She took a deep breath, steadying herself, her anger still seething beneath her gorgeous complexion.

To her right a voice spoke out to the rest of the assembled group of nine.

??? : "And how would you propose we do this then? I have only seen you shoot down ideas so far Vincenza. You have done nothing to aide our progress... Quinn, what are your opinions on our next actions?"

Quinn : " I... have no input Elaina... We can only wait..."

Vincenza : "That is wrong... soooooo very wrong... Quinn, you and I both know that there are many MANY more options available to us. We wield far more power then we have been using and we could achieve better results if we simply used it!!!"

They all looked at her, slight agitation in their eyes at her incessant complaints.

??? : "As much as I hate to admit it... she might be right..."

They all looked to the source of the voice.

Standing in the open doorway was a woman with a child hiding behind her long dress. The woman was tall and beautiful, in the late stages of pregnancy, and appeared to be in her early twenties. The child was young, appearing to be around six years old.

Vincenza : "This truly is odd, to have the mighty and prestigious Reyna agree with me. I wonder if I have done something incorrect?"

Reyna : "No... You are not incorrect. The approach we have adopted until this point has been lukewarm at best. Surely you all wish to accomplish our task as soon as possible, and I for one cannot sit idly by while there is a threat at our doorstep!"

??? : "Yes mother, while I do agree, I stand beside aunty Quinn's opinion that other then wait we can do nothing...." One of the males in the group spoke up.

He was remarkably handsome, with an age around seventeen. He stood at about six foot one, and had dirty blond hair with blue eyes.

Another man, to the first man's right, spoke up at the first man's comment.

This second man had similar looks to the first man, but was slightly shorter and appeared slightly older, around nineteen or so, with a slightly more filled out body.

??? : "Raytan certainly you do not simply accept this outcome for what it is? Do you not require an explanation on the recent events? Will you stay here and bicker with our aunts while our father is missing?"

Raytan : "We are not currently in a position to aide him Salazar! Have you forgotten that we cannot even track the disruption, let alone follow it?!?!"

At that point a voice spoke up, silencing the bickering of the two brothers. A new woman walked into the room. The oldest of them all, appearing to be in her early thirties. At her appearance the circle all bowed their heads and widened the circle to accommodate her.

Behind the new addition one other person could be seen, a young daughter, roughly age nine, trailing behind her mother.

??? : "That may not be correct...I have been experimenting with a stabilization device which my husband was helping me with. I believe that I may have been able to create a working prototype..."

At the words of the woman everyone in the room was stunned. What she had proposed was deemed nigh on impossible not that long ago in the forums of information and theory.

Vincenza : "This prototype... how sure are you?"

Quinn : "Watch your tone Vincenza..."

Quinn bickered a bit from the side, as she shot a glance at the feisty woman who had just discarded all decorum in the presence of their leader.

??? : "I do not mind Quinn, this is a matter of urgency and the master of the house is away. We have no strangers here, and in my husbands eyes we are all equal, therefore I take no offense.:

Reyna : "Lady Hera... I am afraid I must also breach conduct; What you claim is difficult to accept in its entirety... Especially considering the fact that our husband has been... unable to help you... for a while. This would imply that before he chose to leave us you were well along in your research..."

Hera : "Yes, we reached a critical juncture in our research which required time to decipher. He and I set up a computer system to simulate endless amounts of scenarios and left it running. A few hours ago the simulation stopped, bringing forward a solution. I have spent the last few hours on this..."

She said, as she held up a small loop, the size of a bracelet. The bracelet was pitch black, with rainbow lines running along it, each one never maintaining the same color for more then a few moments before swapping to a different hue

Vincenza : "You mean to tell me that this can replicate the liquified quanta which the Maximar's use for their transportation?"

Hera looked at her for a moment before shaking her head regretfully.

Hera : "Not quite, at least, not yet. For now all it does is ride the previously created tunnel to the original destination. Although I do not know how accurate it is, nor if its stable enough to put into use yet, I can assure you that given time all variables can be eliminated from the scenario and we can use it to track down my husband."

The little girl behind her tugged on her skirt, prompting Hera to look down. Her previously stoic face bloomed into a massive smile and her cheeks gained a rosy hue to them as she glanced at her young daughter.

Daughter : "Mommy, are we going to meet Daddy?"

Hera : "Yes dear, it won't be long now before you see your father again."

Vincenza : "Lady Hera. May I inquire upon who you shall send through the portal to recover our husband?"

Hera paused a moment, looking up from her adorable daughter. She gently nudged her daughter in the direction of the small child hiding behind Reyna, telling her to go play while the adults talked. A moment later the smaller children left the room. It was after this that Hera's face grew emotionless once more, and she turned the Vincenza who had waited patiently this entire time, along with the rest of the group.

Hera : "This is still open for discussion. As is when we use it." She looked around again, locking eyes one by one with every person in the room and noting their expressions.

Vincenza : "I-"

Reyna : "Please allow me Lady Hera."

Hera turned to glance at Reyna, and a moment later her emotionless face turned to anger.

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Hera : "You would endanger his child?"

Her words were calm and quiet but filled with boundless rage; a rage which would drown out even the hate which the Stratovians held toward the Maximars. Reyna, upon seeing this, kept her calm appearance and continued on.

Reyna : "No madam, I am to give birth before the timer hits 0:00. It is after this grace period , and after the birth that I was planning on making the move. Because of the technology and risk involved I accounted for a 100 cycle grace period, which matched perfectly with my birth and the Timer set by the Primus of the Origin Galaxy."

Upon seeing that the decision was based off of sound reason Hera's anger faded slightly but she still turned away from Reyna, glancing instead at the three remaining women in the room.

Hera : "100 cycles is too long for me. I am planning to move within ten. Now... The rest of you..."

She paused, then corrected herself.

Hera : "No, that is incorrect. Quintus, Raytan, Salazar, Victoria, Qadira, Kendra. You all may leave."

Victoria : "But moth-"

Hera glanced at her daughter and said with a smile so cold in origin that it caused the recipients to shiver unconsciously.

Hera (with a fake smile) : "I will not endanger my husbands children. Please leave."

At her words, the recipients could do nothing and left slightly downhearted.

A few moments later only five people were in the room.

Hera glanced around again, making sure she had everyone's complete attention.

Hera : " Reyna, Vincenza, Elaina, and Quinn... You are all my husbands wives. As such you have equal standing in this conversation. With the exception of Reyna who is pregnant, one of us must go and save him. Now, state your opinions on this matter."

Vincenza : "I... wish to go."

Quinn : "While I dislike the uncertainty of the plan, I agree with Vincenza."

Elaina : "As do I."

Hera turned to Reyna.

Hera : "Although you cannot participate as a candidate I assume you share the same opinion as your fellow sisters."

Reyna : "I do. Vincenza is the perfect candidate for this with the doctored timeline. As I myself cannot participate, a more aggressive approach and a more aggressive person would be the prime choice to go through the portal first. Her telekinesis is also very strong. I have complete confidence that Vincenza can handle whatever needs to be handled on the other side of the portal."

Hera nodded and turned the Vincenza.

Hera : "Lady Vincenza Scylax. As a Wife of High Primus Ajax Scylax, who is currently unable to defend himself, the council of his wives is sending you to aide him in recovery and be his shield until such a time as he no longer requires it. Do you accept this duty."

Vincenza bowed before Hera and the other three.

Vincenza : "As a wife of Ajax Scylax I accept this responsibility in its entirety."

Hera's face broke from its expressionless appearance into a small smile.

Hera : "Good. Be prepared in four days. When the count down on the timer hits cycle 90 we shall activate the ring to transport you roughly to the other side. You will not be in the exact spot as he was transported, as we are simply piggybacking on the signal. The gate will only last for a few moments and you will likely be unable to return through it unless you receive Ajax's help in repairing the device.

You are likely to meet heavy resistance from the Maximar's on the other side of the portal should that truly be its origin. In the event of such an outcome please, return safely... My husband loves all his wives very much, and it would pain him as well as his children should one of us perish."

Vincenza nodded solemnly and then the group dispersed, each one preparing for the events ahead.

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Yay! stuff happening back in our universe (they are separate universes, not just galaxies in case you were wondering.)

v-- Its back!! A small one about tech levels this time

Spoiler :

Stratovians classify civilizations by tech tiers.

Tier 0 is everything from an asteroid up to the base of tier one

Tier 1 = Beginning of industrialization and civilization. IE steam power, factories and stuff like that, as well as large scale exploration.

Weapons are generally hand to hand here

Tier 2 = Just getting into the "digital" age. IE starting space travel and a more "advanced" society.(this is where we are now)

Weapons are starting to get into larger destruction, such as an atom bomb

Tier 3 =  Expanding out among the stars (this is anywhere from 2 planets to several thousand) The peak of tier 3 is FTL transportation IE a hyperdrive or something

Weapons here generally affect planets (the deathstar would be a tier 3 technology)

Tier 4 = Anything really over the top like Maximar tech or others... (the gateway which was used on Cornelius was a tier 4 technology.) These civilizations are generally massive, spanning several galaxies. There have only been an incredibly small number of tier 4 civilizations ever to exist. (the Stratovian genocide weapons are tier 4)

These weapons affect entire solar systems or more in their effect

Tier 5 = This is the Stratovians and the Maximars. This tech level entails anything that essentially breaks the universe. None of this has been revealed (yet) and when it does it leaves a large impact (on the universe as a whole, not just a galaxy)

Well, actually, the swarm (both of them) is a tier 5 technology. So I guess some have been revealed right? Not in the story though, just in the back-story.

Anyway, hope that cleared a bit up...

Cough cough... on to other things

(my league is being stupid and wont let me log in the first time. It just has a discon error and crashes, but only on my main account. My smurf works just fine. I dont get it >.> League is just stupid I guess?)

Oh ya, the window...

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