Chapter 102: Adventures In Space
POV Rio
It was a few weeks after my battle against Alduin and I still was no closer to figuring out where he went. It was decided to wait for now and instead focus on getting other things done in space. My first stop today was the Moon. According to what we gathered they just recently had a nasty civil war and very few have survived.
'I mean it was an obvious result. They had only a few hundred people living in their city. With such few people even if you get a majority it wouldn't change that those in power would have the power. Revolutions usually succeed when they have a massive majority on their side and their competition is dead or soon to die.'
My goal on the moon was simple. I was going to evacuate them and use the city as a base for my empire. I figured it would be easy to convince them to leave as they don't have enough people to last more than a generation. That and much of their resources were destroyed. I disguised myself as Ven Zallow. A Gate spell and I had arrived. I went to the palace where most of the survivors were living.
Guard: "Halt! Who are you?!"
Ven: "Someone with an opportunity."
Guard: "How did you get here?"
Ven: "On my ship. May I meet with your leader?"
Guard: "Uh, let me check. Don't leave."
The Guard leaves and runs inside where I sense several people are gathered. It takes a few minutes but he comes back.
Guard: "Maximus will see you now."
I nod and follow him to the throne room.
Maximus: "Who are you and why have you come here?"
Ven: "You can call me Ven Zallow. I have come here to assist you in leaving the moon."
Maximus: "Why would we leave here? We are safe here."
Ven: "You have just come out of a civil war where most of the population has died. Your city is in shambles. With such a low population, it will take too long to repair everything and further you will be incapable of reproducing within a generation or 2 at most. That doesn't even include if those on Earth decide to attack this city. If you stay here you will be putting your people at risk."
Maximus: "How do you know all this info?"
Ven: "Many on Earth know of this city. There are also those from beyond Earth that know of this place. I am here for that reason. I offer you safe passage to Earth. You can request to be dropped off anywhere."
I can sense Maximus and several listening in are becoming nervous and worried about what I have been telling them.
Maximus: "If what you speak of is true then how can I trust you will keep your word? You are a stranger who appeared out of nowhere and is asking me to leave my home with all my people."
Ven: "The 2 biggest reasons are that I have been kind and courteous during my visit here. The second is that I could easily move all of you to Earth without your permission. I didn't want to do that as it would be rude and unnecessary if you agreed. Then again if you refuse I will leave and you can continue the current status quo."
Maximus: "Sigh. You speak the truth and I find myself willing to accept your offer. But I want you to send us to a safe place where we can feel safe and have enough supplies to survive."
Ven: "I am more than willing to agree to said terms. I can send you to one of 2 options. The first is the Russian Empire. The second is the United States of America. Both have benefits and downsides. Read this for more info."
I hand him a folder with information on both. After he reads both he chooses the USA. I agree and they start gathering everything they want to bring with them. After they all agree and are done gathering their stuff I send them through a portal to an old abandoned town. I also have Monika make legitimate IDs for all of them and make every town or city nearby suddenly believe that the new people are resettling the town.
'There that is done now to tell Tex to begin constructing the base. Now let's head to Knowhere.'
I arrived at Knowhere and saw that my warning had seen most of the people evacuate the city. I sent word out that Thanos the Mad Titan was coming to Knowhere to 'balance' it. That combined with the gang wars that have been waged ever since the Collector went missing and everybody with even a lick of sense got out of dodge. Only about 400 or so beings are left. From what I could tell all but a dozen or so are bad people. I sensed a familiar presence.
'What is she still doing here? She was freed last time I came here.'
I ignored that and disguised myself as Plagueis and started walking through the station killing everyone who had an evil alignment. The beings who were good were all in the same area. By the time I got to that area, I had killed just under 400 people. I took all the corpses with me as I could never have too many of those. When I arrived to where I sensed the familiar presence I saw that the 15 good beings were in cells and they were surrounded by 38 criminals. They noticed me approaching.
Criminal: "Who the heck are you?"
I don't answer him and just keep walking.
Criminal: "Hey I ask... argh!"
He and the other guards are lifted and start choking.
POV Travis The Gang Leader
Travis: "Hey why is it so cold all of a sudden?"
Billy: "I don't know. Hey Jim is the thermostat broken?"
Jim: "Let me check."
A door opening is heard and then the sounds of someone suffocating.
Travis: "Huh? Hey get your guns and go investigate. See if Jim is alright."
Billy: "Sure thing boss!"
Billy and the rest of the boys get their stuff together and start heading that way but are stopped before they can open the door and instead slam into the wall while choking on something.
Travis: "What the Hell?!"
I grab my gun but suddenly I am lifted into the air. I feel something invisible grab my throat and I struggle to remove the invisible hand. As I start to lose consciousness I see an alien with a tall head.
Travis: "Help... Me..."
POV Rio
I watch as the last criminal dies and I store their body in my inventory. After that, I walk to the cells. When I arrive I see most of the prisoners in rough shape. It seems that the criminals had beaten them. They all shy away from me.
Plagueis: "I am here to get you off this station. Take one of the criminal's ships and flee."
I unlock all the cages and open the doors. Most hesitate but I don't wait around and walk away. I move to see if there is anything I wouldn't want to sell. I see a ship leave and feel all 15 are on board it.
'Good, now I just need to wait for them to leave the system and I can sell this station.'
After 10 minutes I confirm everyone has left and I then sell the system.
[Ding]
[Knowhere Skull Of A Celestial Sold For 85 Million System Points.]
'Perfect. Now to start scouring records and space to see if I can find out where Alduin has gone.'
POV Nova Empire Partol Officer
Officer 1: "Another day another boring patrol"
Officer 2: "I mean at least we don't have to fight pirates. That and the Kree have been fairly quiet recently."
Officer 1: "I heard they have moved a large portion of their fleet towards their Eastern Border. Rumor has it they are preparing to invade the United Nations of Garn."
Officer 2: "Why would they do that? The Nova wouldn't stand by while they invaded and Garn has a sizeable army."
Officer 1: "I don't know it's just what I have heard. Maybe the Supreme Intelligence thinks it's a smart move. You can never tell what those AIs are thinking."
Officer 2: "I guess you got a point. Never understood why they thought letting a computer decide all their choices was a smart move. Then again they are just a bunch of stuck-up authoritarians."
Officer 1: "Yeah probably some weird control fetish they have. One of these days they will let Egalitarianism into their hearts and they will never look back."
Officer 2: "Oh yeah you hear about the attack on Asgard."
Officer 1: "What as in The Asgard? The one ruled by Odin."
Officer 2: "Yeah supposedly they were attacked by some group called the Frieza Force. The leader of the attack was strong enough that he injured Odin."
Officer 1: "What?! Seriously?!"
Officer 2: "Yeah I know it sounds crazy but supposedly it was this attack that was one of the major reasons the 9 Realms dissolved."
Officer 1: "Geez, I hope we don't have to fight someone that strong."
Officer 2: "Yeah no kidding... Hey, what is that?"
Officer 1: "What's what?"
I look over and see a strange light out in the distance. I look at my partner and we both turn on the patrolcraft. We see something that shocked and confused us when we close in on it. It was a strange creature that looked like a grey Flerken but it was pooping rainbows and a song was playing as it flew. I also had a strange body that looked like food of some kind.
Officer 1: "Uh, how do we report this?"
Officer 2: "Um, I am not sure. Will they even believe us?"
We looked at each other and decided to fly back to our spot and pretend we didn't see anything.
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Authors Note:
More adventures in space. Since the Inhumans on the moon were now only Humans I decided they should be removed from the moon but I didn't want to do so violently. If you are curious who Ven Zallow is he is the Jedi Master who duels Darth Malgus during the Decieved SWTOR cinematic. I strongly suggest watching it as it is really entertaining. I was thinking about Knowhere and figured it made sense for Rio could sell it. If you are curious as to why he got 85 Million it's because while it is valuable it isn't that valuable. Lastly, I wanted to show how others outside of Earth are reacting to what Rio is doing. That and now we see Nyan Cat doing what Nyan Cat does. Until next time Ciao.