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Chapter 2: Latent powers

Al had witnessed what happened but he still couldn’t believe what he had

just seen. What had just happened? Delia had just killed the two Kersna with the power of her mind… no wonder he couldn’t read her mind. It seemed she was more powerful than him. But how? She was just a human, right? Or was she? 11

She was sound asleep now on a couch in his improvised bedroom in a small

room of the ship. She had insisted on taking a few pieces of furniture along on the ship for their travels to remind her of her home. So now she was resting on her sofa. She seemed to be in a deep sleep. She probably needed the rest as this must have been the first time she unleashed her latent powers. Surely she herself hadn’t been aware she had them until faced with the imminent danger from the two Kersna. That must have triggered them.

Al was watching her sleep and still wondering what all that implied when

she slowly opened her eyes. First thing she said was to ask for a glass of water in the calmest voice possible as if nothing unusual had happened.-Sure, here you go, Al said handing her a glass of water. Do you remember what happened earlier? But instead of an answer he received a question.-Are the Kersna dead? Are we safe?-Yes, both dead. You killed them. Do you remember? He asked again.-All I remember, she finally answered, is that I didn’t want us to die. We couldn’t have died. That couldn’t have been the end of our journeys when we had just started our journey. Anger and frustration took over me and I remember more than anything that I wanted us to live and explore the galaxy. I wanted to see all that you promised. I think I could have killed an entire Kersna army if that was what it took to save us and go on with our journey. But no… no idea what really happened and how I managed to do what I did. This has never happened before. But then again this, our journey through space and meeting you, my love, has never happened before either so I guess you never know what you can do until you have to do it.

-That was awesome what you did! But it was weird too… as I haven’t seen any other humans do that! And he laughed more relaxed now.

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-Well I am a human and have lived my entire life among humans but have never seen anyone do what I did. This is really strange. How can you explain this, Al?

-Hmm, he said after a short pause, I think that all humans have these abilities when they are born. They are all born with them but they fade 12away as they grow old. And probably in life threatening situations some humans can trigger these abilities to save themselves. This is my explanation. I too have lived among humans for almost a year and studied your race during this time. Humans’ brain waves are strong and they are smart but as I said, most of them lose their inborn abilities with age. It’s the only explanation I can find. And probably a few others, smarter than the average, can develop these abilities. Maybe we really are more alike than I would have thought. And he leaned over and kissed her.-I hope our lives won’t be in danger or at least not any time soon because that display of abilities as you called them has left me exhausted in a way I never thought was possible.

-No reasons to worry, my love. I am sure that the Kersna won’t be sending other scout ships in this part of the galaxy any time soon. Their scout ship is destroyed and before the two Kersna died I read their last thoughts. Their final thoughts were that they had just sent a report to the mother ship that all was dead in this part of the galaxy. After having delivered the message they found Terra and were about to send another message when we attacked them. So we killed them just in time or they would have sent the message and Terra’s fate would have been doomed.-So we were lucky to find them when we did. Terra was lucky, she added thinking of her parents. What did you do with their corpses?-I dumped them into space. Two specks in the vastness of the cosmos. You don’t have to worry about them anymore. And by the way, thanks for saving us!

-Ha-ha, she laughed. If I hadn’t done it, you would have probably killed them. But we were in danger, you were in danger, … I just acted the way I did. I had to make sure they wouldn’t hurt you… like I told you, all I could think about was seeing your planet and many more with you by my side. For that to come true, the Kersna had to go. And I guess they did go… into space that is.

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-Before going to Valles we will have to go to another planet first, to Obita and see my employer, Nick. I will have to deliver the cargo of water that we took from Earth. As for the other stuff I was supposed to deliver… it was all 13

lost when I crashed to Earth. But he should be content with the water as I will give him three times more than I was supposed to in order to compensate for the other stuff that I lost. So everything should be OK. After that we can visit Valles, my home.

-Nice, sounds very interesting, Delia said as it really was exciting for her. Everything was new to her and thrilling. Even the encounter with the Kersna.

-So you don’t mind our little detour? Al asked to make sure she was OK with it.

-Not at all. Why would I mind? I am in no rush to get anywhere in particular. I just want to explore space with you wherever you will take me. Any place is just as good. So how is this employer of yours?, she asked curious to find out more about Nick. Does he look like us or more like the Kersna or something entirely different?

-Well, Al said after thinking a bit about his answer, Nick is different. He has four arms, two on each side of his body. His two legs have claws instead of nails the way we have. He is a very powerful being. Besides that, he looks pretty normal.

-Oh, wow. Four arms, she repeated. Obita should be interesting. Are all the inhabitants like that?

-No, there are more races than one. And they are all different. But you will see for yourself when we get there. Rest now, he said and placed a soft kiss on her forehead. We should get there by the time you wake up.-OK Al. I can hardly wait to get there, she said and then she fell back asleep. 14

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