Alien kidnapping, or was it Chapter 23

Alien kidnapping, or was it
Chapter 23
 
Thantas' mouth was still hanging open. Sam had healed all of them, then without really thinking about it, had gone after the Tetricons. Shaking her head, she tried to retrieve her memories. So many were there, though, but she couldn't reach them.
 
Almost nothing of her time on her home planet, family, friends, or hardly anything was there. Her capture, orders, and the last fight all seemed fresh, standing out.

Her rescue by Sam and the help she'd given him were her only recent memories.
 
Thantas buried her face in her hands, trying her best to bring them to the surface, but to no avail. Taking a deep shuddering breath, she reached inside, feeling her healing power. It was there, though, fragile compared to Sam's.
 
"I can't believe I can remember about you, though nothing else from home. There is hardly anything I can recall at all. I can feel them there; I can't reach them." Thantas told Tynco.
 
Tynco patted Thantas on the shoulder, "I am not experienced in that field, my dear. My mate Cyan and the other female, Triann, are both doctors. I am afraid that they are more bioengineers than anything else.
 
Thantas was nodding, almost understanding, though; it was causing her head to start aching. Worse yet, it began to throb slightly after a few moments, steadily increasing.
 
"I think I need to lie down," Thantas stated as she stood, then floated back to the bed she'd been in. She barely made it when her eyes rolled back into her head as she fell.
 
Tynco started to yell as he caught Thantas. A moment later, Mellos and Raydy were there to help Tynco get an unconscious Thantas back in bed.
 
"I am afraid we need Sam to heal her more; she was dangerously depleted when he brought her here." Here, Tynco looked at Mellos and Raydy. "Can either of you contact him? Her healing isn't active enough; it's barely keeping her alive. Tell him we need him here as soon as possible."
 
Mellos and Raydy looked at each other with great concern. "Sir, I haven't gotten that far as of yet. I know that you have had over a solar time. I'm sure you can." Raydy said to Mellos.
 
Mellos's face screwed up in anger, then was just as suddenly calm. "I have had the few abilities I have for a shorter time than you think, Raydy. I am unsure if I can, though; I will try."
 
Mellos closed her eyes as she tried to 'see' where Sam was. She'd managed to do this once, though at a small distance.
 
Sam? Can you hear me? Come on, Sam, I didn't think I was that weak. Damn it, Sam! Answer me! If you don't come back soon, Thantas might expire, SAM! Mellos's thought seemed to scream in desperation.
 
Sam was heading back to Queen Triada's world a few systems away when Mellos's thoughts hit him like a wall. Damn it, Mellos! What the hell is wrong? He tried to tune in to her thoughts, only getting --- back --- Thantas --- expire!
 
A worried expression crossed his face when he got nothing else, then a wormhole opened.  
 
Two minutes later, another opened near Queen Triada's world, Sam streaking out.
 
Sam landed with a giant thud; he then hurried to Thantas. Laying a hand on her head, the other on her chest, he concentrated, feeling her breathing ease up.

Good, he thought; reaching further, he felt she was more depleted than he thought she had been. Growing up, he put more into the healing feeling, and she grew more assertive. Shaking his head, he felt she wasn't strong enough yet.
 
The sound of several pairs of feet almost distracted him. Then he felt two males try to pull him away. They were thrown several feet away from him.
 
"He's going to deplete himself again if he doesn't stop," Tynco stated, getting off the ground.
 
"What can we do? There's no way we can get through that healing shield!" Fino said as he was also getting off the ground.
 
"Can I try?" A tall blonde female asked as she slowly limped beside Tynco.
 
Tynco was about to speak, but his mouth snapped shut as he nodded. "Sam? Sam, can you hear me? Sam, talk to me."
 
Without turning, answering in an almost whisper, Sam said. "I'm busy. You'll have to wait your turn."
 
The blonde female sighed as she closed her eyes. Sam, are you trying to die? You know by now that you haven't that much energy yet. We need you, Thantas needs you; if you continue this, all hope is lost."
 
Sam was momentarily shocked; the energy he was infusing into Thantas almost stopped.  
 
"She's much smarter than we thought; I suggest you listen to her. I have enough for now, much more than the last time." Thantas whispered up to him.
 
"Thantas?!" Sam said as he pulled his hands back from her head and chest.
 
Stumbling back, he was caught by three males. A startled look came to his face as he recognized two of them, though not the third.
 
"W... wh... who the hell are you?" Sam said to the much older male with gray and black hair.
 
"Ah! I am sorry I haven't had a chance to introduce myself. Rycon, first-class engineer, I worked with your mother on the project." Rycon said.  
 
"Also, I am Raydy’s father."
 
"Uh huh," Sam said as he stumbled again. At least it wasn't as bad as before.
 
" Sam," a now familiar behind Sam stated. "One would think that you were trying to end your life." Sam turned to see Thantas sitting up on the bed, looking a hell of a lot more vital. "I must admit your osmosis healing is stronger than I have ever felt. My own is nowhere near what yours is."
 
"You," Sam swallowed hard as the world slowly spun. "You have to use it, then it gets stronger.  
 
I am sorry I didn't do more. Had I just done a minute more, you might not have been in peril." Sam said to Thantas.
 
Sam's legs gave way this time, sinking to the floor and breathing a little complicated from the effort of staying up as long as he had.
 
"I think he needs this more than I do," Thantas said as she rose, with Sam placed on the bed.
 
"Try it, Thantas, try it; it won't at first, but soon, after a few tries, it will get stronger," Sam said, then his eyes closed.
 
Thanatos shook her head, "He is far more stubborn than leader Concof was. He is strong, the strongest I have ever seen, even among the planetary guard." She bowed to Fino and Triann, " I know you are very proud of him."
 
Triann and Fino nodded, then Triann was running a small box across Thanta's head. "This latest healing has rejuvenated well over half your memory."
 
Thantas was nodding, watching what Triann was doing. As soon as Triann finished, Thantas grabbed Triann's hand, looking over the black box. "This confirms it," Thantas said, releasing Triann's hand. "An advanced Clive Stone bio-metric medical scanner. I've only seen one of these before."
 
A shocked look came to Triann's face as she slightly nodded. "Not many outside the medical and science fields know that. How is it that you do?"
 
"I... I'm not sure; it's at the edge of my memories, the ones Sam just released. I feel I am missing many things; I can't seem to find them long enough to grasp them. I lost a lot of myself; Sam gave me a great deal back, though; I am still missing a great deal." A slightly shaken Thantas said.
 
Again, Triann started to run the black box across Thantas's head. Triann nodded as she looked toward Fino slightly.
 
Fino's eyes were wide for a moment, and then he nodded.
 
"I suggest that you not push the memories, Thantas. You have restored slightly more than fifty percent; pushing them might cause irreparable damage." Triann advised.
 
Thantas whirled to stare hard at Triann; something in what the female said had triggered... something. Again, it was an irritating tickle at the edge of the memories she had just gained.
 
Thantas turned back to look at Sam; she thought about what he'd said. "Try it, Thantas, try it. It won't initially, but it will get stronger after a few tries." Shrugging, she decided, what the hell? Walking over to the newest resurrected male, she tapped him on the shoulder.
 
"Sam suggested that I try to use my osmosis power." She was about to ask permission when a glaring malady appeared on the male's chest. Shaking her head, it didn't go away. "I am sorry to impose; something is wrong with you in this area." Thantas indicated an area of the male's chest.
 
The male's eyes got large, and then he nodded. "The rumors were true; you are an osmosis healer." Extending his hand, the older male shook Thantas's. "First-class engineer Rycon is at your service."
 
"You are Raydy’s father; meeting you is an honor. So, I asked what disorder I am seeing in this area." Thantas asked again, indicating the area of his chest where she had seen it.
 
"That, I am afraid, resulted from an industrial accident a few solar time units before the end.  
 
The medical staff had managed to arrest it, though had no way of repairing or regenerating the damaged tissue." A sad Rycon said. "I just hope I get a little more time with my mate before it takes me."
 
Thanatos nodded and said, "As I said before, Sam said I was also an osmosis healer. He said I needed to use it so I could grow stronger. I might begin with you, if I may, sir?"
 
A small, sad smile crossed Rycon's features as he nodded. "I don't think you can do more damage than has already been done."
 
A slightly shocked Thantas placed a hand on the male's chest. At first, nothing happened, no matter how hard Thantas tried. Sighing, her whole body seemed to relax as she shook her head. She was about to remove her hand when she felt the oddest sensation. It almost felt as if something was flowing from her hand into the male's chest! What the hell? Then she looked at the male; the large area covering the right side of his chest was slowly shrinking.
 
Thantas eyes got wide, as did the males! "I never thought I'd ever feel it get smaller!" Rycon said, even as Thantas felt a slight twinge, then swiftly removed her hand, staring at it.
 
Tears started to fall from his eyes as he hugged Thantas. "I think I need to sit a moment; I see now why it takes so much out of Sam." Looking at Rycon as she sat, Thantas said. "I am sorry I am not as strong as Sam or didn't do more."
 
Triann walked up a moment later, running the small black box over Rycon's chest. A small smile crossed her features as she gathered readings.
 
"Whether you believe it or not, you healed far more than you think. I am reading at least forty percent of the damage is gone. Those areas show complete regeneration, and the new tissue is healthy. He is not completely healed, though he isn't in as great of danger as he was." Triann advised Thantas.
 
Both Thantas and Rycon were staring at Triann with their mouths agape.
 
"I am not in as great of danger? Forty percent?" A stunned Rycon could only state as he looked at Thantas with a new respect. "Thank you so much; at least now I have a chance." He was about to say more when another pneumatic hiss was not far away.
 
Rycon and Triann quickly moved away toward the regeneration Chamber. Thantas watched as the slender redhead was helped to sit up in the chamber.
 
I told you I need to rest. You can use it again, though; well, you already have a way of knowing how far NOT to go. Came the thoughts of Sam shocking Thantas.
 
Well, that's easy for you to say. She thought back. You have a hell of a lot more control than I have.
 
Really? You think so, huh? Here's a little secret: I've only done seven, maybe eight. The thing is, I want to help as much as I can. You have to decide if you want to or not. I know it was hard, but you can do it; you need to use it more. I can already feel your osmosis power has increased by twenty-five percent. Damn good, if I say so myself. Sam's thoughts returned to a shocked Thantas.
 
For all that you have done and given me, Sam, I'd follow you to hell to pay back those damn Tetricons! Returned the thoughts of Thantas.
 
The Lord Doctor was still shocked that the Sam creature had gotten as close as he had. With the new body, the Doctor should have felt him before any.
 
The doctor cursed himself, then flexed out his eight tentacle-like appendages. The transfer had been far more painful than he thought it would be.  
 
Then again, he felt as powerful as he did five centuries ago. Then, he and the other seven had taken humanoid bodies to hide amongst them.
 
At first, it had been almost too disgusting to inhabit those weak bodies. He had to admit the first fifty solar rotations had been the worst; after that, they all managed to live through it.
 
The doctor pushed himself up on his four legs; he scanned all around, feeling for any danger.  
 
He could have sworn that he'd felt more than one pure Clive Stone. Going through all he'd felt, he was almost sure he'd handled four, not five, of the goody-goodies.
 
He shook what resembled a head on the extensive body; he felt a bit of fear for only the second time. Five fully powered Clive Stones could easily take them. He remembered the one that they had held captive all that time. She wasn't even one of their elite, yet it took the collective, himself, plus the last three elite Tetricons.
 
The doctor shook his head. He remembered the three elite took control of her.

They mistakenly thought she was safe, and she lashed out, destroying the three.

The sheer power she'd used had surprised him as he and the others finally got her restrained. They would kill her when he felt their planet explode a mere half a planetary time unit after the Clive Stone world.
 
The doctor was glad they had hesitated, especially when he discovered her body fluids could sustain them. It added at least a hundred solar time units every time they took a dose. He growled when Triot and a few council members almost destroyed her.
 
It had taken almost all his patience to keep from destroying Triot and the council.

Reaching out, he stretched himself out to the galactic edge. He could still feel the two influential members of his race. He just had to delay a few planetary time units.
 
He turned toward the direction he'd felt the Clive Stones; he hoped what he'd felt was wrong. Reaching out, he drew closer to Queen Triada's planet.
 
The Doctor slowed. He gasped as he felt a total of nine pure Clive Stones! Then he felt two others that felt like they were more than three out of four parts pure Clive Stone. Looking closer, he could swear that the last two felt familiar.
 
He reached out as hard as he could; he felt Thantas, Mellos, Sam, another one that he'd gotten a report on not long ago. Then he felt five others! Trembling momentarily, the doctor nodded; only two there felt like they had full power.
 
The doctor breathed a sigh of relief, then looked again at the partial two. Why in the world did they feel so familiar? He was as close as he could get when he gasped again. It was Drivas and Thallus; how had they been changed to almost pure Clive Stone?
 
It seemed impossible what he was feeling. He had worked on something like that, only to discover that their DNA needed to be simpler to mix and change other races into them. Then he thought of that idiot Triot's claim that he'd done just that. He'd claimed that he'd used his DNA to get a humanoid with a child not once but twice.
 
The doctor shook his head. He'd demanded proof, and Triot had laughed, stating it was an experiment. He'd refused to give up the children so the doctor could dissect them. At first, the doctor thought Triot was growing soft. Then he thought of the possibilities and decided to let it be for now. Now, the doctor could see that Triot had been speaking the truth.
 
The doctor was going to look even closer to see if his suspicions were correct when he was hit. Queen Triada led the force as thousands of minds tried to crush him. Using all his power at first worked, but thousands more minds were added. It felt as if all three triads were fighting him. Finally, he withdrew, not making any headway against them.
 
He then retreated to the IP home world; the doctor sat to think momentarily. They had lucked out with only two Clive Stones at full power. That wouldn't last long, though; if Sam did complete osmosis healing on them, they wouldn't have a chance.
 
The doctor extended his power again toward the two he'd felt at the galactic edge.

He wasn't sure; it seemed as if they were finally moving toward his location.
 
A sigh of relief escaped his lips as some of his confidence returned. He felt that two elites could cause significant damage, incredibly as powerful as the two. Now, he just had to stall somehow 'til they appeared.
 
Triot was seething. He was so pissed. As powerful as he felt he was, nothing should have stopped him. On the far side of a distant moon, Triot felt his jumbled thoughts slowly starting to right themselves.
 
He was about to go to the council again when his thoughts suddenly gave him pause. Though he didn't have the osmosis aspect like the Clive Stones, he could increase it like the elite had been able to.
 
The fight against the damn council had seriously drained him. Even so, he could feel his power rapidly returning, far faster than he thought possible. A smile crossed his features, returning with a slight boost.
 
Triot reached out, and he soon felt the Lord doctor as he seemed to search the cosmos. What in the hell was that decrepit piece of filth looking for?
 
Triot turned in the direction that the Lord doctor was, I don't feel anything... shit! He thought. Withdrawing as fast as possible, Triot sat back down on a trunk.
 
If he weren't mistaken, he'd felt the faint energy signatures of two elite Tetricons.

Two extremely powerful elite Tetricons! Shaking his head, Triot had to resist the urge to go against the council once more.
 
He thought he needed something to... what was that, as his power-seeking drifted near Triada's world. Reaching further, he was sure of what he felt. I have to get closer, he thought; he could almost see what was happening in Triada's world when he felt a powerful push that stopped him.
 
Triot tried to push through, only to be surprised when it felt like he'd been smacked and punched backward. What in the hell was that, he thought?
 
Sam jerked awake when he felt what could only be described as almost pure evil approaching him. Reaching out, he felt a strong power still coming, and then he felt Triada and what seemed like thousands. He thought they met the power both stopping.
 
When he felt the intense power much closer, he realized it was Triot. His face screwed up into a mask of hatred. Sam started yelling as he also began to push, then formed his power into a fist, driving it into all of Triot's power.
 
A smile crossed Sam's lips as he felt Triot flying backward from where he'd been. About the time, the ass got a taste of his own medicine. Then again, Sam thought, knowing he'd most likely enjoy it.
 
 
 
To be continued