Sam 6

Drivas awoke with a major headache plus the amount of voices she was hearing. Sitting up she concentrated as hard as she could feeling half the voices start to fade. Trying again she pushed harder feeling another third of what was left fade.

Looking over at the other table she saw that Thellus was still unconscious. Though she could feel the woman trying to claw her way to the surface she felt it would be another hour before she was awake. Still hearing voices she again pushed, feeling the stronger voices start to fade further.

Finally half an hour later, all but one voice was gone, a very powerful voice that she couldn’t ignore. [Thantas?] Drivas asked. [Is that you? I thought I was far below you for you to ‘talk’ to me!]

[Ah! Drivas Flot! I thought that was your mind that entered the fourth level. No my dear, you are by no means so far below me that I would not talk to you. If anything you are one of the few that I can actually ‘talk’ to.] Thantas told her.

[We were always told that you were far above us, that you only talk to those near your level; only the heads of the IP, and the technicians that preserve you.] A shocked Drivas answered Thantas.

Drivas could almost swear that Thantas was smirking at her when she said. [You will find that most of the time. What we are told by those supposedly above us? Is often not the whole truth, well not the one that they want us to know. Lately I have found this to be more and more true.]

[I thought you weren’t allowed to speak to anyone else.] Drivas asked.

[Normally I’m not, though you obtaining the level you have have made this communication possible. I can see into your mind my dear, I can see the doubt that both you and Thellus have. There are many secrets that have been hidden from the both of you; as are a few that are coming soon. As of yet you haven’t the strength to act. You are scheduled to go to level five. I will make this possible. Most I would let the machine kill, it will not be so for you.] Thantas told an extremely confused Drivas.

[Thantas, I am not understanding!] Drivas thoughts almost shouted.

[It will become clearer in time. now sleep I must prepare the both of you for what they will do to the both of you next.] Thantas said as Drivas nodded her head then fell back in a deep sleep.

Thantas reached in feeling the work that the crude machines of the IP had done. Removing all the hidden orders that she felt, Thantas felt they would now have a far easier time. They might not even feel pain now. Watching she knew she didn’t have much time as both were awoken then scanned. Almost immediately they were hooked to other machines as the next levels were started.

Drivas felt Thantas nearby as the fifth level was started. Were they that desperate that they were willing to kill the both of them? Thellus was scared a moment she’d almost died the last time the machine had started in her mind.

Suddenly there was an intense buzzing as the machine reached into their minds looking for the orders that had been planted before. Thantas started to adjust both women’s minds completely fooling the machine. Then both women’s minds were moved rather quickly into the next levels. Drivas looked at Thellus with a look of shock on her face. [My god there was no pain!]

Suddenly she ‘heard’ Thellus’s thoughts in her mind, [I know! There was nothing at all! Wait! Ma’am? I can hear your thoughts. Am I imagining this?]

Drivas shook her head, [No, don’t let on that we can hear each other. Thantas told me that many things were being hidden from the both of us. Also that we both had doubts, I am glad to see that you are with me on this.]

A moment later they both ‘heard’ Thantas, [Enough! Sleep.] Both nodded as they went under faster than they thought they would.

Several technicians were looking over the readings seeing a slight spike from both. Shaking their heads they consigned it to the fact that both were at a very high level now. Good thing they were both on their side or they were dead for sure.

Sam was drawing closer to the third world that the Queen and the gray leader said was the world they needed. Still not in the best of moods he’d met more and more resistance the closer he got. He guessed from what the Queen had passed to him that he only had two worlds to go then the third world itself.

Landing on the first of the last three worlds San heard massive screaming as a great multitude ran from him. Sighing he shook his head he had expected as much, that is ’til the grays actually started to open fire on him! His face twisting into a mask of rage Sam was about to destroy several thousand of them.