Never Underestimate Destiny

Part 35

Together, Liz and Isabel reached out with their minds, looking for the transmission to Antar. It seemed to be reaching for them and came to them instantly, swirling around as if it longed to be connected to them.

Liz and Isabel couldn't believe how easy it was, and opened the connection wide to include their whole group so they were fully joined to it, and then let themselves be sucked inside.

There was a feeling of being impossibly light, drifting, floating, like a leaf on the wind, and then they were flying impossibly fast. There was a sensation of movement, but none of them could tell what direction they were going, or even see anything around them but the occasional flickering light. A moment later they solidified again, and found themselves standing in large crowded room.

Several huge screens, that a moment before had been broadcasting the fight on Earth, now hissed with static and then flickered to show the room they were in. The six of them were at the front of the crowd, inhabiting bodies that were not their own, and facing a table with three people, and man who sat on a throne.

Max and Zan recognized him immediately. "Kivar!" They growled.

Kivar jumped to his feet, alarm crossing his features. "Max, Zan, that's impossible," he breathed.

The crowd moved back away from them as they realized what was happening, and gasps filled the room along with whispers, "The Royal Four. The Royal Four has returned."

"The Royal Four has returned," Kivar sneered, indicating them with a sweeping motion of his hand, speaking loud so everyone could hear him. "Except you seem to have grown by two, and the Royal Six just doesn't have the same ring, does it? And one of you is a human," he said with a smile. "Do you really think the Antarian people are going to accept you? The former King now lives in two bodies," he said with a bark of laughter.

Max stepped forward, "It doesn't matter if they accept us or not. We're not here to force ourselves on anyone. We're here to stop you."

Zan nodded, "You've terrorized these people for years, Kivar, and it's time you faced the consequences."

Kivar laughed again. "What consequences do you imagine for me? You're not even here."

A sudden feeling rushed through Liz and she spoke before she had time to even consider. "He's scared," she said. "He doesn't know how we're able to be here, and he's scared."

"The human abomination," Kivar hissed. Pointing at her, he ordered, "Kill her!"

Max and Zan immediately stepped closer to Liz as they saw a half dozen of Kivar's uniformed soldiers coming toward them. But Ava, Isabel and Michael lifted them off their feet, sending them hurtling back into the walls, and they slid to the ground unmoving.

The other soldiers in the room looked surprised and glanced at each other as if wondering what to do, but Michael caught their eyes and shook his head and they all stayed where they were.

Kivar seemed surprised too, but he pointed to a group of soldiers. "I said kill her," he growled.

They lurched forward, not even getting two steps before they followed the fate of the first group of soldiers.

Kivar raised his head. "You may be able to take out a small group of soldiers, but try taking on every soldier in the palace. You're projecting yourselves here from another galaxy, your power won't last long and you'll be defeated by our numbers, just like the last time."

And suddenly the doors to the room burst open and soldiers started pouring in. Some of the people who had been standing around called out in alarm, and they all backed to the walls, trying to stay out of the way.