“You are not alone in your sorrow, Trey.”
Trey raised his head and thought, “Who are you?”
“Do you remember the love your parents felt for each other at the end?”
Trey took a deep breath, blew it out slowly, “Yes.”
“You are going to be loved with an even greater love than that.”
“I don’t think that’s possible.”
“It is, because I’m the one that will love you that much.”
“Who are you?”
“My name is Cassandra Rose Reese and I am the one you are destined to love for the rest of your life. We were born to be together during this moment in time and I already love you so much. You were given your telepathy so that I can share this moment with you.”
“How do you know this?”
“I’m the one that is going to release you.”
Trey saw her in his mind. He also felt her. He drew strength from her and felt his anguish change from sorrow to anger, “When the time is right, Cassie.”
“I know. Until that time, I will love you with all my heart, I’ll be with you always, and you’ll never be alone.”
Trey thought about what he was going to do next. He started Dani’s message again and after ten minutes he knew what had to be done.
“Timmy, Alex has requested that we bring our Command Team to him as quickly as possible.”
“Did he say why?”
“No, but I know it’s something bad.”
“Notify Carter, Grang, Jingo, and Mallory. I’ll get Kreej to notify the Zord.”
Virze opened her communication panel and felt fear. Alex was demanding their presence. That had never happened before.
Timmy looked around at the leaders of the Empire. Most of them had brought their mates with them and everyone was greeting each other with hugs and handshakes. He saw sixteen year old TK teleport in with Malah and wondered why she was present. She looked at him and sent him a thought, “Grace sent word that I should be present.” Timmy shrugged and turned to give Mallory Valrico a hug.
Alex announced over the wall speakers, “I thank all of you for coming on such short notice but I have sad news to give you and I wanted to do it with all of you together. I wish there was an easy way to say this but there isn’t. All of the civilized planets in our former universe have been destroyed by the Invaders. Every one of them was burned to their bed rock; there were no survivors.”
Grang yelled, “What about Scotty and Julie?”
There was a long silence and Alex said, “They, along with Robby and Dani, sacrificed themselves to insure that we would not be found.”
Grang yelled, “NOOOOOOOO!”
Geena wrapped him in her arms as he fell to his knees.
Nathan grabbed Mallory as she wailed her grief. Jingo ran over with Tesa and wrapped TK in his arms. Carter and Jenna felt their tears and didn’t care who saw them.
Vring fell to all fours and screamed, “Why?”
Alex continued, “They died to save your lives.” Alex gave the group time to grasp what had happened and said, “I’m going to share with you the psychic vision that Dani and Robby had eight years ago. All of you know the power of a psychic vision and please think about what they knew.”
Everyone saw the destruction of Bristone as Anglo gave the warning a moment before the beam struck. They saw Robby look up at the stars just before the planet exploded. They then saw millions of planets being burned.
Alex said, “Nothing, and I do mean nothing, could have prevented this and if we tried, they sensed that the damage that followed would have been even more catastrophic.”
Timmy shook his head, “What could have been worse?”
“The destruction of our old universe would have happened anyway and we would have died with it. Robby and Dani told me four years ago that they were going to activate their armor and teleport away before the beam hit. They were not being honest when they told me that. Greyson is now going to share their conversation with Emperor Robbins and Juliette just before the Invaders attacked.”
Grang was on his knees; his mind was numb. His anguish was beyond belief.
Everyone heard Robby tell Scotty and Julie that if they tried to escape, all of those in the new universe would be killed. There just wasn’t enough time to escape without being seen by the Invaders. As they listened to Robby, the gathering felt the Robbins’s love for each other and felt anguish and loss for the family that was brave enough to make their sacrifice. Everyone also felt the love of the four and was touched to their core at what they witnessed.
“Robby and Dani knew they were not going to survive but chose to die for us to live.”
TK was weeping with Jingo and neither of them could stop their tears.
Alex continued, “There’s more. The Robbins knew if they escaped, it would cause the being that created the Invaders to come to our former universe; if that happened, it would lead to the destruction of the three galaxies of the Stars Realm. It could not see those galaxies in its scans but if it physically came there it would see the reflections and turn its attention to them. They did what they knew must be done to give us the necessary time to develop the weapons we’ll need to make those evil creatures pay for their crimes. The price was unimaginable, but they saw it had to be paid and were courageous enough to do it.”
Suddenly TK raised her head and yelled, “Trey! What about Trey!?!”
Grace said over the speakers, “He’s with Greyson. Robby put him in a psychic bubble and teleported him out before the attack.”
Mallory was in Nathan’s arms crying, “I’ve lost my baby.”
Nathan stroked her hair, “She was a warrior and she lived and died keeping her faith. She will be immortal in this Empire. I’m heartbroken at losing her but I love her for having the courage, your courage, to do what she knew had to be done. She had your heart at birth.”
Mallory continued to cry but Nathan’s words moved her. She felt her Daughter’s love at the end and knew that Dani was at peace with her decision. She knew that she would have to support her choice and remember all the wonderful, happy moments they shared. She dried her eyes and stood straight. Now was the time to be brave; she owed that much to her Daughter.
Timmy felt his pain but looked at Vring, “How many Zord are here with us?”
Vring gathered his thoughts and said, “All thirty thousand Flyers are here with their riders. We were ordered here by Robby to receive an upgrade to our armor. Now I know why.”
Timmy shook his head and Vring continued, “Bleath ordered the mates and children of the Flyers to go with them on this journey. I think he somehow sensed what was going to happen. We were once down to only nine thousand on El Prado; my species will survive this loss and we will avenge ourselves. This year’s nesting will triple our number.”
Mallory said, “The Western Continent on New Hope is not settled and is mostly forested. Your family may have it for your home or until you find a place of your own.”
Vring looked at Mallory and bowed, “Thank you, Mother of our Savior. We will go there now.”
Mallory was startled at what Vring said but realized that all the others died on Bristone. Mallory was given the Zord’s protection from that moment until she died. They honored her as much as they honored White Hair. Vring became the ruler of the Zord and he named Kreej as his successor.
Timmy held Virze, “We need to tell the Empire what’s happened.”
Virze nodded, “Get with Alex to put the announcement together and have him make the broadcast. You should do that now before we leave and schedule it three days from now so we can be prepared to handle the fallout from what happened.”
“You’re right. I need you there with me.”
