● Graviton
Exact Location: The meeting room in the Star Lord's Villa.
"Lord Jasper will now make his arrival," a guard standing by the door announced.
The room had a large table in the middle with well-designed chairs arranged around the table. Each chair was occupied by a high-ranking official of the planet, including the Governors, the Generals, and the Star Lord's son, Zephyr Orion.
They all stood up and raised their heads high as the Star Lord made his way into the room with Atlas Finn closely following behind him and four heavily armed men, the Star Lord's bodyguards behind Atlas.
Atlas casted a sidelong glance at Zephyr before turning away with a grin lingering on his face. He believed he knew how the end of the meeting would be, and the look the white-haired man would have when it happened, it all made him elated.
The Star Lord majestically sat in his seat and waved his hand for the members of the High seat to do the same. He cleared his throat and leaned forward before speaking.
"I called this meeting to make a huge and sensitive announcement," he started. "And while it's happening, I will like it if no one says anything until I am done."
"Yes, of course, my Lord," they all replied.
The Star Lord coughed and cleared his throat again. "You all are aware of the situation in the Forbidden Zone."
They all nodded assertively.
"A few days ago, I had a plan to send every Heavenly Protector to help bring a stop to the spread of the Zone, and perhaps clear it for good."
The generals all raised their heads to look at their ruler, hinting at the absurdity of the plan. Some of them almost spoke out of turn but held themselves back, remembering what the Star Lord said at the beginning of his speech.
Jasper continued. "But my wise man, Atlas Finn, brought up the inconveniency of this vision which is the Gravity Fall month, and gave me a better one."
Atlas squinted in fear and averted his eyes away. He went out on his own to convince the Star Lord of things to do not knowing it could turn against him the way it just did. Even without looking up, he could feel Zephyr's eyes piercing his skin.
"Zephyr," the Star Lord called out.
"Yes, my Lord?"
"I want you to join the Generals in planning out the travel route of the troops. The Heavenly Protectors should be stationed at Satellite and await my next orders in five days."
Zephyr stood up and bowed his head. "As you wish, my Lord."
The Star Lord nodded and coughed again, this time, he loosened the button in the neck region of his attire. "And the second thing I wish to speak about is the Gravity Fall month."
"I apologize for interrupting my Lord, but you made it clear that we shouldn't ever bring up any talks about the month, you said closing off every travel route during this month is the only thing you are going to do," one of the Governors spoke.
"Well it's now time I improve my image with the people, and bring myself and this villa closer to the Greyes," he stopped and coughed.
"And what better way to do that than allowing the Gravity Fall month celebration to be hosted within this walls."
"But my Lord, you sent away every priest we had along with your consort, Aurora to the west temple years ago," another Governor revealed. "Who will lead the festivals?"
The Star Lord, Jasper remained quiet for a while. He tapped his index finger on the table, scanning the room and looking into the eyes of every individual in the room before rubbing the back of his head.
"Aurora's son, Aeson Orion."
Gasp, shock, surprised faces, and low mumbles filled the air but no one dared to speak up, no one but the one who was believed to be the next Star-Lord.
"Aeson Orion?" He repeated.
The Star Lord leaned back on his chair and sighed. "Yes," he answered. "Aurora was expecting a son before she left for the West temple, and for twenty years, this child has lived in the temple, with priests, and scholars, and-- and… and, away from his real family..."
"For the love of all things beautiful Father, Aurora is a fucking human! She is human," Zephyr barked.
"And she is my consort," the Star Lord slammed the desk in front of him with his fist, leaving a crack where he hit before also rising to his feet. "And I will not allow you or anyone else to speak ill of her."
Zephyr calmed himself and looked into the eyes of his father. "But Father, you know the situation between Humans and us Grey Landers, you know the amount of hate that is being given to those who bear children with these humans, you are well aware of it."
"Well then it's about time every single one of those people wake up to reality," he stated. "The Greyes brought the humans to this planet and I shall begin to honor their actions like your grandfather do."
"It's about time this bullshit stops and we all live together fighting our common enemy." Jasper walked over to where his first son stood and looked deeply into his eyes. "The Greyes have opened my eyes to the true reality of things--- Aeson is my son and he will lead the Gravity Fall festivals. Accept it, don't accept it, I do not care what any of you thinks or says… but raise your hands against it, that is when I will show you how deadly a man who has lived through thousands of years can be." He turned and started towards the exit.
"Will you also make him the Star Lord instead of me?"
Jasper stopped and turned to look at his son. "If he proves to be a more worthy candidate, then yes, I will," he replied before leaving the room.
After processing the information laid out by the Star-Lord, the Governors, and the General made their way out of the meeting room with full disappointment written vividly all over their faces, leaving Zephyr and Atlas all alone in the room. Despite the slightly cold weather, the latter had sweat forming on the side of his head as he slowly rose to his feet to leave the room.
"Did you also know about this?" He questioned.
The dark-haired man kept his head down as he struggled to find the right word to use. "Your… it, my…?"
"Answer me, Atlas, how many people knew about the existence of this Aeson?"
"Just Lord Jasper, the Doctor, and myself… I swear I was going to tell you all about, I swear I was…"
Zephyr sat on his chair and burst into a maniacal laughter. He dug his hand into his hair before angrily hurling the huge desk between himself and the human into the air. It crashed and shattered into pieces, causing Atlas to quickly fall to his knees.
The white-haired Grey Lander curbed in front of Atlas and grabbed his hair, pulling it back such that the latter couldn't look away from him. "Are you planning to plant your seeds into the mind of the young kid like you did my father?"
Atlas shook his head no. "I see. You want to have a seed on both sides so that whichever sprouts, you get to harvest."
"No my Lord, I am loyal to you alone, I serve and worship only you, just you."
Zephyr let go of his hair and laughed while standing to his feet. He then used his foot to knock back Atlas's face before forcing his head down. "Well then it's time to set everything in motion… double the doses, I want the Star Lord gone before the end of Gravity Fall month."
"Yes, yes my Lord."
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