Andrew Saxon - Demon's sacrifice

The red being jerked, “You don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“Yes I do; I can see it now. Your species is frightened that another species would develop and would be powerful enough to destroy you. It is that paranoia that drives you. Before you continue to make threats that you are uncertain about, I would recommend that you turn around and leave. If you try to come through our field, we will kill you.”

The Demon felt fear, “Many have thought they could and are now all dead.”

“I notice you haven’t moved toward us since we began this conversation; you are uncertain about our power or you would have just ignored us. Your actions give you away. Are you the one who designed the eight legged creatures?”

“Yes, I am. Did you kill them?”

“Did you find their bodies?”

“They are here in your universe; your question gives you away. I will take care of them as well.”

Matt felt his rage build; this was the one that caused all the deaths, “We are through communicating. Do as you want; you’ve been warned.”

The Demon could see a bright blue glow behind the blue field and assumed that is where the being that was communicating was located. He jumped around the universe to the other side and started forward but saw the bright blue glow in front of him. He stopped and jumped to another place and saw the blue glow again. He made a series of fast jumps and every time the blue glow appeared in front of him. “Quit wasting time and go kill that insolent being.”

The Demon jumped. The Elders had been listening in and now there was nothing to do but go into that universe. He set the field around his ship to match the universe’s energy and moved forward and hit the blue field… and bounced off. He strengthened the field and moved forward again and bounced back. He moved away from the blue field and then flew faster into the blue colored field and penetrated a small distance before being pushed back. “If you come at this barrier again I will fire on you. I will not allow you to experiment with how to get through.”

“Go to full speed and hit that field, now.”

The Demon shook his head and backed away and flew full speed toward the barrier. Just before he hit it a bright blue bolt of light came through the barrier and hit his ship causing a massive explosion. When the light from the blast diminished, the orange ship was hanging still and flickering. It had been reduced to little more than the room the Demon occupied. He hit the jump button and disappeared. He reappeared in the dark galaxy and called for help. Several support creatures ran up and lifted him out of his ship and dropped him into a cocoon in his lab. He stayed conscious long enough to remember the blue light that struck his ship and demolished every layer down to the last one protecting the command cabin. His skin burned from the exposure to the bright light and resulting explosion; the pain was incredible. He felt the cocoon turn on its healing lenses and he closed his eyes in blessed relief from the pain and slipped into unconsciousness.”

“Your son was not very effective.”

“He did what he could.”

“Why didn’t he take one of the bigger ships?”

“He and I thought you wanted him to take his.”

“I did; he still could have asked and I might have allowed it.”

The Red Being said nothing.

“Now we know where our enemy is located. We will go and kill them with all our ships.”

“All of them?”

“Yes, we will take no chances of failure. I will notify everyone that we will be going in three nems. Make sure you are ready.”

“I will have my ships ready.

“Melanie, why did you pull the punch on that ship?”

“He was sent here to see what we are capable of doing and I didn’t want to give them anything. It still almost totally destroyed his ship.”

“Yes it did; I’m surprised at how much effect our shot had at one hundredth power.”

“That was a small ship, Magic. I’m certain they have larger vessels.”

“I think it’s time to gather the crews. It won’t be long before they return.”

“I’ll send the word out.”

“Thanks, take us to the psychic ships; we’ll wait there for everyone to come.”

“Tommy, we have been ordered to report to our psychic ship.”

“I’m ready when you are.”

“I’m worried about the Kosiev; it knows I’m going into battle without it. I can sense its unease.”

“I’m sure it knows what’s happening. It just doesn’t want to lose you again. I really think this ship loves you almost as much as I do.”

“Maybe more; it might not listen to reason like you would. I’ve powered it down and ordered it to wait for my return. I hope it listens.”

“Me, too; I don’t want to see it hurt by the Demons; that orange energy could destroy it.”

“I know. I’m sure it will stay.”

Tommy and Cassandra teleported away from the Kosievs’ bridge to their new ship and left the bridge deactivated….until a light came on in the sensor array. The array aligned itself to the edge of the universe where the psychic ships were gathered and remained locked on that region of space. The weapons console suddenly lit up and began running self tests on the ship’s systems. The Kosiev disappeared.

“Citizens of the Stars Realm, our war with the Demons has begun today. We have fought off one of their ships but we know that their fleet will be coming soon. Please think about our brave warriors who are confronting the enemy and wish them success. We will keep you informed about what happens. If we lose, please make plans to try and hide from them. Use the teleport systems and do all you can to survive; we are doing all we can to protect you.”

Matt sent a thought to the Reg, “Brother, can you tell me how the Demons will enter our universe?”

“They will have to use all their ships at one location to break thru the psychic barrier we have made. That is where you will have to hold them off. If you can destroy enough of their ships, they will delay their entry until a later date. You must not let them break thru the corridor they attack.”

“Are we strong enough to win?”

“We don’t know; all of our visions stop at this moment in time. We believe that the future from this point forward is undetermined. It can go either way.”

“Do you have any suggestions as to how we should meet them?”

“No, you are the warriors.”

“Thank you, Brother for helping us.”

“It is something we had to do.”

“Attention all Psychic Ships. We are going to organize into five groups of a hundred ships in each group. The command vessels for the groups will be as follows: the center will be commanded by Tommy and Cassandra Gardner; the right of Cassandra will be Rose and Chris Gardner; the left of Cassandra will be Thomas and Danielle Gardner; the left end of our formation will be Anglo and Jenny Gardner; Melanie and I will have the right end of our formation. The command ships will place themselves behind their hundred ships and move to support wherever needed. I want your fields extended to their maximum power and each ship will overlap their screens. If we lose a ship, then extend your screens to cover the gap. I know that the power will be reduced but we cannot allow breaks in our formation. Once your fields are extended, I will lock all of you into Melanie’s board and she will jump our formation to stay in front of the Demons. You do not need to focus on where we move; we will handle that for all of us. Are there any questions?”

“Yes, how do Fly Girl and I move into our ship?”

“I don’t know, Al. Perhaps if you just move next to it and make contact it might make the move for you.” Matt watched as Al and Fly Girl approached their ship and moved slowly forward and touched the ship’s hull.