Specialities

From the Deep Undercover – A Story Series

Previously…Discoveries, Training & Skill

I had a knack for Mindblending with computer systems. The Artificial Intelligence kind. All our ships had one of those running them, and some of the other civilisations had them too, the more advanced ones.

I could link in directly, mind to mind and control the entire ship and all its systems. Pretty cool.

Some planets had these running all their systems. I could link in with those too.

I had the ability to See the entire system in my mind’s eye and to know exactly what was going on everywhere, like an overview. I could do this with people too, See the entire system of the population and the pattern, the ebbs and flows. To a lesser extent I could See the Ecological System of the planet too, but that wasn’t one of my strengths. There were others with much more Talent in that direction. Mine, besides being Human Mind oriented, was more Technologically inclined. Ours was a universe of amazing technological advances. Our Artificial Intelligences were amazingly constructed and harmonized brilliantly with us and our technology.

I loved it!

I also discovered that not only did we have all these amazing different Talents, but that all of us had one particular Talent. Especially those with a strong Talent. We could adjust our bodies’ vibrational rate consciously. Well, seeing that we worked within the universal energy system, this kinda made sense. It also allowed us to live much longer than the normal lifespan. We seemed to be a part of the bigger picture of our universe’s energy system and because of our task of maintaining Balance, we tended to think bigger and longer term than the more denser peoples populating the myriad of star systems in our universe. We had to.

To be able to use all of these Talents, we had to get to grips with them first. And let me tell you, Hearing people’s inner thoughts, millions of them at the same time, especially in the more dense systems, was not always pleasant. So you had to be able to Shield your own mind against this barrage of fear, emotional overload and sensory assault. And you had to understand what made people tick, to enable you to know when to help if you needed to and when to stand back and let them foul up.

Elder Felice was brutal. She was the dark skinned lady that looked right into and through you, stripping you down to your very Soul and then some.

She hauled me off to the most vile cesspits of life all over the universe, dumped me in the middle of them and then grilled me on the how’s, why’s and who’s whilst I was struggling to blend in and survive without blowing my cover. Then just as I thought I was getting the hang of it, she’d dump me into the higher echelons of rich society and do the same.

All the while stressing that to be able to disappear, I had to understand EVERYTHING. About the culture, the social structure, the motivations for survival, and the path of evolution of the civilization. And there were thousands of them scattered all over the settled universe, all in various states of evolution, all veering off in all the possible directions evolution could take them.

And I had to be able to detach. She showed me how to Shield, the different types, the different layers to handle different tasks. How deep to go in, when to disengage so as not to disappear or get lost, how to find what you needed, fast, without getting swamped with irrelevant detail.

By the time she was reasonably satisfied with my ability to survive anywhere I had successfully taken on the personas or been close to from the worst of criminals to the best of rulers and could mix with all of them without batting an eyelid or enduring any flutters of the heart.

And I was still sane.

I thought I was doing pretty alright, having survived The Dragon Lady.

My physical fighting skills had saved me quite a number of times as it had been pretty much a part of my life since I met Neema. But then the Elder with the eyes of ice took over and I discovered parts of my anatomy I didn’t know I had, by them being battered and bruised and overworked.

Elder Roran didn’t know the meaning of the words quit or enough. And his knowledge and skill was endless, or so it seemed to me at the time.

“Your body is an extension of your mind, Kyle. You can do all these amazing things with your mind, now show me with your body!”

Throughout my life, whenever I met with Roran, he always had a new technique to show me, a new way of using a new weapon, or a clever twist to whatever I came up with. The man was exasperating! His Talent was the Weaving of Energy with that of anything he picked up or came into touch with and Flowing it. He was a bundle of Movement, even when he was totally still. Amazing!

But even his ability paled when compared to that of the wizened old man who wanted to dissect me. It was Elder Manee who had held me tied up in a knot.

He could counter any telekinetic manipulation and use your energy against you. I couldn’t wait to work with him!

To be Continued…