Ascendant Saga Collection: Sci-Fi Fantasy Techno Thriller by Brandon Ellis (best novels to read in english .txt) 📗

body, is affected at the same time. So, I have to ask the body to remember how it was before it got hurt. And when it finds what it was, I take that memory and replace it over the new, unhappy energy memory. Does that make sense? That’s how it can heal faster. Like, really fast.”

Drew puffed out his lower lip. Segarra folded his arms over his chest. Mya was a smart girl, but the words coming out of her mouth were way above her age level.

Nonetheless, as a genius, Drew was into quantum physics, so it made sense to him. Segarra, on the other hand, didn’t seem to care.

Megan’s cheeks grew pink, her lips pinker. She was coming out of it.

Drew stood straighter. “She’s getting better.”

Mya took her hands off of Megan. She stood and twirled around, happy as a lamb. “There are more like me, dad.” She pointed to Drew. “Like his uncle, Jaxx. He’s like me, too.”

Drew bent down to Megan, observing her eyes. Her eyelids were still closed, though her breathing was calm, healthy. He glanced over his shoulder. “How do you know my uncle?”

“He has come to me several times. He is busy right now, so he doesn’t respond to me. I think he is watching through my eyes to see how Earth is doing. I don’t show him much though. I don’t want to scare him, but he has to come now. I hear his thoughts and his thoughts say to himself that Earth is protected because people like me are here, but we’re newcomers, we’re of the new energy coming into Earth. We are learning. He is the one to teach us. But he stays there. Why does he stay there?”

“Where?” asked Drew.

“Callisto,” replied Mya. “It’s a moon.”

Drew touched Megan’s face. It was warming up. “He’s not on Callisto. That’s the Jupiter moon.” And Drew knew too much about it, having broken the story just before his father, Slade-asshole-Roberson, took to the stars.

Mya spun in a circle again. “He is there with your papa.”

Drew huffed, his chin falling to his chest. “He’s with Slade?” Of all things, he would never have pegged Jaxx as a traitor. And how could his uncle teach anything besides archaeology? He wouldn’t know the first thing about energy and what Mya was doing with hers, healing people, and killing Agadons. Jaxx was a nice guy, but energy manipulating? Hell no.

Mya stopped in mid-spin, setting her foot down hard on the floor. She sucked in a quick breath. “No, no. He didn’t hear me and he is going to get Slade. I don’t want him to. Don’t do it, Jaxx. Another will do it for you. Just trust your friends.” She looked glossy eyed at Drew. “He is on his way to kill your papa.”

Drew didn’t know if he should believe her or chalk it up to a child’s imagination. “Is there a way we can get to Callisto, Segarra?”

“Yes, but you wouldn’t be allowed.”

Mya touched Drew’s forearm. “The Agadon will try one more time to take over this city. No one can leave. We need you to rule with Megan, then we can go to another city, and you can rule together.”

“What do you mean by this rule thing?” The marijuana shop was down the street. Maybe he could run in there and take a few drags of ganja. The buzzing sound outside turned off and Drew shifted in his position. “What just happened?”

Segarra gasped and turned, running into the street. Mya chased after him, and Drew followed, jumping several burnt two by four wood studs lying on the ground between the bar and the sidewalk. He rushed out into the street and glanced up. His shoulders drooped.

They were shit out of luck.

The shield was gone. Someone had switched it off, and the Agadon knew. A handful of crafts were heading their way.

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J-Quadrant, Solar System - Namuh Farms, Callisto

Jaxx lightly slapped Rivkah’s cheeks. “Wake up.” He pressed his hand on her neck, feeling for a pulse. It was faint. He pressed his lips together in a straight line, his shoulder’s tensing, holding in a yell. “Is she going to die?” Jaxx didn’t want her to die.

Zara got on her knees, sitting next to Rivkah, and nodded. “Probably.”

Jaxx’s heart dropped. He took a shaky breath. “What can I do?” He bit his lip. Rage burned in his gut, rising to the surface. He wanted to throw every damn Kelhoon who had done this to her over a cliff. But most of all, he wanted to make sure the one who was responsible paid for this—Slade.

“Let her pass.” Zara put both hands over Rivkah’s heart. “Go get Slade and let me work on her. I’ll make sure green-scales over there will remain in line.”

Jaxx gazed in Okbak’s direction, his question pointed at Zara, his eyes narrowed on the green-faced bastard who was at the tip of a lot of his problems. “Rivkah talked about children. What did she mean?” Maybe he could do something right for Rivkah, maybe something that Rivkah would be proud of.

Zara shook her head. “I don’t know what she meant by the children.”

The prime chieftain stared back, his lips turning up in a smile. What was he grinning about? The children?

The craft descended just outside one of the tallest skyscrapers and Kiyo-zan readied it for a landing. Jaxx kept his eyes on Okbak. “What do you know about the children, Kajka Okbak?”

“My lips are sealed.”

Jaxx took his eyes off of Okbak. He didn’t have time at the moment to deal with the asshole. Slade was on his mind. He needed to get to him. He stood, pointing at Fox, who lay unconscious in an aisle between two rows of seats. “What happened to him?”

“He made too much noise. Do all you humans complain as much as Fox? Regardless, I had to knock him out,” replied Zara. “When he wakes up, I’ll tell him you’re looking for Slade. He’ll be happy…for once.”

“Are you sure that’s