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Chapter 21 - Evil Has Landed
Jasper woke up to the computer next to his bed screeching out an alarm. He made sure that it was with him every waking and non waking moment. The program worked. The egg had landed on Earth and he reached for his phone.
"Darien, the evil egg has landed on Earth just now. It is time to hunt it down and destroy it." Jasper said without even a morning greeting.
"I am getting up now and I will be right over with Serena. Thank you for informing me right away."
Jasper was puzzled, "How did you know that I called you right away?"
Darine let out a low chuckle over the phone, "I expect nothing less from my future son-in-law. You have already shown your respect and devotion to our family. It is consistent with your character that you have displayed."
Jasper hung up feeling deeply respected and grateful for the care and acceptance from Darien. He would fight for Celestine's life and he already knew Darien would approve of their love. He knew his next future would be full of happiness and the love of an amazing woman.
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Sammy had gotten a call from Darien that morning and he decided to skip school. He showed up on Nemesis and walked directly to the lab that had, by now, almost become a second home for him. Everyone paused and looked up, they looked puzzled.
Peridot spoke up, "What are you doing here now? Aren't you supposed to be in school?"
"I know you are in charge of this project. Please don't kick me out, I just got a call from Darien this morning. The evil egg has landed and they are beginning to search for it. I would like to get some more done on the drive system and the igniter for the explosion that should destroy the egg." Sammy looked desperate, but that wasn't needed.
Peridot nodded and replied, "Of course, please stay, we had some more progress with the last idea you had and we were wondering if you could see anything we missed."
With that Sammy got to work on the ship that could help save the lives of his family.
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Jasper was furious. How could the egg have landed on Earth and they had no idea where it was? They only knew that it landed in Japan. Thank goodness for that at least, it would make it easier to hunt down the egg. Now he had to think. How were they to locate it?
Serena and Darien stood in Jasper's apartment and Darien's expression matched Jasper's. They were both desperate men now.
Serena just placed her hand on Darien's arm to get his attention and said, "Um, Jasper. Did the energy look for Celestine to overtake her or did it happen upon her?"
Jasper looked puzzled, "I don't know. I assumed it went after her since she was heir to the Silver Alliance."
"What if it just got lucky? What if the egg was somewhere she would go and she stumbled upon it. It would give us a place to look at least." Serena replied to him and looked hopeful.
Jasper shrugged, "It's worth a try."
Darien looked serious, "Where did my daughter hang out and play as a girl?"
"I know just the place. There will be a lot of ground to search through there though." Jasper said.
Darien shook his head in frustration, "Of course."
It was time to call a team meeting and mobilize everyone for the hunt.
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Opal knocked and entered Raye's office and said, "Raye, if I am out of line please tell me, but I had a thought about destroying the egg."
Raye looked up and was curious, "Please, don't be afraid to come to me with any ideas. What is it?"
Opal looked relieved and happy, "I was wondering how we would launch a spaceship from earth and detonate it without alerting the heads of several governments."
Raye's eyes popped open, "Oh my gosh, we could start an international incident!" She stood and motioned for Opal to follow her and went to the door that led into Sapphire's office. She knocked and didn't wait for a response. She walked right in and immediately said, "Darling, Opal raised a good point. How are we going to launch a ship from Earth without setting off literal alarm bells from the governments of several countries including Japan?"
Sapphire smiled at Raye and said, "Easy, we launch the spaceship with the egg in it from here. I hear they just obtained permission from the King of Nemesis to launch whenever they are ready." He winked at Raye.
Raye's whole demeanor softened and she said, "Opal, you are brilliant, wonderful, and I appreciate you. Please, get out right now and tell Topaz to not disturb us. Oh, and please let Sammy and your father, Peridot know that they will be launching from here."
Opal quickly exited with a smile on her face and did just that.
Raye walked over to Sapphire and wrapped her arms around him and kissed him. "Do you know how sexy you are?"
He smirked and said, "You're just saying because I solved the problem of the launch."
"No, I am just saying that because you didn't hesitate for a second to do something that would help me and solve a problem I had. I saw an obstacle to what I wanted done and you eliminated it. I can't lose Serena, you know that. I almost did and it was the biggest mistake of my life."
"Darling, I would do anything to protect those you hold dear." He kissed her jawline and down her neck. "I would do anything for you."
She ran her hands up his back and held him tightly, "Anything?" He nodded. "Marry me soon. Marry me and never let me go."
"Yes darling, I promise. You are everything to me and the sooner I have you as my wife the sooner I can start the best part of my life." He grasped her close and slid his hands down to grab her ass.
Raye gave him a seductive look, "It is pretty good right now too." Her hands slid down and grabbed his ass too and pulled him against her.
He grew even harder and nibbled on her neck, "Darling if you do that you are going to face the consequences."
"Oh no, not that." She teased him and he smiled at her.
His hands then slid up her body and grabbed her breasts and played with her nipples, "Oh yes." He smirked and slid his hands under her shirt and felt her warm breasts in his hands. "Fuck yes."
She moaned and rocked against his cock and said, "That's the idea."
Topaz and Opal realized very quickly that it would be a good idea to go take a coffee break when they heard noises coming from the office. If they walked the whole way there holding hands no one commented about it; there were quite a few smiles though.
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The team meeting was called for seven o'clock that night and Jasper was already growing impatient. He paced his living room for a full thirty minutes before he decided to go over to get Darien and go in search of the egg. He arrived and Darien quickly answered the door.
"Good, I was going to come and get you to go and search. Surely we can get some initial searching done and cross off some places before the meeting tonight." Darien said as he grabbed his car keys.
Jasper smiled and held up his map, "Perfect! I had been hoping we could start now."
They got to the car and Darien noticed the doors were unlocked and that Serena was asleep in the back seat. "What are you doing back there my dear one?" Darien asked when she opened her eyes.
She yawned and stretched and massaged her neck with her hand. "I fell asleep. I thought you would both be here sooner to go and look for the egg. I didn't want to be left behind. Celestine is my daughter and I want to help save her too."
Darien smiled at her as he and Jasper got in the car. "Let's go, my love. I am glad to have you around. At least I will have something pretty to look at all day."
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Sammy pumped his fist in the air and cheered, then showed his results to the rest of the team. They had figured it out. They could now do a controlled blast inside the spaceship without breaching the hull. Once the hull was compromised any explosion would be snuffed out. Now that wouldn't be a problem.
Peridot smiled, "Good job Sammy! Let's move on to the next problem, we are getting very close."
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Jasper walked over to the small tree that was in the field they had stopped at. This had been, or would be, Celestine's favorite place to run around. The tree was smaller now but she would one day carve her name in and declare to be part of her own personal kingdom. Back before she was infected, back when she was young and conquered the world with a sword made out of any stick that she had found laying around.
This was where she had declared that she would never be turned into someone she wasn't. Where she had promised to all her friends that she would alway stand by their sides and always be herself and not Princess Celestine to them. She would always be their friend, she would never be one to look down and rule over them.
He kicked the ground as a tear ran down his face. A rock skittered and made a strange noise when it went under a bush. He went to investigate and found a strange, black egg. He pulled it out and saw it shined like a polished gem. "Darien, Serena! Come here!"
They ran over and he held out the black polished egg that was about a foot high and looked disgusted. "It was in the spot we used to love to play as children. The spot she promised to always be our friend. This fucking egg was right here and infected her. At least we now know where the group Black Onyx got their name from."
Serena nodded, "It sure does look like an egg shaped black onyx stone. I can't believe you found it already."
Darien was overwhelmed that Jasper had found the egg, "Well done. I am so proud of you. I don't know how to fully express how grateful I am that you found it." He pulled Serena close to him and held her tightly and looked Jasper over her head, "You saved them. You have my word that I will be there for you growing up and one day I will tell you the story of how this version of you came back and rescued my daughter and wife."
Jasper nodded and choked back tears. He cleared his throat and said, "You are an amazing father to the woman I desperately love. Everything I am fighting for exists because of you. I am overjoyed to be a part of what you will bring forth in the future."
Darien sent out a text that read: "Jasper found the damn egg. Meeting is canceled for tonight. We will begin running tests on the egg and will update you all when we find out something."
Immediately texts started coming back. Everyone was overjoyed at the news.
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Amy and Zoisite were ready when Darien walked in with the egg with Jasper following closely behind and Serena coming in with a box of donuts.
She smiled and said, "I thought some sugar would help give us all some energy. Amy, thanks for letting us come over right away."
Amy looked her in the eye, "Serena, I serve at your pleasure. I would do anything for you. We will figure out if an explosion and fire can destroy the egg. I think that is the best one to test first."
Darien nodded, "That would also be the most satisfying way to destroy it."
"I couldn't agree more." Jasper said.