Debra is running at peak efficiency, it will only take us a short time to get to the worm-hole at Eta 63457. The Retraction-Beam has been disengaged, all we had to do is get there, we know there are no more traps, as we have extra info from the Meeting-of-the-Masters. I now feel confident, although I am not going to be over confident; I have paid dear for that feeling many times, in many lives, and it takes a long time to learn, my student friends. I go into the storage area where we keep certain important things, and one very important thing, is my Tourgen friend, Cloft. Looking at the enormous body lying in the Isolation-tube I know this, man-made clone, is a terrible thing to behold, when it is angry, and that anger comes from me! The responsibility of keeping such a terrible thing at bay, is immense. I also know that, when used in certain circumstances, it can be invaluable. The clone also has on a light suit, although we can’t be certain that it will work properly in Dark-Space. Looking down at it, I truly feel like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Coming up on the edge of Dark-Space, the alarm sensor goes off. Debra said,
‘Dan, we are approaching something that I am not sensing properly.’
‘Yes,’ I said, ‘It is Dark-Space, don’t be alarmed, Debra.’ Reeas’s voice is now coming through the speaker. She said, ‘Dan, don’t come in here, it is a trap.’
I am shocked, at first, and then, I am conscious that Reeas won’t be able to send a message out of the Dark-Space, don’t ask me how, I know, I just know. My invaluable little friend Deria 2, also agrees with me. Whoever sent the message is getting worried. In my previous escapades, I encountered a race of powerful beings known as the Llantrea. They are tree like creatures that can use telepathy to contact millions of their friends and so threaten planetary systems. Maybe ,whoever sent the message, has the ability to do the same thing? Obviously, it is a first attempt to trap us, by Kallo’s helpers, or, to trap me, in particular. Kallo is a prisoner, and probably they know that, but maybe they don’t, maybe, Kallo, is supposed to report in at a certain time, but when that doesn’t happen, they start to panic! All I know is, we are going in! I feel no danger as we enter the Dark-Space, but as we got accustomed to the darkness, I feel a terrible depression. Deria 2 becomes more visible, and I became less so. She at once, adjusted herself, and became more dark.
‘Dan,’ she said, ‘I feel scared, I haven’t felt like this for a long time!’
‘Don’t worry,’ I said, if I read this right, it won’t be dark for long.’ I can see the space in front of the ship is dense. Debra is glowing like a star! I also know from Debra, that the outside of the craft is under extreme pressure! Pressure that would crush any craft yet known, apart from our craft!
Now, you say, how is it that with the Dark-Space, being made up of numerous black holes, that everything outside the Dark-Space isn’t being sucked in, and destroyed?
That is a good question, my student friends. The answer is Kallo and his little band of helpers. Kallo himself is locked up, but his apprentices are still here, they have some sort of device, which has great power, to freeze the entrance to the Dark-Space, but, we got through, right? Yes, but all I can say is our ship has superior abilities, for which I am eternally grateful. Debra, said,
‘Dan, there is a presence that I am not familiar with taking control of the ship!’
I at once am on my guard, but as soon as I see the face of Mannus on the screen I am at ease. He didn’t need to say anything, I just know we have to let him take control.
Debra said, ‘I feel totally at ease!’ That is something that you wouldn’t expect a computer to say, eh? We are at once at speed; a speed that is up to now, unknown, in the physical realm; far beyond anything even thought of, In fact, the instruments didn’t even register. We are now shining with the light of a million suns, also, we are, as I now realize, looping around the entire Dark-Space! Yes, my student friends, don’t ask me how it happened, I can’t tell you, even the Guardians don’t know, all I know is, after about one hour, we are in light space! That’s right, the darkness is gone, also, the black holes have been moved! Where? I don’t know! The only thing that exists where the Dark-Space had been is a very large asteroid which has a protective force field around it. It has been transformed into a space base.
Mannus is now gone from the screen, and Debra is again in full-control. She knows exactly where to go. I can already see that the base, is now, just a basic mining station, with 25 buildings, of all types. The force field will be no problem to access. We simply land facing the front entrance, that in itself, is enough to make many of the inhabitants give up, but not all. OK, my fanatical friends, if you want to play it rough. I transferred my consciousness into Cloft and have Debra push through the force field. I simply walk through the walls of the ship while the airtight seal of the force field is still intact. The people on the base are in disbelief, as a Tourgen beast man comes walking through the ships wall.
‘Where are the hostages?’ I said, in my most aggressive voice.
‘They are in isolation,’ said one of the more confident human type beings. I notice that there are several Tourgen’s standing around; maybe they think they can take me on. All I know is, I have to get to Reeas and Deria. I ordered the ship to stun everyone. I feel there are traps here. Deria 2 is now flying around trying to locate her Sister and Reeas.
‘Here, Dan.’ She said it in a way that made me tingle with apprehension.
‘They are in this building, but it has a time fuse on it, and Reeas and my sister haven’t got their light
suits on.’
‘OK, I said. ‘How much time do we have?’
‘less than two minutes.’
The building is made of a material that is very strong, with a door that is too small for me to access as Cloft.
‘OK.’ I said, ‘Time for meditation.’
I came out of the body, and then in the building within seconds.
I can see Reeas and Deria are secured in an isolation tube, with detonation fuses inside the thick glass.
Reeas shouted. ‘There is nothing you can do, Dan! There is no time!’
I have never seen Reeas like this before. She obviously doesn’t know that they are back in light space, and thinks that we are about to be separated for eons, maybe. At that moment I feel a love for her that transcended time itself. I said, I love you, then I moved back in the physical body of Cloft. I ordered the ship to shut down everything but life support. Debra said, she had located the fuses but was unable to defuse them as they were old fashioned simple clockwork devices! I can’t believe that something like that is going to beat us!
‘Quick,’ I said to Debra, ‘push your way into the isolation room.’ Debra said that the seal would be broken on the force field. I said, I don’t care, I must get to Reeas. I guess I was clutching at straws, because just then, the whole place exploded in a strangely calm, but intensely bright way. I know they are dead, but I also know they will be OK. Deria 2 and I are in our light suits, so we are protected. To describe the explosion, I would have to say that it was like flying through a star. The light was so bright that even with the light suit on I am blinded for several seconds. I can’t wait to see Reeas, back at the astral base at Theren 1. Hold on, you say! You said that they weren’t in this Universe, didn’t you? Yes, my student friends, I did, and they weren’t. They had been sent through the Dark-Space into the next universe some billions of light years away, as calculated by Debra. But when we did our little light show ride, we reversed it, bringing back my wonderful Reeas and Deria. I trusted Mannus, as if he is God, and I guess he is!
We started back to base. I sleep and dream of my Reeas, although, she doesn’t know she is back in light space, Deria does, as she is a higher being.
We danced all through the journey. You can pick any song you like, my student friends, whatever you think is relevant. I’m sure it will be appropriate.