Disclaimer: I do not own Balem or the Jupiter Ascending universe (though I wouldn't mind owning Balem =D) but I do own Amoya whatever other characters that are in existence for this story.

A.N: Well, we have arrived people. Part one of the Epilogue for this story. Please enjoy!

Epilogue Part I: And So it Was

Looking back Balem found that their vacation was something, although he never would have thought of or have done on his own, he would definitely arrange it again. He could see that their two weeks helped his wife settled down. And he found that he enjoyed just being with his wife for two weeks, with no one else around. It gave them time to just be.

But eventually, they were traveling back to Jupiter. Naveen and Dalila were unexpected guests coming back with them. During their time on Ores, Balem had slowly began to get use to the two, mostly because he saw the stars in their eyes when it came to his wife. And he knew that Amoya valued them greatly and wasn't going to let them go without a fight.

Technically they were supposed to be deactivated, the humane way of saying put to death, since they were illegal creations anyway. Balem personally wouldn't have cared if they were put to death but he knew it would have caused Amoya grief. He only hoped that they cared for her as much as he could see so far because if they betrayed Amoya in any way, he would kill them himself.

However they still ended up with a punishment. They were both forced to wear metal collars. The collars had been designed so that they cannot stream or shape shift with them on. If they tried, they would be electrocuted not enough to kill them but they would feel excruciating pain. Also they were on probation for five years and the collar also tracked their whereabouts. Amoya hated the fact that they had to wear collars like a dog but neither one minded.

Everyone knew they were getting off lightly in comparison to the rest of their kin who were eventually deactivated. In addition to helping with court case and Amoya's favor, it was also discovered that they were in fact part human. They had been stolen from their homeland by the Camou corporation to be turned into chameleon splices. They were always told they were created in their laboratory. They thought it meant from scratch but that was not true.

However, the Thirties and Forties were created from scratch. Apparently the first several batches of tests involved taking humans and splicing them with chameleon genes but that was a failure because they still retained their human will. That was why Dalila and Naveen had some human emotions. The doctors that worked on them couldn't completely erase their human side.

Also returning with them was Mr. Night. Apparently as it was discovered the victims of streaming, was actually awake during their coma. They could feel and sometimes see what their chameleon splice was doing when they were being streamed. It wasn't a pleasant experience and Mr. Night didn't care to talk about it too much.

He seemed more subdued those days, though all his tests came back with good reviews. He felt guilty for being a victim of the chameleon splices and wanted to resign his post but Amoya wasn't have any of that. She didn't want the Camou Corporation to win anymore then strictly necessary. Balem simply said that he didn't want to go through filling his position after Mr. Night has had it all these years. It was discovered that when Mr. Night had to go off world on a business run, all those months ago, that was when the exchanged happened.

Speaking of Camou Corporation, forget being put out of business by the end of the century, practically a week after Titus was arrested, the corporation fell to pieces. Then Ajay Camou was finally arrested and that just completely dissolved the corporation right there. Many of the board members took their share and ran so that they were not accessories to all that had happened.

Balem, and Amoya even less, was not thrilled to have to see Ajay Camou in court or even Titus Abrasax. At first Amoya wondered if Titus Abrasax, even realized the trouble he was in and what he was facing. He acted as if nothing out of the ordinary was happening. He seemed confident that he wouldn't be facing the death penalty.

Kalique Abrasax attended the trial and was brought to testify about the day of Titus' arrest.

Ajay Camou on the other hand, seemed very aware of exactly how much trouble he was in, especially since Amoya's time being a neuro-camera was allowed as evidence.

Matter of fact, that was the key evidence right there.

Amoya almost felt sorry for how jittery Ajay Camou was during those days.

Almost.

However after the trial concluded and the list of charges were read for both Titus and Ajay, it was then that everything seemed to click for Titus. Especially after the judge intoned that they were both up for the death penalty.

Now Amoya didn't believe in the death penalty, even on Earth but she couldn't bring herself to intervene for the two of them. They made their choices, they were going to have to suffer the consequences. That and Balem was adamant that they were going to get the death penalty even if he had to see to it himself. Amoya remembered when she drop hints on wondering if this was the right course of action.

The result: it set Balem off.

He went from everything she went through, and everything he went through because of what she went through because of them.

Needless to say by the time he was done (flushed in the face and slightly wild eyed at the thought), Amoya never brought it up again.

Although she hoped that Titus' wide-eyed gaze wouldn't haunt her, nor his words as he begged and pleaded for her to help him, his dignity long gone. However, while Titus was begging, Ajay was practically cursing her and Balem out for his fate.

That was the worse day for Amoya and she couldn't help but to cry after they got back to their rooms. In fact, she managed to hold it together until they got to their rooms and that was a miracle of itself.

But after the court case had settled, their vacation was over and things began to get back to normal, both Balem and Amoya began to turn their sights on more important matters.

First they sent an advocate to find Dr. Ahiga. They sent the person in secret. Mostly because it would less headache at that moment, than explaining publically that the Abrasax Corporation was going to go through a change.

It took roughly a year for their advocate to even get a whiff. Apparently Dr. Ahiga didn't trust anyone and was constantly moving. The advocate tried to make contact but failed to do so and after a certain point couldn't get any further. Balem knew that Dr. Ahiga would be wary of anyone for the Abrasax Corporation trying to contact him.

So, after much debate, Amoya sent Naveen and Dalila to make contact with the Dr. Ahiga. They were allowed to take off the collar and shift, but only if they needed to and not to hurt the one they were shifting into. For Balem, this was trusting them quite a bit, but both were eager not to fail the one that saved them.

This proved fruitful for barely three months later they managed to talk with the Dr. Ahiga. Well, not the doctor per say but his public face assistant, if you will. Which was good, since that was the closest they got so far. Then it took another month after that for the two to convince the doctor to meet with Queen Amoya.

Dr. Ahiga decided that he would meet the Queen since he's been hearing a lot of good things, but he didn't want Balem anywhere near him. In fact the doctor was so paranoid, he wouldn't let them know the meeting place until they were halfway there.

Balem liked to have a fit at this idea and it took a week for Balem to allow it.

After Amoya managed to meet with the doctor, everything else snowballed from there. began to warm up to Amoya and took a liking to her. He wasn't thrilled about Balem and until the last day, the two was forever uncomfortable in the other's presence.

It was discovered that Lady Seraphi was right, Dr. Ahiga actually had a basic prototype of an Alternative Regenex going. He had a number of backers around the galaxy and a support group. Like Amoya, he wasn't thrilled with using the current Regenex but like Amoya he continued to use Regenex to fix Regenex. He could pass on his knowledge to an heir if you will, but it wouldn't ever been the same and he wanted to make sure it was done right. But he did train an assistant in secret in Alternative Regenex just in case something happened to him.

The actual progress of making a functional Alternative Regenex to market took many years. Eventually Alternative Regenex would be known by its shorter name AlterRegenex.

The final look of AlterRegenex would come to use a person's own DNA plus DNA from others to lengthen one's life. In the future, people would be able to donate DNA to a DNA bank to use. This would negate the use of killing humans for their DNA.

And that was a whole progress to gather support for.

Many people liked the idea, especially the part about not killing whole planets, but they didn't trust the Abrasax Corporation for the things they had already done. It took a lot of effort on Amoya's part to began to gain the people's trust. She never thought she would give public speeches like a politician but she did.

(Though she hated them with an undying passion.)

Amoya Abrasax had many haters, mostly Entitles that were still okay with maintaining the status quo. However there was a few who had an Enlightenment like Lady Seraphi and had already began to quietly supporting Dr. Ahiga even before he joined with Amoya and ultimately Abrasax Corporation. Jarlath Kevan of the House of Kevan was one such Entitled who had his own Enlightenment.

Dr. Ahiga had studied Lord Kevan and found that in using Regenex the old way, stemmed the mind, making it not grow up properly. So an Entitled who took Regenex for millennia might be a certain age physically but in mind they would be much younger. So when they in effect "gained some sense"... well, we know the story of Lady Seraphi and how that worked out. Jarlath was one of few that was able to use his Enlightenment for good and not have it end up destroying him.

At least now Amoya knew why many Entitles acted like a child. It was in part because of Regenex. It messed with the mind.

The only downside with AlterRegenex is that it didn't last as long as the old Regenex and you would have to use it more frequently. Eventually the old Regenex would come to be called RegenexZero.

However, AlterRenegex ended up making Abrasax Corporation more money in the long run.

Because AlterRegenex was cheaper to produce, the cost was lower allowing people who couldn't afford RegenexZero, to buy AlterRegenx. This lead to AlterRegenex begin brought at least three times more (according the numbers) than RegenexZero.

Win-win for everybody.

But there were those who still wanted the system that RegenexZero provided. More of a caste system. With AlterRegenex, it balanced out the universe in a way that RegenexZero never did.

Or could for that matter.

TBC...