from.”
Realizing that the man she was with had to be totally insane, she let him lead her up the spiralling ramp to stand in front of the third mirror that they passed.
As she watched the image in the mirror, a sick chill ran through her. There was a warrior standing with a gun at the ready and a heap of fallen at its feet. Sky knew that armour and that pose. She wanted to see what happened next.
Chapter Two
Watching yourself through a recorder was always peculiar, but instead of following her back to her shop, the image swung to the hold of the Exor where the army was working its way from the belly of the ship up and into the station.
“It was their plan all along to take the station, Sky. There was nothing you could have done beyond what you did.”
Her nails bit into her hands as she watched her friends and companions slaughtered one by one. “Why didn’t you do something?” Her tone was flat. Her soul was numb.
“I am not allowed to tamper within my timeline and you are part of my timeline. I am sorry, but there was no saving the staff on Resku Station. It was overrun and used as a base for the Raider tribe that inhabited the area.”
She listened carefully while she watched the horror unfolding in front of her. When it came time for her to watch herself holding the men off at the dress shop, she felt the heavy resolve take hold of her soul. “Why are you talking about it in the past tense?”
Her companion cleared his throat. “It happened ten years ago. I had to go back in time to catch you before you completely passed on.”
She swayed and came close to clocking herself on the mirror frame. Her voice was a hoarse croak, “What do you mean?”
He pulled her away from the screen as the bright flash knocked down the horde of men surrounding her in the image. A figure walked out of the fading brightness and carried her into another glowing ball of brilliance.
Her companion tugged her away and the image faded behind her.
“Who are you, why am I here?”
A feminine voice broke into her whirling thoughts. “Those are the same questions that I asked. Come along, Sky. I will give you the full briefing.”
The man next to her scowled at the blonde-haired woman walking toward them on the nearest bridge span. “She isn’t your pupil, Aura.”
“She isn’t yours yet either, Tavik. Let me explain things to her. I am one of her own kind after all.”
The woman was smiling at her, but Sky was struck by the star-scape whirling in the eyes of the woman facing her. “Who are you? You look familiar.”
“Come with me. I will have you back to Tavik in no time.”
The man scowled and flipped his cowl back, exposing that he had a similar eye situation to the woman.
“What is with your eyes?” Sky blurted it out and she bit her lip as the woman burst out laughing.
“Come with me, Sky. I will tell you a tale of time, death and Terrans.” The woman took her by the arm and walked with her up the bridge, flaring a light around both of them that continued their walk into a building with tantalizing scents coming out of it.
As Sky sighed and smiled at the familiar smells. “Lead on, stranger.”
“Aura. My name is Aura of the Nameless, but let’s keep other information aside until we get some food in you. It is a lot to take in and I want you sitting down.”
Sky walked next to Aura and saw a collection of statues that were life-sized and some of them resembled people eating in the huge refectory under a crystal dome. That was filed as the third question on Sky’s list.
“Take what interests you and grab a cup of coffee. They have located a decent source as long as you don’t analyze it too much.” Aura wandered off and took a tray, filling it with selections.
Bemused, Sky did the same, picking things that seemed innocuous and familiar before she followed Aura to the beverage station where Aura filled a tall cup with dark, hot liquid and turned to plunk it on her tray. “Creamers and sugars are
Realizing that the man she was with had to be totally insane, she let him lead her up the spiralling ramp to stand in front of the third mirror that they passed.
As she watched the image in the mirror, a sick chill ran through her. There was a warrior standing with a gun at the ready and a heap of fallen at its feet. Sky knew that armour and that pose. She wanted to see what happened next.
Chapter Two
Watching yourself through a recorder was always peculiar, but instead of following her back to her shop, the image swung to the hold of the Exor where the army was working its way from the belly of the ship up and into the station.
“It was their plan all along to take the station, Sky. There was nothing you could have done beyond what you did.”
Her nails bit into her hands as she watched her friends and companions slaughtered one by one. “Why didn’t you do something?” Her tone was flat. Her soul was numb.
“I am not allowed to tamper within my timeline and you are part of my timeline. I am sorry, but there was no saving the staff on Resku Station. It was overrun and used as a base for the Raider tribe that inhabited the area.”
She listened carefully while she watched the horror unfolding in front of her. When it came time for her to watch herself holding the men off at the dress shop, she felt the heavy resolve take hold of her soul. “Why are you talking about it in the past tense?”
Her companion cleared his throat. “It happened ten years ago. I had to go back in time to catch you before you completely passed on.”
She swayed and came close to clocking herself on the mirror frame. Her voice was a hoarse croak, “What do you mean?”
He pulled her away from the screen as the bright flash knocked down the horde of men surrounding her in the image. A figure walked out of the fading brightness and carried her into another glowing ball of brilliance.
Her companion tugged her away and the image faded behind her.
“Who are you, why am I here?”
A feminine voice broke into her whirling thoughts. “Those are the same questions that I asked. Come along, Sky. I will give you the full briefing.”
The man next to her scowled at the blonde-haired woman walking toward them on the nearest bridge span. “She isn’t your pupil, Aura.”
“She isn’t yours yet either, Tavik. Let me explain things to her. I am one of her own kind after all.”
The woman was smiling at her, but Sky was struck by the star-scape whirling in the eyes of the woman facing her. “Who are you? You look familiar.”
“Come with me. I will have you back to Tavik in no time.”
The man scowled and flipped his cowl back, exposing that he had a similar eye situation to the woman.
“What is with your eyes?” Sky blurted it out and she bit her lip as the woman burst out laughing.
“Come with me, Sky. I will tell you a tale of time, death and Terrans.” The woman took her by the arm and walked with her up the bridge, flaring a light around both of them that continued their walk into a building with tantalizing scents coming out of it.
As Sky sighed and smiled at the familiar smells. “Lead on, stranger.”
“Aura. My name is Aura of the Nameless, but let’s keep other information aside until we get some food in you. It is a lot to take in and I want you sitting down.”
Sky walked next to Aura and saw a collection of statues that were life-sized and some of them resembled people eating in the huge refectory under a crystal dome. That was filed as the third question on Sky’s list.
“Take what interests you and grab a cup of coffee. They have located a decent source as long as you don’t analyze it too much.” Aura wandered off and took a tray, filling it with selections.
Bemused, Sky did the same, picking things that seemed innocuous and familiar before she followed Aura to the beverage station where Aura filled a tall cup with dark, hot liquid and turned to plunk it on her tray. “Creamers and sugars are
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