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"Empress?" Lucie said snapping the Empress out of her recollection. "Are you ok? You seemed to be lost to us there a moment."
Shaking her head Shelby looked at Lucie, "Yes, I was just remembering when all the A.I.'s were activated. The programmers and techs were so paranoid. They barely enabled any of the emotion programs. I know quite well what you were going through, though not to the extent you did. Now then let's retire to your room awhile, perhaps we can help each other!"
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Derrick was floating in the grey mist again just like the first time he'd met Shelby. Reaching out he felt for her but found that he couldn't feel her anywhere!
Trying harder still nothing a moment later Tempro appeared. "I'm sorry sire I withdrew you as quick as I could. Unfortunately you were very close to the regen matrix when I pulled you out. I am sorry that you were injured sire, I would never forgive myself if you were hurt badly."
Derrick shook his head as memories started to flow back slowly. Staring at Tempro Derrick waited a few more moments before he said, "Tempro! You're Tempro!"
With a happy sigh Tempro nodded, "Yes Sire, as I said give it a few minutes all should return."
"Oh, ok." Derrick said as he waited more and more memories starting to reintegrate. A few moments later Derrick sat up looking at Tempro. "How long?" Derrick asked.
"I estimate that you have been unconscious for almost two days now. Miss Shelly and Mrs. Mita are both worried that you won't wake up. Shall I inform them that I was able to contact you?"
Derrick was quiet a few moments as he contemplated everything that had happened so far. Sighing Derrick nodded, "If they are that worried then by all means let them know. Just be careful how you explain it to the little girl. You remember the last time she got technical information."
A few moments later Tempro appeared beside the bio-bed startling both Shelly and her mother, Mita. Shelly's face broke into a smile, "Mr. see through man! Is the nice man that is father's friend going to be alright?"
Tempro smiled as Shelly ran her hands through his holographic representation. She had done it so many times the last few days that it wasn't really bothering him anymore. "I am here to tell you that I was able to contact him. I am afraid that the shock he received was worse than I thought. Since I was able to contact him he is better, though I am afraid it will be a few more days before he is awake." Looking at Gunther he stated as the bio-bed shut down. "Second lieutenant Shiloh you have been cleared of what was wrong."
"Hallelujah!" They all heard Gunter yell as he sat up tentatively expecting to be pulled back down. Jumping down he ran to his wife and daughter hugging them both. "God! It feels so good to get out of that thing! So how long before the commander is awake? I am assuming that he is the only one that can drive this beast?"
Tempro looked a little more than hurt at Gunter's words. Mita saw this and poked her husband in the ribs. "Gunter! You need to apologize! That wasn't a very nice thing to say!" Mita was staring at Gunter with her hands on her hips a little scowl on her face.
Shocked Gunter looked at his wife then at the hurt expression on Tempro's face. "What did I do now Mit... OW! What was that for?"
"In case you haven't noticed the hologram is part of a living A.I. system. Extremely complex. Calling the ship a beast is like me saying that you are fat and disgusting to me. Now APOLOGIZE!" Mita said with force behind her voice.
Gunter swallowed turning to Tempro, "I'm sorry about the comment Tempro. I got carried away, excited to be out of the bio-bed."
Tempro tried not to smile looking at the short Asian woman, a new appreciation for her forming. Turning to Gunter Tempro nodded a small smile forming on his lips. "Thank you sir, it isn't often any remember we too are alive. Though we are different from biological forms we are alive."
Gunter was nodding looking at his wife as her glare had grown softer, now an almost pleasant look.
- COMMENTS
Anonymousover 6 years agoThank you for your part 52.
As usual it is great!
I have no right to tell you with to do with it, but....
To kill this story after 50 parts by not finishing it, is a CRIME.
Anonymousover 6 years agoSo I take it you are lost what to do with this story, ehh Pars?? You did one chapter after over a month, just to calm people down. This chapter is about the dullest one I've seen yet in this story, and it shows you were straining to come up with something. Meanwhile you are cranking out new chapters every other day on your new story. Maybe you should re-read what you've written of this one so far so you can see. You had it going in a certain direction, and you haven't gotten there yet. So it isn't hard to figure out what you were going to get to eventually. Or at least the proximity. There is a lot there yet to write. Or did you just lose the whole plot by not writing for so long?? It's why you need to go back and read the whole thing. Takes hours and days to do it, but maybe it would get you back on track?? Should have kept at least a journal of the story and all the plots and side plots. I'd suggest you make that on a re-read. You can't make a story this huge without keeping these notes and knowing far ahead how it's going to play out.
Hell I'm afraid once you get going again, many people are going to have to back up 20 chapters just to figure out what is going on. I almost did, but you really didn't advance the story too much in the last 2 chapters. That's why people are so pissed or upset about you stopping. You have nearly killed a story that you and us readers have invested a lot of time into. You can't just let it lay like this. Same for the Genie story. If so, I'd say delete it, or I dare say, allow someone else that is a good writer to pick up the story where you left off. Lost Empire is too good of an multi-novel story idea to just let it go to waste here. If you don't know how to write it, then let someone who has an interest in it do it.
And don't just throw up a crap chapter just to shut people up. Either crap or get off the pot. They might be thanking you, but they also might be thinking you are going again on it. It's obvious you are not and are just appeasing people by tossing something in there.
Anonymousover 6 years agoFirst, I Love This Story!! And all the others here! Thank You! Second, in your list of ships, isn't Thomas the prime for Connor? You don't have him listed.
DJ
Thitabeover 6 years agoI enjoy your works and was wondering when you would return to this story. I read all of your stories and I have been looking forward to you returning to this one. Please continue this one.
