//------------------------------// // Long time coming. // Story: Golden Shadows // by Sylif Daring Doo //------------------------------// _______*Ponyville, Equestria, 6:00 AM, the next day.*_______ Galesh stood in her ship in absolute silence, she was in the main room of the ship just standing in the dark, after a few minutes the lights came on followed by a voice. "Madam Galesh?" The computer said. "Why are you standing in the dark? are you feeling well?" It wondered. With a sigh, the Sentinel spoke. "My daughter is being hunted by our own people, and while the people themselves are happy about what she did." She paused and shook her head. "I lost her once, I won't lose her again." She said as she walked to the holo table, she then turned it on and pushed multiple buttons. "Madam, what are you doing?" The computer asked. Galesh rubbed her tired eyes and spoke. "I'm checking for Hunters or the Sentinel army." She answered easily. "Madam, Hunters have sophisticated cloaking technology that bypasses our scanners, and the army is not subtle when they enter new worlds." The computer said, it's calm voice was soothing to the stressed Sentinel. Galesh sighed and leaned on the table as the scanner searched. "I know.......but they were here once, and I'm hoping that they stopped their search in this world and moved on, but we aren't that lucky......those power spikes from my daughter are sure to have drawn them here." She covered her eyes with her left hand. "I can't lose Lyaroa again.......I lost her and Anseri that day." She took a deep breath. "Computer." She said quietly. The computer was silent for a moment before answering. "Yes? madam councilwoman?" It asked. "Scan for Anseri again." The Sentinel ordered in a whisper. "Madam....as you wish." The computer complied, albeit with a tone of reluctance, but not without concern. It was a only a few seconds but the computer replied. "As before, I cannot pinpoint your daughter's location, but she is alive and.......strange." The computer remarked. Galesh looked up and at the holo table. "What?" She asked. "Do you remember how I told you Anseri lost a child?" The computer asked. With a nod, the computer continued. "That child is alive again, I'm not sure how, but it is true." It finished. Galesh's wolf ears perked up at that. "If her child was resurrected, then we can trace that power!" She immediately headed for the bridge. "Beginning trace Madam." The computer stated. As Galesh entered the bridge and got into the pilot seat, she pulled up a terminal and sent a message to Estalli. Within moments, Estalli answered and she appeared on screen. "Mother? why are you up so early?" The younger Sentinel asked. Galesh turned on the engines as she replied. "I'm leaving for a while, I don't know how long I'll be gone, but the trip will be worth it." She said. Estalli stretched but appeared concerned and confused. "Why are you leaving? you just started to patch things up with Lyaroa?" She asked. For once, Galesh managed a smile as she looked at her daughter. "I have a way to find Anseri, let Lyaroa know I'm leaving, I don't want to startle her into taking action." She stated as the ship fully turned on. Estalli nodded. "Be careful mother, and good luck." She said. With that, the connection was cut and Galesh flew the ship out of the town and out of orbit. "Madam, it's good to have you back." The computer said. With that, Galesh swapped to her Sentinel form. "Good to be back." She said as the ship flew off. _______*Later that day, Lyaroa's house, 12:10 PM*_______ Estalli waited in the living room with Roxanne and Skitter, she had been preoccupying herself by answering questions, mostly about what the Forge was like, what her brother was like, how she became a sword wraith, and currently, why she wasn't very powerful compared to her mother or Lyaroa. "The sword wraiths were remade, the old traditions and rituals like the Ascension ceremony are still around, but the torture? that was revealed through an in depth investigation and immediately banned and outlawed, the new sword wraiths are voluntary, my generation aren't as powerful or resilient, but we retain our personalities, and most importantly, our emotions." Estalli explained. "Even so, you should have been able to kill us easily, so why didn't you?" Skitter asked with a flat tone. Estalli sighed. "I only trained for a year, truth is? I'm only about two hundred years old, so my power is still in its fledgling stages, as for why I didn't kill you quickly? my own personal honor, I was going to follow orders, but I felt like you deserved some time to try and fight back......it's why I was eager to face Nightmare in single combat." She explained. "And the whole, 'mortal weaklings' bit?" Roxanne asked. "You would have to ask my mother about that, she doesn't usually act that way, but she refused to tell me why she did it." Estalli replied. At that moment, there were footsteps coming from the stairs, followed by a voice. "It was an act...the Hunters were tracking her through specific speech patterns, if she said anything out of turn, like say...her name? they would have been here instantly." Lyaroa said as she entered the living room, she looked at Estalli, who was currently in her Sentinel form. "Now, why did you want to talk to me?" She asked. Estalli stood up and looked right at Lyaroa. "Mother left." She said, the statement seemed to startle Lyaroa and the others, but Lyaroa quickly shifted to an indifferent expression. "Good, she can stay away." She said as she turned to walk away. Lyaroa had only taken a step when Estalli continued. "She found Anseri." The younger Sentinel stated, making Lyaroa freeze in place, she looked over her shoulder at Estalli. Roxanne watched carefully as Lyaroa went silent, she stared at the floor for a few seconds before teleporting away in silence. "Why is that such a big deal?" Skitter asked out of curiosity. Estalli looked at Skitter. "Anseri disappeared on the same day that mother was forced to give Lyaroa to the Sword wraiths, no one has been able to find her since." She stated. "What changed?" Roxanne asked. Estalli shook her head. "Mother didn't tell me, but she seemed certain that she would succeed." She said as she shifted to her raptor form. "Anyway, I have to get back to training, I'll see you around." She said as she walked to the door. "Hold on, we have a training room you can use." Roxanne stated. Estalli looked over her shoulder...she then nodded. "Alright then, let's see what you've got." She said as she followed the fox. ______*later that day, Ponyville, Apache's POV.*______ The cool night air was a welcome change to the warm air of the afternoon and day, I landed on a passing cloud and looked around, thankfully there was nopony around me, I sighed and sat down, resting my weary muscles for a spell. I rested my head on the cloud and closed my eyes, I had been flying all day to avoid my family and Trixie, don't get me wrong, I love my family, but right now I needed to be alone. I didn't say much about it, nor did I confide in anypony about what happened, but I never truly cake to terms with what happened to my brother. Star...or Fang if you prefer, hasn't changed much since being 'healed' by Estalli, and while I accepted that he was my brother no matter what, I felt like he lost something along the way. I shake my head as I pick myself up and fly back home, I wasn't avoiding my family because of who they were, more along the lines of me fearing I would say something in the foul mood I was in. I soon reach the house and fly into my room, and land on the floor and close the window, but just as I did I heard a voice. "What's bothering you?" Came Fang's voice. I turn around and I see Fang leaning on the door with his arms crossed, he seemed disappointed. "What are you talking about?" I asked, feigning ignorance. Fang raised an eyebrow and shifted into Star as he walked to my bed and sat down. "I am talking about you avoiding us all day, talking to no one and even skipping school." He stated, clearly not believing my words. "I wanted to be alone today, that isn't uncommon." I say defensively as I close the window. Fang gave me an critical eye, examining my face for something, and he soon spoke. "I know you haven't come to terms with me being your brother, and that you feel like I took him away, and I doubt that anything I say will make a difference, and Spark confirming who I am doesn't help that." He said before shifting to his wolf form. "I don't think things will ever go back to how they used to be, but perhaps we can try to make this new situation work." He then stood and walked over to me, he knelt down to my level and stared into my eyes for a moment. "So Apache, can I have a chance to be your brother again?" He asked. I didn't reply at first, instead I stared into Fang's eyes, I searched them for any sign that he was lying, but instead of seeing any deception, all I could see was sadness and worry, I waited for around ten seconds before speaking. "Yea...sure thing." I say quietly as I turn to close the curtains. Fang stood up behind me and walked to the door to leave. "Night Apache." He said. "Night Fang." I reply. After Fang closed the door, I climbed into bed and closed my eyes, seeking to just get the day over with. ______*Fang's dream, later that night.*_______ Fang looked around his dreamscape, it was the same as always, a large open field with green grass, the leaves on the trees were in autumn colors. There was a change however, for one there was a small pond with two different kinds of flowers around it, there was also a small wooden shack with no furniture in it and the door was open. Fang took a deep breath and closed his eyes, he simply wished to enjoy this quiet time as much as he could, he smiled as a gust of wind gently brushed against his fur. He stood in silence for a few minutes until he felt the familiar yet unwelcome sensation of being pulled into a vision, he sighed and opened his eyes. "Let's get this over with." He said as he walked forward. Instead of the world being distorted and throwing Fang around like usual with the visions, this time he simply walked forward calmly as the world around him changed. He walked for while until the world stopped changing, he was now in a jungle that was both familiar yet unfamiliar all at once, he looked around the small clearing he was in, the trees were tall and the brush was thick, the forest itself seemed to have a will of its own somehow, a feral and aggressive will at that. Fang soon heard the brush behind him shuffle, he quickly turned around and he backed up at what he saw, there was a large reptile emerging from the brush, more specifically a raptor, it's glowing cyan eyes bore into his very being, it shining golden scales were now more clear and in a pattern. Before anything else could happen, the world changed once again, this time it was in a strange rocky wasteland, there was nothing in three directions, but ahead of him were two shadowed figures, he couldn't make them out but they were looking in his direction. The world changed once more and he was now on what appeared to be a long beach, he looked around, there were beach towels, coolers, umbrellas and various bottles of sunscreen. Fang also noticed the lifeguards post, as well as several wooden staircases attached to platforms so people could go to and from the beach, he took in the salt filled air and looked around more, it was then that he noticed two familiar figures on the beach. Fang walked over and soon recognized them as Lyaroa and Galesh, they were looking out at the sea and seemed to be talking about something. Fang soon reached an invisible barrier, he didn't try to break past it and simply watched as Lyaroa and Galesh looked at each other, and to Fang's great surprise, they hugged briefly before Lyaroa walked off. To his relief, the vision ended and he was back in his dreamscape, he looked around for any changes but was relieved when nothing changed, he then laid down on the grass and closed his eyes. "Maybe now I can relax." He muttered to himself. ________*a few days later, Ponyville, Lyaroa's house, 9:01 AM.*________ Estalli was sitting on Lyaroa's couch next to Night Frenzy, who was in her fox form for once, they were currently playing a video game...and Estalli was horrible at it. Night Frenzy was clearly winning judging by the score, and Skitter was in second, with Fang in third. "I don't get it, it serves no purpose, there is no real reward or reason to do so, and yet I can't stop playing." Estalli said. "It's called enjoying the game, it's for entertainment, stop thinking about it so much and just enjoy it." Skitter said. Yesterday, Night Frenzy had come back home, Skitter returned from her trip, while Galesh was still nowhere to be found, and as much as it annoyed her, Estalli could not get a transmission through no matter what she tried. Estalli shook her head and put the controller down. "Judging by the fact that you and everyone else in this house knows what a video game is, I'm guessing that my sister interfered quite a bit?" She asked. "How did you guess?" Roxanne said with an amused tone from behind the couch, Estalli looked back and saw that the fox was wearing a white robe and had large black circles under her eyes. "You look like death." The sentinel said. "What happened to you?" Night Frenzy asked. Roxanne yawned and put on a sleepy smile. "I was up for three days traveling around worlds with Lyaroa, funny thing about world four, you have to cut the limbs off the dead to kill them." She walked to the kitchen tiredly. Skitter looked at Estalli. "Maybe you should find out how Lyaroa is doing?" She whispered. Estalli sighed and got off the couch, she shifted into her Sentinel form and headed upstairs. Night Frenzy watched as Roxanne grabbed a cup of coffee and a donut, the fox took a sip from her cup and then engulfed herself in flames, she then became a stream of fire and flew through the air and ended up on the couch, she took a bite of her donut and set her coffee down. "How the hell did you do that? you couldn't do anything like that yesterday." Night Frenzy asked. Roxanne didn't answer right away, instead she quickly finished her donut and coffee and then laid her head in her sisters lap. "Again, three days, two of them in dangerous worlds, figured it out." She yawned tiredly. "Wake me when the world ends again." She said before closing her eyes. Skitter quickly grabbed a camera and took a picture of Roxanne, she grinned and teleported it away. "Really?" Night Frenzy asked. The changeling nodded and went back to waiting for Estalli to get back so they could continue. "Where's Dark and Syrin at?" Skitter asked curiously. Fang finally spoke up at this point. "Out, they said they had some things that they wanted to do a while ago." He said in a raspy voice, having almost lost it the previous day. A yawn came from the stair a few minutes later and Night Frenzy looked over. "Hey kids." She said. At the bottom of the stairs stood a groggy Firefly, Spark and Apache, the former rubbed her eyes and looked up. "Hey aunt Frenzy, where's mom?" She asked. Night Frenzy patted her sisters head and motioned her head. "My lap." She replied easily. Spark stretched a little as he walked into the living room and sat down. "Is Estalli still here?" He asked curiously. "Yea, she went upstairs to check on Lyaroa." Fang said. Apache headed for one of the chairs and sat down, she closed her eyes to try and rest. Skitter chuckled. "She basically lives here now." She joked, getting a quiet yet amused reaction from the others. Firefly and Spark sat down by the couch and they soon heard a voice. "As much as she's here, I'm starting to think I've opened a hotel." Lyaroa said as she walked down the stairs, she didn't look tired at all, as she walked over to and leaned on the wall, Estalli soon followed and stretched a little as she headed for the couch. "Someone wake Roxanne up, I'm going to make breakfast and I'm not getting bitched out again for letting her sleep through it." Lyaroa stated as she walked to the kitchen. Reluctantly, Night Frenzy gently shook Roxanne, waking the fox who grumbled. "Is it the end of the world?" She asked quietly. "It's breakfast." Night Frenzy replied. Roxanne mumbled something under her breath as she slowly got up, she then stood up from the couch and stretched. "I swear, next time I'm just going to punch that woman." She muttered to herself as she headed upstairs. No one said anything about this and decided to simply continue what they were doing, which was playing their game. Estalli at one point felt like they were singling her out but this was disproven when Fang made Skitter's character go back to the beginning at one point, of course afterwards Skitter simply swapped places with him, and then Estalli who was in second got flung backwards by random chance. The game continued for ten more minutes, with food breaks whenever someone's food was ready, so by the time the game ended, everyone had eaten, the end result was Night Frenzy in first, Fang in second, Skitter in third and Estalli in last. Estalli set the controller down and looked at Night Frenzy who seemed happy, she also has a large grin on her face, curious about this, Estalli went to speak. "You know Nightmare, if you keep grinning like that, we're going to have to send you to the funny farm." Fang said suddenly. Lyaroa held in a laugh as she walked behind the couch. "Don't get your hopes up Fang, they wouldn't take her." She teased. Night Frenzy sighed and spoke. "Shut up before you make me do something stupid." She warned. "Like what?" Estalli asked. Just then a very loud crash was heard nearby followed by the sound of rubble, they all looked and their eyes widened at what they saw, the wall that the front door was at was obliterated into piles of rubble, and there was a large dark green and black ship of some sort flying outside. "What the hell!" Lyaroa shouted, but just as she did, a loud bang was heard and almost instantly, Lyaroa cried out in pain as something lodged itself into her chest. Roxanne hurried over to Lyaroa as the Sentinel roared in anger, the fox took a few steps back as Lyaroa instantly threw her hand out and proceeded to slowly clench it into a fist. The sound of screeching metal and pained screams filled the air and soon the ship itself exploded, but not into a firey one, but into nothing but particles. After a few moments of silence, Roxanne rushed over to Lyaroa and examined the now bleeding area where her heart was. "What the fuck was that?" Fang asked as he stood. Estalli and everyone else stood up and walked over to Lyaroa. "Hunters, mercenaries that hunt and kill for bounties, they are among the cruelest creatures in existence." Estalli explained. Lyaroa grunted in pain as she removed her hand from her bleeding chest. "Why aren't you healing?" Roxanne asked, and then the Sentinel began to breath uneasy and coughed a little. "P-poison." She replied through the pain. Estalli knelt down, and looked at Roxanne. "May I?" She asked. Roxanne reluctantly allowed Estalli to examine Lyaroa after a moment, and the younger Sentinel looked at the wound. "Strange, they used void poison." She noted with visible confusion. Fang raised an eyebrow. "Void poison?" He asked. "It...It's illegal, it'll kill any mortal with no way of curing it." Lyaroa replied as she forced herself to stand. Skitter blinked. "I don't get it, you're a Sentinel, wouldn't that make the poison useless?" She asked. "Not if she made herself mortal." Said a familiar voice. Everyone looked at the ruined wall and saw Galesh walking up. "Isn't it obvious? when Lyaroa left the Forge, she cast aside her immortality along with her Sentinel form, making her a mortal with the power of a Sentinel." She explained as she crossed her arms. "Where were you a moment ago? you could have prevented this." Spark asked. Galesh rolled her eyes. "Don't be stupid, hunters are patient and smart, they waited until I was gone to strike, if I was here, this never would happen, as for where I was? I was searching for Anseri, who I found, thank you very much." She walked up to her daughter. Lyaroa growled as the older Sentinel approached. "Don't be like that you stubborn child, you need to get your body and immortality back or you will die, which I know you want to avoid at all costs." Galesh said as she took Lyaroa's arm and slung it over her shoulder. "Come on, the ship's med bay can help." She said, beginning to walk. Everyone, including Spark and Firefly followed Galesh as she took Lyaroa to her ship, they headed outside and found that time was standing still, as was obvious by none of the townsponies moving a muscle. "Fang, did you do this?" Roxanne asked. "No, why would I?" The wolf replied curiously. They neared the cloaked ship and it uncloaked by Galesh's command, the ship itself was quite large, like a small cruiser in those space movies, it's hull was black with white lines on the edges and with cyan patterns on it. "Welcome aboard, wish it was under better circumstances." Galesh said. A ramp lowered and they all climbed aboard, with Galesh and Lyaroa entering first and Fang entering last, the ramp closed and the ship cloaked again. "The time stop was part of the hunters tech, they freeze time for everything except the area around their target, they like to see their terror after all." Estalli explained as they made their way through the ship and into the main room. "Welcome back Madam Councilwoman...Mistress Lyaroa, it has been a long time." The computer said before going silent. As Galesh took Lyaroa to the med bay, Roxanne, Spark and Firefly all followed, leaving the rest in the main room. "Lady Estalli, am I to assume that Lyaroa has been captured?" The computer asked. "No, she was found and attacked by hunters using void poison." Estalli replied. Everything was silent for a moment until the computer spoke again. "I see...your mother has called me, I leave this to you." It said. Estalli looked at the others who were busy looking around. "Um, listen, we don't know how long it will take to restore Lyaroa to her former self, or even to find out how to do so, so if any of you want to go back or get anything, now would probably be a good time." She said. Skitter sighed and walked over to a nearby chair, she sat down in it. "Why do you make that sound like we aren't coming back?" She asked. Estalli blinked and seemed to think on this, she then spoke. "I cannot guarantee we will come back, there are hunters and the Sentinel army looking for my sister, not to mention anything that may be out there on planets where she may or may not have hidden her body or immortality." She replied, not wanting to make it sound easy or safe, because it wasn't. Fang chuckled. "Well, we've done some stupid shit before, what's one more time?" He joked as he put his arms behind his head. Night Frenzy sighed, she pinched the bridge of her nose with her hand and spoke. "Well what the hell, I haven't gone on one of these by myself anyway, besides I care about that idiot, not going to see her die if I can help it." She muttered. "Count us in too." Said a familiar voice. Everyone looked over and saw Dark and Syrin. "What are you doing here? and more importantly, how did you get on the ship?" Fang asked. Dark shrugged. "Teleportation at the last second." She answered easily. Estalli cleared her throat and spoke. "As much I want to let this little reunion go on, unless you can fight, you should go, we aren't exactly going on vacation here." She said flatly. Dark raised an eyebrow. "I fought with them before, I can handle myself, and so can Syrin." She stated with an aggravated tone, walking off to explore a little. Estalli simply sighed. "Anyone else feel like crashing the party?" She whispered to herself, hoping the answer was no. ______*In the med bay.*______ "Can't you just pull the poison out?" Roxanne asked. Galesh set Lyaroa down on the bed and pushed a button on the nearby terminal, the bed raised up a little to elevate Lyaroa's head. "I don't know, can you use fire to freeze things?" The sentinel replied as she called over a floating tray with some tools. "Don't you fucking dare operate on me." Lyaroa said through the pain. Galesh shook her head and grabbed a cylindrical device. "I'm not, I'm containing the poison." She then placed the device on Lyaroa's chest, it grew a rubber looking dome on the bottom and it latched on, after a few seconds, the device retracted and Galesh put it down. "What did you just do?" Firefly asked. Galesh looked at the filly. "I contained the poison to where it struck.....the heart, it's the source of the poison and it couldn't be moved, but at the least I can contain it and slow the poison down." She replied. "Won't that mean the heart will die faster?" Spark asked out of worry. With a shake of her head, Galesh replied. "No, the Sentinel heart can't be killed by this poison, it'll hurt like hell and cause flu like symptoms like sensitive skin, weakness of the muscles, headaches and a severe cough, but she won't die." She said before looking at Lyaroa who winced in pain. "As much as I know you don't want to, you have to trust me Lyaroa, I'm your best bet at staying alive." She said. Lyaroa took a deep breath and then let it out, she looked at Galesh. "Fuck off." She stated before looking away. Galesh's eyes saddened, but she said nothing as she turned to face Roxanne. "We leave in twenty minutes." She said before walking to the door. Roxanne, Firefly and Spark watched as Galesh left the room, then Roxanne walked up and sat down next to Lyaroa's bed. "That wasn't necessary Lyaroa and you know it." She said quietly. Lyaroa said nothing and just laid in silence, unwilling to answer the fox, even though she knew full well that Roxanne was right. ______*the bridge.*______ Fang, Night Frenzy and Estalli were on the bridge with Galesh as she prepared the ship for launch, Fang sat down in the co-pilot seat and Estalli spoke up as she sat down in the back seat. "You might want to move back here, Mother doesn't let anyone use that seat." She said. Galesh sighed. "It's fine." She said flatly, surprising her youngest daughter. Night Frenzy sat down and spoke. "So, where are we going first?" She asked. Galesh powered up the ship and lifted off. "That's obvious isn't it?....we're going to Earth! the time of dinosaurs, the only world of its kind where they still rule the planet billions of years later." Came Wheatly's voice. "Computer, who is that?" Galesh asked with a confused tone. The computer responded with a slightly annoyed tone. "Apologies madam councilwoman, but Lyaroa installed her own ai using her old override codes." It replied. Fang raised an eyebrow at this and he looked at Galesh. "Pull that lever and steady the throttle, take offs are always uneasy." The sentinel ordered. In a few moments, the ship was now in space above Equis, Galesh sighed and rubbed her eyes. "Computer, damage report." She said. "Minor damage to the ships engines madam, and only partial scarring to the outer plating." The computer replied. "Well, that's one hell of a sight." Came Skitter's voice. Estalli looked back and saw that everyone aside from Lyaroa and Roxanne were now on the bridge staring at their home. "There's probably nicer worlds though." Skitter added, earning a slap to her head from Dark. Fang leaned back and looked at Galesh. "This ship used to be Lyaroa's, am I right?" He asked. Galesh nodded and turned the captains chair around to face the others. "Correct, this is a Swordwraith cruiser ship, it's in disrepair because of heavy damage it took fighting hunters off, that and being away from its owner for too long." She explained. "Sentinel ships are bonded to a sentinel, until the one it is bonded to dies, the ship will slowly decay and will never be at full power until the sentinel returns." The computer added. Galesh sighed and leaned back, shifting to her wolf form, surprising them all. "As much as Lyaroa's presence will help fix up the ship, we can't rely on her or her power until she's healed, because void poison is aggravated by sentinel powers, so any sentinel powers will have to be from me or Estalli." She said. "The only hope we have is restoring her immortality and her sentinel form, doing that will cure the poison and eradicate it from her system, then we can worry about the hunters and the sentinel army." Galesh said, forming a plan in her head. Night Frenzy spoke next. "And if the army finds us before she is cured?" She asked. Galesh shook her head. "Then we are in trouble." Was all she said before standing and then walking off the bridge. "Where is her sentinel form?" Estalli asked. Galesh stopped and looked back, she saw that the others seemed to be looking to her for leadership right now, clearly Lyaroa was their normal leader, she took a breath. "Lyaroa wiped her memory of that, and that of her immortality, and she gave each memory to the people she could trust to safeguard them." She stated. Roxanne spoke up next from behind them. "Her children, they must have immortality and are strong enough to survive and protect the secret, but where do we find them?" She wondered. Galesh turned and looked at the fox. "Simple, we ask my daughter." She replied, taking a deep breath, she headed down the stairs to have a talk with her daughter. Galesh neared the med bay and heard the computer speak. "Madam councilwoman, if I may? why would Lyaroa's children help us? she may have told them horrible things about you to make sure they never trust you." The computer asked. When Galesh reached the med bay door, she placed a hand on it. "That's a risk we have to take." She opened the door and walked through, she then closed it and walked to her daughter who lay in bed, clearly sulking. "Lyaroa, there is something I need to know." Galesh said. To the older sentinel's surprise, her daughter looked at her. "What do you want Galesh?" She asked in a wary and anger filled voice. Galesh sat down and looked her daughter right in the eyes, she readied herself and spoke four words, fours words that made everything silent. "Where are your children?"