Chapter Seven
"Disorientation"
NOW, THE FIRST FEW SECONDS MAY BE A LITTLE DISORIENTING, said a voice somewhere around Edriss's head. She had a feeling that it was the Ellimist's voice, and not Crayak's mainly because she had all these happy images floating in her head. Too happy for her taste. Time suddenly began to move as if someone had pushed the fast forward button, while she had stepped out of her own body watching her actions.
She watched herself somehow manage to mate with the Visser. More amazed than violated, she turned her head to one side, trying to make sense of the whole position. Smugly, she admitted to herself that it put the Karma Sutra to shame. Edriss shook her head of the thought, realizing that there were two god-like figures in the room watching everything that was happening. She still wasn't used to someone watching her life along with her-- and this was even stranger because she was watching her future and didn't know what to suspect.
And so far she was pretty amazed.
Somehow, after that one act, time seemed to skip a bit, and she found herself floating into outer-space, watching the earth's surface grow more futuristic (in the Yeerk fashion anyway.)
UGH, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WANTED TO SEE THAT! said the floating Ellimist's voice.
PIFF, I'M A GOD, I CAN BE A PERVERT, replied another ginormous voice. Most likely it was Crayak's. IT'S VERY AMUSING. YOU SHOULD TRY IT SOME TIME.
The Ellimist's voice didn't reply back with anything snappy, but stayed silent. Edriss realized that she was a cheap five-second porn flick for a being. She slapped her forehead, covering her eyes at how ridiculous the idea was. Who would have thought.
Slowly, but surely, she began to land onto the earth's surface. It was dark out, even for a city-- she had no idea where it was. The city towered high above her, cars zooming everywhere, from all directions, like those cheap, human sci-fi films she had often seen on TCM when she was bored and wanted to make fun of something on Yeerk Satellite on the mother ship. There was a massive Yeerk pool in the distance, and she felt her heart skip a beat: they won the war.
WELL, NOT YET-- BUT YOU GET THE IDEA, said Crayak gleefully. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO WALK AROUND AND GLOAT.
Edriss had to roll her eyes at him, but did as she was told, wondering what her mutant child would look like. Part of her dreaded seeing the child.
As she walked forward, she realized that there were Yeerk pools of all shapes and sizes everywhere-- or at least placed decoratively. Nice touch, she thought. They were occasionally on top of buildings, on the ground… The streets were unbelievably clean, but there were even stores with alien literature and videos. Weapons stores were in plain sight, and she was tempted to go in a take a look, perhaps get herself a piece of artillery-- she could use it on Visser Three if the future was supposedly painful enough. She sighed in relief, as she began to feel like her old self again. Coming up with how many ways to kill him seemed far more entertaining than mating with him.
As she walked further into the city, she had a feeling that she was being moved into a certain direction. People walked by her, not taking the least bit notice of her.
PEOPLE CAN'T SEE YOU, the Ellimist said, definitely reading her mind.
She came to a building, probably one of the tallest ones in this strange city. It glowed an eerie green in the dark, from the sides. She hesitated before going into the building, her hand floating over the door handle. But at that moment she didn't need to worry about opening the door because a child stepped out of it before she got the chance to get the bravery to.
Something in Edriss's mind told her that she had come face to face with her daughter at the age of ten.
