A.I. Series 07 - Rescue by Vaughn Heppner

Author:Vaughn Heppner [Heppner, Vaughn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Sci Fi
Published: 2019-11-12T22:00:00+00:00

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The grim entity Cronus had reached the location where those on the Nathan Graham had practiced their foulness against him. The void ship was gone. Those of Enoy had long departed, it would seem.

How did Cronus know this was the location, when the very nature of the void meant it had no up, down, sideways…?

Despite Cronus’s vast size and power, in the void he, too, was like a two-dimensional creature in a three-dimensional world. He could do many things a human would consider magical, but he did not truly understand the void. That meant the extent of his time in the void was nearly miraculous. It was possible that the being who had banished Cronus into the void would never have done so if he’d known the exile could survive here this long.

Cronus seethed, even though he’d known that the likelihood of finding either of the ships here had been miniscule.

Very well; how did he find them now?

Cronus used one of his powers, and he sent his intellect roving through the void, unaided by any reality shield. The process strained him, and it turned him even moodier and more violent than before. He hated this realm. He could use it better than any creature he’d met, and he had met plenty. That might have been another paradox, but he wasn’t dwelling on those now. He wanted—

Hello. What was this?

He sensed—

The searching intellect of Cronus veered away abruptly. The sharp veer almost caused him to lose his way. If he had, his intellect would never have returned to his body. His body would rapidly decay without the intellect, until the reality field around his planet-sized body went down and discontinuity did its dirty work of making him not.

Cronus feared. That, too, almost proved fatal.

Think. Do not fear. Reason, as you are the greatest thing in existence.

He continued to soothe the fear until reason took hold. By degrees, he righted himself and hurried back to the bulk that was he, finally reaching it and reuniting intellect and material form.

He had sensed the weak, lacking Sister, the one that he’d programmed.

Cronus was surprised how far the Enoy vessel had gotten. With a mental shrug, he set off to follow them with his material shape. It would take time traveling, as the casting effect of his intellect had taken fantastic reserves of power. He used his unique propulsion and steadied himself by imagining all the things he would do to the recaptured Sisters. Best of all, though, was the idea of getting ahold of a null-splitter. The idea that he could escape the void after all this time made him eager, almost giddy.

Cronus refrained from giddiness. Now wasn’t the time. That would come later, eons later, after he found and destroyed the great one who had banished him into the void. Thought of that frightened him, though. The great one was mighty. Cronus was mighty, too. But the great one had been mightier still.

Stay on target, Cronus chided himself.

Hmm. The chiding showed that he might be unsuited to reality.

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