What about June. Do you understand now?
Yes, I do. I could feel her terrible pain at discovering just how evil her father was and what she had become. Mallory looked at Julie and said, The Zord will never have ten elders to execute her sentence, will they?
Julie smiled, Just dont tell June. Its the only thing that keeps her from focusing on her crimes. She is their Grang.
Mallory shook her head. I would have killed him but I can see that would have been a huge mistake.
What about your Father?
Julie saw Mallory frown, Hes been deceiving me my entire life and I can see what kind of person he is now. I just wonder how he could have ever made me his successor. Hes worse than Canton.
He probably wouldnt have allowed you to succeed him
Mallory interrupted, What do you mean?
When were you supposed to marry?
Next year.
Im taking an educated guess here, but I suspect he is getting you married so you can have a child before he names his successor. That future husband of yours
Canton.
Yes, Canton appears to be pretty cold blooded. I suspect your father wants him to be in charge in the event that something was to happen to him.
But hes not in the Royal Family.
No, but if you have a child and you were to die in an unfortunate accident.
Mallory saw it, Canton will become the Ruler until my child comes of age. Mallory thought for a moment then angrily said, And after Canton solidifies his power, the child will also have an unfortunate accident. Everyone is right, my father is evil. Hes disgusting.
Thats how I see it. He would never allow someone with a good heart to assume the throne. He picked Canton because of the attacks on him by other members of the Royal Family and he can count on him to make them pay. I suspect he was quite angry about those attacks and would do anything to prevent them from assuming the throne.
Mallory nodded, He was incredibly angry. Three months after the last attack, ten of my family members were killed in a hover accident. The runabout lost power and fell to earth.
Julie just looked at Mallory. She shook her head and said, I remember he was smiling when he heard about it. He didnt know I was watching him. I should have learned from that experience that he is not what I thought him to be.
Well, do you think hell try to find you?
Hell exhaust every means possible. Im his only child and he knows hell lose the throne to another family member if he doesnt have me around to have a child or he will have to have another. Hell use all of his resources to find me.
Did you know this Canton?
I thought I did, but it was all a lie. He pretended to be high and noble by ridding our galaxy of slavers. Now I see hes one of the biggest slavers in our Realm. He disgusts me as well. Hes the son of my fathers best friend and I know what kind of man he is. He had his oldest daughter executed for treason. She was a good person and would never commit the acts she was accused of committing. Now I suspect it was done to make Canton his successor. Im almost certain that he and my father came up with the marriage to continue their control. I think that ship was right; Ive been incredibly naive.
Mallory, what do you want us to do with you? We know youre not an enemy but if we send you back, they could force you to tell them where we are.
Mallory frowned, Im sick to my heart at what Ive learned. I never want to see my Father again. Im quite happy to stay here with June and the children. I think its ironic that two Princesses are picking pods for the community. Mallory looked up at the sky and said, When is Nathan coming back? I want to thank him for treating me with kindness.
Julie smiled, Hes with our ships attempting to prevent your father from finding us. However, he should be back within a week. When I see him, Ill tell him you want to speak with him.
Thank you, Your Majesty. Now I need to go and take the children to the woods. June wont be back until tomorrow and I know they miss their time in the forest.
Julie smiled, Thank you, Mallory, and welcome to our community.
Nathan sat in a chair wearing a spacesuit. Every port was open to space and Nathan watched as numerous machines moved in and out of the bridge. He saw cables running out of the bridge toward the reactor. The cables they were replacing were one third the size of the new ones. Panels were out of the ceiling and scattered on the floor next to him. Scotty offered to take him back to Bristone but he had refused. He just didnt want to leave Anglo during the updating. It was like leaving the hospital during a loved ones surgery. He felt Anglo should have someone present. Nathan.
Yeah, Anglo.
You were right about the Dukes daughter. Ive just talked with Julie and it appears she was deliberately deceived by her father. She was going to be married to a real cold blooded Baron that would have eventually eliminated her.
I thought her emotions were real. You were still angry about Haldale and missed it.
She said something that concerns me.
What is that?
She had dreams about Bristone. She also said you were in her dreams.
It could have just been someone that looked like me.
Now youre missing it; she was certain it was you.
Nathan thought about what he was hearing. Does that mean anything?
Yes it does. Ive had Jess scan the Princess when she and Scotty arrived home and she has a passive psychic reading that is huge.
Where are you going with this Anglo?
You do as well Nathan.
What!
Yours is actually higher than hers. Why do you think you were able to take the bowgun training from the Zord when very few others could? Its because your mind is different from all the others.
Nathan thought about the training and remembered everything felt so real. Then Anglo said something that snapped his attention back.
I believe that this universe is preparing for a huge war that will determine our survival.
What do you mean by that!?! How does my having a high passive psychic reading have anything to do with the starting of a war?
We have some time before my updating is completed, so Im going to share my thoughts with you. I want you to listen and see if you see anything wrong with my deductions.
Sure, I just dont understand where youre going with this.
Youve seen the history of the Stars Realm.
Of course.
The first King and Queen of the Stars Realm were the strongest psychics on their planet. They ended up together. The historians concluded that the war with the Alliance was just for the purpose of them meeting. Those same historians also agree that it was primarily done for them to have a child that would ultimately stop the destruction being done by the Algeans. It seems that the creative force that made everything seeks balance. When life is being destroyed in huge numbers, the universe seeks balance.
Anglo paused and Nathan thought about what he had learned of the Realms ancient history. Anglo let him digest what he had said and continued, The thing that most dont see is that every time the Realm was threatened by an overwhelming enemy, an individual, or a couple, that possessed super psychic abilities appeared. It was those super psychics ability to chart a path that saved the Realm.
Anglo, we dont have any psychics in our community and we certainly dont quality to be a realm.
The old planet Earth wasnt a realm originally and thats where the first psychics appeared. Weve not had any really strong psychics since the Realm left with the Gardners. Weve also not had any one that Ive scanned over the last thousand years that possessed anything more than very minimal psychic readings. Now we have ten people that top the scale on passive readings. Four of them are now couples.