The Prince of Darkness

Chapter 42: Journey to Crystal Planet

I held Eva as the fleet of ships took off. I was in the control room, and sat in the chair next to Lincoln. Lincoln was flying the ship. We were following the Specter ship to the crystal planet. We had been getting word out to crystal people through Big Brother's many communication towers.

We were in a fleet of different kinds of ships. Resistance, Big Brother, Bounty Hunter, and completely random ships. I knew the Gemini crew was in this fleet somewhere, but I hadn't seen them. It broke my heart a little bit to know that they didn't want to try to reconcile, and meet my daughter, but that was their choice. I held her close to me, and watched as we travelled.

I don't know what Skye had to do to get all these people to the crystal planet, but she looked like she was worse for wear. She was with the Specter crew right now, because she knew how to get to the planet, and they were leading the fleet of ships.

"What do you think Skye has had to do to get to the planet?" I ask.

"You don't know?" Lincoln asks.

"Know what?" I ask.

"She's the person the crystal chose to make sure the crystal people live on, and to save the planet. They allow her to land on it once, but for a second time she has to prove she's the right person." Lincoln says.

"So what does that mean?" I ask.

"It means the Crystal has lots of trials for her to overcome to prove she's worthy. Some may be physical, others mental, and some are internal." Lincoln says.

"But they already chose her, why does she have to prove herself again?" I ask.

"It's a question lots of people ask. We don't know. Lots of people assume, because she was chosen when she was baby, and people change while they grow up, so the crystal has to see if she's still the same person, just as worthy." Lincoln says.

"She won't be doing this alone." I say.

"Of course not, why do you think all of the Specter crew are going? Plus she has you, and she has me." Lincoln says.

"She'll have Eva too." I say.

"Of course." Lincoln says.

I see my crystal start to glow. I knew it wasn't Lincoln trying to contact me, so it must be Skye. I stood up, and Skye appeared in front of me.

"Hey what's going on?" I ask.

Skye was looking a little distracted. I immediately felt bad for her, she was young, and had all this responsibility thrust upon her shoulders, and she might not even succeed. And she knew that if she didn't succeed then she would have brought all these people on a pointless trip. In fact that's why we didn't have more people. People thought this girl was going to fail, mostly it was because she was only 19.

"Um I need something." I say.

"Okay." I say patiently.

I saw Skye place her hands on her head, and squeeze. Before I can say something I see Wren come into the hologram with her.

"Hey Wren." I say.

"Hey Kira. Will you please tell Skye that what she needs is sleep." Wren says.

I could tell by how he was looking at Skye that he was really worried for her.

"Skye, you need to sleep. Come over and I'll have a bed ready for you." I say.

Skye shook her head.

"Or you could knock her out." Wren says.

"We can do that too." I say.

Skye let out a laugh. She sank to the floor.

"Come on Skye, maybe sleeping will help you remember what you need." I say.

"Okay, I'll head over soon. I just need to finish something first." Skye says.

"No Skye now." I say.

"Skye, just tell me what you need to do. I'll do it, and if I can't I'll tell Theo or Efren." Wren says.

"Okay." Skye says.

She tell Wren what she needed to do. He nods, and places a kiss on her forehead, before heading out.

"If you're not here in five minutes. I'll get Lincoln to get you." I say.

I hear Lincoln chuckle. Skye nods, then the crystal bond goes away.

"Is she in bad shape?" Lincoln asks.

"Yeah." I say.

Lincoln nods. A Few minutes passed, and then Skye was on our ship. She came into the control room, and I noticed just how tired she looked.

"Skye." I begin.

Skye shakes her head.

"I think you may need to knock me out." Skye says.

"Why?" I ask.

Skye looked at me, and I noticed she hadn't been sleeping, because she couldn't ,not because she didn't want to.

"Dreams?" I ask.

Skye nods. Lincoln turns around in his chair.

"What dreams?" Lincoln asks.

"The Final Trial." Skye says. "It's large, and dangerous. I don't know if I can do it." Skye says.

"Skye, you will not be doing it alone. Kira, and I will be with you for whatever you need, like you have been here for us. Efren, and Theo will also be there for you." Lincoln says.

Skye nods, then heads to get help sleeping.