. Tyl looked around at the other nine, “It seems leadership is now an occupation fought with deadly consequences. We don’t want to follow the examples set by the twenty former leaders. Number Two, when will the new ships be arriving?”
“The first half million will be here in two cycles.”
“We have been ordered to bring this universe under control and to make sure those we’ve previously conquered are performing at an acceptable pace.”
Three said, “I’ll make sure about the others.”
Tyl smiled, “I’ll hold you accountable. Number Seven and Eight, you will take responsibility for the current conquest.”
“What about finding the location of the universe sending those ships?”
“With the new ships, they will no longer be a concern. We’ll resume our conquests after the ships are here.”
Scotty and Robby were in the learning center with the two Algeans. The Algeans were absorbing everything that had happened since it was originally manufactured. Scotty looked at Robby, “Good work, Son.”
“It wasn’t me. Carter is the one that found them.”
“Even so, it happened on your watch.”
Weed leaned forward and said, “We’ve found something that is troubling.”
“What?”
“These Orange Beings don’t seem to operate in a normal fashion.”
“Of course not. They go around killing civilizations.”
“That’s not what I mean, Your Majesty. There are many examples of aggressive civilizations that do that. However, they normally follow certain behaviors that are standard for them to survive. It appears the Invaders are driven by compulsive behavior that is not survival driven.”
“I’m not sure what you mean.”
“These beings remind us of some other species we’ve encountered.”
“Who?”
“The Spiders and later the White Creatures that were made to kill the Keepers.”
Robby said, “They’re someone’s tool.”
“More than that. Unlike the Spiders and White Creatures that were originally a viable species, these beings appear to have been totally designed.”
Scotty looked at Robby and then at Weed, “How do you know that?”
“Because the orange pod was also a designed life form.”
“What does that mean?”
“The Invaders actually are more deadly than any of the former tools we encountered. At least with them, life was left behind that could eventually achieve intelligence. The Invaders leave those spores behind and nothing will live on the destroyed planets. We know of only one Species that had this level of bioengineering; the Red Demons. This species creation is even beyond their capabilities based on what we learned after their defeat. This makes me consider that the Red Demons were also a development of the one that designed these beings.”
“But those Demons were ancient. Are you saying that whoever designed them is even older?”
“If our hypothesis is valid, yes. I see nothing in the pattern we’ve observed that indicates we’re wrong in our analysis. That being exists in another dimension.”
“Seed, can the Stars Realm help us?”
“They might but there is no way to contact them.”
“We know their galaxies are visible. Can’t we just go there and ask?”
Weed leaned in, “Have you ever seen the reflection of a distant mountain on the calm waters of a lake?”
“Sure.”
Well what happens to those distant mountains when you touch the surface of the lake.”
Scotty said, “Well, nothing. It’s simply a reflection.”
“Those galaxies you see are reflections in normal space of them as they appear in another dimension. We can’t reach them without a dimensional drive.”
“Shouldn’t they be keeping track of what’s happening here?”
“No, Robby. Remember that millions of primitive civilizations were moved to our galaxy from the Keeper’s universe. They will have their hands full of getting them developed. They’ve only been gone for a little more than two thousand years. I’m reasonably sure they may not want to see all the death from the civil war in this universe, either.”
“Well if this evil creative being exists, that you postulate, aren’t they also in danger. That being does have dimensional capability and it can attack the Realm.”
The two Algeans turned to each other and Seed said, “That is a real possibility that we’ve considered. However, we don’t believe the Realm has been discovered yet.”
“How would you know?”
“Because these Black Ships wouldn’t be wasted attacking here. They would be directed to attack the three galaxies.”
Scotty thought about that statement. “What can we do?”
“Not much. We’ve measured the force field surrounding the two ships that tried to capture one of your new Zetas and your current Zeta beam will not penetrate it or even make a hole. It took two Zeta Beams to make that temporary hole. We’ve also seen that their new beams will destroy the Zetas.”
Scotty took his left hand and rubbed his forehead, “It just never ends. We’re back where we started.”
“Not really.”
Scotty looked up, “Why not?”
“Because you have the Zord,” Weed looked at Seed and continued, “and us.”
“What are you saying?”
“Ross is in danger as well as our home. We will not stand by and do nothing. Our duty requires us to get involved in helping any way we can. We’re off the sidelines and in the game.”
“Do you think we stand a chance?”
“Probably not, but we have to try.”
Robby looked at his Father and Scotty said, “Welcome to my world.”
“You’re also leaving out something else.”
Scotty and the Algeans looked at him. Weed said, “What is that?”
A huge book shelf levitated off the floor and hung four feet off the floor, “Dani and I are now in the fight as well.”
Scotty sighed, “I hope it’s enough.”
“We’re just the first. There will be others. That means we have some time to prepare and we must use it wisely.”
Weed leaned forward and said, “There is also the creative force to consider.”
Robby nodded, “That’s why we’re here at this time and place. The Zord were created to meet this new enemy with us. They are also a creation. If I were a betting man, I’d put my money on them.”
Seed said, “First we find a way to kill the pods. That will bring that being out in the open where we can get at it. Then we see.”
Scotty stared at the two Algeans and worried about the vision that might appear.
The End
