Chapter 12

Mellos shook her head to clear it when she awoke a few minutes later. Flexing her hands, she could feel her slightly increased power. It was starting to feel damn good. Rubbing her face where he’d backhanded her, she smiled. Not as hard as she had wanted, though anything was better than she’d had before.

Not paying attention, she hadn’t noticed that she had started to float off the ground. When she did, she stopped about forty feet above the trees. Looking around, she smiled again. Okay, this was new; she really was flying now. Another fight, and she might actually be able to go higher.

Speaking into her communicator, she then waited. A few moments later, a red beam enveloped her, and she was gone.

Appearing on her ship, she had a wide smile on her face as she headed for her medical equipment. Grabbing a medical scanner, she started to run it over various parts of her body. Nodding, she saw that another five percent of her genome and body systems were now more as they should be. Looking closer, her mouth dropped open. That bastard!

The blonde male, her assistant, also had his mouth drop open. Was it possible that his mistress’s reproductive system was actually starting to work?

Mellos was furious. How dare that imbecilic ass of an IP whore! She was going to kill him for this. She was Mellos Thymp, the terror of the seven sectors. Even those disgusting councilors seemed to be afraid of her. She was NOT a baby-making factory, nor would she ever be. That was one thing that was never going to happen. Sam was going to pay for that, she’d make damn sure of it.

“Slave! That putrid piece of shit has disappeared again. Find him as quickly as possible. I’ll make the pain well worth it.” Mellos said as the tall blonde male jumped to do what she asked as fast as possible.

Looking at the readings again, she nodded. Well over fifty-five percent of her internal organs were working as they should without siphoning from others of her kind. Grunting in disgust, she noted that part of her reproductive system was included. Most of her genetic makeup was healing. At this rate, it would be seventy-five percent corrected when it stopped.

Watching the male working as fast as he could, she nodded. They needed another battle like the last one in her ship. That one had straightened out quite a bit with her body. Then there was the fact that her strength had increased more than double. Then there was the fact that she could levitate as high as she had. Yes, one more good fight, though unlike the one on the planet, it was going to hurt a hell of a lot more than she’d ever felt.

Watching the male closer, she saw that he was starting to get excited. Moving closer, she saw that the male had detected Sam. Good, after he had her completely healed, she was going to beat the shit out of his gorgeous, solid body. Stopping, her mouth dropped open as she slapped herself as hard as she could.

Getting off the floor, she gave the male at the console a disgusted look as she closed his gaping open mouth. “Keep your mouth shut, you fool. You want Fack Blys to fill it up? Get back to work.”

It was only an hour later when the male excitedly started yelling that he’d found Sam. Mellos came running up, looking over the readings and nodding.

“What in the hell is he doing? Just sitting there waiting? This one makes no sense at all.” Mellos sat to wait also. She might be able to levitate, but there was still no way she could breathe in space, yet. Well, not for very long anyway.

Drivas’s head snapped up as she came to. Looking at where she was, in her bunk? “How in the world did I get here,” she thought. The last thing she remembered was Thantas releasing more locks in her mind for her to access her power. Locks? Where had that come from?

[It is a term that we used on Owt Los. If a mind isn’t prepared properly when the locks are opened, the individual experiences great pain, then death. Oftentimes, it is their own mind that kills them, ] Drivas ‘heard’ Thantas’s thoughts.

[Was I close to dying? The pain wasn’t bad until the last bit. Then it seemed worse than the IP machines, ] Drivas asked.

[What you felt was a conditioned response to that which the IP uses to program people. The pain is a deterrent to not going against the orders that are planted deeply in you. Unfortunately, I cannot remove them at the present time, ] Thantas replied.

Drivas was trying to sit up quickly, discovering that her head felt as if it were going to split open. [Ugh! Feel as if I had a great weight dropped on me, ] Drivas thought.

[It should pass very soon. You will find now that your healing abilities are twice what they were. Also, you are now the most powerful mind after Sam and myself. Thellus should be close to where you are when we next increase her. You also might find that there are a few things you can do now, not well but you can, that you couldn’t before, ] Thantas revealed to a now very confused Drivas.

Drivas’s eyes went wide when she thought that she was thirsty, and a glass across the room floated to her. Confused, she sighed when she saw it was empty, then suddenly it wasn’t! What was going on?

[Ah! Your beginning telekinesis has started. I was afraid it would be a while before you developed it. This is going to make things much easier now, ] a happy-sounding Thantas told her.

[Telekinesis? So that’s what it is. I take it this ‘talking’ we are doing is telepathy?] Drivas asked.

[In the simplest terms, yes. I have to go, my dear. They can no longer monitor me as they did before, though they still can a little. Let Thellus know you are awake. I’ll be back soon, ] Thantas said, then was gone.

[Thellus?] Drivas thought, almost hearing a scream from the next room.

A moment later, Thellus came running into the room. The thing that Drivas noticed was Thellus was moving far faster than she should have been.

“Thank the creator that you are awake. After you went down, I was afraid you wouldn’t wake up. Even though Thantas assured me you would, I was so afraid,” Thellus told her.

Drivas smiled weakly; the liquid she’d drunk had helped greatly, though she needed real solid sustenance. Looking at the glass in her hand, Drivas thought of the glass being full of water.

Thellus’s eyes went wide as she watched the glass fill with water. Looking from Drivas to the glass and back, Thellus backed up a bit.

“Anything else you want to tell me about, Commander?” Thellus asked a little shakily.

Drivas nodded as she looked into Thellus’s eyes. [Why yes, next time you should be able to do this also.]

“I ... I ... I,” was all that Thellus was able to get out.

“I’ll explain after I eat. I’ve regained a bit of strength though I need more. I’m still pretty weak.” Thellus’s eyes still wide, stared at her friend, then she leapt into action. Well, Drivas thought, there’s no turning back now. They were entering this war against the IP, the councilors, and the man who had trained them. Shaking her head, she wondered if Thantas would have them strong enough when all hell broke loose.

Thanking Thellus after she came back with a plate of food, Drivas was again lost in thought. She was stronger than any out there except Thantas and Sam. What about the councilors? Was Thantas holding that back? There was a lot to think about in the coming days.

An hour later, she felt almost normal as she and Thellus were searching for Sam. Nodding to Thellus, she turned the ship, accelerating toward the first councilor’s sector. A few moments later, their com went off.

“I see that you are heading to the first councilor’s sector. Both of you need to be completely certain he is there. Show me,” Sub-Commander Triot told them.

Drivas nodded and then stood, relinquishing control to Thellus. Walking to another section of the control panel, she started to bring up all the readings they had taken not long ago. “We detected him not long ago. The thing is, we also picked up the bio-readings of a being not much different from Sam. We are both suspecting that it is the criminal Mellos.”

Sub-Commander Triot was rubbing his chin as he perused the data that Drivas was showing him. “I see. You are to follow the Cliveastone until such time as you can destroy him. That or discover a way to rid the IP of him.”

Drivas and Thellus nodded like the obedient troopers that the sub-commander expected them to be. Both women snapped off a salute to the sub-commander. “Yes sir! We will do all that we can to secure victory for the IP!”

A wicked smile dominated Triot’s features. It actually appeared that the techs had done something right. Both his bitch daughters were finally being of use. If they kept this up, he might not terminate them as fast. Yes, he thought, they could be of great use in the breeding program that the councilors had approved.

“I’m glad that the both of you are as loyal as you are. Find him, kill him if you can. Remember your lives are for the glory of the IP! Good hunting.” Triot said as he clicked off. Finally, he had two powerful members of the IP to take this piece of trash Cliveastone down.

Looking down at the readings, he nodded again; they were well within the parameters. With any luck, they’d destroy that piece of trash and the criminal Mellos also. Another wicked smile covered his face as he thought, better yet if they destroyed each other. Ah! Now that would be a grand coup for him.