(Five minutes until planet hits Event Horizon)
Guy had been successful in evacuating the farming community. He spread the news and made sure that everyone escaped, though this left the people no time to grab any personal artifacts besides whatever was light enough to carry in their hands. He personally carried three civilian elderly folks on his back as the mental clock in his head that he synchronized with 'anchor fall' as he termed it struck zero. Up above, he could make out a brief light from beneath the mothership and he could only assume that it was the anchor being released.
Releasing two of the eight chakra gates within his body to give him increased speed and strength, he rushed to the community's rendezvous he'd set earlier as the shadow of the spire fell over him for a brief moment. Seconds later, he dared to turn his head and gawked as the five mile tall spire's descent suddenly slowed as some kind of gravity field encased it as the spiked bottom speared the earth. The shockwave felt throughout the land was tremendous and the only reason it wasn't worse was because of the gravity field. If it hadn't been there, then even with their distance outside the impact zone they would've been buried under thousands of tons of dirt from the impact's shockwave.
As the farmers and their families cried at the loss of their livelihoods, Guy tried to keep their flames of youth strong and better explain the situation surrounding their world. The only reason any could believe him is because of the massive ship overhead. There were even some mutterings about Kami herself saving their world. Guy let them think what they wanted since it wasn't his place to correct them. Heck, he would have felt the same had he not been there to see this 'Naruko's' announcement. Only a few minutes later was he joined by a team of chuunin to help keep the large group safe from any bandits or rogue ninja who would see an easy target in this anarchy.
***
(Outer Heaven's bridge)
"That is the last spire, my Queen," the coordinator who specialized in the use of the spires called out from her station.
Naruko sighed as she stopped playing with Menma who was petting her face with his little paws. She was becoming addicted to the attention she received from her baby boy. "You hear that, Menma? Mommy and your family are going to save a whole planet."
"—that Mommy endangered in the first place," the whole crew thought privately.
Naruko was too busy gushing over the red haired babe to notice the lack of a hive connection with the bridge crew for a few moments. He gurgled as she blew against his belly before she finally gave him mercy. Laying him against her chest that she had covered with two large strips of gold fabric that crisscrossed her chest, she patted him a bit before finally focusing on the rather important task of pulling an entire world and its satellite moon through a wormhole originally designed to transport specially designed ships. The spires dropped down below not only worked as an anchor for Outer Heaven to pull the planetoids through, but also to emit a constant field of gamma radiation that would counteract the gravity from the wormhole itself that was basically two black holes making a tunnel from one space to another.
Imagine Naruko's current position (Point A) being one spot on a corner of a square piece of paper and her destination (Point B) is by the corner on the opposite end—imagine it as an asymptotic flat plane. Folding the tips of the paper together and those points, the coordinates of the two black holes being made, will be over each other. That tremendous pressure of gravity would cause a distortion in space, a tunnel formed between the two gravity wells. At a fixed time, the geometry of space is such that as we move in toward the center, instead of finding a massive object, we find a second asymptotic region. The geometry of space looks like a wormhole connecting two asymptotically flat regions. Normally, this region would not be traversable but the Spectras, thanks to aid from the Ceph a little over a million years ago, learned to counter the crushing forces of this tunnel by constantly emitting gamma radiation, such as when a sun emits it in an effort to fight the inward gravity constantly attempting to collapse it.
Upon learning of the mastered techniques of the Ceph, the utilization of the Ceph wormholes allows instant travel from one point of space to another since the distance between both black holes at their horizons is zero at one instant of time.
"Very well. Begin Operation: Emancipation. Don't give me that look, Karin, you're just jealous you didn't think of that name." Her order was carried out by a pouting scientist who swore righteous vengeance.
"Yes, my Queen. Beginning countdown in—"
***
(On Geisei)
The busying villages were once again startled from their daily emergency procedures when the shuttles in each respective settlement suddenly showed signs of activity.
"Optimal energy level has been achieved. All Ceph spires working at 100% capacity. Ceph Wormhole will be initiated in T-minus 10 seconds.."
Of course, after coming to many conclusions from the information Naruko had given them concerning the plan, the inhabitants could only watch with baited breath as their world's fate was about to be decided.
"9."
"8."
"7."
"6."
"2."
'Wait, that wasn't right!' the planet's populace thought. "WHAT HAPPENED TO FIVE THROUGH THREE!?" hundreds of thousands had shouted simultaneously.
"Fufufufu… just kidding. 5."
"4."
"3."
"2."
Many families began holding each other and praying while all looked towards the night sky (those that were lucky enough to be on the right side of the planet to witness the momentous event. From the deity's realms, the three main deities were watching the proceeding event with rapt attention.
"1."
"Initializing Ceph Wormhole."
Even from the earth, those able enough could see the purple energy originating at the base of the long arm (the cannon) from within the bright lights of the mother ship. The dark energy is seemingly contained suddenly and shot in a directed beam thousands of miles in front of the Grateful Sun Ray's muzzle. There's no explosion like some expected but the energy seemingly disappeared before exploding in blueish white light that started twisting upon itself to form something of a whirlpool within space. It grew larger and large, eclipsing the size of Outer Heaven and the planet itself.
The inhabitants, from the civilians to the kages and daimyos could only gaze in complete awe as the massive wormhole emerged before their planet like a maelstrom ready to swallow them all… which ironically it would.
Naruko waited patiently as the bridge personnel finished confirming the integrity of the wormhole before she moved to the next phase.
"Connect tethers to the anchors."
From the rear half of the ship near the base of the wings, twelve large cylinders resembling cannons aimed themselves at the twelve corresponding spires closest to Outer Heaven. As fast as a blink of an eye, chains of energy shot out like beams and attached themselves to the spires. When they connected, similar energy chains spider-webbed outwards to connect to all of the spires around the planet. Similar chains shot from the cannons to the spires on the moon as well and repeated the process. The two planetoids were soon covered in a web pattern of energy forming hexagonal shapes.
"All anchors are tethered, my Queen. All anchors are green across the boards."
"Begin the gamma radiation emission from Outer Heaven and the planetoids."
From the top of the spires, large panels opened as the gold spires began glowing a bright blue that lit up the night around them for miles. Blue particles that seemed like swarms of fireflies began spreading through the air between the spires, forming a thick cloud.
"Gamma emissions are at optimal levels. The black hole's event horizon will reach the planet in two minutes."
Naruko nodded and gave the order. "Begin towing the planetoids now. Thankfully, with the sun destroyed, we don't have to fight its gravitational hold on the planet else that would have taken too long. Don't… say anything, Karin. I recognize the irony of my statement. Helmsman, all ahead, forward."
"All ahead, forward, aye aye, my Queen!" Jeane replied and increased the thrust to max. From the back of the ship, panels closed over the engines thrusters while a secondary pair opened from their sides that would angle the thrust away from the planet instead of directly at it. The latter would simply make the entire planet a damn parachute that would slow the ship down. It takes a LOT of thrust to pull a class-3 planet.
Outer Heaven hummed quietly in the vacuum of space as it slowly lurched forward, the energy tethers attaching it to the anchors on the planet and moon becoming taut. It wasn't visible at first but slowly and steadily, the planet started to move. At full power, the planet was being pulled at roughly a hundred miles per few seconds. From orbit, that wouldn't seem fast despite what the numbers say.
"Tethers are holding at 98% effectiveness, my Queen. They are in no danger of snapping and we are making good time. ETA to wormhole is one minute and 28 seconds."
"That will only get us through but the planet will not make it into the wormhole before the black hole's horizon reaches them. Increase engine output to 190% We need to triple our speed, Karin."
"Of course, my Queen." The woman inputted the commands and the output of excess energy from the twelve wings decreased as more energy was rerouted to the engines. From the rear of the ship, from the secondary thrusters, huge gouts of flames erupted and propelled the ship forward even more as they left fire trails thousands of miles long in their wake. From below and afar, it looked as if the ship suddenly sprouted ten new wings that were slanted backwards.
"Engine output at 190%. Planet tow at 300 miles per second. Tethers' integrity at 86% ETA to system evacuation for planet at fifty-three seconds and decreasing. Point of No Return (PNR) at 1:39. We are well past the satisfactory speed we need to pull the planets through. We should escape the horizon's arrival safely."
Naruko smiled softly. God, spending 4,000 years to build this ship was totally worth it. The only ship that could come close in size was one of the Ceph's heavy planetary invasion ships which average around 2,000 miles in length, not including those damn tentacles that wave from the front. She turned Menma so he could watch the rest of the show. From their view port, they had unrestricted front-row seats to one of the truly most impressive sights ever made by sentient beings.
Little Menma's, and by proxy Kyuubi's from within the seal, were wide with wonder as the bow of their ship began disappearing into the blue and white void. As more of their ship entered, Naruko laid a soft kiss on his head before nuzzling it, feeding his little mind with motherly warmth and love.
You have really stirred things up around here, my baby. This will be an interesting eternity for our species from now on. As we have lived longer than most species, we will continue to do so and I feel you will certainly continue to shake things up as you get older.
In one instant, they are in one area of the galaxy, and in the next, they are suddenly .3 million (300k) light years on the outer fringes of the Andromeda galaxy—the same galaxy they were already in but just on the opposite side of it. Several seconds later, the planet and moon appear behind them, tethers still holding strong and the cargo not crushed to atoms by the gravity of the wormhole.
"A star of similar size as the metahumans' original one is within the system about 1.3 light years away. That's 7,645,676,308,530 miles by metahuman standards. At our current tugging speed of 300 metahuman miles per second, we will reach a suitable orbit around the sun in 294,972.07980439814815 metahuman days. That will be 808.14268439561136479 metahuman years," Karin announced, having done the mouth in her head.
Of course, because she's a sadist as much as she's a scientist, she made sure to relay her words in real time through the shuttles back on the planet. She wishes she could spare a moment to pull up a video to see their expressions but she will just have to look up a recording when she has the free time.
"Was that really necessary, Karin?" Naruko asked, having caught on to what she did. She didn't disapprove. In fact, it was actually kinda funny. She shared her feelings on the matter with the woman through the link and both giggled conspiratorily.
Naruko looked down at a curious Menma. "Yes, Menma, your aunt is a very evil woman," she said while suddenly rubbing her nose against his, making his gurgle happily at the contact. "Don't ever let her get you alone or she will corrupt you. I'll protect you for her, little one."
Karin pouted but suddenly rubbed her eyes and looked harder at Menma. He was simply looking up at his mommy but for a moment there… she could have sworn that she saw him give her a suspicious glare.
Impossible, even by Royals' standards. Babies his age can't comprehend articulated words and gestures. They react to mainly 'Touch' while associating what they are feeling with whatever they see is causing such feelings. Plus, he wouldn't have the muscle control to furrow his brows.
She pushed the crazy image to the back of her mind and focused on supervising the routine check-ups on all ship functions. Naruko doesn't want to wait 203 Spectra cycles for them to get the planet to its future orbital path so she had to make sure all systems were in optimal condition before opening another wormhole with more accurate coordinates to get them there faster. Plus, she doubted the planet's inhabitants are even prepared for that kind of journey since they wouldn't have seasons and unless they started rotating the planet itself, one side would remain in darkness until they got to their destination.
They could do it by alternating the anchors that are tethered to get a slow rotation going but it would honestly be too troublesome for Karin to even contemplate doing. She doesn't owe these meta-humans anything really, especially since she hasn't got to study any of their bodies and bloodlines yet, so she was just going to get this towing over and done with.
"Cooldown will be completed in twenty seconds and recharge will take five minutes, my Queen." A small whine from Menma comes up. "Perhaps you should tend to young Menma. I believe he might be hungry again."
Naruko nodded and mentally contacted Satsuki. She stopped during mid-way when she felt wet feelings. She looked down on her slightly larger chest and noticed a small wet mark on the front of each of her breasts. "I-it seems my body has finished adjusting itself for nursing," she announced with a small bit of startlement. This was something she knew she had to do, and even had the memories of millions of women who had been mothers at one or more points in their lives, but still the feeling upon her heart at how surreal the moment felt was...bheavy.
Satsuki came through the portal door from the side, making her way to Naruko and unaware of why the atmosphere felt quiet. She was a tall beauty standing at 7ft even, not including the cliche red, devil-like horns that curved upwards from her scalp for about another eighteen inches. Her hair was silky and black with red tips and styled like Karin's spiky-cut. Her facial features were mature, motherly, pale-skinned with thin, black eyebrows, thin lips, a slightly curved and well-formed face, and bright red eyes. The rest of her body was slim, toned, and sporting a fine pair of legs, a tight butt, and pronounced breasts common for nursing mothers.
Her clothing consisted of tight black shorts with a white belt looped around it, a black bikini bra over her chest with an open-front jacket that cut off at her diaphragm yet clipped together at the collar around her neck and had sleeves that expanded at the elbows to give room for the crimson metal, sharp fingered gauntlets in place of her hands. For her legs, she wore crimson, metallic boots pointed at the toes and heels and extended into leggings up to her thighs.
I'm here, my Queen, she spoke through the hive link. She only got a surprisingly short acknowledgement.
She walked with a quietness most would find impressive given her footwear and as she reached Naruko's chair, prepared to nurse the newest member of the Spectra race, she was pleasantly surprised to see Naruko's breasts leaking, meaning the virgin mother would finally be able to truly experience once of the pleasures of motherhood. She wasn't at all surprised by Naruko's sudden hesitation and sense of confusion. It happens to all first time mothers and many are afraid of their babies not liking them on some level or fashion.
With a sense of ease, Satsuki laid a comforting hand on Naruko's shoulder and gave her an encouraging nod. Satsuki was a mute by choice yet she found it naturally easier to convey her thoughts through subtle facial movements and eye contact than most could say for themselves. Moving her other hand up, she gently and expertly pinched the clothing strap over Naruko's right breast and pulled it up and over the large globe of tissue. The breast lifted with the movement before falling with a *thump*, the movement easily enticing a curious and hungry Menma who was slightly familiar with the body part since he fed from Satsuki a few hours ago.
Naruko softly lifted Menma to her swollen titt and guided his face with Satsuki's help since he was still small compared to her breast and when he finally latched on, the cold and wet sensation caused her to flinch minutely but Satsuki's reassuring nod eased her nervousness which was beginning to be felt by the surrounding crew. The several mothers on the bridge sent their assurances and comforting thoughts to their queen, knowing from experience what she was going through. It was a beautiful scene to watch, one they all felt lucky since many of them were minors and only lived a second compared to Naruko yet unlike the millions who have passed on before them, they were actually witnessing a piece of history for the first time.
Satsuki moved her hand that was on Naruko's shoulder to the queen's hand that was holding Menma's head. Adjusting him slightly to fit better in her opposite arm, she let Satsuki guide her hand to the breast feeding her baby and gave a soft gasp as she softly groped the underside of it. She continued with the soft groping slowly turned massaging until Naruko herself got a feel for it. She was rewarded by Menma taking bigger gulps of her milk and not having to suckle as hard in effort.
Naruko, despite all the memories of Nebladed mothers she had to call upon, was completely awed by the simple experience. As she watched her baby actually feed from her own body, she felt more complete than she had when she first Nebladed. It was a remarkable feeling! Was this how all mothers felt!? Could she look forward to this for the next decade or two!? She always felt she understood what it was like to have a child because of all the memories she could call upon and how she treated her own people but that was just a facade compared to the real experience. Here she was, a woman who has killed and Nebladed billions, led her people from the underground tunnels of her toxic planet to the galaxies beyond their own, fighting, defeating, befriending aliens of all shapes and sizes, a warrior queen of one of the most powerful people in the known universe, so utterly defeated by the pure beauty of nursing her own child.
She was actually nursing life on an intimate level instead of taking it away.
The whole bridge crew sat/stood quietly to watch this beautiful spectacle and Naruko was too enraptured by her baby to care about the eyes. A swift movement of a body and Karin was leaning on Naruko's chair and softly nuzzled the temple of Naruko's head. The gesture surprised Naruko by its sheer happening and not the actual nature. Back when they were just tunnel dwellers, the Spectra relied mostly on sound and touch to communicate with each other, the feelers on their backs helping them detect vibrations in the air to find allies, prey, and predators. One of the first acts of kinship the Spectras developed was nuzzling each other.
For Karin to do that now, despite the way she normally acts around Naruko, showed that despite their quirky and bumpy friendship, they were still kinswoman and Karin was truly happy for her only real (by definition) friend to finally find such fulfillment in life after millions of years of shouldering the burden of her station, the true loneliness one feels when she must lead as far from the front as possible so her people will always strive as hard as they can, always improving themselves (and by proxy the species as a whole) to catch up to her. This doesn't mean that they haven't helped before, but usually the most heartfelt acts of their love and graciousness towards her are on their deathbeds wanting her to Neblade them.
She always does this not only because it would be a crushing, soul shattering insult to the dying, but because it allows her to feed herself the emotions and memories they felt for her, thus lessening the loneliness of her immortal life and reassuring her that they lived with no regrets.
Naruko no longer felt that crushing loneliness, alleviated temporarily at times by Karin, whenever she linked herself with Menma. She has seen through the hive link the unbreakable bond of love an infant or child has for their mother yet it was a forbidden pleasure she could never indulge herself in feeling as they wouldn't be feelings meant for her. It was a heartbreaking reality and so when she now is 'seeing' her Menma, she is overwhelmed—her, a multi-million year old immortal warrior queen—by the pure and infinite love he has for her. Words can't put it into a perspective that can justify the nature and amount of the love but it was never-ending. She was his entire world, his life, his mother, his provider, his shelter, his castle, HIS GODDESS!
Those thoughts also made her realize...
... she would both DESTROY every rock, comet, planet and star, and Neblade EVERY creature in this ever-expanding universe and all dimensions…
… just to keep his love.
Throughout the entire universe, every being having intelligent thought or necessary self-preservation skills felt a cold shudder run down the equivalent of their metaphorical/literal spines and a cold grip upon their hearts that left them hard of breathing.