Part 3
Eli sighed in frustration. It had been too long since she had last let her emotions show. But now that she was reunited with her two best friends she felt like she could tell them how she really felt about this war.
Eli and Sparks, her best friend and also known as Maria, kissed cheeks as they gave one another a large hug. Andre, also known as Alex, hugged both Eli and Sparks.
"How have my girls been doing?" Andre asked, initiating a long conversation to come.
"Tired, my squadron pulled back about five minutes early from their posts. They didn't think I'd mind, I did. I made them stay five hours later, and lucky I did too because the messenger came around the corner. If I hadn't been there they would have killed him, because he didn't have his clearance number. But I could read his mind and I knew that he was one of Eli's messengers," Sparks answered.
"Well he's fired," Eli said coolly.
"No need, I've been experimenting with spells lately and I've created one so that you can bond information to your mind, or in this case your soldiers minds. I'll show it to you tomorrow so that you can put it on all of your messengers so that they will never forget their clearance numbers," Sparks told Eli.
"All right," Eli answered.
"How are you Andre?" Sparks asked.
He shrugged, "You know, the same."
"We better get to business," Eli said after the formalities had commenced.
"I agree. My method of mind control have been effective in lessening their numbers, but it's over time. It takes me at least a week to actually kill 100 men, and it's a slow death for them. There's no pain involved, they all just go crazy and die. I would rather have regular combat, but know that there will be more casualties for my men," Andre explained.
"How do your men feel about this?" Eli asked.
Andre looked at her with a questioning look in his eyes for a while. "What do you mean?" he asked.
"Well they're not doing the mind control, are they," Eli asked.
"Most of them aren't that advanced, but a few help me," Andre answered.
"So the ones that aren't helping, what do they do?" Eli questioned.
"Nothing really. I mean they exercise and stay in shape, but they aren't really helping," Andre told her.
"I think that you should let those men that aren't helping you mind warp engage in actual combat. Their numbers would definitely decrease faster," Eli told him.
"I'll do that," Andre told Eli. "So how's your method going Sparks?"
"Beautifully actually. My soldiers go out and fight and I go along, invisible and under a protection spell, and heal them when they're wounded," Sparks told Eli and Andre happily.
"How about you Eli?" Andre asked.
"I've completely wiped them out," Eli stated.
Both Sparks and Andre had shocked looks pass their faces.
"What?" Andre asked.
"How? Sparks followed up.
"I have made something that could end the war tomorrow. That's why I wanted to come here tonight. To ask if we should use what I've made, " Eli told them.
"Of course we should use it, " Sparks said like Eli was crazy to think otherwise.
"What have you made?" Andre asked curiously. "I've made a deadly virus. It was extremely hard to create just the way I wanted. I had to make it incredibly contagious so that it could spread. But I also had to make the virus sort-of self-destruct after it had killed the organism it infested, that way it would no longer be a threat. They were all dead within hours of being infected," Eli told them.
"Why wouldn't we want to use it?" Andre asked.
"Because to get them all infected I had to first infect one of my own soldiers and have him walk into the enemy camps," Eli answered solemnly.
"You killed him," Spark stated.
"It was a suicide mission, he sacrificed himself," Eli corrected her.
"You should have found a different way," Sparks argued.
"I understand that you're upset, but Adam gave his life, just like all of the men who have died in combat," Eli paused, " Except Adam took almost two billion of our enemies with him. He is a hero, and I don't want anybody mistaking him for anything else," Eli said.
Sparks bowed her head and nodded.
Eli sighed in frustration. It had been too long since she had last let her emotions show. But now that she was reunited with her two best friends she felt like she could tell them how she really felt about this war.
Eli and Sparks, her best friend and also known as Maria, kissed cheeks as they gave one another a large hug. Andre, also known as Alex, hugged both Eli and Sparks.
"How have my girls been doing?" Andre asked, initiating a long conversation to come.
"Tired, my squadron pulled back about five minutes early from their posts. They didn't think I'd mind, I did. I made them stay five hours later, and lucky I did too because the messenger came around the corner. If I hadn't been there they would have killed him, because he didn't have his clearance number. But I could read his mind and I knew that he was one of Eli's messengers," Sparks answered.
"Well he's fired," Eli said coolly.
"No need, I've been experimenting with spells lately and I've created one so that you can bond information to your mind, or in this case your soldiers minds. I'll show it to you tomorrow so that you can put it on all of your messengers so that they will never forget their clearance numbers," Sparks told Eli.
"All right," Eli answered.
"How are you Andre?" Sparks asked.
He shrugged, "You know, the same."
"We better get to business," Eli said after the formalities had commenced.
"I agree. My method of mind control have been effective in lessening their numbers, but it's over time. It takes me at least a week to actually kill 100 men, and it's a slow death for them. There's no pain involved, they all just go crazy and die. I would rather have regular combat, but know that there will be more casualties for my men," Andre explained.
"How do your men feel about this?" Eli asked.
Andre looked at her with a questioning look in his eyes for a while. "What do you mean?" he asked.
"Well they're not doing the mind control, are they," Eli asked.
"Most of them aren't that advanced, but a few help me," Andre answered.
"So the ones that aren't helping, what do they do?" Eli questioned.
"Nothing really. I mean they exercise and stay in shape, but they aren't really helping," Andre told her.
"I think that you should let those men that aren't helping you mind warp engage in actual combat. Their numbers would definitely decrease faster," Eli told him.
"I'll do that," Andre told Eli. "So how's your method going Sparks?"
"Beautifully actually. My soldiers go out and fight and I go along, invisible and under a protection spell, and heal them when they're wounded," Sparks told Eli and Andre happily.
"How about you Eli?" Andre asked.
"I've completely wiped them out," Eli stated.
Both Sparks and Andre had shocked looks pass their faces.
"What?" Andre asked.
"How? Sparks followed up.
"I have made something that could end the war tomorrow. That's why I wanted to come here tonight. To ask if we should use what I've made, " Eli told them.
"Of course we should use it, " Sparks said like Eli was crazy to think otherwise.
"What have you made?" Andre asked curiously. "I've made a deadly virus. It was extremely hard to create just the way I wanted. I had to make it incredibly contagious so that it could spread. But I also had to make the virus sort-of self-destruct after it had killed the organism it infested, that way it would no longer be a threat. They were all dead within hours of being infected," Eli told them.
"Why wouldn't we want to use it?" Andre asked.
"Because to get them all infected I had to first infect one of my own soldiers and have him walk into the enemy camps," Eli answered solemnly.
"You killed him," Spark stated.
"It was a suicide mission, he sacrificed himself," Eli corrected her.
"You should have found a different way," Sparks argued.
"I understand that you're upset, but Adam gave his life, just like all of the men who have died in combat," Eli paused, " Except Adam took almost two billion of our enemies with him. He is a hero, and I don't want anybody mistaking him for anything else," Eli said.
Sparks bowed her head and nodded.