The hivemind is conquering for me? Chapter 821: Other Side Of The Family

"How is this?" Janine asked as walked out of her room in a modest, yet stylish dress. Circe smiled and gave a thumbs up.

"Looks cute. Better than the last one for certain. Not nearly as..." She trailed off, not wanting to sound rude.

"Slutty? Yeah, I agree. It’s one Talia gifted me. I would only wear a dress like that if Apollo was here."

Janine then put her other clothes away and returned to the living room. "Ok, should we go downstairs now and-"

Circe, who had just stood up, paused as Janine ceased talking. "Janine? Are you alright?" She asked concerned as Janine went wide eyed.

Almost immediately Janine recovered. "Oh yeah, I just came on. Talk about timing, am I right?"

Circe looked surprised. "Really? I didn’t even know Seppidae got periods, due to your extreme virility. I thought you ladies were always ready to go."

Janine shrugged her shoulders. "Well it is roughly every six months and only lasts twelve hours, but I am going to be a bit. About twenty minutes. Can you wait for me at the bar and order us some drinks? I am very embarrassed."

Circe put up her hand in understanding. "Of course, of course. I will do just that. Do you need anything? Do you have any products? I can go and-"

"-No... No, I am fine. I just need a bit of privacy."

Circe didn’t need another word and made her way to the elevator. Once Janine noticed the door of the elevator close, her embarrassed look disappeared, and was replaced with anger and dread.

Raising her hand she focused as three Psionic bullets appeared next to her. "OUT! NOW! She demanded, fighting her biology.

A moment later a voice spoke from behind her. "It really is true, you found a way to bypass the block, that is truly fascinating." Turning round, Janine saw a green being two heads taller than her looking down at her with a morbid fascination.

Janine felt her hands begin to tremble with fear. Because despite never seeing this entity before, she knew what it was. Her kin.

Tears began to fall from her eyes as she felt her biology begin to unlock, she knew what was about to happen and she wasn’t letting it happen.

Raising her hand she spoke defiantly. "S-Stay back, I’m not going with you. You fucks abandoned me! I’m not going with you, I don’t care about biological incentives. I don’t care about your pheromones. I’m not going!"

Her kin took a step forward. "Is that so? Child, you are so scared, your bullets have gone. Don’t you want to meet your family? Your mother? Don’t you want answers?"

"M-My mother?" Janine asked, her voice riddled with curiosity, just momentarily, before anger engulfed her and took a boxing stance. "I don’t give a shit about some fucking alien who raped my birth mother and disappeared for two and a half decades. You can all fuck off. I am not going with you!"

A tension lingered in the air for a moment as the duo looked at one another before-

"Ha! I am impressed, Janine. Although I am not your mother, my pheromones should have had you on your knees crying to be taken away. That is some Mindspace you have there. Only just awakened and yet so strong for its size..."

Janine looked at the dreadlocked female for a moment as it collapsed its presence and sat on the couch. "Oh, I am Xeti by the way and before you ask, no I am not here to take you back home."

Janine blinked in surprise, taking a moment to wipe her face from tears. "Y-You are not? Then what the fuck are you doing here?"

Xeti raised her hands in defence. "Relax child. I mean you no harm. Truly. Well not now anyway."

"What do you mean, not now?" Janine asked, narrowing her eyes.

"Meaning the day after you left for your college, my squad was assigned to retrieve you from this place and take you with us. However, Sophia, our boss, gave me a very compelling sales pitch after we lost to her troops and now I work for her." Xeti said, not giving everything away.

"Bullshit!" Janine spat venomously. "You can’t just leave your species. I was in that collective for only a few seconds, but I know what you fuckers are like now. And with your pheromones, things are finally starting to open up for me!"

Xeti then stood up, as she did so, Janine took a defensive step back and gave her a warning glare.

Xeti then sighed and took a step forward.

*Fwoosh*

Janine blinked and a moment later she felt the sting of a knife against her neck, followed by a caress on the cheek before the knife was pulled back and placed in her hand.

"See? If I wanted to hurt you, you would already be hurt, child. Come, sit down. I have questions for you as I am sure you have questions for me. Janine felt her throat for a moment before turning her attention to the knife in her hand.

She hadn’t even clocked where Xeti was hiding it. ’Am I getting sloppy?’

Putting the knife down, but within reach, she joined Xeti on the couch and watched as Xeti’s red eyes trailed her every movement with fascination.

"So, forgive me Janine for that, I heard you were a mercenary while you had no Psionics? Impressive. I thought violence might be the answer to cool your mind. It seems I was correct."

Janine took a deep breath. "Just tell me why you are here..." She paused for a moment realising something wasn’t right with Xeti. "Where are your bio-augments?"

"In a moment Janine, though you are partially answering the question I need answered first. With you being a one in a trillion case of awakening before one of us did it for you, I need to know that now your bio lock is gone and you are disconnected from the collective, I want to make sure you know what you might need to know about your heritage."

Janine frowned, but closed her eyes to gather her thoughts, speaking them aloud as she did. "We- You are a Latchak. We- You are an all Psionic species. Our- Your home planet was destroyed hundreds of thousands of years ago. You now reside on a world sized planet ship and a fleet of massive ships as celestial voyagers. We-You explore galaxies mostly for enjoyment, cataloguing flora, fauna and anything else interesting. Anything that can help the collective. We are a single sex species, but males can be born, though convert naturally back to females later in life upon reaching sexual maturity. You use Bio science to adapt your bodies to their peak efficiency in correlation with your specific Psionic gifts. And... I feel like there is more I should know, but it is missing?"

Xeti nodded her head. "Yes, that would be the information about how to access the collective and... How to break it. You have already severed your connection with the collective, like I have. To get it back, you would have to go to the heart of our world ship and trust me, our race is never coming back to this backwater galaxy after my team’s ’failure.’"

There was a slight pause after that before Xeti crossed the distance between them and caressed Janine’s cheek, prompting the Sepiida to blush. "Umma, I’m in a relationship!" She yelled out desperately, though the attraction to the female before her was undeniable. She was almost as beautiful as Kathrine...

"Hehehe. You are adorable, I am not interested, child. I am just in awe. Usually there are signs, biological tells that you are one of us, but your secondary race, this Sepiida DNA. It’s more potent than even ours... The explorers were stupid for not doing more research into them. Instead your mother just went primal for a bit... Such a shame."

Janine swatted Xeti’s hand away in anger. "Don’t speak about my birth mothers birthing partner. I want nothing to do with whatever the fuck they are called. They are dead to me. Just tell me why you are here."

Xeti made a sigh from her face plate and patted Janine on the thigh. "Sorry that this meeting was traumatic for you, truly. My intentions were pure. I just wanted to meet you as I will be staying here for the foreseeable future. It will be reassuring to me that one of my kin, even as peculiar as you look, will be here at some point. It will make my decision to turn coat and join a faction that appreciates my intellect a little bit easier.

Janine gulped and stood up. "Well, I am not exactly going to be here for long, I will be back at my place of learning by tomorrow... And I have a new and old friend to find downstairs, so...

Xeti followed Janine’s movement and also stood up. "Of course, I just thought I would come say hello as I am not exactly the type that can blend in with the humans downstairs.. Enjoy your social life. I have heard this Apollo person is quite a character, I would love to meet him when he is next here."

Janine suddenly felt a deep possessive feeling in the pit of her stomach when Xeti said that. She didn’t like the look in her eyes...

"Sure you can meet him, but just remember, he is my man." She said before storming off into the elevator. The moment the doors shut behind her, she collapsed against the wall and took a deep long breath.

’That was a lot... Fuck, I need a drink. Or twenty.’