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Gantrax horde was unleashed on an unsuspecting universe. The Aradash in the meantime tried on
the most part to “blend” with the race cultures; hide their presence and work behind the scenes.
Over time there presence filtered into the cultures of many worlds. They gathered the knowledge
they needed slowly manipulating their own DNA to alter and correct the changes made by their
ancestors. Eventually they became a less evolved species. They also managed to retain the ability to
manipulate the basic quantum energies of matter with the power of their own minds. They realised
new; younger races and forms of life were coming to the fore; including the Humans, the race that
had helped them so much. So a pact was formed to protect the younger races from the ravages of
the Universe; to keep examples of the pure origin species; so that, should the worst happen, a
repopulation could be set in motion. Over many millennia the new races made peace with the
descendants of the Hurabash. They found that they could interbreed and that lead to the race that
Twinkle and her family were part of. They called themselves the Eloi.

          They told the crew of the Endeavour and the crews of the fleet about the refuge world
where the descendants of the taken now lived. How they were ashamed of their ancestor’s actions
and as a means of forgiveness; they gave them the “Keys to the Font of the Future”. An object was
given to Midas this he was told was part of the keys; the other they had hidden on Earth many
millennia ago. It was protected from damage by a means that they could not translate into a form
that the newer races could understand, however Zuul described
what they were looking for.
“Midas; I hand you one of the great keys to the Font. I hope that
your friends will find the other key. When they do I will show you
how to manipulate the great beam. With that you can bring the key
to this platform.” He handed Midas a crystal object with embedded
symbols in side. He handled the object and turned it around to view
it from all angles. As he did so he received a series of impressed
mental images. He passed the object to Zyra and she immediately
received a mental flash of a building; one that had recently become
familiar to her.
“Myra; we need to contact Lance and the others. The other part of
the key is somewhere in Fort Knox!” she exclaimed…

         … Arthur felt the now familiar sensations of coming out of stasis. It would be a while before
he could speak and respond. But he could hear and feel just now. He was aware that there were a
number of people around him; at least one of them belonged to a race he’d met while at the
“facility”; there was the faint cinnamon scent with just a hint of musk that denoted an Untharan
male. He assumed; until his eyesight returned properly, that he was on Hylon. He tried to focus
harder on the voices around him. He could here six distinct individuals; at least one had a slightly
mechanical edge to it. An android perhaps; he’d heard his captors say that they occasionally used
them as overseers in some of their “facilities”. Two seemed female and human; though he didn’t
quite recognise the language at first, he would later recall being taught it by his captors using one of
their “educators”. The voices were in fact speaking a form of Interlac. The others were definitely
male and one appeared to have a strange sibilance. One of his fellow “guinea pigs” in the group he
had been in used the same kind of lilting mix of consonants and vowels sounds she was a … Flutvarn.
He laid back letting his body recover slowly as he’d been taught. He was almost slipping into a light
sleepiness when a scent brought him back to alertness. His vocal chords were still numb so he
couldn’t speak. He wanted to call out “Karda voork’an Loor tug? Geer rathra Hylon” but stopped as

                                                he realised that the scent was not of his familiar guard. It
                                                 was close; but there were subtle differences. Besides their
                                                 voice was coming from the wrong height and didn’t have the
                                                 same resonance. He’d have to wait till he recovered
                                                 properly. He felt someone place a pill on his tongue;
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