Harmonizer's Evolution (Balancer's Soul cycle) (67 page)

“
We all understand that his ultimate goal is to bring himself and his followers to rule this world by destroying innocent lives. To start that
,
he will need to divide his numbers into three parties during the simultaneous attack.
I haven’t figured out what the time or how he will initiate the attack.

“If he divides his number’s he will need leaders to keep
those of
the lower intelligent keepers in line. When the fight begins our highest priority is to take out those commanders.”
Sarah
looked around to see everyone studying the map while also nodding in agreement.
“To distinguish the commanders I assume that they will most likely be Original’s like my son Damian. You all understand that they will be older than even I am so they will be intelligent and highly guarded to give orders.

“Now I assume that they will not divide their numbers equally.”
Man
y eyes went up and looked into Sorono’s expression.
Sarah
glanced at Connor for a moment and his eyes remained glued to the map.
She’s
learned what that look in his eye meant, he was processing the information while also making logical strategies, but he wasn’t looking up like usual.
“My most reasonable guess is that he will need the most support heading to Washington D.C. because of the
denser
military strength. Next he will need the second most
in
number to head to New York City because of the
large
population. Finally his weake
st force will head to Los Angeli
s.
”

“So the problem is” Head Elder Poseidon spoke up for
them
to hear. He was rubbing his jaw while glancing between the three discs. “how our numbers should be divided up.”

Connor mumbled, but
she
didn’t hear it clearly.
Sarah’s
ears didn’t hear him, but some the Elder Changers and Sorono turned to him, almost as one.
“Connor, what do you mean by that?”

Her
mate realized that he
had been
heard and looked up just as everyone shifted their gaze to him. His predatory and unwavering hazel eyes scanned each person in the room. He cleared his throat and began speaking clearly for all to hear. “I said three races, three locations.
” He said mainly for her
benefit. “Out of everyone in Mélange there are more Keepers than Balancers and they are more than Changers. I say all Keepers head to Virginia, Balancers go to New York and the Changers go to California.”

“Are you saying we should fight the
weakest
battle?” One of the Elder Ch
angers asked in disgust before she
could see who
had
spoke aloud.

Connor loo
ked at the Elder who spoke and Sarah
followed his line of sight to see a shorter and darker skinned man who stood beside Head Elder Raphael.
Strange, I’ve never heard him speak before.
Then her
husband spoke calmly and tried placating the un-amused ancient. “
Apparently
you only heard what Sorono said because you sure didn’t listen. He didn’t say it would be the weakest battle. It would be the weakest force
. The individual Keeper will give you more than the fight you will be looking for. I saw your fight earlier today and know how skilled you are on the ground, but your aerial prowess needs some improvement. What you must know it that the Keeper’s that we face will most likely be fighting in the air because of the freedom
it offers
.

“Changers need to head to California because you can all grow wings to fly and the human structures aren’t as much of a hindrance as they will be in New York. The Changers and Balancers can assimilate within the city better than our Keeper’s can. When the fighting starts your two races can surprise them from the
frightened
crowds. Balancers will have the most difficult time
in the fight so they should use the city to
their
advantage. Not many Balancers have the abilit
y
to fly, I’d guess the average should be one in five. Since they cannot manipulate their tactics as freely as you can they should form four man squads to turn their deficiencies into a workable fighting force. Like pair
ing
up a mated Fire and Liquid Balancer with
that of
a Pressure and Terra Balancer. Later on I’ll give a more visual demonstration to have the Balancers understand what I mean.

“Now this is my secondary reasoning behind why the three races should split up between the three locations.” Connor held the floor with authority and
everyone hung on his every word. No one in the room could even attempt to speak until he would finish.
“
If we were to blend our groups
, many mistakes would eventually occur. Changers and Balancers can distinguish themselves by key facial and physical features, but it is harder for you to distinguish between Keepers without looking directly at the color of
their
eyes or
hear
the
i
r mental voice.
They can tell the difference between themselves like we can with our species so they won’t make the same kinds of mistakes in the heat of battle.
Some of our enemies won’t be deformed and it would be detrimental to think that they were a companion.
One
of our ranks
might
even
inadvertently kill their ally
,
mistaking them as
our
enemy. To circumvent that real possibility
,
we need to distance ourselves from one another.”
Then Connor piercingly looked at every Balancer and Changer in the room. “I can distinguish between them without looking into their eyes or hearing their thoughts. Can any of you say that?”

The room went silent, but outside was still rambunctious. Everyone glanced at one another, hoping someone could
say that they could. Not even Sarah
could
admit
anything
because it is impossible for her
to tell too. Connor had pulled the most logical battle plan out of thin air and every single person couldn’t disagree
with his perfect assessment.

Finally Head Elder Raphael spoke calmly. “Your words ring true.
You are so young yet you have realized the
one
weakness our races have.
Even now we cannot identify our oldest comrades without those defining clues.
I also know that my kind doesn’t like to work well with others.
In the heat of battle they’ll
lose
themselves and attack keepers, both friend and foe alike.
Some of my children are too proud or ignorant to see past themselves or our race. If this is your honest assessment then we will do it as you say, but I do have my own honest assessment as well.”

“Let’s hear it.”
Connor
said with a smile while looking across the table.

“
If we are to divide our forces we
shall
need to establish our own
unique
commanding system
s
. We should split into ten large sections per species. Each Elder is responsible for their own squadron
and break that squad down into being commanded by the Immortal Guard
. We cannot stay close together
during the fight
or else they could take out our entire group in one fell swoop. We should find a way to both stay close and be separate to be able to adjust to any developing circumstances. I can understand that Balancers and Keeper’s can communicate with telepathy, but how can we?”

Con
nor instantly smiled. “Have
human technology work
in
you
r favor
. Use cell phones or long r
ange radios to stay in constant
contact.
Radios will be better because once we are revealed
to the world
the servers will crash from too many callers
being frightened
.
Cell phones won’t work for long.
”

The Head Elder looked away, almost bashfully. “It could work, but I’ve never used them. I know nothing about how to use those
modern
technologies.”

“Alright then, y
ou will spend the day with me tomorrow.” Connor said without even a hint of disrespect.

Raphael’s silver eyes widened, but he didn’t say no.

Sarah
realized that Raphael
honestly didn’t understand how much the human world has changed. He must have never had or wanted to adapt to
the technologically
developing world. He must like only the simple life with only the basic comforts of technology.
She
could understand that.

Then Connor scanned the room. “Is there anyone else who needs to learn about technology…” Two Keepers raised their hands “that cannot communicate with their mi
nd
?
”
He amended and t
hey put their arms back down.
Connor then nodded to himself and Raphael didn’t know how to respond to this
immediate
change of his life.
He still didn’t disagree with
her
mate’s forcefulness.
She decided to
let them go alone.

After a minute of silence Damian spoke.
“So we have ourselves splitting into three companies. What I would like to understand is how we will infiltrate the cities to begin making our own defensive preparations.”

Sorono then pressed both of his clawed palms atop the table.
“Like Connor said earlier, the Changers and Balancers will assimilate. They will enter the crowds as ordinary people.
On that day many people will be the
re
already
for this nation’s celebration
, several thousand more won’t matter.
Only when the attack becomes underway will they show
their
abilities
and fend off the danger
.”
Sorono then glanced at his fellow Keepers.
“The largest problem is
our
arrival within the city. We will not be as inconspicuous as all of these hatchlings. Should we just barge in and make defenses or wait until s
omething happens and react then? Those questions will be difficult to execute either way.
”

“Both of those questions should be forgotten.” Connor stated shortly. All eyes
widened and
turned upon him.
Sarah
bumped
her
shoulder into his arm and shook
her
head with wide eyes. He had to understand that he just made a
horrible
approach
with that interruption
. He only glanced at
her
before continuing on
in his speech
. He actually ignored her
warning, but he didn’t do it in spite because his emotional climate had changed to sorrow for doing what needed to be done. “What you should be asking
everyone
is how to keep the humans from attacking you while also defending them and attacking the
ones that are coming for their blood. Fighting two battles at once will create nothing but more hardship on our side.”

“Do you have a solution to this?”

Her
soul mate smiled knowingly. “Actually I do, but before it can be said
aloud
,
it still needs refinement. When every angle has been addressed I’ll let everyone know of this solution.”

Sorono then nodded in understanding.

Then everyone went on to study the map in silence for over a minute.

Then
Sarah
had two separate thoughts and already knew the answer to the first one, but it
still
had to be asked aloud.
Her
voice wasn’t as strong or as sure as everyone else
’
s
because compared to everyone in the room, except for Connor,
they
weren’t even newborn children compared to these ancients
, but
she
managed to
ask “Since their force is splitting into three, which one will Ranvan be accompanying? Or is he going to sit back and
watch this happen from safety?”

Now she
became
the very center of eve
ry single person’s attention. Her
insecurity kicked in and wanted to go hide in the corner again, until Connor put his large palm on the small of
her
back
for support
. Every ancient in the room looked at
her
curiously and in silence until Damian finally broke the
hush
.