The Foundation Zone: Extensions by Amber Millard (phonics readers txt) 📖

and Darkness.

Saatswei’ell steps in while the other two move to the room next to it, which is separated by a force field when the chamber is active. When Saatswei’ell approached Marie, she saw a man with sharp green and purple eyes that were a little dreamy and long jet black hair with medium curls pulled back, this made it easier to see his olive complexion. He stood 6’8” with a solid frame and great muscle tone to match. The way he strutted across the room was effortless and full of confidence and power. His face was strong and broad, the same as his nose except it had a slight buttoned tip, though the lips were wide and half full this gave him a sultry look regardless of how he felt, they looked nice but nothing was nice about the expression; Saatswei’ells face was straight though it was easy to see the aggravation, he took deep breaths and it was very nasal. Marie stood on the other side of the room on the black pad. She was finding it hard to concentrate with that hostile look in his eyes, at the same time she also found him very attractive.

“You’re supposed to approach the platform.” Saatswei’ell stated flatly.  

“Excuse me, who are you?” an astonished Marie asked. He walked across the platform straight to Marie

“I am Saatswei’ell, your Takzen liaison. It is time for you to receive a control band.”

“What control band?”

“Go to the center of the platform and the process will begin.” Aaksaun was dissatisfied with the way Saatswei’ell greeted her so he intervened.

“Saatswei’ell, sir this is no way to welcome our guest!”

“You call this a guest?!” Saatswei’ell shot back. Aaksaun focused on Marie this time,

“Lady, were you hurt at any time during the trip?”

“No… thank you, but what is this place?”

“Patience Marie, all will be revealed in due time, until then we must help you control yourself.”

“Are you Mcen?”

“No Madame, I am Aaksaun, this is my friend and head of the experiment Saatswei’ell.”

“Now if you please, step into the center so that we may apply the band on you.”

“What is the band?”

“It helps us to control our energy when things throw us out of control. Like you for instance, you are so defensive that you’re choking your power. You’re supposed to have a glow. If you don’t loosen up, then we will have to do it for you and its mandatory for you because you’re new to this realm.”

“Oh ok.” Replied the confused Marie, just before she stepped onto the platform she spotted a floating black ball in the distance.

“What’s that?” she blankly asked, the ball replied

“I am Mcen, remember Marie we spoke while you were traveling here?”

“Oh wow that’s you?!”

“Step on please!” commanded Saatswei’ell.

“I’m going geez don’t get your gown in a bunch!”

Chapter 3: Balls of Light

Marie stepped on the platform; it measured 30 feet in diameter. From what Marie observed there were no windows; the room was very spacious. She looked where she last stood; directly above the black pad there was a 9 foot circular pad 25 feet off the floor. Facing it on the opposite side of the room was an identical pad hanging above the door. As Marie approached the center Saatswei’ell grew impatient with each step she took.

“You’re taking too long, the room is just vacant.” He said flatly.

“What’s up with the plates on the walls?” Marie was just within grabbing distance when Saatswei’ell bended down to brace her shoulders. Her eyes lit up and then she grabbed his wrists.

“Hey what are you doing?!”

“You are taking too long!”

“Be careful Saat if you scare her too much she might have a burn out!” Aaksaun cautioned.

“But she’s taking too long!”

“You’re hurting my shoulders man!” Saatswei’ell loosened his grip; next he placed his hands under Marie’s arms and carried her to the center in three steps. “I not a child you know.” Marie said put off by his attitude.

“Stand here like this, face this direction and don’t move… please.” Saatswei’ell commanded breathlessly. She did exactly that, careful trying not to set him off again.

“Hey one more question before…” “What is it?” Marie was caught off guard by Saatswei’ell’s rudeness. “I was just wondering, where am I?”

Aaksaun decided to take over answering the questions “You prepare the orbs, I’ll handle this.” Saatswei’ell exhaled, agreed and walked over to the wall on Marie’s left. Aaksaun looked back towards Marie, as soon as Saatswei’ell touched the wall a gold colored oval appeared, along with foreign symbols and a force field initiated, instantly separating Marie from the three.

“You’re on Gam Neqhe; you would call it New Taksa. We are Takzens.”

“You’re Texans?”

“No, no, no Takzens. Ha, ha, ha I’ve heard of your Texans, they seem to be straight forward people. We’re like this as well.”

“Oh so how does this work?”

“Well, all you have to do is stand in the center of the platform and let the orbs take care of the rest.”

“Oh ok, that doesn’t sound so bad.”

“No its not, alright the procedure is about to start so you better keep still.”

Saatswei’ell was saddened by the fact that Aaksaun could communicate so well with the alien. Mcen was right; she doesn’t look that much different from the females of his people. She may have been shorter and much darker but she was attractive, even though she was afraid. Saatswei’ell wanted to console her somehow. He called up two light orbs and two dark orbs. On Marie’s left, a dome popped up from under the floor. It had a circle printed on it. The same happened on her right except the sign was a solid dot.

“The hollow one stands for negative and the full one for positive.” Aaksaun exclaimed further

“They’re for stirring up your life force.”

The domes looked to be the size of the ones typically seen at buffets. They opened, the dot had two white orbs emerge and hover just a couple of feet above the already closed dome. Dark red orbs emerged opposite mimicking the same action. Saatswei’ell put a finger on each of the top dots; each dot represents an orb in the display, to draw closer to Marie, both were 7” in diameter and a foot from the shoulders. He tapped the white dot and the white orb let out a light ping, next he tapped on the red dot and the red orb let out a deep ping, then touched a symbol which looked like two dots orbiting in opposite directions. Suddenly the red orb moved to the front, then the white orb maneuvered itself a foot behind the red one. After this the orbs started to orbit around Marie; the white moving clockwise and the red moving counter clockwise. They moved faster and faster. Marie was starting to feel something inside. At first she felt the tug again but in her heart this time.

“Remember, just stay still, relax and be willing to open up.”

Aaksaun warned for the final time, as the procedure continued Marie felt mixed emotions swelling inside like a well beginning to overflow. Then two became strong; she felt enraged and euphoric. The power flowing through her was a new sensation; Marie was never this excited before, never in her life. During one point she became afraid and started to fight the power the orbs were stirring inside her. Saatswei’ell was able to see this on the display when a red oval circled Marie’s chest.

“Make it stop!” she protested.

“Aaksaun settle her down, she’s trying to fight it!”

“Oh no, Marie please we must continue.”

“I don’t like what I’m feeling, shut it down now.”

“We don’t want to restart this, it’s not good! Just keep your eyes on me!”

“Okay.” Marie’s body quivered a little. Saatswei’ell spoke

“Emotion and power are closely connected; it’s hard to go around it. So brace yourself because I’m going to have to work on you just a little longer.”

“Okay.” Marie acknowledged but she felt as though she wanted to cry. Aaksaun had an idea,

“Marie, it would help if you thought of something you love; something to live for.” Marie closed her eyes; images appeared rapidly, then whole moments until her mind stopped on an image which she kept to herself for a long time. When her eyes opened, rays of light emitted from them.

“Saat its working!” Aaksaun said his eyes wide with surprise.

“Keep your eyes on her.” Saatswei’ell commanded, the red oval disappeared but he wasn’t going to settle down until it was all over. Suddenly her skin gave a soft glow.

“She’s starting to glow!” Aaksaun advised

“We’re nearing her limit Saat.”

“I see it.”

“Well has she leveled?!”

“I don’t know yet!” Saatswei’ell rolled his eyes annoyed by the question.

“Stop, that’s enough.” Marie whispered as she was starting to feel overwhelmed by the orbs.

“Saat I think she’s starting to burn.” Reluctantly Saatswei’ell stopped, though he was curious to see how much further the alien could have went but he too saw that Marie had plateaued and he marked it as her maximum limit.

“Now I am going to settle your energy down, please stay still.”

“It’s about all I can do.”

Saatswei’ell touched the light orb dome symbol on the screen which in turn called for the light orbs to return to their container; next he tapped a foreign looking symbol that commanded the second dark orb to move behind Marie. The first orb motioned to the front, Saatswei’ell then pressed another symbol. The dark orbs moved at a moderate speed; in time their slow zaps returned her to a docile state of being. She finally felt relaxed. Saatswei’ell went on to conjure up a purple orb, after the dark orbs returned to their containers and had it to hover right in front of Marie’s chest. At this point she was unaware of her new outfit, a gown? The shock of her new environment took all of her attention. The purple orb had a clear shell with a smoky purplish interior; when Saatswei’ell touched a symbol resembling a small line with a dot in the middle the orb produced a sucking motion, the motion was easily seen by the direction of the smoke. There was an opening facing the circle on her gown that emitted a glow. When the glow was bright enough it shot a purple ray that spread throughout the band, Marie sensed something controlling wave after wave inside her. The orb returned to its container and the shield dropped.

Chapter 4: The Test

“By the way, what we’re wearing isn’t a gown, but a long coat. It’s the same as what you’re wearing.” Marie looked down; she understood when