“We have some time before my updating is completed, so I’m going to share my thoughts with you. I want you to listen and see if you see anything wrong with my deductions.”
“Sure, I just don’t understand where you’re going with this.”
“You’ve seen the history of the Stars Realm.”
“Of course.”
“The first King and Queen of the Stars Realm were the strongest psychics on their planet. They ended up together. The historians concluded that the war with the Alliance was just for the purpose of them meeting. Those same historians also agree that it was primarily done for them to have a child that would ultimately stop the destruction being done by the Algeans. It seems that the creative force that made everything seeks balance. When life is being destroyed in huge numbers, the universe seeks balance.”
Anglo paused and Nathan thought about what he had learned of the Realm’s ancient history. Anglo let him digest what he had said and continued, “The thing that most don’t see is that every time the Realm was threatened by an overwhelming enemy, an individual, or a couple, that possessed super psychic abilities appeared. It was those super psychics ability to chart a path that saved the Realm.”
“Anglo, we don’t have any psychics in our community and we certainly don’t quality to be a realm.”
“The old planet Earth wasn’t a realm originally and that’s where the first psychics appeared. We’ve not had any really strong psychics since the Realm left with the Gardners. We’ve also not had any one that I’ve scanned over the last thousand years that possessed anything more than very minimal psychic readings. Now we have ten people that top the scale on passive readings. Four of them are now couples.”
Nathan said, “Scotty and Julie.”
“Yes, and Michael and Carrie also top the passive readings. I think you should know that Carrie and Michael almost knew the moment they met that they were meant for each other. It happened in just a few hours.” Anglo paused and then said, “Julie and Scotty had dreams about each other. Julie had hers since she was five years old and she knew Scotty was going to be her lifelong love as soon as she saw him.”
“Are you saying that the Princess and I are going to be matched?”
“Yes, and you had better not try to avoid it.”
“Why not? I’m not certain I’m ready for any kind of relationship.”
“Because, if this is a psychic event, you and she will be forced together with terrible consequences if you try to avoid it. If Bristone has to be attacked to make that happen, it will be. There is no force stronger in the universe than psychic power and events will happen to make those dreams become a reality. That princess saw you in her dreams.”
“Why would there be passive psychics appearing all of a sudden?”
“Because the children of these couples will possess active psychic powers and judging from the strength of the passive readings, they will be as strong, and maybe stronger, than the Gardners that created the former Realm. The real super psychics will come from the marriage of the children of those couples.”
“I don’t know if I like my destiny being predetermined. I don’t like being forced into anything and certainly not my personal life.”
“That view should depend on how you see the creative force that made everything.”
“I’m not sure I understand what you mean, Anglo.”
“The creative force is what brought life to an empty void. It has always brought good things into existence. Sometimes evil arises and threatens the balance of creation and that’s when the super psychics appear. It’s the tools creation uses to restore balance. Now, picture yourself being offered love by the force that originally created it. That love would be more than you could ever hope to create by yourself. Would you turn your back on that gift? Look at Scotty and Julie and observe how they feel about each other. Don’t you wish you had what they’ve been given? However, that’s not the reason you should at least see if the Princess is destined for you.”
“What other reason is there?”
“As I said before, those super psychics only appeared when there was going to be a terrible conflict; and now we see them starting to appear. Honestly, I believe our future survival depends on you and the other passives having children that will someday save us. Answer me honestly, were you not attracted to the Princess when you saw her?”
Nathan remembered how beautiful she was as she slept. He remembered how she bravely defended her father even in the face of kidnappers that she didn’t know. He saw her pain at seeing the brutality being visited on the slaves. He shook his head, “I honestly don’t know, Anglo. She’s very pretty but…I just don’t know.”
“Have you ever been attracted to anyone else?”
Nathan sighed heavily, “No, not really.”
“Well, when we’re finished here, I’m dropping you off at Bristone and I’m going to assist BC.”
“Oh no you won’t! Not without me.”
“Nathan, you need to see if there is any truth to what I’ve said. That discovery is much more important than handling a few scouts, and if for no other reason than my peace of mind, I need you to go and see. One other thing.”
“Yes.”
“I am going to request that Emperor Robbins make you my assigned Partner. You will be my Searcher, Nathan. I’ve seen your loyalty to me and though I’ve told the emperor that I would never accept another partner, I’ve changed my mind. We make a good team.”
Nathan smiled, “Yes, we do. I’m honored that you would accept me as your partner.”
“First things first; you need to go see a Princess and settle this issue. Will you do that for me?”
“You’ve made me curious about what you’re suggesting. I will do it if for no other reason than you think I should.”
“Good, our next stop is Bristone.”
Chapter Three
G ernud was beginning to get bored. He had started his search from the planet that Daulun had destroyed and moved out into his assigned search arc. He had passed through more than two hundred systems and had found nothing. What really annoyed him was that he was told to search every star in his assigned sector not just the G- type suns. The chance of finding intelligent life around a massive star was remote at best and he thought about skipping some of them. However, Fleet Control would read his logs and see his route. It wouldn’t be good if he skipped anything.
He jumped into a system with a G-type sun and his communication panel lit up, “You are entering restricted space of the Harmony Association. Turn back immediately or you will be destroyed.”
He looked at his scanners and saw no life in the system he had just entered. He searched for a probe that could have transmitted the message and saw nothing. He backed out of the system and pushed his com, “Fleet Control, I have entered a system and have received a warning about trespassing into some kind of Association.”
“Stand-by.”
Gernud waited and nervously watched his scanners. After five minutes he heard, “Proceed into that system.”
“Fleet Control, my sensors don’t show any life in this system. Nor do I detect any kind of probe that could have sent that message.”
“Follow your orders!”
Gernud didn’t like the feeling he was getting but he had no choice. He moved forward and again heard, “You have been warned, this is your last warning.” He had patched Fleet Control into his console and knew they heard the warning but they did not change his instructions. He moved a hundred miles further into the system and his ship blew-up in a huge explosion.
“We have lost a scout in sector 878.”
“We’ve just lost another scout in sector 879.”
“Vector all scouts in on those sectors and send ten warships to each one. Have them hold their positions until
