Book #1 Covenant

Chapter 18: The Mission Begins

Samuel ran through the darkness to the Elders office, he needed to tell them about his dream. He hadn't remembered till he woke suddenly from a deep sleep. It was four-thirty in the morning, one hour and thirty minutes till their mission began.

He felt a light drop of water splatter upon his head. Rain? What a gloomy way to start a mission. He quickened his pace as the rain began to puddle upon the ground. Here we are, the Elders offices. Walking up to the door he placed his hand on the scanner outside. Wonder if I have access. The screen came to life. A line of blue light scanned across the screen several times then came to a stop shortly after. He waited in silence as the screen processed. A pulsing noise was made followed by a clicking noise; the door then slowly opened revealing a lighted room. I guess I should step in? He placed one foot inside. "Hello Samuel, please, come in." Samuel's heart stopped. How did they know I was here? They haven't even seen me yet!" He walked in closing the door behind him.

The Elder Nishtalo along with one of the ENF commanders sat on chairs facing the door, a small fire burned behind them. Lamps flickered along the sides of the wall and a small table with numerous fruits rested in the center of the room. They both stood and greeted him. "Take a seat." Samuel cautiously walked forward taking a seat on the other end of the table. His heart beat faster, nervous of what was to come. Nishtalo leaned forward in his chair placing his arms on his knees. "So, we knew you were coming. But you must be wondering how." Samuel slowly nodded, "ye...yes sir." The commander brought his hand over his mouth, trying in vain to hide a grin. Samuel only slightly noticed. "What's going on here?"

"Nishtalo just let him know." Nishtalo smiled then chuckled a bit. "On the way her we saw you running up the mountain." Samuel raised his eyebrow. "Wait, so you just wanted to..." He stopped himself. "Never mind, that's beside the point, I need to talk to you."

"You already are." Samuel frowned, "its important." Concern fell upon their faces. "What is it?" Nishtalo questioned in a whisper. Samuel got himself comfortable placing his right leg across his left then leaned back in his chair. "Alright, this is going to sound really crazy bit I'll need you to bear with me. If you need witnesses you can call my brother up here." The commander raised both eyebrows, "and who's your brother?"

"He's a leader in the SNF, Aiden." The commander shook his head lightly. "I don't think we'll need him. Continue." Samuel nodded towards him in a thankful manner.

"While on the mission to rescue Aiden we encountered a new tactic in the Galkarian technology, clones." They were both taken aback. Nishtalo recovered quickly. "Clones? How do you mean?"

"Like actual clones, they made one from Aiden, copying his DNA or something. But the weird thing is that Aiden was able to transfer between the clones' body and himself, how this is possible I can only guess. But during the rescue I came in contact with an entity, It's name was Daskantos, he was the one who helped us escape, by giving me a portion of his power I was able to save everyone from dyeing, I think he had something to do with the transferring between bodies." Nishtalo rubbed his chin, deep in thought. Samuel let him think for a while then continued his story.

"Anyway, as I was saying. The Daskantos somehow gave the ability to me; at least I think he did, I can't think if any other way it could have happened. During the ride back home I was able to see through the clones eyes in dreams. Every night the dreams would come, I could control the body. But I wanted to talk to you about another matter. The Galkara are planning an attack along with another unknown alien tribe." Both there grew wide with anticipation. "How do you expect Nishtalo and I to believe you? How can you possibly know what the Galkara are planning?" Samuel closed his eyes.

"As I told you before, I can see through the eyes of the clone, and during my time there, I was able to see them chanting through the streets, all moving towards numerous transports and command ships. They were getting ready for an invasion." Nishtalo held his hand up. "Samuel, that all sounds really far fetched, especially since you weren't there or anyone else."