The Human(a) had seen two of theirs killed. One missing ? No contact could be made, no signal or evidence of the life form detectors. Asking Lys if she had seen him had her pondering on whether to tell them what had occurred? She did NOT like the Human(a), her mother even less. 
NO answers, were thus forthcoming. The mystery remained as was; unsolved. The recovery and disposal of the bodies by then had been fairly uneventful.
Some of her more local clientele, ‘river folk’, were relieved, to see them leaving the Inn, as they moved towards it from the river.
News of more craft landings, of the fortress having a sky defence dome provided by Iaa Duii, from the Galfrei home worlds.
A very pleasant and affable female. The mech, she had with her, was a towering monstrosity but still.. no doubt, could prove useful, should the need arise.
Scout parties, Solo and BoBo had arranged, had now determined, who was who and, who was where. Bar of course, the Matsupa, who had NOT been seen.
A blessing or a curse? At least, they were better prepared, than the last time, they had met the legions of the dammed; those Zealots.
Lysa, had been busy, unknown to most ot them, bar a select few, in acquiring and using, in various places drums of Chlorine? Containing a mix of? the full contents were unknown. Warnings had been posted that were explicit to the point that they were NOT to be opened!
For her use only! Well bar training in progress re a few others. wearing special suits, helmets with respirators. The test areas, had seen BoHo and HoBo, finding dead critters, all over the place.
They, had to be incinerated and care taken, to make sure, it was NOT, in the area, where the Chlorine mixture, had been sprayed. NO ONE was allowed near those caves. They lay at the base, of the mountain fortress? Some discussion, as to how relevant, that was, proved interesting.
Not confirmed but Lysa, was surprised, how accurate, some of that ‘gossip’ was. Too close to the truth.~ She had, to shut that ideology down. so that they did NOT outside of the fortress talk about it.
“Pest clearance. Decontamination.” All sounded reasonably acceptable by them. The ‘Gossip’ ceased. Meanwhile, more areas, were being sprayed. AWAY, from the main encampment, in caverns seldom used, because of the dangers associated with rock falls and Trexl.
Ah yes the dreaded Trexl gases. Seeped into the rock and, occupied dead spaces or hollows, that were sealed and, if opened, could with a naked flame, or spark? Such as one, created IF for instance, pieces of FLINT moved, struck against each other and OH yes.. BOOM on a massive scale.
A chain reaction. Too horrific to dwell on that. Air draughts could create a fire storm, within the cavern. Reaching INCINERATION levels, for any living being, that was Carbon based and or, SILICA based. Metals, could be blown into pieces, melted; fibre optic circuits destroyed.
Add in that Chlorine mix? NOTHING will survive not even metal. A molten mass or black ash.. 
Looking on the efforts, of all involved and, seeing, what was now in place? The Jester smiled. If burning fires were reminiscent of HELL then this in all its glory ignited was and would be HELL,.
Would the enemy fall for it? They had sophisticated sensor equipment. The Zealots were no fools re the dangers on various worlds they had invaded, colonies and more.
Thus the odds still remained a gamble. A decent bet could be wagered on the chances of all of the work to date paying off.
A win for the locals? The trick, was to make the lure, atrractive enough, for the Zealots to stupidly fail to wait, have the patience, to deploy that sensory equipment.
A shelde here or there, easily accessible, pretty pictures, a few maps, layouts and where, to find the ‘treasure’ was a little simplistic but, the Zealots in general, were a little simple themselves.
NOT thinkers, NOT intelligent. The Matsupa, did not want ‘thinkers’ more like tinkers.. trained stupified borderline zombies that did as they were ordered. NEVER to disobey, their command, or face the ‘wrath of their Gods’. They also were not inclined to share any knowledge howsoever gained by them.
Packs of wu (wolves), had, been carefully, put together, in compounds. Well fed, until they would be needed where they, would be starved, for a short time, to sharpen their appetite unleashed upon their enemy?
The Human(a) AND the Zealots, had become the ‘prey’, re those attacks, in the past, from those set on them, with terrifying effect.
The Cflen? Ah yes, the pure bloods. Ui Se a ‘Commander’ was, one could say, as cold as ice. NO emotional ‘state’ lay within ‘her’? Female in form, though we know of course, that that form, was artificial. A genetically ‘enhanced’ CREATED ‘bioform’.
Intelligent and, highly evolved, from the orignal Cflen species. Tolgani, had given them the gift AND reminded them, of the FACT, that ‘KNOWLEDGE equals POWER’. They had to have the NUMBERS to back it up ? The captured craft, had been a priority, re the KNOWLEDGE, its databases / archives contained.
BUT Se Phri’s ‘pure bloods ‘ had, been slowly procured, over decades, of suffering amongst their own race. The ones, who had been experimented on, tortured, butchered, enslaved as toys and play things for the BEAST. The evil that had taken, just 4 drops, of their HUMAN(a) blood, to change their race forever?
The Jester, had seen the craft land near the lake. Called by IT and, when it opened, for HER, to step out from it, IT smiled. PURE was an understatement. The skin and skin texture, was as per Cflen; flawless.
The colour, was astonishing. A purrple hue, to it ‘skin’ matching its ‘Vistage’ military style uniform? She looked stunning, powerful, invincible? Ui Se. Waited as Lysa arrived? Almost appearing out of nowhere? That time ‘shift’ capability triggered to land her in front of the Cflen?
“Why, have you, summoned me here?” Ui Se glared at Lysa. Taken suddenly, by some force exerted on her to arrive here?
IF that had crossed her ‘MIND’ as being peculiar AND at the same time maybe worrying though we know this Cflen had NO emotive responses.
Empathic it was NOT. More a case here of ‘this does not compute’, might be more appropriate?
Lysa, had, sensed, the animosity and now, moved, to reassure AND, remove the hostility, between them.
“I am no threat to you. YOU and I, have been called by the Gods, to attend and though you and your race have NO conception, of the meaning of Gods..
THEY are all powerful, all seeing, all knowing. “
Ui Se shifted towards her. “Gods? You, think us primitives ? We, abide, by the rules of our Goddess Gianne.
Our mother Goddess and the sacred book of Gianne. Something you, would be wise to remember, whatever RACE you are from. Human(a) you are NO.
That much this ‘ PRIMITIVE’ does know.
We do NOT, attack nor will attack, any race, other than Human(a) OR, those who attack us, provoke us, when we WILL defend ourselves. “ Lysa handed her a shelde.
“On this, you will find details, of certain CAVES and CAVERNS. Areas you must NOT go into! IF you do, you will DIE! They, have traps, within them and, YOUR race is NOT their target. Stay clear of them, I have given you warning.
YOU know who Tolgani is. I am his cohort, COMPANION. “ She stretched her hands out. Within them, a small screen. “Here, are the images, of US together, working together. I, am an APRITE. Blessed by the Goddess Aprodite. Tolgani is blessed (or cursed) by a GOD of CREATION. More powerful than mine. HE CAN destroy a JIN.
You and your race, pose no danger to me, none at all. YOU nor YOUR race can kill me, terminate me, even IF I can end YOU. I have NO quarrel with you. BUT do NOT, provoke me OR, you will find out the true power of a God.
The Matsupa are sending in their Zealots BUT, their leader, commander; is a JIN. Do you, know what a JIN is?
A very VERY, powerful being. An ancient one, born from within the dawn of creation, a curse of the original Gods of creation, spawned by mistake, as they, created in their image, the Omini? There were those, who decoded the code of life, to spawn that perversion.
IT could blink and you, would cease to exist. DO NOT, attempt to attack, provoke or destroy IT. ONLY a GOD of creation, and the powers of an Immortai, an OMINI IMPERICUS, can destroy that.
Even the powers gifted to me, cannot destroy IT, BUT, I, do have, the power, to cause it serious conflict, by destroying those around it., causing destruction. IT’s fury will know no bounds OR boundaries.
YOU nor your race, have that power without seeing it enraged. Expect major punishment as it focuses on punishing all that you ARE; WERE. Stick to attacking the Human(a) or the Zealots BUT, leave no markers, to indicate WHO, destroyed them, attacked them. IF IT knows.. YOU, WILL KNOW ITs wrath.
Stay away from the fortress, that has been built, reinforced, in the mountain areas, as shown on the shelde. YOU and YOUR race, are NOT, strong enough, to do any damage, or be of any concern, to them. Improved defences, shields AND alien races who are NOT Human(a).
Attack and they, will use the weapons they have, to inflict some serious damage, if not death and destruction; on YOU and YOUR race. The Human(a) have also upgraded their weapons. The Gladiator Cflen with their B’stard spawn of the BEAST, have adapted a weapon that allows them to PAINT your B’stard spawn of the BEAST.
Their cannons will automatically ‘’TARGET’ them. They can move around, fly and BUT, they will remain TARGETED until, the systems, record them as destroyed. I have not seen them in action BUT I think YOU can understand how advanced their technology is. Why no put it to the test, do NOT blame me or curse me if they die.”
They bowed to each other and BOTH of them, now vanished. Lysa headed into the inn to talk to Lys. She was uneasy about Lys, staying there. A desire for her, to move to the fortress, was becoming more realistic. Talking to the Cflen, had highlighted some very important considerations.
Elsewhere a craft, had descended from the heavens above them. Streaking down to land in a remote mountain plateau. Unreachable by anything other than other space craft, in this case; a smaller transporter unit. 
A ‘Zimp’ as it was known?
From it stepped two Zealot commanders? A MALE and a FEMALE? Mutti coloured and CLONES.
Powerfully strong, watching their ‘legion’ lining up in front of them. Taking one of them, to beat them down in front of those forced to watch.
NO emotion showing on any of their faces. “THIS, is what, will happen to ANY of YOU, who fail us. The stinking backwater of a planet is to be erased from existence.
It’s primitives subjugated, beaten down just like we have shown you re the ‘ primitives’. NO mercy is to be shown. UNTIL we order you to stop.
WE WILL NOT, be taking SLAVES, Some, willl be put aside for food, the rest slaughtered.
The rivers, will flow, with their blood, the skies red with the reflection and tribute to the mighty power of the Matsupa.
Praise be to our GODs our ONLY GODs, the Matsupa.
The ‘Vae’ as it is known, will be the first to be erased from existence.
Burn it, destroy it and butcher any living thing..
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