Assimilated!

A cocoon of visible golden energy surrounded Stephen and Mia it looked like the assimilation will take a couple minutes as the drop of blood isn't enough energy to continue the metamorphosis so it takes energy from the body it would go faster if it was a stronger species it might even be instant after all it took the apes found on Aurora 20 minutes to complete the metamorphosis luckily Stephen and Mia were eating extreme energy foods so they had a lot of energy but not enough for the assimilation so the couple and Alex were feeding them their own energy by releasing it and allowing it to be sucked into their bodies, as the time passed the avars were getting a little nervous thinking that kirean and the ultimas were up to no good some even started thinking that they have shown their true colors ofcourse all of these doubts will be put to rest once the assimilation is complete, 5 minutes later and the golden energy cocoon has begun to shrink making the avars curious at what will come out they still at this moment had no thought that a species change was even real but as the cocoon shrunk more and as the energy finally all entered the bodies of 2 ultimas in the position of Stephen and Mia they're entire world view collapsed some even got fanatical and started praying Stephen and Mia only took 5 seconds to sort through there inheritance due to they're improved brains as they opened their eyes they immediately looked at kirean and kneeled saying "Thank you for allowing us this opportunity forefather" now both of them speak and act like an Ultima with the extreme respect and fanaticism but unlike the apes they kept memories after all they were sentient while the apes were still animals with the potential to reach sentience "haha im glad you like this gift Stephen and Mia you should talk to your people" said kirean with a smile as Stephen took the hint that he should ease the hearts of the avars

"Hello avars i am Stephen as you can see me and my wife have become ultimas" said Stephen as the avars were still stupefied even if they saw it with their owns eyes this is still crazy but to think of it what have they seen the ultimas do that is not crazy as they came to this realization they became both happy and angry happy that they would have a chance at becoming an Ultima and angry that they did not collectively choose the opportunity forefather gave them even an idiot could tell that was the opportunity "our job is too lead the avars to prosperity forefather saw us fit to lead you but didn't want us to die so he transformed us to lead the avars for eternity, no longer shall we be shackled to only live on ships and space habitat we will live on planets in the future and live lives that the entire galaxy will envy" said Mia assisting her husband in getting the avars hearts and support "as my wife said we will make sure the avars are prosperous and all of avars lived a happy life so any questions" said Stephen with a smile as a hesitant old man raised his hand and said "uh are you avar or ultima?" This question caused all ultimas to raise an eye brow this was an interesting question Stephen was first stunned but smiled and said "do you know why we are called ultimas?" No one answered as they waiting for him to answer and Stephen didn't let them wait for long "because we are the ultimate species we are everything in this universe the avars in our home world the avars thought they were at the center of the universe but have only explored another galaxy they were most definitely at the edge of the universe considering they didn't even know what species they were part of but to answer your question we are avars and ultimas think about it and you might get the answer" said Stephen hinting at the avars being apart of a wider species that inhabited all over the universe but no avars got the hint they were just relieved that they got immortal leaders that'll really care for they're prosperity then they started cheering

Across the hall were cameramen who captured the moment on live television all over aurora and New Haven it was even broadcasted to ships that were exploring or fleets on patrol as this was a historic moment for the ultimas after all this is the first sentient willing to be assimilated, as the avars we're celebrating in the space habitats control room kirean and the ultimas he brought were having a meeting as kirean looked at Stephen and Gaia and said "the avars and other species that come under us will be autonomous but forbidden from expanding ofcourse we will provide more space for the population if needed they will be allowed to have a fleet of how many fleets they could muster" said kirean he doesn't have to worry about propaganda or indoctrination as the tv shows and schools will do that for him "yes forefather" said both Stephen and Gaia at the same time as Gaia recorded everything said "now that we are done talking about the avars amber can you tell us how long it'll take including the nanobots to complete New Haven" said kirean as amber answered "forefather with the new and improved nano bots and us opening the construction to the public as a job with decent pay we would be looking at 40 years it was reduced to this extent mainly because of the Ultima workers although the nano bots are a huge help with no Ultima workers it would take atleast a 100 years" said amber as Stephen and Amanda nodded to the side after all they are more heavily invested in the project than amber they know every single detail