Chapter 19 | Mission Born: Space Twins
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Chapter 5 Twins Divided
Chapter 6 World's Apart
Chapter 7 Escape from Planet Orc
Chapter 8 Twin's Flight
Chapter 9 Docked in Space
Chapter 10 Knowledge Unbound
Chapter 11 Decisions
Chapter 12 Training
Kat and the twins looked down into Argent’s tear-streaked
face, and a smile slowly appeared. “He’s
alive!”
A grumble came from under Argent’s
body, “Could you please get off of me?”
Winterlocke sounded exhausted, and his brother quickly moved out of his
way. As he maneuvered his body to a
sitting position, which seemed to take forever, the twins moved forward. Their eyes were tear-streaked and showed the
love of a family for their father.
Winterlocke smirked and motioned
them to come in for a hug. With a twin
on either arm, Winter’s own eyes started to tear up. It looked as if he hadn’t slept for a
year. His hair had grayed on top and his
hair on the sides was even brighter white than it had been. His eyes were dark underneath. He had aged a decade in less than an
hour. There was water everywhere inside
the ship. It soaked the floor and made
it even more difficult for Winterlocke to stand. All of them helped the big guy into a
standing position.
“So…. What do we do now? You know they can send another bombardment
within an hour.” Kat was perplexed, she
did not see how they were going to stop another bombardment. “There’s no way I’m getting this ship back up
there, and we don’t have another shield.”
She just shrugged and started up to the top hatch of the ship. “Might as well watch what happens next. We
got no other choice it would seem.”
Winter grinned half-heartedly, “I
am not sure Kat, but at least we are all together.”
“True, and I guess we can all die
together as well.” She winked at him
with a bit of a sarcastic smile.
When they got on the top of the
ship, they spread out on the wing and watched the lights above them as they
dissipated from the mess of explosions which shattered the shield. What they saw before them was confusing. The ships of the fleet glittered in the sky, but
something else was lit by the sun of this world. There were several spherical ships just to
the right of the fleet. Large orange
beams seemed to flash and connect from each sphere to each ship in the
fleet. Small pinpricks of light popped
on the hulls of the fleet ships. “What
is that??” Jess whispered.
Winterlocke let out a whoop. “Yes!
The Gnomes did it!”
Argent smiled and then looked at
his brother, “That wouldn’t happen to be the Elves, would it?”
“Exactly, Brother, I never thought
they would come. They have been in a
brutal battle with the Templar Legion as of late. It is amazing that they could send that many
ships to help us! We are SAVED!” Winter let out a howl, his happiness exuded
from him. The twins and Kat all smiled,
they understood that they were safe, just not how.
Just then, a large submersible shot
out of the water and bobbed onto the surface.
A few moments later, they could see the Mermen Commander step onto the
outer hull and make his way onto their ship’s hull. “Good afternoon! It seems you were successful on all
fronts! Her Highness would like to
congratulate you in person. If you would
all follow me, we can make arrangements for your ship to be repaired and hauled
into a safe area.” He smiled and
gestured for them to board the large submersible, they could barely look at it,
as the sun shone off it brightly. The
pearlescent hull glowed in the sunlight, and they could feel the heat of the
sun bear down on them, even as the cool winds of the sea caressed their
faces. It was a good day.
On
their way to the underwater kingdom, they began to converse about everything
that had happened. They were all
intensely focused on Winterlocke when he started to explain his ice
powers. “You see, I was a Templar. We were given powers through a process of
awakening. We just walked through a room
and you either became a Templar or you didn’t.
There were only about half of us that made it into the Templar
Legion. The rest, well, that’s another
story….”
Winter got quiet and they waited
for him to continue the story. He looked
up suddenly, after looking very serious and saddened in a way. He smiled and started again. “We were taught
how to control our abilities through chants and meditations. I can only activate my power through the
scripture I said aloud.”
“So, wait, do you believe in what
you said, or is it just a saying to you?
The Council has us read scripture and there are many churches on
Earth. But Science is also studied, and
from what I know the scriptures were taken away at one time.” Walter stated the facts clearly and precisely,
trying to understand.
“Yes, kid, I do believe in
God. I don’t believe that the Council is
what God intended, and there are many of us that fight for all
beings. The Council has corrupted the
beliefs through fanaticism and fear.” Winterlocke looked at Walter and patted
him on the back. “One day we will free all
beings in this intergalactic community.
The Council is strong, but it isn’t invulnerable.”
Kat stood up and remarked loudly,
“We’re coming into the base, get ready to get off this contraption.”
The Mermen soldiers looked at her and
she realized she had just disrespected their vessel.
“Uh, sorry guys, I don’t like being
underwater much…” She smirked uncomfortably.
Winterlocke and Argent both put
their hands to their mouths, holding back a guffaw.
Jess smiled proudly at Kat, as
Walter put his head in his hands and waited to disembark.
These were interesting times indeed.
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