Charm a Relic

Chapter Fifty Two: The Game is Over

Within the blue light, Sam was starting to hear a faint but familiar voice.

"I am with you Sam!" the voice said.

It sounds just like Gleeya Sam thought. The voice was so warm and encouraging to him it quickly enabled him to overcome his fears.

The energy flowed through his fingers into what he could tell was a tiny sliver within the device. He was amazed how much of a capacity for his energy it could store.

"Keep going Sam the actual relic you are charming is very large!" Andrew stated.

Meanwhile on the bridge of the star ship Salvation. Nallany looked over her crew, they were all behaving admirably she thought as they remained at their posts even as the situation appeared grim. Many of them were beginning to accept their fate however and became slowed down by despair.

But suddenly the crew became lively.

"Captain Choleska all of the ships systems are powering up!" The communications officer informed Nallany who was very surprised.

She had been standing at the edge of the bridge watching and waiting for her fate, she turned around confidently and walked to her Captain's chair. 

Nallany remained silent in deep thought for a moment before flipping a switch to open ship wide communications that were to be heard through out the entire vessel.

"Crew of the Star ship Salvation, this is your captain speaking. The Emperor has returned the control of this vessel to my command and through some miracle we have all systems showing full power. This now presents to us the opportunity to participate in this battle against the criminal known as Adimniss! She is in the process of committing interstellar crime, and has called on reinforcements of Negatis warships. These are nothing greater than the pirates we have dealt with in the past, with many of you by my side in my previous command. But some of you are young and new officers to the Poladean fleet. You have yet to experience a battle like this. I will not sit here and convey to you a false hope as the situation is dire. . . . And. . . . The enemy nearly has what they want. Escape from this fate may not be possible but I am willing to lay my life down fighting to stop Adimniss from her cruel treachery. The odds are overwhelming and our chances slim. . . ."

"I will not order you to remain on board and fight the Negatis with such incredible odds against us but. . . . I ask you, I call upon you! Will you fight along side me?"

Nallany looked at the faces of each of the officers on her bridge, they each stood at attention, none were leaving. 

They appeared to all have been moved emotionally by her speech. 

She looked at her control panel and screen for the status of the other stations across the ship and one by one they each lit up as shipshape and battle ready.

"Crew of the Salvation I thank you. . . . It will be a rough night, But I believe in my heart that when the dawn breaks we will have lived up to our name!"

Sam had finished charming the Genetic Harp, Andrew walked over to the monitor that was tuned into the channel for the game broadcast. All of the cameras were now pointed at the Poladean ship. 

It was fully powered up and firing on the Negatis star ships.

"See Sam I knew it the moment I stepped aboard that vessel. It is powered by a very ancient and revered relic that LyrAndal himself had left with the Emperor's predecessor thousands of years ago. The Ascension drive!" Andrew explained with great pride.