Annihilation Series-Searching for a Hero Read Free

anyway.”
    The corner of Ping’s mouth went up and he gave Mios a small punch on the arm.

Chapter Two
    R ider looked at the young cat, “The one we’re searching for is alive.”
    “I thought he was alive when the order went out to find him a hundred years ago?”
    “No, it was determined that it was the proper time for him to appear. However, it was not known when it would happen. We now know he’s alive.”
    “So where is he?”
    “No one knows.”
    “What species is he?”
    “That is also unknown.”
    The young Cat stared at the elder cat and after a moment thought, “Then how do you know he’s alive?”
    The elder Cat looked up at the night sky above El Prado and said, “Look at the pressures.”
    The young Cat looked up and focused on the forces that held creation together. The forces that held everything in balance were slightly vibrating. The young Cat tore his vision away, “How long has this been happening!”
    “We don’t know?”
    The young cat was losing his patience, “Do you know anything?”
    The elder looked back up at the sky, filled from horizon to horizon with a breathtaking panorama of stars, “We don’t know how long the forces have been vibrating. One of the Elders took a look at them and made the discovery yesterday. They could have been doing it for hundreds of years or they could have started a moment before he looked. We have no way of knowing.” Rider smiled, “Someone is in harmony with those forces, causing them to vibrate. The one we’ve been charged to find must be the one doing it. We now have proof that he is alive.”
    “How do you know it’s a he?”
    “We don’t.”
    The young Cat snarled in frustration, “Then how do we find this being?” Rider moved his vision from the sky to the young Cat as he said, “I know, I know; you don’t know.”
    “Actually, we have an idea on where to start looking.” The young Cat’s ears went up and Rider continued, “We know the Three were the only ones with a connection; we start with those three species.”
    “Are you sure about this?”
    “No.”
    “Well, at lease you’re consistent in your lack of knowledge; since there’s nothing else to do, we might as well take a look at them.”
    Rider looked back up at the stars and sighed, “Those three species are scattered throughout Creation. They led the migration from the early Realm and have continued to expand. It won’t be easy to find him.”
    The cat sat down on his haunches, “You’re nothing but a huge pot of good news.”
    Rider smiled, “Aren’t I though.”
    • • • • •
    Ping sat in his room and thought about what to do. All of the fifteen year old students attending his school were scheduled to visit the King of the Stars Realm. Hundreds of thousands of students would arrive at the stadium on Ross to be addressed by the most powerful man in the Realm. He had watched a video that reported on the visit made to Ross by students from Glod two days earlier and the reporter was amazed at the size of the spectacle and the number of enormous cats that were present. The giant cats were about two hundred feet long and stood twenty feet tall at their shoulder. Ping watched the video closely as the giant cats moved through the massive crowds of students. He focused on them and saw they were searching for something…or someone.
    He was worried. He sighed and decided it was time. He went downstairs and found his mother in the kitchen. “Mom, do you have a moment?”
    Coryn looked up from her oven and smiled, “Let me start baking these treats and I’ll join you in the living room. Do you want to lick the bowl?”
    Ping smiled, picked it up and took it with him. Mom was the best baker on the planet…well, at least in his opinion. Licking the bowl only confirmed it. Coryn entered the living room and Ping put the bowl down, “What’s going on, Ping?”
    “Mom, I need your help.”
    “Sure, what do you need?”
    “I need you to help me avoid going to see