Kreen watched the scans from the planet while they waited for a ship to arrive and noticed something, “Day, we may have a problem.”
“What!”
“I’m going to feed this to your display; I want you to watch the warship that was located about twenty miles to the west of our location.” Day watched as the ship slowly turned in orbit until its bow was pointed in their direction. “They are turning the ship so they can bring their main sensors toward us.”
“Do you think they saw us?”
“I don’t think they could see us but they must have detected something.”
“Why do you say that?”
“If they saw us, they would have fired on us. Notice that the bow was turned toward us for ten minutes and they didn’t charge their weapons. We are giving them something but they can’t see us.”
“What do you think it is, Kreen?”
“Well, we can eliminate anything physical so it must be energy. Their scanners must be able to see our energy frequency.”
Day thought about it and said, “Then their scanners must be better than the Invaders. You know how good our stealth mode is and it appears we’re not completely hidden. We need to tell Command about this.”
“I’ll send a probe with what we’ve collected so far.”
“I think that would be wise. Is there any way to hide our energy signature?”
Kreen looked at his systems and said, “It must be a product of our stealth mode. I think the advancements in bending light around us must be causing it. We can go to a camouflage mode and not use the energy bending feature.”
“Back to basics, huh.”
“That’s how their stealth works. We’ll try it and if I see one of their ships start turning toward us, I’ll have our armor automatically teleport to another location.”
Day thought about the suggestion, “Kreen, what would happen if we changed our armor’s surface to charge while we’re in stealth mode? Would it absorb the energy leaking around us?”
Kreen was surprised by the suggestion. He never ceased to be amazed at Day’s insights. “Let’s try this; teleport ten miles away and I’ll set my armor to charge inside the stealth field. Tell me if you see a change.”
Day teleported and said, “I can’t see you through a normal scan. Give it a try.”
“Alright, I’ve gone to charging.”
Day scanned the area with every possible scan his armor could make, “I don’t see anything. You are still fully cloaked.”
“I’m turning off the charging.”
Dray stared at his scanner and saw something, “It appears the color of the background has shifted ever so slightly to a different color. The area is growing fast.”
“My charging is back on.”
Day watched as the area was sucked into the position he knew Kreen was located.”
“It’s really hard to see and if I weren’t looking for it I would have missed it. Your armor has pulled in the energy and there is no difference in background. You should launch another probe.”
“It’s on the way. There’s a ship arriving at the jump limit. You should get back so we can follow.”
Day teleported back to Kreen’s back and watched as the huge green and yellow ship approached. It crossed the jump limit and disappeared. Kreen entered the jump coordinates he had collected and teleported to a nearby location.
Paul saw the first probe and downloaded its information. He assessed the capabilities of the wasps and prepared a download for his warriors. Just before he sent it the second probe arrived and he was glad he was delayed. The energy leakage represented a real danger to his Flyers. He included it into his download and sent it out to the warriors. He sent a copy to Jingos and had the probes jump to the Defense Facility to let them know about the problem with their armor.
He paused and looked at his roster. Day East was proving to be a good Scout. Kreen was proving to be everything his Father was; Kreej was known for his mental prowess. He made a note to look at future command for the two. Another probe arrived and he saw that the Wasps were not the real danger in this universe. He teleported to the Scout that had found a species that was extremely dangerous. Unlike the Wasps, they left no survivors.
Chapter Ten
“Cassie?”
“Yes, Trey.”
“How are you able to communicate with me when all the others had compulsions to prevent any contact?”
“We are different from the others. You and I are the end product of a long evolutionary process that started with Tag and Danielle.”
“I’m not sure what you mean and how do you know this?”
‘You’ve looked at how psychic skills develop their power over generations in those that carry it passively and have no access to them?”
“Yes, I’ve seen how that works.”
“You and I are direct descendants of Tag and Danielle. You are a direct male descendent from Tag and I am a direct female descendent of Danielle. Our lineage has been unbroken for almost twenty thousand years and the psychic power has been building over that vast time. We can’t touch each other until we are mature enough or we could cause tremendous damage to creation. Just as you are able to sense danger, I am able to see truth. What I’m telling you is true.
‘Like when Tommy and Cassandra caused the energy nexus to heat up by making contact too early.”
“Yes, but much worse. We could also kill each other from the contact.”
“Then my original question still remains, why are we not compelled to avoid contact?”
“Because our minds will have to grow together for us to be ready; we need to be in contact to prepare ourselves. Haven’t you felt me watching you every day?”
Trey smiled, “Yes I have and the feeling is what makes my day bearable. I still hurt from the loss of my parents.”
Cassie hesitated but felt he had to know, “Trey, your parents had to die before you acquired your full power.”
“What!!”
“Can you understand that we are a product of the Creative Force that brought life into existence? Do you really understand that?”
Trey thought about the question, “I don’t really understand that mythical kind of stuff.”
“It’s not mythical; it’s a reality. You and I are direct descendents but your parents were as well. Obviously they would have to be for you to carry their power to the next level. Your developing mind would have killed them as you grew up because they were the source of your power; their death would have been painful. There is not enough room in this universe for the power in the three of you. This would have happened even if you aren’t released.”
“I would gladly die if they could have lived.”
“Their next child would have made the same thing happen. There was no escaping the reality of your building power. You must also remember that you are the reason for all of this taking place.”
“Why didn’t your parents have to die as well?”
“Because I’m a first generation psychic and you are a second. I don’t have the massive amount of psychic force that you possess and my parents have no psychic abilities.”
“Will we have to die if we have children?”
