Unification

[Stefz]

As they traveled through Coronado, trying to find Alien Gate, Stefan remembered his good old days in Alpha. Peaceful unless there is someone invading. He really missed his home, his brothers. He also remembered about his uncle. He was sad, being almost unable to do anything. Stefan knew he owed his uncle much and he really wanted to take him out of jail, but he never knew how. He was angry on his brother Pedro, as he was the one who was responsible for him.

The purple light appeared, he had a vision again. He didn't try to resist, all he did was trying to get as deeper as possible into vision and find out what Spirits want from him. He was told before that they aren't usually interested in individuals. The pain wasn't so hard as it used to be, even if it was still there. Stefan didn't scream, he was calm like never before. While moving through system full of hostiles hunting him, he wasn't even aware of anything that was happening around him. He saw an woman with dark hair. Her face was covered by shadows. She told him to follow her. He was unsure but he followed. His curiosity made him to.

Being totally unaware of what is he doing, Stefan turned his ship to direction where Alien Gate wasn't supposed to be, at least not according to 101st informations. Diego and Fernando were confused, they didn't understand why Stefan changed the course.

"What are you doing, Senor?" - Fernando asked.

Stefan didn't say anything, he literally wasn't giving any signs of life.

"Senor, are you there? Do you hear me?!" - Diego started to yell.

Stefan was still speechless. Diego and Fernando didn't have what to do except to follow him. Stefan was still in his vision, he was still looking at the woman and was following her. Suddenly, the woman stopped and disappeared.

"What the hell?! Where are you going?" - Stefan yelled.

He suddenly realized that he wasn't in the vision anymore. He looked around and saw nothing but white color.

"Where are we?" - Stefan asked his wingmen.

"I have no idea, Senor. You just changed course few minutes ago. We tried to talk to you, but without much success." - Diego responded.

"The hell.. How I even managed to change course? I was having.. something, I wasn't aware of what I was doing. Probably autopilot, or.. Well, I can't tell anything for now. Let's just leave it and find out where the hell are we."

"Si Senor, we are on it" - Both Diego and Fernando answered in the same time, which made them smile.

"Alright, I think we are near Ali..." - Stefan suddenly stopped to talk.

"Senor, are you alright?"

Stefan was having a vision again. No answer was received from him. Diego and Fernando were cold-blooded this time, as they already got used to it. A woman appeared again, the same that was in front of Stefan in his vision just about few minutes ago. She called him. She told him to follow her, but this time, he didn't want to. He didn't trust her since he didn't even see her face at the first place, but also because he thought she was going to trick him again and she was trying to keep them away from Alien Gate.

"No, I don't believe you. I won't follow you anymore!" - Stefan said.

A woman turned and he finally saw her face for the first time. Stefan was literally frozen for few moments. He didn't move, he just stared at her. The face was looking too familiar for him. He was trying to remember it, but without too much success. He had a feeling like his head will explode. He was trying to figure out who was that for several minutes. He reminded himself of the old days but without much success, again. As the face looked familiar to him, he decided to follow that woman. Stefan was tired, he wanted to finish with what he started and get back to home. He needed a rest. A woman was leading him through some dark halls. He was able to see the light of the moon through few small square windows. They were old and almost broken. He heard a creepy sounds but it didn't stop him from following a woman. He was curious, he didn't want to resist. The visions were something that was scary and impressing for him at the same time.

He was heading towards giant, black doors. Blood was all over the walls. The place looked familiar too, but he didn't recognize it. The screaming was heard in the distance. Stefan wasn't sure if he should keep up, but there was no way back. He stood in the front of the black doors but he hesitated opening them. After several seconds, he finally found enough courage to do it, and he started opening the doors. The creepy sound was heard, making Stefan sure the doors were quite old. As the doors were slowly opening, the purple glow was blinding Stefan. Everything was purple, the entire hall behind Stefan. He stepped through the doors and suddenly found himself in a Sabre. His vision was over, he got back in reality.

"Senor, are you back?" - Diego asked.

"Si, I'm back. Had an.. something." - Stefan responded with rather confused voice.

"So, let me see where we are." - He checked the radar.

He saw something small, black in the distance. He wasn't sure what was that, but he thought about Alien Gate. He told his crew to follow him, and they did. After few very long minutes of flying, they were close enough to determine it was an Alien Gate they were looking for. The smile could have been seen at Stefan's face, but it disappeared quick enough. The power cell started to glow as they were getting closer to Alien Gate.

"Alright people, we're almost there. When we get close enough, I'll tell. While I test this thing, you two check the radars regularly for any intruders and party breakers that might come here." - Stefan said.

"Understood Senor, we're on stand-by." - Diego answered.

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