An sighed when she looked at the task she had at infront of her. The debris was pretty deep and it was going to take a while the clear our enough of debris to be able to climb out. The brunette decided to work on the smaller potions of the debris first, hopefully Enru and Yil would be able to help before too long. Because with her small frame she was not sure she move the largest of the debris. And she had to hurry at it too, because there was no telling when the cloud creature was going to return and she did not want to be here when it did return.

Octavia listened intently as the Aegir told her how he drove the away the creature by telling it simply leave. Leave that was it. It took quite a while for him to enter the cloud creature mind much as it did for him as much as it did to send thoughts to her mind.

The purple alien game her more information, that the creature had to the ability to shrug off the commands that Aegir was able to put into it. However, the creature was not strong willed just really different so it would be a while before it shrugged off the command.

Still there was a danger, the creature loved to fight and it would definitely come back to fight the her and her handmaidens if could find them again. Oh dear. Well we need to figure out how to end this situation before it can get any worse. I will need to figure out how to solve this problem.

[p]Problem? Oh, yes the Trixian can't do that .... I can remove the debris but it will cost you.[/i] he began towards the exit of He as looking past her at the building housing the thermal rod. He cautiously nodded then looked back as an He was slow for sure though at this speed he was right there.

She could have evaded him with his though with that telekinetic touch she realized that he could have probably reach her in some fashion. He glanced back at her, letting her ponder what he relaid first.

What else can you offer, princess?

You can remove the debris...and free my handmaiden from that trap. The young woman looked back at the blocked the pathway to the building. It was alot of debris and it would take forever for the handmaidens to did themselves even if they can do that.

The only way they would be able to get out anytime soon would be if they had help getting free, until then they were trapped and left to the mercy of that cloud creature when it came back.

What is it, that you are interested in?

Aegir considered as he came into view slowly slithering out of the building. He had to see the target of his telekinesis and normally he could just tap into her sensory input to see it for himself. If the subject had been implanted with one of his nodes he could then project his powers through it and deal with the situation remotely.

But her mind was hidden from him and thus he could not tap into her senses. Furthermore, she did not possess a nod so he had to see things with his own eyes. He could partially see the obstruction from here given his keen vision.

Allow An to join us ...

He rightly believed that Enru would be in no shape, plus he figured she would be more concerned with the creature to fully get absorbed into matters. He slithered up to her side, gazing at the debris. He moved a small portion of it just to prove that he was capable of doing so, his mind reaching in to the three of them feeling all their thoughs though Yil's had been eradict to to his unconscious state.

He considered waiting for her answer, rethought his staement and settled his hand on her shoulder patting it gently. Now, now, princess, no need to get jealousy you're more than enough ... besides the other two are in rough shape and need someone to look after them while you're indisposed.

Portions of the debris were grabbed and moved, some more collapsed but he moved this easily, without any real effort from his mind displaying yet another one of his talents for her.

She noticed that gripped in one of his tentacles was a pyramid shaped stone with dark green runes in a script she could not read.

As the nervous princess looked around she saw the purple alien that she had met before came slowly slithering out of a nearby building. He looked exactly the same as he did on that abandoned world that he first met her on so long ago. The creature continued to come slowly closer.

Aegir had come to see with own eyes the debris. He probably would have used the psionic powers to see through her, but her mind managed to prevent that so he was forced to see the problem up close.om here given his keen vision.

You want to my h-handmaiden... Octavia began to think about it and realized there was no way she would be able to convince her handmaiden to take part of it. If anything the brunette would attempt to protect her not realizing what kind of deal the Trixian royal had made to save her. It was just simply would just complicate things.

It was then that the alien seemed to let her on the joke, stating that he would need An to keep an eye on the other people while Octavia was ...occupied. Octavia felt a bit better that she would not have to deal with her own handmaiden.

It was then that debris began to move easily on its own. It took the pink haired Princess a moment to realized that Aegir was clearing the debris using only his mind. She stood their amazed until she noticed something in his hands. What is that?

He cleared out most of the debris, leaving just enough to delay An fifteen minutes or so. He turned slightly to face her then, mouth tendrils twitching slightly before glancing at the pyramid like stone. He could not say what she was thinking though she seemed a bit more relaxed, possible at his words though he could not tell for certain.

Aegir rather enjoyed not being able to read her mind. Yes, he found it infuriating but at the same time splendid not to be in charge in knowing everything or controlling a situation. He brought the stone closer so that the two of them could see it.

This? It is an artifact capable of conjuring me. There are only 11 others like it, I traveled here to retrieve it. But ... no, I cannot see into your mind to foretell things, it would do you little good, however.

I have cleared most of the debris. An can clear the rest in a few minutes though it is perhaps best that I am not immediately present when she clears the rubble. of course, there is still the matter of payment that needs to be addressed.

He rubbed her cheek with a tentacle, looked at her. There were better ways without these devices ... he desired to collect all 12, then destroy them so that he did not have the inconvience of having them used on him again. He was making fairly good progress in retrieve them too. He had retrieved one while dealing with Rei, two in fact when dealing with Delia on two separate occassions, this one and several others.

Octavia watched in amazement as purple alien moved debris using only his mind. The ancient creature moved the largest of the debris with ease as it floated through the air out of the collapsed hallway and out onto the street to be dumped in a pile. He made great progress as he cleared most of the material out before stopping.

The pink haired princess turned around to look back at Aegir only to notice that he was looking at the strange pyramid like he was holding in his hands. He explained that it could be used to summon Aegir somehow. That explained why he was here, he wanted to find them all before someone else got a hold of them.

It was then that he approached the royal and placed a tentacle on her cheek, he warned her that An would probably make her way through in a few minutes but he would the she could get clear of the rubble, plenty of time for him to get out of site. When do you want that payment? She looked back at the debris. I'd rather my handmaidens learn about our deal.

He gazed at her, thought. He did not know if that was a slip of the tongue or not. With someone else he could have gotten intentions from her mind and while he was fairly certain that she did not wish for her handmaidens to find out about the situation he would give her some time to address the issue or think about it some more.

Aegir had always been patient, and he was willing to wait a little bit for something that he knew was worth it. She addressed payment to him first, which alleived him some. Of course this could still be a trick though this was probably not the case.

Tonight, come to that building there and I shall be waiting.

He would give her until dawn and if she did not show up he could at least have said he found one of the pesky pyramids so his trip her wasn't totally worthless. Of course, if she didn't show up he had the means of making the galaxy a small place. He might note be able to read her mind but could read the thoughts of all those she was in contact with thus it was just a matter of time before he could find her and time was something he had an abundance of.

For a moment Octavia had not wonder if she had said something wrong, the alien paused and had looked at her as if she had said something incredibly stupid. Still the creature did not say anything right away as he seemed to think about it for a moment about what she asked.

Eventually the purple alien pointed to a nearby building. It was then that he told her that it he would meet her tonight. Fine tonight then, I am sure I can figure out a way to get away from them for a while. She hoped that was sufficient as she knew that an alien with that kind of power was not someone to be trifled with.

He nodded, turned and slithered back to the building leaving An to clear the last bits of debris. By the time she had finished Enru had to make the best out of the situation she had going for her clothes wise and Yil was stirring. His chest wound looked pretty bad but was far better than it was moments before.

The alien would probably be unconscious for a few moments longer anyway which begged the question of staying here and allowing him to regain consciousness on his own or leaving before that creature returned and allowing Yil to recover on his own elsewhere.

His psyiology was unknown to them other than the fact that he was a blue skinned four armed humanoid. It was nice and warm here, and while the bulk of the city was warm the thermals were especially so given the raw power and heat they tapped into.

The technology was unlike anything the Trixians were use to and offered as many questions as it gave in answers such as why this place wasn't an inferno now or how it projected this heat out through the secction of the city.

How it converted thermal energy in the first place and what made that regenerate the air creature? Lots of various questions, most better suited for techies and scientists but they were just a few questions that arose.

However the Ashen were it was clear that they were supieror even to their own technology. Where they were vastly ahead of Yil's people the Ashen were just as far ahead of them or so it seemed with a glance.

Soon the purple alien moved away and faded into the background, as Octavia heard the the clearing of debris behind her. The Princess turned to see that An had finally cleared the last of the debris and had a way to crawl her out of the trap. "My lady are you okay. Have you been hurt in anyway?"

No I am fine. She mentioned nothing about the deal she had made for with Aegir, the handmaiden did not need to know about it. How about you? Are you and Enru fine? Is Yil doing okay?

The brunette walked over to Her Highness. "Yil is still unconscious but seems to survived the attack. Enru's clothes were ruined in by the cloud creature and she is going to need a new set of clothes. She will never survive the trip back to the shuttle otherwise."

I see. Well we need to get to somewhere safe. That cloud creature is going to return soon and it uses the thermals to heal itself. Fighting it in the thermals is sheer madness as the creature seems to heal itself using the thermal. We need to take Yil with us as I have some questions for him.

An was confused, as she was not sure how Her Highness had such answers, she did not fight the cloud creature. Still she was Trixian royalty and the handmaiden had to obey. She went back in and told the blonde handmaiden the plan. Soon the two women began trying to move the four armed native.

As they attempt to lift Yil his pale blue eyes opened weakly, he needed a little assistance getting over to the path An had carved out in the drbris but was a little slow in crawling through it. He need assistance onthe other side of the path leaning up against the girl's as they went.

He thanked the handmaiden's for their assistance and seemed a bit confused by Enru's state of dress or rather lack thereof now. He stole a glance at her out of cuiosity and not as a means of objectifying her.

The quartet had managed to get to an empty building that was probably a warehouse of some sorts when it was in use. It was spacious and had numerous windows. It had four doors, two normal sized ones, back and front and two larger rolling doors also front and back.

Sine it was easier to defend they found themselves in an office though by this stage Yil was practically healed. Save for a faint mark on his chest you would have never guessed that he had been injured in the first place.

Fortunately the creature did not return to this section of the city thus far so they were given so respite from it here. Of course while they remained here in this city they would be forever at danger.

The two hand maidens began to lift the four armed native off the ground they heard him grown as his eyes slowly fluttered open. Yil began trying to assist them as he began to move somewhat under his own power. However the blue skinned local still needed assistance to get through the debris.

Even as the native thanked the two handmaidens for helping him out of the building. Enru could see him looking over her lack out of outfit. The blonde blushed as she was embarrassed at her the remains of their outfits. It did not matter that what the creature thought of her, she was still pretty embarrassed.

Let's move over there. The three Trixians and the native moved over to a large building nearby. It looked like it was once a warehouse, though its had no longer been used for that purpose anymore. Still it was a place to hide until they had figured out their next plan of action.

By now the, four armed creature had healed, only a faint mark showed he had ever gotten injured in the first place. Octavia was only amazed at how fast these people healed. Still she had questions that needed to be answered. So for some reason I think you are holding something back from us Yil.

Yil was silent for a moment after they found their way to the warehouse. He could sense her telepathic words though he could not make contact with her mind so he used An to translate for him to the princess/

While he did not really understand the concept of embarrassment he realized that Enru was different now, each time he looked at her she changed colors and looked away thus he spoke with An, at least his vision was on even though Enru would hear his words too.

".. I have told you that the creature was one of my kind.

But when pressed further he relent some. I am sentenced to die ... well that would have been the sentence. It was death or come to the old city and destroy this thing ... I have been implanted with a chip of Ashen design that blows if I go too far from the thermals but diffuses when this thing is killed. I do not understand how it works but the chip scans and reads bio electrical frequencies and as long as the creature exists I am stuck here with it. Once it is destroyed the sensors in the chip dissolve and I can come back.

I hardly understood the explaination the techs told me about how it works. It's Ashen and thus magical ...

Octavia was unaware that that he creature sense her thoughts but was unable to read them due to her natural defenses. She just assumed that her mind was not even detectable to the four armed native.

An had become the primary translator at this point, every time Yil seem to look over to Enru and the blonde looked away and try to hide her exposed body to him. So it fell upon the brunette to be a translator for the royal Trixian.

At first the native told Octavia exactly what he had told her earlier. But it did not to get more detail from the blue skinned creature, that he had been sentenced to die and been sent here to old city to destroy the cloud creature. A chip had been implanted on his skin that would be able to tell whether he had defeated the cloud creature. Still that just brought up more questions than answers. You have sentenced to die? Why? Were you sentenced by the Ashen or did you people use Ashen technology to carry out the sentence?