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 could
see 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 her
breaths. 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 it
wasnt used in years
It isnt possible. You were 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 before
the dawn of many times. He was the end of every star and he was ended.
You will not do anything to me. 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 up
to 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 of
time.

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 out
world. 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 in
sleep. 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 my D-NATs in six strands.
In many of these selections, my colleagues and I dont use 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 her prom. Whoever Tuxedo is, I dont blame him for skinning himself. His skin is
horrible! 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 repeat NEVER tie
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 gorgeous
even by my alien standards. Her brown hair was put up with some strands spiraling delicately
down 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.
Hey there 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 thoroughly impressed. I just snarled.
Medu taharioc, which means I dont like you in 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 my dead 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 me in conversation but I snorted with
every 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 in
her 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. She
brushed 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 lights
did. 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 also
looked 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, their
honeymoon.
{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 the
message. She whispered something in Trevors ear and walked 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 other
wandering 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 kiss
someone 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 to
maneuver 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 name
again. 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 long
I 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 a couple 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 that
moment 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 and
said something about being hit by a train.
Concussive forces tend to do that, I informed 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 as
light 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 scale
based 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 one
thing. 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, Im just 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 are
immune 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 child
that 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 like
a 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 rose
slightly 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 impatient CC. I jumped up and showed her the
strange light powder.
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Its its cement, 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 can be in sync, I offered.
NO! she respectfully and gracelessly declined.
{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. I
am adopted and I have issues with acne. Seriously, if my mom didnt have that 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 care
about xibat is 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 attempts
and 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 to
give the intro. Oh well lets continue
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What Does Ogmel Say?
After Ogmels really rude comment about restarting my heart, I noted that the cement
was from the floor of the gym. According to Ogmel, it was the same concrete just before it was
hard. That left one question. But why did the concrete revert to cement?
I wish Effes bag was here, he commented exasperatedly. I gave him a raised eyebrow.
She has a scanner in it and we could determine what happened with it, He explained.
Og took a moment and then returned to the crater, leaving me alone.
I dont know if you know this, but in the ruins of a place it is strangely silent. It is also
eerie if you know what it was supposed to look like. The mix of the two compelled me to take
out my phone and listen to music. I was in the middle of my jam when I noticed across the crater
was the DJs station. It was completely intact and looked unharmed.
Hey Og! I shouted. I tried to look into the crater but got woozy looking at a hole that
deep.
Yeah, a voice came from the mega-dent of Boom.
Can you do that thing where you can tell how big something is?
Yes
Do it on the crater from the center of the explosion, I told him. The crater to me seemed
off. The lowest point seemed closer to the DJs stand than between me and the stand.
Thats odd, Ogmel remarked confoundedly, The blast radius is uneven. I looked
across the crater and knew that the equipment over there had something to do with it. I told
Ogmel to keep investigating the crater while I do the same to the perimeter. He happily obliged
I got to the DJ equipment and saw it was not only intact, it was pristine. It wasnt
scratched or anything. It was like the blast completely ignored the music machines. I got up on
the stand and looked over all the controls remembering what my aunt taught me. Shes a DJ.
It was relatively simple but there was another dial that shouldnt have been there. It was
on the far left and was turned all the way down. I checked for a label but there wasnt one. I
looked to the left of the soundboard and at the laptop. I opened the lid and on it was the playlist. I
looked at all the programs on the desktop and one stuck out. There was no e-mail on there. I
checked the program listings and there werent any e-mail applications. I checked for other key
words like mail, communication, and message. The last one rendered an abnormal result {Oh
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my, Zixx is getting to me!}. There was an application called Messenger and 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 of
input.
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. I
looked 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.
Whats a temporal agitator? You know, in human terms? I inquired.
A bomb 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
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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 of
temporal 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. Their
minds 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
hormones get in the way of memory)
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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 head turned toward me as I began giving orders to the crowd.
I know you are confused about what has happened but, 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
You are going to be my squad. Now lets go to the control room!

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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 and
green 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 the
laibaidobs 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 enough of 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 and
send them here, I began, then, they wanted data on the patients.
So they are after us because we were at the prom? asked a confused Bryan. I probably
should 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 to
kick. 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 to
withstand 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 our
kinetoception, 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 substance
overwhelms 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?
Nightmare.
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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 my
body 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 too
much 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?) As
soon 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 the
notion 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.
I take that back I wont make you eat your heart, I continued laughing, she will,
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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 sky
but 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.
I felt the wind rush past my body as I fell helplessly to the planet surface and then
nothing.
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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 of
weapon fighting styles. Finally she retired to spaceship combat. Nobody can survive a fight with
her.
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.
{Transmission immediately cuts out}
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Were the Little Runaways
Zixx! Zixx! Tovia was shaking my form and I can tell you it HURT. My eyelids were
opening one by one. I never realized how much light came from the earths suns. I looked up and
realized 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 own
face! My first thought was I 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 my psychic ports to find
any 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 looked back 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 around
the 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 badly
injured 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
cloud.
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Ugh, I grunted, I am leaking energy from the antimatter reaction. I felt like a human
with solid things moving inside me. The energy was seeping into my intestines and then into my
blood. 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
Ogmel
Gensr, 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 is
creation itself. Nobody in millions of star-lives has ever controlled it.
Effe
Gensr 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.
Zixx
It 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}
Ogmel
It is the beginning and end of all matter and energy. From it, space is born.
Effe
It is the greatest source of creation.
Zixx
But is also the ultimate destruction
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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 at
that speed whilst I was carrying them.
Where are we? She looked out on the landscape. It was tree infested and 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 I
never 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
oblivious. Then, the whole cliff rattled violently.
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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 were
maybe two or three people that I could hear. There may have been more but they werent
moving, 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 a
REALLY 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 the thought 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
against the dirt.

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Two sided

Sorry guys, no DNAT for this one
CC and I searched the rubble for more survivors; so far we found some delicious metals
(I love alloys), $509.88 in change and bills (CC stopped me from eating that), and a piece of
paper (I ate that, too). It looked like everyone was somehow taken away. Everyone except us.
Where is everyone? CC kicked a small rock into the crater. Her dress was torn and she
had bruises everywhere and her hair, Ive seen tornado wreckage cleaner. Just out of curiosity,
whats a tornado?
It looks like they were taken away by someone, I observed. There were handbags
strewn about and signs of torn clothing. They were torn upward like people were picked up
quickly. Then I noticed the area beneath them was warm. All the human-shaped holes were
warm. The places where CC and we found us were cool. Of course! They used thermal imaging
to find bodies, but I dont have one and CC was buried pretty deep! They WOULDNT have
seen us. That means that Effe is still in the rubble!
I frantically dug through all the rubble. I could feel my panic set into my form as I began
destroying large slabs of concrete.
Hey! Og! CC yelled at me. Turned around to face her and she looked terrified. I looked
all around me and saw I had smashed almost everything in sight. She brought me back to the JD
stand. I was bursting with rage. Nothing could contain me. I would do nothing short of ripping
the universe in half to find her. I got so angry and so scared; I stomped on a slab causing it to fly
up. I watched as it rose and got to my feet, throwing a punch disintegrating the slab. Instead of
that being the end of the concrete, the pieces flung together like I was watching the impact in
reverse. All of a sudden I watched my fist hit the slab again.
Og! CC touched my shoulder and the block disappeared and my fist was in the same
position.
Did you see that? I turned my head toward her and then back to my fist.
See what?
No, I whispered. I told no one, not even Effe. It must be trying to bleed through again. I
looked to CC and opened my mouth to speak when I saw the JD station.
Of course! If it was going to come out, I might as well use it.
What? CC was confused as always.
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{The camera tips over and CC is attacking Og. Zixx intervenes just as CC bites Ogs
nose.} [Come at me alien punk! You are gonna get it!] {She breaks free of Zixxs grip and tries
to strangle Og. Zixx barely manages to remove her once again}
Oof. Shes got a killer grip. Im going to have to cut off my nose and grow a new one. Be
right back!
{Zixx sits down in front of the camera}

While Og tries to find something strong enough to slice Celecian flesh, I guess its my
turn.
Zixx two and Tovia managed to make a small shelter while I hurled toxic energy at the
ground. I left little craters like footsteps everywhere I went. I felt horrible.
Zixx, you need to lie down, Tovia said with as much concern as she could, which was
about as much as a vicious, cornered animal. Thats no shock.
My sister is a warrior. She developed one of her abilities extremely early and uses it well.
She led several battles in the war. Unfortunately, that has psychological impacts on a little girl.
She is the equivalent of ten human years old. She fought in the war since she was the equivalent
of three human years-old.
I followed my sisters orders and lied down. I felt my whole body against the earth and
the velocity of the earth. I felt the rotation around the axis, around the sun, around the galaxy.
Nope, lying down was a bad idea. I hate this planet. I tried lying down again when I felt
something tug inside me. It was a strange sensation as if one of my hearts was being pulled out
of my chest. Except, it wasnt my heart, it was my Gensr sack. I felt this sensation every time I
was near Seclas. That meant she was nearby!
Do you feel that? I asked Zixx two and he confirmed my guess. Seclas was on Earth.
Then, I hurled more energy and the feeling was gone

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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 to
be 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 that
when 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 of
cologne, 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
Phoenix-class attack bird of Kpo. I am from Chaaago, the city of the great blue sky.
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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 his
mouth.
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 at
me 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 looking
down. 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 the
explosion was. It looked like a scar on the earth.
The scene didnt seem to faze Effe. She told us that was the easy part.

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No DNATs available

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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, I
can 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 my
name 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 never
saw 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 shouted grabbing my attention from
tracing the letters in the stars.
You came to 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 the
weapons 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 unique
physiology. 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 break
up 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 the
Comohari 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 implosion
swallowing 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 of
that, 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 asteroids
circling 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. We spun 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. I
knew that was just for show. She then shot five consecutive rounds knocking down five enemy
combatants.
Why do you have a pistol? I asked her.
I knew someday we would be reactivated, she replied, 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 about
how 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 yelled as she fired a few more rounds. Yes, he was my soon-to-be father-
in-law.
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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 been
reactivated 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 boulder
on 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 exasperated earth girl. She
was 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 nothing
helped. 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 no
battery 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
few words in Tenyu before I could truly comprehend what happened.
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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 disruptor travel. Makes me end up in a stinking crater every time! she started
swearing in Varar. CC must have thought she was dreaming because she told me to hit her. I was
more 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.
Still getting 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 while
she 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 before she 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 genesis
energy 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 release
my 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 some
odd 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 ear
before 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 wound
and 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 spontaneously
caused 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
managed it).
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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 a
weird 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 were
speaking in a language I never heard before when Tovia noticed I was there. She commented that
I 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
because darkness surrounded my sight.

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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 are
formed 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 the birds, 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 the
hustle 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 one
in 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
mine. Then something went horribly wrong.
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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 Varar
poison. 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 my
other 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
humans call birds it

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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 meaning great creator or great 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 and
now it is the second sun of Guagatos.
Hastermact- hazmat with 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 with
unusual 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 flares
of 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 theory
states 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- laptops in 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 of
respecting 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 it
is their job to make Celec a suitable place for him. These people were originally a cult of
the Lel
Tsiaba- the Menkosh word for Gensr or soul.
Twinen- twin with a Celecian accent.
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Wagiya- The Pwakii netherworld. It is almost like purgatory but it is the place where
souls are converted into birds.
Varar- a mythical culture of assassins on Celec. According to legend, when the
governments 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 their
fingers.