Ok, my mind I wondering and I haven't a clue if my muse is around, but here goes: my take on the truth about Trance Gemini.

Echoes of future past, part 24

Dylan felt like his mind was on fire: every nerve ending and neuron burned like the surface of a star. His senses screamed at him as they one by one shut down from total overload. His vision was a kaleidoscopic nightmare that burned its self into his mind. Then everything stopped, and he found himself standing in a meadow of vivid-purple grass, under an azure sky. An intricate system of ring crossed the sky, and several large moons reflected the light of twin suns. He looked around, "Where am I?" his voice seemed to echo off of the very air.

"This is my home world, or rather, it is a memory of my home world: it was destroyed 15,000 of your years ago." Trance stepped forward to stand beside him, "This memory is imprinted in your mind, an echo of what was lost." Dylan looked at her, "I don't understand." Trance smiled, "This is the world of my birth, it is where I grew up. My people never bother to reach for the stars: when you have a home like this, what can the rest of the universe have to offer? But some of us, my self included, felt confined by it, and took passage on passing star ships: we set out to explore what lay beyond the horizon." Trances face fell, "That is how we came to the attention of the Spirit of the Abyss."

"We never found out what it is or where it came from, but it struck our galaxy as it is now poised to strike at yours: our neighbours in space tried to fight it, but one by one they fell. Some of my people found that they could control the Magog to an extent, lessen their rage, keep them for doing as much damage as they would have on their own." She looked up at Dylan, "It was our greatest gift, an ultimately, our undoing. I'm sure you've noticed that I have curtain abilities that defy what you consider to be the laws of nature: well, on mass, the combined power of my people could be staggering. Several younger races mistook us for Gods, worshiped us. I have to admit that I have let that happen to my self on more than one occasion, but I'm getting away from the point."

Trance sat down in the long grass, "My people decided to make a stand against the Spirit of the Abyss, but it had corrupted some of us, convinced them to serve its dark purposes. They got word back to the World Ship as to what was planed, and the Abyss decided to strike first." Dylan could see tires rolling down her cheeks as she continued, "One day, while I was off looking for other members of my race, the World Ship appeared in this system, and fired its Point Singularity Projector at my home. The entire planet was ripped apart from the inside out."

Dylan sat down next to Trance and put his arm around her as she continued to tell her story, "In a final act of defiance, the entire population of my world combined their powers to create a life-force that could stand against the Spirit of the Abyss, could fight it on equal terms. In order to keep this life form, this Spirit of Life, it was sent far away from our galaxy to a place where it could build its strength until the final battle was at hand." She looked across to Dylan, "That Spirit is in you Dylan."

TBC