Kia's Biehshah Gift

Chapter 30 Alb Isn't Safe

Sara and Cevit Ion ran across the garden. "They're coming!"

Cevit Ion had Ahstam with him, who looked worried. Our former 7th Galaxy Minister looked gray, not the sunny yellow he should have in his skin.

Ahstam was not the old, bald healer I saw clones of in Rainbow. This man had the same pale blue eyes but short brown curls.

A lady ran behind them. I hadn't seen her!

I felt it, too. Telepathy isn't limited by distance. I thought our Dosilian problems were over! This was an army!

An armed ship orbited, and my Collective targeted it. Most were on that ship, but Cevit Ion knew exactly where I needed to build pressure in a containment. The ship exploded! People saw this explosion in Oshfah, Areon Ye~ and Ry Pethe with shock! Areon saw it as a white streak across their blue sky and progs ported them underground. Our progs ported everyone into Ye~ Burial Chambers.

This surprised the Dosilians and they couldn't track them.

Sara and I dropped dozens of 'em in a group. Stragglers ran, but we picked them off.

None went to other worlds of Alb from that ship. This is personal!

Everyone felt that. Suma ran to Sara. "Are you okay?"

"Okay? That was a ship full of Dosilians! No, I'm not okay!" She cried and Cevit Ion held her.

"Love, let us go rest—"

"I can't! We have to watch, Kia!" Her deep blue eyes had that terrorized look.

I put a hand on her shoulder, careful not to pull her brown hair. "I'm watching. You can watch from bed while you rest. Want us to go with you?" We all had rooms off a hall with a view of those beautiful gardens. She looked like she hadn't slept.

A nod, and we ported to their room. They had a nine-sided bed with orange-yellow covers that matched her frilly dress and his tunic and pants. Ahstam wore the same color under his white robes and so did the lady.

Suma came with us. "Kia, can you watch for a bit? Biehshah can stay up for days, but Sara can't."

Had I been up for days? We usually slept and woke up kind of on my old schedule, and I felt just as tired. The date was Monday, Jan 31. But, last time I checked, it was Friday, Jan 21!

"Kia sleeps as she did on Earth, but it doesn't rest her." He picked me up and put me in our leiwege. Biehshah sleep on hard beds. Usually a hard bed is good for my back, but I tried one of these and it really helped. Ir bent the white mattress just right to hold me sitting up.

"It doesn't? That's a problem." Her brown eyes filled.

"I'm going to be tired. Our selves in the bubble are still fighting, and that's affecting all of us. You look tired, too, Suma."

"I miss my husband! We can have our pets, but not our husbands?" Then she flinched.

Cevit Ion put a shaking hand on her shoulder. "Bring Ni'olmai. You need him. I am most sorry I nae mentioned this earlier. He helps you fight."

"I'm worried! Jarfus left when Dromie did, and he didn't come back. Did he go to rescue slaves, and died there?" She sobbed.

All the Zheien sighed and it rumbled. "We can nae know."

"Everywhere Jarfus goes, troops die in large numbers! I see it." Sara put her head on Cevit Ion's shoulder. "Rentappenen wants me dead. He doesn't want Pirad to know that he's losing. He's nearly out of materials to make clones, so he wants Pirad's supply worlds. Novas! He's looking for Dromie's world!"