What can I do about that? Oh. I see all of our selves from all minute to minute. I’ll use all of them, from now until the 31st, in a bubble! A time bubble! Azure made it. Dromie helped her keep it!
Like time stopped for some of our selves and they appeared on the 31st, and—waited. And there in the middle of it was that goblin fella! He brought weapons to life and they exploded! Rentappenen's troops fell as he sent more.
Zheien from the Zheien Colony in Burial Chambers revived and joined the battle on Lisbaar.
Zheien Colony Of Lisbaar is on a new world in Alb. Some of the Burial Chambers went with ‘em, but not these. They feared to move the dead who participated in that battle, 50 years ago. People felt relatives’ minds and got sick on Lisbaar Alb!
Near the end of this battle, Gedda Dier realized Eriganh planted a weapon to destroy their world. She ported the Xchou and Escet Vuan troops to ships and out of range, but too late to port hers and others.
So many worlds—Esta Faho has the last weapons facility off Lisbaar, created at the end of the last Council war millennia ago! Mican is trying to get poisons—two Earthans are going to stop him and his Collective of the Black Cube Of War is under the facility, which will destroy it—but I ported the weapons to Lisbaar! I can’t port Ella and Farley?!
More Cubes. I showed Ry’nao where their Collectives were, whose side they were on. Kesi has one? I knew her in Rainbow.
Adia paled. Reached for Ryee’s hand. And, Laura’s. But, she made J~oie stay on the ship. They went into that yard. We all watched. Eriganh’s there. He’s shocked! He wasn’t going to--
Adia saw him, and ported. Raised the White Cube Of Light and a white beam shot out of it. A red one from his met it in the middle. But the white slowly moved towards the red!
Eriganh shook all over! He sent a shock wave towards Titan! But that—Ray traded for slaves from Snafanas on the 19th, and it made him furious! He tried to destroy it, but Ray stopped him. Half his Collective died! That blast went from here in this time bubble, into the past, because Rentappenen—but his Collective is dying in that battle on Rhaech! War erupted on a thousand worlds!
Ben gasped and held me. Show me what to do, Love, to help you!
I didn’t know! He couldn’t see enough of it—too fast for a Zheien with Zbbat telepathy?! Pirad can’t help me. Pinda’s busy—and if Rentappenen or Eriganh sees me, I’m toast! I felt his mind—but that Goblin fella, Dromie, distracted him.
“Molly! Why aren’t you on MarKu?” Ry’nao’s dismayed voice! I turned towards it. He was still lying in Ket’s lap, Kia had her hands on his head, and so did Suma and Deb! Their loud thoughts suggested they didn’t expect to be here, either! We’d all been in my meeting on MarKu!
“Something is happening here behind the Embassy! Here’s Vivian Dawson, live, to tell you about it!”
People moved as a body to this side of the ship. I put my hands on the red-violet hull and felt heat! Adia was holding the White Cube Of Light high! Ryee was behind her, staring at her opponent.
I felt sick!
Eriganh held the Red Cube Of Fire, and red light lost ground as white light from Adia’s Cube was two-thirds of the distance between them.
“As you can see, two people have weapons and are engaged in a struggle! I think the red side is losing. What this means for Earth, we don’t know. Military vehicles and troops are rushing to Elizabeth Street, and all cars have ported away to outside Atlanta City Limits as of 1 pm! Oh!”
A flash, and Eriganh lost hold of his Cube! It floated to the middle as Adia’s Cube met it, and they fell—the Red Cube floated into Ray’s hand.
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We saw it from the doorway of the one room clinic. Red and white flashes in the sky was like fireworks! Ryee fell into Laura’s arms. Adia collapsed.
Then a big purple flash, and it was just a pretty pink sunset. No clouds. “It’s over. Now can I do it? I’ll prove my loyalty to all of you!”
Another person threw purple light all over! His features and body changed constantly. “I am Wslarc. Yes, you should bring all of the civilizations back that you destroyed, but not any of your people. These people are contaminated by you. They must not set foot in Alb. Go and fight Rentappenen and bring my armies against him.”
“But, it’s over! He’s dead!” Dromie spread his arms out.
“Do not argue with me. Bring them forth in time to help defeat them. He is hiding in the past. You can find him and destroy the Cube Of Many Colors with your weapons.”
“I tried this in 1,897 timelines—”
“If you mean what you say, you will do this. Many more civilizations died in this fight, because you did not help. It is not allowed to destroy civilizations. As the last remaining of your species, you will take their penalty.”
“You won without me! Why should I die for you?” Dromie crossed his arms.
Granny touched his shoulder. “Dromie, you said you’d bring them back. You gave your word. A man’s word is his bond.” Lots of civilizations just here on Earth, and these were worlds and galaxies of people!
Dromie looked at her. Nodded slowly. “You don’t even know ‘em, but you love ‘em. Okay, Granny, I’ll go fight, for you, and for my family.” He vanished.
They ported to their bed, and Pas ported us in. “Oh, Molly, I wish you to heal them!”
“I’m ready!” My hands trembled as I put them on her head. She didn’t move. Her points were dark!
Ryee cried. “Ne, this cannot be!” Laura held him.
She felt his points and Pas stopped her. “Ne try to heal him. Molly must. If you heal, this reduces what she can give to him.” He wept. They’re Linked, so if she dies, he will. The fact that he was talking told me she’s not dead, even if she feels cold. They thought she was dead twice in those other memories. I wasn’t there.
I hummed, and warmth flickered in the points. There’s another healer here, Harmony, who feels points outside the head. So I lifted my hands—Voila! I found ‘em. I traced shapes that were pointy. Harmony worked to make ‘em round, so I did.
Not a quick process, but it didn’t take a lot of energy. I tagged Siadiasly and she came. Had her put her tentacles—she’s Zbbat—on Adia and Ryee. She added one on Laura’s head and petted her auburn waves, like you would a cat. She calmed down. I felt it through our Healer’s Link. Lots of healers, everyone on the ship, all the Ahstams in my colonies and the host on Zhea~.
I hummed and brought every healer on the ship into my head. Ben helped me. He’s got Eap helping him! Eap has the strongest, most skilled telepathy of any Zheien in the First, but his dad kept adding minds of his best diplomats to control it, including Peatabus, 1st Galaxy Minister and Cev, 7th Galaxy Minister. Like a super Ennead! So many minds! All following me! Don’t think, just heal.
Slowly, a dismal picture came into focus, all of Adia’s points at once. She couldn’t control the force of her White Cube, because Eriganh overloaded his Red Cube.
Because Ryee attacked him and damaged him. Eriganh’s secret weapon was clones of Ryee’s and Adia’s family, forced to fight with his Aryllans. Who projected all of the combined grief of events in Ryee’s life, and his ancestors’ lives. How could he get those?
Eriganh recorded ‘em as they happened. He’s 300 years old. Once they moved to Ye~, he had already taken over Erigan, who was a healer and knew how to enter people’s Inner Circles, where thought forms, to heal them. He tapped into Pas’ Inner Circle as he healed Zheien and used that knowledge to corrupt Zheien healing, healing that Zheien eagerly taught people on Kajar to save slaves. Their slaves.
All of it made me sick, but I kept going. I reached into Adia’s Cube and healed the survivors. Half of ‘em, clones of her and her family. Then I reached into Eriganh’s Cube. All of those survivors were also Adia’s and Ryee’s family. They just wanted to make amends, somehow.
Adia’s clone, Ay, took the White Cube. Now she can focus some of this energy.
Pas warned me not to do this, but they can help me save both of them! I kept on. Got tired fast. But, I saw futures. Their children will save the Council.
Ray used the Red Cube to try to undo some of the damage. She’s the new host. She defeated Satauuver and has the Blue Cube, but it’s weak and she needs these people to fight Rentappenen. Ray’s Collective is on Elshar Zheiea. They made a lot of others to fight Rentappenen. How’s she able to do anything? Realized I’m teaching her. Me, who never had a Cube?