Gaunt Galaxy / Blue Angel: Book 1

Sister & Dad?

We gave the apologies and bid the farewells, then we left! Headed for Earth, quite a trip from where we were. The whole family decided to come along as the Ovarunt didn't have much knowledge of the areas around Sol system. This was a good time for some exploration and I figured it was high time that Earth officials met a real true to life Ovarunt! It took about 15 days to make the journey and everyone spent it renewing the relationship of the ones they loved. Lererial and I spent our time with the girls, then when they went to bed we explored the possibility of making some more just like them!

Just before our final jump to Earth system I queried The Patriarch of the Ovarunt's knowledge of Earth. They knew the basics, a lot of which they had gleaned from my mind. The last Ovarunt scout that had been in this area had been before Earth had even put a man on the moon, much less achieved deep space flight. I warned them to be ready to have their senses assaulted by the raw emotions of a people on the edge of ...everything! Almost at war, almost at peace, glad we are in space, scared to death to be in space, ready to meet more "aliens", so fearful of "aliens" that we cringe when we meet one!!! That's Earth, always divided, even against itself! The Ovarunt were intrigued, this would be an experience they would remember for a long time, in more ways than they could imagine!

We entered Earth system and the familiar din of the people entered my mind. I could feel the others, even Lererial, wincing from the raw onslaught of emotions. I had learned early in my life to turn it down and now that I had much more control over my abilities I was able to make it seem as just a small background noise, I shared this with the others and instantly felt their relief and gratitude.

"How were you able to live here with the sensitivity that you have?" asked Patriarch

"I grew up in it and not knowing what I was really capable of I just learned to block almost everything out."

"I was not expecting this level of emotion, these people are all so emotional, so... open."

"Most of them do not know that beings really exist that can read their thoughts, though many would not care anyway."

"They need to be educated, I can see now why they are considered so "backwater" by most. Maybe we should send a delegation of Kitteah with an Ovarunt Emissary to begin to educate the population. Especially any who are interested in space travel"

"That sounds like a great idea, we will make the proper arrangements while we are here!"

....I was reading the voice loud and strong, it was coming from a base on the far side of the moon, it was also inside a psi wave area. Why was there a Orphanean base on the moon in Earth System??? This was just getting better and better!!!

Alarms were going off in my mind and we all went to cloak, the twins had spotted several cloaked Orphanean ships in geosynchronous orbit above the moon base. The base was big and very active, I think we have stumbled upon a very important part of the Orphanean operation. No mention of this base had been in any of the data we had recovered to date, so this is a secret base of enormous size. Seeing that it is in Earth system they are probably using it as a recruiting and training area for new recruits, what better place to recruit Earthers than Earth itself!!

"These Orphaneans are more organized than we thought, we need to sit here cloaked for a few days and watch what is going on. I feel the person we are after, but I don't feel any present danger. I think we need to just watch and wait!"

"I agree, let us know if there is any change in the hostages situation." this from Mother Matriarch

So we waited, Lererial and I spent time with the girls and our Kysharisk companions, the others joined in and the girls loved all the extra attention. Ke & Se had already been making their mark with the quads, now everybody else was getting on board. The truth is, the more interaction that they get the more their knowledge will grow. They are just over a forte old, not old enough to form words with their mouths, and already they are talking to almost everyone with their minds. At this rate they will be seniors in high school before the are six cycles old, the normal age for Kitts to start school!