The World Keys (The Syker Key Book 2) by Aaron Martin Fransen Page B

to Jessica had felt like an hour was done in only a few seconds. The planet, a gas giant half again as large as Jupiter and twice as massive, disappeared, along with a significant portion of the nebular material surrounding it.
    With a blink they returned to Earth, and saw the new world.
    Earth was no longer a planet. It was now a moon of the massive gas giant that laid between Venus and Mars. The influx of nebula plasma that came with the planet lit the space around the sun in bright shades of purple, orange and yellow.
    Jessica could see the new magnetic field protecting the Earth, and the solar system. The influx of all that extra energy made approaching the Sun something that was now going to consume magnitudes more energy than it would have only moments before.
    The skies would be filled with thousands of comets over the coming years as the change in electrical potential registered on every loose rock in the system.
    But she was worried; was it enough to deter the Draconian World Ship?
    ***
    John was exhausted. They all were.
    Moving a planet! Even though they had done it, it was beyond belief. Except for the new sky. Looming large now was a massive red and orange spiral of gas and energy. It was a sight that literally took his breath away.
    He sat beside Jessica on top of a ridge overlooking their new home, hidden away safely in Hawaii. They were safe now, so the government said, but he still didn’t trust them.
    Zack could still go to school, but John would teleport him back and forth. Hell, it was still easier than the commute he had before the Key had ever entered his life.
    Scientists were busy debating the dangers to Earth now with the new red giant in the skies, and John was sure there were many. Tides were going to be affected, seasons, everything. But John had worked with Jack to try to select just the right planet. Something large enough to have a powerful electric impact on the system, but not so large as to completely blot out the sky and disrupt every growing season on the planet.
    There would be changes, for sure. The only other argument was what to call it. So far the popular vote seemed to be Hermes. John hadn’t known the reference and had to ask Jessica to explain it. Hermes was the messenger of the Gods, the protector of travelers and thieves. It seemed appropriate.
    Three days later they got confirmation that the Draconian World Ship was turning around. More accurately, it was going to literally ride the wave of new energy around the solar system and head somewhere else. John could only guess at their reasoning.
    It was over.
    ***
    The centuries had made Pan somewhat more pessimistic than his son. He knew the danger was still out there.
    The Draconian World Ship may have passed by Earth, but there were still a few tens of thousands of them around pulling the strings. Temporarily exposed to the light, they’d hidden, but they’d be back.
    If indeed they never left, which was more likely.
    The problem with groups like this was that deception was piled upon deception to the point where even the people who thought they were “players” were nothing but distraction.
    But Pan had an ace up his proverbial sleeve, the Key of Knowledge. It had a way of sifting through the garbage, finding motive and patterns, seeing intent where it was hidden.
    They were going to need that edge, because good or bad, there was another World Ship coming. It was clear that the Sirian’s were not turning around. They were still a few years out, and apparently had enough time to adjust their systems for the increased energy output of the Sol system.
    And there was one thing nobody else seemed to be asking. What race made the Keys? Surely whoever had mastered the technology to produce these little trinkets had far more power than either race, and they had apparently been to Earth at least once in the past.
    Pan now understood that he was not limited by time and space, but he had to tread carefully.
    But he had to find the