Evolution's Essence (37 page)

“
Let me figure that out.
Since the information from the city cores’ is now chemical in your
brains, I can dissolve the memory, or at least remove key
components so that it cannot be invented again. I’m glad you’ve
calmed.”

“
As am I for you.” He
grabbed her hand and it no longer shook. “Amazing think sex
is.”

“
Why do you think it is the
oldest form of recreation in history. Not even Zero Ball can
compare to the joy of mind blowing orgasms with someone you love
wholly.” She touched his cheek. “And you know what, Mantiv looked
damn sexy with that short beard. I want you to grow one, but not
like Papa’s. I want it short and trimmed proper, not down to the
center of your chest.”

An eyebrow arched. “But you don’t like beards
all that much.”

“
I’ve hid the fact that
sometimes when you forget to shave and you eat me out that I like
your whiskers on my clit. It’s turned me on every time, but after
seeing how good you looked before you became Oliver, well I can see
why Reten didn’t make him keep it off.” She bit her bottom lip
playfully and batted her large eyes. “Please grow one.”

He felt a slight impish too and said “Then do
you want my pubic hair to grow back?”

Her eyes flew wide and out of her lips roared
a fit of laughter “Fuck no!” she doubled over while turning the
water off. “Ew, that’s just gross! You know I detest hair in my
teeth as I know you do. So unsanitary.”

They dried off and stepped outside in a much
better mood than entering. As she did she said “Laxus?” the
hologram appeared and awaited instruction. “I need you to
completely delete your part of the information downloaded to
discover the way to use the gateway. When that is complete contact
Jenniviq, Valdamin, Aquerril and Quelette to do likewise.”

“
I can delete mine, but I
cannot order the other cities to do likewise without their specific
queen’s approval.”

“
I’ll tell my daughters to
give it, but I also need you to momentarily activate every city
core in the universe and as the eldest Solarian queen, have each AI
delete all data packets divided into the five parts of our society.
I cannot let the information fall into the wrong hands ever. It is
too irresponsible. I can do it so long as there is no ruler in the
specific city correct?”

“
Correct, My Queen. So long
as they become dormant after I send a new update with the approval
of the four other queens and their artificial aids. I can do an
update for all flame aligned cities without going against my
created programming.”

“
Then do so forthwith.”
Renee commanded and tapped behind her ear. “Multiple call. Contact
Isabella, Vikki, Soifon and Angie.” Each daughter answered and
intently listened to their mother. After a quick discussion all of
the queens in Andromeda did as their mother and ensured never again
would the concept of creating a path to another voided dimension
open.

Human minds couldn’t conceive a practical way
to do it and if the Creelin could have figured it out they would
have already done it to try out their ultimate weapon they
deceivingly made it seem when they merely wanted to find out if it
even worked in the creatures.

Chapter 10

“
Good to see you again,
Mandy.” Renee hugged the famous reporter from Verard.

“
And you look much better
after your romp. You at least don’t look ready to pass out.” The
reporter pulled back. “Are you alright though?”

“
Off the record? About sixty
percent alright. Today’s been one helluva roller coaster for my
family.”

“
I can only imagine.
Everything hoped for ripped right out from under you. If you aren’t
up for it I can postpone the interview?”

“
I appreciate you doing
that. How is your little girl? Any side effects from
infestation?”

“
She’s still terrified to
leave home, but she’s getting better. I’m glad you came so quickly.
I could barely keep her contained after the spores changed her
overnight. We still haven’t located where the blood came from. But
she is getting better. Thirty years ago we’d have had to kill her.
I’m just glad you and Olly came onto the scene before I decided to
have another child.”

“
She’s what? Eight? Nine
now?”

“
Twelve. It’s been a hard
few years while you’ve been away at the star.”

“
Right. I’m still catching
up on the years I’ve missed. Well if you want, I’ve been toying
with a new serum that I’m going to give my grandsons that block
specific memories that really stick out. I can tweak it to break
down the traumatic memories during her infested state.”

“
We both know you’d do it
regardless and anything I say to deny your offer will get me in
trouble since I’m Fire allied so I’ll go ahead and say thank you.
Let me know when you finish
toying
. My girl’s not going
anywhere.”

“
Let’s get started.” Said
the Asian empress as she and her African descended husband entered
the private meeting room with the five queens from the Milky way.
All human with glowing and misting eyes, but nowhere near as
thickly pouring as the five queens from Andromeda. The only three
men in the room were Oliver, Sparky and Markeese. Everyone sat down
around the round table.

The emperor cleared his throat as Amanda
Lockwell activated multiple levitating cameras to record this
meeting that was broadcasted live around two galaxies. “Yesterday
Queen Renee’s city-ship detected a distress beacon from a scout
ship thought lost over two centuries ago. Upon Jumping to the
distressed vessel they detected Keptl and were dealt with, but
inside a stasis chamber slept a crew member. I was contacted
immediately after it was found that the crew had come across
something no one expected to find. A gentle Keptl engaged in war
against another. After a battle the crew was brought before a Keptl
Queen who gave the crew refuge. I know many of you at home cannot
believe such, but I will ensure you in another hour it will be fact
for I will go personally to meet this queen.” No one expected
anything else. The emperor was a hands on person and this was too
important to let others do as he must.

“
Everything will be recorded
and broadcasted in event this is a trap so any children under the
age of thirteen should not watch if I and my people are attacked.
But I’ll leave it up to the parental judgment. Much will be
discussed at a banquet the Keptl Queen is hosting. For now, those
watching at home or wherever, know that Queen Renee of Fire and
Oliver Void have already made contact and she has actually seen
memories she will share with us via a holographic display from her
recorded memories she has edited for this hour we have remaining.
And take note, when you see the enemy the Solarians’ saved us from,
those with no love for gore and death, avert your eyes when you see
it drop from the ship. What happens next isn’t for the faint of
heart. Trust me. The creature makes our hated Keptl enemy seem as
friendly as our dear Drake friends.” Sparky nodded to the
appropriate analogy. Queen Renee, please run your memories you’ve
saved in your chip.”

The redhead inclined her head and laid a
crystal in the middle of the table and activated it. Right away she
showed White Blossom’s first encounter shared with Renee and many
others. About forty minutes later came the inevitable scream of
Reten being torn apart and ended the visual.

Everyone seeing it for the first time was
unsettled.

“
And the Creelin wanted us
to still open a dimensional rift? Know full well these… monsters…
could potentially be on the other side?” Queen Germaine of water in
the Milky Way shook her head. “I don’t know about the rest of you,
but I’m a Class Twelve and I’ve tried cracking Renee and Angie’s
physical kinetic barriers and both could paint their fingernails
without putting up an effort. I just saw how dense this Reten’s
barrier was and it was so bright she could barely be seen inside
yet this monster slid right through as if it couldn’t feel it. How
is that possible? From what we are told is Reten’s power is on par
with Angie’s and she never used such a dense barrier before.
How…”

“
I can answer it now that I
have had time to study White Blossom’s memory she shared with
Renee.” Oliver spoke in his ever soothing baritone voice. “When I
was Mantiv, let there be no doubt now that two separate races
without contact called me such, I called it a fourth dimensional
entity. White Blossom cannot possibly understand such complex
implications. It is too technical for her to comprehend. Her
strengths lie elsewhere.

“
This creature is from
hyperspace like we are from this space.” Oliver pointed at the
table as a reference. “We have proven there are different levels of
space. We use three quite regularly. Sub and hyperspace. I have
already published sixteen other higher and lower spaces I’ve tapped
into as everyone knows. It is the same with particles.

“
Think of it this way. Put
us as we are in hyperspace and another creature as subatomic
particles and this space-time. I’ve already proven hyperspace is
pure psionic electricity. And I mean
pure.
Imagine we feed on that energy,
but come to the subatomic realm and find we cannot go back. But
then there are lesser creatures chalk full of our food.” His
explanation began to make sense as more and more got where he was
heading. “If the creatures from hyperspace were hungry, the best
place to eat would be those with the highest concentration of
energy. They
eat
our chemical electricity. Our power. What you saw of Reten’s
death was one hundred percent as I would expect to happen if we met
a creature from the higher realms.

“
It consumed Reten’s power
as it passed her barrier and dove inside to start consuming,
feasting on her abundant power. Yet I do not think it could tap
into her Valek for some reason.

“
And the worst issue to
consider is it is a fourth dimensional entity. We in this universe
are a mere three. It would be like a newborn Solarian child facing
me. A child Renee our my daughters’ birth. That premature compared
to Human births. That concentration of power cannot be contested
with despite the invader’s odd appearance. If indeed it came from
hyperspace and is a fourth dimensional creature, nothing I could
make can do much more than stun it. I would need to be fourth
dimensional or fifth to stand a chance, but if I did, I couldn’t
live here. I would become just like them. A parasite that can’t be
killed, but would just grow stronger with every kill.”

“
But what about you saying…
I mean Mantiv saying… about ruining their universe which I’m
assuming is hyperspace as we know it?” The emperor spoke this time.
“How could they do it and come down here to our space?”

“
One of two options
concerning how they got here and could survive that is. One is they
made or use some unique ability to slip through space like we do in
traveling. Hyperspace is chaotic and is why we can only survive for
a few nanoseconds to instantly travel across space. Why we use a
barrier when crossing subspace in FTL. We personally can’t survive
long term in those spaces, but we tap into them all the time.
Either the invaders came down to our space or some idiot left an
open hyperspace window somewhere and didn’t close it right away
before a flock came down and caused havoc that doomed my
people.

“
The Creelin who wanted me
to open in ignorance are fools.” He looked up, knowing full well an
Observer was relaying his words far and wide. “We cannot contend
with higher entities, had I known from the start I would never have
gone so far in recovering the artifacts. I’m thoroughly
disappointed in the Creelin leadership. Once your people figure out
how to deal with the fools, we will discuss how to mend the trust
you have broken to not only me, but the humans who look up to you
for guidance as Elders. Wanting to use a weapon to harm a fourth
dimensional creature from the third is folly. The only weapon is to
become our enemies and become worse. Repeating a mistake is stupid
in the most extreme word possible.”

No one spoke, some fearing Creelin
retaliation, but eventually the emperor asked “Oliver, if there was
a way to return these creatures back home, could you do it and hold
hope for your people?”

“
Let me ask if you could
drink all of Earth’s water to the very last drop without killing
yourself?”

“
Eh, point taken.” Makeese
held up his hands. “Then if you believe it is that dangerous I say
leave well enough alone. And as Emperor of the entire Empire I at
this moment outlaw any research into opening dimensional rifts and
must unfortunately enact that all rescue of the Solarian people be
called off. They are lost until the day someone comes up with a
foolproof plan to send these creatures back to where they belong.
Any attempt to open a portal is punishably by death. All technical
documents must be destroyed, but not the idea. We must not repeat
or endanger the future of our universe for the sake of one race why
is most likely gone forever. But we shall never forget what they
did. Their sacrifice is the ultimate expression of love as I have
ever seen. I ask for a moment of silence for everyone to remember
them for the memory they leave behind and the future they saved
being so selfless and hope that we too can one day show such honor
if we too face such odds.”