The hivemind is conquering for me?

Kathrine's Vehicle landed outside of Sophia's club. One by one the individuals inside of the vehicles left. Two beautiful redheads and a woman with auburn hair naturally drew attention, but that attention suddenly disappeared like a dad going to get some milk as the last individual exited the vehicle.

On the south of Ecumenopolis 4, despite most people not actually knowing what a Praetorian looked like, A person with that much high quality armour was trouble most people were not looking for. Especially this close to the equator.

As a result, the current street suddenly became rather sparse as people chose different routes to get where they needed to go, all that was left were Sophia's cultists performing their rounds.

"This is where Apollo lives?" Hailey questioned as she looked around. Valerica was also looking around curiously as Hailey said that, and felt the need to get a jab in towards the woman. "Oh, is the runaway princess' standards still that high? I thought after all your training, lavishness would be the last thing on your mind nowadays. Especially considering how much you say you hate your former position." Experience tales at empire

Hailey glared at Valerica before defending herself. " I never mentioned anything about the lavishness, old woman, I meant that this place looks so pristine in comparison to some of the other buildings around."

Hailey observed that some of the buildings on the street looked dilapidated and ready to fall down any minute, while others like the club looked more sturdy and better built then some of the buildings up north.

Hailey had not realised she had fallen victim to the slumoflage and that many cultists were observing her from select locations within the rubble. It was then Kathrine who spoke up. "I agree, when I first came here, I brought an entire armed escort with me, but trust me when I say this. Sophia, Apollo's ex fiancée, runs a tight ship and her area of influence is one of the safest regions in the south. And the inside of the club? Ladies, it puts some northern clubs to shame with how nice it is."

Hailey furrowed her brows upon hearing that name. As hard as she tried, she could not find anything on the Ex Fiancée of Apollo. She was a complete ghost until her recent appearance on the news with Kathrine.

Hailey disliked the thought of having unknown competition when It came to her, almost guaranteed at this point, marriage candidate. She was so against competition that she had come to a discreet agreement with her own aunt on the subject.

Not wanting to show her true emotion on the matter in front of the old hag, she smiled. "Oh is that so? I am looking forward to meeting her then. It will also be nice to see Apollo's sister once more, I did not get a chance to speak to her the first time I met her."

"Step." Kathrine interjected. "They are actually step siblings, I thought they were related due to how Apollo phrased their relationship when I met her. But they are not actually blood related, Lady Sophia clarified that to me in a communication."

Hailey's brows furrowed once more. 'Both of them had purple hair due to their Psionic awakening though? Could it be a trait of their fallen planet?' She thought for a moment before a tightness grasped her chest. 'Oh no! No blood relation... Could she also be competition?"

Meanwhile, Nerissa was observing her surroundings. She felt something strange in the surroundings. It was not hostile, but it was Psionic in nature. She found it incredibly strange as she had been around for a long time and had never felt such a strange Signature in the air.

'Intriguing.' She thought to herself. She decided she would have a casual look around while in the presence of Apollo for the strange source of the Psionic phenomenon, but she wagered it would be difficult to track down as it felt like It was originating from all around her.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

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"Oww! Keyla, Did you just bite my ass?" I asked as I turned around to see the playful smile on the woman's face. "What? Can you blame me? It's literally at my eye level and looks so delicious. I am part of the hive baby. If I see some prime meat, I am going to get my fix." She teased, causing me to laugh out loud.

A short while ago, Keyla was enjoying a peaceful blackness with nothing but images of Apollo while she was surrounded in a pleasant chill before she suddenly woke up. She did not need to even question why she was suddenly awoken before the original date planned, as a bunch of information was sent via the under link causing her smile to widen terrifyingly. "Oh my one and only has been thinking about me? He is so perfect. Voices, you better behave because if you ruin my time with him again, I will fuck you up!"

"I suppose it's inevitable then huh?" I said after laughing. "But seriously, can you pick something out already? My friends are going to be here in a moment." Keyla rolled her eyes. "Fine." She got one last butt squeeze in before she walked over to the wardrobe and picked out some black pants and a navy blue V-neck T-shirt.

"Honestly Apollo, I don't know how you go on everyday like you do. You seem completely hopeless without me. It is a good thing I am going back home with you huh?" She said as she passed me my clothes and sat down on the bed to observe the show.

Upon hearing that, I looked at Keyla with some concern and said. "Keyla, I know you are only a cultist, but if you do come back with me, you are aware that there will be times your mind will fully become assimilated with the main hive? I know that is the end goal for you all, but once Jewel rescinds her control over your mind and gives it back, it can become maddening."

"Aww Apollo, You really do love me huh? Defending myself from myself. Don't worry, my mind is a tough nut. Besides, becoming one with the great mother sounds freeing in a sense, don't worry about my individuality, once peep inside and good ol' queenie will see how valuable I am to you and will want to keep my individual mind intact." She joked as usual.

I laughed at her outlook on the situation. "Ok, that is your choice to make, but be warned. If you call Jewel, 'Good ol' queenie,' Or even think it, I guarantee you are done for." Keyla did not tell Apollo the actual reason why she was chosen to go with him for multiple reasons.

The first being was that She did not want her One and only to think something was wrong with her currently or that she was dangerous. And the second is that she wanted the queen to break the secret of her past to Apollo.

She felt like if it came from the source of his love for her it might soften the blow of her being a mass murdering psychopath. She obviously knew the hive had killed many more creatures, but they do it out of necessity to survive, it was the hive's way of life, whereas she did it because she enjoyed watching the life expunge from her victims and eating their flesh.

If Apollo could not accept her past, she would request to become one with the hive forever, erasing the woman she once was so she could still feel Apollo's love somehow without having to suffer the pain of rejection.

Keyla was so distracted by her thoughts, that she had forgotten to take pictures of Apollo changing to add to her collection. 'Curses!' She thought and just as Apollo finished putting on his shoes, Sophia arrived in the room.

"Oh good, you are dressed, well done on restraining yourself Keyla I know you enjoy taking your time with my sweet. Kathrine has arrived downstairs with three mouth watering individuals. The one in the golden armour that I am seeing through my link is unlike anything I have ever seen. Is that the praetorian you mentioned? The creature made exclusively from another beings Psionic might?"

I nodded my head to confirm Sophia's suspicion. All of a sudden, Sophia's head began spasming and a very eager voice that was not Sophia's, but very familiar escaped her lips and also Keyla's from behind me. "Apollo listen to us very carefully. This is not Sophia the Bio cult infiltrator speaking to you right now, this is the will of the entire hive, your mate. With this body, we cannot connect to the queen without exposing the Psionic link. Strong individuals will figure it out so we need you to do something for the collective. Would you be willing to do something for us?"

I looked deep into the eyes of the will of the hive and used a Psionic tendril, despite the pain it currently caused me, to enter the fringes of the wills conscious and stroked it lovingly. "Silly question my love. You know I would do anything for you. Anything, just as you would do anything for me. Now please, ask away."

I could feel the Psionic will of the hive shudder with delight at my caress before it composed itself. It was supposed to be the calm and rational part of the hive, rooted deep within every bio-form in existence, but it was still affected by its love for me and could not resist getting lost in the pleasure for a moment.

"Very well my mate. We know you are injured and that being is strong, however, we need a small sample of the beings genetic structure. Blood, saliva, hair. Anything. If we can reverse engineer how that being was created with little to no effort from what you told Sophia, It will strengthen the queen immensely and she would be able to improve both of her forms with the results."

I smiled and stroked the will with my tendril once more before declaring. "Rest assured my love, your mate will succeed in the request you have asked of him. You have my word. If I fail, I am not worthy of you."

The neutral face Sophia had on this entire time suddenly smiled as her body moved to stroke my face. "That would be impossible, our love. You have always, and always will be more than worthy of us. No matter what."

After the Will said that, Sophia and Keyla slouched over before regaining themselves and after a brief check that they were alright, we headed downstairs so I could begin my task.