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the missile. At least that’s how I would counter it.”
    “What if two don’t work?”
    “Then they’ll use four and have them changed a thousand times a second, Timmy. We could do that and I’m certain they will as well.”
    “Then why are we here?”
    Dani looked at Robby and he nodded, “We’re sensing the Invaders will be delayed here. It gives us more time to develop our defense. At least that’s what we think is causing us to be here. We can’t think of another reason.”
    Timmy stared at the huge battle at the planet and saw more Black Ships jumping in, “They are somewhat single minded, aren’t they?”
    Robby nodded, “Yes, they are.”
    The Black ships continued to come and more than three thousand had been destroyed. After two hours, Timmy sighed, “Should we go now?”
    Dani furrowed her brow and said, “Not just yet.”
    Robby looked at her, “Do you see something?”
    “Something else,” Dani pointed at the display on the wall and said, “That!”
    A black colored ship fifty percent larger than the other Black Ships appeared on the display and moved on the satellite. The first missile arrived and exploded on its force field. The satellite saw the explosion and launched a hundred missiles. They were all stopped by the new ship’s screen. The huge Black Ship moved closer to the huge orbiting structure and fired a massive orange beam into it. It exploded and fell toward the planet below. The ship then fired into the planet and the single beam blew away the atmosphere and cracked the planet. The fault line in the planet’s surface ran more than six thousand miles and the surface caught fire from the magma rushing up to the surface.”
    Robby watched the devastation and said, “It appears I may have been wrong about them being delayed.”
    Dani looked away from the display, “They have the next ships waiting for when they’re needed. Now we know why we needed to come see this. We have to develop a ship that is not just slightly stronger than their current ship but many times more powerful.” She looked at Timmy, “Let’s go home. I’ll send this recording to Alex as soon as we arrive.”
    Timmy stared at the now dead planet as Greyson teleported away. Greyson realized that Grace may have been right. This enemy was something to fear.

Chapter Three
    “C arter, are you ready?”
    Carter gave a start, “Give me about an hour; I’ll meet you on the ship.”
    “We’ll be waiting.”
    Jenna looked at Carter, “So, you’re off again.”
    Carter kissed her and smiled, “I hate to go, especially with the baby on the way.”
    “Oh quit worrying about us; we’ll be fine. Just stay in touch.”
    “I will.” Carter went to the learning center and looked in the Military Database at the teleportation probes; fifty minutes later he teleported to the Algean’s ship after speaking with Alex.
    * * *
    Carter looked at the display and saw the orange planet, “I don’t see any difference.”
    Seed turned from the scanner and replied, “Today is when the really virulent spores we released are going to activate.”
    “I’m not sure what you mean by that?”
    “The initial spores are created to delay thirty days before they activate. However, the spores that are released from the infected orange plants will not be delayed. They will attack anything that has that orange plant’s structure. Every time the spores kill an orange plant they will release billions of new spores. We should be able to see an effect shortly.”
    Carter stared at the display but saw nothing different from the first visit. He used his armor’s scanner and looked at the surface and absently asked, “How long does it take one of those spores to kill an orange plant?”
    “Less than thirty minutes. The new spores will be released in less than fifteen minutes from the moment the spore infects an orange plant.”
    “Are we over the place where we dropped the packet?”
    Weed shook with his laughter, “Of course. We