GENESIS - THE BEGINNING. Book 1

CHAPTER 21 ... Three Months Later. Overlord

SIRE

"Yes?" she looked up at her ever present shadows.

DOCTOR SICHEM AND PROFESSOR NANTAO OF EARTHS MEDICAL FORCES WISHES TO HAVE AN AUDIENCE. THEY ARE AGITATED AND HAVE ENHANCED BREATHING AND HEART RATE. INDICATIONS OF TENSION AND EXCITEMENT ARE VISIBLE AND PRESENT.

With relief, she pushed away the recent batch of documents she was perusing and stretched her back. This was the only part of being Emperor that she hated; the paperwork. "Send them in then." She glanced with disgust at her large desk that was piled haphazardly with files and paperwork. The things seemed to accumulate by looking at them. Maybe she should hire some help? Now that was a thought.

Seconds later, a warrior woman opened the door and bowed to her Emperor. "Sire. Doctor Sichem and Professor Nantao." The two men stepped into her office and bowed solemnly. "Madam. Uh ...Sire." One of them said immediately. "We have good news."

"Please gentlemen." She stood up and stepped around her desk. "Please sit down. Thank you. Now sir, what good news are you talking about?" she asked as she took her chair.

"Sire." The man said again. Forgive me. I am Professor Nantao and my colleague is Doctor Sichem. We ... we have found the cure. The cure to the plague."

The Emperor was back on her feet instantly. "How? What is it and why has it only affected Earths personnel?"

"Overlord is still terraforming Sire. That's the answer. The water, the food, in other words your fauna and flora are still in the process of change right down to the molecular level which is the simplest structural unit of an element or compound. The simple fact is that as soon as our people ingested anything from this world, the Nano technology which was developed right from the beginning, starts to change the DNA of the host. It invariably kills that host due to too much change at once. That Sire, is the most simplified way I can describe the battle going on in the affected human body."

"Can we stop it?" she asked excitedly.

"Yes." He nodded with a smile that changed to a frown. "But the afflicted, and there are thousands now, will die."

"I'm not sure I understand sir."

"The human body Sire, is to put it mildly, a machine. A complex machine. Should one part be damaged it will affect the other. Oh. It can lose a leg or arm or eye with no discernable problems and adapt accordingly. The resultant psychological factors on the other hand, would on the other hand, be up for discussion. But start messing around with the DNA and you will have catastrophic results."

"So what do we do?" she asked. "We cannot have people dying like flies all over the place."

Doctor Sichem leaned forward, "We have done a few tests Sire with some excellent results. We have re-programmed the Nano-mites to slow down all adaptation."

"That's it? That's all you have to do? Could you not stop it all together?" she was shocked.

"There are only two wrinkles Sire. Two large wrinkles I may add." He said with a frown as he steepled his fingertips. "The Nano technology should have de-activated countless of years ago. Once terraforming was complete to such a degree that humans could survive on this planet, the Nano mites were programmed to de-activate. Now according to our tests which are inconclusive by the way, one of two things happened. One; they never deactivated or two, they did and somehow were reactivated and have now started, to put it plainly, begun changing our DNA. Changes which should they be halted, will kill the person because they cannot be reversed."

"Impossible sir. We do not as far as my knowledge goes; have the relevant technical knowhow to reactivate this ..."

SIRE.