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Yellow Teeth’s moment of redemption was at hand. He was about to perform the ultimate service for Loomius. Loomius had planned on personally leading the extermination of the humans, and now because of the insubordination of the ship’s new captain, his plans were ruined.
“Damn those guards.” Yellow Teeth was still steaming mad at the guards holding up that truck in front of him. They should have immediately recognized him and cleared his path. Instead they argued with him… the insolence!
“Leave.” He ordered as he entered the main control room. It was an exact copy of the room Jessie was in. The operators looked up in fear… which gave him a feeling of satisfaction. He knew his sect was the most feared because of its close relationship with Loomius... or Chayoth-Ha-Qadesh; the Holy Living Angel that brought fear to all. The operators left in a hurry, averting their eyes, afraid he may incite a curse on them.
With the control room empty, he reached inside his robes for a small book attached to a chain around his neck. Opening it to the chapter fittingly named ‘The Great Redemption’ he read its final paragraph ‘as the sun nurtured the children of the Holy One, it shall also destroy them... Loomius: 21.1.18.92.1.0’. Smiling he lifted the top of the control panel exposing its electronics. Hidden inside, was a set of thumbwheels and entering the numbers of the final paragraph, he now had full control over all the portals… while also disabling all other panels… including the one Jessie was working on. Closing the panel, he worked the controls, entering the protocols to remove the restrictions for opening an unprotected portal into the sun, their source of power… allowing him to carry out his Great Redemption.
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