We returned to Talos and went directly to the Pleiadeans pyramid located directly next to our own, we rushed up to see if we could find Evelyn and ask her about the black goo and to see if we were in some sort of trouble, we were unaware of.
We found her working away in the Genetics lab, across Talos.
“Hello Rinn family!” Evelyn said with genuine happiness.
“Hello, Evelyn!” Julie said as she gave her a hug.
“We have been out clearing out the forest of potential threats to our safety and in doing so we came across the Matah Kagami, who were friendly and helpful with a ton of relevant information. We then came across some low-level Rakes which we dispatched with relative ease. Then we were confronted by a MASTERAKE and three TERRORAKES. They supposedly came on behalf of Grand king din-a-ling Tessulon, the master bater of the universe. We heard his proposal which was basically give up and become slaves to the Draco and let humanity suffer under the rule of the “Mighty” Draco Empire. So, I blew up the heads of the TERRORAKES, and then the MASTERAKE informed me if I were to do the same to him, he had already implanted a spell in Hillary that would blow her up into a fine mist. After he escaped Hillary cast Aetheric Cleanse on the three of us and we proceeded to puke up black tar balls the size of a football. Any Idea what that was all about, I feel fine by the way.” I conveyed to Evelyn.
“You were in contact with a MASTERAKE?!? You say you threw up black balls of tar? Did you happen to save any of it?” Evelyn asked seriously.
“Yeah Evelyn, I put some in my ring where would you like me to put it? It’s not in a container.” Hillary volunteered.
“Eeeww, you saved some of that nasty shit? What else do you have in your storage ring? Come on! Seriously!!” I whined.
“Hillary please come with me.” Evelyn said.
We then moved across the lab to a large silver machine with two openings in the front and a place to receive a receipt looking piece of paper and there was a large digital screen on the left side near the back.
“This my friends, is a machine that breaks material down to its base parts and can even discern the intention behind the chemistry and Aether use to create anything Magickal be it a spell, a talisman, or even an alchemical compound. It's called THE JUDGE.
Evelyn put the mass of evil putrid muck into the opening in the top and let the tray inside close and the machine went to work.
It was a fairly silent process at first, then it sounded like it was being lasered or something like that, then it sounded like it went into a clothes dryer, then silence again. Then the receipt type paper came out, the digital screen showed the exact chemical make-up of the substance, and the bottom opening expelled onto its tray a bright red crystal.
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“Well, I guess the wait is over, the Aetheric report says Dark Magick, Intention was Tracking, and Chem report shows explosive Aether. So basically, this spell was set to lay dormant as a tracking beacon, then when and if it was discovered and you tried to remove it, it would explode and kill each of you and judging from the amount of explosive Aether laced into the spell anyone within 100 yards of you. It is quite impressive that your spell was powerful enough to combat the trap set for you. There is a skill crystal which will teach you the spell if you so choose. Though I think it may be of more benefit to your mother.” Evelyn reported.
“I suggest the three of you go up to your quarters, smoke some of your amazing cannabis, have a nice meal, take a hot shower, and get as much rest as possible. If you plan on going and exterminating the forest of an entire pack of Kanis Major you will need to be rested, sharp, and collected.” Evelyn added.
While we certainly couldn’t argue with her logic, we decided to go down to the gym and get a workout in before retiring to our quarters for the night.
Julie and spared with life size practice golems, she turned mine up to 11. I fought and then fought again and when I thought I had that fucker, he would escape, and I had to start my offensive from scratch. Julie also turned her dummy up to an almost unbearable level but of course she still made short work of her opponents. It was entertaining and also awe inspiring to watch my wife of decades carve through a practice dummy like she had been doing it all of her life. While I struggled to keep mine from beating me into submission.
It was nice to take a shower with my wife and unwind after such a rigorous and surprise filled days.
“Babe, we need to formulate a plan of attack tomorrow so we can wrap this up as soon as possible. We are going to need to start going out and looking for survivors who we can help and bring into the fold. I suggest we find another large space people can inhabit in an area we will have access to the inter-galactic teleportation array.” Julie shared with me.
“Lets focus on clearing out our immediate area and then we can revisit this discussion and start scouting out an area that is a bit more densely populated and has larger facilities for the remaining survivors. Honestly after looking at all of the services currently available, I’m looking at San Francisco as an Ideal location for restarting humanity, I also think we should consider setting up another site in a location further into the middle of our territory I’m thinking Denver. There is already a teleportation array located at the Armory. There is also a martial arts trainer located there, it’s close to Arizona and the Grand Canyon where there are archives and trainers. The city by the bay has a lot to offer as well, its in the middle of our Cannabis farms we have Carpinteria and Big Sur to the south. Santa Rosa, Weed, Ashland, Wilsonville, and Olympia to the north. We also have Lake Tahoe and Carson City to the east. San Francisco puts us in a centrally located area so we can make moves, if need be, it also puts us close to a number of services.” I finished.
Julie agreed we should talk about it in the morning, and we went to our quarters and went to sleep.
Of course, this is when Azor decides we need to talk about profound philosophical topics such as....
"Derrik, are you going to meet up with the other from your visions soon? I am sure that both Hillary and Julie are having the same visions during their sleeping hours. I think there is a greater reason you are all getting a glimpse of divinity. Even when I was at the peak of my power, I could not have so unobtrusively implanted the visions the three of you seem to be sharing. The entity who is meddling in your affairs may be doing so for your benefit, as I believe I know the source of the visions. But I dare not mention the name of said entity, until I am absolutely sure." Azor Finished.
And then I got to go to sleep...........