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-=The Path Of Enlightenment=- - Soul Reaper - 08-08-2009
The Path Of Enlightenment
Characters:
-Kyle Harris
-The Young One (Kyle will name him as Ra'Sul later on)
-=Chapter 1=-
***[color=white]..Name..follows..'us'..always with..interest...***
The young Nomad, 'feeling' the thoughts of the humans, all around the system, each one in a different 'tone', a different feeling. The young one had not recognized all these feelings and thoughts at once. It had been flying around the system, exploring, discovering everything it felt or saw. One of the Outcasts, or so they gave themselves that name, was following the young one. Looking at it, the Nomad felt his interest, this was the second time..the same human...
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Kyle was looking at the ''spirit'', or the Nomad, as other people called them. It was circling around the Hispania, the old sleeper ship, the Spirit got closer to him, pointing to Kyle, his head, was getting woozy, as always before it..it..
***[color=white]..Name..follows..'us'..always with..interest...***
He wanted to understand the spirit, all the other Outcasts, just hailing it's presence in the system, though Kyle had a interest in it, he wanted to know more about the spirits, he wanted to know what they were, where they came from, what they thought, anything about them. He had asked everyone he knew about the spirits, what they knew about the so called Nomads. They always answered his questions in the same way.
They are the Great Spirits. They were always here. What they think is beyond us
That was the answer he always had, but, that hardly explained anything to him. The great libraries of Malta, had pages and pages of information about them, but didn't contain his answers, the book only explained what they technically were, how they were connected to the cardamine, the spirit types, there were different types of spirits. The only book about them, he had practically memorized it, still, not enough to answer his questions. The Nomad got closer, Kyle's head was spinning..
***[color=white]..Name..follows 'us'...'we'...will, teach..show..come name, path of darkness...will be..prevailed into...light..knowledge..***
Did it want him to follow ? Yes, it did..he activated his cruise engines and followed it.
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The young Nomad shared his thoughts with the ''community''. The sharing had decided the human be ''enlightened'' to a certain point, the curiosity of the young one, took him the great ones. It was flying to the keepers, to re-unite with them for a time.
The young Nomad was very curious about this particular human, the human's mind, was, in joy? confused? angered? It could not tell, the human was different from others. The young one had used 3 of the ''gates'' to different parts of space, human craft, different ones from the Outcast. The Nomads had sensed them, closer..the Nomad sensed a rage, from the sharing, then it saw it, darknames, or so they are called had destroyed one of their kind, its mind still intact, but body, erased from life, another darkname, the Nomad sensed the presence of, remains, of their bodies..
***[color=white]..Darknames..Sing Tones...of Hatred, against 'US'...DEFILERS..must be penetrated..of life.. ***
The young Nomad dashed into battle raging onto the darknames, crushing them, the Outcast, behind him, firing on the darknames..the defilers.
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They had entered Eta..some of his friends hailing him, hailing the Nomad with glory, Kyle was worried, they were heading to corsair space, they jumped into theta, getting closer to the jump hole to gamma, no, wondering if he should follow or not, but his mind..his mind was cleared, assurance, he felt it, nothing would happen to him, he jumped after the Nomad. Damn it, corsairs..
The moment he entered gamma, he saw a fight, a corsair, and a order ship, attacking Nomads, killing them, his head felt woozy, again..spinning
***[color=white]..Darknames..Sing Tones...of Hatred, against 'US'...DEFILERS..must be penetrated..of life.. ***
Kyle felt an anger inside of him, he had never been so angry, and for almost no reason, his head was cleaned, of everything else except anger, anger against the corsair and order pilot, he felt nothing but anger, rage, Kyle had only one thing in his mind, and that was killing, ripping the two apart. Kyle went head on, full blast, firing missiles, laying mines, at the first run, he had damaged the order ship badly, but the Nomad, the Nomad was something else, Kyle had never seen, ''moves'' like that, the Nomad had shredded the corsair apart on the first joust. Kyle dropped a mine, turned around and fired a missle at the order ship, the missiles impacted dealt a heavy blow to the hull of the order ship, but the small explosion had also triggered the nuclear mine...The ship was no more.
Kyle was relieved, and surprised how easy it had been..his scanner screen showed a few red blips on it..More..
6 corsair ships, headed on Kyle and the Nomad..Kyle was sure he was going to die. About after 2 minutes of battle, something had happened to his power generator, it wasnt generating enough power, his shields had failed, for good, his hull was badly damaged, he knew he had only a few seconds left..maybe a minute.
***[color=white]..Intruders..dare to seek..death among..'us'..defilers..must be..purged..***
Kyle felt more anger, but..the anger, wasaround him, like there were lots of angry people next him that he couldnt see, the air in the cockpit was tense. Just then, he had seen 3 blips on his scanners, they werent marked as anything nor friendly or hostile, not even neutral, just unknown..Spirits 3 more Nomads came into view, they were locked on their target, no wavering away from their path, indestructible..they're wrath concealed the battlefield, a few moments later, the battle had ended, 6 more ship wrecks were added to the never-ending wrecks of gamma's nebula, being it Bounty Hunters, Outcasts, or corsairs...
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''Ugh, you gotta be kidding me...''
''Hey Michael, hows it going, you ready?''
''Yeah Yeah, lets go, I hate going to Minor, people just die on the way...''
Michael Hernandez, a doubtful Corsair, would start over if he could. He couldn't, though; he had started a Corsair, and he would finish a Corsair, though he had no clue it'd finish so soon...
''Crap, Michael, Nomads on scanner, they're headed for us, get ready''
''Don't get so scared, there is only 3 of them, anyway..lets take them out''
He felt different when attacking Nomads..he always did..something about them..creepy. A few minutes later, there was only 1 left, and that was about to die, just then, 2 more contacts had been registered on Michael's scanners, an unknown contact, a Nomad no doubt, and a hostile one, an Outcast. A few moments later, the last Nomad had died, but the other group, the Nomad and the Outcast, were heading towards then, firing full blast, he yanked his ship towards them, the Outcast had been lining up with his friend, Lee, and order agent, Michael was too busy looking at them he almost didnt notice the Nomad, it was coming straight at him, blazing streams of blue were coming on him like rain, he tried to turn the ship, the Nomad had already adjusted its self for his turn, his control console buzzed out 20 different alerts at the same time. Shield failure, power failure, after burner damaged, hull damaged, concealed at 45%, WHAT?, how did it get to my hull so fast, he looked at a small picture clamped onto the side of his scanner array, a picture of his family, his 2 brothers, and sister, all corsairs..They were all he had..*Hull Breach*
''Oh F-----''
Darkness...Death...
-=The Path Of Enlightenment=- - Soul Reaper - 08-08-2009
-=Chapter 2=-
Kyle looked at the 4 spirits before him, the 3 newcomers..acted and looked more serious, their movements, not circling, but just standing firm, he could now see what type of spirit they were, he remembered the book in the library, and the information...these were Assassins, one of the most deadly types of Nomads, there had been reports of only 1 of them taking out 2 order wings by itself..Power
***[color=white]...Follow 'us'...name..'we' have sensed..obedience..the colors of, anticipation..done well, you have..follow 'us'..to enlighten...the path of darkness..***
And thats what Kyle did, he followed the Nomads to kappa, then to delta, he couldnt perfectly control his ship, the Sabres control systems were beaten up, his sensors barely picking anything up, his shield down, power generator damaged, and a few more alerts buzzed on the screens. The Nomads had stopped, only 10k away from Freeport 11..
***[color=white]..Name..has been anticipated, intruders..purged..matter-shell..grown back..must be..for the path of darkness..obliterates all***
He didn't get it completely, but he knew he had to have his ship repaired, he docked on Freeport 11. While waiting for the repairs to be completed, he wondered if the Nomads were still there...maybe they were gone, why should the spirits wait for him ? No, they were still there...he could sense them, feel them close by. He was getting dizzy. He took his cardi-inhaler out and breathed through it. Better... The repairs of his ship took half an hour, once done, he immediately took off, ventured out some distance, but couldnt see the blue spirits..he was disappointed, he cursed at the Zoner engineers for taking this long to repair his ship. Just as he was about to leave, he saw it, an unknown contact on his scanners, it got closer. It was the first spirit who he had followed.
***[color=white]..Name..grown back..come..follow 'us'..to knowledge...***
And Kyle did...
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The Human's Shell was damaged, the young Nomad could feel the Outcast's fear, very little, but not fearing of ''them'', fear about the shell, The Nomad had seen human shells get destroyed, many times, it could not understand why the humans would kill their own kind. The young one felt much hatred in all the humans in the system, they hated each other, the names did..
The young one waited, circled around the Freeport, at a distance, the other parts of him, the higher Nomads, went away, securing the system, purging the intruders. They always were. The curious Outcast had come back, the Nomad sensed him getting closer, the human felt..sad..about ''us''. The Nomad got closer, stirring the Outcast to himself.
***[color=white]..Name..grown back..come..follow 'us'..to knowledge...***
They flew off, to the keepers, to the distant gate that would take them to the system, of the great ones.
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They were getting closer to the Nomad home system, the one known as Iota, he had gotten close ot the jump hole once, but never daring to get closer, or jumping in to the system of the Spirits.
15 unknown contacts on his scanners. More of them..
They were right near the jump hole to Iota, they were moving around him, looking at him, his head felt dizzy again, the cockpit suddenly turned black, his head was spinning. He fainted.
Kyle slowly opened his eyes, his head was clear, not as dizzy as before. He looked around, dark..everywhere. Where am I ?. He saw a small light in front of him, the light should have been enough to see his surroundings, but he couldnt, as if the room he was in didnt have any walls, just as in space. He started to walk towards the light, each step bringing him close, but..it was hard to walk. As if the gravity of where he was, was too strong, he couldnt barely get up..
***[color=white]...The Path...of Darkness... ***
He quit, it was too hard to move..
***[color=white]...Darkness will...falter..with 'our'...presence... ***
The light flashed very brightly, blinding Kyle, he had never seen such a bright light, more than a star...The space he was in turned totally white, he couldnt see any floor, no horizon, just..White. 6 figures appeared around him, they looked like normal people at first, they were hooded, their cloak's a deep purple, covered with inscriptions, their eyes, glowing a slight purple/blue color.
***[color=white]..'Human'..'we'..will show you..your hunger..for knowledge... ***
The space Kyle was in..felt as if it was sliding..he was suddenly in a dark nebula, a light at a distance..It got closer and closer, until it was right in front of him, some sort of ''base'', covered entirely with a shield over it, it had the shapes of a pyramid..the ''space'' he was shifted again, he was in the middle of a city, a huge blue city, he couldnt describe it, Nomads..everywhere, flying all over, countless numbers of them..they were everywhere, he saw some on the ''ground'', they were humanoid like, although..blue..their eyes, more darker, though they were all different shapes, some of the same, some not, but most of them were humanoid. He saw them..change their shapes..shape shifting..into different types, but the one he was amazed was..a few of the Nomads, shifted into the ones he knew..into ''Spirits''. Kyle was amazed at the scene, but then, the ''space'' around him shifted again. Th city vanished into the distance..where he was now, he could barely understand..they were, blue lines, they looked like muscles cells..joined together, each one blue..they were connected to eachother, some of them to 10 or 20 other ''connections''...the connections were at random. All these connections filled the ''space'', with Kyle in the middle of the huge and seemingly endless connection. A Brain, yes, the web of connections looked like a human brain magnified..thousands of connections, the 6 hooded Nomads appeared once again around him...
***[color=white]...'WE'..are..as one..in your words..the sharing..We act as one..not..separate..darknames..like.. ***
Yes, Kyle felt this ''connection'', they were all in his mind, not just 1 nomad ''talking'' to him, but all of them...It was remarkable, astonishing..The power the Spirits had...
***[color=white]..'you'..now know..the resemblence..not to..darknames..'we'..are one.. ***
***[color=white]..knowledge..you have..with 'us'..concerns time..as it is..leave..travel...***
The space shifted again into darkness, a total black, the 6 Nomads around him, faded away.
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They had ''united'' again, the Young One had taken the Outcast to the Great Ones, they would show him the path to enlightment. The Nomad sensed the feelings of the Outcast, lots of emotions it had sensed in him..amazed ?
The Yound One was also intrested in this Human, as he was to it. The Young Nomad's curiosity about the system got over it, it departed, to learn, too seek knowledge of the universe,..the young nomad disappeared into the void..
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Kyle opened his eyes again, his head a bit dizzy, he found himself in his cockpit. The Sabre wavering towards the triple suns, slowly..He breathed through his cardi-inhaler, his head got lighter. None of the spirits were around, all of them disappeared, even the first one he had been trailing...Kyle touched his control screens, he plotted the course to Malta to see Professor Inahara, one of the lead scientists of discovering the ways of the Great Spirits. Kyle activated the Sabre's Cruise engines, and headed to Malta. He had to know more...
-=The Path Of Enlightenment=- - Soul Reaper - 08-09-2009
-=Chapter 3=-
''Hello Professor, how are you ?''
''Kyle? I'm surprised to see you here. I thought you didnt give a rat's ass about research''
The professor and Kyle both laughed. Professor Xavier Inahara, one of the 3 scientists who were leading the research on the Great Spirits, the Nomads. He was in his mid 40s while the other professors were mostly over 110 or so. Inahara had a gifted mind, his IQ is actually one of the most highest in all of Sirius.
''So, what do you want Kyle? Some way to clean your weapons in a scientific way, eh ?''
''I'm actually here for some information...actually a lot of information''
''Alright, ask away, you saved my arse more than I can count, at least I can return the favor''
''The Great Spirits, the so called Nomads. I want to know everything you have already found out.
They both looked at each other for a few seconds, not saying a word, until Inahara broke the silence.
''No way Kyle, that is all hidden information, and not something for you to see, or learn.''
''Professor I --''
''I said No Kyle, thats all, just a plain no''
''Damn it professor, you just said yourself, I've saved your arse countless times, think of the incident at Theta, when your escorts arrived a bit too late, what would those corsairs have done to you if I wasnt there to fight them off ?''
''That doesnt have anything to d--''
''Yes it does, If I havent saved your life, I doubt that you wouldn't have the information about the Spirits that you have now, just give me the damn documents, or just tell me yourself''
The Professor thought about it, True..if he hadnt helped we would even know half of what we know now
''Alright, alright, you have to give me about 20 minutes, I need to finish something up, then I'll explain everything''
''Ok, thank you professor, I'll be here in exactly 20 minutes, Bye''
''Bye''
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The Young One was flying around New York, his first trip to the system, he was not alone this time, another being, this one, younger then him, even more curious. Both of them were flying on top of the mainly used level of space, they knew that in here, the humans didn't like 'them', the minds were angered at them. So many thoughts, feelings, each one different from eachother, they had never sensed this many human minds at once.
Each a different thought, a different emotion, only a few of them had the same thought, most of them, different, millions of minds. Amazing. Both of the Nomads had sensed a new feeling, it was in many of the humans, but they both couldnt explain, or understand it. It was an emotion, concentrated between two beings. The humans were mostly individual, something not like ''themselves''. But, with this feeling between the humans, they were no longer individual, as if they were one. Doing anything for the other. The Young One and his companion couldnt understand it completely..
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Kyle stepped into Professor Inahara's office, unlike the lab he was in, this place was more quiet for some reason, barely anything moving, calming. The professor looked a bit worried Kyle thought, well, the information the professor was going to give him was probably considered as ''classified'', something only for scientist's eyes only.
''Alright Kyle, what do you want to know first?''
''Well, where did the Great Spirits, the Nomads, come from ?''
''Well, now, we suspect that they are actually the 'natives' of Sirius. They dont come from anywhere, they were born, or made here''
''Do they have ANY 'friends' other then themselves..
''Well, we think that, the Nomads, were actually made, bio-engineered, by a race called the Daam K'Vosh, we know must of these things by the artifacts, the scriptures in them, we try to understand what they mean, right now they point as that there was a race called the Daam K'Vosh, which has disappeared, when they did, we dont know that, and we dont know any reasons why they did as well''
''Hmm, did you ever consider that the Nomads are actually the Daam K'Vosh?''
''Yes, at first we did, but we soon found out that, the Nomads respond in different ways to different artifacts, active artifacts of course. So, the Daam K'Vosh could have made these to possibly control the Nomads, they were known as guardians to them.''
They both breathed through their cardi-inhalers. And ate some food that an assistant brought them, Kyle was even more curious about the Great Spirits, and now, he was actually learning what they were, they had finished the small snack.
''Ok, what about us?, Nomads never had attacked Outcasts, I had read somewhere that its about cardamine''
''Yes, it is about cardamine, we think that the cardamine, since it is native to Malta, was left by the Daam K'Vosh, for the Nomads. We have seen Nomads consume the cardamine once left in space. They pick it up, we also think that the cardamine, is pure good use to the Nomads, it doesnt seem to have any side effects to them.''
''So, you mean that, since we have cardamine, in our bloodstream, or DNA, the nomads do not open fire on us ?''
''Yes, now, it was once recorded of a fight, nomads were in a fight with some zoners, who were possibly transporting Nomad interiors, neither side was winning, mostly equal since the Nomads were only a few on that fight, one of our ships had dropped cardamine, the pilot had heard that the Nomads use it, so she dropped it, a few of the nomads picked it up during the fight, a few seconds later...the nomads were using ''maneuvers'' never seen before, they did times and times more damage to the zoners, eventually ripping apart the whole Zoner convoy in a matter of seconds.''
''Whoa..cardamine must be really important to them''
''Yes, it is, it is..''
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***[color=white]..sensed..darkminds..scavenge..'ours'..minds..will be..punished..(anger)..***
It was a small Zoner convoy, transporting nomad 'brains', neural parts of the Nomad 'ships'..The Young One would not allow that. The humans had not given up the cargo..he was angry..
***[color=white]..'We'..Begin..***
The Nomad sliced through the Zoner ranks, killing anything that it passed, getting closer to the 'Gull' transport. The Nomad's energy seemed limitless, its 'guns' never stopping, shooting at everything in its way. It had killed all the escorts in just half a minute, and was leaning towards the transport, which was badly damaged. A heavy Zoner patrol. 3 gunboats and a dozen of fighters, going head on at the Young One, guns firing to make a barrage of energy headed for the Nomad. It twisted away from the shots, evading, the Zoners couldnt hit the Nomad, It was too fast. But the transport's engines were damaged and couldn't use it's cruise engines. After 2 minutes, the Nomad felt relief..they were now one.
3 Keepers, being 2 Assassins and an 'Adad', the humans had named it like that. The Nomad Void Archon, a true sign of great power, something which could torment whole fleets into fear. The Keepers, to protect the Young One, ravaged on, tearing the Zoner fighters to pieces. In the last moment, The Void Archon fired its most great and powerful 'weapon'..A singularity Cannon, or so the humans had named it that way. The burst flashed towards the Zoner gunboats. At the moment the energy ball impacted at one of the gunboats, the small area around it turned into total black, it had appeared only for a moment, then it disappeared, the zoner gunboats were not to be seen, all 3 of them were ripped apart and turned into squeezed atoms. To small to even see.
The Great Singularity Cannon, the Nomad's most deadly weapon known to humans, could actually make a miniature Black Hole, only for a moment, sucking up anything near it, then it collapsed to make a huge explosion. Both the black hole its self and the explosion were lethal to anything near them...
***[color=white]...DEFILERS..have felt..the void...grasping..them...***
Silence...
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Kyle was all ears, listening to every word Inahara said, the professor was speaking of a document, a very secret one, it contained all the information known about the Great Spirits, the Nomads. It took Kyle some time, but he forced the professor to show the document and explain it, it had a special name of its own,
The Nomad Lore...