The hivemind is conquering for me?

The trip home was rather peaceful. It took almost a day of space voyage as the luxury ship stopped at both Ecumenopolis 2 and 3 to drop off passengers and gave a short break for people who wanted a moment outside before the voyage continued.

As the ship landed in the Icey tundra that was the Hyllus base, I was stood at the loading bay with my bag in one hand and a large vanilla ice cream in my other. Some of the nobles looked at me like I was deranged as they were cold with their large coats on and the door was not even open yet.

Others were looking at the woman to my side with awe as being in the presence of a Praetorian was a once in ten lifetimes experience. They were all to scared to talk to her however, as she may be here on official business and they would rather die then get in her way.

Finally, the doors opened and the nobles all began rushing towards their personal Air cabs, trying to get out of the cold as fast as possible. I also walked outside and had a look around. There was only a slight sleet of snow surrounding the site and the wind was non existent.

“Babies.” I muttered before I licked my ice-cream. “Why does the cold not affect you Apollo?” Nerissa asked from my side. “Thermokinesis.” I replied. “Intriguing, you seem to possess a great deal of auxiliary Psionic Psionic powers. Why do you think that is?

I did not particularly feel like answering that question, and thankfully I did not have to as my red headed saviour arrived with the other two. “So, my driver has been delayed. This is why I don’t like leaving my work, things turn to shit whenever I do. Delayed? Fuck me, my office manager is getting a talking to when I get back.” Kathrine vented.

While Kathrine began venting about her work, Hailey was looking around in wonderment. She had placed her hand out and smiled as a few snowflakes landed on her palm. “Have you never seen snow before?” I inquired as I walked up next to her.

Hailey blushed at being caught acting silly. “No I have, I just like the feel of the snow on this planet. It has a good feel to it. Sorry, that sounded weird, Psionic stuff, I am drawn to the cold as it has an affect on me.”

“Hey you don’t need to apologies to me, I am the king of weird Psionic stuff. Psionics are weird by nature after all. You should not feel bad for being gifted something by the universe.” I said as I looked out over the surrounding landscape.

Hailey gave me a curious look before following my gaze. “I did not take you for a Philosophic person Apollo.” She said, causing me to reply. “What do you mean?”

“One of the curriculums you can choose to study at the college is the philosophy of Psionics and learning its origins. It can be rather droll, but a question is often raised. Does the universe give us our gift? Or is it simply a factor of luck, genetics, skill and a myriad of other reasons. Or perhaps there is a multitude of alternatives we have not considered?”

I pondered on Hailey’s words a moment. I know my soul comes from another universe. But did I have this power dormant in the past? I know my boom was given to me randomly, but what about my power? I always assumed it was my luck that the universe bestowed upon me my Omni kinesis. But could another factor be at play?

Hailey smiled at me and nudged me with her arm to bring me back to the present. “I could literally see your brain turning its gears. I think you would enjoy that class when you go. It lets you see Psionics from everyone’s unique perspective and allows you to think differently because of it.”

I nodded my head intrigued. “That actually sounds interesting. Thankyou for letting me know.” I said as the conversation became a bit more casual. Five minutes later, Kathrine’s vehicle arrived at which she berated the drives as she complained that he had kept me waiting and if he was ever late again there would be hell to pay.

By the time we arrived at Kathrine building, It was late and I felt like crap. Once everyone left the vehicle, I pulled Kathrine aside and asked in a hushed voice. “Kat, I am exhausted. The energy coursing underneath my body is taxing on me. Any chance you could keep everyone distracted here tonight while I spend some time with my family?” I took her hands gently as I said that, to drive home the fact that I needed to rest.

Kathrine moved her hand up and rubbed my cheek. “Oh course handsome, I would do anything for my master. You go on home, but be warned. We will come check on you first thing in the morning.”

I let out a nasal chuckle before thanking Kathrine. I then snuck back onto the vehicle and the moment it took off, Onyx materialised herself. “Oh my universe, seeing you in pain breaks my heart. Is there anything I can do to ease your pain?”

I pulled Onyx into a hug immediately and began to squeeze tightly. My whole body began spasming as the pain I have been supressing was let out. Tears began welling up in the corners of my eyes as I squeezed her tighter and tighter.

“It hurts my love, It hurts so much.” I said through gritted teeth as Onyx’s fingers glided down my back in a comforting manner. ” I know it does my everything. I do. I have a temporary solution for when we get back. So for know, you just continue to let the pain out, we both know everything will be ok.”

Once we arrived outside the club, I began to supress my pain once more and looked up at Onyx. Our gazes were worth more than a million words as we both knew each others thoughts as though they were our own.

After a short yet sweet kiss, we left the vehicle and made our way inside of the club. It was late so the club was very active. Samantha was sat by the bar, looking for a potential partner she could invite somewhere for dinner when her nose picked up her favourite smell.

As she turned around to see the man she loved and to tell him the good news, she suddenly paused as a wave of urgency washed over her. She stood up just as a perfect morsel was about to introduce himself and ran past him to Apollo.

“Daddy! What is wrong with you? My instincts are screaming that you are in pain.” For the first time, Samantha had not even realised that her master was stood right next to her as her entire being was fixated on Apollo and his well being.

“Got hit with an anti Psionic beam by an arsehole for no reason my love, It has, as a result, sped up my Psionic decay. I will be fine don’t worry, but I need to speak to Sophia about another matter, can you tell me where she is?”

…

In Sophia’s private booth, an intense discussion was ongoing. “Look, lady Sophia. At the end of the day, a man we have identified as your companion was seen with this member of white deaths organisation. All we want to know is what is your angle? If you do not give us a satisfying answer, we must naturally suspect that you are in collusion with white death and therefore must be dragged into our conflict.”

Jinx rolled her eyes and kicked her legs up onto the table. “Oi, stupid chrome shite, We have and will continue to keep telling you. We don’t work with puffy upstart noble wannabes. The hot piece of ass in front of you deals her drugs and runs her own territory. White death has made it clear he does not need outside help to deal with you pussies. And for the boytoy I stole? He was hot so I took him on a joyride. Its not my fault you felt the need to come and attack us over a bike. Its on your boss that I beat the ever living shit out of your allies. They could not handle my sexiness and just dropped dead in the end.”

Sophia sighed internally at Jinx as she maintained her cover. “Look sir, you can tell your boss that I would be willing to personally apologise to Z-” Sophia was immediately rebuked. “You do not get to say her name! No one gets to say her name!

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Sophia rolled her eyes at the mans zealotry. It was impressive though, as that women had that entire organisation wrapped around her finger and she was barely connected to it. “I Got this one Soph, no need to stoop to these cunts level.” Jinx chimed in casually. “Look, I stole that gynoids bike. You already started a war over it, what’s the point of dragging a third party in?”

The man had completely forgotten Sophia’s previous attempt at speaking his true leaders name and looked at Jinx with mortification. “Gy-Gy?” The man was broken by rage as he stared at the blue haired woman.

He then turned back to Sophia after composing himself and ordered. “You, keep your weird acting troops away from the borders of our satrapies and we will continue to treat you as a neutral party. As for you.” The man turned and looked at Jinx with a hatred. “I will kill you myself one day bitch for such unspeakable terminology. Your days are numbered.”

Jinx just snorted in derision. “Sure, you keep telling yourself that buddy, why don’t you go and suck your boss’ cock so you can have an after taste of that Gynoids pussy already. Hahahaha!”

The man could not take it anymore and was about to leave before the booth door opened. “Hey Soph- Oh is this a bad time? I can come back later.”