Chapter 4: Deciding What To do
Multiple crossover: Matilda/Stargate/The Host/Twilight
Bella's point of view:
Oh my god! I have been chased by hunting vampires. I have seen Vampires sparkle in the Sun. I have seen people burst forth as giant wolves. I have given birth to a half vampire child. I have endured two days of burning fire to become a vampire myself. I have endured and seen vampire gifts of extraordinary proportion. But that tops them all; a sinister looking holographic dictator talking like some comic book super villain.
It was at that moment that another group of airmen came into the gate room. The sergeant then told us that it was the shift change.
It was about a minute later that we met up with the rest of the group.
"There is nothing more that we can do here." said Amun.
"So we are leaving?" asked Carlisle.
"In a moment. I need to get information on that strange element which is a variation of naquadah." said Amun.
"I'll get that for you, hang on." said Matilda.
Matilda then telekinetically attracted into her hand, a flash drive that was lying on the table in the laboratory.
She then went over to the computer and I watched her take out a small unknown device. The device then made some beeping sounds and then the computer went haywire. She put the flash drive into the computer, and a few moments later, Matilda told us that she had found the information. She said that the device that she just used was a super advanced computer hacking device that would not set off any of the computer security systems.
The data transfer was complete and she then tossed the flash drive in Amun's direction.
"Alright that's it let's get out of here!" said Amun.
"Won't we be missed?" I asked.
"Yes, but they won't have time to worry about it. They got bigger problems then a few missing personnel."
We made our way to a hatch that would lead all the way up to the surface. We disabled all of the surveillance along the way without being detected.
Once we were out, Matilda touched a crystal on her wrist band and we were beamed back to Esper Mansion.
We materialized in the transporter room and we went to find the family.
"Mama!" said Renesmee, as she rushed into my arms. She always misses me. It was strange, when Renesmee stood side by side with me. Though to me she will always be my little girl, she's taller than me by an inch, and she looks older than me by her physical appearance.
"Did you find out what was wrong with the Stargate?" asked Jacob.
"It's Anubis." said Amun.
Most of the people seemed confused. Obviously, Anubis didn't mean anything to them, though some of the Espers seemed to recognize the name.
"An alien, a Goa'uld, by the name of Anubis, is using some kind of weapon on another planet to charge the SGC Stargate with power until it detonates the Naquadah in the Gate." said Carlisle.
"That is bad, I assume?" asked Val.
"Yes, that is very bad." said Matilda.
"He projected something that Major Samantha Carter, called an 'Asgard Hologram', through the event horizon of the incoming wormhole and made a very over dramatic declaration of war against the people of the Tau'ri." said Jasper.
"The people of the Tau'ri? Oh great! He got the wrong planet!" said Val.
"Earth is the world of the Tau'ri! You fool!" exclaimed Amun.
Val paused in confusion.
"Oh." said Val, feeling foolish.
Esme thought for a moment.
"Do you think that our silver parasite friends are part of this evil plot?" said Esme with suspicion.
"No." said the Esper boy Jonathan, "Anubis is direct, to the point, aggressive, and straight forward. The silver centipede's approach is too subtle."
They all stood in silence for a moment, no one knew what to say next.
"The future hasn't changed." said Alice, "I still see the Gate exploding."
"I already told Sam of the impending disaster through the pack mind," said Jacob, "but I was at a loss as to tell him what to do, because you say that there is nowhere on Earth to hide. So I guess my next question is, how in the world are you supposed to deal with something like this?"
Carlisle then turned in Amun's direction.
"Amun, what do you know about this, Anubis?"
"He was once a powerful System Lord thousands of years ago. He is supposed to be dead, killed in battle; though his symbiote was never found. He is cunning, clever, brilliant, etc. On top of that, he is evil. More evil than evil. Evil is too friendly a term for his personality. He is ruthless and unforgiving. You all know that all of the Goa'uld are evil, but Anubis's evil was in a class of it's own; he was cast out of the ranks of the System Lords for dark, sadistic, evil acts that were even too unthinkable for the Goa'uld."
"Sounds like quite a guy." said Emmett.
"He even overthrew me in Egypt, 4000 years ago, and became Pharaoh. But 69 years later I drove him out and re-took the throne of Egypt."
"So, Anubis is supposed to be dead?" I asked.
"Ok, I ask you to please just not speak that name to me anymore! In fact, from this moment on I would prefer it if you would all just refer to him as 'He Who Must Not Be Named'."
"Anubis is Voldemort?" asked Val in a joking tone, "The way you describe him, that does kind of make sense."
"Who in the world is Voldemort?" asked Amun.
"You don't know who Voldemort is?" Val asked in disbelief.
"No, I don't know who Voldemort is! Why would 'Voldemort', mean anything to me?"
"Haven't you ever read 'Harry Potter'?"
"No! I don't read crap!"
"He's an ascended-being." Edward said in a confused and disbelieving tone of voice.
We all looked at him in confusion.
"What? Who?" I asked him.
"Anubis. He's an ascended-being." said Edward.
Edward then had the attention of all of the Espers in the room.
"What are you talking about?" asked Amun.
"Anubis. I read his mind."
"You read the mind of an Asgard-Hologram?" asked Matilda.
"No. I read his mind on the alien planet, through the Stargate. The event-horizon of the wormhole seems to amplify people's thoughts." said Edward.
"But I thought the wormhole was incoming?" I questioned.
"Well mama, there are some things, such as radio waves that can go two ways, through a wormhole." said Renesmee.
Edward went on.
"I saw in his mind, so many things. He was thinking a lot more thoughts at once than anyone I ever saw."
Amun was about to ask something when more guests arrived.
Marcus, Aro, Maria, Demetri, and Alec entered the room.
"Marcus, what are you doing here?" asked Carlisle in a voice of pleasant surprise.
"I was informed of the world's impending doom." said Marcus.
Marcus had a new look. He no longer had the bored look, but rather, he smiled more and walked with confidence. His eyes were also bright yellow indicating that it had been a while since he fed on human blood.
Aro also had bright yellow eyes, plus he wore a light gray cloak, indicating him as the permanently lowest ranking member of the guard.
"The Stargate of the SGC is going to explode, I hear?" asked Marcus.
"This world is under attack by Anubis." said Edward.
Marcus and Aro were both in shock.
"Anubis?!" shouted Aro in anger and shock, "He is a monster! He destroys everything he touches!"
They were about to go on with their explanation when the Esper woman in white, Laura, entered the room to alert everyone. But before she could say anything, Demetri took one look at her and tensed up for half a second and turned feral. He ran at her at vampire speed. Edward and Alice seemed to see what would happen a split second before it did and tried to grab him. But Laura seemed to be ahead of them; she held her hand out and lifted him into the air with telekinesis and slammed him into the wall with her mind and held him there. Demetri continued to struggle and snarl like an animal. I was surprised that it was Amun who reprimanded him.
"Demetri, what is the meaning of this behavior?! I taught you better self control than this!" said Amun with anger.
"Laura is his, 'Singer'." said Edward.
I knew that this meant that for Demetri, Laura's blood smelled a thousand times better than anyone else's.
I felt Jasper project a wave of calm and peace over Demetri. Amun and Marcus both placed their hands on Demetri and looked him in the eyes with stern, serious faces, and shook their heads at him. He regained his control and Laura set him down on the floor with her mind. He then looked at her.
"My most heart felt apologies, my lady." said Demetri in a voice full of shame and remorse. "The all-of-a-sudden vampire instinct was overwhelming. No one's blood has ever smelled so good to me before. You have my word, this will not happen again."
She smiled at him with kindness.
"That is understandable. It happens to all of us from time to time. But as I was about to say...The Lutz has fallen ill. Come quick."
We all went to the infirmary where there the emaciated old man was lying on the hospital bed. The leader of the Espers looked up at the 3300 year old yellow eyed vampire leader.
"Marcus, my old friend…(sigh)…it is good to see you again after all this time…(sigh)."
The Lutz's voice was harsh, and his breathing was very labored.
"Save your strength old man." said Marcus.
"Nonsense…(sigh)…I have lived for nearly 400 years…(sigh)...using my powers to rejuvenate myself over and over again…(sigh)…but even I can only keep myself young for so long…(sigh)…and then once I am no longer young…(sigh)…I can only keep myself alive for so long…(sigh)…I have meditated…(sigh)…I have studied science for a very long time…(sigh)…but the heart of my physical body will beat no more."
The old man looked around at his fellow Esper brethren. They were his children in a sense; he had taught them, he had shown them the way, he had shown them the path to enlightenment. He had searched and he had found many of them just as his mentor had found him. But he taught them all to be independent, and to find their own apprentices, and teach them to be independent. In this moment, as he lay on his hospital bed, he washed his hands of all of them; taking care of his Esper brethren was his burden no longer.
He then used his powers on himself to speed up his death, and to stop his own heart.
"My Espers…(sigh)…my children…(sigh)…you will all carry on without me…(sigh)…just as I carried on without my mentor when I saw him ascend."
"Master Lutz, we don't want you to go…we love you." said the Esper boy Jonathan.
The Lutz's body then began to glow with bright white light.
"Young Mr. Morter…(sigh)…you are wise and resourceful…(sigh)…and I too love you…(sigh)…this is the way it was for our brethren before us…(sigh)…the way it will be for you many years from now…(sigh)…and our descendents after us…(sigh)…My destiny awaits…(sigh)…My burden is released…(sigh)…My journey…(sigh)…begins."
And the Lutz's clothing fell flat against the top of the hospital bed as his body vanished into thin air, and in its place, hovering over the bed, was a glowing white cloud of light with glowing white tentacles waving around in the air. What appeared to be a human hand, reach out of the glowing white cloud and touched Jonathan's arm.
"Ouch!" said the boy as he looked at his arm with curiosity.
Six symbols appeared on his arm in the form of very subtle burn scars for a moment, and then vanished.
And the glowing white tentacle cloud floated up into the ceiling and was gone.
My jaw was agape as I was in awe. I had never seen such a thing before, I had only scarcely imagined such a thing. I had heard of the Esper's ascension thing many times, but this was beyond my expectations.
"What will happen to all of you now?" I asked the Espers in the room. "Who is your leader now?"
"Alexandria Krukowski, she is now our wisest. Her wisdom will guide us." explained the white robed Esper Laura.
"I believe that you are all involved in a discussion about what to do about the current catastrophe that is upon us."
"Yes I believe so," said Amun. "Edward, you said that Anubis is an Ascended-being?
"I'm pretty sure. He was thinking about it while he was giving his little dramatic doom and gloom speech. I didn't see in his mind his whole story of how it happened, but he had deceived the Goa'uld System Lords into believing that he was dead, and then later on he somehow found a way to ascend." explained Edward.
And then continued Matilda, "as an ascended being he would have near infinite technical knowledge on how to significantly improve the shields and weapons of his Goa'uld ships. And who knows what other technologies?"
" That might explain how he has become so powerful in such a short time." said Amun, "Jacob Black, I believe that your question was, 'what are we supposed to do about this?' Well, I believe that the thing to do, is to find this, 'Stargate destroying weapon', of Anubis, and destroy it."
"So how are we going to get there?" asked Renesmee.
"We will go by ship. Fortunately, I have several, but I only need one. But the first thing that we need to do is find this new weapon."
Amun then turned to Matilda.
"Matilda Wormwood, do you have a means of long-range subspace communication to contact the Goa'uld?"
"Yes." said Matilda.
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