by Saxon Andrew
The First was excited; the family member had been correct. These beings didn’t have enough ships. Now only three remained. He ordered the next wave of heavy battleships forward.
The space in front of the three remaining Psychic Ships was a wall of massive orange explosions. A million Orange Ships had been destroyed but two thirds of the Demon’s Fleet was still moving forward. The right side of the shield collapsed and Cassandra looked over at Junior and said, “Thank you for giving me back my life. I love you for it.”
“You’ll be with Tommy again, Cassie. I love you as well.”
The Alexander Kosiev jumped into the oncoming orange ships and began killing Demon Ships at a rate that was staggering. Before the ancient ship exploded, more than two hundred thousand more Orange Ships were blasted into rubble.
Trey looked at the power meters and saw that they had dropped below 25 Percent. He stood up as the shield fell and the weapons stopped firing. He went over and lifted Cassie out of her chair and hugged her tightly. This is where his vision stopped. He pulled her close and said, “I will love you forever.”
Cassie hugged him tight and said, “Oh, Trey.”
The developing child in Cassie’s womb felt her mother’s stress and fear and it frightened the young baby. Suddenly a massive blue flash shot out of Cassie as the Demon Fleet rushed in firing at the remaining two powerless ships. A blue wave shot out and pushed the Demon fleet eighty miles away from the two ships. Trey continued to hold Cassie with his eyes closed and felt great sorrow at the fear their child was experiencing. He wept for the loss of his aunt. Another Robbins killed by the Demons. Would it never end?
The First saw his ships pushed back by a perfectly round globe of blue that surrounded the two white ships. He also saw that there were no beams being fired at his fleet. They must have put all their remaining power into their force field. He shouted, “Move in and surround that field. Fire all your weapons into it.”
Tag and Danielle watched their systems go off line and expected to die. The sudden appearance of the blue field surprised Tag, “What is that?”
Danielle closed her eyes and said, “It must be coming from Cassie’s baby.”
“What?”
“That’s the only thing that could have caused it. However, it won’t last much longer.”
Tag closed his eyes and saw the huge globe of Demon Ships surrounding them firing into the blue field and it was slowly giving way. He smiled and said, “It should last long enough for me to kiss you.” Danielle came into his arms and remembered their first kiss so very long ago.
The First was ecstatic. He completely forgot his escape button and knew that this was going to be over in just a few more moments. Then that Galaxy would be demolished. Every Demon in the fleet heard the Controller say, “What the…”
The outer layer of Demon Ships exploded in massive blasts that took out the ships close to them. The Controller looked at his display and saw millions of giant Red Ships firing purple beams at the fleet. Some of those ships were larger than three thousand miles. He also saw more than a million small silver ships fly through his formations, firing a purple beam. Trey jerked his head up and ran over to his board and punched the pad for the Demon Screen and prayed there was enough power to activate it. The light above it turned green and he sat down in his chair.
Danielle heard a thought, “Where is the warrior that saved us?”
“Who are you?”
“You called us the Captors.”
Danielle slowly shook her head and said, “The Demons destroyed her ship just a few moments ago.”
Tag and Danielle as well as Trey and Cassie felt a wave of anger wash over them from the large Red Ship. They heard the giant ship shout, “They have killed the savior.”
The destruction of Orange Ships took on a new level of intensity. Thousand were exploding on all sides of the blue sphere.
• • •
The First panicked and hit his escape pad and nothing happened. He hit it over and over and his ship didn’t move. “What’s happening?”
The Fourth said, “There is a field around us that our Orange Energy will not penetrate.”
“Blow a hole through it!!!”
“We’ve tried. Nothing works. Now we know how the Family died. Enjoy the view you cowardly scum.”
The Demons around the First’s ship fired into it killing him in an orange blast. He deserved it for leading them into this trap. Thirty minutes later, the last Demon ship was blasted apart.
Cassie watched the last ship’s destruction and said in a calm voice, “Everything is alright little one. We’re going to be fine.” She hummed a melody to the child inside her and slowly the baby calmed down and sent her love to her mother. The blue sphere disappeared and the three million Captors and two million Alfont gathered at the two surviving Psychic Ships.
The First Male said, “We should have come sooner. We waited too late.”
Danielle felt his immense sorrow and said, “If you had come before you did, the Demons would have run. By waiting we were able to trap them in an energy field. Cassandra wouldn’t have wanted it any other way.”
“Danielle.”
“Hi, Atlas; I see your family has chosen a different path.”
“Cassandra’s vision of Creation is what changed them.”
The First Male said, “It has also made a difference with my family. We will be joining the fight for life.”
“Cassandra would be so proud of your decision, First Male. She has always wanted nothing but happiness for your family.”
“I sensed that when she visited. We will honor her in our memories. She and her husband were truly great and true warriors.”
Trey said, “How were you able to kill the Orange Ships?”
The First Male sneered, “The Orange Energy those creatures chose to use was a dead end power source. We learned more than a billion years ago that it had great power, but had little cohesion. Fire the right frequency into it and it would fall apart. I’m surprised they never learned that lesson.”
Trey said, “I’m really thankful they didn’t.”
The First Male said, “I think all of us feel the same way.” The First Male paused and said, “Little Brothers, you are welcome to come back and share our home.”
One of the Alfont said, “Thank you. We also thank you for having patience all this time to allow us to come to our senses. However, we need to get in the fight for Creation. We have got to determine where we’re needed and go there.”
Trey said, “Go home with the Captors. Creation has chosen the ones to direct our efforts and I’m sure they will contact both of you there and let you know what you need to do.”
The Alfont said, “We will do as you say. Thank you for befriending our brother. It was that small thing that brought us here together.”
Tag said, “He is part of my family and always will be.”
The Giant Red Ships and the millions of small Silver Ships disappeared just as the millions of Empire Ships began arriving shouting their cheers.
Danielle looked and saw Atlas still outside the hull of her ship. “Is something wrong, Atlas?”
“I just want to say a few things before I leave.”
“Go ahead, my friend.”
“My species are no longer called Alfont. From this day forward we will call ourselves Mariahans.”
Danielle felt her eyes moisten, “Not many knew Cassandra’s middle name was Mariah.”
“I knew and now my family does as well. We chose that name to never forget what she and Tommy did for us.”
“Thank you, Atlas.”
“There’s one more thing, Danielle.”
“Yes.”
“When I extended your lives, the process prevented you from having children. I’m going to remove the process.”
Danielle stood up, “What?”
“Haven’t you ever wondered why you didn’t have any more children?”
“Yes, but I just thought my body was no lo
nger able to do it.”
“The two children you had changed Creation. You and Tag should have more. When you’re ready, let me know and I’ll extend your lives again.”
Tag had a huge grin and said, “The first girl will be Cassandra.”
Danielle laughed and said, “The boy will be Thomas Atlas Gardner.”
Atlas laughed, “Another Tag.”
Tag grabbed Danielle and lifted her off the floor, “We’ll call him Junior.”
Trey and Cassie listened to them and felt their daughter send a glow of contentment. Cassie smiled, “She knows the first one will be a boy and he will be hers.”
Trey smiled, “Their union will join the Realm and the Empire. We will all be one again.”
Cassie held Trey’s hand and said, “I think it’s safe to say their love will conquer all.”
The word went out to all those fighting for life and celebrations began that lasted more than a year. The music in the heavens grew louder where many were starting to hear it clearly. The armies for life prepared for their crusade and they followed the cats into the melody being sung in the stars.
Epilogue
Pride sat in the clearing surrounded by thousands of kittens that had just been shown the story of the Bristone Realm. One of them asked, “Why did our Mother only allow the Warriors to have five ships?”
“It was the only way to trap the Demons, child. If there were thousands of ships, like we have today, the Demons would have never come. They would have fled and the cancer would have moved throughout our Mother’s body.”
“I just hate those wonderful warriors had to die.”
“There cannot be life without death. Those warriors are cherished by our Mother.”
“When will we be allowed to join our family in the fight?”
Pride smiled at the kitten’s impatience and said, “Soon.”
Books by Saxon Andrew
The Annihilation Series:
Love Conquers All
The Power of a Queen
A Rose Grows in Weeds
Tommy’s Tale
Searcher
Demon’s Sacrifice
Finding Keepers
Ashes of the Realm:
Juliette’s Dream
Greyson’s Revenge
Lens of Time
The Pyramid Builders
Planet Predators
Pray for the Prey (August 2012)
About Saxon Andrew
Saxon Andrew is the author of the number one bestselling Annihilation Series. All seven books of the series have been a number one bestseller on Amazon’s kindle Science Fiction Series. Ashes of the Realm is the second series created by him and continues the history of the Stars Realm after its destruction.
His books are written so that anyone can enjoy them and not worry about their children picking them up. He lives in Tampa, Florida with his wife and looks forward to each day so he can write the stories that his fans enjoy.
Copyright © 2012 by Saxon Andrew. All rights reserved. Screen Writers Guild no. VQEA3E380432.
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. All rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without permission in writing from the author or publisher.
First Electronic Edition: July 2012
Table of Contents
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Epilogue
Books by Saxon Andrew
About Saxon Andrew