>>5811341As your wife backs away from everyone, to ensure she doesn't accidentally bring anyone along, you step back with her, placing a hand on her shoulder. She looks up to you a moment, expression hard to read when she then just nods, shutting her eyes. And, with a thought, the world changes. One moment you're on a sandy beach on New Salda, fresh sea air all around, and the next you're in a technological station, dozens of machines humming, buzzing and whirring as they do who knows what. But Chaya seemingly knows what she's doing at one, fingers flying over the keys. A bit too violently, as you see a dozen smashed keyboards laying around her, and several scared technicians all cowering in a corner as far away as they can get without leaving the room.
“Dammit, he's not there either!” Chaya snarls, raising a hand to smash another one. But before she does she freezes in place, takes a deep, slow, methodical breath in, sighing out slowly and lowering her hand, going back to the giant console. “Haaaaaah, where are you?”
“Chaya, we need to talk.” Meloka says, Chaya not even looking up from her screen.
“Not now Mom, I gotta find him.” she replies, not even looking up from the screen as she continues. But Meloka's not having it, your wife going over and grabbing Chaya by her tail. “Giyah?!”
“Don't you ignore me.” Meloka scolds Chaya as she drags her out of her chair, your daughter freezing as she's no doubt not kept up her tail's training. “Chaya, you're going to listen when I'm talking to you.”
“Grrrr! L-Let go of me.” she says through gritted teeth, forcing herself back up to her feet. Seems she's still got it. However, as she looks up at you both with one eye, the other squinted shut, you and Meloka both recoil in surprise. Meloka lets go out of surprise, Chaya pushing herself back up to her feet with her aura faintly blazing up around her. “What the hell are you doing here?!”
“Chaya, you-your eyes.” you say, stunned. And the tone of your voice freezes her in place, her eyes both widening in shock. She looks past both of you, eyes growing even larger as she sees what you and Meloka both see. Her eyes have changed, looking near identical to the Sith Lord Darth Bane's. “What's going on?”
“Shh, uhh, I, umm...” she stammers, lost for words as you and Meloka both stare at her in shock. You're lost for words as she looks from you to Meloka and back, starting to visibly panic. This isn't how you thought this meeting was going to go at all.
-Saiyan Conqueror Quest 206 paused-
