Aftermath

Medical equipment whirred loudly, at the Medbay in Beyond HQ. Sarah watched Tobi through the glass of a cryomed, observing the nanites cycling through the liquid and returning him back to good health, while a new arm floated in the ampitube, beside him.

The ampitube and cryomed. Two machines Sarah had developed using Osei's memories, during his time on Rennaya and as a slave. The Cerian royal family had only used these devices to prolong torture, whereas Rennayans progressed with them in the field of medicine.

"Soon, you'll be whole again." She said, touching the glass, as Tobi slept silently. Then, she walked out of the Medbay, leaving the medics to work, as she made her way to the training room.

Amaara and Kayed, two refugees she had rescued, were having an intense battle, with fire and golems rampaging across the room. Sarah jumped to the side avoiding one of the incoming fireballs, and smiled. They were progressing better. 'They are definitely going to add to our might,' she thought to herself, then proceeded to take a seat from a safe distance.

They felt her enter the room but still held their gazes towards one another. Kayed is a six-foot man, with an athletic build, and had just turned 19 fairly recently. He had lived a life of poverty, and most of his family died during the war and famine in Yemen. Sarah found him, malnourished on the street, in need of water. Six months later, he had trained his earth abilities nearly every day, ever since he had started living at Beyond HQ.

Amaara, a twenty-one-year-old woman from Sierra Leone, was a little shorter than Kayed. Sarah had rescued her from a dangerous life. She had braided her jet black hair, tying it into a ponytail, and wore the same 'Beyond' light blue and grey, training suit, as Kayed.

She threw a roundhouse kick, arcing flames toward him and kicked the head off, a golem that charged her. Then, placed both of her hands behind her back and blasted herself into the air. Floating in the air for a few seconds, above the army of golems.

She followed up by throwing her hands forth. "Ignite: Shan!" She yelled as flames burst forth, out of her palms, and engulfed the golems, as they crumbled away.

Kayed jumped back and maneuvered around the room, on a rock platform, launching stone volleys at her. Sarah had placed dirt and metal scraps, all over the training room for them to use.

Amaara dodged the first few, then blasted the rest with fireballs. Explosions resounded all around them. Kayed then protected himself with an armour of dirt over his body, while closing in on Amaara.

She welcomed the challenge, summoning fireballs at her side and launching them in return. Kayed launched more volleys as he got closer colliding both of their attacks in midair.

However, moments later, Kayed burst through the flames and smoke trying to tackle her, nearly missing her as she attempted to launch another blast, at point-blank. Suddenly above her, a dome of dirt dropped down enclosing her inside. Metal scraps wrapped around it sealing it closed.

"I win!" Kayed exclaimed. Amaara had been whooping him for a while, even though he was the first to get his abilities.

A blast of fire blew off the roof and she climbed out pointing one hand at him. "What do you mean? I'm still good to go-"

Sarah cut them off. "Alright, guys how about you stop right there? It's a draw." She looked both of them over thoroughly. "Are you guys feeling any side effects?"

Amaara shook her head. "Well I felt like I was going to overheat, but the AC's on full-blast, which has been helping me out."

Kayed was annoyed. "Your side effects are so much more easier to deal with. I feel a migraine already coming."

Amaara scoffed at him. "You can handle it, Tobi is feeling all of them at once right now."

Sarah interrupted their argument. "Of course, he had used his abilities beyond his limits. The more you train, the longer you can go, before your side effects kick in." She looked over at Kayed. "I've got some painkillers for you, take them with water."

He smiled at her, as he took the painkillers. "Thank you, Sarah." He was always grateful for anything she did for him.

Osei walked into the training room. "Hey guys."

The group greeted him back happily. "Osei!"

Osei looked at Sarah. "How is Tobi doing? He asked worried about his brother. He had been discharged early, since most of his wounds were external, in addition to his natural strength.

Sarah responded with a solemn tone. "He's suffering from a lot of internal damage and lost a lot of blood. Normally he shouldn't be able to leave a hospital room for months or ever, but the cryomed will have him in good health for the World meeting."

Osei nodded, understanding the situation. "Good, let me know if he wakes up early. I'll be training for the time being."

Amaara's ears perked up, hearing him. "Can I train with you?" She asked, a bit shy.

Osei looked at her and shrugged. "Sure."

She gleed, and happily ran off with him, as Kayed went to the dorms to sleep. His headaches were killing him.

The world had become a mess, with people still in panic and others buzzing about their new visitors, however, they remained patient, waiting to hear from their heroes again.

Far off in the distant galaxy...

Atlas paced around his throne room. He couldn't shake the feeling off, but he felt like another one of his children had just died. Alcra barged into the room making him look up angrily. He didn't like to be disturbed.

She dropped to one knee, bowing. "Father, forgive my intrusion."

"I will allow it. What's the matter?" He said while looking out of his palace window, overlooking his city. It was beautiful.

Lots of machinery and skyscrapers plagued the city, but there was so much greenery everywhere and it was organized and clean like everything was being taken care of every day. From bushes to trees, to grass, they were all perfectly cut. Synthetic androids of all races roamed the streets. There was not a single living being in sight.

Alcra continued. "Two of the princes, Zaryon and Kairon, ventured into a sector with these coordinates." She placed a tablet on the table. "They went with forces great enough to take over any planet. Yet none of them have sent word back."

Atlas's anger turned to curiosity. "Are you sure they weren't just killed off wrongly by any of their siblings?" He asked, without any real care for them.

Alcra shook her head. "No, I've checked many times. We have conquered all of the habitable planets in Kairon's sector. I sent Zaryon, to investigate why Kairon had not delivered his tributes at the allotted time, but he also did not return."

Atlas pondered the new information, as he paced the room, then smiled realizing there was something new to discover. "Okay then, send two this time. Bolster their forces. I want to see what this new force is made of."

He looked back at Alcra, with a sinister expression. "If they too are defeated... Wouldn't that make things, interesting?"