Chapter 28: Doing What’s Needed

Island Day 22-23

Chen POV:

Holy Shit!

We’d just come out of the wormhole and Maggie and Annie were right back with me. They told me that Sheila had been using my Treyukravat and they had been listening to the Gromoriks. They wanted to see how badly they were freaking out about our ‘booty’ that was now in Lars’ possession. But, they mostly wanted to see if the Gromoriks had any idea where it really was.

That was cool, but, then that pixie, Sheila, decided to jerk some Gromorik Science Director guy’s chain! BY TALKING TO HIM, then she told him where it went. Dammit! I really wished I’d been there to hear how she worded that?

Maggie assured me that Sheila had him eating out of the palm of her hand and nothing more would happen until after I got back. Something about Sheila feeling this Tumrik might just be willing to be on our side?

I really need to pass this interview now.

Having a Gromorik on OUR side would be a game changer. Especially since it sounded like this guy was a ‘higher up’ in the Gromorik’s chain of command and would know everyone I needed to get under my control.

Except, right now ... I had no powers!

My mind was churning like Naomi’s butter maker with a fresh load of goat’s milk.

Then Maggie asked if I knew why they couldn’t get ahold of JB and Darren? “Why do you want them? Shoot, I haven’t seen them since we boarded this ship.”

Maggie told me to ask Linda and Jamie if they knew where they were. When I did, Linda said they had been up with Lars in the Pilot’s area and had been summoned to see Zeus!?

What the hell? I didn’t even know we’d gotten to wherever ‘here’ is. The ride only felt like it took a little over an hour and other than the occasional small shake, it was like we never even moved.

The next thing I knew, George and I were told by Lars it was our turn to go see Zeus. Holy shit! I hadn’t even had a chance to get nervous, but, now I was freaking out.

George and I were suddenly standing in this pure white room with this tall, old guy smiling at us.

Then I saw that JB and Darren were sitting off to one side, looking quite amused, as George and I were still freaking out.

Okay, maybe it was just me freaking out. Fuck, that ‘JB’ guy just winked at George and now even the old guy is winking and grinning.

“Welcome to my Interview room, George Tiberius Sachs IV and Lin Su Chen. I’d like to introduce you to my two newest Catalysts, Jim Bob Hornsby and Darren James. They will be assisting me in these interviews since they know you two much better than I do.”

I really wanted to say ‘Bullshit!’, but, I didn’t need to be losing interview points just now. Something told me this ‘Zeus’ knew everything we were going to say before it left our mouths, anyways.

George was totally in awe but I was just trying to measure what Zeus was like so I could tell him what he wanted to hear.

He started with George, asking if he knew why we were here. George told him that Maggie had tried to explain what a Catalyst was and that we were here to possibly become one.

Then this Zeus guy freaks me the fuck out, trying to say that Maggie and William Monte had abilities given to them by Charlie, Mary, (Charlie’s wife) and Charlie’s little BABY!

My skepticism got the best of me and I blurted out, “You have got to be kidding!? Charlie’s baby son is really your apprentice? How could that be? That little guy can’t even be one-year-old yet!”

George obviously had NO idea who Zeus was even talking about, but, I’d done a complete dossier on Charlie and knew his kid couldn’t be but 9 to 10 months old!

I felt my ‘interview points’ flying out the window when Zeus scoffed at me and told us this whole long story about Charlie’s kid. Stuff that NEVER showed up in my dossier!

It was fucking unbelievable.

Charlie’s fucking kid was Zeus’ ‘Apprentice Catalyst’ and actually gave Monte some powers? AND, he was destined to be a fucking genius! I never wanted to suck my words back into my own mouth like I was just now.

He may not have known it, but he also explained how Linda and Charlie were psychic healers! The bad thing was, my dimwitted outburst now has Zeus looking at me like I’m a Grade-A asshole!

When Zeus asked if George and I would be willing to use our new ‘powers’ to help him find his missing Catalysts, George didn’t hesitate for a minute, assuring him he would.

Somehow, I think he interpreted my hesitation as an ‘I don’t think so.’

When he told George he ‘passed’, George ‘magically’ found himself sitting over next to JB and Darren.

I was beginning to feel like an unwanted, redheaded stepchild!

It only got worse when he did this ‘Goodness/Evil’ aura thing and mine was darker than a thundercloud!

Not that George’s was much better, but his was more like a Dalmatian, tons of black spots on white. I only had two black spots, but it was on a very dark gray background. When Zeus looked at George, JB, and Darren, frowning, I felt like I didn’t have a chance and should just leave.

So, I dropped my head and started slowly walking away.

“Where are you going Mr Chen?” Zeus asked with a concerned tone of voice.

I turned around, sheepishly, “I guess I’m leaving ... I’m sorry I wasted your time.” I told him.

He huffed,” Do you not want to become one of my Catalysts?”

I gasped, “Well yeah, but, I figured my ‘aura’ probably just blew my chances completely out of the water?”

He chuckled at that, “Perhaps we should see why your aura looks like it does? Don’t you even want to try explaining anything to me?”

Whoa!

“So you’re saying ... there’s still a chance?” I asked disbelievingly.

“Of course, Mr Chen. Even though I’ve made mistakes in the past, by granting Catalyst status to ... unsavory people, things are different now and I still feel you may have some qualities that are needed in our future endeavors.”

My jaw dropped because NOW he had my full attention.

He continued, “I just need to see if you’ve learned anything from your past and feel you could change and become a good, as opposed to evil, Catalyst? I’m willing to take a chance if I feel you’re being honest with me.”

Maggie had told me NOT to try and BS this guy.

“And that’s great advice, Mr Chen! You may have just increased your chances by listening to her. I wasn’t kidding when I said she’s one of my favorite people. Would you like me to lift the dimensional block and let her join with you?”

Oh wow! Zeus was in my head so far he knew my every thought! I figured reinforcements sure couldn’t hurt, “Sure, that would be great.”

Then I immediately began regretting it!

Maggie AND Annie were in there now and Maggie was yakking it up with Zeus! Zeus seemed like Maggie’s favorite Uncle and I felt like a black sheep.

Then Zeus got serious, “Sooo, Mr Chen, do you have any idea what that dark cloud is all about?”

I somehow knew this was a test.

Maggie ‘whispered’ in my head, “It’s your ego-centric way of looking at everything! Everything you do always has to have a way it helps YOU, or you won’t do it. As a Catalyst, you need to be able to do things for others, without expecting it to necessarily benefit yourself, personally!”

When I looked, Zeus was grinning, “Do you agree with her, Mr Chen?”

I hung my head, “Well, to be honest ... this is the first I’ve really ever thought about it.”

I saw him frown, so I added, “BUT ... upon further review, it’s not totally wrong. I’ve just always been in the situation where those I’ve had to deal with WEREN’T usually my friends. And yes, I nearly always had an ulterior motive for much of what I did. That really manifested itself when I learned how to use the Mind Control I got from Tsau Ni Ma.

“It became very easy to add an instruction or two that would help me as well as getting done what I needed to accomplish the mission. And before you ask, yes, I’ve used my powers for purely ‘nefarious’ reasons. I PROMISE if you find it in your heart to grant me Catalyst powers, I WON’T do any of those things again. I’ve got a whole new reason for doing things now, and the people I’m with are more like a Family than anyone I’ve ever been with before...”

Zeus’ grin turned into a smile, “Congratulations, Mr Chen! You’ve successfully changed your aura ... significantly...”

I was overjoyed!

Then the other shoe dropped, “But, I believe your Catalyst status will have to be on a ‘probationary’ trial basis. If you go a whole, planetary year, and your aura remains at least as good as it is now, it will become permanent. Is that okay with you?”

Maggie was cheering in my head, but, I felt like I’d just been dissed. I was going to be walking on eggshells for the next year and the slightest ‘fuckup’ would be my undoing.

I should have known Zeus was still in my head... “You DON’T have to feel that way, Lin. I know you’re going to have to use many of your old ‘modus operandi’s’ to battle the Gromoriks and eventually the evil planetary leaders. I’m NOT going to cancel your new status just because of one or two inadvertent missteps, so don’t stress it. The probation is just to keep you from going completely ‘off the rails’ and regressing to your old ways.”

I smiled and finally decided to ‘say’, “Thank you, sir. I’ll do my damnedest to not let you down! I think I now understand my ‘ground rules’, so, will I have full Catalyst abilities? Oh yeah, um, just what exactly ARE they?”

That caused everyone present to chuckle!

Suddenly everyone was sitting around a nice table and we all had our favorite beverages in front of us and Zeus began telling us EVERYTHING...

Brad Lowenstein POV:

We just watched our two intrepid colleagues become full blown, honest to God Catalysts! She-bera was kind enough to allow us to see the whole thing. When Zeus was explaining to them all about their powers I told Brenda this was the death knell of our project. It became apparent that sooner, rather than later, nearly everyone in ‘The Family’ would have psychic powers. Nothing the Normistronzos ever wanted to do to them now would even matter.

I just wondered how long they would even be allowed to exist?

Brenda was giggling, “I don’t think the ‘Family’ will even care about them now. I’ll admit, the overall results will be a bit ‘stilted’ with only those guys left to analyze, however.

Then, Ibera, Darren and JB popped in, smiling and looking like they were just back from a Caribbean vacation.

JB chuckled, “We’ve got some news!”

I huffed, “Yeah, we saw ... congrats on your ‘promotion’ are you guys going to want to be off on your own now?”

Darren smirked, “Are you still fretting about our original experiment’s parameters being so drastically changed?”

Brenda chirped back a giggle while my head dropped, “Yeah. I mean, now the people left are almost not worth studying anymore! Why should we even bother?”

Darren chuckled, “What are you TALKING about? Don’t you see!? We’ve got the chance to document the greatest social experiment of ALL TIME.”

I think Brenda gasped even more forcefully than I did. “What are you talking about?”

Now JB and Darren were both showing incredulous looks.

Darren said, calmly, “You don’t think that documenting an entire PLANET’S conversion, or possible conversion to a single, unified government wouldn’t be worth the effort!???”

I thought I was going to pass out!

“Holy ‘Most Incredible Experiment of ALL time’! I can’t believe I didn’t even consider that?” I gasped out. “No SHIT. We can capture the whole thing from start to finish ... even showing how a band of former cutthroats changed into the administrators of a new, planet-wide single government! This is beyond epic! Not knowing how this is going to work is most interesting. The possible role-reversals are things I never believed would be possible ... especially on such a grand scale. To use one of your phrases, ‘I’m totally blown away!’”

I fell back in my seat with a smile a mile wide. The possibilities with this were infinite. AND I’d be a witness every step of the way. When I asked, Ibera assured me (us) that her ‘portals’ could easily span the whole planet, so we wouldn’t miss a thing.

(We’d have to use more than just one, however!)

Then Darren added the ‘coup de grace’, “And, just so you and Brenda don’t miss anything, we brought a couple of these ‘special, little blue pills’ so you guys could join with us!”

Brenda squealed so loud she liked to break my eardrums!

She got up and was all over Darren and JB.

I was wondering just how this was going to work when I saw a goofy grin on JB’s face.

“Darren or I will have to get with Brenda first for this to work ... unless you’re wanting to ... you know ... get your fudge packed?”

“HO MO YA DON’T” I yelled, while laughing. “I’ll just wait until I can be with my lovely wife, thank you very much!”

Darren chuckled, “I’ll make it quick so you won’t have to wait too long?”

“OH NO YA DON’T, DAMMIT.” Brenda shrieked, “I want what all those other women got!” She smirked, “It didn’t look like much was going on, yet, they were all having massive orgasms and passing out like crazy!?”

Darren chuckled, “Oh, there was a LOT going on, trust me. You just couldn’t see it ... but, you WILL feel it, I promise! I just wanna make sure you have some left for your hubby, Brad?”

I chuckled, “Oh, she may not have seen it, but, she was so horny she already liked to screw me to death! As long as she’s still breathing, I’ll be happy?”

Ibera suggested they use her ‘dimensional’ room so I wouldn’t have to wait so long. JB just started to explain the connection, saying that only Darren needed to be with Brenda, then after I ‘joined’ with her, we’d ALL be joined. He said that he and Darren were joined through Maggie, Annie, George and Lolita.

I had to think back, but, yes, I remember seeing the various ‘connections’ and the ‘connection diagram’ began to show up in my head.

I wondered about the pill I just swallowed.

I couldn’t help but notice my dick getting REALLY hard, when Darren appeared looking like he’d been rode hard and put away wet!

“She’s ready for you, Brad! I hope you’re ready. Your wife is a wildcat!” He chuckled.

When I entered Ibera’s bedroom, my lovely Brenda was sitting up, beckoning me over, “Come here my sweet Hubby. You aren’t going to believe how incredible this is going to be! Hurry and get your rock hard cock in me ... I can’t wait!”

I’d seen her horny before, but, this was much different. Brenda was more emotionally desperate than horny-desperate. When my dick had no more than entered her wet pussy I realized what it was!

It’s like I was ... in all of her!

We’d fantasized about wanting to be so close we could climb in each other’s skin. But now, it was as if both of our bodies AND souls had truly just become one! Suddenly, fucking her didn’t seem to matter. We were reveling in our union so much we just luxuriated in it for what seemed like an eternity.

No wonder the people we watched didn’t seem to be moving much! They didn’t NEED to. I simply ‘thought’ about stroking in and out of her pussy and it’s like I was fucking her like a jackhammer, even though neither of us physically moved a muscle!

And the things her pussy was doing to my dick were unbelievable. She was squeezing and humping me like crazy ... and SHE wasn’t moving either! We were making love with purely our minds.

“It’s just like we always dreamed, isn’t it Brad?” Her voice came in my head, “Did you know we can pleasure each other now, even if we’re thousands of miles away from each other?”

I wondered if she’d been this close to Darren...

“Not exactly like this, Baby, he wouldn’t let me. He said this was just for you, so put that green-eyed monster back in his box and burn the box! Our two friends just made it possible for US to be joined like this! Yes, they’re both in our heads now, but, they’ll only go as far as we want them to. You DO know that now, we basically have the same abilities that THEY do?”

“WHAT!? I don’t understand?”

I felt her giggle (which felt really good), “When we ask them to join with us, say to help us move a heavy couch, once we ‘join’ they can use their TK to move it! Even if they happen to be on Perdition Island at the time!”

Okay, this sounded a bit weird, but then Darren came in my head, “She speaks the truth, Boss. Also, if you think somebody is lying to you, you can call Maggie and she’ll get into their head for you ... and YOU’LL go with her!”

“But, how is that possible?”

“It’s the effects of joining the way we have. It’s a very special gift, don’t you agree?” JB added, now also in ‘our’ heads. “We’ll leave you and Brenda alone for a while, so you can finish ‘bonding’! Just call us if you need anything.”

I could actually feel it when they left us. It was like a hollow spot in our minds where they had been. I say ‘ours’, because Brenda and I are now so ‘joined’ we’re even thinking for each other. This was the most precious gift either of us have ever received.

And not because of the benefits we may get from our friends. Just the fact that we could bond like this was the main reason, at least for me. I knew Brenda agreed because I felt her crying her ‘happy tears’ and she was hugging me like she was never going to let go. “I love you, Brad.” She said as I replied, “And I love you, too, Baby.”

Gromorik Headquarters 350 Kilometers ESE of Port Loma

The Planetary Commandant, Supreme Commander Rufchaad, was interrupted by an alarmed Security Specialist, Striktuk. “Commander Rufchaad, I think you need to hear this! I was reviewing ‘tagged’ communications and found this transmission from an unknown communicator!”