Dan Sherman Space Guardian All Worlds

The Yalton Realm. part two

Now it was starting to make sense. This was all part of Sionn’s plan to overthrow Kallo! He let himself be caught! But why didn't he tell me? Was this all some sort of test for me? My mind was in a whirl, but my attention was on the Yalton, they all looked alike, but now as I studied them, I could faintly see their bones and inner organs through their skin! They had on garments that seemed to glow in the dark, but as I observed them I could see that the light was coming from within them. They also had large eyes. They reminded me of the classic alien type creatures that we had become accustom to on TV, and in UFO stories back on Earth.

Fagil said, ‘We have been waiting a long time for this moment, if we can reunite with enough of our brothers we would be able to raise the consciousness of other beings at Far-Station, or rather, ‘Yalton,’ this is the original name of our planet.’

‘How come the surface people never tried to exterminate you from above? I said.’

Fagil said, ‘They are low in consciousness and are afraid of coming down here; they look on us as ghosts, and they know they can’t use any sort of explosive device as it would ruin the planet.’

Deria said, ‘There are others of my kind on this planet, which will also respond to higher consciousness.’

I couldn't help thinking how a relatively small number of weak creatures would be able to overcome the powerful forces at Far-Station!

‘Please let us be on our way,’ said Fagil.

‘Well,’ I said, ‘we shouldn't have too much trouble from the Bourin, as we have the blaster!

‘No!’ Shouted Fagil! ‘You cannot use the blaster it would cause untold damage to the rocks!’

‘How do you mean?’ I said.

‘The slightest contamination from a blaster would do untold damage to the planet!’

‘Surely it must have been done before, with the different alien races which tried to dominate the planet.’

‘Yes, but that was on the surface where the light doesn't affect the rocks. You will have to kill the Devil with your strength!’

‘Well, I did kill the Bourin executioner at the start of our troubles, didn't I?’

‘This won't be an ordinary Bourin, it is twice as strong, and cannot be killed with a blaster anyway.’

‘OK, but I can use the knife’ can't I?’

‘Yes, but it probably won't help.’

‘What’s he made of, Rock?

‘No, but something nearly as tough, its bones are very strong, and the inner organs are protected by more bone. You will have to smash it with whatever you can lift!’

Great, I thought, the future of the Universe depends on two big beasts smashing the hell out of each other.

‘How are we going to get there? We only have about half a day to reach Sionn, I said.’

‘You have only ten hours!’ He said.

‘How far is it?’ I said.

‘Thirty miles, please follow me.’

When we got into the other shaft I was amazed to see well-constructed roadways with lamps set in the walls.

‘The lights are for your convenience, will you be able to keep up when we start to move?’

I thought, is he joking, but I soon realized he wasn't.  They set off and I could see that they were not touching the ground, but floating above it; they didn't even need to move their legs. I said to Reeas, ‘Are you OK?’

‘Yes, I’m just wondering what fate has in store for us, Dan. ’

‘As long as you are here, Reeas, I am OK.’ She smiled again.

I estimated we were doing about ten miles per hour, so it would take us three hours to get to where we needed to be. After about two hours we came to a stop next to a big doorway off to the right. Fagil said, ‘Please follow us in. I was amazed to see a giant cavern with ornate carvings and statues; it looked like a spiritual place. Fagil said, ‘It was one of the centers of higher consciousness on the planet.’

I noticed that the walls were glowing slightly, and there was a faint humming noise coming from somewhere within the planet. The Yalton people were holding hands and standing in a large circle. I, Reeas and Deria were in the center. Fagil started to chant some words which I wasn't familiar with. I noticed that the walls were starting to glow! After five minutes the light was quite bright, and the noise was quite loud. The bodies of the Yalton people were also glowing, and I could see their hearts beating through their chests! The experience to me was of deep spirituality. I also felt confident and totally rested.

‘We have given you what extra strength you will need to defeat the Bourin.’ Fagil said.

‘Thank you, I may need it!’

Fagil then went to a large stone door; he opened it with a little help from his brothers. He said, ‘Please take out these weapons.’ I went over and saw a collection of weapons which looked very old, one was a sword, and there was also a battle-axe and other things. I asked Reeas to hold the sword, while I took the axe. It felt strong, and I felt strong, I just hope we were strong enough! I asked Reeas if she still had the knife in her rucksack, she said yes, I knew this knife to be extra strong as if made for someone my size, maybe it was. I then asked Fagil if he had any string, he went to another room and came back with a length of twine which I tied around the handle of the knife and then I slung it over my neck so that it hung down behind my back. ‘OK,’ I said, ‘I’m ready!’

Now for you Students: yes, I can hardly believe I got this far myself! All I can say is I know I can get back to base even if I died so that in itself was a plus, the other thing is, I have very good help. Please don’t forget to upload your thoughts to central database. We always appreciate your efforts. Onward!’