Transformers Galaxy Force: Thunder Storm
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Chapter 159
This is wrong.
Emily Shan tossed the basketball into the air, but felt no satisfaction as it fell through the hoop on the back of the Stanton's garage.
This is wrong.
She retrieved the ball and threw it again, trying to escape her thoughts and feelings as easily as she made hoops. She was trying to distract herself. On the outside, she was calm and collected.
But deep inside was another story. Human emotions swirled within her at levels that she had no idea how to control. Rage and betrayal dripped over the edge of her limit, threatening to explode to dangerous levels.
This is wrong!
She was about to make another shot when she realized she had accidentally set the ball on fire. Frustrated at her carelessness, she let it burn in her hands till it fell to the ground in charred pieces, stamping out any remaining flames.
She looked up at the night sky, staring into the void that used to be her home. At the time, she thought she had everything, but now she knew otherwise.
Out there was nothing but loneliness, ignorance, and commonality. Even before becoming a Terraformer, when she had stopped at the planets that she now knew as Aquafa, Armstrong, and Voliga, none of them held the possibility of being home.
Planet X was a home she didn't have because of the greed of her people. Now Earth, which had been her home for a short period of time was robbing her of her unofficial family, the people that made Earth home for her.
"It seems that one cannot escape the Cycle of Corruption," she mused aloud. "First, they grow powerful, then arrogant. Soon afterwards comes the discovery of another race either equally powerful, potentially stronger, or simply stronger. Last in the cycle is all out war, which utterly destroys one or the other."
As a storyteller, she knew that it was that very cycle that destroyed her ancestors. Now she saw Humans falling along the same cycle, and the final step, 'War', seemed inevitable.
This is wrong!
"Can't sleep either?" Bill asked behind her. She spun around in shock, fire ready at her fingertips. Bill put his hands up, "Sorry. Didn't mean to frighten you."
She relaxed, letting the flames fade, "It is I who should apologize. I cannot seem to control myself right now."
Bill shrugged, "I don't blame you."
"It's just wrong," she began to cry. "They shouldn't be judged like this! No one should! They love each other. They're family; MY family!"
"That doesn't mean that what they did wasn't against the law," Bill tried to rationalize. He didn't believe it himself, but he hoped it would calm her down.
It didn't. She turned and glared at him, "Sometimes it isn't the letter of the law that counts, but the spirit behind it. Also, higher laws are more important than lesser laws. Rather than engage in immorality by having a sexual relationship outside of marriage, they decided to get married. Rather than leaving an opening for divorce, a notion which is far too abused by other Humans, they wanted a Seibertronian marriage. To avoid the crime of an underage marriage, they received permission from their parents, and completed several premarital counseling courses in spite of the fact that they are actually of age and can't prove it. In what way did they break any law?"
"You know they didn't, and I know they didn't, but that hasn't stopped others from protesting it," he said.
"It's nothing more than a grab for power," Emily growled. "It was the end of my ancestors' way of life, and it may yet destroy the Human race if it isn't stopped."
"I understand," Bill agreed, "But some things you just can't change."
Emily sighed. She wished there was someone else she could turn to, but she didn't know who. She knew what had to be done in her heart, but it bordered on treason, and the only one she trusted with something like that was an Xian several hundred light years away.
Her eyes widened as a thought struck her, a thought so crazy, irrational, and illogical, that it just might work.
"Perhaps," she whispered, "I can."
