Evolution's Essence by Jr H. Lee Morgan

on
record.”
    “ Between the Archivers of
the Creelin who knew me as General Mantiv and the derelict battle
cruiser Solarian ship’s records, yes. My body is that old. Who I am
now in E.S. is over a year old after I was rescued by Stephanie
Menann’s keen observation.” Jessica’s painted lips smiled as her
wife was given credit because it was true. “I was entombed for over
twenty five thousand years after having my DNA scrubbed along with
every memory and every bit of knowledge I had. It’s why I’m
searching for answers. If you have access, you would have seen my
condition when Renee Dorgen, Stephanie Menann, Stone Calliko,” Who
wasn’t here by Hunter council decision. “Deegen Castor and Steven
Metts discovered me in a stasis chamber of a sort. I was less than
an animal mentally.” Still he didn’t look up as he continued
working at his own careful pace. Though he did look through his
Pride’s eyes to find the reporter’s mouth agape. “But when my Valek
allowed me to take Deegen Castor’s memories of words and
association, I began to learn at an exponential rate. By
calculating how fast humans gather memory and retain it, mentally
I’m already roughly about four thousand years old, but my mind
surpasses both Creelin and Human mathematics and technology
creation.”
    “ While my mind makes me
about nine thousand and I surpass all current medical knowledge and
genetics. With my own body I can cure the illnesses of a thousand
humans at a time and can kill them with poisons that take only two
adrenaline fueled heartbeats.” Renee said calmly
confident.
    “ How is that possible?” the
Empress this time asked, a slight tint of fear lacing her
voice.
    “ With this deceiving
bracelet.” She showed off. “This is a woman’s Multi-tool version
though it’s true name is a Valek. To know it is to know my mother.
Isabelle Dorgen modified an ovum using the Geo Record as a template
to make it into a Solarian after being infected by the blood of a
Defiler. Like me, she was a geneticist and survived long enough to
carry me to full term. I am a human born Solarian, but to protect
me my father, the pirate king, spliced a gene suppressant that made
it possible for me to pass as a human. It kept my bones, ligaments
and brain from its true potential. After being rid of the splicing,
my Valek recognized my genetics and began hollowing my bones where
I store deadly concentrations of hormones and poisons. My bones are
ten times denser than a natural human’s and risks that my bones may
break aren’t an issue due to my own biology. With it and nanites,
even if my bones
are breached, I have no risk of death by what I carry.”
    “ I’m glad you bring this
up.” A scientist said and sat a box atop the table and removed the
lid to reveal laboratory mice. Nine of them in acrylic clear blocks
with air holes. “Five of these mice hold incurable diseases that
have been designed to kill them in the next two hours. Can you
identify and cure…”
    From four meters away Renee raised an arm and
nine hair thin needles pierced the clear acrylic wall, took a
sample and withdrew. She closed her smoking eyes for a few moments
and said “Sneaky bastard. Six have deadly diseases and one has a
tracer that you could use to know where I’m at on any planet linked
to the terran network.” The man paled and gulped. “You boys
certainly are trying to see how good I am. Three of the fuzzy
critters have a genetic deficiency that will break down their
cells. Nasty. The others have diseases more virulent than is
naturally occurring. If you hadn’t tinkered with the strains you
would have killed near everyone in this room. Only Olly, his Pride,
my daughter and I would walk out of here. Well my little girl can’t
walk yet, but you get my point.” Eyes watched as the bracelet
vanished under the skin and came back in a minute to spear the
mice. “All done!” she said cheerfully. “No more disease and just so
you know, I also broke