Inherited War 3: Retaliation
on this base is triggering the sudden change in the Creator Cole. I felt it when I connected to him earlier. He was filled with such rage and pain; I couldn’t get by the emotional walls he had up to find the source. Whatever it was, it was malevolent and evil. There was a familiar feel to it, but what it was exactly, I cannot place my fingers on.” Gavreal stood motionless as he spoke, his radiant clothing shimmering in the dim light. Powerful muscles pressed against the almost too tight clothes. After losing Cole and finding the Kin, Sky had nearly broken down. Gavreal had spent many hours helping her cope with her pain, loss, and despair over loosing Cole. She knew the big Kin well but was still slightly uncomfortable around him.
    His face was neither human nor anything else she had seen before in the galaxy. Granted it had the same features as humanity, but there was something slightly different, haughty without arrogance. That the being was attractive went without saying. That he stirred something deep within her that usually only came out when she was with Cole, was definitely the case. He had never attempted or suggested anything inappropriate and Sky was grateful for that, he would be hard to resist.  She shuddered a little at the thought and then pushed it away.
    “That is another reason we prefer to live apart from other races, we bring out a certain longing in others.” Gavreal said it off the cuff, but it still made Sky blush.
    “Mind reading now?” she asked.
    “No, simple observation. Elevated hear rate, blush to the cheeks, and slight perspiration, all signs of arousal. It is normal and to be expected. Also, it should be ignored and dealt with. We do not reproduce in exactly the same way as most bipedal humanoids do, so do not expect the normal reactions from me that most males give you,” he said.
    “So what do we do? Start searching the base? Local space, what?” Sky asked him, trying her best to focus back on the issue.
    “Nether, for now. First, we need to get Cole away from the base in order to disconnect him from whatever triggered his current mental state. He must be taken away from here and kept away for a few days, at least.”
    “Ok, then what?” she asked him.
    “Then, with my help, you enter his mind and confront him. You will either succeed and drive out whatever is confusing him, or lose your own mind forever.” Gavreal looked at Sky with a piercing gaze. “All or nothing, it is the only way.”
    “Why just me? I know from experience you can enter a person’s mind. Can’t you help?” Sky asked.
    “I will be facilitating your link to Cole. I will be the conduit through which you connect with his mind and enter it. I will lend you my strength and what aid I can, but will be unable to travel there with you. It will take most of my concentration and will to break into Cole’s mind and protect your conscious while you are there. I shall work with you over the next few days to prepare your mind.”
    Sky asked the obvious question. “How do we get him away?”
    “That’s my job,” a new voice had Sky grabbing for her pistol again. She was up in a flash and had a bead drawn on the human who stepped out of the shadows. West had his hands up and had stopped when he saw Sky’s piece trained on him.
    “Whoa, don’t shoot,” he said in a calm level voice. “I am a friend.” He did a slow turn to show that he was unarmed. Sky never wavered.
    “Didn’t seem too friendly when Cole was pounding on my sister and you kept us from stopping him.” Sky was angry, and getting angrier.
    “Listen lady, we got a message from the computer that Cole needed us, and to come armed. Look at it from our point of view. We get a call to come as fast as possible, armed and ready to fight. We showed up and you guys had guns drawn. Cole saved us, and we were not taking chances. Frankly, we didn’t know you from a hole in the ground.” West crossed his arms over his chest and leaned on a power

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