Molly's Miracle Colonies

That Feeling Again

Cassandra pulled at a dark curl. I felt something and waved a map. "What's a 5-year-old doing walking down the sidewalk, alone?" The Alliance record said Destiny—

She gasped. "That's my daughter!" She reached through the holo and pulled her onto the ship. "Destiny, honey, are you okay?" She's in a sleeveless dress and it's in the 40s!

She looked up, blue eyes wide. "I'm hungry."

Cassandra waved a clean dress on her and gave her a pink blanket. Waved up restaurant menus. "You can have anything you want, sweetie!" Destiny smiled and hugged the blanket around her. It had cute pink elephants on it.

She pointed, and Cassandra got plates. She gobbled things.

Tan ran out, because I got him and let him see. He laughed. "You may keep her, by Alliance rules, because no one was with her! Once Earth joins the Alliance, I can explain. They may require monitoring progs, but if you do not object—"

Cassandra ran 'em. It's part of the abuse progs. "I don't mind! Anything to have my daughter back!"

Berto came out, saw her, and his blue eyes went very light. Tan explained. Poor Cassandra looked guilty, but he hugged her. "We wanted a child, and this is wonderful!"

"I didn't know how to tell you."

Cassandra put Destiny on her lap when she stopped eating. "I'm your mama, honey. You can stay with us, if you want."

"Mama! I told 'em you were coming! You found me!" She hugged her.

Berto kissed both of them. "I'll let my bahie work. Beauty, let's move to Elshar Zheiea tonight! I can learn to do something safer."

Cassandra nodded. The radiant smile on her face made Berto's turn light. I felt the happiness of his clone, who was plenty busy today, but wanted to assign teams on Bisillipia. He ported there. Berto's other clone will work here. He has an army of clones traveling to other worlds! One's with the Elshar Council on Elshar Mashai now!

Ket ran out and brought Pirad. Destiny even took that well. He's going to make her Elshar, to help her with all the abuse she's had. A lot of brain damage from abusers. I fumed.

They all went to Goe's Ship. It's time. I went back into Doug and Jen's room. That feeling came again, that something's about to happen!

Doug reached for my hand and flinched. Paled.

Neal, his bahie, grabbed him. "Doug, are you all right?"

"My head hurts again."

I hummed, and he looked better. "Thanks, Molly."

Neal rubbed his head. "You should—"

Suma and Ni vanished! What's going--

Doug got upset! "Bahie! Where'd he go?" He grabbed his chest!

Jen grabbed him and made him lie down! Healers in Ket's ennead ran to him! But, I felt something else.

Ket looked towards the portal, and Pirad came running! His 3 sets of orange pupils flew apart! "My work is ruined!"

Doug cried. "My bahie!"

"I cannot bring him back! Jarfus needed him! You must be calm. Jen, to save him, I must reclone him fully Ishah. Can you let me?"

Jen cried and hugged him. "He can be Ishah! I just want him alive, Pirad!"

A white flash, and his five-fingered hands were three rectangular fingers.