ARC OF THE IMMORTALS/ Book 1

Pursuit: 18 / Touzdae’s Mission Part 2

Recap: Pursuer-Jac impales himself on sharp pointed stones and dies. Touzdae is aboard the Mu with a male and female Lion; on mission.

(contains one scene of violence and one scene of graphic violence)

Recap continued: Touzdae is on board the Mu. She and the lions are in an abandoned 600-foot sphere, close to finding a safe space for the Lingham Stone.

Touzdae woke in a dim light surrounded by two lions. Her wounds had scabbed over. She wondered how she got to the derelict control booth. The last memory was the reign of metal balls ranging from above. The metal balls, concentrated on her position were slamming into her. Some exploded near her and overhead. A stream of images flowed into her mind from the female lion:

A small pride of lions descended from above. A covering came up over her. They used the Emmons black cloth from her robe as a shield and a stretcher. They dragged her body to the derelict control booth. One of the females with the primary female stayed with Touzdae. The two females surrounded her and licked her wounds. The male took guard at the entrance.

When Touzdae was awake, the male disappeared for a while. He returned with food: steak. The females streamed images that the steak was plant-based grown on a farm aboard the ship. It was raw. Touzdae searched for her food in her satchel, but it was gone. Her hand went to her necklace. Relieved, the transdimensional cube was still there, she exhaled.

She spent six days recovering and gaining strength. Each day the male bought meat for them all to eat. The duo of females and the male sent the image of the three spots on the ledge and the pedal latches in the flooring. Touzdae understood, acknowledging her previous mistake.

On the sixth day, she stood and walked — each of the three deployed to the three spots. The male stood with her near the latch. He used his paw to depress the pedal latch. A giant hologram deployed over the bottom of the sphere. It was convex to the concave structure of the sphere. But from above it was the same as the concave structure.

Touzdae sent thank you images of gratefulness to the group as she slipped below the images. Minutes later she accessed the hatch and climbed down the ladder into the chamber below.

It was a disk-shaped room about 60 feet in diameter. It was almost an exact replica of the disk-shaped chalice aboard the Nez Fish. The alabaster walls were dirty and had some significant cracks. But it was the same. She cried.

What to do? she thought.

You know what to do, Jac answered.

You’re alive and unhurt, Touzdae thought back.

Yes, my love, he thought. To your mission. I trust you completely.

Thank you, Jac, I love you.

She took the cube from her necklace and placed it in the center of the room on the floor. She expanded her consciousness to include the Lingham Stone inside the transdimensional cube.

Touzdae expanded her consciousness to include her cloaked spacecraft. It remained floating in the cavernous tube to the port side of the Mu. She expanded her consciousness again to include herself, the transdimensional cube, and the Nez Fish in the Hinterland. One more time she expanded her consciousness to include Jac’s Escape Craft. She included all in the Platform as one space.

The Cube opened to full size. The door popped open with a click followed by a hiss. She walked inside.

Jac had climbed through the hatch of the J-TouzNez Escape Craft. He sat in the stores where Touzdae had once been. He held her in spirit, including himself and her as one. He felt her love for him and all. He held his love for her and all in his heart and her space.

She saw the curl of a giant wave and she knew. She excluded the Lingham Stone.She included all else from the previous expansion. She breathed it all in and exhaled slowly. She repeated the process three times.

The transdimensional room, her Escape Craft, the Hinterland and the Platform morphed. Space was folding. She thanked the Lion and the pride of Lions through image thoughtforms and love.

Jac climbed up from the stores into the Captain’s cabin he and Nez had built when he was a young one. As he climbed he put one foot on the deck, a blade came across and severed Jac’s head from his body.

Touzdae merged interdimensionally with Jac’s craft. But Touzdae was not on board.

The Lingham Stone stood at the center of the disk-shaped room under the sphere in a forbidden zone in the Mu. It glowed.

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