Chapter 6:
That evening...
Everyone was back on Turvess in what was left of the Garden of the palace and there was a signpost for a statue of Stolas to be placed there.
Ken looked at the signpost with Eto and the others as they finished their mourning.
"I should check on Octavia." Ken said.
"I'll come with you." Eto said.
"I think too many people will make her nervous, let me just see if she wants anyone to see her." Ken said.
"Alright, I'll be in the hall." Eto said.
The two walked to Octavia's room where a few Palace maids was standing outside the room in a guarding stance and only glanced at them.
Eto sat down on a hallway couch and Ken approached.
"May I see her?" Ken asked.
The maid was about to answer but the door opened a crack.
"Come in." Octavia said.
Ken walked in as Octavia sat down on a chair with a sigh.
"I cried enough I think." Octavia said.
"You can cry as much as you want." Ken said.
"Thank you. But I know right now isn't the time for sorrow and a time to stop the Aparoid Queen. I just can't believe he's gone and now I am to be Queen. I wasn't ready for this." Octavia said.
Octavia put her head down between her knee's and Ken stayed silent thinking about what to say before walking up to her and sat down on the floor.
"I'm not ready." Octavia said.
"We can help you out after the war." Ken said.
"But won't you all have your own lives?" Octavia asked.
"Well I know I can't speak for everyone but I don't think we'll have any jobs so, perhaps being your assistants can be a start." Ken said.
Octavia wiped her tears away and smiled at him.
"Thank you Ken. Eto is lucky to have a guy like you." Octavia said.
"I'm lucky to have her, it's just a shame that when-" Ken began to say.
"When this is over, I'll permit her to my Kingdom so that she doesn't face her trial." Octavia said.
"You can do that?" Ken asked.
Octavia nodded.
"She will have to stay here though and not off-world." Octavia said.
"Then I guess that's more a reason for me to stay as your lifetime assistant." Ken said.
Octavia gave him a nod.
"Then I'll happily accept both of you to my Palace of royalty." Octavia said with a smile.
Ken gave her a smile back.
"It's best you guys get some rest because tomorrow we are going to take the fight to the Queen." Octavia said.
"Octavia is there something I could ask of you?" Ken asked.
"Anything." Octavia said.
"Remember that orb that we spoke about?" Ken asked.
"The one that grants you wishes until your dead?" Octavia asked.
"That's the one." Ken said.
"What about it?" Octavia asked.
"When this war is over, and if we win, can you help us find it so we can destroy it? We believe it's a dangerous threat that has done nothing but cause chaos throughout history." Ken said.
"I thought Kugo said two investigators took it to Coruscant?" Octavia asked.
"He and I think something must of went wrong and now we have to make sure it's gone." Ken said.
"Then after the war, we search for this orb." Octavia said.
The two gave each other a handshake but then they gave one another a hug.
"Will you be okay?" Ken asked.
"Yeah." Octavia said.
Ken left her room and walked over to Eto telling her what was said and Eto smiled and gave a wave to Octavia who waved back with a smile.
Octavia closed her door and walked over to a picture of her and her father and smiled holding it close to her chest.
"I will be okay." Octavia said.
Meanwhile, Kugo was looking at the list of virus dosed missiles for each starfighter with missile capabilities and a few extra canisters if they found the Aparoid Queen on foot.
Kugo looked over to see Brute Justice helping with one of the capsules into a missile.
"What happened to the hyperspace rings that was over the Shadow Exchange planet?" Kugo asked.
"We are getting them prepared to head to the Thule system. The Shadow Exchange created those rings for immediate travel, it acts as a teleportation ability. We have found a way to link it to the Thule System and we should get there in less than a minute when we enter the ring." Brute Justice said.
"That's crazy. I like it." Kugo said.
"The fleets are mobilizing, you should rest. We will patrol the skies and orbit." Brute Justice said.
"Thanks, bud." Kugo said walking off.
Brute Justice was surprised to hear that.
"Organic, wait." Brute Justice said.
Kugo turned around cocking an eyebrow.
"Thank you for trusting us and allowing us to help." Brute Justice said.
"No problem. You guys are just as alive as we are." Kugo said.
Kugo gave him a wave and walked off leaving Brute Justice to ponder for a moment before he went back to work.
"Thank you, bud." Brute Justice said to himself.
Nearby, Ken and Eto walked out of the palace to one of the balconies looking over the city nearby.
"I'm lucky to have you." Ken said.
Eto smiled and leaned against him.
"Want to play a game?" Eto asked.
"Chess?" Ken asked.
"A new game. One that starts tomorrow. We count how many Aparoids we kill and whoever has the highest score, wins a little prize." Eto said whispering into his ear seductively.
"What's the prize?" Ken asked.
"Anything you want." Eto said huffing into his ear.
Ken looked a bit nervous but gave in and put his arms around her.
"Then I'm sure as hell going to win." Ken said.
"We shall see." Eto said teasingly.
The two kissed a few times before looking back at the city for a moment.
"Hey you two, we should get some early sleep. I think Thane got us some medicine to take to help us rest." Kugo said to them from the balcony entrance.
"Coming!" Ken said.
Ken and Eto followed Kugo and the three just chatted as they headed off inside.
Meanwhile...
In a dark planet with one side being filled with scattered green eerie dots but the other side was being terraformed in some strange glowing substance with a large hole that could be seen from space being covered with holographic hexagons was the Aparoid Queen herself, floating into the hole and into the planet's core.
The Aparoid Queen's body was covered in metal shelling with extra shelling around her head and wings.
"All for us, everything in this universe exists for us." The Aparoid Queen said.