Into the Darkness
Rating: PG
Summary: There were two sets of Royal Fours. From sister planets Antar and Anterra, when sent to Earth not knowing who you are and what you're destined to become how do you survive? Alternate Universe
Prologue
The usually windy planet stood still as if it was mourning, mourning the loss of its royal children. Blue dust usually swirling had stopped its graceful dancing movement through the wind and settled solemnly on the ground. The dark night's sky covered the death littered on the streets of the once peaceful world of happiness.
In one of the darkest reaches of the planet, a building full of scientists and engineers worked together in secrecy. Quietly they were awaiting the terror of the next day of the end that was coming.
"Why did they come to our planet? They wanted Antar not us, not Anterra." A scientist with long golden hair that was tied back with a ribbon of sorts said quietly to her friend as she mixed a solution in a vial. Her eyes shone darkly black tinted grey, showing her emotions. After adding the last substance into the vial she looked at it, to make sure there were no mistakes.
"Rajah, you know as well as I that the Relevians, attacked Antar to get their Royal four's power. We are sister planets so it's only logical that we were to be attacked next. They were to be attacked next." He frowned as he mentioned them, the royals of Anterra. Only mere children well teenagers, left to ascend to their thrones at the beginning of the war with Relevia, with Khivar's planet, "Calm down you're emotions are coming at me so fast I can't block them off, and it's making me dizzy."
"Oh Nica I'm sorry, I just can't calm down. I am holding Renege in a vial! She should be leading the people with the others, not passed onto the next plane of being, this planet needs her, and they need her and the rest of them right now." Rajah said slightly shaking her anger and sorrow coming off of her in waves hitting Nica in waves that made him sit down, after setting the vial he'd been holding in it's holder after finishing.
"Days like this makes me hate coming from a planet where everyone's an empath." He said sulkily.
Just then the laboratory door swung upon and a woman walked in dressed in black attire, or the equivalent of black in our color spectrum, "Bite your tongue." She hissed at him.
"Yes ma'am." He murmured sarcastically to her. She was left to take control of the planet since their Royal Four had passed only hours before. They had left specific orders for her to take leadership if anything was to happen to them, after a lot of talking she finally agreed, much against her own will.
"Are they finished?" She asked quietly, trying her best not to sound demanding, "The surrogates are ready and they must leave before the rising of the suns."
"Here, Bali." Rajah said handing her the sealed box with the vials inside containing Anterra's Royal Four; Renege, her brother Kristien, and their cousins Zia and Mareke. Each vial had their own color, showing the difference between them.
"Now they can find peace away from this place, when we can not. Their path is open and unguided, thank you." Bali said taking it from Rajah hugging her and giving Nica a chaste kiss on the cheek.
"This planet, they are going to, it is safe and pure?" He asked her.
"Pure.there is not such a thing anywhere in this universe. It is tainted as the rest. The planet they are going to is not like ours, it is safe as safe can be in a situation like this. They are not as evolved as we are, not tapped into their abilities, they lie dormant in their brains that aren't tapped into." Bali answered him sighing.
"What is their new planet called?" Rajah said slowly.
"Earth, their new home is Earth." She replied sadly, turning on her heel out of the laboratory and into the darkness.
She held the container close to her body to make sure that they were comfortable even though she knew quiet well that it would still take many years for them to develop into actual beings, from the piles of goop that she looked to refer to the vials as in her head.
Bali made her way to the safe point which was designated to be when any sort of dangers had risen by decision of Mareke, he told her not to tell Renege because she would make a big deal of there be no trouble. Kristien said she was in denial, but he also said so was Zia.
Bali smiled at the memory because right after their explanation Renege stormed in yelling at Kristien for closing their connection. On Anterra brothers and sisters consistently had a connection open. Shaking her head wistfully Bali held out her hand then checked around herself once more to see that no Relevian soldiers were around. Once she was sure, she concentrated her energy into ripping a tear into the time and space that surrounded her. Opening her eyes she saw her portal had opened and it was time to take the Royal Four to their surrogates.
She stepped through and came out looking at two men and two women.
"Are you ready?' She asked them. They nodded in reply, "Than you know what to do here." She handed Renege to Brian; she had taken to calling him his knew name already, Kristien to Sarah, Zia to Jeff, and Mareke to Molly.
"Give them a new life give them hope. Protect them, as you were trained. They do not need to know about Anterra or any of this unless they need to."
Brian interrupted her, "But they are supposed to come back when they are developed and free our world!"
"No. Zan, Rath, Ava, and Vilandra," She felt sick to her stomach when she mentioned Vilandra, "They will come back and free our worlds, and they brought us this mess in the first place not Kristien, Renege, Zia, and Mareke." Bali said sadly.
"Have the Antarians been sent to the planet already?" Molly asked her quietly, hoping she would see Nasedo again, though he wasn't too happy with the idea of having to live on an undeveloped planet. She knew he was a protector.
"Yes, and it seems they've chosen the same location. You must keep the children from each other. The past must not repeat itself, do you understand? Rath and Renege, Zan and Zia, Ava and Kristien, and Mareke and Vilandra mustn't become close."
"Mareke always did have bad taste in women." Sarah mumbled.
"What was that?" Bali asked not hearing what she had said.
"Nothing."
"Before you leave I must make you very aware that once you get to Earth you are not coming back here.
Jeff gasped, "What're you saying we're never coming home."
"That's exactly what we're saying, your ship only has enough energy to make the trip there not back, and the Granolith should only be used as a last resort, a last resort for the Royal Fours to escape."
"What do you mean Royal Fours?"
"I mean that Anterra and Antar have made a consensual agreement that it will be taken to Earth and they will share it if need arises." She said shrugging, she looked past them towards the horizons by the Great Ocean, the first sun was beginning to rise, "You must go now, and time is running out. There is no backing out now, you will be heroes!"
She gestured for them to hurry inside the ship and that they did. Each climbed inside their rejuvenation chambers that would keep their vitals alive for the long journey to the new planet. Bali walked by each checking measurements and dates on the chambers, "If anything that would endanger you were to happen while you're inside your chambers they will open automatically and you will awaken to fix what ever the problem is. The only problem is that once you come out one of you must stay out to shut the others in, hopefully that will never happen."
Before they had a chance to speak, she pressed the button locking all the doors shut. Carefully typing in the coordinates on the control panel of the ship she looked at each of them one last time and walked out the main door.
As she stepped out the engines began to heat up and she could feel the change in the air. "Blessed be you, and yours." She said softly as it propelled itself into the air. She watched it for as much as her eyes could take, but the second sun was already rising. Bali looked by the water and could see it had turned dark; the people's emotions always had an effect on the planet but never to this extent.
She sighed once more; she realized it was something she was doing a lot lately. One day it will all be better, one day this will all end she though as a single tear ran down her cheek and the water changed another to a darker shade.
Meanwhile the Antarians that were looking at the sky at that very moment saw something bright whiz by their usually purple sky. It marked a new beginning for them as well. The happiness was short-lived however when more screams could be heard from the streets as Khivar's soldiers marched down blasting anyone in sight, covering the streets with a dust of dead life. The people closed their windows and their eyes shielding themselves from their view with their protection shields. No one knew how much longer they could go using pure adrenaline as a source for their energy when no one had time to sleep or rejuvenate with all the death.
The Antarrains felt the sudden rush of fear and grief sweep over them, as they had felt the past days. Bali cursed to herself, "Nica is right, a day like this does make one hate coming from a planet where everyone's an empath." She laughed hollowly and bitterly. She wondered about what would happen to Nica, Rajah, and the other engineers if Khivar were to find out that they had recreated their royals. Well recreated in a sense, they knew quite well that they would not be the exact same person. That was what had always happened with cloning, but they also were hybrids their new royalty. Different from the rest of their home world, maybe they wouldn't even call Anterra their home world, if they're lucky, Bali thought.
She felt someone's happiness in her mind and she looked around. Who could be happy at a time like this? The soldier moved quickly and swiftly grabbing her by her arms and neck.
"Hello Anterrain. Are you prepared to meet your end with dignity?" He smiled at her Khivar's poison clearly evident in his aura as Bali could tell.
"I may be, but you should ask yourself the same question." She said looking up at him not backing down.
He glared at her and dropped her to the ground. She went to open a portal but he flicked his wrist before she could even form a protection field.
Lifting his mask he smiled at her, it wasn't Khivar's poison evident in his aura, it was Khivar himself. Suddenly he started to laugh as she stared in horror; with a flick of his wrist she was gone.
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Rating: PG
Summary: There were two sets of Royal Fours. From sister planets Antar and Anterra, when sent to Earth not knowing who you are and what you're destined to become how do you survive? Alternate Universe
Prologue
The usually windy planet stood still as if it was mourning, mourning the loss of its royal children. Blue dust usually swirling had stopped its graceful dancing movement through the wind and settled solemnly on the ground. The dark night's sky covered the death littered on the streets of the once peaceful world of happiness.
In one of the darkest reaches of the planet, a building full of scientists and engineers worked together in secrecy. Quietly they were awaiting the terror of the next day of the end that was coming.
"Why did they come to our planet? They wanted Antar not us, not Anterra." A scientist with long golden hair that was tied back with a ribbon of sorts said quietly to her friend as she mixed a solution in a vial. Her eyes shone darkly black tinted grey, showing her emotions. After adding the last substance into the vial she looked at it, to make sure there were no mistakes.
"Rajah, you know as well as I that the Relevians, attacked Antar to get their Royal four's power. We are sister planets so it's only logical that we were to be attacked next. They were to be attacked next." He frowned as he mentioned them, the royals of Anterra. Only mere children well teenagers, left to ascend to their thrones at the beginning of the war with Relevia, with Khivar's planet, "Calm down you're emotions are coming at me so fast I can't block them off, and it's making me dizzy."
"Oh Nica I'm sorry, I just can't calm down. I am holding Renege in a vial! She should be leading the people with the others, not passed onto the next plane of being, this planet needs her, and they need her and the rest of them right now." Rajah said slightly shaking her anger and sorrow coming off of her in waves hitting Nica in waves that made him sit down, after setting the vial he'd been holding in it's holder after finishing.
"Days like this makes me hate coming from a planet where everyone's an empath." He said sulkily.
Just then the laboratory door swung upon and a woman walked in dressed in black attire, or the equivalent of black in our color spectrum, "Bite your tongue." She hissed at him.
"Yes ma'am." He murmured sarcastically to her. She was left to take control of the planet since their Royal Four had passed only hours before. They had left specific orders for her to take leadership if anything was to happen to them, after a lot of talking she finally agreed, much against her own will.
"Are they finished?" She asked quietly, trying her best not to sound demanding, "The surrogates are ready and they must leave before the rising of the suns."
"Here, Bali." Rajah said handing her the sealed box with the vials inside containing Anterra's Royal Four; Renege, her brother Kristien, and their cousins Zia and Mareke. Each vial had their own color, showing the difference between them.
"Now they can find peace away from this place, when we can not. Their path is open and unguided, thank you." Bali said taking it from Rajah hugging her and giving Nica a chaste kiss on the cheek.
"This planet, they are going to, it is safe and pure?" He asked her.
"Pure.there is not such a thing anywhere in this universe. It is tainted as the rest. The planet they are going to is not like ours, it is safe as safe can be in a situation like this. They are not as evolved as we are, not tapped into their abilities, they lie dormant in their brains that aren't tapped into." Bali answered him sighing.
"What is their new planet called?" Rajah said slowly.
"Earth, their new home is Earth." She replied sadly, turning on her heel out of the laboratory and into the darkness.
She held the container close to her body to make sure that they were comfortable even though she knew quiet well that it would still take many years for them to develop into actual beings, from the piles of goop that she looked to refer to the vials as in her head.
Bali made her way to the safe point which was designated to be when any sort of dangers had risen by decision of Mareke, he told her not to tell Renege because she would make a big deal of there be no trouble. Kristien said she was in denial, but he also said so was Zia.
Bali smiled at the memory because right after their explanation Renege stormed in yelling at Kristien for closing their connection. On Anterra brothers and sisters consistently had a connection open. Shaking her head wistfully Bali held out her hand then checked around herself once more to see that no Relevian soldiers were around. Once she was sure, she concentrated her energy into ripping a tear into the time and space that surrounded her. Opening her eyes she saw her portal had opened and it was time to take the Royal Four to their surrogates.
She stepped through and came out looking at two men and two women.
"Are you ready?' She asked them. They nodded in reply, "Than you know what to do here." She handed Renege to Brian; she had taken to calling him his knew name already, Kristien to Sarah, Zia to Jeff, and Mareke to Molly.
"Give them a new life give them hope. Protect them, as you were trained. They do not need to know about Anterra or any of this unless they need to."
Brian interrupted her, "But they are supposed to come back when they are developed and free our world!"
"No. Zan, Rath, Ava, and Vilandra," She felt sick to her stomach when she mentioned Vilandra, "They will come back and free our worlds, and they brought us this mess in the first place not Kristien, Renege, Zia, and Mareke." Bali said sadly.
"Have the Antarians been sent to the planet already?" Molly asked her quietly, hoping she would see Nasedo again, though he wasn't too happy with the idea of having to live on an undeveloped planet. She knew he was a protector.
"Yes, and it seems they've chosen the same location. You must keep the children from each other. The past must not repeat itself, do you understand? Rath and Renege, Zan and Zia, Ava and Kristien, and Mareke and Vilandra mustn't become close."
"Mareke always did have bad taste in women." Sarah mumbled.
"What was that?" Bali asked not hearing what she had said.
"Nothing."
"Before you leave I must make you very aware that once you get to Earth you are not coming back here.
Jeff gasped, "What're you saying we're never coming home."
"That's exactly what we're saying, your ship only has enough energy to make the trip there not back, and the Granolith should only be used as a last resort, a last resort for the Royal Fours to escape."
"What do you mean Royal Fours?"
"I mean that Anterra and Antar have made a consensual agreement that it will be taken to Earth and they will share it if need arises." She said shrugging, she looked past them towards the horizons by the Great Ocean, the first sun was beginning to rise, "You must go now, and time is running out. There is no backing out now, you will be heroes!"
She gestured for them to hurry inside the ship and that they did. Each climbed inside their rejuvenation chambers that would keep their vitals alive for the long journey to the new planet. Bali walked by each checking measurements and dates on the chambers, "If anything that would endanger you were to happen while you're inside your chambers they will open automatically and you will awaken to fix what ever the problem is. The only problem is that once you come out one of you must stay out to shut the others in, hopefully that will never happen."
Before they had a chance to speak, she pressed the button locking all the doors shut. Carefully typing in the coordinates on the control panel of the ship she looked at each of them one last time and walked out the main door.
As she stepped out the engines began to heat up and she could feel the change in the air. "Blessed be you, and yours." She said softly as it propelled itself into the air. She watched it for as much as her eyes could take, but the second sun was already rising. Bali looked by the water and could see it had turned dark; the people's emotions always had an effect on the planet but never to this extent.
She sighed once more; she realized it was something she was doing a lot lately. One day it will all be better, one day this will all end she though as a single tear ran down her cheek and the water changed another to a darker shade.
Meanwhile the Antarians that were looking at the sky at that very moment saw something bright whiz by their usually purple sky. It marked a new beginning for them as well. The happiness was short-lived however when more screams could be heard from the streets as Khivar's soldiers marched down blasting anyone in sight, covering the streets with a dust of dead life. The people closed their windows and their eyes shielding themselves from their view with their protection shields. No one knew how much longer they could go using pure adrenaline as a source for their energy when no one had time to sleep or rejuvenate with all the death.
The Antarrains felt the sudden rush of fear and grief sweep over them, as they had felt the past days. Bali cursed to herself, "Nica is right, a day like this does make one hate coming from a planet where everyone's an empath." She laughed hollowly and bitterly. She wondered about what would happen to Nica, Rajah, and the other engineers if Khivar were to find out that they had recreated their royals. Well recreated in a sense, they knew quite well that they would not be the exact same person. That was what had always happened with cloning, but they also were hybrids their new royalty. Different from the rest of their home world, maybe they wouldn't even call Anterra their home world, if they're lucky, Bali thought.
She felt someone's happiness in her mind and she looked around. Who could be happy at a time like this? The soldier moved quickly and swiftly grabbing her by her arms and neck.
"Hello Anterrain. Are you prepared to meet your end with dignity?" He smiled at her Khivar's poison clearly evident in his aura as Bali could tell.
"I may be, but you should ask yourself the same question." She said looking up at him not backing down.
He glared at her and dropped her to the ground. She went to open a portal but he flicked his wrist before she could even form a protection field.
Lifting his mask he smiled at her, it wasn't Khivar's poison evident in his aura, it was Khivar himself. Suddenly he started to laugh as she stared in horror; with a flick of his wrist she was gone.
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