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The Prologue

Her breaths were heavy and few. Something was neutralizing her tsiaba, life force and

abilities. She was having trouble keeping her breath in pace. Her name was Tralti or on earth she

was known as Sibyl. She was gifted with the ability to see through time and she did. She couldsee the future and this wasnt right. Someone had been messing with the timelines. This time,

this place was not right. Tralti was not meant to be somewhere else and yet she was here.

Tralti, a hoarse voice whispered. She looked around to see nothing.

Who are you? She asked in Standard. There was one light and it shone a small area on

the floor. The rest was an ocean of night. There were no other lights, no sounds except for herbreaths. The light illuminated her silver streaked black hair and her red attire.

Do you not remember me? It was because of you, I am here. The voice was getting

louder and louder but there were no footsteps. The voice sounded old, ancient even, and as if itwasnt used in years

It isnt possible. Youwere stripped of your powers a long time ago. How am I here?

Tralti was very afraid. She knew it couldnt be him. He was banished from the universe beforethe dawn of many times. He was the end of every star and he was ended.

You will not do anything tome. My tsiaba is directly tied to Ded. Kill me and everyone

in the universe will know.

But I want the universe to know, especially the boy. The voice gloated. All went silent

and there was nothing. Suddenly, a knife struck through the chest of Tralti and she fell down

onto the cold hard floor where she knelt merely seconds ago. She lifted her head and looked upto see a horrible figure. She could only compare it to the figures of Set on earth but even they did

not look as hideous as the creature in front of the Oracle. She said a word. One magic word from

her lips, the area was illuminated by golden light. The monster hid his face from the light but as

he did, it ate away at his essence. Soon she was gone leaving a wounded figure in the shadows oftime.

She tried running but all around her was darkness. It was like running in space, with no

up, no down. She couldnt center herself and panicked. Then the blade struck again.

You cannot hide from me, he said again.

I will fight you and I will win, as was foretold by my sisters of Ded! A third time the

knife struck and she was gone. Dead as her last words past her lips


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DNA File 1: Introductions

If you are watching this, you are one clever human. My name is Zixx. I am not of this

world, as you can tell by my sample you have in your machine. I am from a world far beyond

any human could understand. Although there were a few who could barely comprehend outworld. Their names known throughout history that caught a glance of small portions of my planet

and the knowledge there held. Kalesen Instit (Albert Einstein) and Lenoro Dachaviniciti

(Leonardo da Vinci) are just a couple of the humans who walked my fair world, well just insleep. My world has plants with souls and mouths in their minds. Fountains of liquid crystal spill

into a plain of blowing sand that strip atom from atom. My species calls this place home. I am

one of the very few who exist on your planet.

These DNA testimonies, or D-NATs as CC likes to call them, are part of my companions

and my documented time on earth. While I stay on this world, I will translate my experiences

into a ten stranded genetic material and all my companions and myD-NATs in six strands.

In many of these selections, my colleagues and I dontuse English. We usually speak in

several languages such as Standard. I will do my best to translate but CC does not have a large

enough vocabulary to translate all of it.

{A killer blue muffin flies toward Zixx, which he narrowly dodges}

CC: I heard that!

I KNOW!!!

Anyways every person we have with us will contribute one D-NAT before telling their

experience. Therefore, I will begin with the end of CCs world.


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The Prom was the Bomb

CHOKING! DYING! I gagged as CC tied a black propeller to me. I was wearing a

ridiculous penguin suit with a black coat over a white shirt and an upside-down V held the killer

fabric in place.

Hold still, CC demanded. She was constantly fussing that I had to wear this plastic skin

of Tuxedo to herprom. Whoever Tuxedo is, I dont blame him for skinning himself. His skin ishorrible! After she finished killing me, she stood back as if a dead alien was a work of art. I can

assure you it isnt, at least with CC. I am so lucky not to be human. If I was I died as she first

wrapped the murderous black fabric around my neck. She should never, I repeatNEVERtie

something around someones neck unless she wants them dead. Apparently, she wants me dead.

Now, Trevors mom or dad are gonna drive us over, I know you two dont get along, but

play nice. She said frantically patting out the wrinkles in her dress. I mean she was gorgeouseven by my alien standards. Her brown hair was put up with some strands spiraling delicatelydown her face in thin ribbons. Her dress was silver with the sunlight making sections of it golden

and others brazen. Where shadows of the mountains of every fold touched a valley it was the

color of black zirconium.

[I know! I was surprised too. According to the girl who knows about it, its a

kind of ring she might want]

Five minutes went by and CC fussed with her dress every second of it. Obviously this

Trevor must be, as one might say, hot. While absently patting her dress, she began to mumble.Something about me liking my date. MOTUMBO KCH! Ive been bamboozled! That girl

she was talking to me about must have been this so called DATE!!! CC KNOWS I AM

ENGAGED! Before I could but up much of a protest, Trevor knocked on the door.

Heythere hot stuff, A scrawny HUMAN boy said in a blue dyed Tuxedo skin. CC face

lit up almost literally, the silver of her attire reflected to her face as she stepped closer. Then the

boy addressed me.

You must be Sticks, he said as if he were thoroughlyimpressed. I just snarled.

Medu taharioc, which meansI dont like youin Standard. CC glared with such malice

in her eyes that it reminded me of my fiance.

Ih, Seclas Realizing I called her the name of mydead fiance, I rushed to the car with

my head down. I walked counting each step. Hoping I was going to be alone, I opened the car

door and scooted in. Unfortunately, I wasnt alone. I had a face looking at me. Next to me sat a

girl with red hair. She looked at me in awe as if I dropped out of the sky. [I did that in front of


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CC but she didnt look nearly as surprised as this girl did.] I mean I guess she was pretty in her

blue dress. I didnt pay attention. She tried engaging with mein conversation but I snorted withevery attempt. Finally, after what seemed to be a lifetime, CC and Trevor got in the car.

Apparently, He had his license but the plants would disagree.

We got to the prom at 7:48 human afternoon time. I ascertained that the girls name is

Sofia, not Date. I couldnt care less. We got out of the car and walked to the front doors. Sofia

was talking to me about her shoes and how it was a disaster that they only had four-inch heels inher size. And you humans call me conceited!

We went to the Gymnasium where the prom was held and the JD, I think they are called,

was moving around to his headphones. I think thats right. Luckily, there were other people

sitting at the table! I made strait toward the tables when I bumped into someone. She was a black

haired beauty wearing a traditional dress. I apologized and tried to help her on her feet. Shebrushed some of the food she was carrying off of her dress.

Thanks she waited for me to introduce myself.

Zixx, I supplied. The girl smiled contently as if that was somehow amusing to her. As

she did I noticed her a little more. Her eyes were a myriad of colors that changed when the lightsdid. Her stomach region was, for lack of a better word, enlarged. She had wrinkles around her

eyes that suggested that she spent many a night awake. Something about her seemed familiar. I

looked down again and, Yadliconc, she was pregnant!

Oh my, Im sorry. I didnt know you were carrying a child, I said in shock. Where I

come from, I could lose a limb because of that. The shock set into me when a boy, who alsolooked familiar, walked up to her and said something that sounded like bird noises. The familiar

boy looked at me and said something else in the strange bird sounds. I was able to make out a

name or what sounded like one, eketai.

Im sorry, I began in English, I was just with your friend and I noticed her child. I

finished in Standard. The guy smiled at me and replied in Standard.

Nooooo, I gasped. His dialect was that of the southern continent which I knew all too

well. My friend, Ogmel, lived there. Oh my gosh!

Og? Effe? I smiled a mischievous grin. Less than one second later, we were hugging

and speaking in rapid-fire strange bird language, it is called Pwakii. I probably should explain.

Efnitai, A.K.A Effe, is a close family friend and I have known her since I was at least a hundred.

Ogmel, Og, was a kid I met a while ago. We got in the worst kind of trouble.


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So how did you guys end up here? I asked them. Before the Final Assault started, they

left to go on, for lack of a better word which seems to happen a lot with CCs vocabulary, theirhoneymoon.

{A muffin flies by Zixxs head}

During the Stand of Vacarch Slot R, our escort was attacked we tried to use a spacial

leap, right as we reached full power our leap-engine was shot. When we leapt, the blast

unsteadied the equalizer and we ended up here. Effe answered. It was so great to talk to

civilized people. (Yes, I did that on purpose)

ZIXX! Its 11:30 and we havent danced yet! This is the worst date EVER! shouted a

very angry human. Mustve been my date.

Speaking of which, Og began, may I have this dance? He turned to his wife. I did

mention they were married, right? They got up to dance and left me with an angry whatever--her-name-was.

Did I ask you here? I turned my gaze toward her. She looked at me angrily. It isnt my

fault CC set this up. I cant tell you how many times I can tell CC I am engaged,but she wont

listen. [She threw another muffin at me. Seriously CC, muffins kill people!]

You are going to dance with me, even if it kills me, If only that would happen. She

dragged me to the center of the floor. She put her hands in mine and began to waltz. The song

was slow and pretty. The girl in front of me, not so much. We stumbled through a few lines of

the song when I noticed CC laughing at us. I mouthed help me. It came out wrong but she got themessage. She whispered something in Trevors ear andwalked toward us as Trevor went the

other way.

Mind if I cut in? asked my life saver. The human girl was soon replaced by one human

CC. We danced until the song was done and she told me that she had to go see Trevor. I took a

deep breath and sighed. I walked over to a table when I heard the most terrifying sound. Zzzt.


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Celecian relationships

Hey there! Its Effe plus one! Yeah. As Zixx told you earlier. I am pregnant with a

healthy Celecian baby. We tried to see what he or she looks like, but your equipment isnt strong

enough. I mean who uses sound to figure things out?

Anyways, I am here to talk to you about Celecian Relationships. First thing you have to

understand is that it is a very biological thing. We store memories and personality in our Genetic

Material. Like humans we have special organelles that make sections of genes into proteins that

we emit as scents. We store the scents and turn them into receptors that make a section of our

brain sensitive to a specific, compatible scent.

Since every Celecian has seventeen strands in their Genetic Code, it naturally is unstable

and seeks to have its complement. We call it our wandering strand. This strand is sent out as a

scent. Once the brain of another Celecian receives it, the wandering strand attaches to the otherwandering strand of the person receiving it. If they are compatible, those two will fall in love.

Because every strand is unique, we are monogamous people. We fall in love and get

married once. That doesnt mean we dont date. It just means we wont get married or kisssomeone without being in love with them genetically. We hold love in high regard. Needless to

say. When we fall in love, its for life. The whole idea of cheating, divorce, adoption, step-family

etc. doesnt exist on our world. So when we fall in love, we will die loving that person. Also,

wandering strands of the same gender cannot be compatible what so ever. So guys cant love

guys and girls cant love girls.

The whole thing about divorce and cheating is completely foreign to us. When we fall in

love, we dedicate ourselves entirely to them. Without any hesitation we would give our lives to

the ones we love. To us, we have no purpose without those we love. So the next time you think

something is romantic, think about what Celecians are willing to do. Before you ask, no,Celecian cannot be attracted to humans. Also Og is taken, SO DONT YOU THINK ABOUT

MAKING A MOVE ON MY MAN!!!!!!


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Time Went Boom

Now after the song there was a BIG explosion. The sheer force of it made me pass out.

By the time my eyes opened I saw a large slab of wall threatening to crush me. It was barely held

up by my baby. I am so fortunate I am in my fifteenth septemdemester. My first thought was tomaneuver so that I could protect my baby. Obviously, those were the hormones talking. If I

moved I wouldve been metaphorically flattened. Then it struck me. Im not human. The wall

would shatter, leaving me without a scratch. Go Celecian body!

I shifted my body left and right make room for me to roll over and curl up. I counted to

five and turned as hard as I could while the wall slammed down on me, crumbling to pieces. I

got up unsteadily and began searching for my husband.

Og! Og, I shouted as I stumbled and fumbled around the rubble. There were small red

fires all around the broken pieces of gymnasium flooring. I tried calling out my loves nameagain. There was no response. I started overturning large pieces of rubble when I heard a muffle

cough. I couldnt tell who it was. I think he is CCs friend. I picked up the worthless human and

trudged on. I overturned more rubble and found Zixxs date. [If Seclas knew about that girl, she

would have been furious! Im going to tell her one day!]

[OW! Zixx just threw a muffin at me. YOURE AS BAD AS CC!!!]. I took the two

stupid bodies to the exit where I promptly, and gracefully, keeled over as men in plastic came to

my side.

I woke up in a plastic tent with my limp form spread out on a cot. I didnt know how longI was out, but I did know I wasnt alone.There were a bunch of other kids spread out, like me,

on cots. A guy in a hastermact suit [I think that is what they were called] came over and scanned

me with a rough clicking machine.

Shes OK, the guy said. I tried to sit up but I was still weak.

I dont feel OK, I told him while I remained useless on a cot.

Youre lucky,he informed me while he watched another guy put a white sheet over a

girls body. She was the annoying one. What was her name? Sofia? She wasnt breathing. Her

lifeless form lay silent and still.

Pffft, Humans. After all I did to save her she just had to burn out! Right before she died,

she was angry at Zixx. Oh no! Zixx where was Zixx.

Are there any other tents? I inquired while searching the large plastic area. To my

distaste there was no sign of Zixx or Og.


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No, the man answered. I jumped to my feet. Using every last bit of energy I had, I tried

to walk. I collapsed on the ground, without any grace.

Easy, Mama, the guy told me as he helped me up. You have a baby to take care of,

too. I completely forgot I was pregnant. I mean its only been acouple years. I have at least two

years to go.

Inside me, a rush of frustration took hold of me and I slammed my foot against the

ground causing it to fracture. Mr. Plastic-bubble fell backward. He obviously hasnt met a girl of

my potential.

After seeing the poor guy I refocused myself. I needed to find my husband and then my

friend, with the slight possibility of anyone else on the way. For now, however, I needed to rest. I

was supporting two lives now, mine and the babys. I got back to the cot and slept with my baby

in my arms.

By the time I awoke, I wasnt in the plastic tent anymore. I was in a special building. The

walls were white and the ceiling, too. I was no longer in my tattered dress but I had a blanket

over me with a light blue gown on my person. I was still dreadfully weak. My body must have

been diverting all its resources to my child. I was in no condition to do anything. Being Pwakii, I

decided the rules of recovery didnt apply to me.

I sat up and looked around when I saw the guy Zixxs friend CC went to the dance with,

and he didnt decide to die after I saved him. I must say I was quite pleased with myself at thatmoment but the feeling was gone after I stood up and tried to walk. I stumbled foolishly to the

boys side.Once there, I shook the limp human until his eyes opened. He moaned slightly andsaid something about being hit by a train.

Concussive forces tend to do that, Iinformed him. I tried to steady the limp life-form to

his feet. He fell several times as we got him to the bins of clothes (I ran into those while

stumbling around). Next to it was a yellow box with a silver cylinder connected by a curly black

wire. I saw it and recognized it as the same kind of clicking device that was used on me earlier.

Then, I lost interest.

I began searching for a bag of stuff that had my personal possessions, I knew that my

dress was in one place with a designation and my bag would be somewhere with the Jane Doe

bags. Thankfully, I was right. I pulled out what was disguised as three lollipops. The awesome

part was there were actually two lollipops there, you know because I get hungry. In the center

was a special device. I took a lollipop and the device out.


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Seriously? You think now is a good time to eat a sucker? Trevor managed to fumble

out of his mouth. I gave him a dirty look while wrapping the device around my left hand.

Im pregnant! Dumb Dumb! I said while motioning to my unborn childs home. I must

have been either less injured or more awake than Trevor. To be honest, even when humans are

awake AND unharmed they are still dumb, so I cant really say.

This is called a mki, because it can scan for many things and anything. I told him

slowly. I mean its like talking to a baby. HUMANS KNOW NOTHING! Anyways, the device is

designed to amplify chemical reactions to light and other particles and returns the reactions aslight and sound. (In simple terms)

I activated the device and scanned the yellow tool. What came back was a sequence of

dull yellow-orange and pale brown light with a high then a low lowering tone. In human that

means the device scans for harmful radiation. Whatever it was, I dont trust it. First of all, it is

made on Earth. I dont trust earthling readings and scales. I mean who makes a temperature scalebased on the liquid range of water into one hundred. Secondly, its earthly, but I digress.

I scanned my dress to make sure it didnt have harmful radiation.The device couldnt

read through the plastic (and I was too woozy to remember how to make it scan through stuff) so

I removed the dress from the bag and scanned it. An alternating blue and gold with a high,

repeating tone lasting about one second each.

Cagwmok! GET BACK! I pushed Trevor back and covered my mouth with my

oversized attire. The response I got I had only learned about in tech class.

What? What is it? He asked me as he regained balance from me throwing him

backwards. I was still slinking backwards. Those readings were terrible and meant only onething. We were lucky to be alive and much luckier to be in one piece.

Time went boom.


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Celecian biology

Whats up? Im Ogmel, or Og for short. Being the most experienced as a war medic, lets

begin with the basics.

A Celecian cell.

No, Imjust kidding. Well, sorta.

Lets start with the fact we are born with three hearts and four lungs. Yes I know. We are

amazing. We have over twenty stomachs and a light-month of intestines. We can process food

down to the subatomic level which is extremely important considering we thrive on a specific

subatomic energy called genesis energy (there will be more on that later).

Our intestines are divided into three major sections, soft, strain, and vein.

The soft section takes the subatomic particles from the stomach and separates them so

they dont combine.So positrons go with positrons and protons go with protons, etc. (I honestly

dont know the proper words in English to tell you how it works exactly)

The strain distributes the different particles evenly then divides into the veins. Our

intestines in the vein section are long and thin and move around to each cell like veins. Instead of

having the blood transport it we have our intestines keep it in raw fuel form. Particles cannot

combine because the atoms inside of this section are moving so quickly that they shatter any

cohesion.

Celecians have a unique system of taking all discarded and harmful matter and recycling

it into genesis energy (this is part of later). For this reason, we dont need to shower, eat, breathe,

or anything that requires atoms. Even when cells die in our bodies, the atoms are processed and

we regain them in energy. This energy is laced into our blood. Quite literally we have an organ

that opens our fingers up so we can spew genesis energy. It is an amazing thing if you get to see

it.

In our body we have several pockets where this energy will rest. These pockets are in

major organs and in areas that need constant repair. For example, if a Celecians intestines break,

a small sack will form there to aid in the reconstruction of the damaged intestine.

Celecians are highly temperature resistant. Our temperature has no impact on our

biological functions, making us versatile. We can tunnel into the center of the earth and drink

lava and come out on the other end fine in a winter coat.


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We are also invulnerable. Our cells are made of a special compound known as

Criscortatin on Celec. It makes diamonds look like mica. Heck, we can eat diamonds. We areimmune to the effects of unstable elements as well and antimatter (depending on the atoms we

ingest, antimatter can be harmful). We dont require molecules in a certain form to exist in our

body. For that reason we cannot be poisoned even by injection. All molecules that arent blood

or genesis energy are diffused into the intestines where they get processed into energy.

Here comes my favorite topic, the brain. In a human brain your cells are connected but

with space between them. A Celecian brain is a huge conglomerate of cells with no empty space

spared. We have approximately 200,000 times as many brain cells as humans and at least

quintuple the synapses. Our brains dont hold memory because we have our memory stored via

DNA. This genetic memory can sometimes be received from ancestors but it is like a recessive

gene or a sterile gene. Anyways, because we dont store memory we can compute things so

much faster than humans or even supercomputers. If you ask a Celecian child what 2874531

times 6681175 they would say, without hesitation, 19205244653925. If you ask a human childthat they would look at you funny.

What can I say? Celecians have it all.


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Buried

I cant tell you exactly the last time I was buried alive. I can tell you it is unpleasant. It

only took me seconds to dig out of the rubble in which I was encased. I looked around and saw a

white dress. CCs white dress.

I dug to find a weak human lying there barely breathing. I listened to her hearts. Only one

was beating. She was in very bad shape. One lung had collapsed and she was bleeding. I did

what I could to patch up the bleeding with my tattered clothes. Her lung was a different issue.

(Celecians have special senses to see damage, more on that later)

Hang on CC this is going to hurt, I informed the nearly dead CC. I took two small tools

from a small pouch I had. One was an inflator; it had a red tip and a silver handle and looked likea stick. The other looked like half a bubble called an MQR (malleable quick regenerator). I

shaped the bubble to a human lung. Then, I activated the inflator and the right of her chest roseslightly as I touched her chest. Next, I took the lung-shaped item and placed it on her chest,restoring her lung perfectly with a slight press on the top.

She woke up immediately after I finished the procedure and slapped me.

What the heck! she screamed hiding her chest from me. For a human, she hits hard.

I reflated and patched up your lung, I said realigning my jaw. She looked around

confused. Youre welcome, I mumbled.

What happened? She looked around at what used to be the prom, forgetting her anger.

I have no clue, I told her honestly. We were at the edge of what looked like a nice, deep

crater. A big, dark, mysterious, almost certainly dangerous crater.

Come on!

Are you crazy? CC demanded. I gave her a devilish smile and jumped into the crater.

Just a bit,I yelled to her.

Down, down, down I went until I landed in what seemed to be fine powder. For some

reason, the powder seemed to be a much lighter color than all the concrete around it. Not just

that, it was all uniform. The particle sizes were IDENTICAL. No joke.

What did you find? screamed up an impatientCC. I jumped up and showed her the

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Its itscement, she stuttered, her eyes were squinted and she looked like she was

having trouble breathing.

Are your hearts OK? I asked. Her breathing trouble seemed to stop and glared at me.

I can restart them, so they canbe in sync, I offered.

NO! she respectfully andgracelesslydeclined.

{A brown muffin hits Og in the eye}

OW! [CC: Im going to kill the next alien who makes another jibe at me!}

And they say pregnant Celecians are feisty! Where does she get these muffins?

[Effe: We have a muffin bar.]

Since when?

[Effe: Since ever! CC: You know how I like my muffins.]

I want one! Do you have any more chocolate, you know, none with my DNA on it?

{Zixx looks up guiltily with chocolate crumbs on his face}

taharc trim.

Dont give me that gesture!

This continues until DNA runs out.


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The Human View

Okay, now that Og has decided to kill muffins instead of tell the story, I will take over.

Hi, Im CC, the only one sane out of all of the aliens. I am smoking hot as you can tell. Iam adopted and I have issues with acne. Seriously, if my mom didnt havethat special facial

cream her ancestors passed down to her, Id be a mess. I deal with normal teenage stuff. You

know, school, dating, but my biggest problem is with one alien.

I have to deal with an alien who is morally depressed.. Zixx told you that right? Oh

my, he didnt. Well, I guess I have to tell you. After Zixx came to earth, he wanted nothing else

but find the woman he loves. He gave me the short side of their mostly-hate-then-love

relationship. To me she sounds like a total jerk but she also sounds really confusing. I mean

Zixx: Ill explain it from here.Xibat, my heart, she is my heart. To call someone you careabout xibatis better than a marriage proposal on Celec. Right before Seclas and I got called to

battle, I almost called her that. Then one thousand years later we were escorting the last

evacuation parties. That was when the manual teleport failed. I was almost done stabilizing it but

it meant sacrificing my life.Xibat had other plans. She intentionally destabilized my attemptsand we were both sent through space.

I am alone. Celecians only fall in love once EVER. Celecians also have the nasty habit of

living that long. When I lost her, I lost my will to live.

CC: Thank you Zixx for making everyone morally depressed. I thought I was supposed togive the intro. Oh well lets continue


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my, Zixx is getting to me!}. There was an application calledMessengerand it had a strange

symbol.

I clicked on it and a bunch of code ran across the screen and showed an email screen.Well, it was like e-mail but there was no delete button and it was all in a continuous stream ofinput.

I scanned through all the messages until I reached one time stamped today. It read:

Attack Zixx

I gasped and Ogmel leapt from the crater and asked what was wrong.

Someone is after Zixx, I felt feverish. My sickness turned to rage.

They were here and they attacked us! They ruined prom! Darn you Zixx! I kicked the

stand so hard that I almost broke my toe. Instead of a hollow echo, there was just a sharp metallic

sound. My eyes must have been huge because Ogmel jumped back when I looked at him. Ilooked down and saw a grey box and a latch. Opening it, I found a mess of wiring and boxes.

Ogmel soon joined me and began following wires and muttering stuff.

Do you know what it is? I asked the frantic alien next to me. He was a maniac counting

wires, tapping pieces, and licking stuff [ew]. He took a few minutes and his eyebrows kissed.

Its a temporal agitator, He said in a vexed voice.

Whatsa temporal agitator? You know, in human terms?I inquired.

Abomb of time,


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The Enemy

Error

DNA is too corrupted to be read. Insert a different strain to be read.

Menu

Options

Attempt repair

Celecian DNA identified

Unable to obtain materials to repair

DNA eradication in 5

4

3

2

1

Eradication complete

Have a nice day.


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Trevors Endeavors

Weve got to get out of here, I said panting and my hearts racing.

Temporal Radiation was bad news. It is worse than a bomb because it makes your body age at

different speeds and a bunch of other nasty stuff.

I looked around the room and saw all the kids lying helpless on their cots. I couldnt help

to think of their mothers and how they would react if their child died from something unknown. I

know it mustve been the pregnancy hormones talking, but I told Trevor to help me make sure

everyone was okay.

It took us a little while, but we scanned everyone. They were suspiciously clean oftemporal radiation. I stood there confounded. Everyone seemed to exhibit symptoms of temporal

radiation exposure. Their skin was warped different colors and was of different ages. Theirminds were half melted. Everybody was the same. Except Trevor.

Why are you okay? I asked the only human in the vicinity. I started a scan on my

device but he put his hand over it so she couldnt complete the process. He looked all around the

room there was no sign of anyone awake except us. He grinned a mischievous grin that gave me

pause.

Because I am immune, he gave me a look that I only saw in Antis. Holy Celec!

Hes an Anti! He took my arm and flung me across the room into a bed of a boy. He hit the floor

and woke up from his time-induced coma.

Wha? He moaned slightly. I mustve hit a cure command because he was alive and

well.

Get down! I told him. We barely ducked fast enough. Trevor had a disrupter. Where he

got it from Id rather not know, the poor wall behind us was melted. I got up and jumped high

enough to land on his face without a problem. I probably broke his neck but Trevor wasnt dead.

I took his limp form and threw the evil boy so hard into the floor his back mustve broken in a

hundred places

Okay, what the heck was that? I looked back at the kid I revived and readied a scan. He

was completely fine. The radiation affects were somehow nullified by my landing on him. It

must be an organism that releases temporal radiation in other organisms. Movement must

neutralize it. PAIN! Pain must kill it! (Sorry if my thought process isnt clear, pregnancy

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No time to explain just pinch everyone and help them to their feet! So we followed the

example of the crab and pinched everyone. Within ten minutes everyone was up and confused.Everyone was obviously awake because the noise level rose dramatically. I tried to get

everyones attention politely. It didnt work. So I let out a loud Pwakii whistle. I should tell you

that my voice boxes are highly developed and very strong, VERY strong. I can go louder than

anything this puny earth has to offer. Example, Imagine the loudest thing youve ever heard

multiplied by a thousand, thats what my whistle is close to.

Everybodys headturned toward me as I began giving orders to the crowd.

I know you are confused about what has happenedbut, everyone, call the police from

your cells. Then give me your phones we are in big trouble, I was stunned by their cooperation.

Sure it took around an hour to complete but, I was slightly proud of their ability to follow

instructions. Then they watched in horror as I took Trevors disruptor and shot the phones.

Whats going on? One girl asked. I think I knew her. Kelly, maybe.

We were in an explosion but for some reason we were transported here instead of a

hospital, I guessed. I scanned the whole place while scanning people. I mean who uses plaster

props instead of metal in a hospital? All the scans indicate that we are in a small building with a

hallway to a control center.

I shot the disrupter to the wall and told everyone to get out. All of them left, except the

guy I knocked over, the girl I think whose name is Kelly, and a few more people. I looked at

them and told the acne factories to get out.

Why wont you leave? I glanced at the small group.

Well, it seems like you know whats happening and frankly I think were safer with

you, Kelly said,

Fine. But Ill need to know your names

Kelly, Said Kelly. See! Im not crazy! I knew she was Kelly!

Bryan, The kid I knocked off the bed supplied.

Terry, One girl said.

James, A guy said

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We ran down the corridor until I noticed a closet.

Wait! I punched down and broke the lock

What the heck? gasped one frightened Terry. As I suspected, there were disrupters of

all kinds in the dingy closet. I grabbed one pistol for every human; they took the grey, blue andgreen weapons uneasily. I grabbed almost everything else, not so uneasily.

Alright fellas, I primed a large disrupter, lets go find the people who did this to us.I

mustve been quite a sight with my hair going everywhere and a gun in my hand. I mustve been

so hot, too.

[Og: Honey Youre always hot]

Awww, thanks Og!

The control room was completely empty, well at least after we got to it. There were a

bunch of people in the room before I shot them. Once the room was cleared, I tried to use thelaibaidobs scattered throughout the room but they were written in human. I HATE HUMAN.

I did the only natural thing and kissed Bryan. He was the closest person who knew

human.

Woah there! He shouted in shock. In my defense, I needed to learn to read human as

soon as I could possibly.

Ummm whyd you kiss him? James was the only brave enoughof the group to speak

Because I needed to learn to read, I replied, in a hurry. I felt so sorry for the poor

puny minded humans.Nope, that was indigestion. I dont feel sorry for them.

Okay so their orders were to intercept some of the patients headed to the hospital andsend them here, I began, then, they wanted data on the patients.

So they are after usbecause we were at the prom? asked a confused Bryan. I probablyshould describe them. Bryan is a tall brown haired boy built like a machine and had bright

golden eyes. Kelly was a blonde with beautiful blue eyes that reminded me of the sky flowers I

grew in my garden. Terry had fantastic auburn hair with green eyes. Then there was James,

brown hair and awkward. For better or for worse, they are now my squad and we have butts tokick. So I told them were leaving the building.


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Torture

Celecians can withstand almost any form of torture. Our bodies can at least, our minds

will naturally retreat into a part of the Celecian psyche we call the medio-state. It allows us towithstand torture and trauma of any kind without being damaged emotionally. Our biggest issue

is a thing called arganoc. Arganoc will cause every subatomic particle to explode in our

intestines. It is PAINFUL! The nerves in our body are extremely sensitive.

Did you know that Celecians are supersensitive to everything? We can feel air particles

bounce off our skin. We can touch a radioactive substance and feel the decay. Thats not all!

Celecians have, wait for it, thirty-four senses. Touch, sound, taste, smell, sight,

magnetoception (magnetic fields), kinetoreception (movement), distoreception (distance/size),

volumoception (volume), sonoception (echolocation), thermoception (heat),

chemoreception(composition of things), electroreception(electricity), and emotioception

(emotions) are just a few of the senses we possess. So, I always know where north is.

Volumoception is a third-dimensional sense of distoception. We are skilled trackers from ourkinetoception, thermoception, and anomoception (the ability to sense minute disturbances from a

surrounding). These things are pretty cool but they leave us vulnerable to a lot. Our sight is so

sensitive, an x-ray is blinding, and our chemoception is so acute that a complex substanceoverwhelms us. Thermoception keeps us from guessing when someone has a fever. My personal

favorite is Emotioception, this lets us know when people are lying. Teenagers are a nightmare

when you have Emotioception. Did you know I counted as many as ten mood swings in an hour?

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My Little Sister to the Rescue!

AAAAAGHHHH! I screamed loud enough to shatter some metal. I was hooked up to a

sinister device that pumped my blood full of antimatter. I felt as my own blood boiled in mybody and energy ripped my cells apart. I sensed every explosion in my body, the energy

circulating inside me was too great and I felt like I was dying. True, Celecians cannot die, but toomuch energy poison destroys my weaker organs causing some of them to burst.

Stop, a man in a suit said. (Seriously, why does a man in a suit control everything?) Assoon as the antimatter stream was stopped, I started breathing.

Now little boy, tell me what I want to know, typical. Humans dont care about aliens,only what they know. This was going on for about an hour. When I woke up, I was strapped into

the machine. Now I am asked to answer his question again. Is it just me or does he have thenotion that hes older than me. Haha jorshye.

No, I told him, I wont. He flicked his hand and the machine began turning back on.

Five seconds later a man (he was maybe a messenger or secretary or slave) ran into the room and

whispered something in his ear. An evil smile found its place on his lips. He looked up at me and

signaled the machines to stop.

Go get her, he commanded. He watched as the messenger/slave/secretary ran out the

door and returned to me.

It looks like we have someone just like you, he began rubbing his hands, A sister.

You racist little lepsw, I am going to take your heart and make you eat it! Yes, I know

it was a little harsh, but just because someone is of the same species as me doesnt make them

my sibling. As a matter of fact, I do have a sister but she is busy fighting a war.

I glared at him with a deep rage and hatred radiating from my body. The lepsw stood

there and smiled arrogantly. Slowly, I began to count the ways I could make that smile

disappear. Unfortunately, my sadistic count was interrupted.

The door opened behind him and a person, most likely a child, came into the room bound

by chains. She had blonde hair and brilliant rainbow eyes. I guess I was wrong about my captor,he wasnt being racist. I began to chuckled which turned into a laugh.

Whats so funny? Mr. Im-so-important-that-aliens-are-beneath-me asked. I simply

looked up at him and continued.

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The man and his crew left the room and the girl got me down from the machines.

Zixx! What are you doing here? asked one angry sister. Yes, thats right, shes my

sister. Shes also one of the strongest Celecians youll ever meet. Shes, whats that expression,armed to the knees?

{CC: Teeth, moron! TEETH!}

Whatever!

I am here after my teleport destabilized,my sister recently finished a class on

teleportation mechanics. If a teleport malfunctions, the traveler is either atomized or flung

somewhere in the universe. That was a long way of saying she nodded in understanding.

We stood there for a moment and the man came in and grabbed Tovia from behind. Big

mistake. She reached for a small gun and shot a technician and the man. The technician got a full

blast to the chest and the man got a shot to the arm. They shouldve searched her harder than

they did. I took her hand as she was about to kill Mr. Suit and we ran.

We were in a skyscraper of some sort. Although I dont know how you can hurt the skybut these buildings apparently can. I mean who thinks the sky has feelings? Anyways when we

reached a window, I looked outside. The last time I checked, CC didnt live near a city. I gazed

out the it and Tovia decided to have some fun with some guards or security. The next thing I

remember I was falling through the glass I was staring out of.

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My sister

Zixx

My sister, Tovia, is odd. She is a fighting prodigy. By the age of two thousand she mastered

every form of Celecian hand-to-hand combat. Later she mastered the millions upon millions ofweapon fighting styles. Finally she retired to spaceship combat. Nobody can survive a fight withher.

To really illustrate Tovias abilities, I reference the battle of Casicortia. The Celecian legion was

out numbered a septillion to one. That one was Tovia. Over one hundred armadas showed to

attack. None left. She managed this miracle with a pointy stick, a boulder, and a piece of string.

She lost the boulder. In the bow of my mothers vessel, the stick and string are framed. So yeah

if you think CC is deadly with muffins, Tovia is worse.

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Were the Little Runaways

Zixx! Zixx!Tovia was shaking my form and I can tell you it HURT. My eyelids wereopening one by one. I never realized how much light came from the earths suns. I looked up andrealized it was only one sun. No wonder this planets plant life is so tiny. On Celec, the main star

cluster has several stars in it. All the stars are blue stragglers. I am getting off topic.

When I looked up I saw a familiar face. Not the pleasant kind of familiar. I saw my ownface! My first thought wasI am dead, arent I.

No youre not, I said. Well not me the other me. Lets call him Zixx number two. Wait,

how do I know I am not the Zixx number two? Celecmoc! I hate clones!

Dont worry youll be okay, He said. Tovia looked at the two of us nervously. I

searched around my brain to find if this clone was reading my thoughts or if I was reading his. I

couldnt tell.Whos the clone? I asked him as if reading my sisters thoughts. Her face was going

toward him and then me. He said he didnt know. I was going through mypsychic ports to findany ones out of the ordinary. There were none. There was my link to my mother and CC but

nothing else. Who was this Zixx and why is he here?

Over there, a security guard person shouted to his team. Great! We were spotted

escaping. I took Tovias hand and my own and ran.

We mustve run a couple hundred miles because when I lookedback we were in the

desert. I had no clue where we were and no idea how to get to CC. I mean even if I ran aroundthe world I wouldnt find her until later this millennia.

Looks like we lost them, said the other Zixx. I was still bothered by the fact I have a

clone. I know for a fact he isnt my Twinen. We dont have Twinens on Celec. In fact, neither

the concept nor the word exists on my world. The whole idea of diversity on Celec is to be

original and unique. Cloning is illegal except in medical emergencies like someone is too badlyinjured to grow a new organ after an accident. Even then they only grow the organ and some

surrounding tissue.

So what does this mean? Tovia asked. I was doubled over my hands on my knees

observing the terrain. It was dusk, which means we either ran around the world several times

without hitting anything (unlikely) or we were going exceptionally slow (likely). Somewhere in

the neighborhood of 100 miles per hour would do it.

I was trying to concentrate on how to find Og, Effe and CC when a horrible feeling came

over me like something was going through my digestive track in reverse and I hurled an energy

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Ugh, I grunted, I am leaking energy from the antimatterreaction. I felt like a human

with solid things moving inside me. The energy was seeping into my intestines and then into myblood. I could feel it all over my body, eating my innards. Slowly, I felt energy bubble up inside

me. I hurled another dose of energy. This time, it melted a rock in front of me.

No! You arent just spewing energy! Youre spewing your own energy! Zixx two said.He was right. I was dying from my own breath.


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Gensr

OgmelGensr, genesis energy and a few other names describe this amazing phenomenon. At

one time it was called the Breath of God. It is the powers of the universe into energy. It iscreation itself. Nobody in millions of star-lives has ever controlled it.

EffeGensr is abundant on Celec. It is hypothesized that gensr leaks from our planets core at

a constant rate. According to historical records, the planet was much smaller than it is today.

Somehow, the energy leaked from the planet causing Celec to grow.

ZixxIt is believed that somehow, exposure to the mysterious energy has caused our ancestors

to have it course through their veins.

{The three aliens hold out their right hands and a small spark of energy emits from their

hands. The little energy is green, yellow and orange and looks like a small fire}

OgmelIt is the beginning and end of all matter and energy. From it, space is born.

EffeIt is the greatest source of creation.

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Getting away with Alien tech

It isnt exactly easy not using a gun on a primitive world. Especially when youre running

from police and are in charge of four humans. They did their best to keep up but after a few

blocks I had to carry them. After three miles or so I thought we lost them.

How are you doing? I asked the group. I looked at them and they were all asleep. Poor

little humans. Theyd been kidnapped, shot at, scared and carried three miles. I wish I was them.

Up ahead, I saw a cave it looked big enough to house us for a little while, or at least as

long as it took for us to fully recover.

I started a small fire, remembering how humans always build one when they arent near

civilization. A few minutes later Terry woke up.

Ugh, she moaned, what happened? I looked at her and wondered if I should tell her

there is law enforcement after her but decided against it. I told her that I drove a car so fast that I

split the atmosphere and they passed out from lack of oxygen. I mean it wasnt a total lie. I did

drive fast enough that I split the air, but they passed out due to the fact they couldnt exhale atthat speed whilst I was carrying them.

Where are we? She looked out on the landscape. It was tree infestedand the cave was

in a mountain. There was plenty of firewood and some bushes of berries no more than a hundred

feet from the mouth of the cave. I closed my eyes and I reached into my mind. Somewhere so

deep it was imbedded into my instincts and found deep in my being. It was an ancient sense Inever had to use before. It was my ability to find home. Living on Celec most my life, I had no

reason to use it. Now, it is my point of reference. Without my ability to find home, I wouldnt

know where I was. True, I could find out with my ability to sense magnetic fields, but that would

take time. Time is one thing we dont have.

In the next time zone,maybe, I told Terry. She didnt seem surprised. I almost killed

her right there when I realized she wasnt an anti. No anti would EVER follow a Celecian, even

undercover. It was all a part of their campaign. Even if they are undercover, it is against the rules

and punishable by Reset.

We stood at the entrance of our hide out and talked. It mustve been so weird for her,

talking to an alien. Not just any alien, a pregnant alien. I caught her looking at my unborn childs

nest when I heard Kelly wake up. The men were as weak as ever. They lied there like useless

logs.

If there is one thing that could miss the apocalypse, it would be MEN. They are so

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What was that? Terry held to the cave wall. I looked up to the ceiling and did my best

to look through the cave walls. I didnt need to.

Before I knew it, a small device clattered in the cave.

What the?

Everybody down! With those words, I instinctively grabbed everyone and flung them

deeper into the cave. The small device exploded, and shrapnel bounced off my back harmlessly.

Aww dude! That was totally sick! I heard, it sounded about a bresh away. There weremaybe two or three people that I could hear. There may have been more but they werentmoving, talking, or breathing.

Oh, Wagiya no! I yelled at the mouth of the cave. I walked out and began my decent

of the hill. Another bomb came my way and I promptly threw it at least a few hundred bresh

away.

Alright, bomb-boys! I shouted to the guys who had a stack of explosives, I have had aREALLY long day. I was at the prom then I was abducted, then I had to bust out of a wackjob

prison-hospital. As SOON as we found somewhere safe, YOU THROW BOMBS! Now if you

want to keep your limbs, LEAVE!

I took the small stack of bombs with me as they turned butt and ran.

That wouldve been interesting, Bryan commented on thethought of the spectacle. It

was dawn and we all decided to sleep. It was a rough night even for me. So we passed out, heads

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Bryans Turn

Hey everybody! Im here to tell you that the crazy aliens are in fact here to help and not

trying to enslave us! Yes, I am trying to get on good terms with them after I tried to kiss Effe

again. Oh yeah, hadnt got there yet. In that case, lets go.


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Angry Birdie

Wake up you worthless sack of carbon, I felt someones toe jab into my side. I woke up

and saw a beautiful angel with white wings at the mouth of the cave. I squinted as light seem tobe radiating off of her.

Am I dead? I asked the strange angel. I felt peaceful and then I saw a face, the face of

the girl who saved us and the one who kissed me. I smiled as I thought she mustve been really

into me.

If you keep smiling like that, you will be, my eyes focused and it was still the girl I

thought and she did in fact have wings on her back except they werent white, they were a

rainbow form, almost as if they were made of light.

You look sexy, I said with the smile on my face. I guess that was the last straw because

she came in and slapped my so hard I fell a foot back.

You need to keep those thoughts to yourself, She snarled. Then she threw some clothes

at me. They were perfectly in my size. I looked up at her and down at the clothes. She waived

her hand in a weird way and I still looked at her strangely.

Get dressed, she told me.

Arent you gonna turn around, I asked her, she laughed and said she forgot how

humans value their privacy. As she turned around, I got a look at her. She was wearing a white

blouse with a nice pair of jeans. On her back were two holes the size of large slits. Underneath

were wings. The combination of that and her black hair and rainbow eyes was a little much. I got

the clothes on and realized they were mine. The jeans had a cut belt loop tied in a knot, I did thatwhen I was in history class, and the shirt was one I got from a clearance sale.

How did you get these? I asked after I was fully dressed. She held up a small bottle ofcologne, MY cologne.

I followed the stench of this and you,she replied with an annoyed tone in her voice. I

told her I was changed and she took me outside to where the others were waiting. They all sat on

some rocks and looked really bored.

Well, took you long enough! Kelly jibed at me. They motioned for me to sit down.

In the heat of running away, I realized I didnt give you a proper introduction, She

began, while sitting on a ledge.

My name is Boopwakii Ddi Eketai, or Efnitai. Most people call me Effe. I am a

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During my time here, I assimilated into the culture and the crudeness of technology.Oh,

I am with child, she rubbed her baby bump, now I must find my friends Og and Zixx.

We all stared in awe and fear at the pregnant lady in front of us. Then James opened hismouth.

You talk about our technology like its the Stone Age. The US is one of the most

advanced civilizations in the world, Effe glared at him as if she already answered the question

several times.

When I was in second grade, I built nanites with a complex program that would fill the

computer space over a billion times

Let me put it to you like this, she began obviously bothered, I watched your planet

grow from cosmic dust!

That means youre ancient, commented James. Effe looked at him even more annoyed,and then hit him over the head. I watched as he face planted the ground. Effe picked him up and

threw him over her shoulder. Poor guy, He doesnt know how to shut up.

Home is that way, she pointed a random way, well it seemed random.

After we hiked a little while, I caught up to Effe. For a pregnant girl, shes fat I mean

fast. I tried to start a conversation but she ignored me as if I wasnt worth her time.Hard to get, I

thought,I like that.

No sooner had the idea formed in my mind, Effe slapped me. It felt like my face was

being ripped off by a piece of metal.

Say that again, She glared at me. I swear it was like she was staring into my soul.

He didnt say anything, Terry protected me as she was running up to us. She looked atme and Effe and back at me. Effe shot Terry a murderous look and began mumbling under her

breath. When Effe was a distance away, Terry ran up to me and took a look at my head.

Is it just me or is Effe

Five tons of dynamite on a hair pin trigger, She finished my thought. The raw patch of

cheek was so sensitive, yet the skin around it was normal. The sensation of her rubbing my cheek

sent chills down my spine. Terry snorted lightly and smiled.

Stupid boy, she kissed my cheek and patted it. Terry took my hand and we ran to catch

up to the others. When we got to them, they were all standing on the edge of a cliff lookingdown. Terry gasped as she reached the cliff first. I looked at her and then over the edge, it was


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our town. Little old Bethany, North Carolina. Where the school was supposed to be, there was a

large crater. It was scary. I mean we were a few miles away, but, we could see how bad theexplosion was. It looked like a scar on the earth.

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Memories

We were safe in our make-shift home in the cave, for how long was unsure. As long as

we were away from civilization, we were a target for any and all attacks. Also from far away, Ican regenerate without damaging anything. Tovia was out while Other Zixx kept watch. I guess I

dozed off because the world went dark.

After I passed out, I started hearing things. A million voices were talking like I was in a

huge crowd [CC A.K.A. he is insane Zixx Shut up!]. Then one stood out. Traltis voice!

You accepted the risks, She kept saying, then I opened my eyes. I was lying down in a

small crib. Not just any crib, I was in my old crib. The stars were carved with the letters of myname and were glowing in the evening suns. I looked ahead and I saw my nursery in full and

heard my parents arguing with Tralti.

I dont care what you think he is, hes our son first. End of Discussion! My mother

yelled in Standard. She hit a table so hard it splintered. She was enraged with a hatred I neversaw in her. My father put his hand on her shoulder. His eyes were strong as if he was trying to

keep himself from strangling Tralti. Tralti, on the other hand, remained calm and took a moment.

His life force is directly linked to his ability! she shoutedgrabbing my attention fromtracing the letters in the stars.

You cameto me to determine if he was Given, I gave you the truth and you want me to

kill him by changing it! I cannot change his powers any more than I can change your past. I may

be a Conduit, but that is all I can do, conduct. I cannot change what he is! It is against

everything Celec fought for! her voice was corrosive. It took a few long moments for my father

to say something.

What can we do then? He inquired. My mom turned quickly and gave him a look.

Tralti seemed to be relieved.

Since the War of the Stars, Givens were all but extinct. After a few eons, they banded

together as the Adilun. Tralti began, Together they raised the most powerful empire in the

history of Celec. After exploring Celec entirely, they turned their attention to the stars. We were

still fighting each other at that point. The last wars were taking place and the Adilun took to the

stars. They colonized space and learned how to invent stars. One day when the Caoneotiosen

built a weapon of planet-wide destruction, they took their continent and fled.

I was just a little girl. I remember the continent flying around the world as if to say one

last goodbye and then smiting the Caoneotiosen! I remember the carnage as I gathered theweapons of the Caoneotiosen. Then I saw an Adilunos! She told me to duck and saved my life

from some renegades of the attack. A few days later there was a massive earthquake.


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By the Adilun launching into space they activated the Gensr core of Celec! They gave

us our abilities! The Adilun were powerful before without a modern Celecians uniquephysiology. With it, any one of them would have been nearly omnipotent. If a child is born with

the necessary genes, they are of Adilun heritage genetically. Just like you . Tralti looked to my

father. My mom then whipped her head at him. She began yelling at him in Nishik. My father

took her in his arms but she smacked him at least fifty feet back. Eventually, Tralti had to breakup the fighting.

How could you not tell me? My mother demanded pushing a few strands of hair out of

her face. Her voice seamed to echo as the scene faded away. That was when I heard the chanting.

Claimecic pep wacin

Dromitepic ne wegenop

Sicainen celecuc ceme adilun nag

Ceptem ezaz

Putece obromentem pinitomic

Ded ehepuc

The chanting stopped and the blackness gave way to another scene.

Retreat!

Whats going on? I asked a full color hologram of my mother. I expanded the image

and there was Death.

Celecmoc! The Antis have a gravity weapon! They just collapsed Semtarnigi!

I fought back emotions of dread and fear. A black-hole opened in the center of theComohari system. Then my mother hung up. I looked up to the stars and Semtarnigi was gone.

The Antis are coming.

Zixx? A familiar voice asked. I turned and saw Seclas. We were on Guagatos, the first

planet Seclas and I collaborated on. I remember this scene, we just got the news that Cardinon

just fell to the Antis. They were on a course for Celec.In my hand was a small device that just finished delivering the hologram message from

my mother. She had to pull back. The star was forced into a Supernova right when the Celecians

had the upper hand. The station of Cardinon was trying to hold the gravity field at bay but

progress was minimal. The first three planets were already devoured by the Night Fire. Cardinon

was the fifth planet and they were thinking of an antigravity pulse at the risk of an implosionswallowing the neighboring five galaxies and three stellar nurseries.


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Cardinon fell, I wouldnt look at her, she stood there in shock. It seemed surreal. Never

in history had anybody taken on a Celecian outpost, let alone gotten into our galaxy. Because ofthat, we were just reactivated from the reserves. Seclas and I have our orders to return to Celec

so we can start deploying ships. I also heard Tovia was being recalled from the Levono to hold

the line at the outer worlds of the system. Five armadas are patrolling the cloud around the

galaxy to make sure there are no surprise visitors or sneak attacks waiting among the asteroidscircling at the edges of Mejinitsa.

Weve been reactivated, I continued, The Antis are in the galaxy. Seclass brown hair

shimmered in a wave of light as she turned to the sky. The light of the accretion disk was a fiery

red color. While watching the hole grow, we both joined hands.

We cant go back, Seclas stated. I was stunned. She was a die-hard Celecian yet she

wouldnt go home? We had orders! She mustve seen the confusion in my eyes because she said

it was the only thing to do. (Seclas has rules about violence, I have yet to understand them)

I took her shoulders and told her she was too much and we laughed as we walked back to

the ship.

There they are! A third voice yelled. Wespun together and there was an easy fifty Anti

soldiers behind us. Seclas took my hand and ran with me in tow. We almost got to the ship when

a flash of light struck Seclass shoulder. She howled in pain as she fell to the sweet grass of the

clearing. She healed quickly and got up but by that time they were too close. There

Good thing we were reactivated, She stated as she pulled out a small pistol. On Celec,

the small pistol she has is for military use only. Obviously, nobody told her as she armed and

aimed. The Antis fired several shots when she finally shot the gun out of someones hand. Iknew that was just for show. She then shot five consecutive rounds knocking down five enemycombatants.

Why do you have a pistol? I asked her.

I knew someday we would be reactivated, shereplied, handing me the pistol. From her

bag, she brought two long-shots out and began shooting both of them simultaneously. With every

shot, an Anti fell. I shot a few rounds, mostly to cover our retreat but a few landed in

unsuspecting enemies (usually in unusual places). I started my holomitter and waited for a signal

after we found cover behind some boulders. I impatiently muttered some choice words abouthow its mother was related to a certain clay cooking device. At long last, an image formed.

This is High General Tocar of the Vashd, responded an all too familiar man.

Dad! Seclas yelledas she fired a few more rounds. Yes, he was my soon-to-be father-

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Guagatos, support, under attack, I updated him. I hoped he would just help.

Are you reactivated? He asked. Great, I knew Tocar had issues with me but hes going

to start this now? I mean, sure, our reactivations were spur of the moment and had not beenreactivated on the database, but my mother is the Mengyana or Supreme General. Her orders

trump that of a simple High General

Dad, this is your daughter, I dont care if you are on the surface of Semtarnigi! Guagatos

has been INVADED! My fiance yelled at her father. Tocar mumbled under his breath and

grudgingly obliged. He would be here in a maximum of twelve Guagatos hours. So we had to

find a safe place to hide.

Then my Seclas, oh my gosh I love that girl, took my hand again. Covering our tracks,she sprayed carbon dioxide everywhere (Seclas is an expert at carbon manipulation). The trees

on Guagatos absorbed the gas just slow enough so that when it cleared we were gone.

Far away from the enemy, we found ourselves at the edge of a cliff with a HUGE boulderon it. Seclas picked it up and threw me under. Five seconds later, we were in a small den inside

the cliff. I never saw this place before, nor was it on the planet schematics.

Here, She stated, We are safe.

As the sounds of the search parties flooded in the cavern I felt my hearts beat faster. If I

didnt know better, I would have thought that my hearts were going to burst.Then the darkness

encompassed me.

Welcome child, an ominous voice greeted me.

Who are you?

I am the darkness, the end of the line, the corner of your mind you shut away, the killer

of dreams,the voice told me. A sense of darkness engulfed me as he began laughing.

Youre a myth, I stammered, If not a myth you shouldnt exist After I spoke those

words, a flash of images flooded my mind and I heard Tovia yelling.

ZHEECT! I felt a hand across my cheek. My eyes flared open and I shot up. We were

no longer in the cave. Instead we were in the middle of the desert outside of a city.

What happened? Neither one would meet my gaze. They helped me up, but as I

straightened my torso, a shooting pain spread throughout my body. I screamed and collapsed.

Reaching for that area of my body, I found a large hole the size of my fist.

I looked up to both of them who glanced uneasily at each other.

We have no clue, answered Tovia.


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GO! I screamed to CC as she let a large piece of concrete fall and a beam of blue

energy shattered the falling rubble. CC looked at the rest of the rubble we had to clear.

At this rate, well get out of here in a week! exclaimed the exasperatedearth girl. Shewas right; we were using the Temporal Agitator to disturb the quantum state of the concrete

molecules.

Why do we need to loosen these slabs then me hold them up? She was winded and

sweaty and, most likely, tired.

Because its funny to watch you work, right there I swear she wanted me dead. She

muttered some interesting words and told me to shoot the Star Trek gun.

I hit the button and waited for the repurposed temporal agitator to charge to full power.

Half way through the cycle, I heard it sputter and then it stopped. I hit it a few times but nothinghelped. I yelled out some rather rude things about the machines mother being a form of bread

warmer.

Whats wrong? CC asked.

The temporal agitator just stopped! I glared at the piece of Anti machinery. I glanced at

her and was shocked to find that she was deep in thought. I mean, I guess that stupid look on her

face was her thinking, just kidding! (That was to prevent another barrage of muffins)

Og?

Yeah?

You said something was different about this temporal agitator, right? She asked. I

looked over at her in surprise. I thought she wasnt paying any attention when I explained it to

her.

Yeah, it doesnt have a distorter, I replied, It has an enlarged enhancer. She looked at

me and then back at the machine and the next thing that came out of her mouth made me

reevaluate the intelligence level of the entire human race.

So that means whatever caused the Temporal Agitator go off has ended, I mean it has nobattery and can only focus the disruption into temporal energy and make it decay into temporal

radiation with a lack of temporal stability. Then, where is the stability required to make an

explosion. I mean because the stability defines whether or not the energy decays and since an

explosion occurred, there must have been two events. One small one before the explosion and a

second one after so that both I could have sworn that my brain exploded. I could barely say a

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Basically, this human girl, whose intelligence thus far has left much to be desired, just

stated the Quantum Balance Law of Temporal Mechanics. As my shock diminished a small

fizzle came from the machine. I turned around and I couldnt believe my eyes. In front of the

temporal agitator stood a woman in all black, complete with black hair and teal streaks.

Dang disruptortravel. Makes me end up in a stinking crater every time! she startedswearing in Varar. CC must have thought she was dreaming because she told me to hit her. I wasmore than happy to oblige.

Hopefully, the next time CC wants to be sure she isnt dreaming, shell pinch herself.

When I hit her, she was sent flying across the ruins. That was enough to get the girls attention.

Stillgetting into trouble, I see, She chuckled at me in Varar.

What do you want? I looked over at CC to find that she was stumbling around.

Is that anyway to treat me Hiss? I tensed at the name she used.

Dont call me that Viper, I spat at her. I was all but eager to tear out her throat whileshe looked calm and almost entertained at my reaction. We stood there for a few minutes with

tension so thick that it felt like a gravity well. Finally, CC stumbled over to us and said a few

unintelligible things and keeled over. I rushed to her side to find that she was only dehydrated.

Suddenly, the woman grabbed my neck with her nails and a harsh sensation filled my body.

I fell to the ground and started convulsing.

Poisoned You I was able to stutter beforeshe pressed her finger to my lips.

You can stop this,just open the vial,She tossed down a small vial filled with orange

liquid. Just the kind of thing you want to hear from your older sister.


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Healing

DNAT available for your number one alien Zixx! {OW! Effe just slapped me}

I am here to talk about Celecian healing. It is a fairly simple process. When a Celecians

skin is pierced, the vein intestines expand right before the wound so that necessary particles to

repair any damage. Because our intestines are moving at an exceptionally fast speed, the genesisenergy cannot become the proper atoms without being destroyed. The sacks are like a pit stop

where atoms can form and combine to patch the wound. All of this is usually accomplished in

seconds.

In extreme cases, people can go through the stages of the phoenix. The phoenix is .

The rest of the message is unintelligible


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UGHHHHH!A gaping hole in my torso caused me great agony. I felt as every single

cell in my body screamed for regeneration. My own thoughts betrayed me telling me to releasemy burden and take on the Phoenix. The pain grew as a fire in my body.

Zixx, hold still, Tovia said without any emotion. After her orders, she stuck her hand

through the new hole in my body. By accident, she grazed the edge and made the pain worse.

The worst of it was that I could barely control myself. I was concentrating so hard that I didnt

notice the edges of the cavity erupted in flames.

Tovia quickly extinguished them but barely in time. Around the edges where once there

was charred flesh, fresh new skin began growing. Swiftly, Zixx number two came in with someodd supplies; a rounded stone, the shell of a desert bird and poison of a scorpion. Spell

ingredients!

I reached up and grabbed Tovia by the collar and barely breathed with tension in her earbefore I could no longer tolerate the pain.

Yes, thats right. Tovia was going to cast a spell, something she had never been trained to

do and something, if done incorrectly, would most likely kill me. Now, I know what youre

thinking, Zixx, Magic isnt real. It can only be technology we dont understand. I can tell you

with a hundred percent confidence that magic is real. Right now, my sister was attempting a spell

our father taught us but he didnt give us any training in how to channel magic.

Before I could protest, my sister started the chant. It was an ancient chant with words

whose meanings have been lost to time. Slowly, she placed the stone in the center of my woundand began the chant again. Then she crumbled the eggshell and placed the powder over the rock.

Finally, she placed the poison on the sides of my injury. The pain was so excruciating. I felt as if

a star was inside the wound. In one last desperate attempt to stop this, I screamed in my mind no.

The ground started to shake and Tovia stumbled backward and into the wall of our cave.The ceiling came caving down on us like a rain storm, well except for the fact it was obviously

rock. [Effe Ahh, CAVING like a cave. Ha! That Funny!! a blue muffin hits Effe. She walks

out of camera visual and CC screams. Three seconds later, you see Effe with a piece of CCs

shirt between her teeth.] Zixx: Ummm, Okay.

Despite that, Tovia, Zixx two, and I were in grave danger, a new force spontaneouslycaused an earthquake in our region. Unfortunately for us, it was a highly-localized 10.8

Earthquake.

I dont remember how we escaped the quake, but we did. Zixx two was injured almost as

severely as I was. (Yes I know Celecians are next to impossible to hurt, but somehow Zixx II

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The next scenes passed by in a blur but I remember a woman. When I woke up, I was on

a dining room table with my shirt off. I hate it when people take my shirt off. I mean, I have aweird birth mark on my back that has a nasty habit of reshaping itself. Moving on.

I removed myself from the table and hobbled over to the kitchen (Celecians always know

where the kitchen is). I found my sister in deep conversation with a strange woman. They werespeaking in a language I never heard before when Tovia noticed I was there. She commented thatI was awake and the strange woman turned around.

I was right about one thing, the woman was strange. A little too strange. She looked so

much like Tovia, I almost mistook one for the other. It mustve been too much for my brain

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Pwakii Bird

I doubt I need to introduce myself considering I am the only Pwakii on earth.

The Pwakii are a people who live solely in the trees. We have HUGE houses that areformed with a special ceremony called House and Home. We also have a very special

ceremony called Soul Bird Ceremony.

The Pwakii are people of the birds and sky. As such, we believe that the soul is split

before it comes to form in the body. One part is in an egg and one part in the Nest. Later, when

both pieces of the soul can no longer bear it, they start calling to each other. By now they are

both complete so they are torn in half. This causes a bird and a child to act strangely. After a

while, both the bird and the child leave home under the moons of the Unborn (all Celecian

moons at full). Once each finds the other, they set out for the Nest of the bird then the home of

the Pwakii. From that point on, both bird and Pwakii are inseperable. In the event of separation,

it is called half-death. Both bird and Pwakii begin to fade until both die.


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Ogs Secret

A piercing shriek cut through the air, I could hear the wild life scamper as my banshee-

like screams. My flock of four looked to me in shock. I simply told them I was calling for an old

friend.

Haha, Kelley laughed, the only thing that could possibly like that is a a dark form

flew through the sky briefly blocking out the sun. Slowly, the form descended to my arm where I

gently stroked its feathery head and it hummed contently to himself.

Thats a good boy, I cooed to the little bird. It responded in a series clicks and whistles.

I nodded and told it a brief summary of our adventures. He told me I was insane.

Are you talking with that bird? Bryan inquired in shock. Humans are so closed-minded.

Yes, I am Pwakii. I speak the language of thebirds, My little friend squawked in

protest. I assured him that he wasnt any ordinary bird.

This is Gw, he is my Soul Mate, Bryan snorted at my explanation.

So you married a bird? I figured you married a bird brain! And dont tell my, those are

eggs under your shirt! He looked to his fellow humans expecting them to laugh, but they all

slowly moved away from him. I locked him in my sights and jumped. I dont jump like a wimpy

hop a foot or two in the air. I jumped a mile, easy, and landed on a large boulder, demolishing it.I pointed to Bryan in a gesture to say that couldve been you. He obviously got the message

because he swallowed hard.

I always loved cities; they always reminded me of the open markets of home. I love thehustle of people and the sound of busy words. I remember the time when my older brother,

Yachiichii, stole a Twu from a local vendor. We spent the whole day running from the man.

Later on, we paid double for it and apologized formally. The man simply laughed and explained

chasing us was the most fun he had all day. He took the money, though.

I smiled to myself as I walked down the street. Gw was swooping through the air,

plucking at some unfortunate bugs that happened to cross his path. It astonishes me that no onein the street saw a four-winged bird flying across the sky. I bet nobody really cared about it

though. Gw mustve been so happy to fly free for once. I have always to cramp him in a cage to

conform to human customs. Humans are monsters.I looked down the street and realized that my feet were moving me toward the scarred

school building. I couldnt bear to look at it. All the ruins and rubble could remind me of was my

dearest Og. It was almost as if I could still sense him. I stopped dead in my tracks causing Gw a

mini-conniption. I realized Og was still alive. I could sense him. His heart was in sync with

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A poison began seeping through my veins, eating away at my very existence. The pain

was too great and I collapsed. Gw fly for help but it would be no use. I was struck by Vararpoison. I had moments to live. I picked myself from the ground. Something was wrong with Og.

He was dying from a mythical poison. Except he and I both know that this poison isnt mythical

any longer.

Gw rested on my shoulder and began cooing in my ear gently. I told him to find myother half and hurry. Gw fly into the sky above the ruined building and within five seconds he

returned, growing to a fraction of his true size with three bodies hanging from his talons [I know

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Glossary of Terms

Many terms used by aliens in this story are not translated. To remedy that, I have

provided a glossary to translate.

Bresh- a Celecian unit of measure approximately 9.5 yards. Celecmoc- a Celecian exclamation meaninggreat creatororgreat Celec. Child nest- the Pwakii term for a pregnant womans stomach. Guagatos- the planet Zixx and Seclas made together, it is approximately twenty

megatillion light-years from Celec.

Sogandi- a moon of Guagatos. During the Anti Invasion, The moon was set ablaze andnow it is the second sun of Guagatos.

Hastermact- hazmatwith a Celecian accent. Comohari- A system of twenty-two worlds ranging from gas giants to over-sized moons.

The center of the system has the star Semtarnigi.

Cardinon- an outpost in the Comohari system. There are strange ruins on the planet withunusual readings that date back to the War of the Stars. It is suspected that one of the

Original Empires was on Cardinon.

Semtarnigi- Mega-hyper Giant at the center of the Comohari system. It has unusual flaresof Gensr and Sampi radiation. The star is the only instance of natural Gensr formation

other than Celec. It was collapsed before any useful data could be collected. One theorystates that it slowly absorbed other planets in Comohari to maintain itself therefore it

might be alive. JD- the Celecian pronunciation of DJ. Jorshye- Standard for if only he knew. Laibaidobs- laptopsin a Celecian accent. Lepsw- a rude Celecian name. Equivalent of several nasty words in Human languages. Reset- to erase a portion of someones personality or memory. Antis are pioneers in this

field of neurobiology. The process is extremely painful.

Menkosh- a field people near the land of the Caoneotiosen. They have a long tradition ofrespecting the elements and magic.

Nishik- people of the southern mountains and plateaus. Zixxs mother is Nishik.

Caoneotiosen- a religious group of people who believe that Caoneoti will be back and itis their job to make Celec a suitable place for him. These people were originally a cult ofthe Lel

Tsiaba- the Menkosh word for Gensr or soul. Twinen- twinwith a Celecian accent.


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Wagiya- The Pwakii netherworld. It is almost like purgatory but it is the place wheresouls are converted into birds.

Varar- a mythical culture of assassins on Celec. According to legend, when thegovernments were unified on Celec, the Varar refused to take part and went into hiding.

They are closely related to the Digoa.The Varar or Shadows had a strange ritual called

aga yimu where they would receive the power to bite a person with venom in theirfingers.

the cherry in the apple orchard

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