Chapter 42 : Two new elements.
Grand Canyon, 12:30
The group had stopped near a waterfall and was having lunch with the food supplies it had with it.
"Damn, this place is immense ... We risk losing ourselves!" Julia stated.
"True ... The Grand Canyon is a natural labyrinth. Getting lost is very easy." Killua agreed with her.
Meanwhile Faye looked around.
Someone is following us ...
She thought, putting hier hand on the gun.
"What is it?" Roy asked her.
In response, the woman shot at a rock wall, and a female cry started from it.
"What the ...?" Asked Julia, surprised.
"Come out!" Faye warned.
From around a corner a boy with short blue hair and gray eyes appeared in the company of a girl with long pink hair and red eyes.
"Who are you?"
"I am Rivalz Cardemonde, and she is Miya Hillmick."
"What are you doing here? And why do you follow us? "
"We hide from the invaders. We used to live in Cottonwood, and first in Pendragon. That was before they were destroyed. "
"Good, but now turn off."
"We really wanted to join you." Miya intervened.
" We are already too many. "
"Don't be so sullen, we could host them!" Julia spoke.
"I agree ... For two more people that change?"
"Do you trust them?" Faye asked doubtfully.
"They seem like good people to me." Killua assured her.
"The majority is in favor, I see ... And that's fine. But if you're smart, you'll get a bullet each ... And in the head! Am I clear? "
The two young guys nodded.
"Then welcome us."
"Thank you!" Rivalz exclaimed, happy.
"Imagine ... Come on," Julia invited them.
Earth orbit
Gerel was still in front of the mysterious machinery.
It should be ready ...
She thought, pressing a button.
After a few moments the door to the cryogenic cell opened and Saki came out, which now had a totally different appearance: long black hair, fair skin, deflated belly. Only the eyes remained as before. Instead of her old clothes he was wearing a tight purple jumpsuit. The girl looked at her hands in amazement, then touched her belly.
"My baby!"
"Vaporized."
"Why?"
"After the beating you suffered it was lost."
"What did that machine do to me?"
"She rebuilt you. Look for yourself. "
She handed her a mirror, she took it and looked at herself in amazement.
This is my old appearance ... What I had before falling into disgrace!
She think.
"And it's not just your appearance that has changed."
"What would you say?"
"You'll find out in due course ..."
"All right."
"What do you think of your new appearance?"
"I like them…"
"Pleased to hear it. And you're clean too, you know? First you smelled like a Groveback excrement. "
"Gro-what?"
"Groveback, an animal originating from my home planet, Rathunas."
Typing on the central computer keyboard caused a giant tortoise-like creature to appear on one of the monitors, with large, flat heads and shells.
"It was one of the most majestic animals on my planet. Despite the size it moved with a certain elegance. He lived in the grasslands and moved in packs. "He explained.
"Great!" Saki exclaimed, amazed.
"Yeah ... Now it will surely be extinct."
She took on a sad expression.
"Like any other life form ..."
"But how did it happen?"
"After I was sealed, the empire I created was overwhelmed by a civil war between my followers and my enemies. In the end one of the two sides used a lethal virus in battle, which however escaped the control of its creators, totally annihilating my civilization. "
"How did you find out?"
"Thanks to some inscriptions found in a temple dedicated to me ... In the outpost of Motu, located on the moon."
"And your brother? What happened to him? "
Gerel was silent. For a moment Saki thought she had decided not to answer her. Instead she said:
"He came to Earth on a civilizing mission. In order not to frighten the earthlings, he had assumed human features to blend into them. Initially, everything seemed to be going well. Large crowds gathered to listen to his teachings and be cared for by him. The humans worshiped him. "
"But something went wrong, right?"
"Exact. He was arrested, subjected to a show trial, humiliated, tortured ... "She paused, as if the pain caused by those memories was too strong.
"And finally crucified."
" Crucified?"
"Exact. He was reduced to a bloody carcass. Together with him two other men were executed ... Common criminals, from what I understand. "
"Where did this happen?"
Gerel typed again on the keyboard, bringing up a planisphere of the Earth and zooming in on the Middle East, more precisely on Palestine.
"They executed him near Jerusalem."
But then her brother was ... Jesus!
"After I recovered his body, I swore I would avenge him. Thus began the preparations for the invasion of the Earth, which however I could not carry out due to the rebellion of the heretics who locked me up. You know…"
"Tell me."
"When I saw you, attacked by those thugs, you reminded me a little of him. Wound, and defenseless. That's why I saved you. "
"From what I understand you have extraordinary powers ... Did your brother not?"
"Yes, but he was a pacifist. And contrary to me he did not have the Code, the power of immortality. "
"I see."
"Now I will finish the job ... I will conquer the Earth, avenging my brother and creating a new empire."
She turned to her.
"Who will you stay with? With those who humiliated you or with me, who did I save you? "
"With you, of course."
"Magnificent."