Saxon Andrews - The power of a Queen

Tag waited and thought, “Danielle, are you alright?”

Danielle thought back, “Tag, this is overwhelming. I’m still trying to accept being a ruler of three races. That role frightens me and causes me to worry about making a bad decision. This is several magnitudes beyond that. You know I’m just a medical technician that stumbled into a crime scene. What qualifies me to be a ruler?”

“It’s not a done deal yet. Let’s see what all the others have to say. I think we have some that will not trust the Alliance.”

“You might want to rethink that,” Atlas chimed in.

Tag and Danielle both started and Danielle thought, “Why is that Atlas?”

“Do you remember the recordings from the Galaxy of the plant race?” Danielle said nothing but Atlas and Tag could read the revulsion in her mind. “I see you do. Someday you are going to have to face them and fight for your survival. You must be united to stand any kind of chance against them and it’s my opinion that your three races are not up to the task. I didn’t think about them until I actually saw them destroy a planet. Whatever you decide, I hope you take the long view.”

Tgon-Gee broke their thoughts by announcing, “All of us are on the channel.”

Terl said, “All but one of the Clan Leaders are also on the channel and a representative of the missing Clan leader is listening in.”

Director Nicole said, “We are also all on the channel.”

“I assume all of you have been updated about the recent development in the Alliance. The issue in front of us is, do we accept them into our brotherhood or not. Have you discussed this among yourselves?”

Tgon-Gee said, “The Peers and I would vote no. We just can’t bring ourselves to trust them.”

“Nor can we,” Terl added.

“Misty said, make that three of us. This is too sudden to rush into a decision.”

Danielle spoke up and said, “This is a moment in history that will define us. I am terrified at the prospect of being responsible for so many lives but I know that we must take this burden and make it work. If I am truly your leader in fact and not just in name, then I command you to accept these new races as brothers and embrace them as you have each other.”

Silence ruled the channel. Everyone looked at each other waiting for the others to speak first. Finally, Tgon-Gee said, “It’s easy to look at an aura and say that the one that possesses it must be obeyed. It becomes extremely difficult to do that when they decide something differently from the total consensus of your brothers; however, the Glod will welcome the new members into our group and try our best to embrace them as brothers. We know that when there is a difference, Queen Danielle will make the right decision. We pledged our loyalty and our support of you and we keep our pledges.”

Danielle said, “Tgon-Gee, you are now my Prime Lord and will speak with my voice in all issues. You have earned that trust with your actions today. Leila, will you please put that in a formal document and send it out.”

Leila answered from off screen, “Yes, your majesty.” Danielle looked off screen at Leila and frowned but Leila kept a straight face. Danielle just couldn’t get used to being called Majesty.

Terl looked at his Clan Leaders and said, “We will also do as you say. I can’t say we trust auras like the Glod, but you have not been wrong. How can we believe you are now? We will also follow your lead.”

Director Nicole looked uncomfortable and said, “Danielle, you are one of our own. I just have great difficulty saying yes. These races tried to kill all of my people and I’m responsible for their welfare. Please help me understand why we must do this?”

“First, the Cainth were the main instrument of the Alliance trying to make that happen. Do you trust them now?”

Director Nicole looked uneasy and said, “That’s different. I do trust them now but these others are the head of the beast.”

“Actually, they are not. The Alliance had ten worlds that ruled them. They were the head and the head was insane.” Danielle paused and then said, “Tag, show them the video. They need to know.” Tag looked at her and Danielle could sense his stubbornness rising. She thought at him, “Now I ask you, do you trust me to make the right decision or are you going to assume the total responsibility for what comes from keeping this information secret.”

Everyone on the channel saw the change of emotions on Tags face. They also knew that he was going to refuse but somehow his wife had communicated with him. How had she done that?

“I’m going to share some information with you and I am not going to reveal how I received it. I want you to understand that this is fact and perhaps you might want to consider it while making your decision.” Tag then started the recording Atlas had made in the Plant Races Galaxy. Everyone on the channel watched as the Planets defenders were destroyed and then the planet harvested. “The race you see being attacked here is called the Pydres. They had, like us, fought among themselves which accounts for their weapons but they united against this attack. This attack is taking place in a galaxy beyond the horse head nebula.” Then everyone saw the rape of the planet. They watched the inhabitants eaten alive and herded into camps and then stunned and transported up to the huge fleet. “There are more than 100,000 ships in the attacking fleet,” Tag said. When the huge transports arrived and started receiving all the life on the planet, the revulsion of all could be seen on the display monitors.

“Who are those attackers?” Misty asked.

“Wait, there’s more you should see first.” The onlookers then saw video of world after world stripped bare with only buildings left behind. Hundreds of worlds flashed on the screen. “I’m told that these hundreds you see are but a tiny percent of all the worlds killed by these creatures. I don’t know the name of the race attacking the planet; what I do know is that they are basically plant life, they do not communicate with anyone but themselves and nothing has stood against them and remained alive. For lack of a better name, I’m going to call them Algeans because they resemble algae in their basic composition.”

“Why have you shown us this?” Terl asked.

“Because according to the one who took these recordings; they have just about totally consumed most of the life and natural resources in that Galaxy. That means they will have to move to new food sources,” Danielle answered. “We have been told their warships number in the millions and they don’t stop coming when confronted by resistance. The former members of the Alliance are not our enemy. You are looking at our enemy in these recordings and we are going to need every one of us to someday face this threat.”

“It might also interest you that the inhabitants you saw escaping from the planet in ships are currently on the Planet Ross where they were brought to safety,” Tag said.

Tgon-Gee said, “There appears to be much that you have not shared with us, why?”

“I have been of the opinion that this threat could be centuries in our future. I also cannot tell you how I was given this information or how those inhabitants were saved. I felt that by showing you this it would cause more questions than I could answer. However, Danielle disagrees with me on this issue and I find I must yield to her judgment. We are also sending Admiral Dorg to contact a race that is about to be attacked by these creatures to see if we can assist them.”

“I understand why you did not tell us but now we know. So you intended to wait centuries before we confront this menace? How much stronger will they be then?” Then Tgon-Gee turned to Terl and asked, “Do you want to wait for this to come to our door?”