Chapter 5

I appeared a moment later with the young female in tow. She was still wrapped in the energy blanket, though her life signs were starting to grow stronger.

My daughters and the three of my old unit were staring at me. “Who is she?” Bell asked a moment later. “Is she alright?” She asked.

“She should be fine soon. I got there before their agent was able to infiltrate her mind,” I told everyone there.

I noticed that Bethany’s eyes were a little wide as she stared at me and the new arrival. “Is it always like this,” she asked Bell a moment later.

“For right now, I am afraid that it might be. We are still trying to gather more people like us to help,” Bell replied.

“You uh ... say that all of us are like he is?” Bethany asked.

“No, at least not yet. Father has been at it for far longer than almost any of us,” Bell said.

“Wait, wait, wait, he really is your father? Are all of your family endowed with these powers,” Bethany asked.

“Well, since there are only the three of us, then that is a yes,” Trina said.

“Only three, oh, I see, sorry I brought it up,” Bethany said.

“It alright, we all came to terms with it years ago. Especially after the government took us away from the rest of the family. Somehow, we always knew who dad was, we were led to believe that we had to comply or they’d hurt him. Now? I have no problem hurting any of them that get in our way,” Trina said between clenched teeth.

I reached out, placing a hand on my daughter’s shoulder. I felt her momentarily flinch, then relax. Trina whirled to stare at me. “You put all of them out? About time they got a taste of their own medicine,” she said with a huge smile on her face.

I nodded as I looked at all there, “I have managed to free a hundred of the leaders and assistants from the Xetrons. That will surely help, though there are other dangers.”

“So, father, who is our newest guest?” Bell asked.

“I felt her in an alley ‘bout to be attacked by a gang. As her power is not controlled or guided, I stepped in. I am afraid that a good portion of the gang will be out of commission for a while. Somewhat difficult to terrorize with broken arms and legs,” I told them.

“So, what’s the plan? I know we have to gather others, that none of us can leave here, til...” Andy started,

“No, of the nine of us here, only four of us can leave safely. Well, ten now. I have Bell and Trina safe now. Bethany is also barely high enough. The brother and sister are close though they need a great deal of rest. They were drained severely. As I explained to you three, you are almost there,” I explained to them.

“OK, so what’s the new girl’s name?” Bell asked.

I sheepishly shrugged as I looked at the unconscious female on the floor.

“You don’t even know her name? Good god Dad!” Trina said.

“Well, let’s be for real, she passed out. I wasn’t about to probe her mind. We don’t do that without permission or in an emergency situation,” I said.

Both Trina and Bell smirked at me, “sure, yeah right dad,” Bell said. “We all know it’s been a very long time since you were with mom. You have to admit that she is gorgeous.”

For a moment I could only stare open-mouth at both of my daughters. “I can’t believe that you said that, since your mom, I haven’t had time for anything but saving the earth.”

“Come on Dad,” Trina started.

Andy stepped up at that moment, “It’s true girls. His handler had him going almost constantly, as did ours. We were considered weapons, not human, therefore we were not afforded any human luxury.”

“What the hell! Let me find him can think of a damn suitable punishment,” Bell almost growled.

“No,” I said as I shook my head. “I believe that almost all the mind people, plus their handlers, are gonna be walking on eggshells for a while.”

Both my daughters plus the three of my old group were staring at me. “Ok Bill, just what in the hell did you do?” Tom asked.

“Oh, I was searching for those that were annoying me. I went through so many; I was starting to grow mad. Finally, I reached out to find an older man. He laughed at me, not realizing how strong I am,” I told them.

“That would have been the main director. No abilities, though he does have some control. If I remember, he has several helmets he wears, I take it they didn’t stop you?” Tina said.

I shook my head no, this causing the six there to gasp. “I also knocked all of the mind people out, plus I did kill a few. The Bellion stopped me. He was right. Had they all died, worse would have taken their places.”

I heard all of them gasp again, “you knocked all of them out?” An astonished John said. “You do realize that there are more than a hundred that they have now.”

I just nodded nonchalantly, causing five of them to stare at me like I wasn’t real at all. “Like I said, I am the strongest I have always been. I was also the youngest of us that were there when the Bellions came the first time.”

“So, for now, we are safe,” Bell asked.

“All of us here in the house are, you, Trina and Bethany are high enough that I think you are safe. My old team are almost there, the two upstairs are a little lower than you three. That makes nine of us. We are going to need a lot more. I just hope that I can keep them out,” I said.

“That’s hope for us all Dad,” Bell said.

Deep within a system, on the exact opposite side of our galaxy, far out on the edge of the spiral arm, darkness ruled. More than ten trillion mind warriors awaited their chance to attack the earth. The ultimate leader walked through them feeling his strength build from their malice. A twisted smile came to its lips, soon they would break this weakling world.

Disgust washed over its features as it looked again at the data cube. Such a weak, pitiful race, how had they destroyed six of their ships? Obviously, the warriors were weak as they were destroyed. The strongest of their planet’s mind warriors had done it solo.

The ultimate warrior shook its head. This would not happen again. It looked over at the gestation pool, it had at least another ten trillion being made. No, this would not happen again.

A holo-thought shimmered in front of it, the form of the strongest warrior other than it, appeared.

So, came the thoughts of the Ultimate warrior. How has such a weak and pitiful race managed to defeat our enemy, the Fletecons? They the only race to defeat us in glorious physical combat? They obviously had help, finished the thoughts of the Ultimate warrior.

From all that I have seen, the strongest warrior said. They had the help of the powerful mind race, the Bellions.

WHAT!? I thought they did not interfere in the course of the systems. One of those like them is enough, the other three they found cost us a great many warriors. Find out if they are going to add this miserable planet to the other three planets. Another, that far behind us would place too many enemies around us, ended the Ultimate warrior’s thoughts.

I will do all I can. I still do not believe that they are strong enough to defeat us the warrior thought.

I have been through what has gone before. The One has far more power than you think. I have seen his and several others on that dirt ball grow more than five times. Prepare, his mind power, passed yours several cycles ago.

The strongest warrior tried not to gasp, then not to laugh. It had been many, many cycles since he had faced a worthy foe. Perhaps, when he defeated this one, he’d have the power to take on the Ultimate warrior. A smile, a true smile, went across its facial features. Yes, a true day of glory!

The holo-thought disconnected, he needed to ready what was left of the ships. With only forty warriors, plus the thought shield stronger, they needed a way through. Searching out he saw that they had at least another twenty on the planet.

The warrior went through all the data they had, then went through it again. He knew where what was it they called themselves? Ah yes! Humans, he knew where the strong mind, humans, were the shield around them as strong as the planet one.

Yes, the warrior thought, the shield was indeed strong for the physical and mind aspects. An evil smile lit up its features as it touched several buttons. An enormously strong blast left the warrior’s ship, then mental energy joined it. This effectively tripled its strength,

I jumped up as I felt the enormous energy beam blow a fairly large hole in the shield.

“I need all of you, see the ships, see them explode,” I said as I felt no less than twenty ships slip through. Thankfully, the shield snapped shut, crushing another five.

I felt both my daughters then Bethany, firing at the ships. I concentrated on the lead ship, bigger, stronger. It had their obvious leader, plus several very strong beings on it.

To my relief, I felt twenty quickly dwindle to ten, then five. I felt my crew also firing, ‘til there the last one exploded. I was still trying to take the last out. Its engines were gone, as were most of its thrusters. Damnit, I thought. The damn thing was going to make it to the ground. I started to fire faster, watching as an aero foil was ripped off. I hoped that the faster falling ship would kill the crew.

I then started to curse as I felt the strongest alien on the ship was still alive.

Everyone was shouting as I vanished, appearing a moment later in a wooded area. Overhead, I could see the smoke and fire descending like a huge fire ball.

I reached out trying to blow the rest of it out of the sky. How in the hell, had the alien managed to get a shield so strong? I realized almost too late that the alien was using its mental energy. I adjusted hitting it.

I smiled as I saw the shield flicker, the fireball grew bigger. I kept it up as I felt the alien trying to increase its shield. A moment later, it hit the ground, carving a huge crater, taking several acres of trees with it.