Oh boy, this apparently isn't my month. I'm sick again. So, you'll have to apologize me again for lame writing.
Enjoy.
M.
Chapter Twenty-two
"I need to tell you something Fewashi," Sam said after a while in which both were staring the library and avoiding each other's eyes.
"You are seeking to leave us," the healer commented before Sam could.
"How? How do you know?" Sam asked frowning.
"I had my suspicions on your reasons behind wanting to work in our science labs. Truth is I can see it in your eyes, and I would be lying if I told you I never noticed you've wanted to go back to the heavens." Fewashi smiled sadly.
"It's not only that I want to go, Fewashi. I need to go back home, to my people and my family," Sam pleaded.
"Very well then, we shall do everything to get you back to where you truly belong, Malachi." The healer vowed.
"Fewashi..." Sam trailed her only word heavy with emotion.
"Where is that you came from? How did you end here? Now that we can communicate, I can satisfy the curiosity that had led me to take you into my home."
"I'm from Earth. I'm a human, or we call ourselves humans at least."
"There are many like you?"
"Billions all over the galaxy…" Sam grinned, "a couple of years ago…"
"I'm not familiar with that word."
"Oh, true. A year is the time that takes to my planet to rotate around its only sun." Fewashi nodded
"Only one sun? How odd that must be…" the doctor commented and then waved her hands for Sam to continue.
"Years ago we found and used the Stargate to travel to many other planets," Sam explained.
"That was what you were looking for? What you asked when you just arrived?"
"Yes."
"Why? What does this Stargate do?"
"These stargates are connected to a network of other thousands of Stargates, which allow us to travel from our home planet to many different places out there."
"Out there?"
"In space… you'll see what we observe in the few dark hours are more than just shiny things, those are other planets and suns."
"We know as much; I just wasn't familiar with the word." Fewashi grinned making Sam blush. "You are an explorer."
"Something like that, yes." Sam nodded.
"But you speak of more than just you, why is that?"
"Oh, we move as groups. We call them Teams and each team has at least three members."
"We didn't find any teams with you." The doctor frowned, "we searched for days, found no one except you."
"No, I was the … chief… of mine and I took a decision that ended up with me floating on the heavens alone. And your planet pulled my escape pod, and that's how you found me." Fewashi hummed, "I want to return home, to Earth and to my husband and family. Naysa's father needs to know her."
"I see, and I understand, Malachi. I will trespass this knowledge to the elders. What do you need from us?"
"Well, the interface said there's a ship I can use sitting on deck 4523X. I'm yet to check it. Once I do, I will know what I need to proceed, and of course, since it is on your planet I'll need permission to take it. I also want to take most of what's hidden here and use it to improve your town living conditions before I leave."
"We have access to it now, thanks to you. If the man you call the interface continues to help us. Then, we can use what's here to do it ourselves."
"If you don't mind, I will like to help too; maybe I get to understand things that might help my people," Sam added in a whisper, Fewashi laughed.
"You are indeed a messenger Malachi, even if you don't feel like one."
"Thank you Fewashi."
"Now, let's check your ship." Sam led her following the instruction she had received before, she pressed the safety lock, and the doors slid open. Inside there was a puddle jumper.
"A puddle jumper? I won't get too far with this…" she sighed crestfallen. "I wish I remembered to ask his name."
"His name?"
"The interface name," Sam explained.
"I thought he was named Interface," the healer provided.
"Beyine, yes. Interface will do for you, human."
"Well, Beyine," Sam grinned, "can you tell me how many jumps I have until the closest gate address?"
"If by jump you mean the most you can travel before need to stop, then I estimate you'll need ten."
"That's a long way." Sam huffed.
"That's the reason why Semayati was populated and established as the guardian of the physical knowledge. It was well protected and far away from the gate network reach. It was safe, or so we thought."
"Semayati."
"Heaven, Celestia was already used." He provided. "Our population grew and the mix of races produced for our ways to be forgotten. The few who remained in the path, evolved as light beings, while the others forgot about their quest of illumination and changed it for limited times of happiness. They also lost interest in our sciences and technology was reduced in efficiency and variety. Over the thousands of years since our evolution, much was lost and only this facility remains." He finished.
"I didn't know," Fewashi commented. "The knowledge we have is given from master to apprentice."
"You are a healer. Therefore you were trained by a healer before you. You are a woman of science, and judging by our Tau'ri friend skin protection, I can affirm that protecting that part of our knowledge is in your hands and the hand of people like you."
"But there's more, right? There has to be more considering how many books are available here."
"Yes, from the basic arts to the most complex ones, they are all saved here. As they were in several neural repositories around the galaxy. For here, it was prophesied that a messenger would fall to Semayati, and her daughter would open the fountain of knowledge and thus, allow the Semayanies to grow as it was their right."
"How could you know?" Fewashi asked amazed by that prophecy.
"The light beings," Sam started, "for what I know they see the past, present, and future. But they can't interfere in any. Are you saying this was planned?"
"There was a saying from the citizens of Avalon; it says 'everything happens for a reason.' Based on that premise I can affirm you are here for a reason, and being able to talk with you now confirms me which reason is that."
"But I need to go home," Sam whined.
"Yes, ten jumps from here." The interface answered.
"My experience with this kind of ships tell me that the hyperdrive collapse after two jumps. Is there anything else I can take?"
"This one was one of the latest ships; it can sustain four jumps."
"Which is six jumps less than I need."
"There is one portable electric module that you can carry with you to maximize the life for another two jumps; I will plot a course you can take. There is another planet in which you can stop to replenish your food and water, in most of those there are additional ships which will allow you to reach your destination without harm."
"Plot the course; I will verify the status of the ship."
"And I?"
"Can you explain to the elders what I intend to do, and why I will need a supply of food and water?"
"Will do. I'll bring Naysa to you."
"Thank you Fewashi." She waited for her friend to walk out, "Beyine, how do you know any of those civilizations exist until today?"
"The same way I know exactly when did the post hidden in Avalon was used, or when Atlantis was found."
"I don't understand."
"There are places where creatures like your daughter still live. They are connected to us from their lineage."
"You can trace Naysa's lineage?"
"Indeed, I can. But until certain degree… I can connect your daughter to her ancestors, yet I can provide the name for most of them, I can only trace it to male or female creations."
"I see… and you are sure I can make it to one of those?"
"Yes, there's one planet three jumps from here which were a known market. The particular area in which is placed makes it ideal for commerce for all the species. You will find the most diverse things, and in there you can get a new ship."
"And if it isn't there anymore?"
"You can always turn back at that point."