The Seer
On Voyager, Chakotay and Tuvok went
to their quarters and Tom went to the mess hall. Janeway went down to
Engineering to pay B'Elanna a visit and to see how the repairs were going.
She took the powerlift to the lower
level and B'Elanna was crouched by a console. Janeway came closer to see that
B'Elanna had the metal plating removed from the console. She could see the
bare circuits and gel packs. B'Elanna cursed in klingon. "What's wrong?"
asked Janeway. "The whole system is fried, it might take up to a week to
realign everything and get it up and running again." She said. She recovered
from her angry outburst and asked, "How was your trip to the planet?"
Janeway sat on a console, "Magical, in a matter of speaking" quirked Janeway.
That got B'Elanna's interest up. So Janeway went into a whole discussion on
magic and being a mage and such. B'Elanna was very interested, "Tom's a
healer? The doctor really got to him then" she said. Janeway laughed, the
doctor was a big influence on people.
Tuvok sat in his quarters. The lights
were off and he was dressed a royal purple Vulcan robe. He sat with his legs
crossed in front of a bright burning incense stick. The wisps of smoke flew from
the stick and surrounded Tuvok. He thought about the planet he had recently
visited. Freya explained to them that the first set of four crystals each
represented something. The first crystal represented the power of a paladin.
Paladins were warriors of light. Myths told that they were the soldiers of god
and served him with a full heart and all their love. They were blessed by the
powers of love and light. The second crystal showed healers. The majority of a
healer's powers were in their heart/soul. Their need/want to help people and
experiences fueled that energy. The third crystal showed seers. What he was.
Seers had the legendary third eye of the mind. They had the power to see into
the future. The last crystal represented mages. Mages were a sort of wizards,
only that a mage is a term that is used for both females and males. Mages had a
large source of power that was only accessible to them. Unlike paladins, there
were evil and good mages.
The second set of crystals that Freya
had brought out was to determine what kind of power mages used. Healers,
Paladins, and seers only had one source. The first crystal was the power of
water. They called that source Blue Ocean crystal. The second was fire, Scarlet
Flame. The third was Green Life. The users of that power could control all life.
The last crystal had the power of the wind, Swirling Air.
Pushing the unnecessary thoughts from
his head, Tuvok took a deep breath
that was barley audible and closed his eyes.
Strength of mind
Strength of soul
All is balanced
There is no emotion
There is only peace of mind
Tuvok broke off his meditation. He
didn't feel anything coming on as he usually did. There was no soothing
calm, or reassuring stillness. Emotions of irritation rose and he pushed them
back down. He took another breath and closed his eyes again. And then there was
a flurry of images in his head. Tuvok didn't seem to be Tuvok any more. His eyes snapped open and he put the incense stick out. With
the charcoaled end, he found some paper and started scribbling. Then, the
dropped the stick and paper and went into his original position. He closed his
eyes again. This time, the real Tuvok snapped his eyes open, he knew something
strange had happened. His eyes drifted onto the paper, "Full illumination"
he called and read what he had written.
**
Tuvok had called Janeway from his
quarters and she wondered what the problem could be that she had to go to him.
When she entered, to her surprise, the room was brightly lit. "What's the
problem Tuvok?" she asked. "I believe that I have had a vision"
he said. Then handed her the paper. She read the scribbly handwriting outloud:
The
Empress calls
she
shall come
Her
magic will bind the land together
But the
Empress will stop her
She
shall try
She
shall prevail
She finished and looked at Tuvok.
"Are you sure you wrote this?" she asked. He nodded. "Alright,
I'll try to heed these words, but I'm not sure what they mean" she said.
She said goodbye when she heard a voice in her head, "Emissary, come, we
need you" said the voice of Carmione. "I'll be right down"
she promised and broke the connection. She collected Chakotay, Tuvok, and Tom,
then beamed down.
**
Carmione greeted her at the beam down
site. "Emissary-" she began. "Call me Kathryn please" she
said. "Oh- Kathryn, we are planning to expand out land. We need more space
and the city we want has very little guards. And, you must meet the
Empress" she said. Tuvok's words echoed in her mind. But she followed
Carmione to the meeting room.
Freya gave them a short greeting and
jumped straight into the matter at hand. "We will take the small city of
Käsort. It's not far from here and very loosely guarded. And meanwhile. .
." she left off. A man took over. He executed a short bow, "Emissary,
you are required to meet the Empress. To keep her occupied and to see if we will
leave with a negotiation." he said. After a little more explaining, they
nodded out.
**
Freya and Gesor (the man who spoke at
the meeting) stood at the field before Käsort. They held the mage crystals with
them as they prepared for a short battle. Chakotay and Tom stood with them. Tom
was in a short white robe and Chakotay had armor and a sword. "We'll start
with the Fire mages, a strong attack will do us well" said Gesor fingering
the flame crystal. Freya took it from him and cast it in the air. It shined and
turned as it sailed in the air, then as if it was anchored there, stood still,
still turning. Freya turned from the crystal and faced Tom and
Chakotay. "Chakotay, go to the head mage group. Tom, wait with the other
healers" she said and they left. Tom grumbled as he joined the largely
female group of healers. Chakotay grinned as he joined the head mages.
**
Janeway fingered the fine
fabric of the dress she wore. It wasn't exactly customary, but Freya insisted
that she wear this to greet the Empress, Janeway remembered how Freya had become
disgusted when she uttered the word, "Empress".
Janeway would die on the
spot if anyone from Voyager saw her. It was a just right fit, I lovely light
blue that brought out her eyes that was wrapped around her waist and upper body.
The rest of the fabric was let go and it gracefully trailed behind her. An
almost transparent, and shimmering scarf-like piece was around her arm and
crossed behind her back to her other arm. 'Hot' would be the term Tom would be
looking for, and she thanked God that he wasn't with her. She walked up the
grand steps to the palace. They seemed to be made of marble, her low heels
clicked on it and she found it slightly annoying having not walked in heels for
a while. Finally reaching the doors, she pulled them open and walked inside.
**
"Freya!! There's a
small army of guards attacking the fire mage front!" shouted Haeta. She was
a sentry. "Attack them!" she shouted back. This was bad, very bad, an
attack was not expected. "I want the light mages to back them up Haeta,
" she said, then consulted Gesor.
Chakotay was taken by
surprise when a mage he was talking to named Jenner suddenly fell down in
pain with an arrow bolt in his arm. Immediately, Chakotay turned around finding
a small army facing them. He heard the sentry give the shout to attack. The
young man burned off the arrow and stood shakily. "Do you need a
healer?" asked Chakotay concerned. "No friend, I will be able to
fight" he said and concentrated summoning a flurry of fireballs that
attacked the oncoming soldiers. The rest of the fire mages were starting with
attack of their own. Chakotay, not wanted to be a hindrance tried to remember
the lessons he had.
"Tap into my
source" he said to himself and felt the sword's gentle heat in his hands.
Two oncomings came at him, he jerked the swords awkwardly, but a flash of light
sent the two soldiers flying backwards. He smiled to himself and started to make
more executed movements.
"Gesor, a few of the
fire and light mages have been badly injured, we need to send the healers
in" said Freya. "It's too early, we need the healers at the end!"
protested Gesor. "We will not have an end Gesor if our front breaks
down" replied Freya coldly. He sighed looking at the already draining light
and fire crystals. "I'm sending five healers" he said and told the
next sentry.
**
As soon as she stepped in,
two guards over took her, the immediately backed off as if they were
burned.
"It' s that woman"
the first one hissed
"So? We have our
orders"
"Well, the renegades
would rampage in here if she was harmed. . ." he left off for his partner
to figure out the rest.
They seemed to make a
negotiation, they didn't touch Janeway, but merely escorted her to the Empress.
Making bows, the two went off.
Liske eyed the so-called
Emissary carefully, she was small and the clothes she wore made her look very
vulnerable. She thought of several ways of killing her, oh yes, very vulnerable.
"What do you seek. . . Emissary?" she asked almost sneering at the
last word. "I am Kathryn Janeway, I want a negotiation on behalf of the
so-called renegades you wish to kill" she said calmly. Liske twirled one
finger around a lock of her black, light blue streaked hair. "Ah yes, those
renegades, I'm afraid I have no choice but to destroy them" she said
casually, ripped some her hair out. She saw momentary shock in the woman's eyes,
it faded quickly. Liske led the small lock of hair drop to the floor. He hair
would grow back very soon, it was of no worry to her.
**
Tom went with the other four
healers to the battlefield. He attended a woman laying down. She was a light
mage and moaned a little as Tom probed lightly with his hands. "It's all
right" he said. "What's your name?" he asked trying to remember
exactly how to heal. "I am Katya" she said. "Katya, yeah, that's
a pretty name. I have a wife and her name's B'Elanna" he said. "A
wife, how wonderful" said Katya faintly. "Hold on girl, hold on"
he said and positioned his hands over the woman. A bright flash of light occurred
and the woman seemed well, she stood and thanked Tom.
"You're welcome"
he said, realizing he was feeling tired. He cast a simple energy realizing
spell and it told him he was thoroughly drained. He rubbed his eyes and headed
back to the other healers.
"Five of our healers
have been drained" reported Haeta. "How are the mages holding
up?" asked Freya. Haeta shook her head, "Not well, the crystal must be
drying out. They'll have to revert to their personal sources soon" Freya
shook her head, "How many are injured?" "I can't say for sure,
but the number is growing, we won't have enough healers here" Freya made up
her mind,
"Haeta, tell the
water and earth mages to erect a shield, we retreat
**
"Empress, my people
will take action against you, please consider this" said Janeway. The
Empress was sitting on her cursed throne and sat idly once again twirling her
fingers with another lock of her hair. "I do not consider threats, Janeway"
she said. "This is not a threat" she said.
Liske stopped twirling her
hair, perhaps if I pretend to like her idea, she thought. I can kill her and
stop this stupid resistance. Images of killing the Emissary dancing in her head,
but she wanted to do this subtly. A simple suicide spell would do the trick, and
if it didn't, other ways were free to her. She stepped down from her throne and
took Janeway by the hand. "Where are you taking me?" she demanded
trying to shake her grip. "Another place" said Liske simply and
quickly muttered a relaxation spell. Janeway's head fell onto her shoulder.
Liske smiled evilly.
"Liske will take good care of
you"
She took her down to the
deepest chamber and began the suicide spell cast. This one needed raw materials,
but she had them ready. Janeway, couldn't realize what was happening and
sat in the chair with her eyes half-closed. Liske brought a bowl of human blood
and made Janeway soak her hands in it. Liske chanted the words to drive the
Emissary crazy. And after she was done, wiped her hands clean, lifted the
relaxation spell and put Janeway outside..
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