sworn to do?”
Scott saw in Victoria’s eyes what he needed, “You will continue with your plan.”
Victoria said, “Just how were you able to go there without a portal?”
“The Kosiev has a psychic drive that allows us to go without a portal.”
Victoria turned to her Father, “Order them to take me there.”
“Victoria!”
“I’d rather have a moment with him than a lifetime without him. Please do this.”
Scott stared at his daughter and couldn’t bear the thought of losing her. He shook his head and then pushed a button on his console, “Yes, Your Majesty.”
“You will come to my throne room immediately.”
“I’ll need a path through the defenses.”
Scott pushed a button, “Send a direct path to my chamber on the frequency I’ve activated on my panel.”
“Yes, Your Majesty. It’s sent and is now active.”
Tag looked at Danielle and wondered what was going on. She shrugged and looked back at the King. A minute later an Algean appeared in the chamber, saw the Gardners, and ten of his leaves fell off. Scott said, “Sprigly, this is Thomas and Danielle Gardner.” Sprigly couldn’t move. He just stood there motionless. “SPRIGLY!!”
Sprigly shook his branches and said, “I guess Dahlia was right about me meeting the Gardners.”
Danielle said, “What did you just say?”
“I just remembered that the one Ping has been with told me that I would meet you.”
Danielle looked at Tag and saw his amazement. Scott looked at them, “What’s going on?”
Danielle looked at Sprigly, “Are you sure she said you would meet us or that you might meet us?”
“No, she was quite definite about it.”
“We need to look at this.”
Scott said “LOOK AT WHAT!?!”
Tag turned to the King, “We haven’t really considered that the female is a product of her Creation. We’ve been operating on the belief that she was really nothing special.”
“And now?”
“There’s something going on that we’ve missed. We need to look at this to determine what it means.”
Scott turned to Sprigly, “I need you to find a means of killing the ships of the civilizations that has attacked us without losing ships to their beams.”
Sprigly leaned back, “Your Majesty, I’ve worked on this every moment since their attack and nothing I’ve come up with functions in the other Creation.”
“Then you will go and work on it there.”
“I’m sorry; there is no way to go there now.”
“Do you have a working lab in a small Algean Ship?”
“I have one in my personal ship, Your Majesty.”
Scott turned to Tag and Danielle, “I am not going to give up on coming up with a way to defeat them. You will continue your project but I’m sending Sprigly to see if he can develop what we need to meet their numbers. Perhaps we can go and stop them there if he’s successful.”
Scott turned to Sprigly, “You will give me your best effort.” Sprigly leaned forward, indicating he would. “You will also keep watch over Victoria, who is going with you.” Victoria jumped up and rushed over and threw herself into Scott’s arms. Scott held her tight and looked at Danielle, “You will notify me before you launch this project of yours so I can have her brought back here.”
Victoria leaned back, “I won’t leave him father.”
“Then you will teleport both of them to your ship and bring them back.” He looked at Victoria, “I’ll ask his forgiveness afterwards.” Victoria started to say something and Scott put a finger on her lips, “This is the only way I’ll agree to letting you go.”
Victoria saw he wasn’t going to bend any more. She smiled and kissed him on the cheek.
Tag sighed, “I don’t know that they are going to welcome us back.”
Scott shrugged, “If I were in their place, I wouldn’t. However, Ping is there and I’m sure level minds will prevail. Besides, could they do any damage to your ship?” Tag shook his head. “Then take them and let me know what
Scott saw in Victoria’s eyes what he needed, “You will continue with your plan.”
Victoria said, “Just how were you able to go there without a portal?”
“The Kosiev has a psychic drive that allows us to go without a portal.”
Victoria turned to her Father, “Order them to take me there.”
“Victoria!”
“I’d rather have a moment with him than a lifetime without him. Please do this.”
Scott stared at his daughter and couldn’t bear the thought of losing her. He shook his head and then pushed a button on his console, “Yes, Your Majesty.”
“You will come to my throne room immediately.”
“I’ll need a path through the defenses.”
Scott pushed a button, “Send a direct path to my chamber on the frequency I’ve activated on my panel.”
“Yes, Your Majesty. It’s sent and is now active.”
Tag looked at Danielle and wondered what was going on. She shrugged and looked back at the King. A minute later an Algean appeared in the chamber, saw the Gardners, and ten of his leaves fell off. Scott said, “Sprigly, this is Thomas and Danielle Gardner.” Sprigly couldn’t move. He just stood there motionless. “SPRIGLY!!”
Sprigly shook his branches and said, “I guess Dahlia was right about me meeting the Gardners.”
Danielle said, “What did you just say?”
“I just remembered that the one Ping has been with told me that I would meet you.”
Danielle looked at Tag and saw his amazement. Scott looked at them, “What’s going on?”
Danielle looked at Sprigly, “Are you sure she said you would meet us or that you might meet us?”
“No, she was quite definite about it.”
“We need to look at this.”
Scott said “LOOK AT WHAT!?!”
Tag turned to the King, “We haven’t really considered that the female is a product of her Creation. We’ve been operating on the belief that she was really nothing special.”
“And now?”
“There’s something going on that we’ve missed. We need to look at this to determine what it means.”
Scott turned to Sprigly, “I need you to find a means of killing the ships of the civilizations that has attacked us without losing ships to their beams.”
Sprigly leaned back, “Your Majesty, I’ve worked on this every moment since their attack and nothing I’ve come up with functions in the other Creation.”
“Then you will go and work on it there.”
“I’m sorry; there is no way to go there now.”
“Do you have a working lab in a small Algean Ship?”
“I have one in my personal ship, Your Majesty.”
Scott turned to Tag and Danielle, “I am not going to give up on coming up with a way to defeat them. You will continue your project but I’m sending Sprigly to see if he can develop what we need to meet their numbers. Perhaps we can go and stop them there if he’s successful.”
Scott turned to Sprigly, “You will give me your best effort.” Sprigly leaned forward, indicating he would. “You will also keep watch over Victoria, who is going with you.” Victoria jumped up and rushed over and threw herself into Scott’s arms. Scott held her tight and looked at Danielle, “You will notify me before you launch this project of yours so I can have her brought back here.”
Victoria leaned back, “I won’t leave him father.”
“Then you will teleport both of them to your ship and bring them back.” He looked at Victoria, “I’ll ask his forgiveness afterwards.” Victoria started to say something and Scott put a finger on her lips, “This is the only way I’ll agree to letting you go.”
Victoria saw he wasn’t going to bend any more. She smiled and kissed him on the cheek.
Tag sighed, “I don’t know that they are going to welcome us back.”
Scott shrugged, “If I were in their place, I wouldn’t. However, Ping is there and I’m sure level minds will prevail. Besides, could they do any damage to your ship?” Tag shook his head. “Then take them and let me know what
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