The hivemind is conquering for me?

Talia stepped out of the air cab with a nervous look on her face as she began to look around. The news in the past few weeks had described the southern hemisphere as an active warzone with death and destruction everywhere.

Much to her delight as she perused her surroundings, that did not seem to be the case. People were lining up for a club and people were walking around with genuine smiles on their faces.

Apart from a few scary looking people and a few run down buildings, this place did not seem so bad. ”Grr. Stupid fire thing, telling me to get out of my paradise. You get out, you big whore with your flaming tits...”

Talia brought her attention to Kathrine who had been murmuring thinly veiled insults towards a mysterious person all day. Talia didn’t understand much about Psionics so she stayed silent, not wanting to further annoy her best friend in the whole galaxy!

Lady Valerica followed her out of the car in a dazzling low cut dress and looked around as well before speaking to Kathrine. ”Kathrine, stop talking to yourself, you look insane.” As Kathrine and Valerica had a minor exchange of words, another figure with purple hair left the cab dressed in her battle armour.

She also began looking around. Just like last time, she got a weird feeling like she was being watched from all directions. This Sophia woman was a lot more dangerous than other gang leaders. And Gabrielle did not like such a woman being connected to her son.

As she looked at the two squabbling redheads, she frowned. ’I don’t like them being close to him either. Especially Valerica... I am his mommy! Not her!’ Gabriell had barely kept it together all week as she had to wait with them till now for her second meeting with Sophia…

Being 7ft tall and not afraid to raise her voice to embarrass her daughter, Valerica naturally began garnering some attention. That included a man who seemed pretty sure of himself as he let out a soft chuckle before exiting the line to talk to the redheaded babe.

”Mom! For goodness sake, we are in public!” Kathrine exclaimed. ”I don’t care, you talk back like that again, I am putting you over my knee right here in front of everyone I-” Suddenly a voice interjected.

”Woah, a little early to be getting kinky don’t you think ladies? Though if you really need to let off some steam, I am your guy. Sup, names Carl.” He said as he extended his hand towards Valerica.

Kathrine and Valerica looked at each other with an expression like ’Is this guy for real?’ Kathrine was about to unload on the guy exclaiming how she is getting married soon, but Valerica stopped her by saying.

”Young man, I am over eighty years old. A fake gold watch and a below average smile won’t sway me any which way. Go find someone your own age to boink.” She said and turned her back to him and continued to Kathrine.

”Regardless of your sudden temper tantrum, you are a-” ”Did you just call me ugly, bitch?” Carl said out loud, causing the nearby crowd to turn to stone as they observed in silence. Suddenly Carl’s friends noticed their friend was the one who just yelled that to a woman in Lady Sophia’s turf and their blood ran cold.

”Excuse me young man, what did you just call me?” Valerica was still calm, such words are meaningless to her, but she had her families honour to uphold if she heard correctly. And fortunately, she was in a place where she could get away with murder even easier than usual...

Carl looked up at the tall women, not fazed by the height advantage... He was packed with metal anyway and she looked as organic as they came. ”You heard me. I called you a-” Suddenly his jaw moved to the side. ”Oi, Shit mouth!” His friend suddenly came in and clocked him in the side of the face. Hard. ”The fuck do you think you are doing!”

He then turned to the red headed woman and bowed with his hand above his heart. ”A thousand apologies my lady. My friend is new to this region and doesn’t understand the rules. He also sees himself as a ladies man, but he is just a pervert. We will leave now.”

He then ran away to where his other friend had begun hauling Carl away. Valerica looked on and smiled at the young man who punched his friend. ”A good head on his shoulders, that one, he could go far. Hmm.” She thought for a moment as she looked around.

”Best we go inside darling, looks like we have made the onlookers uncomfortable. Gabrielle, are you ready? I am intrigued about this new rule Sophia has put into place that made two young men nearly soil themselves.”

”Let’s go.” Gabrielle said flatly before walking ahead to the front of the line where she entered without issue. As the others followed behind they all also entered without issue. Talia was pleasantly shocked that she was not severely vetted for identification like at other clubs. Though this was her future husband’s club, it made sense it was Sepiida friendly, as he was already so nice to her.

Talia then thought about her short time with Apollo in an extremely overromanticized way, him practically treating her like the princess she was. She naturally left out the part about her begging at his feet to mate with her in the fantasy. It would ruin the appeal of her story when she told her dozens of girls in the future of how her and their daddy first met.

Before she realised, the sound of music came and went and she found herself in a VIP booth with lots of expensive drinks. Talia was here as a guest and the fact that Kathrine did not like leaving the clutz alone in her home. As such after bowing slightly to Lady Sophia, who she met a short while ago, she went to sit down next to a helmeted individual.

Being the Social butterfly she was, after pouring herself a bubbly drink, she turned to the helmeted figure and said. ”Hi I am Talia, what’s your-” She then sniffed the air and realised something. ”A sister? Why are you hiding your face? Are you ugly?”

Talia heard a low garbled growl come from the helmet before she was completely ignored as the sister turned to Lady Sophia and said. ”Lady Sophia, I was told I was supposed to be observing as your ’guard.’ Why is there a Sepiida here, ugh A royal one at that.”

Sophia stopped what she was about to reply with and looked towards Talia. ”A royal one?” ’Royalty’ usually means more unique biomass... No, she composed herself in an instant, there were individual figures present, she could ask about her snacks later, though this one is off the table.

”Yeah, pointed ears, see.” Janine pointed to Talia’s ears then took off her helmet and pointed to her own, ignoring the gasp from Talia as she continued. ”Pointy ears have been bred out of the non royals. Females do keep most of their traits, but things like noses and ears can be inherited from the male side. And with how much humans have been fucking us since our asylum, yeah, bye bye pointy ears for almost everyone. I have also heard there are other traits royals have, but not being one, I only know the basics.”

Sophia was glad to have learnt of that, but was immediately cut off from her thoughts by the second Sepiida in the room holding back sobs. ”What’s wrong with you?” Janine asked Talia flatly, she still did not like other Sepiidans after all.

”Y-your horns. Who hurt you so much that they have stopped growing? I can’t even see a nub.” Talia then reached up to Janine’s hair, wanting to touch where the pretty sister’s horns would have been, but her hand was swatted away.”

”I did it to myself so I could fit in with my mercenary company...” Janine stopped talking immediately upon realising a face she saw not too long ago was once again present, however she was unfamiliar with said person.

Finally Kathrine spoke up while Janine fought off Talia’s hands a few more times. ”Janine, this is Gabrielle, an investigator. She works for the royal family and is just doing a background check on Apollo.”

Janine frowned hearing that and shot Gabrielle a look that surprised the powerhouse, not expecting such from a Sepiida. Janine then stood up and walked over to Gabrielle, staring the woman face to face.

”Apollo means everything to me. I would die for him. So if you are harbouring any ill will towards him and I find out about it. I don’t care if you are stronger than me or if you have the authority to do anything you please, I will kill you. I am a Sepiida. A fragile little thing, so if you report that, no one will believe you anyway.”

Behind Janine, a loud gasp rang throughout the room as Talia looked at her new sister with sparkles in her eyes. What she had just witnessed. It was like watching something mythological!