I COME FROM MARS

THE TURNING POINT.

RAKISHI'S RESIDENCE

  Minister Rakishi lifted up his head to the documents before him. He had dared not saved them in his system for fear of hackers most especially with the dire situation they were in in Mars. No matter how much of a honorable Minister he was, he couldn't escape from the hands of vile eyes.

  Slowly, he opened the documents as his eyes turned red in anger and hate. Written in them, behold, were the wills of the previous Great Elder. However, when the time came, he couldn't handle it.

  He was meant to be the present Great Elder. It was funny, how the one he had trusted as one of his own, had back stabbed him and pushed him to the point of no return. His eyes slowly turned distant as he reminisced on the incidents of the past. Blue blood and drenched the surface of Mars at that time, killings were rampant and casual. It was a bloodied war for the position of the Great Elder. One that had never taken place for centuries.

  The economy and life force of Mars was greatly affected during that period. His wife and kids were assassinated while the family of his foreign sworn brother was murdered. He hadn't gotten married again since then. The numbers of beggars in the streets multiplied times 3. Yet nothing could be done about it. When the seal of the Great Elder was finally snatched away from him, he could do nothing about that either.

  They were three disciples of the previous Great Elder; he, the present Great Elder and the other that was brutally killed during the bloodbath by the present Great Elder. After the position of the Great Elder had been assumed, seeing that he was the only one left out of the three of them and he had no sins that warranted death, he was demoted to the position of an ordinary Elder. After that, he was further demoted to a minister with fake accusations everyone knew was false. But then again, who could challenge the Great Elder?

  Slowly, after the long lasting war, peace came again and the economy gradually revived. However, it had been shaken and was clearly not as strong and prosperous as it once was. That also explains the reason for Earthling's continuous barging into their planet and their plan to take over.

  These documents had been with him for over 40years now. He was 65 this year, making him 15years older than the present Great Elder even though they were one under the same master. These will was given to him when he was 25 by the previous Great Elder who implored him to keep it safely and use it at the right time. Right now, thing back, he wondered if the previous Great Elder had a premonition of what was to happen.

  He sighed, he didn't know the right time. When was the right time? If he brought out these documents now as proof, he would be beheaded for committing treason and for manipulating the previous Great Elder on his death bed to write down these wills. Also, the present Great Elder would capitalize on it as the reason for the war that happened years ago. And he would not only die, he would die with the shame and despise of the whole nation. He didn't need that.

  His system notified him of an incoming cyber attack. However, by the time he got there, he was late. His system had been hacked into. And there was only one person who could do that, and she was summoning him.

  'Seems like I'm not the only one who's biased against you,  the 'Great Elder'.' 

***

  The DESHINA2 crew had gotten ready for another 6months journey to Mars. Some members of the DESHINA1 were joining them this time, so it may be a little crowded. Luckily, their spaceship wasn't a small type.

  "I hope you'll bring more good news this time. And make sure everything is complete, I believe WAJUN would be launching a counterattack anytime soon."

  "Yes Boss," Melissa represented the group as she spoke up. Everyone of them slowly entered with their equipment as the pilot took off. 'Get ready Mars, we're coming to take over.'

  The months spent in the ship were used experimenting new techniques, forming theories, carrying out mini experiments that wouldn't be detrimental to their present environment and daily exercise.

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  "The day we have waited for for 17years has finally come," Ashimara smirked in happiness. She felt like laughing aloud like a maniac, to let them all know their repercussions are on their way. Yet she bottled it in, now was not the time for rejoicing, their plan could thwack at any moment.

  "No, it's you that waited for 17years sweetie. I waited for 35years, and here my senior waited for 40years," Grandpa smirked as his youthfulness seeped out of his charm. 

  Behold, before them was Minister Rakishi, of whom Grandpa made reference to. He was the first disciple of the previous Great Elder, taken in at age 15. And here his junior, grandpa whom he was senior to with 10years, the second disciple who everyone thought had died during the war. He had escaped, and found a smart little genius to aid him. This young lady, of whose history he knew nothing about, but knew she possessed excessive hate towards the Government enough to destroy a person's mind. 

  "Yeah Grandpa, you had waited well, for these humans would be the stepping stone for us to execute our plan. And if anything goes wrong, there's always a second option."

  "Minister Rakishi, there is something important I need to inform you of before we continue," Ashimara mentioned solemnly as he frowned wondering what could have changed the aura around her terribly. She opened her system and brought out an old picture of her family, "Do you remember this man?" She pointed at her father.

  "You...?" Tears filled his eyes as his brain stopped functioning momentarily. He felt his world turn upsidedown. How?.. How did she know.....His sworn foreign brother....?