Earth-16
"why did the King make this meeting so urgent" Said Christopher as he left his vehicle.
The King had just called the entire thirteen council members for a meeting. The King hardly called the council members for a meeting. But this morning, the King had called them to his palace and he has informed them that it was an urgent meeting.
The King was sitting in a wide room inside his palace, the room had a lot of luxuries inside it that showed the Kings wealth. The King sat at a seat that looked like it was on top of a poddium. The King was not that tall, he was fairly short around 5'7 inches.
His seat looked like it was crafted from gold. It had a lion design at both shoulders. The seat was wide enough for two people to seat on it. The seat was well comfortable. The King was a little dark in skin color and he was seriously ill, so it has been a long time he had left the palace.
Christopher had just rushed inside the room though the door and he also forgot to knock the door.
"I am sorry I forgot to knock the door, I am also sorry that I am a little bit late" Christopher said as he looked around.
Christopher was the last person to arrive there. The King was seated and so where the others. Christopher was never a punctual person. He never took time seriously as the others did.
"you are always late" the King said to Christopher as he also coughed a little. The King had been coughing for a long time, even before Christopher had arrived. The King was seriously ill.
"I am so sorry, My Lord" Christopher said as he bent down his head to the King showing his respect for the King.
"you may seat" the King said as he pointed his hand to a particular seat.
"Thank you, My Lord" Christopher replied to the King as he sat down on a seat.
Before the King addressed the council members, he had coughed twice again. The King was seriously ill.
This time the King had coughed Black blood from his mouth and he immediately used his handkerchief to clean it so that the others could not see. It was clear he was trying to hide it from the others.
"I Believe you all heard about the incident that happened at the Lab in Litarania, the day before yesterday" The King said while looking at them one by one.
"Yes My Lord, we have also delegated on the topic" Wes said as he stood up from his seat with his hands still touching the table.
"So what was your decision" The King asked them.
"We have only suggested that you we improve on our defenses, we have to find a way to protect ourselves from external threat, My Lord." Wes said to the King.
"That is a good idea" The King said.
"I believe you all have seen the video sent by Hugo, another incident occurred again in the lab and this time about 39 of our soldiers were killed and also our bullets did no harm to those monsters" The King said to them while also tapping a servant who was sitting close to him at his right.
The servant immediately went and tapped a screen that was facing all of them sitted there. The screen turned on and so did the servant go back to his position which was standing close to his seat.
The screen was playing the same video that Hugo had sent to the King. The video was showing what happened to the thirty nine guards at the lab. All the council members were shocked as they saw that the alien killed the guards like they were just mosquitoes.
The video ended at the scene where all the guards were killed, the video did not have clips of when the deteroits had killed his fellow deteroits or when another group of soldiers had arrived and handcuffed the other deteroits. Those parts were not sent because at that time Hugo had already left the place already.
After the video had ended they all started murmuring among themselves.
"So what do you all suggest we do?" The King asked them.
"We have to provide more equipments for the military" Gibbons said as he stood up. "From this video it is clear that we are no match to this beings, if they come in hundreds we all dead. it is clear from this video we just saw that we are no match against them, we need to develop in our defenses, before this gets out of hand". Gibbons then sat down as he was done talking.
"I agree with you, we have to be able to defend ourselves who knows after one, maybe two or maybe five might follow. They eat us like snacks, we really have to do something". Alex said as she also stood up.
"the scientist are the ones who provide good weapons for us, but from what I have heard they are a little bit scared to even work at any lab not only in Litarania but in the other cities. They are all scared that a teleporter might show up at their lab". The King said to them. "But for now we have to keep this under wrap the people cannot know unless it would cause panic".
"If the aliens keep coming words will spread out anyway, we have to compel those scientist to make more weapons". Harriet said to the King.
"But how do you suggest we compel them?" the King said to her.
"It is simple, we just torture them". Lyra said before Harriet could reply. Lyra still had a big grudge against Hugo because of her great-grandson Nicolas.
"Do you think torture would make them perform at there best". Wes said to Lyra.
"We cannot just go and torture them, that would be inappropriate, I suggest we send words to all scientist on the planet to inform them that we have a huge threat coming our way, the threat is even bigger than the one we have on our own planet. If we tell them that they would be compelled without torture to perform at their best because they know that even their children or loved ones can die if these aliens keep on coming, we have to do something to stop them." Cornell said to the council and the King.
"I agree with you, but we still need to inform those with powers to train and get stronger" The King said.
The current King himself was powerless. it was not of his choice. it was because his cells refused to accept any ability. There were some people on Earth-16 that their bodies did not accept any ability. It was like their body rejected it and the King was one of them.
Since the King had entered the throne, he had tried his best to make Abilities rampant everywhere, he wanted even the poorest of citizens to have abilities. No matter how many pills the King took, it had no effect, it was clear his system rejected it.
In Earth-16 why people did not bother themselves to have two abilities is because of the side effects. If one had an ability, he had already mutated his cells once and he can no longer mutate his cells a second time. Although they could take another pill of their choice, to mutate again but around 97 percent of the time their was a side effect.
Some side effects where:
*Consistent Hunger
*Always feeling dehydrated
*Blood turning to black (this was the situation with the King and why he was hiding it from the thirteen council members, if they knew he was this Ill, they would start to prepare the next King immediately, while he was even still alive, he did not want that, he believed there was cure, The King was still eager to have his power by taking so many pills and now side effects were emerging)
*Consistent headaches and dizziness.
*Insanity and so on.
Only about three percent of the population did not see this side effect. Because of this risk they all did not bother to take a second pill for power.
"why don't we make a new law on the planet regulating people selling those pills that give power to sell them for free or to sell them and then demand the money from the council, because if most of the humans had power it would help us in this upcoming war" The King said looking at them one by one slowly.
The started murmuring among themselves again.
"You already know we will always disagree with that option" Wes said to the King as he stood.
The thirteen council members knew that if all the citizens had abilities on the planets most people would not respect them. They wanted people to fear them not only because of their status in the society but also because of the powers.
The King did not bother giving a reply because he knew they all hated his suggestion. The thirteen council members were all selfish.
The murmuring was still going on because of what the King had said and the King was now feeling Uncomfortable. He then tried his best to change the topic.
"Okay so what really happened with Andrew Theophilus, I was informed that he resign from his duty, is that correct?" The King said while intentionally looking at Wes who was still standing.
"He resigned without giving us a valid reason, we are still all confused as to why he left" Wes replied.
"He left without giving you all a valid reason?" the King asked still only looking at Wes. The King coughed again, his cough was now making the thirteen council members uncomfortable.
"Yes, My Lord" Wes said as he bent his head showing his respect to the King as he also sat down on the floor.
"There should be a good reason why he left," the King said.
The King was now hesitant to bring up the extraterrestrial matter for fear of bringing up the idea of sharing powers, something the council members clearly did not want.
"So, I hope we all agree, we should focus on ways to improve our defences so that we can fight the aliens," the King stated to them.
Except for the idea that they share their powers, the thirteen council members were open to any suggestions.
"All those in favour should raise their hands," Wes stated as he looked around the room.
They all raised their right hands, signifying their approval.
The meeting was over, and they all went back to their separate homes.
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The King was still coughing loudly in his room. The cough had become more harsh than usual, as he was now gripping his chest due to the pain he was experiencing.
"Argh!" As he squeezed his chest, the King yelled in pain. The King was perched on top of his bed, and he had directed his closest guards to summon someone to his room quickly.
The more minutes passed, the worse the pain became and the more uncomfortable he became. It looked as if his chest was about to tear. The agony was becoming terrible.
The door to the king's room was now open, and in walked an elderly woman with a hunched back. She appeared to be clad in sack clothing. She didn't wear slippers or anything extravagant. She was clearly impoverished.
The King was so desperate for power that he would go to any length to obtain it, and as a result, he had done the unthinkable. He had also performed various rituals to gain power, the most recent of which had had a negative impact on him. The woman who had just entered his chamber was a Litarania secret witch.
The King had met this witch in secret in order to obtain abilities. The powers of the council members have always scared the King. He always felt like a minor in their meetings, even though he didn't let them know it.
The King had performed a secret ritual with the witch in his presence.
"Help me," the King begged the witch, still writhing in misery on his bed. When he spoke, it was as if the King was gasping for air.
The King was truly having trouble breathing. It felt as though his life essence was being ripped away from him. He could feel himself slowly dying. He was spitting black blood from his mouth, and the more he spat, the weaker he felt. He could no longer see the woman in front of him clearly.
"I've told you what you need to do; why do you keep calling me?" The old woman expressed her displeasure to the King.
The King couldn't respond since he was still in anguish and writhing around on his bed.
"If you want to leave, you have to do it," she told him.
At this point The King could not open his eyes at the moment. He couldn't even open his eyes. His body had gained weight. His lungs had also failed him.
"Bye," the elderly woman said as she walked away.
Before she could depart, the King mustered all of his might and reached out to grasp her forearm.
She stood there weak, while the King was gathering strength and opening his eyes. This all happened immediately the King held her hand. She had told him earlier when he informed her that he was vomiting black blood from his mouth. She advised him that it was a clear sign that his energy was now leaving his body and that he would have to steal the energy of others to replenish his power. He had to feed on the energies on others to survive.
The King believed he could defeat this weakness, but he could not, and he was forced to steal her energy, which he did not want to do at the first place.
Although the King did not acquire any known abilities, it appeared as if he had acquired a unique capacity to drain energy, which was not known to mankind.
She wanted to tell him to stop, but she could not for she was getting weaker by the second. The King also could not stop, the energy that he felt entering his body was overwhelming. He did not notice that the old woman he was touched had turned to something else.
"Oh no!" the King shouted as he saw her body.
The woman the King had touched had been drained to the point of emaciation. Thoughts began to race through his mind as he remained stunned by what had occurred.
'Was it what I did that made her like this, I only took some of her energy, if I can do this to a witch who knows magic, I can certainly do it to a council member,' the King thought to himself as he smirked.
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A gigantic thick glass squares shaped design at the centre of the facility was a monster inside a prison cell underground that was so secured and hidden from the general public except for a few personnel who knew about the prison.
The monster was no other than the deteroits that had been captured earlier by the soldiers. The deteroits who had no spikes at the end of his tail.
When the deteroits woke up and he saw himself surrounded by humans and he was inside a glass. He immediately ran to break the glass. Immediately he touched the glass it shocked him and it was also as if his super strength was no longer present.
The deteroits with no spikes at the end of his tail was confused and when he looked at his left leg, he found some kind of strange device like a wrist watch that was wrapped around his leg. He was confused as to what it was. But the only explanation he could think of was that this strange device made him weak. He tried to remove it but he could not. it was as if the more he tried to remove it, the more he felt pain and also more weaker.
"Get me out of here!" the alien shouted at them.
But because humans and deteroits spoke different language, they did not understand what he said. To them it was as if was trying to show off his sharp teeths that looked like that of a crocodile to them again.
"what are we going to do with it, sir" a soldier said as he saluted to a sergeant.
"we would keep it here till we can find a way of how we could kill it". the sergeant replied.
The doors were just opened and Hugo just came in with two guards at his side. Hugo was blindfold with a black cloth. The military did not want anybody to know the location of this base. Only the current King knew not even the general public or the thirteen council members.
Hugo's blindfold was now removed and now he could see what was in front of him clearly. "Where am I, he said as he looked at the two guards who carried him here?. the first thought that came to his head was that the some of the soldiers were working for Lyra and she had told them to come and Kill him.
He was scared and the sergeant there could see it clearly as Hugo was a little shaking. "we do not want to harm you Hugo" he said to Hugo. Those words relieved Hugo a bit but not entirely, he still did not trust any of them.
"You know you are one of our brightest minds of the planet and we need your help with this". the sergeant then pointed at the nine foot tall monster in front of him.
Although the deteroits could be clearly seen by anyone. Hugo did not notice when he came because he was more focused on the thought of him getting killed by Lyra.
The guards just came into his house while he was playing with his daughter. They told him to follow them immediately that it was urgent. He told his daughter he was coming back, at that time, the thought that he was going to be killed was running through his head.
When he came out of his house, he was sprayed by one of the two guards present. He did not expect the spray and as the spray immediately entered his nose, he felt dizzy. When Hugo fell to the floor, they had blindfolded him and they immediately put him inside a vehicle. The vehicle was not like a normal military vehicle. it was just like that of a civilian.
When Hugo woke up, he could see nothing but pitch black and it was making him uncomfortable. He felt he was inside a car and he was in between two humans he could feel it.
"Who sent you" Hugo asked them a little shaking.
They did not answer him, but instead sprayed him a second time so that he could go to sleep.
"We could just have been given a teleporter to use, this is so stressful" said the one driving as he looked at Hugo was had now immediately fallen asleep on his right shoulder.
"You are right". the other guard replied looking at the road.
The base they were going to was a secret to the public. even most people in the military did not know of such base. it was only the king, the top military officials and also some trusted soldiers like these two.
Since, the current King came into power, he had been scared of the thirteen families and he wanted to be on pair with them in terms of strength. This was why he had spent most of his money to make an underground hidden base. Inside these base weapons were made. Inside these base they made weapons that was able to kill each member of the council in case they went rogue. They made weapons that the public did not know of. The King encouraged them to make more weapons. He always said: "Your friend today can become your great foe Tomorrow". These were also the words spoken to him by his late father before he died.
"how the hell did you captured one that thing" Hugo said as he just noticed the monster that was in front of him this whole time.
"It's a really long story" the sergeant said to Hugo.
it was clear Hugo was dumbfounded as to how they did make such a strong monster so weak. He saw what these monsters could do as they killed thirty nine soldiers with ease. Humans bullets were usually against these beings. So where did they get such technology that he himself did not make or neither know of that could make such a strong being weak. He wondered.
"Where is the other one?" Hugo inquired, recalling that he had known it was two of them who were killing the humans.
"Which one?" Hugo had just asked the sergeant a question, and the sergeant was perplexed.
"Where are they two?" "I saw two of them through the CCTV camera, so where is the other one?" Hugo responded.
"We only saw one," Sergeant says, shocked.
Unbeknownst to any of them, the second extraterrestrial had already fled the scene several minutes before the fresh group of soldiers arrived.
The soldiers had lied to the other council members, claiming that the alien had returned via teleporter, which was a falsehood.
"if you have no idea of where it is, then where could it be" Hugo said to them a little scared of what that other alien could do, because he had seen how powerful they are.
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In a remote location In Litarania, some individuals, specifically four, were killed because their intestines had become detached from their bodies, causing their bodies to be irreparably injured.
A creature was devouring their body. It was the same alien who had arrived on the planet previously. The one with the spikes on the end of his tail.
"I want More Flesh and Blood," he said in their tongue/language as he was moving towards the populated areas of the city, his mouth coated with his victims' blood.
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AUTHOR'S NOTE: NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE RELEASED ON SUNDAY 00:00 GMT+1