The Fate of the First Hero of Light
"Ezekiel how are you feeling?"
"..."
"I froze the walls and the mechanisms that monitor you. Our conversation cannot be documented. Please talk freely."
"Thank you Claurilles. I am well and yourself?" "I am well thank you. Have they contacted you yet?" "No, Claurilles but I am sure they will soon." "Ezekiel I do not how to say this without hurting you. But you are disposable to them." "No, Claurilles you are wrong. They will come for me. Then I will talk to them, they will listen." I pull the chair away from the table, that is in the small cell were Ezekiel stays. I sit down.
"Ezekiel come let us leave here. Help me, we can save the world together." "Claurilles do not worry I will tell the Time Lords. Of how you are saving the world. Then we will stop interfering with other worlds. You will see. Just believe me." "Ezekiel..."
I see tears form. I do not know why but I stand up and I embrace him. As if a dams sluice gate has opened, he is crying. He must feel total despair, he has no family. He is not even a proper "Hume". He was manufactured in a building. Unlike Adam he never believed himself a "god" that is why he is suffering like this. He is searching for anything that could mean he is a "real" Hume.
"Ezekiel are you composed now?" He wipes the tears from his face. He nods his head. "Ezekiel there is one reason that I can give you, why they will not come for you."
"What is that Claurilles?""I am not the smartest or strongest Hume on my world." "What does that mean Claurilles?" "But I know the one who is." "Ezekiel that they sent you to find me proves it. If they sent you to find her. Then you would be indispensable." "Her?" "Yes, Ezekiel she should be arriving very soon. Let us leave Ezekiel." "Yes, Claurilles."
My small black plastic brick is making noises. The noise coming out, is the irritating music that the brats on this world listen too. Loreleia chose this melody. Whenever someone tries to contact me. This annoying melody plays and the talentless eunuchs of the "young brother's band" start screeching. I fold the brick open there are pieces of parchment stuck on the buttons of the device. Which one did she say I should press the red paper? No, that one makes the sounds stop coming out. It is the green one. I press the button."
"CLAURILLES HERE CAN YOU HEAR ME!?" "..." "Claurilless you have it wrong way around." "Damn piece of shit." I turn it around. "CLAURILLES HERE CAN YOU HEAR ME!?" "..." " GOOD DAY WHO IS THIS. WHAT DO YOU WANT!?" "..." "Claurilles turn it around sideways." "Damn piece of shit." "CLAURILLES HERE CAN YOU HEAR ME!? WHO IS THIS?!" "Claurilles come to the mansion! There is a woman in a white parka there is blood on it." "WHAT!? WHO IS THIS?!" "It is me Timothy she is shouting your name. She has Loreleia with her. She is looking for you. She is freezing and shattering the walls Claur..."
The sound went dead. "Claurilles what is wr..." I hit Ezekiel at the back of the head. He should be stunned for awhile.
Many moments later...
"Grandmother! You are here!" I want to move to embrace her. The look she gives me. The hair on the back of my neck is standing up straight.
"Geir who is this girl?" She lifts up an unconscious Loreleia. "Grandmother I can explain?" "You think just because you are in another world. You can soil your wife's honour and start living indecently with the harlots of this place."
"That is not what happened. Please listen!" "The time for talking has passed Geir. Face the consequences of your action GEIR!" My Grandmother jumps down from the third floor. She has an ice sword in her hand. "NOOOOOOOOO!"
After half a day running dodging ice missiles, avoiding groin cuts. She had finally calmed down enough. That Uncle Thandall could explain the situation. "So that is why her life energies are the same as his." "Yes, Grandmother." I say gasping for air. "Uncle Geir who is the scary lady?" "I am your Great-Grandmother Loreleia." "GREAT-GRANDMOTHER!" I fell over the shock being too much for me.
Moments later.
"Uncle Geir are you alright?" "Little man its not like you to lose your cool." "Grandmother did you dissect Ezekiel!" "Do not worry Geir. The other ones that pulled me here. I already thoroughly examined them. I dissected them, I cannot learn anything new." "Please not...""Geir do not worry I will not harm my precious Great Grandchild." "Lady Teela, why would you call her your Great Granddaughter."
"LADY TEELA!" "Great Father Thandall looks no matter where you are. You are always a charmer!" Uncle Thandall start blushing. I feel as if I want to jump off a roof. "Most of her body is the same as Geir's."
"But we only used a small amount of his genetic material and grew only two organs?" "Our tribes unique physiology enables us to heal from even severe injuries. Her internals were still damaged, even though you healed her. Geir's cells spread throughout her body. Fixing the damaged areas and then intertwining with them. In her at the moment 65% of her total parts are composed of my Grandchild's genetic code."
"Lady Teela how could you know this and how do you know our measurement units?" "Great Father Thandall I can sense life very acutely with my magic, also she looks much like Geir. The so called "Time Lords". I interrogated them very thoroughly and learnt much of this world. I am also a qualified medical professional. Changing the names of the units we measure with, to yours is not difficult."
"Lady Teela. Please call me Thandall Stand." "Why?" "It is embarrassing for a beautiful older lady to call me Great Father when I am still younger than you." "I understand, Geir what do you call this handsome man." "Doctor Stand." "Would this be acceptable Doctor Stand." He is squirming in front her. "Thank you Lady Teela."
An emergency meeting was called.
"Everyone I would like to introduce my Grandmother Princess.." My Grandmother clears her throat. "Excuse me I mean Teela Tulok."
"Let me introduce myself, Doctor Teela my name is Homer Grim" says Great Father Houzmas Grimmaker.
"Lady Teela as you know, my name is Doctor Thandall Stand." says Uncle Thandall.
"My name is Hungrid Deckerd Doctor Teela." says the small Hume lady.
"My name is Timothy Smith Ma'am." says the muscular young man.
"My name is Zeldalyn Tavers." says Zeldalyn
"Scary Lady my name is Loreleia Dominitus." says Loreleia.
"My name is Ezekiel the abomina.."
My Grandmother moved so fast and punched him so hard he hit the roof.
"Ezekiel I do not suffer foolish or weak men. You should move past your self pity. Or I will discipline you. Do you understand?"
"YES, MADAM LADY DOCTOR TEELA!" Everyone starts laughing.
"Geir what schemes do you have planned?"
My knees feel weak. Even my own Grandmother!
"Grandmother we are working to become the sole manufacturer of the Golems."
Everyone"WHAT?!"
"Claurilles what did you say." "Little man we have been working for years to stop the machines. You cannot be serious."
"Son I think I know your plan.."
"Great Father I knew we had a deeper connection."
"Homer do you know what it is please explain!"
"Geir explain the scheme." "Scheme" Great Father?"
"CLAURILLES QUICKLY EXPLAIN YOURSELF!"
"We cannot stop the Golems from being built.."Claurilles this cannot be true, all those years."
"LET ME FINISH!"
"If we control their manufacture we can also choose the parts we use. We can also dictate in the Golems heads what they can and cannot do."
"Dictate..." Uncle Thandall is laughing at me.
"Son I knew you would say this but there should be a deeper plan?" "Claurilles are we going to stop their manufacturer when we have total control?"
"Hungrid we are going to keep the manufacturing processes of the Golems the same."
"WHAT WOULD THE POINT BE OF THAT? "
"Do you know what the term evolution means?" "It means that things gradually change over time and grow in to something superior."
"Timothy correct what we are going to do is speed up the evolution of the Golems."
"Little man do you want us to be able to reason with them? "
"Doctor Stand if the power source that makes all the mechanism function in this world disappears what would happen?"
"They would just fix the power plants again. Then it would work again."
"Doctor Stand I believe Geir is implying if the energy could not be able to be produced anymore." "That would be a problem." "Geir what do you mean with all this?"
"For the technology to be built to fix the energy. Without the energy needed to power the factories and the tools needed for making the parts. If you had to start forming all the components by hand. How long would that take?"
"Son I see that could take months or even years. Some things we wouldn't be able to manufacture like electronic parts?!"
"ARE WE GOING TO BLOW UP ALL THE POWER PLANTS?!"
"Do not be ridiculous Zeldalyn. We are going to develop the Golem technology to such a degree. That if they were removed completely. They could not be replaced for many suncycles."
"WHAT!?"
"Do you think something like this will work Claurilles?"
"The most difficult will be the start. We will have to gather funds, from any possible avenue."
"Why would we need the money, if we are the sole manufacturer?"
"Hungrid for my plan to work the Golems will have to fill, almost every possible position they could be required to be in . The most difficult part will be to sell them at a price so low. That even when the competitors arrive. Our products will be the ones chosen."
"Claurilles say we have accomplished this. Everyone has a humanoid now. The humanoid in your "Dwarven World" destroyed the dwarfs. Will they not still do the same?"
"As I said we can dictate what we write in the Golems heads. Hungrid I trust you would be able to write it in such a fashion. When they start thinking for themselves. They will only be able to do foolish actions." "Foolish actions?" "They are only dangerous, when they try to kill Humes are they not?" "Yes, they are but how do I write a "foolish" program?"
"Dictate in their minds that a soft fruit or a harmless object is the most dangerous object. Then when they seek out this object to kill us. It would do the person no harm."
"EXCUSE ME?!"
"GEIR ARE YOU JOKING!?""Zeldalyn I am serious. We know they will become self conscious. We need to dictate for when that happens. What they can see and hear. Hungrid what do you think?"
"This might be your greatest scheme yet." Why does she need to say it like that? "If they learn to think for themselves. They might learn, that the fruit are not effective weapons. Still the sensors we install in them we choose what they see and hear. The sensors are designed in such a way they can only measure what is required!"
"Hungrid why would that be a good thing?"
"Doctor Stand their sensors are not like our eyes. They cannot see everything and adapt to every situation."
"I still don't understand Hungrid?"
"Doctor imagine a box over your head with a small slit to see through and the slit is covered with a piece of coloured film. We can just make the sensors in a way. That even if they want to use weapons. They would not be able to learn their functions or use them effectively."
"Can they not just assault us. They will be much stronger than us?"
"Many mechanism have functions to protect themselves, when they experience forces that could damage themselves. Some parts will dislocate from where they were joined from, to protect the part from being destroyed. We will manufacture their bodies in a way, that they would not be able to kill people with physical violence."
"Claurilles I understand! I will have my technicians start on calculating the forces necessary. We will also start designing new sensors with even more limited scope of measurement. It should also increase their effectiveness by removing unnecessary data, which would have interfered with the readings."
"Thank you Hungrid."
"Geir son this plan seems solid. But this will take many years. Will any of us still be alive by then?"
"I will have to use my secret weapon."
"SECRET WEAPON!"
"Yes!"
"WHAT IS IT TELL US QUICK!"
"It is Ezekiel."
Everyone "WHAT?!"
"Claurilles what do you mean I am your secret weapon?"
"Ezekiel your unique bodies construction will lead to the success of this plan!"
"What of my body will help this?"
"You cannot die. You will guide the world from the shadows. Shouldering the weight of the world. You will stop the catastrophes from happening, making sure the world does not lead to ruin."
"EXCUSE ME!? ARE YOU SERIOUS!?"
"Zeldalyn be quiet for once. Will you do this Ezekiel?" He gives me a look of absolute resolution. "YES, CLAURILLES I WILL!".
I stand up and shake his hand. Tears are rolling down his face. "Ezekiel if you fail. I will haunt you forever. Do you understand?" He stands at attention. "YES, CLAURILLES!"
Everybody lets out a laugh.
"I told you the plan, now we just have to start."
"Yes, son. The businesses aren't going to run themselves. See you later.."
"Well said little man. I have patients to see."
"I have to go back to the department."
"I need to go to work. I have to write this program. The technicians can..."
"Claurilles we need to meet the Green Cobra Triad for a deal."
Everyone leaves. Only myself my Grandmother, Loreleia and Ezekiel are left?
"Uncle Geir what should I do. School is closed for the holidays?"
"Loreleia you will be spending time with me." says my Grandmother.
"UNCLE GEIR SAVE ME!" she is knocked unconscious.
"Geir we are going to be in the mountains for a while." "Yes, Grandmother. Here take her plastic piece of shit brick. Call me if you need something." My Grandmother nods and like a specter disappears before us.
"Claurilles what should I do?"
"Come with me."
We drive underneath the bridge, into a tunnel it has collapsed. "I could only find this place because of my magic." "What are we going to do here?" I push open the Giant Dwarven gates. "Geir me boy. How are you?" "Uncle Thandall" I embrace him. "I'm so glad to see you little man." "Thank you Uncle Thandall." "Is this the young man you told me about?" "Yes, Uncle Thandall. His name is Ezekiel."
"Ezekiel I see a very good name. He has nice bright eyes. Little man I hope you haven't learned Geir's scheming ways." "Hello sir no I mean Doctor Stand." "DOCTOR STAND! Its been ages since someone called me that." The Might Dwarven Warrior lets out a hearty laugh. "Call me Thandall little man."
"Yes, Mister Thandall, what is this place?" "This is my realities "Dwarven world". Ezekiel come with me." We walk for many moments. "You will be studying and staying here." I push the Dwarven Archive room's doors open."Claurilles what is this place?" "This an archive of all the books that have been written, in this worlds past leading up till now. You are going to read each and everyone." "Why?" "Why not?"
"When you are lonely, there will always be someone here. Make friends, do not try and shoulder this task alone. Time also moves differently here. Rest as much or as little as you need to." "Yes, little man come give us a visit!" "Claurilles what about you?" "Ezekiel I am a Hume. We can only live for so long, but if it is fated we will meet again."
I move to leave. Ezekiel follows me. "Ezekiel you will stay here for now.""Claurilles do I really have to?" "There are many things you will have to learn. If all of us are gone. You will have to fulfill many roles. Can you do them now?"
"No, Claurilles still.."
Uncle Thandall hits him on the back, he almost falls over. "Come little man. Let's have some ale and sing some celebratory songs. We have a new friend with us. Thanmouk fetch everyone. It is time to be merry." "Yes Great Father!"
I nod to Ezekiel. He smiles back awkwardly being carried over the Mighty Dwarfs shoulder.
I close the doors.
I have to start as well.
Finish.
