Part 14 "Hey I have a question." Spike stood up and went to Nessido. "Is there a sun on this planet? Cos I don't want to get dusted." "There is a sun. It is unlike your sun. I do not think it will harm you." "That's fine for you to guess. But it doesn't take long to go poof." He smoothed back his bleached blond hair. "And it might not take to long for us to disappear either." Nessido said in a hushed tone. "We will be facing unspeakable challenges. There is a whole planet of conquering aliens. Granted it is not as big as earth. But there will be many trials. Do not worry about the little things." "You mean you are sending us to our deaths? Thanks mate." Spike glared at the man and headed back to sit down. "Will you protect me?" Tess asked Spike. "I'm scared." "Excuse me?" Spike leaned close to her. "I don't even know you." "You are so pathetic Tess." Isabel snickered. ************************************************************************************ "I'm so sorry master." Howie squeaked to the hologram. "They have escaped our grasp. But they are headed for you. You can finish them, because you are so much stronger than I." "You fool. I can't believe you. You know they must not get here. You know the prophecy. If they get the stone of Light we will be finished. We cannot let them get to it. We must find it before them." "But master, I don't think they know of the stone of Light. They only know of the stones of Midnight." "And it better stay that way." The alien hissed and Howie nervously bit his lip. "Howie you failed." Howie turned. Standing there was a member of the group Westlife. "No. I-I mean-we." Howie stuttered. "You failed Howie." Other voices chimed in. ************************************************************************************ "Is there any way we can win this thing?" Spike stood next to Nessido again. All the others were asleep. Even Valenti who hadn't spoken a word since they had gotten on the ship. "I'm not sure. But I seem to recall something about a prophecy." "A prophecy aye? I know things about prophecies. What does it entail?" "That's the problem. I don't know." "So is it a bring the balance to the force bit?" "Excuse me?" "Nevermind." Spike slunk away and sat back down. Buffy stirred next to him. "I want to go back to Sunnydale." She murmured to him. "I don't want to go visit outer space." "It's ok luv." Spike pet her hair lightly. "We'll get through this somehow." It was quiet again. And it was for awhile. Everyone napped until Nessido began talking. "We are almost there. No doubt they have been warned. Everyone follow Maria to where she found supplies. Arm yourselves with guns and such." "So they can die by their own guns? We don't have to suffocate them? That's a bit of good news." Michael said hopefully. "Can we breath here? Is there oxygen?" Liz, the scientist asked. "Yes. It should be a sufficient amount. It is rather like earth you will find. Not as populated. The light is dimmer and there are a few moons and suns and the sky is green." "I get the picture." Liz interrupted. "Are you ok sheriff? You haven't said anything since we got on the ship." Max asked Valenti as they walked back down the hallway. "This isn't real. None of this is real." Valenti said hollowly. "Oh great." Max shook his head and waved Isabel and Michael over. "You guys he's in shock. He won't be much good helping us." "I say we leave him on the ship. He will probably be safe here." Isabel said looking at Valenti. He was sitting back down on the floor. "I suppose that's the best idea." Max said uncertainly. "Wow. This is like a stocked military base." Buffy said looking over the weapons. "I don't like it. Reminds me of the commandoes." spike shivered from the memories. ************************************************************************************ Nessido sat at the control panel of the ship and looked out the window at the planet they were fast approaching. He closed his eyes and reached out with his mind to his people. "It is I." he said to them. "I have brought the ones who will save you. We need your help. We need to know of the prophecy." a billion voices screamed inside his head. They told of a people who had survived with a dream for many long years. It was that prophecy which helped them believe they would get their revenge. All the voices screamed at once. "The stone of Light!" "Wait!" he pleaded. "You must find the stone. The stone is what you need." "How will I find it?" "It is in the city." The voices moaned. "Near the headquarters of the conquerors. They do not know where. They only know of it." "How will we know how to use it? How will we know when we have found it?" "You will know." the voices stopped suddenly and Nessido was left in silence. "I have found out about the prophecy." He said slowly. "We must find the Stone of Light. It is near the city. But our enemies have overrun the city. It will be dangerous. Our only advantage is that they do not know where the stone is." "How did you find out?" Max asked. "I have connected to the collective conscious. You will understand someday." "How will we find it?" "We shall know when the time is right. Just understand that it is said once we have the stone of Light we shall save the planet." "Nessido, do you think any of our relatives are still around? I know our parents died in the crash." Michael inquired in a soft tone. He so longed for a family. All his life he had. "I do not have any way of knowing." Nessido turned back to the controls. They all watched as the spaceship cruised over the land. They glanced The City below and headed for a more rural area before landing. No one made a move to exit.