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Even though my memories were completely taken… I’m drawn
to it over this place. It’s too cold and beautiful. I adapt and
change constantly. This place doesn’t. I can feel it. Fire is where
I belong had I lived with my people. I know that almost for a fact
if Mantiv is anything like me.” He personally admitted.
    “ Then it is not just me
then.” Renee shivered. “They have lovely clothing styles, but I’m
feeling the creeps too. Go do your thing. I’m going home to find
our daughter and sit with Sparky for awhile.” She kissed his shaven
cheek and immediately vanished without any more warning.
    “ You guys know the drill. No
tampering with anything or the defenses will kill you. I’ll disable
them real quick and send word when it’s safe. Quelette, please lead
me to your core.”
    “ This way, Master.” She
turned and began to walk towards one of the pillars. It was
disconcerting seeing someone, but not hear the snow crunch
underfoot, hear fabric rubbing together and for someone like Oliver
who relied on an acute sense of smell scenting nothing made the
tiny hairs on the back of his neck stand straight up. A glance
showed Jake Dorgen was following him. The Hunters would watch over
his bride-to-be, sister-in-law and chief engineer recording visuals
only of the hall.
    Twenty minutes later and a long idle chat on
various subjects the tall men came to the top floor of the ice
fortress and walked a long hall for about two hundred meters lined
with murals depicting vast lifelike landscapes to either side.
Eventually the AI came to a stop and raised a hand to a seemingly
unassuming painting of a mountain during an avalanche. Jake Dorgen
removed a disc-like coin that pulsed with light and placed it on
the ground in front of the program.
    “ See you in a little
bit.”
    “ Aye, I’ll be checking out
the royal bedchambers while ye do yer thing.”
    Oliver laid a hand on the
mountain and stepped through the wall to enter the core room. The city’s brain
for all intense of purposes. The core was a large clear sphere made
of some form of grown gemstone roughly two meters tall. Being
completely clean wasn’t out of the ordinary after twenty five plus
thousand years. To either side rested orbs with a barrel, weapons
with a serious punch to defend the core. The only thing left in the
square room was a large sculpted seat. A circular impression in the
armrest designated for a Valek interface. He took a seat as
Quelette reappeared by her unit.
    “ Begin destruction of all
offensive technology beyond human advancement, but retain the same
protocols as I did for Aquerril.” As he said it the tendril shot
from his wrist and he was connected to the entire city.
    Smoke rose from the drones to either side of
the core and the blonde woman in thick clothes simply said
“Successful.”
    “ Show part four of five of
the puzzle left behind.”
    Not much of a talker, Quelette activate the
program and fragments of light appeared in front and moved fast and
bright like streaks of light. Oliver’s mind though absorbed the
broken letters of his people as it seared into his mind, filling
more of the gap. It took minutes to absorb the influx and for a
mind which processes at nanoseconds meant the information was
vast.
    Throbbing headaches were common after the
download, but as he tried piecing the parts together he knew he
still needed the final part to make any sense of what he was
thinking of. Deep steady breaths soothed the throbbing temples.
Then he tapped his ear’s communication crystal. “Captain, the city
is yours. I’m going to bed.”
    “ Thank ye, Lad. Ye rest up.
We’ll discuss future plans before ye leave.”
    Oliver left, gathered the Pride and the large
cubs around his ship and their personal ones called Sun Spots to
fly home. Nova always rode behind in the same fighter as his
master, filling the cushioned space while purring in satisfaction
at today’s thrilling events.
    Home being a gigantic sailboat just over