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Chapter 45 - Chapter 40: Time has stopped, seize it! Part 2

FIREFLY in the coffers

_With the information I've received, I must inform FIREFLY now, Michael said.

_Margaret used her father's doppelgänger's last name to spy on our Earth, Ariche said. _Do you think it's time for FIREFLY to find out she's a Warshapian? Everyone here knows I'm an Outlander alien! Although not of Maggie's race, but...how are we going to tell them there was another alien among us? Even apart from Atziri, who's no longer with us!

_Gradually, the information is being revealed. We're in a labyrinth, but we must find a way out. You know what to do. We'll activate the "fly system," and as you know, only our own people will hear what I have to say. Anyway, Ariche, sooner or later, Armin will find out.

Ariche activates the Fly system. Now FIREFLY is ready to listen to what their leader has to tell them.

_ Dear friends, I speak to you with more kindness because although we are mysterious, but we have our goal. There is a truth that you must know: as you may know, now time has stopped, the Earth has stopped and we must make the best use of time, through problems, "through the darkness, we shine like fireflies." We are mysterious, but like fireflies, we shine in the darkness, creating a beautiful spectacle for those who will have the opportunity to appreciate it, so it is time, my dear friends and colleagues, for you to know a truth: we have had the honor of having Atziri, Armin's sister, help us in our main mission: to protect the Earth from an alien attack, and we have Ariche, who is an outlander-alien too. But now, there is someone else who is an alien and has worked with us unconditionally, but first, you must know something about Armin: His last name is not Blake, as it is a first and last name here on our Earth, his last name is Skyintellsraighwar, that's right! His real name is Armin Skyintellsrtaighwar, his age is 37,000 years old, the age of his sister Atziri is 29,000 years old, his daughter Galaxy is 6,000 years old and his daughter who is believed to be dead, is 5,000 years old, the reason why he uses the last name Blake, is because he fears us, just as we fear him, because we know that directly or indirectly he wants the destruction of our planet, our Earth, our home, Armin fears us, in his own way, but he fears us. So logically his daughter, who is calling herself Dorothy Webber here on our Earth, is Galaxy Skyintellsraighwar, the daughter she believes to be dead she calls Kesil honoring the Orion constellation and because of her exceptional inclination to the stars, but her real name is Khione Skyintellsraighwar. Now, you will know how to address them, but now, you will know of another Warshapian who is among us, among the highest ranks of FIREFLY, she is Margaret, she used the last name Townsend like that of her father's doppelgänger, but her real full name is: Margaret Skyintellcunning...She is the "key origin" of FIREFLY, in fact, she is the true founder of FIREFLY, I will tell you: Margaret, received the mission from INFINITY to come as a spy to our Earth, to keep INFINITY informed of all our scientific, technological and medical advances, which would endanger humans knowing the existence of aliens, and also, to thwart our plans to know what is beyond our Earth, what astronomers, astrophysicists and all the scientists who study all this do. But she changed her mind when she realized that humanity still exists on Earth, so thanks to her, we have our plan of attack when aliens want to attack us, when they want to destroy our Earth. Margaret is the founder of FIREFLY. Margaret is the creator of FIREFLY. It's easier for Atziri to betray us. Margaret Skyintellcunning is our eternal ally.

The members of FIREFLY begin to murmur against Margaret and Michael, losing sight of the most important thing Michael Tyndale had told them.

_ Why trust her! It would be better to die at the hands of that lunatic alien!

_ She must be a double agent!

_ What worse could have happened to us! It's obvious that knowing this truth makes us no longer trust Margaret.

_ Is it logical to continue trusting aliens, who want us all dead here on Earth?

_ On the planet where the Legion of Sentinels is

_ Margaret! The truth is, I know you're brave and passionate about the cause, Cameron said, but I'm very worried now. While it's true that it's impossible for Armin Skyintellstraighwar not to discover you at some point, I'm worried it might be now.

_ I know... Father, Margaret replied, somewhat worried and empathetic toward her deceased father's doppelgänger, but ultimately, not only will I have to answer to INFINITY now, but even to LUCIÉRNAGA, when Tyndale tells them that...

The Fly system alerts Margaret. Michael informs Margaret of what's happening, so Margaret addresses the members of LUCERNAGA to tell them that although she was a Warshapian spy, she is now on their side. In her words, she inspires confidence, leadership, inspiration, and power. As she finishes, she and the Sentinels see Agnar and Dayaceli return.

_"I must see my daughter," said Agnar.

_The question is how we'll take them if the leader of The Fighting Cats was also swallowed by that mysterious black hole, like our co-leader and her daughter."

_"Were you looking for the Ice Cat?" a voice is heard coming from one of The Fighting Cats' ships; it was Ginger. "Listen, Sentinels! I'll teleport the Ackermann couple so they can see their daughter, but I want to ask you: have you already been injected with the conversion?"

"Yes, that's right!" said Dayaceli.

_"I must speak to my daughter! Don't you scientists say that time is relative?" Time has stopped on Earth, and if I don't talk to Iris, who is an advisor to these feline superheroes, how are we going to win?

_"Your life could be in danger if you don't undergo the conversion. You know better than anyone that there's more danger than anyone here," Dae-Hyun said. "You have to undergo the conversion now! Your daughter needs you alive!"

_"I've never understood how you lead a spy agency; you are one and you're also a doctor."

"Medicine is necessary for everyone. There are military doctors, those who treat athletes, even those like me who treat undercover agents... There's no time to explain, take it because your life is very valuable too."

Reluctantly, Agnar undergoes the conversion. He will now also live 20,000 years, but surprisingly, it only took him 5 seconds to turn into an alien, almost the same speed it took Cameron and Jonathan.

_I'm going to beam them back up!- said Ginger

_Energize!- said Iris

Then, at warp speed, the ship leaves.

_I can drive the ship and leave the copilot on autopilot. Go! Your parents need you, and you need them.

_Everything will be okay, Ginger,- said Iris (Ice Cat)- Antoinette will be fine, Gretel will be fine, and so will Hansel.

Later, Iris leaves the cockpit and meets her parents, who give her a big hug. With a sweet and kind look, her mother Dayaceli tells her:

_You've become something much, much better than your father and I ever wanted for you. We are proud! Never stop showing kindness. Just as your face exudes kindness and friendliness, so does powerful leadership. Don't stop showing kindness, even if the person you show it to doesn't deserve it.

With a look of powerful leadership and mentorship, her father Agnar tells her, "Iris, you know very well that in this place they don't know what you already know and what I know, but never forget who you are. Remember what I taught you about leadership. I must also tell you this: if you find a leader who is overconfident and doesn't want to listen, strive to change their point of view and show them the benefits of knowing how to listen, because a leader also needs to continue growing as a person and listen to wise advice, but be careful not to listen to bad advice or rely on sentimentality." And that applies whether you are a leader or not. And having Antoinette on your side brings out the best in her, "because leadership is in everything."

_ Mom, you taught me the way of undeserved kindness, showing kindness even when another human being to whom it is given doesn't deserve it, and your dad, you've taught me what it truly means to be a leader. They are two powerful legacies that I will never abandon. But I will create my legacy anyway, and I will make sure it's a positive one. And from what I learned from Antoinette, let there be truth, justice, and peace in that legacy. That's why...

A weapon collides with the spaceship, causing it to lose control, spinning and spinning until it almost brings them down.

_ Shields at 20%! "Direct attack on the ship's vital parts!" Ginger exclaimed.

Iris, hearing this, turns around, bewildered, looking at what's around her, but she says bravely:

_Antoinette bravely defends the truth. I will bravely defend justice, but true justice, as I said, I will carry on my parents' legacy. But defending true justice will be my legacy.

Iris runs up to the cockpit, while Ginger greets the one who attacked them: it was Armin.

_It seems they've improved a lot in warships! Why is the head of INFINITY ferociously pursuing what he calls lunatic humans?........ Or wasn't it his daughter Khione? (Sarcasm) Admiral Skyintellstraighwar?

_Making offensive references won't save you from being destroyed, whether now or not, but that action will be carried out sooner or later.

_I already told you, Admiral Skyintellstraighwar! I don't fight my own kind! And that's one of my warnings.

_You're no longer a Warshapian; you've been an Outlander-alien for a long time, so my kind is no longer your kind.

_Of course! "Now!.......(looking with defiance and determination)........I'm a Fighting Cat!"

Armin gives the order to fire at the ship where Ginger and the others are, but Iris stops them.

_"Wait! I implore you.........- Iris raises her hand for Armin to stop. "I barely knew your doppelgänger from my Earth, Earth 02. I'm absolutely sure that you have at least some of your double Yoann McGregor, he was a good man! I'm sure this isn't you...you wouldn't want to put an end to my Earth, wait for the truth to come out!"

_"Ice Cat! I know who you are now," said Armin. "Last words or last chance to surrender, Fighting Cats!"

_"I have four, one first and one last name," Iris said with determination. "Find true justice, Armin Skyintellstraighwar, find it!"

Later, Armin teleports Ginger and Iris away to finish them off. Ginger is in the middle of several Warshapian warriors, while Iris is face to face with Armin again.

_"Skyintellstraighwar!" Iris exclaimed. "The last time we fought, I didn't show my full potential, but this time, I'll show some of it..."

_"I'm among you as an Outlander-alien," Ginger said, "but now I'm The Water Cat."

The two women begin to shout: "Miyo-War! Miyo-War!" Miyo-War! Later, their high-tech feline suits, advanced technology that matched 60% of the aliens' technology, merge with them. Iris's eyes turn to ice, she sprouts "ice-like claws," which are like knives that grow naturally in glaciers. Ginger sprouts "water-like claws," which can hurt like the strong blow that comes when you slam into the water.

_"I don't fight with my own kind!" said Ginger, "but that's something I'll forget about now."

The Earth Cat (Kiara) enters the scene.

_"I think there are more Outlander aliens here," said Kiara, claiming to be a Warshapian. "But as you say, friend, I'm Fighting Cat!"

_"You joked a lot with Antoinette about what Atziri's doppelganger "The Kitties" told you!" _ My doppelgänger had the disease that several humans suffer from: "Asperger's Syndrome," but let me tell you, in knowledge, reasoning, logic, and vocabulary, they're not far behind us Warshapians. Well, we'll talk later. Miyo-War! Miyo-War! Miyo-War!

Both banished Warshapians fight with everything they have like Fighting Cats, meanwhile, Iris has a very powerful fight with Armin Skyintellstraighwar.

Due to strange "space magnets," the Airspace-Wanderer is pulled into outer space and arrives where Armin's ship and the Fighting Cats' ship are. Jawara emerges from her rest and goes to the cockpit.

_ They may want to make us forget... But not me! - said Jawara.

_ My God! That ship, it's gigantic! In fact, now that you...," Yadir said, "remembered the alien existence very well, you told me everything, and well... now what do we do, Jawara?"

Cameron, who was on the Fighting Cats' ship, detected the presence of Heather's doppelgänger (Sharon) on the Airspace-Wanderer and teleported her away.

_"I have teleportation records!" Jawara exclaimed. "It's Sharon!"

_"This is Sharon!" Yadir said.

_"Hello Jawara, or Aidan, what can I call you?"

Jawara stared intently at Cameron's face on the screen. His gaze emanated an aura of mystery and powerful IQ. She looked at him very suspiciously.

_"Who are you? How do you know my name? Even my first name!"

_"I'm Cameron Townsend, for your information, Dr. Malenfant. I'm not an alien as such, I was a human like you." Just give me the chance to have your sister here on the ship for a moment, and I'll bring her back safe and sound. It's not my goal to harm you, but do be wary of these aliens. But prepare yourselves, because this cataclysm is only the beginning.

_"What's he saying?" Yadir said suspiciously.

_"I don't know," Jawara replied, still suspicious. "But despite my deep suspicions, something tells me we should trust him." Jawara turned to Cameron. "Okay, Townsend! But on one condition: a friend of mine will go with her. He'll be carrying a machine he invented. If not, don't let me take her! And if you take her by force, I'll pull you off that ship and throw you into outer space to die of suffocation, freezing, and disintegration! Do you understand?"

"Deal!" Cameron stares at Jawara. "You're too emotional to be an engineer." I'll teleport Sharon and your friend away. But look: I don't have time to explain, I only know that you're going to be a father, and I am a father, so paternal love is at stake, which is why Sharon must come, so please: from father to father... give us enough time, I assure you on my life that I will return her to you unharmed, and I also assure you of the well-being of those on your ship. Jawara didn't understand how Cameron knew that his wife Blossom She was pregnant, but she emotionally connected with Cameron on the paternal side, and her instinct told her Cameron was a trustworthy man, so she agreed.

_ Okay, do what you have to do—they disconnected the screens—Yadir, you have to let them teleport Wally and the "Truth Walker."

_ Why Wally?—Yadir asked, bewildered.

_ Trust me, he created the "Truth Walker" to identify a human from an alien, and I want to know if the person we were talking to was a human or an alien, and only Wally can do that.

_ Okay, I'll do whatever you say.

_ As Yadir headed to where the people were being teleported, Sharon appeared and told him she heard everything and that he shouldn't worry about her. Wally went with all his might so they could fulfill the deal.

_ Upon arriving at the Fighting Cats' ship, Cameron looked at Sharon for a moment and had flashbacks from his past. He tries to avoid those thoughts and focus on why he brought Sharon to that ship.

_"Are you okay?" Sharon asked. "I knew you wanted me to come here to this ship. In fact, you appealed to my brother's paternal side so I could grant your request. What am I good at?"

Wally runs the scan with the "Truth Walker" and returns these results.

AI Voice: "Engineer Wally, the present is a converted alien, but it's actually a human."

_"Wait, Walker!" Wally said. "How come you say it's both an alien and a human?"

AI Voice "He's a human, even though he became an alien, he's a human!"

Cameron didn't understand what Wally's invention meant, but he took Sharon to his biological parents' doppelgängers to fulfill his mission: to make up for not saving Heather (something that haunts him deeply) by allowing Agnar and Dayaceli to see their deceased daughter's doppelgänger. As they walked toward Agnar and his wife, Cameron and Sharon talked about their past.

_"They told me a lot of it," Sharon said, her head down. "I have a picture of my father. To be honest, I still can't accept that they are my real parents." (Sharon remembers that her "mother" Madeleine wasn't a real mother, and now that she thinks about it, she sees an opportunity for her biological mother's doppelgänger to show her true affection.)

Cameron and Sharon stand in front of Agnar and Dayaceli, as Dayaceli hadn't seen her daughter for many, many years due to a powerful injustice, although Knowing that she's her real daughter's doppelgänger, Dayaceli runs to hug her.

_"My daughter! I saw pictures of you when you graduated from college! When you were appointed director of the FBI!" Dayaceli stopped. "I know! I know! You're not my biological daughter! But in you I see my beloved daughter."

Sharon, feeling a genuine maternal hug and knowing that she was from her real mother's doppelgänger, responds with a broken voice.

_"Mom! Don't you mind if I call you that?"

_"Of course not, daughter! I know you're her doppelgänger, but you are my daughter in all universes, my daughter!"

Sharon heartbrokenly hugged her again, feeling that she finally had a genuine maternal hug. But Agnar watched and didn't dare hug Sharon.

_ Agnar! - exclaimed Cameron- Look.... I know I have no excuse, I should have done more for Heather to be alive! I owe it to you, to your other children, to your wife, to her husband! I can't give her back to you, I only know that being here at the Multiverse Base, I can give you your daughter's double, the doppelgängers of both of you, are dead! Your double died without knowing that Sharon was alive, although she is not the real Heather, the daughter you lovingly conceived, you have the opportunity to have your firstborn's double with you!

_ I don't blame you for my daughter's death, but I know you could have done more to save her, and to begin with, it was an autistic who couldn't do it- said Agnar in a serious and spiteful tone of voice- second, an artificial intelligence engineer with Asperger's Syndrome is the creator of a Cyborg, to which he gave my daughter's brain.... she's not even a cyborg! She's a machine! "Not my daughter!" Agnar shouted in fury and pain.

_"Dad?" Sharon said with an empathetic tone and a somewhat frightened look. _"I'm sorry I'm not her! But here I am! I can be your daughter!" Sharon approached her, but Agnar backed away, shaking his head.

_"I know you'll say that my fury and my pain are what you're talking about, but... You, Townsend! You all have no empathy! You have no empathy!! You have no empathy!"

_"Don't talk to her like that!" Dayaceli retorted. "Don't forget that our daughter Iris accepted a man with Asperger's as her husband, Jayden! And I've already been informed that our daughter-in-law Melanie's doppelgänger also has Asperger's Syndrome. Just like my daughter—our daughter!" I have faith that there is goodness in autistic people, but the pain....that we now have of Heather not being here and everything that has happened and everything that we have lived through, does not let us see it, but......-Dayaceli speaks with many tears in her eyes- Iris knows, and And I know there is goodness in autistics!

_"I'd better go!" Sharon said.

_"In due time, you'll accept Sharon as the bandage you need for your enormous wound. I let you lose your daughter!" Cameron said, still walking away.

Meanwhile, Jawara detected Joshua and Blossom being teleported to Armin's ship.

_"That gigantic ship intercepted our plane!" Jawara exclaimed. "They took my wife and brother-in-law!"

A man attacked him from behind and placed a handkerchief over Jawara's face. He resisted, but within microseconds, he fell into a deep sleep.

_"Who are you? You're crazy!" Yadir exclaimed, coming to Jawara's defense. _Wait Yadir!- said the man- I came with the one who asked them to teleport Sharon, my name is Blake Tomlinson, and you already know that Sharon is your biological sister, but Jawara doesn't know it yet, but my purpose of having put him to sleep is not to come and hurt him, it is so that through shared dreams, he can know truths, truths that will prepare him for future threats, because this is not over.....and also for when he has to accept that Sharon and he are not blood siblings.......calm down!- said Blake raising his hand in a gesture to calm Yadir- this sedative will not cause any after-effects. Meanwhile, Iris and Armin were seen fighting each other. Iris threw ice through her eyes and attacked Armin with her claws. Armin, with his powerful Warshapian warrior prodigious combat, tried to finish her off. However, they managed to keep the fight in a draw for a long time. In a moment of carelessness, Iris managed to "scratch" Armin's arm. He complained of some pain and stopped fighting. Iris continued attacking with her claws, and Armin evaded her until they both decided to stop.

_ They say you're the most powerful alien in existence, - said Iris (Ice Cat) - that you're the best Warshapian warrior, but I highly doubt it. You're too slow to stop me!

_ Your words that discourage me from fighting won't work! - Armin said, challenging her. Iris attacks again, and so does Armin, and once again, Iris manages to land a master blow, but stronger, as her claws end up scratching Armin's face. But suddenly, Dorothy appears on the scene, pulls Iris by the arm, and throws her against the wall.

_"Get away from my father!" Dorothy yells at Iris.

_"And you!" Iris responds, standing up. "If you're not going to love my brother's doppelganger, get away from him!"

The heroine and the warrior fight each other. But something happened that no one expected, least of all the Sentinels: the Plunderer's son, Seung You Park, appeared face to face with Armin Skyintellstraighwar. He carried two fencing swords, trained in samurai combat, and, striking his pose, he challenges Armin to a fight.

_"Remember the woman who said, 'What are you?'" And he replied, "A faithful fighter? That woman is my mother! My name is Seung You Park, but you can call me "The Electric Looter" - Later, Seung You and Armin maintain a powerful fight, with his great samurai skill, his ability to use two swords at once, Seung You manages to maintain a powerful fight in a draw with Armin.

Dae-Hyun detects the presence of his son on the Skyintellstraighwar ship, he arrived at the Multiverse Base through a wormhole, very upset, he contacts his son.

_ Seung You! What are you doing on that ship? This is not your fight! Your fight is on Earth 02! Not here! - Jung Jae Park, Dae-Hyun's older brother (who had also already taken the rejuvenating injection and the conversion) appears on the scene - Jung Jae? What are you doing here too? I told you that you will also stay on Earth 02! Aidan Tancredi the He needs you and Seung You more than we need them here.

_ That's true, but this is why we're here...

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