by Beth Hoyer
Chapter Six
Nikolai come to hearing the alarm blaring its noises followed by hearing “Good morning time to get up!”
He opened his eyes finding the lights were on and he was still in his kneeling position feeling much better rested but stiff from a dream into his mind. He found the door opening followed by hands clawed felt familiar grabbing his arms and lifting him up into the air. He felt a blindfold placed over his eyes as he again was flown in the air along with dumped onto the stone floor of the High Council’s throne room. Nikolai removed the blindfold finding himself with the High Council seated on their seats of appearing to look like wood crowded on the dais with a stone chair holding a figure of entirely white robed and appearing to be wearing black gloves. He glared with annoyance taking hold within him as the figure on the stone chair as always pointed a finger aimed at him.
Nikolai got told “Speak the story.”
It sounded into his mind bringing out the odd sense within him he mentally told “Say ‘Banshee away’ mentally and that Berserker side your displaying will go away.”
Nikolai obeyed despite unable to feel himself via that side in control. He found his efforts to take a look at his hands despite sensing a change in them blocked by the blindfold placed over his eyes again. He put his hands behind his back and kneeled waiting impatiently for the blindfold to be removed. Nikolai found his patience rewarded with a growl the blindfold was removed followed by ordered to speak a story. He felt disgust take hold on speaking stories and still unable to know who he was. He spoke the story fully in mind of what he dreamed.
“Tom came out fresh from showering to head towards the bed to sit putting on his boots. He eyed the time finding he had plenty of time to listen to the radio. Tom proceeded to do hearing the weather report come on talking about the thunderstorm that lasted all day hitting the Washington DC and Maryland area and ending at sunset cutting off the heat wave but temperatures will remain in their warmth status but not too extremely warm for now. He heard a warning that the heat wave will restart again unexpectedly due to that it was becoming the time of year for such extreme temps to hit.”
Nikolai cut himself off despite confused to why he was speaking about Tom Mindbender’s story instead of his own memories in mind. He glared at the High Council with annoyance running through him as the head leader in the stone chair again ordered him to speak the story.
Nikolai spoke firmly “Not till you tell me who I am other than the name of Nikolai.”
He got the familiar sense in control to hear in his mind “In good time we will tell you. So will that Berserker side of yours away and continue on speaking the story now or else.”
He heard the threat in the voice tone obeyed to will aside the Berserker side despite disgusted and again spoke a story with disgust in his voice tone.
Tom stood in the hallway only to frozen as his senses blared warning unexpectedly to hear blaring "Hit the men's room in a fast move and make it appear that you’re sick with throwing up now."
Tom frowned hearing Ramses' words obeyed to meet cops inside that spoke "Good here put this bullet proof vest on now. Principal triggered the police alarm indicating he has a problem at the moment."
Tom obeyed put the bullet proof vest on seeing widen eyes from the three cops while recalling he kept his plaid jacket on after removing his winter coat after arriving to the school. He buttoned up his plaid jacket and left the men's room wiping his mouth repeatedly with his sleeve as he reached the doorway leading to the hallway to the principal's office.
Tom opened the door carrying his backpack to walk inside to hear "That's far enough freak."
He exhaled a breath as the principal came out of his office hands up while behind him was a male he recognized to be Don Ward from the football team holding a gun poking the principal's back who was grimacing fully. Don without a word thrust the gun onto the principal’s head that got knocked out unconscious sliding to the floor followed by firing the gun point blank range at Tom’s chest. Tom felt pain hitting his chest via heart area assumed it was the bullet proof vest reacting to him being shot. He continued to feel pain hitting the area as Don Ward kept on firing the gun including feeling pain onto his head followed by sleepiness hitting him.
Tom heard “Nighty night Smarty” sounding in his mind as he found the floor rising up to meet him and found he passing out unconscious.
Nikolai spoke “Who am I?”
He found in response to his question an order by a High Council member “Keep speaking the story now of what you remember regarding this Mindbender.”
He felt disgust take hold formed a glare and without a word obeyed to speak the story with disgust in his voice tone.
Tom Mindbender glared at the High Council as Shad spoke "You haven't bothered to mind scan Kayra haven't you hmm?"
He spoke: "Get to the point High Council and leave my offspring out of your business with me."
Tom narrowed his eyes with a glare as there was a flash of light followed by revealing Barry flaring golden eyes sideways looking in his direction before losing the eyed look and looking at the High Council.
He heard from Barry "I just came from Zesky Hospital who got their hands onto Kayra. Your suspicion of her medical condition was confirmed and proven. I managed to tell Victoria of it during her awake from her sleeping status. She didn't take the news very well at all but she took the information you ordered me to give her fine enough."
Tom spoke as Barry looked in his direction "What's going on?"
Barry he eyed formed a frown and spoke "I'm sorry Tom but your daughter has an offspring First One medical condition that hits offsprings of First Ones dubbed by this word of Leukemia which can be terminal without medical help."
Tom frowned forming it on his lips sensing that the Builder wasn't kidding on his words as Barry kept talking "I confess that the High Council figured out a medical cure for First One offsprings having that medical condition and have only been sharing that with select people who have offsprings having that condition who in return serve the High Council for various jobs they throw them to do in payment for healing of their offspring."
He felt his mood become foul hearing Barry's words seeing the Builder give him a familiar expression on his face he recognized on wanting him to talk period.
Tom spoke firmly "What job does the High Council have in mind for me? Besides I still want a life among the First Ones anyway. I aim to keep that life with Victoria period even if I have to serve the High Council."
He clamped his mouth shut as he formed a glare on his face to eye the High Council to hear from Shad "Ah Barry kindly get Mind Bender properly attired for the job we have in mind and be sure to clearly detail what he should know of doing this job while you're at it."
Tom felt himself freed from the hands of the Falcons to fold his arms as Barry was heard speaking Builder talk to find himself in the medical bay and ordered to get onto a bed for testing his back. He obeyed and found the doctor didn't seem lengthy with the testing said that his back wasn't indicating of anything of an injury despite the whipping done. He got up from the bed once done tested and found a masked High Council servant thrusting him clothes he recognized were twin to the servant's wear including underwear, socks and shoes. He found to his confusion the outfit included a mask that covered his head and neck entirely in a loose but tight fashion while only leaving his eyes bared. He eyed Barry with arms folded finding nothing to indicate of gloves to him as the Builder spoke Builder chatter to find himself in a gate room. He gave Barry a glare who spoke Builder chatter to find his mind scanned by the Meritanians along with information blaring in his mind. He found the information was about a bunch of species meeting in stadium in Rakcara hosted by the Rakcar species who sent out a distress signal of their own planetary weapons firing onto their planet and that they have refused to explain the destruction going on kept on insisting on wanting help with putting down some battery dubbed Mesan's Curse they hooked
up.
He heard from Barry after finishing Builder chatter "The High Council expects you to assassinate who they order you to assassinate period so go through the gate now."
He got an image in his mind obeyed to come into a vast room via doorway having a reptilian like Humanoid sitting in a metal chair wearing a crown of the sun on the head and a skirt while accompanied by a Drainer that growled and waved fists aimed at him. He heard whining squeals sounds sounding familiar to find three reptilian Humanoids appear in front of him stinking of some stink that made him grimace while wearing metallic clothing on their forms that appeared to look him up and down before fading from view which he walked further into the room.
Tom walked till the reptile crowned humanoid sang words translated by the Drainer spoke in Basic "Says that's close enough so stop your walking now."
He obeyed to narrow his eyes aimed at the reptile singer he assumed was the crowned humanoid sitting in the chair who sang again words translated by the Drainer "Says we ask High Council help and this is what they sent us? Some brain washed Human into serving them?"
Tom spoke in Basic words not translated by the Drainer "Cut your insults and get to the point of your distress now."
He willed forwards the Banshee and waved a clawed hand towards the singer who appeared to gulp from throat seen before willing the Berserker form aside and folded his arms while narrowing his eyes aimed at the reptilian Humanoid.
Tom glared in response as the singer sang again words translated by the Drainer "Says we Rakcar have a war with an invasive species dubbed by the name of Mesan's Curse a name for the walking dead. Their named that name for coming back to life after their reportedly killed by our weapons whatever it is. The species we dubbed them invasive reportedly came from some travel gate and has been invading us for a lengthy time period. They have been trying to take control of Rakcara. They have succeeded in gaining control of our planetary defense weapons and is currently on and off firing it at power sources in Rakcara that are vital to our lives including destroying our efforts to get control of the weapons back. We have discovered traitors among the Rakcaran species who agree with Mesan's Curse by them doing brain washing and is hindering our efforts to take control of our planetary defense weapons including the source of the trigger firing the weapons."
He felt compelled to speak spoke sounding of sarcasm to his annoyance "So? What do you expect the High Council to help you with in this matter? We're planet bound and can only travel via travel gates. We do not have the technology to travel via off planet nor do we can travel to your home world planetary location. You have been sabotaging us and our efforts to learn your planetary world's location via off planet means including other ways of learning the location included. You also have been sabotaging us on our efforts to learn technology your people created we were hoping to use for our warriors to our own purposes. What do you have to say about this hmm?"
Tom glared at the singer who appeared to gulp again before singing words translated by the Drainer "Says we Rakcar are desperate for help that we'll do anything for it. What you wish to learn from us we will gladly give you anything."
He felt himself still compelled to speak spoke "Didn't you speak those words to us High Council before when it was obvious you had a problem of an invasive species only to break your word on giving us anything?"
He saw the singer's eyes narrow with a glare forming followed by singing words translated "Says are you making me a liar of my words regarding giving the High Council anything? We're quite desperate at the moment."
Tom spoke still feeling the compulsion "Desperate is a pathetic word for a species to speak in times of trouble when they expect help only to use the help for their own gain instead of giving the helper what was oath. Why should we High Council bother to help you with your time of desperation? You have proven time and time again over and over to break oaths regarding us helping you with your problems. Don't come calling us again. We'll call you when it's appropriate."
He turned around unfolding his arms walking towards the doorway to hear the singer singing something but nothing said from the Drainer only to feel a charge of electrical jolts hitting him from behind making him feel unable to move which he saw the floor rising up to meet him felt it on his form shut his eyes passing out unconscious-
Nikolai was interrupted “Quit that nasty voice tone you’re using now and will aside the Berserker side of yours now!”
He growled an annoyed sound but obeyed to speak further of his story despite angry at the High Council for not answering his question “Who am I?”