.....JUPITER.....
...LORD JANUS' ESTATE.....
Lord Janus was pacing to and fro in his private chambers which was indeed very exquisite after the hectic and revealing general meeting he just had with the Board of Lords. 'What is the meaning of this? how did Pharis come to know of this?'. All these thoughts kept gnawing at the back of his head. He knew that he made sure that this little secret didn't leak to even his most trusted comrades yet alone the board members, so just how come did the Plutonian get hold of this information. His shocked expression earlier today during the general meeting was not as a result of knowing there was a new Overlord- as the Plutonian misinterpreted- neither was it equally as a result of knowing that the supposedly new overlord was an Earthling. He infact already knew all these things. What actually shocked him was the fact that Pharis also knew of the Overlord and his knowledge of this didn't stop there; he also knew his Planetality. 'Upon all my efforts' he grumbled. He had to fix this mess up, before the Lords of the other planets happen to get wind of the exact whereabouts of the Overlord. If they did,well you could say that the progress of his perfectly laid out plan would be abruptly put on a standstill or worse, it could be as good as gone, destroyed,oblirated...No, he didn't want that. He had already but so much into this. So much time, so much effort, so much resources. He couldn't seriously throw that all away just because some riffraff woke up one morning and was now the Overlord. He needed to do something. He double tapped his watch and a hologram of a woman appeared just on top of his wrist band.
"Luyet, get a car ready for me immediately" he instructed.
"Right away my Lord...uhm, for what purpose my Lord" Luyet asked rather hurriedly.
He didn't reply and just switched it off. He didn't have time for her flimsy questions. He had already sent two of his finest level two cloners to investigate and gather facts on the then suspected new Overlord and then report directly to him and only him. But it seemed as if that was a really wrong and risky move. 'Only if I had known before hand, it wouldn't have gotten to this, now because of that lowly cast of a creature the whole solar system knows'. Such were the train of thoughts in his head as he stepped out of his house which was an odd but a mansion like building. He hurriedly walked down the front stairs and into the jeep like vehicle which was waiting for him. The chauffeur then closed the doors and slid into the driver's seat.
"Where to my Lord?" the driver asked formally.
"The Government building" Lord Janus replied rather absentmindedly.
"Yes my Lord" the driver replied as he stepped on the gas.
Lord Janus didn't even look twice at those who greeted him with a bow of the head on arrival to the government building. It was a taboo in Jupiter to look directly at the face of your Lord or any executive of an influential position. If this rule was breached, it could attract severe consequences. As he got out of the buildings elevator, he was met directly by his secretary.
"Good day my Lord" Ducan greeted, his golden eyes darting around anxiously.
The Lord didn't even spare the poor man a glance and just continued ahead in the direction of the office.
"Ducan, get me in touch with those cloners I dispatched to Earth the other day" he didn't want to discuss something this confidential with his official secretary but his personal assistant was not readily available at the moment, so he had to make do with what he had. Luyet was more loyal and discrete than Ducan but time was seriously running out.
"Uhm.... there is something more important I would like to inform you about my Lord" the secretary blurted out as he accompanied the obviously agitated Lord into his office.
"And what might that be?" the Jovian Lord asked as he got comfortable on his seat and folding his hands across the wide table while directly facing the man in front of him.
"Well the interplanetary department of the agency found something" he hesitated, looking at his boss before continuing. "It seems that they found the Overlord"
"If that is all you have to tell me, you could as well leave and focus on my earlier instructions" Lord Janus impatiently retorted.
"Yes my Lord, since we already have his location and I think the rest of the solar system know that too, then we are safe. I will be taking my leave now" he then turned to exit the office.
"Wait" Lord Janus didn't quite hear what his secretary reported. "What was the last thing you said?"
"I will be taking my leave now... Sir" he added thinking that it was because of that the Lord stopped him.
"Not that, you idiot, the other thing" Lord Janus was already tired.
"Oh that... the Overlord has been found and we already know his exact location"
"And do the other planets know of this?" Lord Janus inquired.
"Yes my Lord, they all must have gotten the information by now since it was our interplanetary department that found out, the other planets too must have known the same through theirs" Ducan explain, stating the obvious.
"But how?" the Jovian Lord asked no one in particular. He seemed worried.
"It seems that the Overlord had triggered his abilities, which in normal circumstances, it's not supposed to be, therefore; this abnormally was caught by the agencies radar and sent to the other planets including ours, my Lord"
"I see, hurry up and do what I asked of you" Lord Janus was agitated, he needed to do something and he needed to do that fast. That new Overlord must be erased out of existence!!
"About those, my Lord" Ducan anxiously looked at the ceiling as if looking for some type of inspiration to continue his sentence.
"What about them" Lord Janus was slightly angered by the attitude of the man standing in front of him this afternoon but what he heard next made his balls drop. "What did I just hear you say?"
"THEIR DEAD?" Lord Janus thundered.