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Topic Started: Apr 10 2015, 03:24 PM (156 Views)
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Durve Rae has done the impossible—he has formed an alliance with The Razziel. Whether he manipulated them or bribed them, the whole war-bound race is now held tight in his greedy hands. While having hid away in the shadows of space for so long, getting ready to strike, it was now time. His first target were the otherwise peaceful Nuujlou. In but a day, he wiped out their population, though if any managed to escape, they aren't making their presence known out of fear of being completely extinguished. The horrendous act was kept unnaturally quiet, and as the fearsome-marked ships of The Razziel appeared above their next target, confusion was quick to sprout alongside it. Their target was the home world of the Galactic Leadership. What resulted was pure devastation. Though the GL's forces were indeed strong, The Razziel cut through their defenses like it were nothing but air. With no regards to the innocent life on that world, nothing, and no one, was spared. This raid took but a few days, a few days in which the Galatic Leadership were unable to send out transmissions for help to deployed admiral's and their fleets--not even Lila Rae's command.

By the time a fleet showed up to investigate the suspicious silence, it was far too late. Hardly anything remained, a once thriving world of life and technologies, and the relative galatic peace it had kept under belt, destroyed. With chaos blossoming in cosmic arrays, they reach out to those the GL had not been able to...





( Astral Realm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG_YjXCQ-vI&list=UU26zQlW7dTNcyp9zKHVmv4Q )

It was a strange, if not fascinating, place. Everywhere the star light touched the shadowed world, it glimmered in faint, jealous reflection. It was a desert plain with massive rock structures that pierced at the twinkling sky, without a breeze, with hardly a sound, but lacked the annoying buzz one would usually get in the absence of noise. The main attraction was a glimmering pool of water in the center, in which all the jutting boulders were facing. Most of the rock held a swirled design, deep set with minerals that hinted at dark, aluring purples and browns, but the silver of the distant moons and stars washed out their potential, locking the plains in perpetual saturation. What stood out most, though, were the people. Sitting by the pond, on the sand or massive boulders, resided young men and women of several different races. All of them were gazing upwards toward the moons and stars. Once in a great while, one of them would let out a mournful cry, tears glistening down their cheeks before they simply vanished. None of the others seemed to notice. None of them seemed to realize where they were, or what they were doing there. That is, all but one.

A girl with long, flowing blond hair seemed unaffected by the plains of saturation at her feet. She sighed softly, blue eyes peering at the souls who's destinies she wanted to badly to help. But she couldn't do it alone. This timeline had a horrible, painful ending, and she couldn't just stand by and let it happen. The webs secreting from this timeline effected far too many other timelines to 'let things go'. Despite others like her, she was willing to take the risk to do what she could to help.

But she wasn't sure how. She wasn't from the timeline that needed help, and if she even so much as stepped into it, the results could be far more catastrophic. Ah, but there was someone who could do what needed to be done, a man with the gift of time solidified by a god. A spectacle among her kind, she felt guilty bringing him into this, but it needed to be done. He was everything this dimension needed to change all the rest. With a gentle sigh, she waved her hand, and sent out a 'signal' to the man. A part of him would be tugged into this realm, just like a part of her was. Mimix waited, then turned gracefully as the taller human appeared just a few strides behind her, along the waters edge.

"Meive Kurnam," she said, raising a hand in greeting, and to show she meant no harm. But at once, the other youth would feel she was spun with the gift of time, as well, but from a place far different than he. "I am Mimix, a Guardian of Time. We have much to discuss, and I'm sorry for, literally, dragging you away from whatever you were doing."




"Meive? Meive!"

Lila wasn't sure what had happened. They had been cooking in the kitchen when, out of the blue and right in the middle of a sentence, the man had dropped to the floor. She knelt by him and checked his pulse, but it was so slow it was hardly there. Fighting down panic—and failing—she had no choice but to take his wrists and drag him out of the kitchen, down the hallway, and turn down the wider hall that lead to the medic wing. She managed to somewhat neatly get him up onto the bed, and realized too late she could have activated the stretcher to come into the kitchen and help her. Arranging him so that he was comfortably on his back, she activated the body scan, and the thin bar dropped from the ceiling, and she stood back as it started at his head and went down, heart still hammering as the scimatic screen popped up to show and speak the results.

"Male patient appears to be in a coma, with a slight concussion, but no other outstanding issues. Blood sugar levels normal, heart rate is—"

"How can someone just drop into a coma?" she insisted at the machine, trying again to keep calm, but it had been so sudden and unsettling, she couldn't help but be a bit scared.

"Reason unknown. Perform deep scan?"

"Yes," Lila breathed, running a hand through her long, curly hair as she took in a deep breath. It was nearly seven 'oclock at night, and the island's small hospital was almost too far away to summon their services if it couldn't be accomplished here in the medic wing. Her panic, however, had unleashed a surge throughout most of the beach house. Whatever was cooking on the stove overheated, and began to burn. Appliances buzzed and sparked, lights flickered unsteadily.

"Warning, warning! Fire detected! Please leave the kitchen and adjoining areas. Please leave the kitchen and adjoining areas."

"Overload detected in medic wing. Please be patient as the problem is corrected."

"Blast it," the woman muttered, and with a flick of her hand, sealed the medic room door shut before any smoke could reach them. As the bar hovered frozen over Meive's head, she took in several deep breaths until her usual calm self surfaced once more. The bar hummed to life again and continued its scan, and in her mind, could detect the fire situation being handled in record time in the kitchen, though its power grid was forced to shut down as any and all appliances within that ran on it were shorted and now dangerous to touch.

Whoops.

"So much for a flawless vaction," she said out loud as she looked down at Meive, and crossed her arms with a sigh. They had a week left of time to themselves, an earlier arrangement they had made after their last adventure in space. A month (or two) off before she got too antsy and had to return to her work, her ship, and the calling space naturally gave her. Before that, however, she had taken the time to set up her very own fleet as Meive arranged the vacation details. Making the ships had been the easy part; administering captains and crew had taken a few weeks. But not only was her mind well equiped to manage it, she had the help of many friends to smooth out the details. Then she had finally retreated for some well-sought after time off, cut off from conflict, appraisals, anything that could disturb or distress their vacation.

Until today, that is. Meive's sudden collapse was just the tip of the ice berg as the house's automative features struggled to fix what she had managed to accidentally disrupt, and she was suddenly being hailed by her phone clip. "Urgent, urgent, urgent message! Please respond, as this has been flagged urgent. Urgent, urgent, urgent message! Please respond, as this has been flagged urgent. Urgent, urgent..." Feeling a sudden bought of dread, which she made sure to not translate as any kind of energy wave that would possibly overload things again, she took the frantically talking clip from her pocket and attatched it to her ear. "To Admiral Rae of Galatic Leadership; this is an urgent message. Please state your name for identifaction for voice recognition."

"Admiral Lila Rae," she said clearly.

"This is –we—Galatic Leadersh-- ---" Static and fuzz ate the rest of the message, and the woman sighed. She'd call them back as soon as Meive was okay. Why did everything had to dump on them at once?
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Meive felt a strange wave of dizziness wash over him as he spoke to Lila. And the moment he blinked, he stood paralyzed as he tried to grasp the dramatic change in surroundings. His emerald eyes looked around until they settled on the beautiful young woman before him. Her crystal blue eyes watched him patiently, allowing him a moment or two to process everything.

Oddly enough he found this strange land around him familiar, as it reminded him of the memories and visions Cel and Leviathan had past on of their home...which was now a wasteland. The thought of Cel stung, his heart twisting for the briefest of moments until the woman now known as Mimix spoke.

Furrowing his eyebrows, he swallowed what she said a little slow. A Guardian of Time, eh? I am going to need to speak with Leviathan about this if...when I get back. He was slightly annoyed for a multitude of reasons...but he pushed back the urge to be rude and instead decided it would be best to inquire and worry about the nuisances later. Can I really say that I’m surprised?

“So, Lady Mimix, you are the Guardian of Time, since I have not seen you nor did Kronus ever mention you during the Cornerstone, I am to assume you are the Guardian of Time perhaps of a different timeline...an alternate dimension...or?” He raked his fingers through his auburn hair and took a deep breath. This was going to be another interesting adventure. He could feel it. But he’d bearly had enough time to recover from the last one. To even grieve. Which brought his thoughts to Lila. Shit, what happened to her? Does she have any idea what’s on?

“Wait, what about the woman I was with, Lila, what happened when I was pulled away? Does she know, or did you just leave her there with nothing?” His annoyances were beginning to grow again, and if it get better soon, he might just have a slip of the tongue...and he really didn’t want to be rude.
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Mimix smiled. Hey, at least he was decently good looking--not that she was interested in that way. She never had time for such leisure. She mentally kicked herself for the time pun, as usual. She blink when he asked of another woman, and looked a bit sheepish. "I'm afraid I had no way of knowing for this first contact, Meive. In the future, you can choose when to heed my call. But if this woman was with you, then she would have witnessed you passing out, possibly. Or just staring blankly ahead. I really am sorry for that inconvenience," and she was, as a hand came up to gently curl and twist a portion of her long hair.

"I've heard of Kronos, but never had the honor of meeting him myself. I'm from a completely different timeline and planet, where we have The Amalgamate, the alliance between three planets--Lostar, Earth, and Cavros, and a fourth to come, Moira. In your timeline, the amalgamate never came to be, but there is still potential for it, or so says the line that webs up to this one." With a slight wave of her hand, their surroundings changed at once. They were standing in darkness, on darkness, almost as if they were floating but it was solid underfoot. Once they turned, there was, as far as the eye could see beyond and side to side, thin blue lines that shot forever forward into the darkness. Mimix pointed to the one directly before them, a thicker one, with smaller electric-blue lines leading up to it.

"Here is your current time line, and I'm afraid that it leads to such a disaster I couldn't just unsee it. In a way, your Earth is partially my responsibility, but because there is no Amalgamate yet, my direct interference could do unnecessary damage. However, things are already in motion for the worse." And just like that, they were back to the saturated plains, where the shadowed figures continued to look up to the stars and moons. "I know it's a lot to take in all at once, and you've barely had rest from what befell you and your companions before." She really was sorry for that, and it showed in her honest eyes. "The man known as Durve Rae has the warbound group, The Razziel, under his control. The Nuujlou have all but been wiped out, and your Galatic Leadership has been destroyed. The flames of war are spreading throughout the stars, Meive, and it will be upon you very soon."

Her now very sad eyes went to the beings sitting about them on the sand and rocks. "These people are beings like you and your friends, Meive, that were born with unnatural powers thanks to Durve's meddling. Their lives are being sought after, and destroyed once Durve runs out of use for them. I can't tell you every detail you need to know, but I can coax you in the right direction. And right now, that direction is a planet called Sovonse, where several of the Terrans are being held captive. Saving them would put a serious hitch in Durve's plans."
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Meive was listening, but his emerald eyes were squeezed closed. The annoyance that had been burrowing in his chest had manifested into anger. Now, pure frustration was tearing at his calm demeanor as he couldn’t help what this woman’s words would mean. So, again I must leave my home behind. I...I’ve already lost so much time with Tara...when will it be enough. When will I have the chance to care for her and watch her grow?

He would do as she said. He knew he would...but, being forced into another predicament like this was pushing his limits of sanity. And then it clicked. Something inside snapped, and it all made sense. He would not be privileged to have a normal life. He would not get the chance to watch his baby sister grow up. This realization was gut wrenching.

Opening his eyes, Meive looked up at Mimix, her words sinking into his quickly numbing brain. The name Durve Rae sent signals through him, his eyes narrowed, as an entirely different feeling of anger filled him.

“Wait...Durve? What the fuck, I thought he was gone. We had managed to get him so good about 5 years ago.” Things were getting out of control. Now, after what seemed like a lifetime ago, Durve was managing to come back to life. He was coming back to haunt them. Which meant that he would no doubt probably make an attempt for Lila too, “Lila, the woman I spoke about before...she is his daughter. Is she in danger? And the rest of us, Durve captured us, is there any chance he will be on the hunt to try and get us now? Especially since we are the Cornerstones now?”

Life was spiraling out of control and Meive was struggling to keep control of it. And then there was the Razziel. Which instantly meant Raz was going to be involved. Gods, they just couldn’t catch a break for anything. Not even now that Raz was a father. Again, he closed his eyes and this time he began to rub his temples.

“Do they know? Do either of them know how fucked it all is? And that we are about to get dragged into something devastating again?”

He was pissed...no beyond that. He was enraged. He knew that it wasn’t entirely Mimix’s fault, but he still blamed her...just a little. As his gaze looked around at the people around them, he knew he would do everything in his power to stop it from happening to more of them. If he could keep Aeya, Tara, Mikke, Kita and One safe, than it wouldn’t matter. He would give up his life for it. He would resign himself to being a tool to be used for their protection.

Sovonse it is. Please let things work out, Li, please be okay with through this.
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Mimix was silent as she let the man partially vent, because it was her fault, in a way. However. "Meive, no one but you actually knows at the moment. Had I not had you come here, if I had ignored this coming devastation, then you would be too late, for everything. Now, you need to get back. You can't summon me to you, but now that you've been here once you can always come back here to meet me again if you need to, and I'll do what I can to help. I really am sorry, but there was only hope in this variable, being informed and aware. But I can offer good news; Durve has, currently, no power to take or directly harm you and the rest of your Cornerstone friends. The flames of this war won't reach them on Earth for some time if they stay where they are now. I'm sorry I can't answer more questions presently." The blond girl waved her hand, and Meive began to vanish. Before he faded completely, she offered a nod that probably wouldn't help him at all, but it was full of all the good luck she could actually give.

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Twelve hours ago, armed squadrons forced their way into specific homes, using a tazer or gas on those that stood in their way of their goal; to kidnap the sister of Mieve and the wife and baby of Raz...


They had dropped through the skylight of their home without warning, crashing down in a shower of glass and confusion. The last thing Raz could remember was getting surrounded and tazerd, more than once, and from different directions. As he fell and hit the floor, hard, his vision swam as he was helpless to catch a glimpse of his small baby and Aurora being taken away, grabbed and forced into a harness that pulled them back up through the skylight. Then his eyes closed.

Twelve hours later he stirred, his body one huge cramp. It didn't stop him from sitting up, but he frowned, wondering why there was glass everywhere, and why he had little cuts everywhere that had since stopped bleeding but had dried blood on him just about everywhere. Then, suddenly, he remembered what had happened. His fury rose at once, his eyes misting with white. The bracelet on his left wrist flashed in warning, and he all but hissed as he felt a sharp prick in his wrist as the bracelet injected something right into a vein. In a matter of moments he was breathing more regularly, and his eyes returned to their ruby tones. Right, he had to think rationally. He looked around for something, anything, some kind of clue as to who could do this, but there was one. However, someone else might now. Clipping on an ear piece, he looked up through the skylight, where it had once been noon was now midnight. "Connect to Lila Rae."

"Connecting. Please hold as Lila Rae is informed, and enjoy the music.


Raz almost lost his cool again as the ever-corny waiting music came on. You'd think, after centuries and centuries of technological advancement, someone out there would have come up with something better than this crap. Well, the newer devices let you input music, so it was his fault for being cheap.

_____

"Call from contact; Razzi. Would you like to respond at this time?"

"Sure," Lila managed to say, wringing her hands in worry, as Meive hadn't woken up yet and she was trying to keep herself calm. She turned partially away, unaware now that Meive was finally starting to stir. "Raz? Woah, hey, calm down. Wait. What? Aurora and Jasmyne? Raz, Raz, breathe, alright? What do you mean they've been taken?"

"About twelve hours ago, some squadron dropped in through my skylight and tazered me down and kidnapped them. Exactly who they are, I really don't know!" his voice was loud enough to be heard in the room, as he was shouting from his end now, starting to loose it again.
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