Trey started chuckling and dismounted, “Kreej, wait for me here.”
“I’m nervous about this Trey.”
“Join the club but wait here.”
“You have thirty minutes and then I’m coming after you.”
“Fair enough.”
Trey walked through the door just as Jingo and Grang arrived and the building disappeared.
Chapter Twelve
Trey heard the door slam shut behind him and thought about seeing if he could teleport out but then he heard music. There was a gentle melody filling the air and it grew louder as he walked up the wide hallway. He looked up at the ceiling and saw that it was more than a thousand feet high. He knew that this structure existed outside the normal space/time of a universe and that it was controlled by different laws. He continued walking and the music grew louder. He noticed that each of the giant columns had a large torch burning that cast light in bright circles ahead of him. He knew he should be worried but just couldn’t bring himself to feel it. He stopped, turned off his armor, and continued walking up the long passage. He saw another doorway in the distance that had bright light emanating from it. Time ceased to exist and he had no idea how long it took him to arrive at the door. He stopped, reached down, and took off his shoes. He stepped through the door and saw a room about fifty yards wide by thirty yards deep. Sitting on some pillows next to the far wall was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. She smiled and motioned him forward. Trey walked up to her and sat down on one of the large cushions.
“I see you finally found me.”
“I really didn’t know I was looking for you.”
“You just didn’t allow yourself to see it.”
Trey looked around the room, “Why am I here?”
“Why to find yourself.”
“I didn’t know I was lost.”
The woman smiled and Trey was amazed at her bright green eyes that seemed to stare into his soul, “That is the first step to finding who you are.”
“Who are you?”
“I’m really not a who or a what. This body you see is not real.” She looked at Trey and said, “Did you know that this planet was the first place where life appeared?”
Trey tilted his head, “I’m not sure I know what you mean.”
“Life began somewhere and you happen to be where it first appeared.”
Trey suddenly knew who he was communicating with, “How long ago?”
“The number is too big to express in terms you could grasp. It was from here that it spread and became what you know today. This was the first universe. Now life is being threatened and you are the one selected to defend it.”
Trey lowered his head, “Did my parents have to die for me to exist?”
“Why do you think they’re dead?”
Trey looked up suddenly, “They are no longer with me.”
“Neither is Cassandra but you can feel her, even now.”
Trey nodded and thought about what the woman was saying, “Why did you want me here?”
“I want to show you my children and I have a gift.”
“I’m ready.” Suddenly Trey’s mind was filled with a view of all creation. He could see it in its entirety and he saw the evil moving to consume it. He felt the heartbreak of the woman in front of him and he sensed the trillions being killed. He collapsed unconscious.
The woman reached forward and ran her fingers through Trey’s hair and stroked his head. She leaned down, kissed his cheek, sent him a thought, and then she disappeared.
Grang and Jingo saw the building disappear leaving Trey lying in the dirt unconscious. They rushed forward and lifted his head. Cassie immediately felt him and started trying to get him to respond. Kreej felt Trey’s mind and suddenly felt something happen inside him. It felt like he was opening a door into his mind that had been closed. He looked at where the building had stood and bowed. Grang and Jingo’s attention was on Trey and they didn’t see Kreej’s bow. The Empire was going to be turned upside down and at that moment no one knew it but Kreej and an unconscious Trey.
Trey awoke and remembered his vision. He felt Cassie calling him and he thought to her, “I’m ok.”
“What happened in there?”
“I can’t show you until we’re released. I hope you’ll trust me on this issue.”
Cassie looked at Trey’s thoughts and saw that she didn’t have access to the memory of what had happened inside the temple, “Just answer this question, is that temple what was pulling you to that universe?”
“Yes, it was.”
“Did it help you?”
“More than you know and you’ll understand when our time comes.”
“You’re different, Trey. Your mind is not like it was the last time I talked with you.”
Trey paused and looked at the spot where the temple had been, “I know.”
“Do you still love me?”
Cassie waited and felt an unimaginable fear that she had lost him; Trey smiled and sent her his emotions. She was overwhelmed and felt her heart burst with happiness, “I love you more now than ever before. You are my heart Cassandra Reese. You will always be my heart.”
Trey looked at Kreej and saw his heart. He walked over and Kreej lowered his head, “I’m going to miss you.”
Kreej slowly shook his head, “You will be our Ruler.”
“I know. It’s just life is going to be different.”
“You know what we are going to be doing and we have no choice but to do it.”
“Gather the Flyers at New Hope and we’ll meet you there.”
Jingo and Grang watched the two communicating telepathically and wondered what was being said. Trey stood and looked at his two adopted Fathers and reached out to pull them close, “Contact your Flocks and have them report to New Hope. I’ll let TK know to be there as well.”
Grang looked at Jingo and said to Trey, “What happened in there? You were only inside that door for less than a second.”
“It was much longer than a second, Father. I have been given something that I’ll never forget as long as I live.”
Jingo shook his head, “I don’t understand.”
“I’ve witnessed the heart of Creation. Everything is connected and we all have a role in the great scheme of things.” Trey looked at them with his eyes bright, “Some of us are expected to make a difference.”
“Are we done in this Universe?”
“The work isn’t done but the workers are going to change.”
Trey mounted Kreej and lifted for their last flight.
Timmy, Virze, and the other members of the Command Team stood on a platform that overlooked the vast field where the thirty five thousand Flyers were gathered in orderly ranks. Timmy wasn’t sure what was going on but Vring had formally requested a meeting with the Flocks and had suggested that it was critical that he come. Carter leaned over and whispered, “Do you know what this is about?”
Timmy shook his head, “I have no idea. The Commander’s of the Flocks also have no idea why this meeting
