written by Beth Brownell
Chapter One.
"So how do we escape this time, oh high and mighty leader?" asked SilverStrobe, looking at their leader, SilverLightning.
"Like this," whispered SilverLightning, as his manacles were destroyed by his power of lightning. He stood up and quickly removed the others' manacles.
"Destroy the door, SilverStrength!" commanded SilverLightning, looking at her as she rammed her fist into the door breaking it on impact.
SilverStrength leaped out of the armored truck that was taking them to the super-powered jail cells north of the city. She turned back to the truck which stopped as the Police Officers climbed out of the truck to stop them but they were chased away from the area by SilverLightning's lightning bolts, which were in the arms of SilverStrength.
The wind was blowing gently as a discarded newspaper flew onto SilverSpear's arm. She took hold of it and was about to toss it when she saw the headline reading "Murderer of YoungBlood's lawyer found!". She saw the photo of the man and took it to SilverLightning.
"Any sign of YoungBlood, SilverStrobe?" asked SilverMoon, as she started to turn the area black as night so they could make their escape without dealing with YoungBlood at that moment.
"No, not yet...SilverMoon. I want revenge on them, Lightning," spoke SilverStrobe, looking towards SilverLightning.
"I know you do. I want revenge as well. But we need to get to our headquarters right now to plan our revenge and to free Holden from jail. He may prove to be the asset that we may be searching for," spoke SilverLightning, as he flew towards the west with the others following behind him.
"Damn it! We must have missed them! Spread out YoungBlood! I want them found now!" yelled Shaft, as he went to the truck to find it empty and the power manacles still there.
"Shaft, I found where they are heading to!" yelled Combat, looking down at him from the roof of a nearby building.
Shaft removed an arrow from his bow and fired it into the side of the building and started to climb up the building. He looked where Combat was pointing to and saw the fading darkness in the west. That was the sign of SilverMoon, one of four female members of SilverForce with the power to emit darkness 200 feet around her.
"They're heading to the west. Why would they head to the west unless to take us off their real trail? That's it! They don't want us to know where they are really heading to. But where are they heading to?" asked Shaft, looking at the small sliver of darkness in the west as it disappeared from sight.
"Shaft! She's waking! Siren's waking up! HeadQuarters just called!" yelled Diehard, looking at him as he hovered near the transport unit.
"I'm coming!" replied Shaft, as he grabbed hold of the rope that was wrapped around his arrow that he had shot onto the side of the building to slide down the rope to the transport unit as the others raced into the unit. With one mighty tug at the rope, it was yanked out of the side of the building so he didn't have to replace it later on.
The transport lifted off and headed straight for HeadQuarters and to Siren's room they all went.
Chapter Two.
Shaft picked up her warm hand to feel the steady heart rate in Siren's veins. He smiled knowing that soon she would be waking up. He walked over to the heart monitor and turned it off.
"So, Shaft, is she going to be waking up soon or what?" asked Vogue, looking at him gently.
Shaft turned to look at her, puzzled by the sound of her voice. He asked, "Are you jealous of her, Vogue?"
"Jealous!! Why should I be jealous of her?" asked Vogue, looking at him strongly.
Shaft didn't respond to her question, letting it fall. He turned back to Siren and still saw no change in her. He pulled one of the chairs over from the desk to the side of the bed where he sat down.
"She looks like a princess in one of the fairy tales my mother used to read to me a long time ago," spoke Badrock, looking at Siren sleeping in her bed quietly.
"Out of which fairy tale, Badrock? There are many fairy tales that have princesses in them," asked Chapel, looking at him.
"Sleeping Beauty. If Siren had blond hair instead of having red hair, she would look like Sleeping Beauty herself. The sleeping princess can be only awakened by the kiss of a handsome prince after one hundred years of an enchanted sleep," spoke Badrock, looking towards Siren.
"If Kyra is indeed Sleeping Beauty the only way to wake her is by the kiss of a handsome guy. So who is the lucky guy who is going to kiss her?" asked Chapel, as he got many laughs from the others.
"Welcome back to the waking world, Siren," spoke Shaft, as Siren opened her eyes to look at him gently.
Siren smiled at him gently as she tried to sit up. Once she was sitting the others couldn't believe that she was fully awake, but who had given her the wake-up kiss? They looked towards Shaft and realized that he could have been the one who gave her the wake-up kiss.
"If you really want to know, Badrock. I am the Princess in that fairy tale you told the others. I was the Princess Aurora. The King and Queens's real daughter, Aurora died soon after her birth. The King didn't want to make his kingdom saddened by the loss of the princess. The Queen never knew that her real daughter was dead. The only ones who really knew was the nursemaids and the King. I was a maiden living in the nearby forest alone. But the King knew that I was a very ancient woman who had the powers to become young again. He pleaded with me to become a newborn babe and become their daughter, Aurora. Which I gratefully did and you now know the whole story of Sleeping Beauty," spoke Kira, looking at Badrock gently.
"Well, now that you are finally in the waking world, Siren. I think it's time for us to show you the present we got for you while you were in the sandman's world," spoke Vogue, looking at him as Siren looked at them in wonder.
"Yes. Siren, while you were sleeping like a baby here, we went to an empty apartment building that's nearby. It's only two blocks away from here. We merged our monies together and bought it for you," spoke Shaft, looking at her as her face went from puzzlement to upset.
"I have to sell that apartment buillding! I already own one only ten miles away from here in Alexandria," replied Siren, looking at them, a little angry with them at that moment.
"You what?" exclaimed Shaft, shocked that their gift of an apartment building was so wrong for they didn't know that she already owned an apartment building.
"I already own an apartment building, Shaft. I have lived there for over two hundred years. I'll show you my apartment building. Come on," spoke Siren, looking at them as she stood next to her bed.
Siren walked out of the room towards the hangar bay where she entered the transport unit followed by the others who went with her only to see her apartment building that she already owned. Siren had the engines running when she turned to the computer screen and punched in a few numbers on the keyboard. The screen lit up. On the screen was her apartment building's security system.
"Diehard, keep an eye on the screen. It has my home security system on it," spoke Siren, as she went to the pilot's seat and flew the plane out of the hangar bay.
They had just flown over the Potomac River when the screen started to beep. Diehard looked at the screen and then spoke, "Siren, I believe you have an intruder in your home."
"What!?" spoke Siren, as she leaped from the chair and looked at the screen. She turned to the front of the plane, then her eyes flamed and suddenly the scene out front turned out to be many buildings surrounding one steel skyscraper. The others couldn't understand what had happened to them.
"Stay here!" yelled Siren, as she disappeared from sight.
A few minutes later, Siren reappeared in the transport unit. She went to the controls and piloted the plane directly at the building.
"Siren, what are you doing! We're going to crash!!" screamed Vogue, as she lunged for the controls.
Chapter Three.
"No, I'm not, Vogue. Look," spoke Siren, as she turned to look at her gently.
Vogue looked out the window to see a hangar bay like none other that she had seen before. Siren turned off the transport unit and climbed out of the chair as the others gingerly stepped out to see the hangar bay that they had never seen before.
"Welcome to my hangar bay, YoungBlood," spoke Siren, looking at them from the air.
"I don't believe what I am seeing," replied Vogue, looking at the huge space that was there. But there was one thing missing, she thought.
"You are all wondering, where are the planes that should be in a hangar bay like this? Well, I'll tell you. This hangar bay is used mainly by me. There are times I need to get enough running speed to fly into the air without having people see me on the streets below. But now I have a team who will be needing to hide the unit from thugs and other people who would love to disassemble a craft like this you can use it when visiting me. Come on, I'll show you my computer room...then my penthouse," spoke Siren, as she walked towards the stairs.
Chapter Four.
"There's the transport unit carrying Holden Darius Chasemen from the jail cell to the prison, SilverLightning," spoke SilverStrobe, looking at him.
"Strobe, plan A dash two," replied Lightning, as Strobe sent different colored light dots in front of the transport unit making it ram into a fire hydrant and knocking out the drivers.
"SilverStrength, rip open the back seat and free our new member," spoke Lightning, as Strength ripped open the back seat with her bare hands.
"SilverMoon, darken the area. SilverSpear, take Holden with you and let's get back to our headquarters before we end up fighting YoungBlood before we are really ready to," replied SilverLightning, as he flew off the top of the roof as SilverMoon darkened the surrounding 200 feet in complete darkness.
Back at Siren's penthouse, Siren had just finished showing them her control room and she was entering her main part of her home when the alarms went off. She raced to the computer and punched in a few numbers as the words appeared of the attack of SilverForce on the transport unit transporting the convicted murderer Holden Chasemen to prison.
"Damn them!! You should have had one of the team riding with them. Now Holden knows of our weakness and our strong points and he will use them to their advantage!" yelled Siren, looking at them.
"We knew that SilverForce had freed themselves today. They must have heard on the news that Holden was being taken to prison today and attacked the transport unit to free Holden," spoke Vogue, looking at her as Siren went to the wall and typed something into the small computer that was there.
"They don't know where we are at this moment. I know we can do nothing until they attack something or we find a clue to their whereabouts. I'll show you something that no human or android has ever seen since the time of the Pharaohs of Egypt long past," replied Siren, as the door that was hidden a minute ago was revealed. The door slowly opened up to reveal a secret chamber full of five female statues of Egyptian Goddesses and standing at the head of the bed was a statue of a huge bird of fire in front of a silken bed covered in fine netting.
Siren's flaming hand lit a candle as she walked around the room lighting two dozen candles in the room to fully reveal the room to them.
"This room is mine. My personal chambers this be. If you are looking at the statues of the Goddesses, they are the only originals on Earth. I made the doubles of these same statues in Egypt. The Pharaoh had asked me to make the best carvings of the Gods and Goddesses I could for I was considered a Goddess myself. I made sure that the statues of the Goddesses of Egypt were carved as best as I could remember three thousand, five hundred years ago," spoke Siren, as she placed a small ball of fire in an earthen jug of some kind at each Goddess' feet in homage and to also reveal the carvings of the statues themselves.
"Three thousand, five hundred years? Did I hear you right, Siren?" asked Vogue, looking at her strangely.
Siren turned to look at her gently and then replied, "Yes, you did, Vogue. These statues are over three thousand, five hundred years old."
"But how did you get these statues out of Egypt, Kira? There must have been many laws that you broke stealing their statues from them," spoke Badrock, looking at the statues.
Chapter Five.
"Thank you for freeing me from the Police Officers, SilverLightning. But I must go now...I have to plan my revenge on Siren and her boyfriend, Shaft," spoke Holden, as he stood up and started to walk towards the door.
"Wait! Maybe you can help us, Holden?" asked SilverLightning, looking at him.
"What do you mean by that, Lightning?" asked Holden, turning from the door to look at him seriously.
"We are trying to plan our revenge on YoungBlood but we know we will only end up getting captured just like the last time but both our plans might work if we combine them. How would you like to join our team, Holden?" asked SilverLightning, looking at him.
"But I would need to have a mutant power which I don't have," replied Holden, looking at them.
"Oh, we know, but you see SilverStrobe can emit bright light in any form. We just allow her to radiate her gift into your body and, boom, you have your mutant power. But we could also place you in our mutant enhancer to bring to light any power you may have lying dormant and then you have your mutant power," spoke SilverLightning, looking at SilverStrobe then to Holden.
"I don't know what kind of mutant power I'll be bringing up. But I'll do anything to get back at YoungBlood, especially Shaft and Siren for what they did to me," replied Holden, looking at SilverLightning.
"Good. Come with me, Holden and we can start giving you....your power," spoke SilverStrobe, as she walked to a golden tube that they had stolen from a penthouse months ago.
Holden watched as SilverStrobe started the golden tube up. She turned to him and nodded as he approached the tube and stepped inside.
"I didn't steal their statues, Badrock. I had made them three thousand five hundred years ago. I had moved them when the last Pharaoh that I known died in the 190 B.C's to this building but it was much smaller than it is now. For I sold to the Museum of Natural Arts three large diamonds and two semi-large rubies for over three point two million dollars. I still have many diamonds and rubies here in this house but I never show them to anyone, not even to my friends. I am worth over three point five trillion dollars for someone who is as close immortal as you can get. Uggh," moaned Kyra, as she placed her hand on her head in pain.
"Siren, are you alright? Maybe you shouldn't have gotten up so soon after waking from your Sleep?" asked Shaft, looking at her as she sat down in the chair.
"No. Someone is using the mutant enhancer," replied Siren, looking at them.
"Mutant what?" asked Vogue, shocked.
"Mutant enhancer. I had one here but several months ago it was stolen from me by I have no idea who took it. But whoever they are, are using it at this moment. If they don't know what it is it could change the person whoever is closest to the tube into a superpowered person. Computer Omega Alpha Tria. Hopefully the computer can find where the tube is by finding the wave lengths that are admitted by the tube itself," spoke Siren, looking towards the skyline out of the window of her penthouse.
Holden walked out of the mutant enhancer a very much changed man. His brown hair was transformed into the same color of the others. His hands were glowing with his 'new' powers. He smiled towards SilverLightning a very wicked smile and then he glanced down to look at the rest of his body to find out that he was floating on air. He could fly.
"Siren how do you know that this mutant enhancer can change a person into a superpowered human?" asked Vogue, looking at her.
"Because I created both SilverStrobe and SilverSpear out of normal human into the beings we are now fighting against," replied Siren, turning from the window to look at her.
"You what!!" yelled Shaft, looking at her seriously.
"I taught a class at the University of Washington D.C. a few years back on Genetics. Linda and Easter Finn...that's their real names went to the same class that I taught at before the change. I was the reason why they are what they are today. Because of my stupidity...that pair of twins became SilverStrobe and SilverSpear. I must right that wrong soon before someone else becomes a superpowered person," replied Siren, looking at him gently.
"Siren you were saying something about being as close to immortal as you can get? What do you mean by that?" asked Vogue, looking at her as she sat down in the purple chair.
"I am over ten thou..." spoke Siren.
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
"The computer must have found where the mutant enhancer is located at!" recommenced Siren, as she raced to the computer to turn off the alarm. She did not noticed that two of her wing feathers fell out of her wings to land on the floor near Badrock's feet.
"Where are they, Siren?" asked Shaft, as he stood up and walked towards her.
"You remember the old warehouse at the W. Wilson Memorial Bridge that I had destroyed months ago. It was rebuilt by someone who didn't give their name for the building permit to rebuild on that site. That is where the Mutant Enhancer is located at. SilverForce must have had rebuilt their old base!" exclaimed Siren, looking at them.
"Uh, Siren. I think you could be...uh..molting. Look, your feathers," spoke Badrock, holding up two of her feathers.
"I know, Badrock. That's why I'm staying behind on this mission. I can't fly when I'm molting even though I can. It is very hard for me to remain up in the sky for long. I have feathers growing in at this moment but they are still small for the time being," spoke Siren, looking at Badrock as she took hold of her feathers from him.
"Siren may I see one of your feathers please?" asked Shaft, as she handed him her feather that was in her hand and placed the other feather down on the table nearby.
Siren turned towards Diehard and informed him of the dangers of the Mutant Enhancer when they blow it up. Shaft examined the feather to find out that the feather was very strong and couldn't break under his attempts at breaking it in two. He liked it. It was something that he never found before an unbreakable feather.
"Kyrana are you sure that you can be safe here when your own home was broken into months ago?" asked Vogue, looking at her gently as Kyrana walked away from the computer and towards the couch and sat down on it.
"Yeah, why don't you come with us but remain in the transport unit so you can keep an eye on our progress?" asked Badrock, looking at her.
"I am real tired, Badrock. I want to remain here in my home. Once you leave here I'll put the alarms on. I'll be okey. You should go...who knows what SilverForce is doing," spoke Kyrana, looking at him gently, knowing that he was concerned about her safety in her own home.
"Uh, Kyra...can I keep your feathers...both of them. I like to see how they handle in one of my arrows," spoke Shaft, looking at her gently.
"Sure, Shaft. I have no use for them anyway. Place them on the table and I won't throw them away," replied Kyra, as she walked over to the closet, pulled out a quilt and a small pillow and walked back to the couch.
The others headed for the transport unit as Shaft remained behind to speak with Kyra. Or that's what they thought.
Shaft wrapped the quilt around her as Kyra laid down on the couch. Shaft didn't like leaving her there all alone without someone there to keep an eye on her.
"I know how to calm your worried mind, Jeff. I'll make my computer sensors keep my picture on your screen in the transport unit so you can keep an eye on me....that way I'll be safe," spoke Kyra, as she typed the transport unit's computer into her own home.
"Alright," replied Shaft, as he turned away from her and headed for the transport unit that was waiting for him up on the roof. They flew towards the bridge and to the warehouse and the battle for the Mutant Enhancer from the SilverForce.
Chapter Six.
"Diehard can you detect anyone inside?" asked Shaft, as he looked towards Diehard who was looking into the building with his sensors.
"Yes, there's five people inside. They are all radiating powers," replied Diehard.
"It must be SilverForce. But if there is only five inside where could the other two be at?" asked Shaft, looking towards the five dark forms of SilverForce who was inside the building.
Two forms crept inside the hangar bay just as the transport unit carrying YoungBlood out to battle flew past them undetected. They moved quietly and swiftly towards the penthouse side of the building where their prey was waiting.
"Attack YoungBlood! Take them down quickly!" yelled Shaft, as he fired off three arrows all at once towards SilverLightning who destroyed them with his lightning bolts.
They were all fighting with the members of SilverForce never knowing that inside the penthouse home of Kyrana was two members of SilverForce who was at that moment placing one of the power manacles that was placed on them on her to make her powerless so when they take her back to their headquarters. YoungBlood was sure to surrender to make sure that they wouldn't harm their member that they have in their hands.
The two members of SilverForce carrying Siren watched from the door of the warehouse waiting for the best moment to spring their surprise upon them. Just as Shaft got SilverLightning pinned against the wall and was prepared to fire another arrow at him if he didn't surrender to them.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you, Shaft!" yelled a voice coming from the door.
"Wha?" replied Shaft, turning to look towards the door.
"Surrender now YoungBlood or Siren will be harmed so badly she will never breath the city's air again!" demanded SilverStrobe, looking at them holding Siren's neck in her hands. All she had to do was twist her neck to the far left to kill her by a broken neck. SilverArcher pointed his glowing arrows straight at Shaft as he turned to the others and nodded to them.
"Alright...we surrender. Drop your weapons, YoungBlood, all of them," spoke Shaft, as he dropped his bow and removed his quiver from his back and walked away from SilverLightning.
The others dropped what weapons that they had in their hands to the floor of the warehouse and held their hands up in surrender.
"SilverStrength take them to the pit where you can hang Siren up by the power manacles to the ceiling. For one thing...Siren is already dead," spoke SilverLightning, looking at SilverArcher, who nodded in agreement to what he had said.
SilverStrength went to the limp form of Siren, grabbed her long red hair and started to drag her towards the pit. SilverWarrior went behind the others and using his forcefields to push the other prisoners to follow SilverStrength to the pit. SilverMoon opened the door leading to the pit where SilverStrength dragged Siren to and taking hold of the manacles that was on her wrists placed them on the ceiling and then grabbed the manacles on her ankles and placed them on the ceiling. She walked out of the room after the other members of YoungBlood was chained to the walls.
Once, they were gone from the room, Badrock, who liked Siren for she saw the kind and very sweet heart that Bedrock had in his stony body, cried for his lost friend and ally.
"Hush...Badrock, it's alright," whispered a voice.
They looked up to where they all heard that voice to see Siren's head moving a little. They couldn't understand SilverLightning said that Siren was dead and yet her head was moving.
"Shaft, didn't SilverLightning say that Siren was dead? But then who is trying to hush Badrock?" asked Chapel, looking at him and then to Siren.
"Who do you think it is, Chapel? The toothfairy! Never trust your enemy...no matter what he says!" spoke Siren, twisting her body to look at him.
"Siren, you're alive!" cried out Badrock, looking at her gently. His tears had stopped falling.
"Must..get out of this...before I suffocate," spoke Siren, as her talons appeared from her fingernails. She started to use them to cut the power manacles off her wrists. They had no power over her talons for they grew automatically.
After cutting for over five minutes, she was free from the power manacles on her wrists that is. She was hanging upside down by her feet. But she was gasping for air. With her hands free that was enough for the others could be freed by Siren's other powers. The first one she freed was Diehard and then Badrock, who went to her and held her up so she could free the others without looking at them upside down. "Badrock, go help Diehard free the others. I'll be fine," spoke Siren, as she looked at Badrock.
"I don't want to leave you alone," replied Badrock.
"Go! I'll be fine, Badrock," commanded Siren, looking at him.
Badrock went to Diehard and helped him free Vogue and Combat when they all heard a muffled scream coming from the area where Siren was at. They all turned to see Siren on the ground freed from the ankle manacles. But why wasn't she standing? Shaft raced to her side immediately.
"Siren, are you alright?" asked Shaft, as he held part of her body on his knees as he knelt near her.
"Had to...do that," moaned Siren. She was barely conscious as she spoke.
"Do what, Siren?" asked Shaft, looking at her gently. His right hand felt her legs to find that they were not in the right place.
"Dis...located...my hips...and...my..ankles," moaned Siren, as she drifted off into unconsciousness.
"Curse our bad luck! Badrock, Diehard...get us out of here now! Siren needs medical treatment as soon as possible," spoke Shaft, looking at them as they pounded the steel door apart.
Badrock went to Siren and Shaft. He lifted Siren onto the steel door which he had torn in half and molded into a stretcher. Badrock raced out of the pit with the others infront of him. They saw the members of SilverForce standing near the exit and then they attacked knowing that they had to get Siren to the transport unit for medical treatment.
Diehard yelled, "YoungBlood get out of here now! I'm going to destroy the Mutant Enhancer now!"
Badrock and the others raced out of the building as Diehard set the timer for the bomb that he placed near the Mutant Enhancer and then he raced out of the building with less than sixty seconds to go before the bomb that he set up to detonate the Mutant Enhancer.
(30seconds) Their transport unit took off and headed towards their HeadQuarters.
(25seconds) YoungBlood alerted the local Police and Fire Department of the explosion near the Bridge.
(20seconds) They waited and watched the building to make sure that the bomb would destroy the entire building.
(5seconds) They saw SilverForce fly out of the building.
BOOM!
"The building was completely destroyed by the explosion. Good work, Diehard," spoke Shaft, turning to him.
The transport unit quickly landed in the hangar bay where the medical team was waiting for them to bring Siren down from the transport unit's medi-lab.
Chapter Seven.
An hour later, the team was allowed to visit with Siren in the medi-center. Siren looked like she was barely conscious to even speak with them.
"Maybe we should come back when she is awake?" asked Badrock, looking towards Shaft and then to Siren.
"This is the best time, Badrock. In another ten minutes...I'll be screaming for the pain medication and then it would be too late for you to even speak with me," spoke Siren, raising her head up to look at them with flames erupting out of her eyes.
"Are you in...pain?" asked Combat, looking at her strangely.
"Only when I breathe, Lt. Kh 'ambt. But that is just a joke. They...the doctors think I would be in considerable amount of pain by dislocating my hips and ankles. They gave me pain medication to hide the pain which I wouldn't even feel at this moment for I have no pain in my hips or my ankles but you do know my people...don't you, Combat?" asked Kyrana, looking at him with a cold look on her face.
"Yes, I do. You are the famed navigator Kyrana K 'ya of the planet Birvannia. You disappeared from your world over three thousand years ago. I am very pleased to have found the great navigator of the Birvannian people," spoke Combat, bowing his head to her in honor.
"Combat, you must have got your eyes wired on wrong! Anyone can see that Kira is not over three thousand years old maybe twenty four years old but not that old!" exclaimed Vogue, looking at him. She didn't believe what she was hearing.
"I am, Vogue. My true age is ten thousand years old. My people...the Birvannians can live up to five million years before they die. I am only getting close to my first million years, Vogue. I am not even human...I look like I am human but I am not..I am alien here. I lived on Earth for over three thousand years. I witnessed many, many wars too many for me to remember...where many thousands of people were killed. I even saved many people who did not deserve to die at such a young age in the Civil War in 1861 to 1865...they saw me as an angel of God coming to bring them to heaven," spoke Kyrana, looking at them gently.
"Kyrana what did Combat mean by K 'ya?" asked Chapel, looking at her gently not wanting to get her angry.
"The only members of my people to receive that title of K 'ya are the navigators of our species. The best Birvannians navigators are called by their first names then...the title of best navigator. I am...the K 'yana...that is the female sayings but if a male became...best navigator....he would then be called K 'yano...I am the Supreme Navigator of my people. My fame of navigating the space fields are legendary, Chapel. I started traveling in space when I was no more than a twelve year old. But I did my flights not in ships but in a bird of fire that I call SpaceFlyer. I was flying towards the planet called Gwanstarn when I heard over the sonic waves...my people who can fly in space can hear sonic waves or any other waves. It was a distress signal coming from a BlackHole. I flew towards the area of the signal and found two ships floating near to the BlackHole. I asked permission to board the ship and was allowed entry. The Captain of the Kherub ship informed me what they knew. I was brash and hot-headed for a fourteen year old. I knew I could not enter a BlackHole and come out again with the lost ship. But I just pushed it aside and asked for a good strong steel rope. I wrapped the rope around part of the ship and told them when they see the rope get tight...don't move. I flew into the BlackHole after awhile searching the hole for the lost ship. I found them...everyone on board was still alive. I flew inside the ship and informed them that I was there to get them out of the BlackHole. They wouldn't believe it so I told them to get into their sleep chambers for the ride of their life. I hauled that ship through the BlackHole safe and sound. I was the only Birvannian who could fly into a BlackHole and come out safe and sound. No one else could do that from my people. I was considered a hero but I just did what started to come natural to me...navigation. I started to lead ships from one star system to another. I even came to Earth when the Dinosaurs still roamed the land. I didn't find anything interesting about Earth so I flew on to another solar system and picked up my group of interstellar travelers to journey across the solar systems. I made alot of money....about over nine hundred and seventy thousand kellaners in ten years. The other Birvannian navigators weren't doing as much business as I was. I was better and I charged alot for my services....one hundred and fifty kellaners a ship. My fellow navigators had to become ship's navigators of other ships that couldn't pay for my services and who could not handle the riggers of space for they had to breathe oxygen and I didn't when I was in my SpaceFlyer form," spoke Kyrana, looking at them.
"But I thought your all people could breathe in space, Kyrana. Why can you but they can't?" asked Shaft, looking at her after thinking awhile.
"Oh, some can to a point. But they really can't hold their breath for so long to make a journey across solar systems, Shaft. Once they can hold it for no longer they must enter the lead ship and navigate them through the solar systems. Some of my people didn't like that I could go without breathing in space and still make alot of money which I gave to the poor people on Birvannia to help them get food and a home to live in. One of my friends told me never to return to Birvannia for it was rumored that I was going to get killed by one of the other navigators, who did not like being second best," replied Kyrana, looking at him gently.
"You mean you were going to be murdered by one of your own people, Kyra. Was that the main reason why you left Birvannia before the Daemonites landed and savagely butchered your people?" asked Vogue, looking at her gently and still wondering how the young winged woman was going to inform the world of her true identity as an alien from outer space.
"How do you know about that, Vogue? I told no one beyond Shaft of that!" spoke a very shocked Kyrana, turning to Vogue then to Shaft.
"While you were in your Sleep, Kyrana...I told the others about your family and friends being butchered by the Daemonites," said Shaft, calmly.
"You what!! You told them about that. I should have known you couldn't keep it silent for long. I was summoned off Birvannia by a distress call coming from the solar system you call the horsehead galaxy. It turned out to be a wild goose chase for there was no ship in distress there. I had to fly back home for I had a bad feeling in my heart that something was bad happening on my homeworld. When I returned home I found members of the Kherubium race moving around on my homeworld...at first I didn't know that they were not the murderers of my people until thousands of years later. I attacked them very blindly and very foolishly. I was knocked out by Hadrian...who by this planet knows him as Spartan leader of the WildC.A.T.S....not Zealot....like she said to make sure that I wouldn't harm myself or them by my fury that I felt at that time," replied Kyra, removing the sheets off her body and then started to prepare to stand up.
"I don't think that would be wise, young lady," spoke the doctor, as he walked into the room.
"I don't think you know your patient as well as you think, Doctor. But one thing you have mistaken is my age. I am not young...I am quite old in your terms," replied Kyrana, as she stood on her legs and walked out of the room towards the debriefing room where the others followed her to.
"I'm sorry that I walked out on you like that but I didn't want him to overhear what I was about inform you. There is a time when a Birvannian needs to start on a journey to find herself or himself spiritually or it could be used to figure out what you really want to do with your entire lifespan if you have already found yourself spiritually. I have not done that journey but I have already found myself spiritually when I was only one thousand years old. The journey is supposed to be done when that Birvannian reaches the age of five thousand years. I went past that over four thousand years ago when I landed on this planet," spoke Kyrana, looking out of the window towards the sunset.
"If you need a few days...then go do your journey...Kyra," replied Shaft, walking up to her and placing his hand on her left shoulder.
"I may not need to go on my journey, Shaft. I know what I want here on Earth," spoke Kyrana, turning around to look at them.
"What do you want, Kyra?' asked Chapel.
"A family. Children...a husband to go home to every night instead I go home to an empty penthouse. I will not find that on Birvannia for my world is not Birvannia no more...Earth is more my home..than Birvannia will ever be," spoke Kyrana, looking at them.
BEEP. BEEP.
"Yes?" asked Vogue.
"There is a incoming message for a Kyrana K 'yana....from Hadrian. Shall I patch it through?" asked the computerist.
"No, patch it to my room's monitor! This is a very important message! If Hadrian used his real name then it is very important," spoke Kyrana, as she raced out of the room for her own room.
Chapter Eight.
"There was a coded message from the Birvannian people, Kyrana. They are sending a Guardian to protect you as your journey back to your proper homeworld. They say that the Guardian will reach Earth in a few days," spoke Spartan, looking at her through the computer screen.
"How can a ship fly that fast to Earth when it took us three years to reach this planet, Spartan?" asked Kyrana, looking at him.
"They said in the message to expect a SpaceFlyer to appear near Earth's space in a few days Kyrana," spoke Spartan.
"I know that there is no other SpaceFlyers on Birvannia..Spartan so how is there a SpaceFlyer on Birvannia when I am the only one. I'm going to check this out as soon as I get off...call me back coded in one Earth hour," spoke Kyrana, as she turned off her monitor.
"Combat...wait a moment will you. I have a question to ask of you," spoke Shaft, walking up to him.
"Of course Shaft. What is your question?" asked Combat, turning to look at him.
"You know much about the Birvannian customs...don't you?" asked Shaft, looking at him.
"I stayed on their planet for a few days and I studied their customs on my homeworld. Why do you want to know?" asked Combat.
"I want to know about their...uh...courtship rituals. I...uh...we will talk about this later," replied Shaft, as they looked up to see Kyrana walking towards the designing room where they all get their costumes at.
They walked towards the room to see Kyrana removing her costume behind a screen as the designer holding up something strange on his arms. Kyrana didn't know that she was being watched by her fellow team-mates as she removed her costume to pull on a new one for what she was going to do required her to have a new costume that marked her as a Birvannian warrior when she went out there.
She pulled a golden shoulder length armor that would protect her shoulders and her arms to which it stops at her wrists on both her arms. Then, she reached down to pull on a full body suit that was red onto her body. She tucked the shoulder straps under the armorment as she walked out from behind the screen to get her past the knee golden boots. She walked over to the headdress that she had made earlier and pulled her red hair out of the way and then picked up the headdress and placed it on.
The designer held the final piece to her 'new' outfit. It was a gold armorment for her wings. He placed them on her wings. She flapped her wings to make sure that she could move them with ease. The golden armorment made her white wings shine in the man made lights. She walked towards the door, she smiled towards Combat and Shaft as she headed for the computer room.
"If you see a bird of fire past the YoungBlood's satellite...don't worry for it will be me out there. I'm heading into space for a while," spoke Kyrana, looking at the computerists, who nodded their heads 'yes' to her.
Kyrana walked past Shaft and Combat as she headed for the roof. Shaft told Combat to meet him in the debriefing room in two minutes. He walked up to the roof where Kyra was preparing to fly into the air.
"Kyra. Wait...I have a question to ask of you," spoke Shaft, as he walked up to her.
"Ask before I fly away, Shaft?" asked Kyra, turning to look at him.
"What was the message from Spartan, Kyrana?" asked Shaft, looking at her.
"My people had decided to send a Guardian to Earth to protect me when I journey back to Birvannia. The one thing that shocked me was that they are sending a SpaceFlyer and I know that I am the only one on Birvannia," replied Kyra, looking at him gently as she turned back towards the clouded sky.
"You think....it could be the Daemonites who could have sent that message to Spartan and the WildC.A.T.S, Kyra?" asked Shaft.
"Maybe Shaft, but I won't know for sure unless I journey into space and sense this so-called SpaceFlyer out," said Kyrana.
"Go then. Go seek....this SpaceFlyer out," replied Shaft, looking at her gently.
"I think I will, Shaft," spoke Kyrana, as she pushed herself off the roof of their building and then took to the air flying towards space.
Combat had just appeared out of the roof's door. Shaft turned to look at him and motioned him over.
"Can you tell me about their courtship rituals, Combat?" asked Shaft, looking at him strongly.
"They would say that their mates are preordained. They can't chose their lifemates...Shaft. They feel that if you choose your own lifemate then you will not live long and happy. Kyrana could find her lifemate out there somewhere there is a SpaceFlyer....who was meant to be her lifemate," spoke Combat, looking at him.
"How do you know about the SpaceFlyer, Combat? I know that Kyrana told no one but me about the SpaceFlyer that Birvannia was sending here!" spoke Shaft, shocked.
"Kyrana is a SpaceFlyer therefor it is preordained that her lifemate will be a SpaceFlyer too...if this SpaceFlyer is a male Birvannian...even I can be mistaken about this mysterious SpaceFlyer," replied Combat, looking towards the clouded sky.
"What if she does not like this SpaceFlyer....even if it is a male?" asked Shaft.
"I really don't know, Shaft. She could destroy the Flyer or command the Flyer to return to Birvannia or that she returns to Birvannia with him or her," said Combat, turning to look at him as he started to head for the door leading into the building.
"I hope she decides to remain here. We need her power and strength," replied Shaft, as he gazed towards the cloudy sky. He whispered gently to himself, *I need her, Combat. I'm in love with her.*