Macross Fan Fiction ❯ Robotech: Beneath a steel sky ❯ Chapter 23 - The peace within the beast... ( Chapter 23 )
Robert learns more about the heritage of the Meltraedi Keh'tal Clan and their connection to the "Invid-Exodus"...
While the civilian mechanic interacts with the new alien race, Mick and Foxy-Roxy learn more about the sense of the Utopia Chenarra District...
*This chapter is rewritten in novel style writing*
Anime/Manga: Macross Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Sci-fi / Romance / Adventure | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 06.24.2003 | Updated On: 07.07.2004 | Pages: 9 | Words: 7.0K | Visits: 212 | Status: Completed
---- Chapter 23 ---- The Peace within in beast
Holding Na'mea in his hand, Robert was outnumbered and outgunned by another group of armed Meltraedis, a few were also in strange tight black suits. They seemed more threatening than the other five "soldiers" Na'mea fought against...
All the sudden, a voice was heard behind them. He could see someone trying to pass by them, pushing their weapons and aims to the ground...
Robert hoped it was the end of these hostilities...
Finally, the person revealled herself.
A woman in a light blue dress slowly walked towards him and Na'mea...
She did not seem as if she were militaristic like the rest of the group behind. Looking at her, her dress showed her left shoulder, while the other was covered by a beutiful designed silky cloth.
As she came closer, he started to feel something in his mind.
He looked around, hearing strange voices...
She kneeled down...
At first, she looked at Na'mea, then lifted her hand towards both looked at Robert, who did not say a word. At the same moment when she opened her mouth, he started to her soft voices in his mind... All voices were saying the same thing, some hollow and far away, others close and clear...
The strange thing to him was that he could understand what she said...
As she spoke in her language, the voices in his mind simultaneously spoke in his language, although a few words were dearranged and made slight non-sense:
<Fear.Not.of.Our.Presence. - Our.Presence.Of.No.Harm.To.Thou>, said the voices...
Robert did not know what say... or think...
Na'mea looked at her...
<Ze'nah.Na'mea.Ki'om Deka.>
He decide to say something...
"Um... I - I'm not a Zentraedi, nor a Meltrae... Keetal or so... I'm just a human, from a far away planet, that's all - I do not belong to the Zentraedi, nor do wish harm to anyone here..."
At first, there was no reply... then again, the voices spoke...
<Nor.Meltraedi.Agression.Thou.>
She moved her hand towards him and stopped. Robert lifted his as well and gently moved his hand towards hers until they touched...
<Thou.Not.Agression... -Meltraedi.Endevors.Trust.Towards.Thou>
The armed women behind lowered their weapons, a few of their "hardware" made discharging sounds.
<Meltraedi.Wishes.Thou.Accompany.Meltraedi>
It took a few seconds for him to understand that reply.
"You - You want me to come with you?", he asked unsurely.
<Thou.Shall.Of.No.Fear - Meltraedi.Of.No.Harm>
"... but what about Na...?", he was about to asked, when the voice continued.
<Na'mea-Xio.Is.Strong- Regenerative.Meltraedi- Meltraedi.Shall.CareTake.Na'mea-Xio>
"Very well..."
The Meltraedi lifted herself and wove her hand slowly towards the door of the room, showing Robert to come with them... He decided to follow...
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Somewhere in the vicinity of the SDF-1 inside the "Void", Commander Fokker's group was closing in the SDF-1.
Lt. Chris Caldwell decided to dock onto the Hawk's Eye, so he could see Sammie again.
For twenty minutes long, they were sitting next to each other hand in hand, not saying a word...
They both were enjoying the silence together... as the quietness spoke more than what they felt for each other...
Argo's voice suddenly spoke over the onboard speakers...
"To all units, I'm picking up... some kind of transmission from the SDF-1. I think maybe all of should hear it - Switching it to all channels- now"
The pair looked up, listening...
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The Utopia Chenarra District.
Groups of people were doing different tasks, when they suddenly heard a voice...
Throughout the whole SDF-1, the whole city and Space, the transmission could be heard. It was a voice of a young lady singing a nice slow song.
Mick and FoxyRoxy were sitting together, while the rest of the people stopped what they were doing, as they heard a voice singing... "I've heard that voice once", FoxyRoxy said. "Such a beutiful voice"...
As everyone heard the music... They started to feel hope rise inside themselves. A guiding voice in such dark times...
-
Sammie leaned her head softly against Chris' shoulder...
"There is something magical in that song...", she said quietly...
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After interacting with the Meltraedi with telepathic powers, Robert, carrying his gear, is brought to gigantic palast within the "Meltraedi city"...
The way into the palace was full of mysterious sculptures, buildings and people.
Many Meltraedis looked at him, noticing the differance between him and the rest.
As the telepathic Meltraedi said, Na'mea recovered from her short but outrageous battle...
She constantly looked at him ... Smiling each time their eyes met... Each time purple...
The voice of the telepathic Meltraedi suddenly spoke in his mind:
<Thou.Must.Know - Na'mea.Admire.Thou.- Feelings.Unknown.To.Meltraedi.>
Robert turned his head, looking towards the other Meltraedi.
"She 'admires' me? Why is that?", he asked.
<Thou.Must.Know. - Thou.Saved.Essence.of.Na'mea.>, the voice replied.
"Why did she attack her own people then, back then?"
<Na'mea.Admire.Thou. - Na'mea.Agressive.Towards.Meltraedi. - Na'mea.Wish.Protection.Of.Presence.Of.Jackson.>
"She attacked them because she only wanted to protect me?"
<Thou.Understanding. - Na'mea.Of.Misunderstanding. - Meltraedi.Wish.Of.No.Harm.To.Thou.Or.Na'mea-Xio.>
Robert hesitated, thinking of the words the Meltraedi said. She continued to speak:
<Thou.Must.Know - Meltraedi.Of.Non.Feelings. - Na'mea.Of.Mystery.To.Meltraedi.>
As he walked with group of women around him towards the palace, he started to wonder about the surroundings.
<Meltraedi.Visions.Of.Presence.Unknown.To.Jackson.- Thou.Must.Of.No.Fear.>
This surprised him, since he was just about to ask where they exactly were... It seemed as if her abilities are able to tell any emotions a person has...
<I.Am.En'dinia. - Meltraedi.K'ethal.Empath.Nek'tel..>
"Why do I understand what you say, even though we are totally different? I mean, you're Mel... Um, K'eetal or so - And I'm an Earthling"
<Both.Meltraedi.And.Jackson.Sentient.Being. - Reason.Of.Unknown.To.Meltraedi. - Of.No.Matter. - Meltraedi.And.Jackson.Exist.In.Mind. - Mind.Of.Sentient.Beings.Similiar. - Beings.Speak.Different.- Mind.Not. - Jacksons.Essence.Seek.Answer?>
"Man, I've got so many questions..."
Again, Robert noticed Na'meas' smile and her purple eyes towards him.
"Why do the color of the eyes of Meltraedis change constantly? For us humans, our eye color remains constant, y'know..."
When Robert looked back towards En'dinia, her eyes changed from dark green to dark blue...
"Yeah, there again. Your's just changed again!"
<As.Jacksons.Emotions.Reflects.By.Feelings - Meltraedi.Emotion.Reflects.Essence.Of.Meltraedi. - Color.Equality.Essence.Emotion.Of.Meltraedi.>
" 'Reflects emotion of Meltraedi'? What does that mean?"
<Emotions.Itself.Of.Unknown.And.Mystery.Towards.Meltraedi. - Meltraedi.Of.No.Answer.How.This.Possibility>
"If her eye color shows her feeling, then what does purple mean?..."
<Jackson.Must.Know. - Na'mea.Somehow.Must.Admire.Essence.Of.Jackson>
"I don't get it...", Robert said. As he thought about her words, he observed his surroundings again.
Her voice spoke further, answering the next question he was just about to ask.
<City.Of.Meltraedi. - Not.City.Jackson - Meltraedi.Mothership.Vessel.>
This astonished him.
"What?! This whole 'city' is a vessel? But ... That... That would mean that there is a vessel with city INSIDE the SDF-1, whice already has it's own city?!"
<Meltraedi.Does.Not.Understand.Thou. - Unknown.SDF-1.>
"You do not understand that this 'vessel' is inside another ship?"
<Jackson.Must.Speak.With.High.Priestess.Of.Meltraedi. - Wisdom.Unknown.Cleared.By.Priestess.>
"Did you just say 'Priestess'?", he asked surprisingly, when they entered the main hall of the palace.
The entrance of the palace was gigantic. The large gates were already open...
Robert noticed on both sides of the gigantic hall that there were Mechas standing in row, perhaps something like palace guardians.
Signs and Sculptures of their culture filled the way... He has seen a palace on Earth once, but this was nothing compared to what he was seeing right now.
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Somewhere in the Utopia Chenarra District...
As other civilians managed to find places to rest, Mick decided to scout the area, since he did not want to expect any surprises in their new "home"... FoxyRoxy, a few soldiers, and other men and women joined him as well on his search through the area.
Remembering Corp. Briggs saying that there was a research-facility not far from their position, he decided to start there first.
Many doors were locked via key-codes...
They entered one department that seemed to have been left unlocked... The department was full of electronic equipment and other high-tech gadgets... but in disorder - Documents and other things were lying everywhere...
FoxyRoxy picked up one of the documents lying on floor...
"... Who ever was here surely did leave a mess here...", she said. "Perhaps they had to make a run for it - Maybe it was those scientists what Mr.Briggs said a while ago", one of the men added, as he looked though one of the messy desks.
She flew threw some pages...
Mick suddenly pulled out his handgun, aiming at one end of the room and said out loud - " - Allright - Whoever is here, come out!".
The people around him were surprised by his sudden reaction.
A man in a scientist suit wove his hand and said, "Don't shoot, I'm one of the lead scientist of the RDF Research Department - Please, put down your weapons -...".
Everyone besides Mick dropped their aim... However, the pilot did not react to the man's pleasing demand.
"M-Mick, are you insane? - Put down the gun...", FoxyRoxy said and slowly pushed down his aim,
"What's wrong with you? You're not going to shoot at a person, are you?".
Hesitating to answer... he did not know what to say at first...
"I'm fine", Mick replied, " ... I only figured out that the computers were still active - which meant that someone or something was here... - I don't know what's wrong with me, I just don't trust these RDF guys anymore..."
The nervous scientist lowered his hands... Mick seemed very angry with the presence of a true RDF member, but he kept his feelings a secret...
"Why are you here?", one of the soldiers asked towards the scientist.
Dr. Vanderman decided to take a seat in order to calm himself down from the surprising group and answered:
"It - It went all too fast... After my research team was ordered to continue our work, we've received a full evac-order from the bridge...", he shook his head as he looked down to the floor, " - As the order came through, we were forced to gather everything we possibly could and leave..."
"That still doesn't answer the question", Mick said anxiously.
The nervous scientist spoke further, "Yes, yes... It was impossible to leave in such an instance without loosing our precious information and developed technology... Too many things were researched here - If these things were to be left behind, we would have a major drawback versus the 'Invids'..."
"Hmm, looks like the RDF went pretty sloppy from running away, this time", Mick said in a very harsh and ironic voice... Dr. Vanderman shook his head again...
Foxy-Roxy, who seemed more likely friendly towards the man, took a step forward, gave him her hand and said, "It is best for all of us if you would come with us, Mr. Vanderman... I'm sure the survivors could need people like you..."
"Th-Thank you, Miss...", he said back to her in a shaky voice and took her hand, helping him up to his feet...
"Roxanne Keldon... is my name..."
"Pleased to meet you, Miss Keldon..."
Mick crossed his arms after putting his gun aside... "So, are you the only one here, Doc?"
"There should be more of my team still somewhere inside the complex... Mister..."
"The name's Mick - Nothing more, nothing less..."
Mick's voice somehow had a hidden hostility - Somewhat threatening towards the scientist...
"Nevermind, Doc - But listen, I guess you're not gonna like it, but you're gonna have to stick with us and help us out where you can... We've gotta take care of a good group of 9.000 civilians out there and we've decided to fortify ourselves here..."
"...fortify?", Dr. Vanderman wondered.
"Yes", Foxy-Roxy said, "It's our only chance so far - We've already ran through two to three districts with the 'Invid' hot on our tails... And ever since the RDF blockaded the last entry to safety for good - We were forced to take the curve and landed right here..."
Another soldier took a step forward and said, "What we're trying to say is that we want to use the complex and the whole district for our needs - Weaponary and it's shelter for the civilians - And I think you've got quite the autority and knowledge to get through this place..."
Dr. Vanderman shook his head a few times... "I'm afraid I don't have much choice..."
"Very well, it would be best if we start trying to find a decent map of this place...", the soldier suggested, turning around and looking through the whole room again.
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Somewhere inside the Cathedral of the "Meltraedi City"...
Robert and the group of Meltraedis entered a gigantic room, glamouring in a sphere of soft blue and green colors, along with a royal-rug heading straight-ahead to the center of room.
As he looked ahead, the royal-rug ended there where a throne was standing... along with the High-Priestess of Meltraedi awaiting their arrival.
Guardian-Meltraedis stood aside as Robert slowly followed En'dinia and Na'mea towards the High-Priestess... As they came closer, she stood up.
Robert was more than surprised and overwhelmed by the pure beutifulness of the whole palast and it's throne-room - along with the people who surrounded him...
Na'mea and En'dinia stopped a few feet before the Priestess and bowed down - perhaps in the manor of their culture... Robert did the same - or at least tried to...
He went down to his knees and lowered his head - not knowing really what to do...
Again, voices spoke in his mind... but this time, these were not the ones of En'dinia's:
<Fear.Not.Of.My.Presence.Honored.One.>
Robert lifted his head... En'dinia's "presence" in his mind seemed to have fainted away - not totally, but he could feel a "distance" between him and her mind...
Suddenly - another "prensence" seemed to have linked up in his mind - For a short moment, he felt frightened that it was easy to "uplink" in his mind...
<Fear.Not.Of.My.Presence.Honored.One.>, the voices said again - as the High-Priestess did not talk with her lips...
"I - umm - It is an honor... to meet you - You're... highness...", Robert replied, trying to find polite words to say...
<The.High.Priestess.Is.Of.Awareness.Of.Jacksons.Essence... The.High.Priestess.Sence.Jacksons.Essence.Seek.Wisdom.Of.Many...>
Robert lowered his head... "There- There is so much I would like to ask... Who - I mean, who are the 'Meltraedi Kee-Tal' - Where are you all from... Where are those 'Invids' coming from?"
- He stopped asking, trying not to over-do himself...
<The.High.Priestess.Queries.Jackson.To.Reveal.Mind.Towards .High.Priestess.>
"What?", the man said to himself, as he lifted his head again and looked at the High-Priestess straight into her eyes. Her eyes were glowing in pure green...
Robert suddenly felt his surroundings moving in towards him as he felt his mind being pierced by a mental force...
***bright flash***
He suddenly found himself floating in darkened space - with the High-Priestess floating about 15 feet away from him as well...
""Wha-What happened..."", his thought's said out loud... ""Why can I hear what I'm thinking so loud...""
<Jacksons.Must.Not.Fear - Reveal.Mind.Towards.High.Priestess>
Appearing between them, a galaxy full of stars started to float around them...
""Wha...""
The galaxy started closing in on them, zooming faster and faster to a certain point, flying past various stars, suns, nebulas and other phenomical bodies of space. As their surrounding moved past them, Robert could even feel the heat of the suns as they past by them - The speed was remarkable...
He was too surprised to even say a word - Astonished by the view - It was pure fear and astonishment at the same time that overwhelmed any reaction while moving past the majestic objects ...
He was sure that nobody would believe what he is just going throught - that is, if he should ever survive to tell this "adventure". Again, he turned over to the High-Priestess, who constantly was staring at him - Her face did not change a bit.
The movement started to slow down, focusing on a certain star system.
A double-star system...
One sun was a burning red star of pure energy - Red streams surrounded it, constantly trying to escape the core, always pulled back into the center.
The other sun was a white-blue star - more intense and pure than the red one... This star was definately more violent in energy than it's partner. Robert was forced to put his hand infront of his face in order to protect his eyes from the pure light...
The flight was slowing more and more down, passing a gas-giant and a smaller one...
Behind these two, he could see the destination of their "galactic ride"... A planet, roughly the same size of Earth, with three moons orbiting appeared from the edge of the gas-giant, as they float by. It's atmosphere shimmered in a beutiful green, shining like a green smaragd...
<We.Meltraedi.Keh'Tal.Come.From.Distant.Part.Of.The.Core.. . We.Meltraedi.Keh'Tals.Are.Ancenstral.Race.Of.The.Protoculture.Masters... Our.Presence.Now.Is.The.Mother.Ship.Qaul-Dranna-Ling.Is.Our.Last.Essencial. Of.The.Meltraedi.Keh'Tals... The.Meltraedi.Keh'Tals.Endeavors.Battle.Versus.Essence.Of.Zentraedi.and.Mel traedi.Clans.>
This seemed misleading for Robert... he asked, ""Your - Majesty... - What do you mean with Zentraedi and Meltraedi Clans? Do you mean that there are more of your kind out there? Aren't you Meltraedi equally those of Zentraedi AND the other Meltraedi?""
<Essence.Of.Jackson.Is.Correct.>
Robert guessed this planet was "Keh'Tal Prime", the home planet of the Meltraedis.
<Meltraedi.Keh'Tals.Is.Of.A.Clan.Of.Meltraedis... Other.Essences.Of.Meltraedi.Clans.Exists... Zentraedi.and.Meltraedi.Clans.Endeavors.Blood.Battle.For.Many.Galactic.Cycl es... We.The.Meltraedi.Keh'Tal.Of.Keh'Talis.Third.Endeavors.Harmony.And.Peace... The.Others.Endeavors.War.And.Destruction...>
His eyes widened as they moved towards the other side of the planet...
Various numbers occurred on the dark side - Many large "spots" on the planet's surface were burning bright... Lines of energy could be seen... Energy beams... Again, explosions... It was a raging battle in space, in high orbit above "Keh'Tal Prime" - A group of Meltraedi Mechas flew past their position, blazing a hail of beam-fire upon other targets and a gigantic orbital station.
Robert could not believe the countless numbers of explosions...
Suddenly, a long bright and thick beam struck through the station the side of the gigantic hulk, tearing one part from it totally away - swallowing many Meltraedi Keh'Tal Mechas as well... Hundreds of sparks, debris and other shredded parts spreaded everywhere. Among all the explosions and burning sections, a long and majestic vessel started to escape from the torn hull... streaming through the fire, along with other smaller vessels and even smaller units of Meltraedi Mecha formations.
<Qual-Dranna-Ling.Is.Of.Last.Essencial.Of.Meltraedi.Keh'Ta ls...>
Many pictures flew past them, showing imaginated images of many Meltraedis... Warriors, Defenders... and the Helpless... He could hear many voices... struggeling for their lives... Howling shouts of Meltraedi Mechas before being shot down... One picture showed a Meltraedi holding another one in her arms... holding a dead Meltraedi, which had pale blue eyes - laying livelessly in her hands...
He covered his ears, but it was impossible to overhear the cry of their lost lives...
It was sure now - The "Qual-Dranna-Ling" Mothership and it's small fleet was the last of it's dying race...
Before it was about to be struck by a beam, the fleet escaped through a desperate hyperspace jump... Leaving it's homeplanet for ever...
<During.Of.Last.Two.Cycles - Qual-Dranna-Ling.Is.Of.Captivity.Inside.Fek'Invidias.Marxleha.Trialis.Durin g.Deep.Space.Purge...>
Robert's eyes widened once more as he saw an imaginative image appearing between them, showing what exactly happened... Judging the words of the High-Priestess and the images:
The "Qual-Dranna-Ling" Mothership was indeed the last hope of their race...
As the images went by, Robert could see that the Mothership must have had a dangerous journey across the the quarter of the galaxy. He could see that no matter how many jumps they did - no matter how many times they either fended off their pursuers or hid behind gas-giants, nebulas and other vast and hazzardous field - they were always followed and on the run...
Surviving and fighting for their lives was not easy... but although the odds were always against them, the "Qual-Dranna-Ling" proven itself as a very tough ship with a very experienced crew. It has sustained much damage,"battlescars" and a lot more punishment - but it survived. The Mothership did seem just reliable as the SDF-1 itself...
Although they were still fighting their way through the vast battlefields in space, their situation did seem to get better... untill a certain day.
During an intense battle, they were forced to do another overcharged hyperjump - This time, however, things went wrong. Three heavy cruisers of the hostile pursuing Meltraedi were on their tail - All three were heavily damaged...
One last charged beam was fired upon the "Qual-Dranna-Ling" during the last step of the hyperjump... Fortunately, they managed to complete the jump... Unfortunately, the beam pierced through the rear part of the Mothership, damaging it's primary power core severely.
Although it was possible to keep their hyperjump profile online, they were forced to stay in hyperspace - If they would have departed from hyperspace, they would be sitting ducks and it would only take a matter of time until their pursuers would have found their trail again...
As the ship flew guidelessly through hyperspace, Robert suddenly saw an gigantic biomechanical object closing in from behind - "swallowing" the Mothership whole...
It's was the beast caught and lurking in hyperspace that completely swallowed them away.
Again, the voice of Meltraedi High-Priestess spoke:
<For.172.Solaric.Years.The.Meltraedi.Essence.Fight.Against .The.Purging - .The.Meltraedi.Keh'Tals.Essence.Is.Of.A.Force.Of.Willing.Warriors.And.Heroi nes... Empaths.and.Rogues....Defending.Those.Of.Weak.Essence... Alone... I.High.Priestess.Of.Meltraedi.Keh-Tal.Must.Purify-Uphold-Secure.Essence.Of. All... Or.All.Will.Prevail.To.Destruction.And.Doom...>
Floating around, Robert started to think, making his mind work... The images of the galaxy started to change... slowly showing mixed images of the Earth, the SDF-1, the Zentraedi attackers and other events throughout his lifetime onboard... The same thoughts of Robert's imagination...
After concentrating on one image, the others started to clear up as well...
As he spoke, each image started showing the brief pictures of the past...
Some flashed in the time when Robert was looking up into the night-sky seeing a comet-looking beam entering the Earth's atmosphere... others showed images of the Zentraedi attack during the SDF-1's first take-off and misfold...
""High-Priestess, you are not alone... I'm a Human Being from this *points ahead* planet - This is where the SDF-1 crashed landed, many years ago... A gigantic space ship of for us unknown heritage... After re-establishing the Fortress, Earth was attacked by the Zentraedi... I do not know their pure intension - nobody really does - but it must have something to do with the SDF-1... Nevertheless, the SDF-1 was also attacked by the so-called Invid - It also swallowed nearly half of ship... Now, it is attacking 'our city' and the 'essence' of us... Hmm, that is all I can say about our story, for short - Um, your majesty...""
The images slowly started to vanish...
A cold shiver drifted past him...
<What.Equals.Jackson.And.Hu'mans.Of.Invid -Equals.For.Meltraedi.Keh'Tals.As.The.Purging... The.Purging.Is.Threat.Among.All - Threat.Among.All.Zentraedi... Threat.Among.All.Meltraedi... The.High.Priestess.Grants.And.Wishes.Jacksons.Essence.To.Seek.Assistance.Fr om.Jacksons.Warriors.And.Heroines...Essence.Of.Meltraedi.Keh'Tal.Must.Preva il...>
""Whoa whoa, wait a minute, your highness... Actually, none of them are under my command or so - and most of them are just normal people like myself... We do not possess powers such as... as... this mind-thing - We've only started understanding the main sense of Proto- Protus... Protoss - I really can't remember...""
<Essence.Of.Jackson.Proven.Himself.As.A.Worthy.And.Honorab le.Warrior.Of.Hu'mans... Na'mea-Xio.Is.Primary.Princess.And.Last.Pure.Keh'Tal... She.Is.Our.Last.Hope.When.The.High.Priestess.No.Longer.Exists... The.Purging.Endeavored.Hidden.Attack.On.Her.Essence.And.Her.Sentinel.Guardi ans... All.Guardian.Essences.Upon.Her.Side.Were.Ended...>
"She's a ... Princess???"
<If.The.Warrior.Jackson.Have.Not.Exist- Na'meas'.Essence.Would.Have.Been.Vanished... The.Qual-Dranna-Ling.Noticed.Negative.Prensence.Of.Hyperspace.And.The.New.G rounds...>
The High.Priestess' eyes were constantly green - not even blinking - The pure color was shimmering through the darkness as they floated...
<The.High.Priestess.Understands... Jacksons.Essence.Seeks.Wisdoms...>
""How is it possible for the Meltraedi to survive so long? I mean, 200 years is quite a long time - How can the Meltraedis 'reproduce' themselves without male-Meltraedis...?""
Seconds past...
<En'dinia.And.Na'mea-Xio.Will.Endeavor.And.Clear.All.Of.Ja cksons.Queries...>
""What do you mean... Wha-?""
***sudden bright flash***
Robert was back into the royal throne-room, still on his knees - next to Na'mea and En'dinia still bowing towards their Priestess... The High-Priestess herself was floating in front of Robert
- Not loosing her sight from him, she slowly floated back into her throne...
<En'dinia.And.Na'mea-Xio.Will.Endeavor.And.Clear.All.Of.Ja cksons.Queries...>, her voices repeated...
Both Na'mea and En'dinia lifted themselves - Robert as well... and slowly walked back towards the main doors of the gigantic throne-room... His thoughts were totally de-arranged after the High-Priestess 'left' his mind, a pure deja-vû feeling, as they all walked out the throne-room - with the guardians following them...
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