The Cagliostro Chronicles II: Conflagration by Ralph L. Angelo Jr.
Authors: Ralph L. Angelo Jr.
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the same for her. Her memories, they are chaotic. These invaders, they are called the…Agalum? Is that correct hu-mon MarkJohnson?”
He nod ded grimly in reply.
Behind Mark , Dan forced the sliding glass doors open easily and disappeared down the darkened hallway of the great ship.
“Where is he going? The one who hurt my child.”
“Forget him and talk to me. What do you want?”
“I have already told you, I want you and your adversaries off of my world .”
“Look…Chakix, we mean you no harm and would gladly leave here now if we could. Those…adversaries damaged our ship in battle and they have a world destroyer class ship in orbit around you right now. That class of ship is no joke. They’ve been trying to get something like that to my world for over a year now, and we’ve beaten them back at every turn. But they outnumber us in bodies and in ships. We’re fighting for our very lives and existence. Our world can’t build ships fast enough to keep up with them.”
Chakix/Ariel tilted her head and asked simply, “Then how are you still in existence?”
“We are holding our own through our design and manufacture of weaponry and ships. As a race we are builders . We shape what we need and use it against our enemies. Never before in the history of my world have we faced a foe from beyond the stars. All our internal conflict has led to this. There is no doubt; we are a warrior race in many ways.”
“I have no …difficulty with that. My children here are warriors as well. You are simply more…advanced than they are.”
“Yes , we are. Again, we’d much rather repair our ship, the Cagliostro , and simply leave this place.”
“You cannot leave until you remove these enemies ,” she barked harshly.
“Chakix, we did not bring them here . They outnumber us greatly we fear. That great ship in orbit can and most definitely will destroy you if they learned of your sentience.”
“I-I…” Chakix/Ariel stammered .
“Think , Chakix. We would rather aid you in defeating these enemies but we cannot do it alone.”
“My children . All my children would…die?”
“ If the Agalum learned of what you truly are, then yes. They would blow you out of space killing every living creature upon you.”
She paused a moment and seemed to look inwardly, her face down toward the floor, then her face lifted. “Why would they do this thing?”
“Because the Agalum are a petty and small minded race which attacks those different from them. They fear those who represent something other than their way of thinking, or who in their small minds might pose a threat to them. They surreptitiously infiltrated my world for over a century weakening and sabotaging our space program.”
“Are you saying they deterred you from leaving your world mother?”
“If you mean a being like yourself, there is no such voice upon our world.”
She was silent a moment , then began to speak again after a moment of reflection. “That is blasphemy. There are other worlds, other voices like mine throughout the beyond.”
“Not that we have encountered, Chakix .”
“You lie. I do not believe you .” The words were vehement this time. Ariel’s face contorted angrily.
“Uh oh ,” Eddie murmured.
The creature called Chakix floated toward Mark who put his hands up and tried to stop her forward movement.
“There must be others like me, there must be more. I am not…alone. I cannot be .” Her voice turned almost sorrowful.
“We’ve never encountered another like you, Chakix. That does not mean others like you do not exist. It means simply we have not encountered them as of yet.”
Troiano and Eddie both looked at Mark and nodded their approval almost imperceptibly. Red merely scowled, tightening his hand on his blaster pistol’s grip.
Without warning the lights flared back to life and all the electronic equipment in the ship with them.
“What?” Chakix/Ariel was stunned.
“Dan ,” Red turned to Eddie and
He nod ded grimly in reply.
Behind Mark , Dan forced the sliding glass doors open easily and disappeared down the darkened hallway of the great ship.
“Where is he going? The one who hurt my child.”
“Forget him and talk to me. What do you want?”
“I have already told you, I want you and your adversaries off of my world .”
“Look…Chakix, we mean you no harm and would gladly leave here now if we could. Those…adversaries damaged our ship in battle and they have a world destroyer class ship in orbit around you right now. That class of ship is no joke. They’ve been trying to get something like that to my world for over a year now, and we’ve beaten them back at every turn. But they outnumber us in bodies and in ships. We’re fighting for our very lives and existence. Our world can’t build ships fast enough to keep up with them.”
Chakix/Ariel tilted her head and asked simply, “Then how are you still in existence?”
“We are holding our own through our design and manufacture of weaponry and ships. As a race we are builders . We shape what we need and use it against our enemies. Never before in the history of my world have we faced a foe from beyond the stars. All our internal conflict has led to this. There is no doubt; we are a warrior race in many ways.”
“I have no …difficulty with that. My children here are warriors as well. You are simply more…advanced than they are.”
“Yes , we are. Again, we’d much rather repair our ship, the Cagliostro , and simply leave this place.”
“You cannot leave until you remove these enemies ,” she barked harshly.
“Chakix, we did not bring them here . They outnumber us greatly we fear. That great ship in orbit can and most definitely will destroy you if they learned of your sentience.”
“I-I…” Chakix/Ariel stammered .
“Think , Chakix. We would rather aid you in defeating these enemies but we cannot do it alone.”
“My children . All my children would…die?”
“ If the Agalum learned of what you truly are, then yes. They would blow you out of space killing every living creature upon you.”
She paused a moment and seemed to look inwardly, her face down toward the floor, then her face lifted. “Why would they do this thing?”
“Because the Agalum are a petty and small minded race which attacks those different from them. They fear those who represent something other than their way of thinking, or who in their small minds might pose a threat to them. They surreptitiously infiltrated my world for over a century weakening and sabotaging our space program.”
“Are you saying they deterred you from leaving your world mother?”
“If you mean a being like yourself, there is no such voice upon our world.”
She was silent a moment , then began to speak again after a moment of reflection. “That is blasphemy. There are other worlds, other voices like mine throughout the beyond.”
“Not that we have encountered, Chakix .”
“You lie. I do not believe you .” The words were vehement this time. Ariel’s face contorted angrily.
“Uh oh ,” Eddie murmured.
The creature called Chakix floated toward Mark who put his hands up and tried to stop her forward movement.
“There must be others like me, there must be more. I am not…alone. I cannot be .” Her voice turned almost sorrowful.
“We’ve never encountered another like you, Chakix. That does not mean others like you do not exist. It means simply we have not encountered them as of yet.”
Troiano and Eddie both looked at Mark and nodded their approval almost imperceptibly. Red merely scowled, tightening his hand on his blaster pistol’s grip.
Without warning the lights flared back to life and all the electronic equipment in the ship with them.
“What?” Chakix/Ariel was stunned.
“Dan ,” Red turned to Eddie and
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