“What in Kor’s Bowels is that?! And how did it get on my ship? Did you bring that thing here?!” the woman asked angrily as she had turned her focus back to Sidian.
Sidian was stunned and speechless. Between her paranoia and having seen what he can only describe as an alien, Sidian’s mind struggled to put one and one together. The woman’s eyes pierced him like ice shards in the tail of a comet. His mind stammered and he felt like he was silent for too long before they both heard the creature speak again.
“Weekoo.”
Neither of them had time to look at it before they both felt a slight wave of euphoria wash over them and they both sort of crumpled in place, feeling fully relaxed.
Sidian felt very relaxed, but he was not comfortable being half bent sideways, though, he didn’t seem to care somehow. Still, he forced himself to twist and sit properly. He really didn’t feel like any more action was necessary and felt at complete ease as he watched the small creature fiddling with something on its vest.
He could no longer see the woman, but he called out to her, “Are you okay?”
There was a slight pause as he heard her shift and then there was a slight giggle. “I feel great. How about you? Sidian, was it?”
Sidian let out a very relieved sigh. “That’s good. I’m doing great as well. So, what’s your name?”
“My name is Ann’D’Lynn Greenwood, but those that know me call me, Greywolf.”
Sidian’s eyebrows slightly raised at hearing that name. They would’ve raised higher had he not felt so relaxed. He was well aware of some of the escapades of Greywolf. “Wait, you’re Greywolf? I suppose it makes me sound sexist, but I always imagined you as a male.”
That made her laugh out loud a bit before responding, “Yeah, I get that a lot. I can be a bit reckless now and then.” There was a momentary pause before she spoke up again. “What did that little blue guy do to us? I’m not even worried that I told you my real name, and now I’m embarrassing myself. What gives, little blue dude?”
Sidian had kept watching the little alien as it continued to fiddle with something on his vest, occasionally shaking its head. “I have a feeling it won’t understand you.”
“So, you really didn’t bring that thing here?”
“Definitely not. Do you have any idea what it is?”
He heard her shift again, most likely to get a better look at it. “I’m not sure. It looks a bit like a hoblyn, but I’ve never seen one with blue skin or such terran-like eyes. It’s pretty cute, and hoblyns are not cute.”
“So… if you don’t know what it is or how it got onto your ship, then it must have arrived while we were all unconscious. I can also assume that it wasn’t coincidence that your digital environmental systems didn’t fail during that EMP event. I also get the feeling that this is all somehow related to the Traeonic Eclipse.”
“What are you saying?”
“I’m not sure, really. Just putting the pieces I have together to see if they fit. This little guy is powerful, but so far not deadly, and so far, the signs are pointing me in the direction of epic prophecy at work.”
“Oh, don’t tell me you believe in all of those faerie tales. No one controls my destiny but me.”
Sidian felt the confidence in her statement, but considering their circumstances at that moment, they did not have much weight. Their new friend had the upper hand. He then heard her laugh. “Yes, I almost giggled at your irony.”
Her laugh roared again before she asked, “So, what do we do now? I can’t seem to muster the motivation to do anything.”
“Yeah, me neither. It’s kind of nice, though. I don’t get to relax very often.”
“Ugh, me too. I’m always worrying about something or other. I’m not even worried that I’m not worried about this situation.”
Sidian laughed but didn’t respond. He was really wanting to see her again, but he felt as though getting up to walk closer to her was too much trouble. He had only but a glimpse of her from before and he really wanted to gaze upon her beauty some more. He wasn’t trying, but it took over like an obsession in his mind. He couldn’t believe how badly he wanted to see her, and then he heard her gasp.
“Woah, what’s happening?”
Sidian was confused until he saw her begin to rise above the pilot’s seat, still in her prone position, but now levitating. He couldn’t help shake the thought that he was somehow telekinetically moving her. It was proven when he made her come closer and spin and flip into a position to where he could see her face. She still floated above him, but now they were eye to eye. “Hello.” he stated with a wry smile.
Her face was filled with wonder, but had a slight smile. “Are you doing this?”
“I… I think so?”
“I thought only idolons had psionic powers.”
Sidian couldn’t explain it. As far as he knew, she was right. Then, suddenly, they both heard the little creature speak out.
“There it is.”
As soon as they had heard it, Ann fell from her levitation and they both were no longer feeling euphoric relaxation.
Sidian cried out as Ann landed on him with her knee landing on his crotch. His face went red as he bit his lip. “Please move.” he demanded in a very breathy tone.
Ann was quick to get herself to her feet and turned to the alien. It wasn’t until he stopped wincing in pain that he noticed that she was suddenly wielding a dagger pointed at it. “What do you want from us?”
“Please don’t.” it stated as it put out its hand.
Ann gasped as she was forced to let go of the dagger, and before it hit the ground, it flew over and behind the little creature.
“Please, stop and listen.” the little creature stated as they were both now frozen in place.
Sidian’s gaze was stuck looking to where the dagger had disappeared into the darkness. He didn’t like this sensation, but he couldn’t say anything. He could only think until the creature began to speak again, and then he could only listen.
Before when the creature spoke, its voice was small and child-like, but this time when it spoke, its voice took on that of an adult with a powerful tone that could be physically felt. “I am the Child of Traeon. I am beholden to your destiny. I am the Key to the Past.”
Before Sidian could get over the creature’s voice still reverberating throughout his body, his vision was replaced with rapidly changing scenes. Each one including a different race in the same situation that slowly morphed into more and more dramatic scenes. What was a family morphed into workers, then into soldiers, then into starvessels in a massive battle.
He then felt a pulling sensation as he was thrust into a scene with his mother and they were on the balcony of a high rise apartment complex. He and his mother kept changing into different races as they both turned to look into the sky at a strange planetoid crashing into the planet. There was no time to react as the shearing of the gravity wells was already laying waste to the city and the planet’s surface.
Before he could think to scream or run, there was suddenly nothing.
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