Suchin Markjon put her program into effect. She did not wait for permission. She did not tell anyone what she was doing. There was no time. She was not sure why there was no time but she was sure she had to do this fast before it happened.
Suchin began moving along the halls of the Daedlus looking for someone. She saw all of her crewmates as she went. She could see who they were and what they wanted. Suchin felt like there were no secrets. She could see everything everyone kept hidden and she loved them all anyway. She found Roweth Sinclair. She ran up to him and hugged him.
“It is so good to see you Roweth,” she said.
Roweth was not sure what to do. He was not big on hugs. He was not sure why Suchin was hugging him. He prayed to God that she would let go before she noticed something.
Suchin stopped hugging Roweth and said, “I have not seen you for a while Roweth.”
“I’m sorry we have not been able to have lunch together lately,” he said, “Things have been hectic lately.”
“I know things now Roweth. I knew them before but now they are clearer and I know them even better.”
“Are you feeling well Suchin?”
“A moment ago you were afraid I would notice you getting an erection.”
“I was not,” Roweth lied.
“It is okay Roweth,” said Suchin, “I know that sometimes you wonder what I look like naked. I also know that sometimes you fantasize about having sex with me. But you try not to think about these things because you think you don’t have a chance with me because you are really a natural born human and not a gene mod enhancile. You should stop lying about that Roweth. It does not bother me that you are a natural. It bothers me that you lie about it. I know that you want to be my friend because you think that is the best you will get because you think I would never even consider any kind of relationship with you let alone having sex with you. But the truth is I am not opposed to those things. But we don’t have time to talk about that now. I need you to start calling people. I need you to tell them to meet me somewhere so I can tell them things.”
Roweth sat there with his mouth open, then he started calling the ships senior staff and telling them there was something wrong with Suchin and she wanted them all to meet her in the common hall. The prime squad came but Raddy Volcane was absent. Duron, Therazan and Dr. Faction were also there. Roweth had not bothered to call for Kerrigan or to find Zai.
“Good, good, good,” said Suchin, “Thank you all for coming. And I want to congratulate you. I want to congratulate Janessa and Commander Ardiniero for trying to be friends again. And I want to congratulate Therazan and Zemwell for not having sex in closets anymore. Whoa Junitha how are you doing that. Its like you are there but you are not there and there is more than one of you.”
“Is she high?” asked Junitha.
“I don’t know,” said Roweth, “she just came up to me and started acting like this. I thought if I did as she asked it might calm her down and we could get her to the medical center.”
“We do not have time for that,” said Suchin, “I found the Spectral Horde home planet.”
“You what?” said Duron, “Where is it? How is that possible?”
“Well not exactly found it but I know where it is,” said Suchin, “But the ship does not know so I made an algorithm to find it. We are a lot closer than we thought. And that is the key. I looked at the Spectral Horde signals again and they made sense I know what they really are. It all makes sense now. All the things we thought were wrong, they are wrong but not for the reasons we thought. There it is again. I think Zai may have figured it out and if he has not he will soon.”
“What about Zai?” asked Duron, “does he know something?”
“No this is not about Zai,” said Suchin, “but it is about him and he does not know it. But it is also about the Spectral Horde. You see what they are doing. They can…”
Suchin stopped talking. It took them a moment to realize that she had also stopped moving. She was frozen in place.
“What’s happening? What’s wrong with her?” said Roweth.
Suchin began to move her hands. She placed them on her head and grabbed her own hair. Blood dripped from her nose. Suchin threw her head back and screamed. She fell back and thrashed on the ground and it took three people to hold her down. She stopped screaming and went limp and Suchin Markjon was gone.
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