looked at Pagan, “You will go to the fields and work for two months in silence. You will focus on who controls the universe.” Pagan stood and walked out of the room with his head down. The High Priest looked at the two humans, “So you were going to burn the Holy Painting of our Founder?”
Grant kept his head down, “Holiness, I threatened to do it. It was the only thing that I thought would get him to give us our property. But I would never damage that paining.”
“Why didn’t you just come to me and request what is yours?”
Cinny said, “Holiness, we were here seventeen years and this is the first time we’ve ever seen you. How would we go about getting your attention?”
The High Priest stared at her and after a moment chuckled, “You make a good point. I suppose threatening the painting would get my attention.”
Grant said, “That was my hope, Holiness.”
The High Priest handed the glowing object to Cinny and said, “You may go now.”
Grant said, “Holiness, may I please ask you one question before we leave?”
The High Priest’s smile disappeared and he said, “What is it?”
“Why did you accept us into your Temple?”
The High Priest hesitated and then said, “I accepted you because of the one who brought you to us.” Grant wanted to ask another question but knew he had used the only one he would be given. The High Priest saw their expressions and said, “She was pure of heart. She volunteered to give her life if we would take you and work with you.” He hesitated and said, “We did not take her life for the blasphemy of landing here. However, she left with the intent of leading your enemies away. She lost her life in the effort.”
Grant kept his head down and nodded, “Thank you, Holiness.”
“You may come here whenever you choose. You are part of our family.”
Grant said, “You are the only family we have.”
“I’m not so sure about that but you are welcome here.” The High Priest walked forward and put one of his hands on each of their shoulders, “You should go now and find your destiny.”
The two humans backed away keeping their heads down until they exited the room. The Head Servant said, “Was this a good idea?”
The High Priest’s mouth turned up, “I’ve kept my eyes on them over the years. Their hearts are very much like the one who brought them.”
“But they are the most dangerous beings in the universe, Holiness.”
“And they just said that we are the only family they know. Do you think that if we need them to come to our defense that they might do it?”
The Head Server shook his head, “Your wisdom never ceases to amaze me.”
The High Priest nodded and stared at the door the two had passed through, “They still have a long way to go before they find what they’re searching for.” He took a deep breath and said, “I want all our probes activated and I want to be informed if anything of interest happens.”
The Head Servant nodded and left the Prayer Room.
• • •
The Huge Yellow being sat and stared at his control panel’s monitor. Where could they have gone? He heard his Lead Sensor Operator say, “Sire?”
“What?”
“I’ve just received word that every Choten-Zan probe and sensor in every galaxy have gone active.”
“WHAT?”
“Yes, Sire.”
The Yellow Being’s eyes narrowed and he shook his head, “They know what’s going on. They must have some kind of link to those two humans. I want one of our advanced probes sent to monitor their temple.”
“Sire?”
“If I have to tell you again, you won’t be the one carrying out my order.”
He watched the Operator start pressing his panel and wondered what link the Choten-Zan had with the humans. After an hour his Communications Operator said, “Sire, The Principal in asking for you.”
The Huge being sat up in his chair, “Put him on my panel…NOW!”
The small monitor came on and he saw the leader of his species, “I’ve been told that you sent a