Dan Sherman Space Guardian All Worlds

Quarter-Point. part two

Grenwer was staring at me. He said, ‘Did you meet Reeas?’

I told him the story so far. After careful consideration he said. ‘We are almost certain that Kallo still does not know about our plan. You have the information in your mind that Sionn needs to capture Kallo, and Sionn has the information that Kallo needs to destroy the higher worlds! If you were to be captured everything would be lost!’

‘Why do you say that?’

‘They would not use ordinary torture techniques on you, they would use mind probes of the cruelest kind, and that is probably what will be happening to Sionn right now!’

I was astonished. I said, ‘Why can't Sionn just kill himself and escape back to the astral world!’

I knew I had put my foot in it again.

‘I'm sorry,’ I said, ‘I can't think straight.’

‘You’re forgiven! You have been through a lot, and you have done well! Now is the time to act. When you get back go to the far right-hand corner of Quarter-Point; locate the building known as the Heavy-Mech section. you will have to break the door open, it is made of titanium and is reinforced but I know you will get through, once you are in ask Deria to get the key to the tunneling machine. Deria will also be your guide to the security complex where Sionn is being held.’

‘Do you mean we will tunnel right into the complex?’

‘Yes.’

‘Won’t they expect something like this?’

‘No, that is the thing; they will expect a more technological approach.’

‘Yes, but guiding a tunneling machine underground is I suppose technological, isn't it?’

‘Yes, but we know they won’t be able to pick any signs up from Deria as she is too high in consciousness.’

‘What about Kallo? Will he not know?’

‘We believe Kallo has lost a large portion of his higher self through being at Far-Station, that is why we must act fast to save Sionn before he is lost.’  I didn't want to say it but I did.

‘What if Sionn is lost?’

‘Then you will have to kill your selves or die fighting to get back here.’

Not much of a happy ending, I thought.

I woke up with a jolt. Reeas was on guard, and Deria was still sitting on the beam. I related my story to them.

‘We better wait till early morning so no one will be there, said Reeas.’

‘There is no time to wait, according to Grenwer we have to go now!’

‘OK, she said, but it’s risky.’

‘We'll have to take a chance on that, I’m hoping that if we get away with it, they will think it's only thieves.’

We ran across to the railings which I could see were strengthened as was everything at Far-Station. Reeas pulled at one railing and I pulled at the other, and we managed to make create a space big enough for us to get through. We didn’t want to risk jumping over as we might be seen.

‘The door won’t be that easy,’ Reeas said. I knew she was right. It was now dark, and there wasn’t anyone around. We had to be careful as we made our way to the Heavy-Mech section.

‘I will need some sort of tool to break open the door. Hold on a minute, what about the roof, maybe I could jump up there and break in.’ Deria said she would fly up and look. Within a minute she was back. No luck, she said, it’s heavy concrete. I’ll fly around and check out the area, and try to locate something for you to use. I said to Reeas,

‘We are lucky to have her.’

‘Yes, Dan, I just hope we can see it through to the end.’

‘If you are there I will be happy.’ I said. Reeas smiled.

Deria came back and said there was a metal bar some way off. Reeas said she would get it. I said, ‘Be careful.’

Reeas said ‘I can look after myself.’ I said, ‘Yes, but who will look after me?’ She smiled again.

I looked at the door and thought these people might be lower beings, but they sure know how to build things to last. The whole building was made of heavy steel and concrete.

Reeas came back with a big crowbar and a piece of scaffold board. I placed the board on the floor put the bar on the board, then I shoved the bar under the door, I heaved, the door started to move a little, after about two minutes the door was starting to give. I said, ‘Stand back.’ I then took six paces back and ran putting my shoulder to the door it gave way with a thunderous noise.

‘Quick, I said to Deria, go and get the keys while Reeas and I look for the machine.’ All Deria had to do was fly between the bars of the office to get the keys which were labeled for each machine. There was no mistaking the tunneling machine as it was massive, with a corkscrew front. We had to climb up a ladder to get to the door; the machine was sitting on a giant truck. Deria was having trouble carrying the key as it was nearly as big as her, but she made it.  We went inside the machine. Dear God, I thought, please make it start.

‘Lock the door.’ I shouted, as I ran to the front, I put the key in and turned it, and lo-and-behold it started. The controls were very basic, just a joystick, and pedals, also a depth-meter and warning lights such as air tanks, and fuel, I looked at the fuel, and again luck was with us, a full tank! I didn't know what type of fuel it was, but I wasn't concerned with that. ‘Here we go.’ I said, I pointed the joystick down the machine rumbled; I put my foot on the pedal, and it started to move, I couldn't see anything as there was no screen but we knew we were moving as the front of the corkscrew hit the concrete, I knew also part of the roof of the building was gone as the framework of the machine had risen up before we could slide down the ramp. I just hope the metal corkscrew could stand up to the concrete floor. By this time I thought the security forces must be on site.

‘What about weapons I said, do they have blasters?’

‘Yes’ said Reeas, but they won’t be effective against this machine.’

It was too late anyway, as we were free of the concrete and going down fast. Deria sat at the side of me, we must have looked a comical site as I was much too big for the chair and she was much too small.