The hivemind is conquering for me? - Chapter 333

Chapter 333: “Explain Now”
I walked deeper into the room and looked around, dumbfounded by what I was looking at. Blood. Everywhere with viscera. Leaning down, I picked up an amputated claw. One of five in the room.

‘This looks like Keyla’s. Does she have a regeneration factor?’ I thought to myself before shaking my head as that was not the thought I should be having right now. “What happened here?”

As I inspected the arm in my hand, I noticed blood under the nails alongside a purple material that I could immediately identify as the under armour of Orchids combat attire. “Did they fight?” I asked rhetorically as I almost slipped in a puddle of blood.

The better question was why? I had only left them for six hours, what could possibly have happened in that time to where they would literally tear each other apart? I needed answers. Leaving the room, I looked up to the queen’s guard and asked.

“Do you know where they are? If so, take me to them.” The queens guard clicked before it began walking away. I could not be bothered keeping up with its steps so I leaped and landed back on her shoulder.

Thirty minutes later, The guard had taken me to a place I rarely visit. The true nest pods. What I went to heal myself in earlier was a small clutch mainly used to create and rejuvenate bio forms that are a part of my ecosystem on the planet. Where Orchid recently went to Improve her body for example.

This place though. The floor, the walls and the ceiling of the massive cavern in the planet’s crust, expanding miles, was packed to the brim with nest pods and naturally bio forms. I sometimes get goosebumps at the thought that so many beings are crammed into such a small, secluded space. And then I remember that this is just one of millions on the planet and I decide its best just to not think about the amount of life on this seemingly barren world.

As the guard continued to walk through the cavern, I noticed piles and piles of dead drones scattered about everywhere. I knew the male drones died after providing all their nutrients to the eggs they lay. ‘But why aren’t they refining their biomass again?’

Suddenly, directly next to my head, a top of a nest pod burst open, rejuvenation fluid coating me, and out popped a warrior screeching its delight at being successfully gestated. It was supposed to move immediately to let the other warriors behind it out of the nest pod, but its mind was stunned.

Its first second of life and it witnessed its mate staring directly at it as he passed. Its mind was quickly overtaken by a nearby agitator however, and began crawling down the wall with the rest of its nestmates and began devouring a pile of drones before it began its perpetual task.

After wiping the fluid off me, The queens guard suddenly halted and pointed her sword arm towards a nest pod with an agitator looming over it. Sensing my presence, the agitator turned around to watch me fall to the ground and then began walking over to it.

“Greetings Apollo.” The Agitator relayed to me now that I was out of The Anti-Psionic bubble of the guard that prevented the link from reaching me. The Agitator then pointed with two of its tentacles indicating for me to stand there, but I misinterpreted it as It opening its ‘arms’ for a hug and gave her one.

“Hello, nice to meet your individual self.” I said and then pulled away. While the Agitator was still suffering the stun debuff, I looked down into the nest pod and found my two missing individuals.

“Are they going to be ok?” I asked, even though I saw no signs of injury on either of them. The Agitator snapped back to reality after I asked the question and relayed. “Yes Apollo, this one oversaw their entire healing and boosted the Psionic factor of the nest pod personally to speed up Designation Orchid and the hybrid’s recovery.”

I nodded my head in understanding and relief that they were both fine, but then my curiosity had to be sated. “So what?-” I began, but the Agitator being an Agitator replied before I could even finish.

“We are not sure why designation Orchid and the hybrid were fighting. As you know, designation Orchid has full permission to remove herself from the hive link at her leisure. This one attempted to read their thoughts when they lost consciousness, but they were clouded in a feeling this one is not familiar with, Feel.”

The Agitator then relayed to me the sensation she felt when probing the minds of the two in the tank and I lost my balance, only just managing to keep myself standing by the time it faded.

“Woah! Those girls were seriously drunk. I might have to renege on Orchids and I’s training arrangement.” I murmured upon realising how much more potent my blood’s effect was now. “Ah, Intoxication. Thankyou for helping this one understand better, our mate. This one shall continue.” The Agitator stated.

“When they arrived at this location, they had already been fighting for a few hours. We have cleaned up most of the mess they have made, but did not touch your training room. They were both in bad condition when they arrived. Designation Orchid had some entrails hanging out of her thorax- forgive this one, she meant torso. And the Hybrid with her Psionic Bioform was leaking blood from her body that was evidently not the Psionic blood she usually drips with.

They fought for a little while until they came close to destroying a nest pod at which point This one and several other agitators intervened and quickly rendered them unconscious. At which point the Hybrid switched back to her small form and this one began healing them.”

I pondered silently for a moment, freaking the Agitator out a little bit as no thoughts were inside my head as I looked down at the two women. Eventually the silence was lifted as I thought, knowing the Agitator was reading my mind as I could feel her probes searching for anything it could. ‘Are they stable?’

“Yes Apollo, they are stable, but I would say they still need a dozen or so hours until they are fully healed.” I nodded my head, understanding the Agitator before I calmly said. “Open the pod please.”

The agitator was confused for a moment until I turned and gave it a stern look, causing its flight axis to tilt slightly as it became excited. A moment later the nest pod opened its clear chitin membrane and I dropped into the liquid.

When I jumped back out, I had Keyla over my left shoulder and Orchid over my right. Noticing my body language, the Queens guard squatted down so I would have an easier time jumping onto her with two individuals.

Turning to the Agitator, I smiled and said. “Thank you for your help, love. Can you do me a favour and clear the tunnels on the way back? I am going to have Clicky over there sprint back. I don’t want her to accidentally squish some cuties after all.”

“In progress as we speak our mate and good luck with your interrogation. We are most intrigued as to what caused the battle between the two. We have never had an incident of self harm before, so we hope it cannot become a reoccurring event.”

After jumping onto Clicky once more, she walked out of the nest pod. Once she was clear, I basically used my Gyrokinesis to its maximum capability to attach to the dampened shoulder of the anti psionic being I was on, basically fusing my knees to her shoulder.

Clicky then clicked and before I knew it all of my blood decided it did not like flowing around my body and decided it wanted a pool party. Fortunately the previously thirty minute walk only took Clicky a minute to run and once she stopped, I kept my eyes closed for a minute to let my body catch up with what just happened.

I could not stay for long though as the speed had caused the two pieces of cargo I was carrying to stir. Jumping off my ride, I ignored the comical two clicks that she did, that made her sound like a car being locked and ran into my paradise room.

I then ran up to the top plunge pool and stopped at the water’s edge. I then threw Keyla followed by Orchid as far as I could into the water and waited a moment. Just as the waiting crossed the threshold into worry, Keyla breached the water with a large gasp followed by sputtering.

Orchid followed shortly after and mumbled as she held her head. “Wha? Where am I?” As she looked around, she noticed Keyla stood next to her, her small body barely able to stand up in the water.

The two made eye contact, a hostility present indicating a possible second round. That was until those looks turned into fear when they heard a throat clearing from the waters edge.

Slowly turning their heads, They eventually both made eye contact with me as I folded my arms in front of myself and had a very peeved expression on my face as I commanded.

“Explain. NOW!”