Before the Shattered Gates of Heaven_Part 3~Eon~Shattered Gates Volume 1~Part 3 by Bryan S. Glosemeyer

Author:Bryan S. Glosemeyer [Glosemeyer, Bryan S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: science fiction, Bisexual, woman, adventure, Ancestors, alien, Ritual, Diaspora, Mysticism, Mystical, Strong, female protagonist, Revelation, Scifi, Sex, Adept, Purge, outer space, military, Mission, Shaman, Rivalry, Sacrament, Space Opera, action, Philosophy, redemption, battle, Covert, SF, far future, Embassy, Bug Hunt, Infiltration, Psychedelic, Sci-fi, Orgy, underground, Visionary, Visions, Inner Journey, Shamanism, invasion, Liberation, Insight, Combat, Emissary, Stealth, Lems, Psychedelics, spaceship, Oracle
Publisher: Void Forms Media
Published: 2019-01-16T22:00:00+00:00

30.

AFTER DAYBREAK, THE last of the rain faded, and everyone gathered in the common room for breakfast, except for Edlashuul who remained ill in bed. Sabira and the others from the balcony awaited them, still wet from the last of the morning drizzle. A lem had brought them towels, and Gabriel showed Sabira how to instruct the forma material of her tunic to shed itself dry of water in moments. Beyond, in the golden haze of the vista window, columns of smoke climbed up from the streets of Glish and into the dawn.

“You need to get off this planet. You need to leave now.” Sabira stood before the gathered embassy, various stages of confusion and fear written across their faces. She wondered if their fear was a reaction to what she said or the fact that she stood unbound before them for the first time. And realized she, too, was afraid. Something felt different inside her, off balance. More than just the strangeness of the eon’s visions lingering in the back of her mind, more than the ecstatic bliss she felt on the balcony, bathed in the impossible beauty of a soft rain at sunrise. Like a twisting deep in Sabira’s chest and skull, she felt as though she was breaking apart, her mind splintering.

The splinter whispered, a cold prickle on the back of her neck. What are you doing? Don’t be a fool.

“What do you mean?” asked Derev the Aggie, sleepy eyes growing wide as he spoke. “What’s happened? And why is she loose?”

A lem walked in from the lift, its amorphous head transitioning into Orion. “Sounds crunchy. What did I miss?”

“Sabira experienced the purge last night,” said Maia. “Gabriel and I agree that it’s time to get her out of that wheelchair. Time to free her from the bonds we’ve held her in as we free her from the chemical bonds of the Theocrats.”

“I could have done that for her without all the pukey mess,” offered Orion.

“Now is not the time to be arguing the merits of ceremonial tradition. The purge is part of the medicine. The experience is part of the healing,” said Maia.

“Can we get back to what Sabira was saying, please?” said Rain. “I think that’s what we’re all most concerned about.”

“Yes,” said Sabira. “You all need to leave target plan— Dlamakuuz. You need to leave soon. You’re all in danger.” She looked at Maia and Gabriel. “All of you.”

“From the Vleez?” asked Cal. “You’re the one they want. Not us. They’re all sick like Ed.”

“We will be leaving in three days,” said Gabriel. “I will keep this Embassy safe from any locals, official or otherwise, who may no longer find our presence tolerable. You will be safe, I promise you. Orion is preparing the Shishiguchi even as we speak. In three days we depart from Dlamakuuz and return to the Constellation. A new life, a free life, awaits you. Just as we promised.”

“Godsdammit, it’s not the Vleez we need to worry about.” Sabira rubbed at her scarred chest.

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