Title: Shining Light
Part: One - No Surrender
Author: Jacey - darkjaceyangel@hotmail.com
Disclaimer: Yeah, yeah. I don't own Roswell (even though I wish I did) I
don't know any of the actors (even though I would DIE to have Brendan Fehr,
or Jason Behr, or Nick Weschler, or Colin Hanks. And seriously - Shiri,
Katherine, Majandra and Emilie - ever need a best friend - I'm here!
Kidding) And I have no association with the WB, UPN, Jason Katims or any
other the other producer people. Don't sue me, I'm using the characters for
a non-profit thing, purely for the fans of Roswell's enjoyment. Besides
even if you did sue me, I have nothing to give you! Enjoy the story
Rating: PG
Category: Cass and Tyler, Adri and Xander, Gabi and Jay and Rach and Ry.
Summery: The story of the 'Chosen Ones', Ryan, Cassandra, Adriana, Tyler,
Alexander, Gabriella, Jayson and Rachel; the siblings of the 'Blessed
Children', Rhys, Caitlin, Anabel, Trey, Antony, Grace, James and Rhiannon.
Sequel to: 'You Were Mine'
Companion to: 'Sparkle'
Muse-ic: 'No Surrender' by Bruce Springsteen (off the 'Born in the USA' CD)
Cassandra Evans sighed, as she looked out the Biology lab window. She hated Bio, but had taken it to please her mother.wherever she was. Her mother had been a genetic scientist, and had met her dad in high school biology. 'Only three and a half minutes until this class is over, and I can get out of here,' Cassie thought. 'I hope Adam isn't home when I get there, he can be SO annoying!'
Cassie left the Bio lab, and a shout was heard from the other end of the corridor. "Cass! Cassie! Wait up!" Cassie laughed, it was her best friend, Adriana. She and Adri had been best friends since they were old enough to understand friendship. And their mothers, Liz and Maria, had been best friends all through high school, and still were. Just like their dad's, Max and Michael. "Cass, we still meeting the group?" Adri said in a rush. Cass laughed at Adri's rushed question. "Yeah, I think so. At the Crash at 4. Didn't Ty confirm it with you?" "Nah." Cassie sighed, "I thought I asked him and Ry to tell you at 2nd period. I swear that guy is so totally dead!" Suddenly a pair of hands came over Cassie's eyes, and a voice whispered in her ear "Guess who!" "Umm..Xander?" "What! Cass!!!!" Cassie laughed. "Calm down Ty. I know it's you!" Ty sulked for a minute, and then laughed. "Good!" He lent down and kissed her. "I gotta go meet the guys. Meeting at 4? Oh, and make sure my little sis gets there on tie!" Adri snorted, "Shut up doofus!" "Cheesehead!" "Freak!" Cass laughed, "OK, OK, but he's my freak. And the freak has to leave now, right Ty?" :Yeah, yeah, I'm going. I know when I'm not wanted." Tyler walked away, and Adri and Cass turned to head towards the main exit. As they did, they heard two voices from behind them. "Cass! Adri! Guys, wait up for us!" Adri and Cass turned and saw their two best friends, Gabriella and Rachel coming towards them. Rachel was Cass's cousin, and Adri was dating Rach's brother, Alexander, or Xander as they all called him. And Gabi was Adri's cousin, and dating Cass's brother, Ryan, or Ry. And Gabi's brother, Jayson, or Jay, was dating Rach. Gabi came up to them, and spoke, 'Guys, it's 3.50, we gotta get to Crash." Cass smiled. Gabs was always worried about being late.
"We busted out of class, had to get away from those fools, We learned more from a three minute record than we ever learned in school. Tonight I hear the neighbourhood drummer sound, I can feel my heart begin to pound, You say you're tired and you just wanna close your eyes, And follow your dreams down."
Adam had said for as long as Cass could remember that Gabs was exactly like Isabel, Rach and Xander's mom. Cass was like her and Ryan's mom, Liz; Adri was like her and Ty's mom, Maria; and Rach was like Tess, Gabs and Jays mom. The guys were all like one of the fathers. Ty was like Max, Cass and Ryan's dad; Ryan was like Alex, Rach and Xanders dad; Xander was like Michael, Adri and Ty's dad; and Jay was like his and Gab's dad, Kyle.
"We made a promise, we swore we'd always remember, No retreat, baby, no surrender. Like soldiers in the winter's night, with a vow to defend, Baby, no retreat, no surrender."
Adam had been living with the eight of them since they had been sent to earth, from Antar when they were four years old. He was their protector, or guardian; just like their parents had had Nesado. Adam had also helped them with their powers until they were better than him. Apart from receiving all of their parents powers (healing, dreamwalking, mindwarping, energy balls, changing molecular structures etc..) they all had their own specialised powers as well. Adri was physic and got flashes a lot. Cass could read peoples fingerprints. When she touched something that someone else had touched, and left their fingerprint on, she could hear what they had been thinking at the time. Rach could freeze time and objects, and Gabi could move things with her mind. Ryan had the power to astral project his body anywhere, and he regularly visited their parents on Antar. Ty could levitate, Xander could blink, causing his whole body to move anywhere, not just his astral form, but his whole body; and also shimmer, which was the same as blinking but he could take other people with him. And last of all, Jay could throw balls of energy, which made a static net that trapped whatever, or whomever it landed on.
Cass and Adri, Rach and Gabi were on their way to the Crash to meet the guys. Cass's Grandma Nancy, and Grandpa Jeff owned the Crashdown Café, and she, Adri, Rach and Gabs had been working there as waitresses since they were 14. 'Has anyone got a shift today?' asked Cass A chorus of 'No's' answered her question. 'Good. Cause when Adam told me bout this meeting, it sounded like it might take a while.' They all arrived at the Crashdown at the same tie, and found Adam and the Parker's, the Evan', the Valenti's, and the Whitmans waiting for them. Jay spoke first 'Ooooookay then.. this looks serious.. and whatever it was, I swear I didn't do it!' Everyone laughed and Adam spoke ' OK guys, you all know that you're basically just sitting in school passing time till graduation at the moment, and you could all graduate right now if you wanted to. Hell, you could all have graduated two years ago.And we all know the situation on Antar right now as well. So here's what's happening. You all say goodbye to your grandparents, you pack your bags, and we meet out at the caves in 2 hours. Jess and Lori are coming with us.' Adam said, speaking of Amy and Jim's daughters, who were both 12. 'I'll see you guys out there. There'll be some other people going as well, but you'll see at the caves. 2 hours people, be there on time.'
Cass hugged her Grandma Nancy and Grandpa Jeff, as he said 'Tell my little girl hi for e, OK, pumpkin?' Cass smiled 'Will do Gramps. Hey, why don't you guys come too? You wouldn't have to come permanently if you didn't want to. It could be a vacation, And you could see Mom and Dad again. And all the others.' 'Cassie, sweetie, we have the Crashdown to look after!' said her Grandma Nancy, sighing ' I do want to see Lizzie again.. But,..' Cass's Gramps laughed 'But nothing honey. We'll go. We can have Larry and Jennifer look after the place for us.' Jeff said, referring to the couple of alien hunters, who had seen Liz be shot all those years before, and seen Max heal her. Nancy sighed, 'OK Jeff, you go ring Diane and Phillip and Amy and Jim. I'll ring Chuck and Ann, and then Larry and Jennifer to see whether they'll look after the place. I'm sure the others will want to see all their children and grandchildren again.' Cass looked confused 'Grandchildren again? Are you telling me that we have other siblings?' Nancy looked guilty. 'Opps. Adam is going to be angry. OK, honeybear, you get the others here in 5 minutes and I'll tell you everything.' Cass ran back to where Adri, Ryan and Ty were waiting for her, and told them what she'd found out. 'So Grandma Nancy says be back here in 5 minutes, and she'll tell us everything! We have to find the others now!' Ryan stood up, and Cass hit him on the shoulder. 'Where do you think you're going idiot? We have to find the others!' Ryan waved his hand in front of Cass's face, 'Uhhhhh, I'm heading to the toilets to use those nifty alien powers I seem to have acquired, and, hmmmm lets see, astral project and get the others here???' Cass blushed 'Oh, right. OK, you go do that then!'
"Now your faces grow sad and old, and hearts of fire grow cold, We swore blood brothers against the wind. I'm ready to grow young again, and hear your sister's voice calling us home, Across the open yards. Maybe we could cut some place of our own, With these drums and these guitars."
A couple of minutes later, Ryan returned, followed by Gabi, Rach, Jay and Xander, who had shimmered them all in, with their bags. Cass and Ryan's Grandma Nancy, came out from the back and sat down with them in a booth. 'OK Guys, your parents are going to kill me for telling you all this, but I let it slip to Cass already, and I think that you are all old enough to know. You all have older siblings.
"We made a promise, we swore we'd always remember, No retreat, baby, no surrender. Blood brothers in the stormy night, with a vow to defend, No retreat, baby, no surrender."
Cass, you and Ryan have an older sister, Vilondra, who by now must be around 31 or so. Your older brothers name is Rath, and he's around 28. You also have an older sister, who's adopted. She's really Max and Isabel's half sister. Her name's Taysha, and she's 20. Adri and Ty, you have three older sisters. Skye and Starr are twins, and they are 27, and Cloud is 21. Rach and Xander, you have an older brother, Harrison and an older sister, Ashlee. They are both 22. And lastly, Gabi and Jay, you guys have a LOT of siblings! There's your step sister Dani, who's 36, and your step brother Jaxon who's 34. Also your half siblings on your father's side, Rebecca who's 25, and JC who's 21. And on your mother's side, Aimee and Anthony who are 22. And lastly, there's your full siblings, Melinda, Melissa and Mikayla who are 25. I think that's the lot for them all, but who knows how many kids they had after we left, hell their might even nieces and nephews for you guys by now!' Gabi laughed 'This is SO cool!' Grandma Nancy laughed at her 'OK Guys, I take it that you guys are all pretty much ready, except Cass, Ryan, Ty and Adri. Let's see, Xander, can you shimmer them home so that they can pack, and then shimmer the others over to the caves, and meet me back here in 10 minutes so that you can shimmer us over too. Oh, and you'll need to head home and pick up Adri, Cass, Ty and Ryan at some point too.' Xander rose his eyebrow at her 'What am I, the Antar Cab service???'
"Now on the street tonight, the lights grow dim, the walls of my room are closing in, There's a war outside still raging. You say it ain't ours any more to win."
Soon, Xander had shimmered the whole gang, except the grandparents over to the caves. Adam looked up 'Good, you're all here!' Xander shook his head 'Nuh. I gotta head back and pick up the oldies. Their coming too.' Adam sighed 'Why am I never told about these plans until the last minute? OK, hurry up then.' Xander blinked out, and Adam continued, 'Guy's, we're taking some others with us. Well, some soldiers from the US, and New Zealand defence forces. So what I'm going to do is assign you in two's to a group.' Cass gave Ty a look, saying, I hope we can be together. Adam looked at her 'Cass, you are NOT going with Ty. He'll only distract you. You guys have had hundreds of sessions on defence, fighting, combat and protocol on Antar, so you'll do fine. Cass, you and Adri, take the first group through the portal. Ty and Ryan take the second, Rach and Xander the third, and Gabi and Jay the fourth. I'll put Nancy and Jeff with the with the fifth, Chuck and Ann with the sixth, Diane and Phillip with the seventh, and Amy and Jim with the eighth. Do you think Jess and Lori can handle a group? Hmmmm, I think so. OK, so Lori and Jess can take the ninth group and I'll handle the tenth, eleventh and twelfth. So we ready guys? Xander! There you are!' Adam said as Xander shimmered in with the aforementioned adults, and Jess and Lori. 'OK, so Adri, Cass you two ready. You'll be going first! Are we all ready to go home everyone!!??' Adam said, yelling the last part.
"I want to sleep beneath the peaceful skies In my lovers bed, with a wide open country in my eyes, And these romantic dreams in my head." Adam walked further into the caves, where all the hundreds of soldiers were assembled. 'OK, I want Group One, up front, ready to go. These are your leaders, two of the Chosen Ones, Cassandra and Adriana.' With that, Adam left the caves again, to prep the adults, and Cass and Adri took over. Cass spoke up 'OK, listen up men... and women! I know that most of you think I'm gonna talk crap, and that I'm just a wuss 18 year old girl. But, let me warn you, I know more about this and most other things than you'll ever know.' Cass stopped as she saw a Corporal sniggering near the back of the group. Adri winked at Cass. ' That includes you too Corporal Jenkins. How do I know your name? Well lets just say that I have this nifty ability to pick useful facts out of anyone's mind. Cass?' Cass smiled 'OK, so back to the topic. I'm trained, as are all of us, in combat, all martial arts and self defence, along with war fight, an Antarian style of combat. I'm trained to shoot with any gun you give e, plus one's you've never heard of. I can do things with a knife that you'll wish you've never seen. Give me 5 minutes and I'd be able to disable every person in this room, with a bit of help from Adri. I know how to use any technology known to humans, and things that aren't known. I have a photographic memory, and lets not forget my powers! So, what I'm trying to say, id that any mis-conceptions any of you had about two teenagers leading you, should be cleared up by now, and basically I can kick any of your asses.' Suddenly a cry came from the entrance of the caves. 'Woah!!!!!!!!!! That's my little sister! You go Cassie!!!!' screamed Ryan. Cass laughed 'I can kick his ass too!' and everyone laughed. 'Adri, got anything to say?' Cass asked 'Uh, what she said......?' Everyone laughed again, and then Adri spoke again 'OK, lets head off. Once we get there, we don't know exactly what the conditions will be. So, we need to be silent, still, and ready to fight. We'll jump through the portal created by the Grenolith, one by one. Cass will lead, and I'll follow at the end. We'll lead you guys up to the palace barracks, and once we've done what we need to do, we'll be fighting with you.as long as they don't ban us from doing that.' A murmur of agreement passed through the crowd of men and women waiting to be the first troops sent to another planet from Earth. Cass stepped into the Grenolith , and disappeared in a blue flash. A gasp rippled through the soldiers. Adri laughed ' You aren't going to do that every time someone goes through are you?' One by one the soldiers stepped into the Grenolith, and disappeared. 'Well that's them,' said Adri. She turned to Tyler and Ryan who were patiently waiting with their group. She looked at them solemnly, pointed upwards, rolled her eyes upwards and said 'Hoooooome..' Ty and Ryan looked at each other and cracked up. They'd always found it strange how they were aliens, and E.T was all of the groups favourite movie. The troops behind Ty and Ryan shuffled nervously, but cracked up when Adri did it again. Adri flashed them her dazzling smile and said to Ryan and Ty, 'See you guys up there. Ty - Cass says Love ya. And ditto to both of you from me.' She hugged Ryan, and then Tyler. Ty whispered in her ear 'Tell Cass 'right back atcha' and I'll see you both soon.' 'With that, Adri stepped into the Grenolith and disappeared in a bright orange flash. One of the soldiers started screaming. 'OMG. OMG! The other flashes were blue! Why was that one orange??' Ryan laughed 'Don't worry about it. Adri always has to do things differently, that's just her way of saying that this isn't a big deal, and it's easy.'
As Adri appeared in the Antarian Grenolith chamber, Cass let out a shriek of delight, and rushed to her cousin and hugged her. 'OMG! Adri! I thought you'd disappeared! The last soldier came through, and then there was this huge gap, and...' Adri laughed 'Relax chica! I was getting a message for you from lover boy! He says to say he loves you!' Cass smiled 'Yeah.... so anyway, I was thinking that we should wait here for the rest to come through, cause I mean Grams and Gramps and Nan and Pop, and the others, well, they can't defend the selves like we can. You know, no powers. So we will be safer in one large group. Think so?' Adri nodded 'Yup. I agree.'
"We made a promise, we swore we'd always remember, No retreat, baby, no surrender. Blood brothers in the stormy night, with a vow to defend, No retreat, baby no surrender. No retreat, baby, no surrender."
After a long wait, finally every soldier, plus the other Chosen Ones, Adam, and the adults were all through. Adam stood on a rock, slightly above the huge gathering of people, and spoke to them in a hushed voice. 'OK, first off I want to say before we head out, that we, on behalf on the rest of Antar would like to tell you all how grateful we are for your help. This is a war situation, and hopefully we can resolve it peacefully without any conflict. But, if that isn't the case, some of you here, might not be going home. And for that, for the fact that you would give your lives, for not only Earth, but for Antar, I want to express how thankful we are. The majority religion on Antar is Buddhism, and I would like you all to join me in a prayer of thanks.
Buddha, We are grateful beyond words for the help and gift that our friends from Earth have given us. Bless them, and look after them in this time of conflict. We ask for your guidance not to kill, but to defend. Guide our enemies to do the right thing by us, and themselves. Amen.
Well folks, this is it. Are we ready to fight for freedom?!?!?!' A loud chorus of 'Yes's' and 'Damn sure we are' rang out through out the caves, and a shout was heard form the back, ' No retreat, no surrender. We fight for freedom till death, be it ours our theirs!!!!'
And with that, Adam, and the Chosen Ones, lead the fighter for the freedom and future of Antar out into the fresh air of the planet Antar.
To be continued in
Part Two of 'Shining Light' - 'Fly'
Cassandra Evans sighed, as she looked out the Biology lab window. She hated Bio, but had taken it to please her mother.wherever she was. Her mother had been a genetic scientist, and had met her dad in high school biology. 'Only three and a half minutes until this class is over, and I can get out of here,' Cassie thought. 'I hope Adam isn't home when I get there, he can be SO annoying!'
Cassie left the Bio lab, and a shout was heard from the other end of the corridor. "Cass! Cassie! Wait up!" Cassie laughed, it was her best friend, Adriana. She and Adri had been best friends since they were old enough to understand friendship. And their mothers, Liz and Maria, had been best friends all through high school, and still were. Just like their dad's, Max and Michael. "Cass, we still meeting the group?" Adri said in a rush. Cass laughed at Adri's rushed question. "Yeah, I think so. At the Crash at 4. Didn't Ty confirm it with you?" "Nah." Cassie sighed, "I thought I asked him and Ry to tell you at 2nd period. I swear that guy is so totally dead!" Suddenly a pair of hands came over Cassie's eyes, and a voice whispered in her ear "Guess who!" "Umm..Xander?" "What! Cass!!!!" Cassie laughed. "Calm down Ty. I know it's you!" Ty sulked for a minute, and then laughed. "Good!" He lent down and kissed her. "I gotta go meet the guys. Meeting at 4? Oh, and make sure my little sis gets there on tie!" Adri snorted, "Shut up doofus!" "Cheesehead!" "Freak!" Cass laughed, "OK, OK, but he's my freak. And the freak has to leave now, right Ty?" :Yeah, yeah, I'm going. I know when I'm not wanted." Tyler walked away, and Adri and Cass turned to head towards the main exit. As they did, they heard two voices from behind them. "Cass! Adri! Guys, wait up for us!" Adri and Cass turned and saw their two best friends, Gabriella and Rachel coming towards them. Rachel was Cass's cousin, and Adri was dating Rach's brother, Alexander, or Xander as they all called him. And Gabi was Adri's cousin, and dating Cass's brother, Ryan, or Ry. And Gabi's brother, Jayson, or Jay, was dating Rach. Gabi came up to them, and spoke, 'Guys, it's 3.50, we gotta get to Crash." Cass smiled. Gabs was always worried about being late.
"We busted out of class, had to get away from those fools, We learned more from a three minute record than we ever learned in school. Tonight I hear the neighbourhood drummer sound, I can feel my heart begin to pound, You say you're tired and you just wanna close your eyes, And follow your dreams down."
Adam had said for as long as Cass could remember that Gabs was exactly like Isabel, Rach and Xander's mom. Cass was like her and Ryan's mom, Liz; Adri was like her and Ty's mom, Maria; and Rach was like Tess, Gabs and Jays mom. The guys were all like one of the fathers. Ty was like Max, Cass and Ryan's dad; Ryan was like Alex, Rach and Xanders dad; Xander was like Michael, Adri and Ty's dad; and Jay was like his and Gab's dad, Kyle.
"We made a promise, we swore we'd always remember, No retreat, baby, no surrender. Like soldiers in the winter's night, with a vow to defend, Baby, no retreat, no surrender."
Adam had been living with the eight of them since they had been sent to earth, from Antar when they were four years old. He was their protector, or guardian; just like their parents had had Nesado. Adam had also helped them with their powers until they were better than him. Apart from receiving all of their parents powers (healing, dreamwalking, mindwarping, energy balls, changing molecular structures etc..) they all had their own specialised powers as well. Adri was physic and got flashes a lot. Cass could read peoples fingerprints. When she touched something that someone else had touched, and left their fingerprint on, she could hear what they had been thinking at the time. Rach could freeze time and objects, and Gabi could move things with her mind. Ryan had the power to astral project his body anywhere, and he regularly visited their parents on Antar. Ty could levitate, Xander could blink, causing his whole body to move anywhere, not just his astral form, but his whole body; and also shimmer, which was the same as blinking but he could take other people with him. And last of all, Jay could throw balls of energy, which made a static net that trapped whatever, or whomever it landed on.
Cass and Adri, Rach and Gabi were on their way to the Crash to meet the guys. Cass's Grandma Nancy, and Grandpa Jeff owned the Crashdown Café, and she, Adri, Rach and Gabs had been working there as waitresses since they were 14. 'Has anyone got a shift today?' asked Cass A chorus of 'No's' answered her question. 'Good. Cause when Adam told me bout this meeting, it sounded like it might take a while.' They all arrived at the Crashdown at the same tie, and found Adam and the Parker's, the Evan', the Valenti's, and the Whitmans waiting for them. Jay spoke first 'Ooooookay then.. this looks serious.. and whatever it was, I swear I didn't do it!' Everyone laughed and Adam spoke ' OK guys, you all know that you're basically just sitting in school passing time till graduation at the moment, and you could all graduate right now if you wanted to. Hell, you could all have graduated two years ago.And we all know the situation on Antar right now as well. So here's what's happening. You all say goodbye to your grandparents, you pack your bags, and we meet out at the caves in 2 hours. Jess and Lori are coming with us.' Adam said, speaking of Amy and Jim's daughters, who were both 12. 'I'll see you guys out there. There'll be some other people going as well, but you'll see at the caves. 2 hours people, be there on time.'
Cass hugged her Grandma Nancy and Grandpa Jeff, as he said 'Tell my little girl hi for e, OK, pumpkin?' Cass smiled 'Will do Gramps. Hey, why don't you guys come too? You wouldn't have to come permanently if you didn't want to. It could be a vacation, And you could see Mom and Dad again. And all the others.' 'Cassie, sweetie, we have the Crashdown to look after!' said her Grandma Nancy, sighing ' I do want to see Lizzie again.. But,..' Cass's Gramps laughed 'But nothing honey. We'll go. We can have Larry and Jennifer look after the place for us.' Jeff said, referring to the couple of alien hunters, who had seen Liz be shot all those years before, and seen Max heal her. Nancy sighed, 'OK Jeff, you go ring Diane and Phillip and Amy and Jim. I'll ring Chuck and Ann, and then Larry and Jennifer to see whether they'll look after the place. I'm sure the others will want to see all their children and grandchildren again.' Cass looked confused 'Grandchildren again? Are you telling me that we have other siblings?' Nancy looked guilty. 'Opps. Adam is going to be angry. OK, honeybear, you get the others here in 5 minutes and I'll tell you everything.' Cass ran back to where Adri, Ryan and Ty were waiting for her, and told them what she'd found out. 'So Grandma Nancy says be back here in 5 minutes, and she'll tell us everything! We have to find the others now!' Ryan stood up, and Cass hit him on the shoulder. 'Where do you think you're going idiot? We have to find the others!' Ryan waved his hand in front of Cass's face, 'Uhhhhh, I'm heading to the toilets to use those nifty alien powers I seem to have acquired, and, hmmmm lets see, astral project and get the others here???' Cass blushed 'Oh, right. OK, you go do that then!'
"Now your faces grow sad and old, and hearts of fire grow cold, We swore blood brothers against the wind. I'm ready to grow young again, and hear your sister's voice calling us home, Across the open yards. Maybe we could cut some place of our own, With these drums and these guitars."
A couple of minutes later, Ryan returned, followed by Gabi, Rach, Jay and Xander, who had shimmered them all in, with their bags. Cass and Ryan's Grandma Nancy, came out from the back and sat down with them in a booth. 'OK Guys, your parents are going to kill me for telling you all this, but I let it slip to Cass already, and I think that you are all old enough to know. You all have older siblings.
"We made a promise, we swore we'd always remember, No retreat, baby, no surrender. Blood brothers in the stormy night, with a vow to defend, No retreat, baby, no surrender."
Cass, you and Ryan have an older sister, Vilondra, who by now must be around 31 or so. Your older brothers name is Rath, and he's around 28. You also have an older sister, who's adopted. She's really Max and Isabel's half sister. Her name's Taysha, and she's 20. Adri and Ty, you have three older sisters. Skye and Starr are twins, and they are 27, and Cloud is 21. Rach and Xander, you have an older brother, Harrison and an older sister, Ashlee. They are both 22. And lastly, Gabi and Jay, you guys have a LOT of siblings! There's your step sister Dani, who's 36, and your step brother Jaxon who's 34. Also your half siblings on your father's side, Rebecca who's 25, and JC who's 21. And on your mother's side, Aimee and Anthony who are 22. And lastly, there's your full siblings, Melinda, Melissa and Mikayla who are 25. I think that's the lot for them all, but who knows how many kids they had after we left, hell their might even nieces and nephews for you guys by now!' Gabi laughed 'This is SO cool!' Grandma Nancy laughed at her 'OK Guys, I take it that you guys are all pretty much ready, except Cass, Ryan, Ty and Adri. Let's see, Xander, can you shimmer them home so that they can pack, and then shimmer the others over to the caves, and meet me back here in 10 minutes so that you can shimmer us over too. Oh, and you'll need to head home and pick up Adri, Cass, Ty and Ryan at some point too.' Xander rose his eyebrow at her 'What am I, the Antar Cab service???'
"Now on the street tonight, the lights grow dim, the walls of my room are closing in, There's a war outside still raging. You say it ain't ours any more to win."
Soon, Xander had shimmered the whole gang, except the grandparents over to the caves. Adam looked up 'Good, you're all here!' Xander shook his head 'Nuh. I gotta head back and pick up the oldies. Their coming too.' Adam sighed 'Why am I never told about these plans until the last minute? OK, hurry up then.' Xander blinked out, and Adam continued, 'Guy's, we're taking some others with us. Well, some soldiers from the US, and New Zealand defence forces. So what I'm going to do is assign you in two's to a group.' Cass gave Ty a look, saying, I hope we can be together. Adam looked at her 'Cass, you are NOT going with Ty. He'll only distract you. You guys have had hundreds of sessions on defence, fighting, combat and protocol on Antar, so you'll do fine. Cass, you and Adri, take the first group through the portal. Ty and Ryan take the second, Rach and Xander the third, and Gabi and Jay the fourth. I'll put Nancy and Jeff with the with the fifth, Chuck and Ann with the sixth, Diane and Phillip with the seventh, and Amy and Jim with the eighth. Do you think Jess and Lori can handle a group? Hmmmm, I think so. OK, so Lori and Jess can take the ninth group and I'll handle the tenth, eleventh and twelfth. So we ready guys? Xander! There you are!' Adam said as Xander shimmered in with the aforementioned adults, and Jess and Lori. 'OK, so Adri, Cass you two ready. You'll be going first! Are we all ready to go home everyone!!??' Adam said, yelling the last part.
"I want to sleep beneath the peaceful skies In my lovers bed, with a wide open country in my eyes, And these romantic dreams in my head." Adam walked further into the caves, where all the hundreds of soldiers were assembled. 'OK, I want Group One, up front, ready to go. These are your leaders, two of the Chosen Ones, Cassandra and Adriana.' With that, Adam left the caves again, to prep the adults, and Cass and Adri took over. Cass spoke up 'OK, listen up men... and women! I know that most of you think I'm gonna talk crap, and that I'm just a wuss 18 year old girl. But, let me warn you, I know more about this and most other things than you'll ever know.' Cass stopped as she saw a Corporal sniggering near the back of the group. Adri winked at Cass. ' That includes you too Corporal Jenkins. How do I know your name? Well lets just say that I have this nifty ability to pick useful facts out of anyone's mind. Cass?' Cass smiled 'OK, so back to the topic. I'm trained, as are all of us, in combat, all martial arts and self defence, along with war fight, an Antarian style of combat. I'm trained to shoot with any gun you give e, plus one's you've never heard of. I can do things with a knife that you'll wish you've never seen. Give me 5 minutes and I'd be able to disable every person in this room, with a bit of help from Adri. I know how to use any technology known to humans, and things that aren't known. I have a photographic memory, and lets not forget my powers! So, what I'm trying to say, id that any mis-conceptions any of you had about two teenagers leading you, should be cleared up by now, and basically I can kick any of your asses.' Suddenly a cry came from the entrance of the caves. 'Woah!!!!!!!!!! That's my little sister! You go Cassie!!!!' screamed Ryan. Cass laughed 'I can kick his ass too!' and everyone laughed. 'Adri, got anything to say?' Cass asked 'Uh, what she said......?' Everyone laughed again, and then Adri spoke again 'OK, lets head off. Once we get there, we don't know exactly what the conditions will be. So, we need to be silent, still, and ready to fight. We'll jump through the portal created by the Grenolith, one by one. Cass will lead, and I'll follow at the end. We'll lead you guys up to the palace barracks, and once we've done what we need to do, we'll be fighting with you.as long as they don't ban us from doing that.' A murmur of agreement passed through the crowd of men and women waiting to be the first troops sent to another planet from Earth. Cass stepped into the Grenolith , and disappeared in a blue flash. A gasp rippled through the soldiers. Adri laughed ' You aren't going to do that every time someone goes through are you?' One by one the soldiers stepped into the Grenolith, and disappeared. 'Well that's them,' said Adri. She turned to Tyler and Ryan who were patiently waiting with their group. She looked at them solemnly, pointed upwards, rolled her eyes upwards and said 'Hoooooome..' Ty and Ryan looked at each other and cracked up. They'd always found it strange how they were aliens, and E.T was all of the groups favourite movie. The troops behind Ty and Ryan shuffled nervously, but cracked up when Adri did it again. Adri flashed them her dazzling smile and said to Ryan and Ty, 'See you guys up there. Ty - Cass says Love ya. And ditto to both of you from me.' She hugged Ryan, and then Tyler. Ty whispered in her ear 'Tell Cass 'right back atcha' and I'll see you both soon.' 'With that, Adri stepped into the Grenolith and disappeared in a bright orange flash. One of the soldiers started screaming. 'OMG. OMG! The other flashes were blue! Why was that one orange??' Ryan laughed 'Don't worry about it. Adri always has to do things differently, that's just her way of saying that this isn't a big deal, and it's easy.'
As Adri appeared in the Antarian Grenolith chamber, Cass let out a shriek of delight, and rushed to her cousin and hugged her. 'OMG! Adri! I thought you'd disappeared! The last soldier came through, and then there was this huge gap, and...' Adri laughed 'Relax chica! I was getting a message for you from lover boy! He says to say he loves you!' Cass smiled 'Yeah.... so anyway, I was thinking that we should wait here for the rest to come through, cause I mean Grams and Gramps and Nan and Pop, and the others, well, they can't defend the selves like we can. You know, no powers. So we will be safer in one large group. Think so?' Adri nodded 'Yup. I agree.'
"We made a promise, we swore we'd always remember, No retreat, baby, no surrender. Blood brothers in the stormy night, with a vow to defend, No retreat, baby no surrender. No retreat, baby, no surrender."
After a long wait, finally every soldier, plus the other Chosen Ones, Adam, and the adults were all through. Adam stood on a rock, slightly above the huge gathering of people, and spoke to them in a hushed voice. 'OK, first off I want to say before we head out, that we, on behalf on the rest of Antar would like to tell you all how grateful we are for your help. This is a war situation, and hopefully we can resolve it peacefully without any conflict. But, if that isn't the case, some of you here, might not be going home. And for that, for the fact that you would give your lives, for not only Earth, but for Antar, I want to express how thankful we are. The majority religion on Antar is Buddhism, and I would like you all to join me in a prayer of thanks.
Buddha, We are grateful beyond words for the help and gift that our friends from Earth have given us. Bless them, and look after them in this time of conflict. We ask for your guidance not to kill, but to defend. Guide our enemies to do the right thing by us, and themselves. Amen.
Well folks, this is it. Are we ready to fight for freedom?!?!?!' A loud chorus of 'Yes's' and 'Damn sure we are' rang out through out the caves, and a shout was heard form the back, ' No retreat, no surrender. We fight for freedom till death, be it ours our theirs!!!!'
And with that, Adam, and the Chosen Ones, lead the fighter for the freedom and future of Antar out into the fresh air of the planet Antar.
To be continued in
Part Two of 'Shining Light' - 'Fly'