Filename: FANA Author: Sandy Barbre Chapter One My world was so peaceful. Beyond any human understanding of peace. But we destroyed it, just as the humans of Earth are destroying their world. Maybe by going back and reviewing the memory tapes I can aid this world Earth; remember where we went wrong. It seems like only yesterday that we lived and functioned much like the Earthlings. Our worlds were similar; the air, the foliage, the mammals. But we were far more advanced in technology. We had developed lasers, phasers, computers that functioned just by giving a verbal or mental command; space travel. We had mastered it about one hundred and fifty years before we destroyed the surface. Of course at the time of the developments we were not a peaceful type civilization. Our people like a typhus, believing in total power and going after it, letting no one stand in our way. We had started developing cities beneath our planet's surface to sustain us in case of a war. I can't actually say we because I had not yet been made. It was my forefathers that started the underground cities. At the time our civilization was approximately thirty-three hundred years old. There was only one world power, with seven people in control of it all. I was raised underground, for the war had already occurred one hundred years prior to my existence. At the time of my arrival, Cloning had been well underway. Actual gestation time was seven hours. There were seven of us made out of the same basic genes. Why seven? Seven is the universal number. Our race totally revolved around the number seven in every aspect of life. I started schooling at the age of two. All seven that were cloned at the same time as I had the same core of learning. We learned the basics; mathematics, reading and writing. At age three we studied history, physics and biology. At age four, calculus, computers and administrative courses. It was the belief of my people that the young were capable of learning more and growing more if taught everything before the age of five. By age four I was already picked to be a computer analyst and had the knowledge of a twenty-four year old Earthling in the same career field. However you must understand that we were not human. At my birth, as you would call it, I was the size of an adult Earthling. By age seven we became part of the work force. Oh, I forgot, our teachers were computers. All the knowledge that we gained was from data that our ancestors had entered in the computers. Each computer had its own data and responded much like an Earthling teacher. Also understanding the fact that we had never experienced emotion, curiosity or any other human emotions, we accepted what we were taught and analyzed the information similar to the computers. You may wonder why we were never taught emotions. Basically it evolves around the fact that emotions are what destroyed our surface world. Greed and jealousy were the two biggest contributors. A little bit about the original surface world. The countryside was similar to the North American state called Maine. Mostly countryside. At least a lot of foliage. All persons were taught management type courses. All had businesses. All had as much as the other. The same. That's where the problems began. They all wanted more. They found that by stepping on their neighbors toes, they got ahead. At least that's how it started. But then when you have everything, you somehow seem to want even more. As humans I'm sure you can see that happening to your planet. We did not have as much water on our planet as you all do. About three- fourths of our world had land. The population was spread out very much. Communications were wide spread however. Life was just like clock work. You got up in the morning, turned on the monitor and was told your daily chores. Pertaining to your business of course. You were advised by your computer what the stats were and if there was a problem, how to correct it. Then every evening after the business was taken care of you turned on the monitor and the seven counselors advised you of daily stats and what duties were required of you for a better world. Of course, most of the people listened. Let me tell you how we came about into your world and why we are here. It all started..... Leaving my sleeping chamber I walk down the familiar hallway to the recreation room. As I enter the chamber I run into Miquel, my assistant. "Greetings Fana, where would you like to go to today?" "Miquel, let's go back to the time just before our surface world ended." We both walked over to a monitor as big as a movie screen and while I was getting seated Miquel plugged in the tape. Before us flashed a world that neither of us had known. It was so beautiful. The babbling brooks, the green foliage, a bright and brilliant sun. We watched as night fell. The stars so bright and clear in the sky. Our two moons shining brightly in the night sky. Such peace. We lay back in a lounge chair together and mind melded. We had the power to insert ourselves in this world and it was like living there...belonging there. We both laid out in the open field on a large rock looking at the stars and listening to the sound of the brook. We were content and totally at peace. "Miquel why couldn't we have lived at that time. Our world was so beautiful and so peaceful?" "Because it was not meant to be, Fana. Understand that what we are now is totally developed beyond that world. We have the power to transport ourselves there and enjoy it and not having to content with the problems that world faced." "I've listened to the tapes of that time and I know about the war but it could have been stopped." "It was meant to be. The war had to happen. It was a time of learning. A time to look back on and not make the same mistake again." Miquel replied. Somehow that wasn't enough for me. I know that our forefathers were power hungry and that is what eventually led to our destruction. We had peace movements and the like, but the ones in control refused to see it coming...did not want to hear that they would destroy the world. The cries for world peace were ignored. The top nuclear scientists and several others decided that they were going to build an underground world, the one that we now live in. The dissent mounted for forty years before the war came. The select few had worked on the inter city and now the underground was completed. It was said that the ten scientists and their families and approximately one hundred others from all phases of life were brought to the underground. Here they lived and taught and raised their own kind. Their intentions were to develop a race of loving and intelligent beings. A world totally void of any other emotion other than peace. They believed that it was emotions that were destroying the surface world; jealousy, envy, hate and the like. They knew of the war, mainly due to above ground surveillance and radio transmissions. Many years after the war my forefathers completed the perfecting cloning method and since then others like me were developed. Knowing no emotions. Doing jobs that we were intended for. So why was I feeling the strain of emotions that no others like me ever experienced? My realization of this was when all the trouble began. At this time Miquel looked at me strangely. "Fana, look not into the past but into the present. We are as one. That is what is so unique. There is no pain in this world as in the past. There are a lot of advantages now." I had forgotten that my thoughts could be his thoughts and that when we wanted we could read each others mind. There were seven of us children in our group. We were all trained together, grew together and basically all in all had the same looks, marks, thoughts and actions. The only thing separating us was our work. We each had our own specialty. I went back into the outside world again with Miquel and as we were laying on the rock underneath the stars I longed to be there forever. I could feel Miquel wanting the same thing. Neither of us had been taught any emotion what so ever and during the past two years and working close together we had began to develop a oneness with each other. We lay there enjoying the passing scenery as though we were living out a movie about nature and its beauty. As the tape ended Miquel stirred out of his trance like state and looked at me with a longing that I had never seen or known before. "Time to get back to work." Miquel said. Yet I could sense that there was going to be a discussion later about my thoughts and that it would be to my advantage. We left the recreation room and headed to our work area. Walking through the hallway I tried to capture his thoughts and was unable to because he was blocking. We reached the inside of the work area and begin our duties. "Greetings, Fana and Miquel and where have you two been hiding? The system went down and we lost partial data." Orisis stated. Orisis was one of our seven and was very close to Miquel and myself as was Zoras. We had all worked together the entire time, growing together as one system, one being. Orisis was our communications officer. Zoras, our instrument control specialist. "Orisis, my dear friend, we just decided to take a break and relax our minds for a few minutes." Miquel responded. "Break? You all were gone for over one hour; well forget that for now and let's get this system going again." Orisis said. I felt sorry for Orisis; he had no idea and no need to go to the recreation facility. All he knew was dedication and work. Of course he had inner peace, we all did. He just lacked the want, the need to escape. Or maybe it was me I should have felt sorry for. If I would have been more like him then I wouldn't be where I am right now. Zoras entered the room and we fixed the system and got the data back in order. All four of us left the work area and walked down to the galley to get something to eat. "Miquel, did you hear that we are going to be joining the observation crew that is going to be going out next date?" Zoras asked. "Why no, where did you hear this?" replied Miquel. "Its posted on the board for the next flight out." said Zoras. That meant that the seven of us would be joining the next flight crew that was to observe other worlds and report back. I could feel the excitement as it filled all of us. I also knew deep inside that this was a sign, what I had been waiting for...a change to be different...to possible live in the world that Miquel and I had watched or hopefully one very much like it. I would bring it up later when we were alone discussing the next days itinerary. After much discussion of getting ready for the next day and packing the necessary items to be taken Miquel and I went back to the recreation room. Again we were the only two in the room. We had a list of known planets that we would be visiting and observing. Miquel put in the tapes of known planets and we observed earlier visitations and observations of the planets. This went on for about three hours Earth time and that's when I saw the world that was going to change our lives. The planet Earth was almost like our home planet. The only difference was the animals and humans. I had no understanding of why the Earthlings dwelled so much in time and everything they did revolved around time. The laughter and holding each other as they met was also alien to me. It looked very enjoyable. "Miquel, why do they act as they do?" I asked. "Fana, it is a very emotionally involved world. Their actions revolve around emotions. That is one of their downfalls. They let emotions control them instead of them controlling their emotions." We watched as a couple of Earthlings went about their normal activity. As night was closing the two of them were getting ready for sleep and as they undressed I noticed that their bodies were different from each other. Totally different. They began what I know now as kissing and making love. This was also something that I could not understand. Miquel sensed my feelings. "Fana, that is how they make children to keep their race going." was Miquel's reply. "But Miquel it is so much easier our way, yet they seem to be enjoying the process." Miquel just looked at me in his little unique way smiling to himself. Sometimes I felt so inferior even though we were equals. He had much more education in emotions and purpose of different life styles. I wanted so to experience the happiness that I saw on the monitor. Not so much the sexual act but the inner joy that I saw on the Earthlings faces. Miquel at this time touched my hand and sent his knowledge of these things to me, so I could have a better understanding of what was going on. The last tape ended and as Miquel was shutting off the monitor I told him that I would like to go to Earth and stay there and enjoy that world and its people. "Fana, you know that we go on these journeys for growth of our people and that is all. It is highly impossible to stay on another planet. It is forbidden, and the Earthlings are a very strange race. Anything that they do not understand they tear apart, dissect it to have a better understanding of it. They do not believe in other beings or races. They believe they are the only ones in existence and there can be no other races with an intelligence level higher than theirs." "I know that from the studies I have done of other cultures however there has to be a way." Miquel feeling my tensions plugged in the other tape of our past world and we sat there together watching it. Again we laid together experience the world we once had. I joined Miquel in his trance state and took him deeper. We had not only the power to inject ourselves in that world but also to live it. I was laying on the rock next to him seeing his dark wavy hair being blown by the wind. As I touched his face he turned toward me. I bent down to kiss him as I had observed the Earthlings do. There was no way that I could express this...the first kiss. I had never experienced it before and the sensation that I felt was unbelievable. It was as if our minds and bodies were as one, the closeness, the sharing of one another." We came out of the trance together as the tape ended and we were holding hands when Zoras entered the room. "Well now, should I believe what I am seeing? I can see that you two are ready for next date," he stated. Miquel sat upright and the tranquility of that moment ended. I wanted to experience the pleasure again. There was a longing, a need in me that I had never had before. If it was possible with Miquel was it possible with others? We had no sexual desires; there was no need. Orisis came into the room at that moment also. "Fana, I need to discuss next date with you. Meet me in the galley." Orisis said. I left Miquel and Zoras to discuss the flight and our mission and walked with Orisis to the galley. Orisis noticed that there was a difference in me and questioned me as to what was wrong. I had blocked my mental thoughts when Zoras had entered the room and had not yet removed the block so Orisis had no way of knowing my thoughts. "Orisis, I want to try something that I saw on one of the tapes would you help me?" "Sure Fana, no problem." We walked into the galley and got a snack. I told him of the Earth tape and the description of the world and the Earthlings. I explained my version of emotions and then I reached over and kissed him. I was not prepared for the flood of thoughts that hit me coming from his mind. I felt fear, misunderstanding and a feeling that we had done something that was forbidden. "Fana, we must never do that again." Orisis said and with that he then got up and left the room. Somehow though I felt that at that moment, we had both changed. Where as before we were only companions and like brothers we were now connected as one. We had somehow became closer in thought and actions. At this point I went back to my room and meditated on what was happening to me. Up until recently I had never experienced feelings nor emotions. I planned then to see one of the physicians tomorrow before the journey and see if my programming was off. We are taught only the basics needed for survival, work load and spiritual growth. To my knowledge none of the others were going through the same things that I was. Only when I made them by linking with their minds. Somehow I had to clear this problem up although it felt normal. Oh well, tomorrow is another day. Sleep came. Chapter Two I awoke to the sound of the intercom. "Fana, get your things together, the crew is ready to ship out." There was no need to acknowledge the voice. I took the necessary things and went to the launch pad where I was met by my group. Joining us were Fethe, Joesith and Erion. These were the rest of our group. We boarded the craft along with two hundred and fifty others. Only two of our group had ever been aboard one of the crafts, that being Fethe and Erion. The rest of us had been through a simulated exercise and knew what to expect and our duties. As we went to our designated area we found that we had our own galley, lounge area, recreation area and sleeping quarters. I had brought the tape of Earth and also the tape of our world with us. I knew that it was forbidden but I also knew that the journey was scheduled to take approximately four Earth years. Joesith began his duties as a scribe and kept records and logs of our daily activities. Most of the time aboard the craft I used my mind block when I wanted to get away and think about the sensations that I had previously experienced. I had neglected to get that checked out. Oh well, such is life. "Erion have you ever viewed the Earth tape?" I asked. "No Fana, I never viewed that one just some of the others. I really felt that I could be better off if I didn't so that their views wouldn't have any bearing on mine." he answered. We had all finished putting our things away when I went to the monitor and put in the Earth tape. "Fana, where did you get the tape?" asked Miquel. "I took it from our library. It's not like they don't have copies of it for the others and besides I enjoy looking at it." I answered. "If they find that you have the tape you will be reprogrammed and taken away from us. I won't allow that to happen; you are too important to our mission." "Miquel you worry too much over nothing." We all settled down after that and began to watch the tape. Joesith and Erion were totally fascinated. Only Orisis seemed to feel uneasy. I could sense that he was experiencing the same things that Miquel and I had felt on the earlier trip. Also the memory of our kiss and the sensations that he had felt, especially the after effects and thoughts. He glanced over at me uneasily. After the tape had ended Miquel got up and walked over to the library that we had on the craft. "There is something that I think you all should see and understand." he said. He then put in a tape. "This tape has been heavily secured and up until recently no one other than myself has had access to it. I think it is time for you all to know the importance of this trip." I again saw our world as I had on many previous occasions. However, this time there was more. I watched in disbelief as our people turned on one another. The chaos, the fighting, the explosion, the end of our world. All I could do was stare at the monitor. How had we let it get this far? Though there were no living creatures left, no foliage or anything our forefathers had done well with the outside monitors. All that could be seen of that once beautiful land was nothing. Totally barren. No brooks babbled, no creatures sang; no living existence what so ever. According to the time piece, fifty years after the war. All that could be seen were the two moons and a pink type atmosphere. I was totally awed. Miquel had never permitted me to see the destruction, only the beauty. Now I knew I had to help and wanted to help even more than before. "That my friends is the reason that we are searching out others like us. To stop them from destroying their worlds as we did ours. The planets that we are heading for have basically the same situation as ours had and we have clones that are programmed to aid the other worlds so they do not become extinct as we almost did. The clones have been programmed to live in the other worlds,to go about without being noticed; to aid the other races and save their worlds." Miquel stated. I again turned to my thoughts of myself being one of the ones to aid the other planets. If I could just get on one of the planets instead of the clones. Why not? I had a higher degree of intelligence than they. It was settled. The only ones of my crew that I would have problems with would be Miquel and Orisis. The others would follow suit. Each day after working I would sit and mind meld with Miquel and the others. Each and every day we became more as one. Chapter Three It was in the third year of our travel that we were told that our next stop would be the Earth. As during the past three years we would come to the planet and send the clones to one of the worlds and stay long enough to make sure that each of the clones were planted and all was going well. Then we would leave and go to the next. I was in the recreation room alone observing the tapes on the previous worlds that we had went to when it hit me...the way out. The clones were programmed to replace the leaders in the planets that they were to be sent to. It worked quite well. No one...not even the mates of the leaders could tell the difference in the clones or the real ones. During the past three years I had met four others among the craft. They would go with my seven and we would land on the Earth and live happily ever after. Well at least that was the way it was supposed to happen. The ship we were on was approximately two miles long and contained ten smaller ships in its womb. I personally had checked out the entire ship. I found one of the smaller crafts, the Pegasus of Orion, my ticket out of here. My salvation. It was the speediest of the other vessels and of newer construction and technology. Now to put the plan into action. "Well now Fana, you sure have been spending a lot of time in this room." I looked up to discover that Orisis had entered the room without my noticing his presence. Over the last couple of years my crew and I had almost experience total oneness. All thoughts, actions, all together. There was very few times when we could not tell the others thoughts or movements. This had been one of those times. It seems that lately whenever I enter this room I automatically block out everyone and everything in existence. I smiled, "Hi Orisis, I've been expecting you. I was just viewing the total history of planet Earth." "Fana, you spend too much time with that planet. It's as if you are obsessed with it. It's not healthy for growth." Orisis stated. "You worry too much. It's just that I'm fascinated with it because its so much like our planet and I really want to help. is that so bad?" "No, I guess not. Anyway I need to review also. That planet is the closest to destruction than any others that we have encountered and it seems as if they are trying with their elementary equipment to make contact with us. I need to learn their ways and their language." he said. Orisis laid down on the reclining couch beside me and we watched the tape in silence. We were observing a place on Earth called the Space Center somewhere in the northern hemisphere. There seemed to be several technology centers located on this planet with simplified communications centers. Some intent on trying to communicate with other beings not from their world. They attempted dot and dash sequences with which we were not familiar and also different speech patterns and techniques. At least there was a very few trying to communicate, a select few that believe we existed. Boy were they going to be surprised when they found out that we really did! The Earth year that we were observing at the time was Nineteen Hundred and Seventy Six. It was so unbelievable. They were working with computers but they were using their fingers to input into the computer. I wondered why they didn't just talk to it. It didn't make a lot of sense at the time. "Fana, they haven't invented that particular computer yet." Orisis said reading my thoughts. He looked at me and smiled. "They are not as fully developed as we are, just remember that." I settled back and watched as the years progressed. Our planet had been observing Earth since its beginning. The first time was before any human life existed as it's known today. It was now the year Nineteen Ninety-Two. They had invented a hovercraft that replaced their mobile crafts that had four rubber-type disks that obviously somehow keep it on the ground. It was their belief that the hovercraft was better for the environment. Little did they realize that they had almost at this time exhausted most of their natural energy. The nations that had been in conflict during the Nineteen Eighties had pacts between them to stop future possible wars. Only two of the countries had not kept the pacts. Both were envious of the other and these were the two that would wind up destroying the entire world. This was the year of our implant. Part of the clones in a place called Russia and part in North America. This was where the placements would be sent to resolve the conflicts. My time was close. I could feel the apprehension and excitement flowing through my body. I reached over and took Orisis's hand in mine. He looked at me cautiously and resumed looking at the tape. In earlier years I had been taught among other things the ways of interjecting thoughts into others. Now was a perfect time. I relaxed a little more going into alpha state. I pictured Orisis and I walking on the planet Earth hand in hand. Totally at peace with each other and the world. As the Earthling would put it...in love. I pictured him saying "Fana, we were meant to be together, now and forever. I will never leave you. just remember that." I looked over at Orisis and noticed that he was in a partial trance-like state. He was feeling the effects of my thought patterns. It was then I knew my plan would work. At that moment I thought I could feel the power that the leaders on the Earth so much desired. Let me clarify one thing. It was not that I didn't have feelings for Orisis or any of my other crew. We didn't require feelings. All of us were one, our souls united. By that I mean that nothing could ever come between us. It is sort of like the fictional characters known on Earth as the Three Musketeers. To understand my race better, we have a belief that there are seven levels or steps that you have to accomplish before you can reach the highest reward of all. A return to your beginning, the ultimate goal of all races. Much the same as Earthlings belief in what they call God or Heaven. I know you probably believe that I tricked Orisis into my ways of thinking. Maybe I did. Maybe.. maybe it was wrong but I did not know or understand this at the time. All I knew was that he was mine and would be until time no longer existed. The tape ended and Orisis looked at me with a different look than ever before. "Fana, I just had the strangest sensation and thought." he said. "Why Orisis, what was it? you look totally happy, happier than I have ever seen you before." I replied. "It was like you and I were on Earth and were walking down one of the streets. So content with life and each other. It was much different than any other feelings that I have ever experienced. It's scary." I could reach inside his mind and see the things that he was seeing, feeling. It was exactly as I had implanted it. He was mine and always would be. However after seeing it through his eyes I felt the closeness that I have always felt with Miquel. emotions were running rampant. I was not prepared for what happened next. Orisis stood up and took my hand pulling me to him. He then kissed me. Our mind and bodies melted into one and we held each other for a long time. "Fana, we will always be together won't we?" he asked. "Always Orisis, always!" I replied. Chapter Four The next day Miquel, Orisis and myself sit in our lounge discussing what we had learned of the planet Earth. "Orisis there is no way that we are going to have enough time to contact the planet and them comprehend the fact that we are here to aid them with the problem they are having with their leaders." Miquel stated. "I'm going to at least try, Miquel. We owe it to them to let them know that we have the capability of assisting them with this matter." I looked at the both of them feeling the tension mounting. "Does this mean that we are going to the surface and get involved?" I asked. "No!!!" both of them replied. "Look" I said, "If we went down there now we could assist them better than any clones. First of all we are not programmed. Second, we know of our history and theirs and where their problems lie and basically how to solve the situation." I felt they both agreed with me but neither acknowledged this. They continued their discussion and I left the room going to the Pegasus of Orion. I climbed into the spacecraft sitting down at the controls. I knew I was going and if they didn't want to come along...oh well. Sitting at the controls I tried to visualize landing on Earth and where. The best place I decided would be somewhere on the North American continent. Probably around the place known as the Florida keys. The four others that I had enlisted for the adventure entered the craft. "Hey Fana," said Pretre "What are you doing here?" "I just wanted to get the feel of the craft and think things out." I replied. Vera, Truis, Edtres and Pretre all sit down in the control room with me. It was easy to tell that Pretre was the leader of the four. The others followed suit and did as he told them. Basically they were non-existent. Pretre truly lead them; however they were necessary for the trip to Earth. Someone was going to be needed to operate the controls of the ship after we beamed down. "Fana, it will be only eight hours before we get to Earth we need to make plans now." stated Pretre. We discussed our plans for the next two hours. It would be later called a mutiny. But to us it was a mission of great importance. After the discussion, I went to find Miquel. he was in the galley with a glass of mellor, which is similar to a herbal tea. "Well Fana," he said upon seeing me, "I see that you finally came back. I went looking for you and you weren't in the recreation center." "No I had to have some time alone to think things out. Besides, you and Orisis were to involved to be bothered with me and my outbursts." "Fana, don't ever think that we don't value your opinion or beliefs. We are all one. We have the same goals in life." Do we really I wondered. I have changed so much in all the years and it seems like I don't belong anymore. To my world or any other. Well it was now or never. "Miquel, have you given my idea of going to Earth anymore thought?" I asked. He replied, "Of course we have. Orisis and I discussed it. it would just not be feasible at this time to do such a thing. We would probably wind up captured and then we would do no good for the human race." "Well, I'm sorry that you feel that way Miquel, however I am going. with or without you and the rest of my crew. "Fana, you can't leave the crew. We will never be the same again. We will not be able to function as a whole ever again." "So be it!" I replied and turned around and walked out. Chapter Five I entered the small craft with all of my belongings which included the tapes and small portable monitor. Within the next hour Pretre and his crew entered the craft and got their things put up. We were ready, the time was close. We were all giddy with excitement. I was sitting at the controls when I felt Miquel inquiring inside my head. I could feel him trying to find me. I had to put up my guard and block him. Damn, it was too late. Well maybe we could pull out and be on our way before he came. "Fana what's wrong?" asked Pretre. "My crew is looking for me. Miquel and Orisis are quite concerned about me. They felt my emotions and are worried. I believe they know what's going down. I didn't get a chance to block in time." "Don't worry about it right now. It's only ten minutes till we depart the Mother ship." Pretre left to prepare the others and assign them their duties. The countdown had begun and I was ready. or was I? I experienced the emotions that my crew was going through trying to find me once they discovered what my mission was. It was tearing me apart; knowing their hurt, their pain. I was beginning to feel alone as I had never felt before. I also would not ever be one, ever again. But this was important to me. To the world of Earth. It was my destiny. Pretre and I sit down at the controls and on cue the doors opened on the Mother ship and we were on our way. We could see others below on the Mother ship looking at us in awe. They could not believe that we were leaving the ship. They just stood there, stunned, not knowing what to do or how to do it. I looked over at Pretre and discovered that he was looking at me with the biggest grin I have ever seen. Pretre was not an emotional being and it was almost impossible to read him due to his programming being slightly different than mine. We had not been working together long enough and definitely were not the same class of clone. He was one of the first models developed. "So, why the big grin? Are you as happy as I am that we did it?" "You'll see Fana. After we are well on our way I have a surprise for you." he left it at that and we continued our journey. We were about ten minutes out of the Mother ship when we heard, "Return to the Mother ship or die. You will not be permitted to live. Miquel!! Return now." Wanting to acknowledge the fact that it was I and not Miquel responsible for taking the ship I felt myself torn. Why would they believe it was him? He was still on the Mother ship. I knew that we would have to go into hyperspace now or fight. I didn't think the small craft could take too much damage. "Well Fana, we sort of expected that didn't we? Are you ready to fight?" asked Pretre. "Why fight? Let's just get out of here. Why do they think that Miquel took the ship. We were seen boarding it and he was no where near the ship." "I think I can answer that." Miquel said as he came into the control room. "Fana, you didn't think that we were going to let you do this alone did you?" I ran to Miquel throwing my arms around him and holding on for dear life. I knew deep down inside that he wouldn't desert me. Why I ever had doubts I'll never know. At that same moment I knew that the rest of my crew had came along also. We were then knocked down on the floor by an explosion. The Mother ship was firing on us, intent on our destruction. Chapter Six Gathering our wits about us, we all got in our prospective positions and manned the ship. With speed behind us, we averted the next few shots. Even though we had the speed to get out of there a mutual decision was made. Try and divert the Mother ship and counter attack. We fired at the Mother ship and didn't phase her a bit. so we rammed her. The big ship hardly felt it at all. Just a little turbulence to them. To us however it was like a major earthquake. So we rammed her again. Of course we should have known our luck. We pushed her alright, right into a black hole. Suddenly we felt ourselves falling...to where though? It really didn't matter because at that moment we knew that we were going to die. The Mother ship was surviving quite well and she fired at us again killing our engines completely. No power...down and down we fell. At that moment we knew that we were going to crash. The ship hit a solid foundation causing a giant hole in the ground. We were tossed and turned inside the ship while we were being literally buried underground. As I was spinning around I could see that Petris had been knocked unconscious, Miquel still had hold of the controls, Orisis had hit his head on the monitor. Just as the craft came to a screeching halt, I found myself flying out an open hatchway twirling into outside world. I remember landing on what appeared to be a stake which pierced my lung. Looking above me I saw my crew standing around me, Orisis kneeling by my side, picking me up and cradling me against his strong chest. "Fana," Orisis stated, "You will never leave us...you can't. regardless of the events of the future and which routes we take, we will all be together throughout eternity. We will all, always, be together. Four little words will unite us always. Just remember, forever and a day." Even though I fully understood I was not ready to end my life in this time period. I had many things yet to accomplish. Miquel peered over me, as he reached down and touched my hand he said, "For all that was, more will be. We are totally seven and nothing can change that. Each and every life time that we have, we will all meet in some shape or form. We are meant to be as one and will stay as one. remember the words, Fana, my darling. You are our Queen and we your Kings. Love will prevail forever." I looked at the crew with the lost look in their faces and said, "Forever, you will be in my heart, soul and mind and whom so ever taint such a memory to death be he. Miquel, you are my leader and I shall always follow; Orisis, you are my partner and at my side you shall always remain and for the rest here after we shall unite together and when all seven are found within each lifetime we shall bring peace to all." And with that said.....I died. ** End of story **