Rise of The Conquest

Chapter 4: New Alliances

The group woke up in Area 51, a vast, complex, underground facility. All of the energy shard users were taken to a top-secret base hidden several miles below the surface.

While still unconscious, they were put in tanks, hooked up to different wires in various parts of their bodies, and submerged under water. The four victims were separated into different rooms. Each person had a specific test conducted in their room. Scientists from around the world were brought in to observe each test subject closely, so that they could learn as much as possible.

The group of doctors that were selected were considered the world's most intelligent doctors. Frank Lakers was an American doctor known for his space travels to other planets and alien life studies. Lu King was from China. His space pods had traveled to other galaxies, allowing scientists everywhere greater access to the secrets of the universe. A Russian doctor named Wilson Mikhail was the first doctor to start mixing nuclear chemicals with machinery weapons. Luigi Pierre, from Italy, was most well-known for his incredibly successful and enlightening trip to Saturn. Isabella Green, a British doctor, had made a name for herself by traveling to space multiple times and studying the plant life on other planets.

The first test subject was a woman named Diana Rose. The doctors already knew that Diana could grow plants from the palms of her hands. This allowed her to control the growth of plants around her.

Doctor Green stepped into the room and observed Diana from a distance. She'd been amazed when she heard about a woman that could grow plants from her hands, and had studied everything she could find out about Diana since then.

All of the doctors stopped and gazed at the woman in the tank, hooked up to an air mask with various wires around her body. They couldn't look away as they watched plants growing on all of the wires. The plants danced together in perfect harmony with the water as it moved around her.

"Why do you think this is happening?" Dr. Lakers asked, turning to Dr. Green. They all knew she was most interested in this test subject.

"I don't know yet," she said, as she examined the body with a magnifying glass. "But I have my suspicions."

They watched her, as she narrowed her focus on Diana's stomach. It looked like she wore a diamond bellybutton ring. Yet there was a slight glow to it.

"A shard," Green said. "I think it gives her the ability to grow anything she wishes with her touch. We'll need to extract a plant from the tank for further testing to try to figure out how all this works."

A short while later, Dr. Lakers brought out a small drone. He sent it in through the top of the tank and submerged it under the water. It propelled itself down the tank and cut a small piece off of the first plant it neared. Then it returned to the platform in the middle of the room.

All of the doctors were anxious to get their hands on any new information, but Dr. Green took the lead. She snatched up the sample and brought it under a microscope. All of the other doctors crowded around her.

"It's certainly something I've never seen before in my life," Doctor Green said, shocked as she wrote down her findings. "Not on any planet I've ever studied."

"I prepared for something like this," Dr. Mikhail piped up. "I've been working on different chemicals to narrow down the best ones we can use to get more information during these tests. Why don't I try a simple one out?"

Everyone looked at the doctor with alarm. They all respected each other, but there was no one they trusted more than themselves. Colleagues included.

"I wouldn't advise it," Dr. Green said. "This is all so new and she's already showing exceptional power. Just look at her rapid plant growth! We can't be sure yet of what she's capable of."