In silence, there was a voice

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In the past…

Westside Memorial
Emergency Room

“We’re losing her…” was all she heard in the midst of a drawn out electrical hum but then came the nothing.

The nothing was something but at the same time it was nothing. Time did not exist yet it did at the same time it did not. She was confused as she drifted in the nothing trying to find her way. Then she seen it, she seen the light, and she felt the warmth of it.

Drifting, trying to make it to the light, but it seemed so far away and the closer she got, the further it moved away. Finally as she reached for it, everything changed in an instant. The nothing became the something and that something was so beautiful in her eyes.

She could not place where she was or how she got there. Where she was before was drifting from her thought until all she knew was where she currently was. The beauty of the place made her smile all the time as she walked in the fields of golden grass, colorful flowers of all kinds, and the hugest green trees she had ever seen.

The sounds of the birds in the distance made it peaceful to her, reminding her of when she would wake up in the morning. But she did not know where that place was anymore and it seemed far fetched because where she was, was so perfect to her.

She knew nothing would harm her anymore, she wasn’t sick anymore, she wasn’t unhappy anymore. She felt safe, secure, and full of life in this place she enjoyed.

Days went by and she was still thinking of a life that was more of a dream to her as she roamed the fields discovering new things each day. The butterflies followed her everywhere she went and she started to enjoy the company of her new friends.

As the months started to come and go but she never had to sleep or eat. The sky was always blue, the sun always warm, and the clouds were different shapes she would look at as she would lay in the grass. She enjoyed the feeling of the breeze blow through the grass; moving it so peacefully with the ruffling sounds of it.

Year, after year, after year started to go by and as she ventured, she met new animal friends that would end up always being around her. She became very fond of the tiger that would let her ride on his back.

The years turned into decades and the decades turned into centuries. She wondered why she wasn’t sick or why she wasn’t aging some days when she relaxed looking at the clouds with all her animal friends. The butterflies and tiger were always closest to her and when she would think of sad things, they would get close to her, trying to bring comfort to the child.

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In the present…

Imperial Palace
Great Library of Knowledge

“It would appear to my translation of this ancient text discovered within the last couple of weeks would resemble the ancient Earth language of Latin over the ancient writings of what I have translated before. It is perplexing to why we are discovering these text on Malay Prime now, but I theorize that what we currently know as ancient Al’Zirr, were actually explorers of space then; still we have yet to place the time before technological advancement,” Dr. Annielynne Bloomingdale said into a recording device as she was translating the text.

She sighed as she turned the page and froze as she seen the artwork. ‘This can’t be real, this can’t be real, please be a dream,’ was all that ran through her head as she stayed staring at the artwork.

Time around her started to slow down as everything around her became oblivious and the lights started to go dim, one by one, until the only lighting was only around her, in her mind.

All she heard was tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, and tick-tock from a clock she knew existed but at the same time she knew it did not exist until all she heard was the electrical hum that was a continuous beep…

…then she was somewhere else in a memory she only remembered as a whisper of a voice in the silence she found herself to be in. Still fixated on the artwork, her mind drifted…

3

In the past…

Westside Memorial
Intensive Care Unit

“Mrs. Bloomingdale, we are trying what we can to get her stable. The progression of her disease may be at a turning point that can go either way. Her body is fighting it and that is why we believe she is in a coma. In the meantime, I need you and Mr. Bloomingdale to donate blood since you are both matches,” spoke a doctor to her as she was looking at her child hooked up to various machines with distraught looks.

Quickly she regained her composure she responded, “Why yes, yes…anything that needs to be done…” as the doctor gestured towards the door and they exited from the room.

As the door closed behind them, a sudden breeze swept across the hospital room from the closure of the door. As impossible as it was, a women now stood over the child and started to fix her hair. “Don’t worry my child, I am watching over you. I will keep you safe. You have a purpose one day.”

The door started to open again as a nurse was coming in on a round but as suddenly the women appeared, she had vanished in an instant.

4

In the present…

Imperial Palace
Office of Empress Glendale Jung

Glendale was reading the various reports across her empire and preparing for a staff meeting but something distracted her and she looked up as if she heard something but her office was empty. Shrugging it off, figuring she was concentrating too hard, she went back to what she was doing.

After several more minutes of working, she could feel that someone was behind her, but she knew the only thing behind her was a bookshelf and a picture. She acted like she was still working as she opened her mind up to see if she was correct.

Without any thought she instantly jumped up, with a phaser in hand, after she was sure someone was in her office other than her. Yet as she moved from behind her desk, after her chair went flying back when she jumped up, to the center of the room scanning the whole room throughly.

After she was sure the room was empty again after opening up her mind again, she rushed to her desk and activated the communications. “Security, I think we have a breach. I’m pretty sure a unknown entity was in my office…” Before she could finish her sentence her assistant, June, rushed in with security guards; all of them had a weapon scanning the room.

“Don’t worry, whoever or what ever it was, is gone. I want the whole building scanned and all personnel with level seven and above security clearance are to be assigned a security dispatch,” Glendale spoke as she moved towards the door, she wanted to get out of her office after that. She could feel in her gut that something was off about what had just happened. It was impossible.

She walked pasted June’s desk and turned the corner into the hallway, with June and security guards following. As soon as she turned the corner, she heard what seemed to be a whisper in her ear, among all the chatter and movement in the hallway. “Library,” is what she heard, giving her chills.

“We need to go to the library,” she spoke and everyone looked at her with a curious look but continued to follow with no questions asked.

5

Imperial Palace
Great Library of Knowledge

A beam of light shot across the room, hitting Annielynne in the back making her convulse and she fell out of the chair onto the floor in a thud.

Then a man appeared from behind one of the bookshelves waring a suit quickly, trying to retrieve the book from the desk but as he reached for it, a phaser shot across his hand. He quickly jumped back, pulled out his weapon and pointed at who fired at him.

Glendale stood there, standing her ground, staring the person down. “It isn’t nice to steal,” she spoke moving slowly towards the person, “especially from one of the most secure buildings around.”

The man spoke, “Oh my dear, dear, dear Empress Jung. You are so oblivious of some things in this world; even in your precious empire. Heed my warning Empress Jung: destroy that book and stop learning about the past or many will die,” he spoke, pointed to the book and backed away. He quickly pressed a button on his suit and vanished.

Glendale stated to fire and hit the suit a few time but the man was not effected as security started to bust through the doors, “they have a reflective suit! Try to use tricorders to find them!” She ordered as she grabbed the book and checked on Annielynne by checking her pulse.

“Get me the medical team here, she’s in shock,” she spoke as she opened her mind to Annielynne but she could feel barely nothing. ‘Hang on,’ Glendale spoke through her mind.

6

Imperial Palace
Location: Unknown

Glendale walked swiftly down a darkened corridor that she hated to go down with the book. It was too drafty for her and since it was “off-the-grid,” she couldn’t order it to be remodeled exactly. She wondered how long it had been since she was in this place then she remembered as she could see a light at the end of the corridor, that it was when she brought a book of prophecies.

As she approached the doorway of the room she could see the elderly man who sat at a desk with a single overhead lamp. All around him were bookshelves, filing cabinets, and various other objects she couldn’t make out due to the poor lighting.

The elderly man had heard her coming and looked up to make sure it was who he thought would be there, but continued to take notes on a book he was working on. He quickly finished up and closed the book, took his glasses off, and placed them on the book.

“What a pleasant surprise,” he spoke with a grin, “for you the be standing in front of me, it must be something important. You haven’t came down here in a few years Glendale,” he said leaning back in his chair, almost as if to stretch.

“What the hell is this,” Glendale spoke with a look of almost hatred, as she moved closer to the man, throwing the book on his desk. As it landed, it made a loud bang, which was shocking since the book was of an average size.

Arching an eyebrow the man spoke, “Curious,” and reached for the book. Picking it up carefully as he recognized the age of the book. “You shouldn’t throw around such old books like that Glendale, you of all people should know that.” He opened the book, grabbing his glasses, and putting them on to look at the text.

“Well this is quite a classical one you have here and I do not quite see how I can be helpful since this looks like Latin and I specialize in books of Malaysian origin. Where did you get this from?” The old man questioned as he now looked at her.

Glendale looked down at him, still with a hateful look, “Malay Prime, the ruins of Republic City, and Dr. Bloomingdale was attacked about an hour ago by an intruder and is still in a unstable condition. That is why I need your help because I was told to destroy that book in your hands or many would die before the intruder got away.”

Shooting her a look of disbelief he spoke, “impossible! Every record I have in this room says this book should not exist. We did not visit this planet during the unification years and the records we have from before that indicate that we couldn’t have…this look like a bed time story, you would tell a child,” he said flipping through the pages but suddenly stopped as he came to a picture and sat the book down. He just looked at the picture and seemed to be lost in thought until he heard Glendale speak up.

With a less hateful look she said, “What?” loud enough to echo in the room.

Slowly he turned the book to face her and pushed it in her direction so she could see it clearly and responded. “This picture scares me for what it represents; the impossible just became a reality.”

“This was the exact same page Annielynne was on and I know it is a representation of Azahata but that is common if it has a religious meaning, right?” Glendale asked gazing at the book.

“Depending how deeply you are a believer of what cause exactly. The religious aspect or the realism aspect of Azahata. You remember the last book you brought here? It has almost the exact same image and scholars like myself have been trying to put together every book that continues by this picture because they all go together, just in a way we are unsure about.” he spoke as he gathered the strength to get out of his chair.

“Yes I remember but it only had the butterflies like this but none of the other…if this is one of the books, how many more are left?” She said looking at where the man had went off to in the dark room but he quickly reappeared with 5 other books of various different sizes.

“It is the last and missing link; that is why is scares me. Unofficially we call it “A Traveler’s Guide to Hell and Back”, but officially when put together they are called “The Azahata Hexalogy,”” speaking as he was working on opening each book up to the right page that shows the image in their correct order.

With a loud sigh she spoke after several moments just looking at how each image adds to it until it is completed with the latest book. “You are right to call it its unofficial name for I know what the real name is because it is mentioned once before of a war that has already pasted. “The War of Eternity,” and here I meet the beast once again…” she faded off as a breeze blew down the corridor that she and the elderly man stopped to take note to.

“Tell me, how quickly can you gather these books and hide them?” Glendale asked as she pulled out her phaser.

Without a word, he gathered the books quickly, and Glendale followed him with her back facing the old man and her phaser facing the door as they faded into the darkness.

7

Hiding in the shadows of the room Glendale spoke to the elderly man quickly, “You do have an emergency exit, correct?”

“Yes but it leads to the old district,” he said as they could now hear foot steps approaching the room.

“We will use it but we must hide first,” she said trying to find a place to hide as the foot steps and the elderly man pulled her arm and she followed to a bookshelf that was actually only a holographic projection and they stepped thought it.

The man pressed a control on the wall as they were all the way though, activating a force field. “They will not find this room nor can they hear us but we can hear and see them if you want.”

Glendale looked around the small room while listening to the men and seen that this room lead to the exit. “Yes we will wait because I ordered no one to come down here until I was back up to the palace.”

A couple minutes passed and two men entered the room with flashlights looking around and one of them spoke after pulling out a tricorder and scanning the room. “You said she would be down here and she isn’t. Either you lied or she knew someone was coming in enough time to leave.”

“I have never lied to you and she was down here. I have been nothing but a good informant for…” the other man said but dropped to the floor as he was fired on from behind.

Grinning the other man spoke out loud, “A good informant…A good informant gives me results…” A moment later he fired again into the mans head, making sure he was dead and left the room quickly.

Glendale was horrified with what she had just witnessed. She had been sold out by one of her own staff and that someone she had never seen before wanted her dead was walking freely in her palace. East Malaysia was not a safe place for her right now and knew she could only rely on a few people.

“We must move quickly, my assassination has been foiled for the moment, but it is clearly still actively being carried out,” speaking as she walked towards the door with her phaser still out, ready for action, and she quickly pulled out a PADD and send a message to the people she knew she could trust.

— Begin quote from ____

FROM: Julia Young
TO: Penny Werd, Silence Lyn, Julie Pat, Ann Marie, Peggy Sue, Trina Martin, Brandon Wiggins, Joe Young, Abe Booth, and Lucian Dre

The water is boiling and I can’t cook. Meet me at the old tavern as soon as you can to pick us up something to eat. If you can’t make it, please, secure you some time to call me!

— End quote

A few moments later as her staff and allies started to get the message, they started to secretly activate hidden security protocols, others prepared their things and met up with Glendale secretly and swiftly.

8

Old District Eastrovia
Jenny’s Tavern

The soft sound of music played as Glendale walked around the tavern looking around, pondering on the events of the day, as twilight was upon the city. She looked at the time on the wall and dropped a cape on the bar for the old man to put on.

“You should really put this on. I have mine on for the reason I’m Empress and you need to put yours on for another reason; I can’t lie, you are a matter of national security,” she spoke looking at the time time. Then she looked at her PADD and crushed it on the bar.

“I am glad that I’m still an item worth keeping since I am that important,” sighing he put the cape and and watched her crush her PADD, “problem?” he asked once he had secured the cape.

“I have a lot of those today but this PADD is not my normal one so I’m not going to trust it. That is why I coded the message I sent out so it couldn’t be tracked,” pausing as she heard and floor boards creek. She suddenly turned around with her phaser but quickly eased up and smiled as she seen it was two of her closest allies."

“I’m glad to see you two,” speaking with some relief, “Jennifer, Whisper… we have a major security breach within the government itself!”

Jennifer Ward and Whisper Lynne both moved to the bar with Jennifer speaking first, “That is concerning but I figured as much so don’t worry we are fully armed and combat ready,” pulling her cape open with a smile to reveal her assortment of weapons from advanced technology to modern-day knives then continued to talk, “and I would love to kick some ass right about now.”

“And while she was cleaning out her arsenal, I have your shuttle ready and cleared for departure. We just have to get you there and off the ground. Who’s all going?” Whisper asked, pulling out a PADD and handing it over to Glendale and looking at the elderly man. “Is that who I think it is?”

“I will fill you in on the exact situation when everyone has gathered. I will be taking you two, maybe Justin, and whoever else wants to go with me,” then she looked beside her at the old man, “sadly it is but don’t worry…he’s just a clone I suppose. Been off-the-grid for almost a hundred years but when he was discovered a few years ago he had been in stasis. He now studies all the ancient books and I’m not sure if we give him the drug to correct the DNA so he can live a very long life or not.”

“Are you serious? You let him out? I hope you choose not.” Amanda Bishop spoke looking at the man in disbelief.

Jennifer quickly spoke, “how do you do that? Sneaking up on people is a specialty of yours…you would make an amazing assassin!”

Rolling her eyes Amanda responded back, “just because I’m looking younger, does not mean I want to take up a new career.”

“It’s nice to see you too, Amanda, and yes I did let him out,” Glendale spoke smiling at Amanda.

“June told me that she was going to stay at the palace to keep an eye on things there and Brendon will be issuing the press release on your “scheduled” trip of The East Pacific in the morning. Prime Emperor Daz has organized his family; they are loyal to you. Captain Maz will be your cover fire as you leave and her family has the same loyalty as the Daz Family. Sadly I can not vouch for my family nor the Phelps.” Amanda said as she found a seat on a nearby table.

“Impressive,” Glendale said, “you may be retired but you still know how to organize and I’m glad because if everyone showed up…that would lead them right to us.”

“Times have changed for the Daz and Maz families to be more respectful of the ruling family…if you let me speak to my,” the elderly man started to say but was cut off by Glendale.

“Silence! You know the agreement old man and that will only happen when you can be fully trusted. You were created for a reason and that reason is unclear but you started it all and history from that era has been corrupted.” as she finished talking she looked at the door sensing something.

“Something is wrong…Justin has been hurt…they must be baiting him to come to us…” Glendale spoke as if she was somewhere else.

Jennifer and Whisper quickly pulled out weapons and Amanda stood up pulling out a weapon herself but Glendale was already next to her pushing the weapon down. “Amanda, you must leave, because you will be on the inside. You will be the person who keeps June, Mary-Jo, Marcus, Brendon, and Katrina in the loop to figure out who is trying to assassinate me. Take him and these books to the shuttle; don’t worry he isn’t going to do anything stupid because I’m holding on to one of the books.”

“Very well! I will do as you want; this time.” Amanda said moving for the back door of the tavern. “Hurry up old man, I’m leaving,” she said as she walked out the door with the elderly man moving as quickly as he could after her with a messenger bag filled with books and notes.

Glendale, Jennifer, and Whisper then started to turn over tables and chairs to prepare for the unknown.

Meanwhile…
Eastrovia Memorial Hospital

Annielynne was hooked up to various medical machines and in critical condition after she was attacked. As she laid on the hospital bed her mind slipped into a place she had once been before as a mysterious breeze blew across the room.

Opening her eyes she realized she was no longer in the Imperial Palace, but laying in a field as she got up, she looked around. “This can’t be real…but I remember this place…Tiger…” She spoke to herself then she heard a buzz of sounds, that scared her, as they all came together to form a voice that seemed to shout all through her mind.

‘Do you remember?’ she heard in her mind but knew it came from behind her, quickly turning around, a beautiful women was standing there.

Unsure weather to run or fight Annielynne just stood looking at the women and processing what she said. “I’m not sure…I remember this place and my…animal friends…and you? But that was so long ago and I was a child…I thought it was all a dream.”

The women smiled, “come my child, your friends have been waiting for you to return, and I have been watching over you for a long time. It is time you remembered your purpose.”

Annielynne was hesitant at first but started to move towards the women and together they started to walk in silence along a path headed towards a forest.

9

“We are going to have to fight them first before we can get out the back door!” Glendale said as they could all hear a car screeching to a stop and phaser fire as Justin Jung and his bodyguard Marshall Lincoln busted through the doors with Marshall helping Justin to walk with an obvious wound to his side.

Whisper pulled out a tricorder and started to scan, “I’m reading 20 people and they are armed and approaching quickly!”

At the same time Glendale assisted Marshall to taking her son behind the bar, “what happened?” She asked as she handed them both weapons and a medical kit to Marshall.

Marshall replied first, “I had noticed that we were being followed before your message was sent and as soon as we got it…all hell broke lose and we were in the Old District, you know it empties out an hour before twilight.”

Justin groaned in pain as he moved for the medical kit and Marshall stopped him, “I’ll take care of that…” as he pulled Justin’s shirt up they could see how bad it really was.

“We are going to have to get you to a hospital or starship, that looks bad, but I’m glad phasers don’t allow for much bleeding,” Glendale said as she could sense the people outside of the tavern were about to break through the doors. Quickly she moved from behind the bar to take up a place between Jennifer and Whisper crouched behind a table where they could all see each other easily.

Glendale looked at them both and nodded and they nodded back in agreement as the music changed once again to a song with an epic beat and thought "Fitting,’ as the door of the tavern was blown off. Immediately from the outside phaser fire started and they all fired back between shots at the people that were in SWAT gear as they started to enter the tavern taking up places shooting at the tables.

“Rifle!” Glendale shouted over the shots to Jennifer as she set her phaser to overcharge and threw it. As soon as it was in range of the people it exploded and Jennifer threw over a phaser rifle and an extra energy charge.

“You okay over there Whisper?!” Jennifer shouted and Whisper responded between firing at people, “I’m…perfectly…fine…thanks!”

As soon as the smoke started to clear they could see 5 more people enter the tavern but with more powerful weaponry and shot at Jennifer’s table, breaking through the table, and only hitting her hair and singed it. “Why you son of a bitch!” She yelled and launched herself over the table while at the same time grabbing 5 of her hira-shuriken.

Gracefully she threw them as she landed, hitting them all in the throat; killing them. "I don’t have time for this, I do pay money to get my hair done. As a few more people entered the tavern with her standing in the middle of the floor. Jennifer smiled at them and spoke, “hello boys, you know it is a good night to die, and I will give you the honor to have that done by a women.”

Skillfully she moved herself to the guy on her right, breaking his neck, then the one to the center she shoved a knife into his throat that was from the other guys outfit, and the last guy was shot dead before he could pull the trigger.

Glendale and Whisper moved from behind their tables with a look of amazement and before they could ask, Jennifer answered, “I knew that only three were left, don’t you two keep count?”

“I was more amazed how you killed three people and didn’t get shot at,” Glendale said as she started to collected her items and help Marshall carry her son as Whisper interjected, “clearly they sent amateurs to deal will skill because that was too easy; it was a set up.”

“I would have to agree, that was way to easy,” Jennifer spoke as she was collecting her hira-shuriken’s out of the throats of the people.

“Really now Jennifer? You recollect them?” Whisper spoke as the rest of them were waiting for her.

“Yes I do when I can, these are my babies,” she said with a smile but it faded as she turned around to what use to be the entrance and Jennifer covered her mouth and backed towards the group and Glendale touched her arm to see what she sensed and in that instance they said the same thing at once. “Something dark heads in this direction.”

“Move! Move! Move!” Glendale yelled pushing them and they moved for the back door barely getting away as a man stood in the front of the tavern.

“What a pity, and the great Glendale Jung gets away once again, I must get this power everyone now has. It will only be a matter of time before I catch you.” The man looked to the second floor of the tavern, thinking he seen someone but backed away into the shadows throwing a bomb into the tavern.

On the second floor a women stood there looking down at the bodies and the man as he vanished into the darkness. ‘What sorrow to turn these people against her…with such darkness…could it really be the who I think you are?’ She thought about as the building exploded.

10

Eastrovia
En route to Eastrovia Interstellar & International Airport

“Clearly we must get him somewhere safe and out of harms way,” Glendale said as they drove down a alley of Eastrovia headed towards the spaceport and they hit a few bumps in the road, “and it has to be in East Malaysia because he can’t travel with this wound.”

“I think I know just the place Glendale,” Jennifer spoke up looking at her through the rearview mirror of the car as she drove quickly through the alley and onto the main road to the spaceport. “The King of Caven is our best bet. He is loyal to you and wants to see his hybrid family reach greatness after Caven’s government collapsed and the royal family took over, only to eventually become a state of East Malaysia.”

Glendale sighed looking at her son in pain and in need of medical care, “I wish I had a better option since he has only been king for a few years since the death of his father… but the Royal Family of Caven are loyal to me and well respected.” She looked at Marshall as he was keeping track of Justin’s vital signs on the other side of him,” Mr. Lincoln, when we reach the spaceport you are to take him directly to the hospital on the royal family’s compound and brief King Alexander Templeton-Caven; I will get in contact with him once we are on our way.”

“Yes ma’am, don’t worry, it will get done.” He replied looking her directly in the eyes.

HQ: Department of Foreign Affairs & Diplomacy
Office of Brendon Briggs

— Begin quote from ____

The Empress has embarked on a foreign affairs tour of The East Pacific; along with a inspection of the local embassies and any East Malaysian companies that do business internationally. It was planned not to be for another several weeks but had to be rescheduled at the last moment to this morning.

For an itinerary please contact DFAD during normal operational hours.

~Brendon Briggs
Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs & Diplomacy

— End quote

Brendon Briggs hit the “post” button on his computer screen to send the short press release to the news outlets as he finish checking which nations had actually been requesting a meeting with Glendale over the local ambassador. ‘Looks like Reziel will be first on the list,’ he thought as he signed off his computer and left for a meeting with the Prime Emperor.

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The Grand Duchy of Reziel – New Irem – The Fortress
Grand Duke Elistar Reziel’s quarters

https://forum.theeastpacific.com/invision-404 Luke Gardol hurried inside. As always, he avoided pleasantries and the like, handing Reziel the documents which needed his immediate consideration. When he had finished reading the papers, the Grand Duke frowned. Unconsciously, his hand moved to the gold and obsidian brooch on his chest, the wings-spread angel which had been the insignia of the Archangels for countless centuries. For those who knew him well, the gesture was self-explanatory: the Grand Duchy was troubled, his mind trying to locate the best possible solution for the ongoing situation.

«Well… a visit from a trusted ally can hardly be considered a problematic issue» he finally grinned, his black eyes moving on the man in front of him. How long had the two of them marched side by side? He could barely remember. Luke Gardol had just always been there.

«Grand Duke, I just meant…»

«I know what you meant, Luke» he smiled «And you’re right. We’ve had the new Kangarawan Ambassador freezing his own butt down in Solanthus… and now, with Empress Jung coming to visit us, you’re wondering how we’ll come out of this with a bit of style. Moreover, you’re wondering how we’ll be able to handle the Empress and her staff while our attention is so focused on the Kangs… and finally you are troubled because there’s something, about Lord Brigg’s message. You do not know what, but you know it’s there»

Smiling, Luke Gardol couldn’t do anything else but nodding. As always, the Grand Duke had read him fair too well.

«Don’t worry, my old friend. Here’s what we’ll do. About the possible comparison between the different welcome committees for Empress Jung and for Mr Vitras… let’s wait for the Kangarawans to make them. If they will complain… if Mr Vitras will complain, well… we’ll open our eyes in complete disbelief, blathering something about the fact it’s so unexpected that fellow nations waste their times comparing the number of appetizers or counting the cars. After that, we’ll put down a little apologizing… not too much, and then who cares. About our attention being split… we’ll cope. Alert Lachdanan. I need the Archangels being more than ready… above all because I agree with you. Lord Brigg’s message… there’s something, with it. But about this, I need Lady De Corde. Please arrange me a meeting with her as soon as possible. And finally… have all possible confirmations sent to the Malaysians. A proper welcome committee will be needed… I will be present myself. For the Kadras is your man to help you with the protocol. Luke… I want discretion. But I want full security, down at the airport. And I want an AWACS operative. As soon as Empress Jung’s shuttle will enter our air-space, I want our forces to protect her»

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OOC: Been a while since I touched this. I do plan to finish, some how or another. I don’t like unfinished work.

Eastrovia
Eastrovia Memorial Hospital

The woman pasted a ring to Annielynne as they walked down a path in a lush forest full of silence. Annielynne gazed at the ring that was in her hand. “I…I…remember this ring…my other gave this to me when I was little…”

Without looking at Annielynne the women smiled. “Yes, I know, but it has meaning. It has a connection to the past, present, and future. That owl ring did not end up in your hands by chance. The owl’s talon grasp your finger and a feather wraps around and across two of your fingers. Many years ago, when this forest existed, it was filled with: birds, animals, insects, and life. Now it stands as a forest of lifelessness. Only the plants survive now. But during a long forgotten age, birds were the dominate force in this forest, and the owls were the majority species.”

Annielynne listen to her talk until she stopped but she was curious what did any this have to do with anything that she was talking about. “And I guess you want me to ask what does an owl, owl ring, or any of this have to do with anything?”

“It is a wise question,” the woman spoke and continued her story, “One can say that an owl can see straight through your soul. This is the Great Forest of Truth, thought nothing is great about it now, but as we continue I will let you see what it once existed as. People of my time would come to this forest as a test of character and as in the name… truth. I was betrayed in this forest but I learned truth from it. Do you know your purpose yet?”

Taking a guess she spoke, “seeing the truth?”

“Yes. You hold a gift that was taught to you by the essence of the them. You my child are what I hope to be the salvation for our species.” The woman said glancing over to Annielynne, “do you know what is expected of you?”

“Yes… I know…” she said with a sad look on her face as she slipped the ring on and then looked up, ready for what was next, as a tear ran down the side of her face.

13

E.A.N. Shuttlecraft One

Whisper, piloting the shuttle, spoke up and interrupted a conversation Glendale was having with the elderly man. “We are about to enter Reziel’s airspace ma’am!”

“Thank you for letting me know,” Glendale said as she looked back at Jennifer and the elderly man, “alright we need to be prepared for anything and while it is against protocol to sneak in weapons, but for the time being we are operating under Executive Order Number 3. We have the technology to smuggle in what we need.”

Meanwhile as Glendale was talking departure procedures, Whisper, contacted airspace control. “Reziel airspace control, this is Aerospace Navy Shuttlecraft One, carrying Empress Jung of East Malaysia. Requesting permission for entry and landing.”

14

The Grand Duchy of Reziel – New Irem
New Irem International – A couple of minutes after

«With all due respect, Sir… I’m honestly perplexed. Half an hour ago we’ve told https://forum.theeastpacific.com/invision-404 that we had problems with the landing strip, redirecting their plane to Solanthus. And now we’ve… you have just authorized the landing of the Malayisian shuttle. I’m… yes, I’m a bit lost. What’s going on? Why have we…»

Chuckling, the officer in charge of the control tower gently shook his head, placing an hand over the youngster’s shoulder.

«Look James… don’t bother yourself with so many questions. This is life. Perhaps the big guys ther in the Fortress have a secret passion for shuttles. Perhaps some Archangel officer is fond of Empress Jung. Sure as hell, nobody loves this Vitras. So… live with it. The Kangs go to Solanthus, the Malaysians are welcomed by an honor guard on the main landing strip. This…»

«This is not professional. At all. This is…» complained the young man.

«This is typically Rezielan. Sometimes they are childish. But trust me… you do not want to cross their path, when they behave like that. Above all, you do not want to do it, if and when they decide someone is a persona non grata while someone else deserves a platoon of Archangels, a column of armored cars and an order to clear the whole route between the airport and the Fortress, whatever the costs»

«Have they…»

«They have», replied the older man, observing the Malayisian shuttle starting its landing procedure.

15

New Irem
New Irem international - E.A.N. Shuttlecraft One

“I’m impressed with the quickness they put all of this together,” Glendale spoke in awe after Whisper had received information that she had overheard and looking out a window. “Remember our cover story everyone and with us carrying weapons hidden by false readings… please be careful. Also we have to assume that we will be eventually followed, telepathy will be our greatest gift, and greatest enemy. Knowing that in Reziel we don’t have many of our kind… that we should pick up immediately.”

Noticing the slight pause before she finished speaking Jennifer walked over to the door but before opening it, she spoke to her, “you don’t think that they have been released do you?”

“Yes,” was all Glendale said before she moved past Jennifer and pressing the button to open the door.

As Glendale moved out the door, the old man followed. Jennifer and Whisper followed moments after that.