The Unreachable Stars: Book #11 of The Human Chronicles Saga by T.R. Harris Read Free Book Online

and in order to secure my current status—short of having your entire galaxy stripped clean of advanced life—we must eliminate the Sol-Kor as a threat to your universe.”
    “Duh…and how do we do that?”
    “The first step is we must shut down all trans-dimensional portals, both here and in the other realms where they exist.”
    “You know where the new portals are located?”
    “No, not the ones currently being built by the Sol-Kor. However, before embarking for your universe, I detected six other doorways already in operation.”
    “Six? I thought only the Klin built a portal?”
    “The Klin built the only device capable of transiting starships. The other portals are of the smaller variety, such as the one I built in your garage.”
    “Where are they?”
    “Various locations within your universe. However, none of the smaller versions are within your galaxy.”
    Adam shook his head. “Even if we destroy all of them—including the ones the Sol-Kor are building—that won’t stop others from inventing them in the future.”
    “No, it will not. Yet if that happens outside your galaxy, the Sol-Kor will then concentrate their efforts within those harvest fields. Your home galaxy could be safe for several thousand years.”
    “Or, as you’ve pointed out, they could use these other portals to branch out to neighboring galaxies. They know the location of the Milky Way and they know you’re here. That will make getting over here a priority.”
    “The only other option would be to eliminate the threat at the source.”
    “The Queen?”
    “Not only that, but the entire Colony. If this queen dies, another will replace her and the activities of the Colony will continue.”
    Adam had tended to his cuts and bruises and taken a shower before dressing in a pale blue tunic. Now he and Panur were in the common room aboard the Pegasus II , discussing their options.
    “So all we need to do is find a way to kill off a trillion Sol-Kor who just happen to be in another universe. Doesn’t sound too hard.”
    “That is my belief as well, Adam Cain. After all, they are mostly concentrated in one loca—”
    “ Are you mad? I wasn’t serious. We can’t take on the entire Sol-Kor Colony, not the two of us—unless you can come up with a new super-powerful weapon we can use against them. You can, can’t you?”
    “I can think on it for a while. I’m sure I can come up with something…if given the time. In the meantime, it is imperative that you keep me safe and away from the Sol-Kor. You may need assistance to achieve that goal.”
    “No shit, Sherlock. Let’s see, I’ll need something like the combined strength of the Humans, Juireans, Formilians and the Rigorians, just for starters. Oh yeah, and they just happen to be the same people who will kill me on sight just to get to you.”
    “They must be convinced that turning me over to the Queen will not spare their worlds.”
    “And for that I need to have a more detailed conversation with Andy—Admiral Tobias—and lay it out for him.” Adam reached for the comm button on his lap-top tablet.
    “You do know that CW communications can be traced?”
    Adam hesitated. “Traced? I didn’t know that. Are you sure?”
    Panur frowned. “Even my systems can be traced, which means your primitive versions are wide open to anyone with the proper equipment.”
    “What equipment?”
    “I’m sure your people may not have the means, but I know for a fact that the Sol-Kor do. With the very nature of CW—that being longer communication periods—I would not be surprised if the Sol-Kor are already monitoring your communications in their search for me.”
    “They can’t monitor all communications…”
    “Not every communication sent is by CW technology. There cannot be more than half a trillion transmissions of this type at any given time within your galaxy. The Colony does possess the means of scanning that many transmissions simultaneously.”
    “Let me guess: you built