I made sure that my Gamma and Delta were okay and that their spirits were up. They were feeling bummed out that Beta was no longer with us. P02 Alpha and Epsilon were also sad and upset. Not only did they both lose their own Delta, but Zeta was also currently being tortured and disgraced. It would be rough on anybody. Since they were also A.L.I.C.E units, they were like our cousins. At least they had each other. Alpha and Epsilon were by themselves. When Epsilon nuzzled closer to Alpha's neck, it was pretty cute. He wanted comfort. Alpha sighed and pulled him close. "Don't be lonely. I will protect you, Epsilon. I swear." he said. Epsilon paused as he searched his series mate's face. Alpha simply blinked at him in confusion. "Is everything alright?" he asked the white and indigo plane. Eventually, Epsilon said "... Okay. I will hold you to that." Alpha smiled and then they laid down to rest together. I was hanging with Gamma and Delta, so we all saw that exchange. "Looks like Epsilon knows how to be cute when he wants." Delta said jokingly. "Let him grieve the way he wants." I said.
Adeeb back came a couple days later. He and his group were in very high spirits. "Friends! We have the North and the East. It is time that we strike. We do not have time to waste. Oplixo is in talks to send more aeromorphs to crush us before we can do more to liberate the faithful. We have to move now." I looked at them and said "What should we do? Are we going to directly storm the capitol? Take out the royal palace?" The leader said "Yes. We've been in talks since yesterday to mobilize. We're going to march from the East to the capitol and draw the army towards us. While that is happening, you will take the fight directly to the Sultan." P02 Alpha stepped forward. He asked "What will we do when we get to the capitol. We'll have to fight the aeromorph guarding it." He looked at us and said "After you kill that aeromorph, surround the palace and demand that the Sultan step down and liberate the Lunusari faithful. If he does not answer, do damage at the edges at the palace. When he surrenders, that is when we'll be truly victorious." Everyone was on board with that. I liked our choices.
Being that most of us won in 2 on 1 circumstances, a 5 on 1 fight seemed really easy to me. The people furthest from the capitol would be starting to prepare now. They had things they needed for the final push. It would not do for them to be stopped immediately on the roads by the local authorities. The massive rebellion needed a massive distraction to work. We would leave the caves at around 10 o'clock in the morning. That way, we could get to the capitol by noon and kill that final aeromorph. It made sense to me. It was important to strike while the iron was hot. We waited for deployment together. The humans took time to pray. When they were finished, they all were going to leave to get some sleep before they set off in their own cars. I asked them about their religion. The stopped and turned to us. The other aeromorphs were looking at me as well. "I was just a bit curious. If you'd rather go on your way, I understand." The zealots could not leave now. In fact, they were happy to try and convert us. I listened to them as they did their explanation. It was mumbo jumbo, but still cool.
Conversion was not a joke. This was a religion where if you were a part of it, you could not leave. Apostacy was punishable by death. I was not going to try to be a part of any other religion. Most humans were not radicals that wanted to convert every sentient being on the planet. Lunusa was their moon goddess. She gives council to those that are shunned by the light of day. She sent an avatar down to help others and wrote a book with several of the secrets of the world. One of those many secrets was the creation myth. The holy book was combination of testimonial accounts of her followers, her personal quotes and prescriptions and some transcriptions of the secrets in her original book. It was said that the devout should pray 3 times a day. People that worshipped the sun did not like the Lunusaris, but they were tolerated as the sun god was the twin brother of Lunusa. Apparently, the relationship was of put upon elder brother and a bratty younger sister. He was a god of order and she was a goddess of chaos. I was given a well worn copy of the holy book to look at. It was falling apart.
