Free Spacer Clans Adventure 3: Naero's Fury by Mason Elliott

Gaviok said. “I heal even faster than a couple of Spacers I know.”
    “ All right. Here goes. Whatever you do, don’t break the link until I do. I’m merely triggering the psyonic potential for the Third eye to form within you. You will have to develop it on your own after that, if it does awaken. It will then act as a new gateway for your psyonic powers.”
    The connection s failed the first four times she tried to make them.
    On the fifth attempt, Gaviok’s third insectoid eye–a psyonic insectoid eye of Chaos energy–popped open wide.
    “Ohh!” Gaviok exclaimed.
    A scarlet beam drove into Naero without warning from Gaviok’s new eye and drilled her right into the rocks nearby, winding her.
    “Naero! I’m sorry,” Gaviok exclaimed. He rushed forward and helped her up with one dexterous claw, covering his new eye with the other.
    She caught her breath, and quickly stood behind him. “Now, let’s mindlink again and work on a little control, shall we?”
    “ Good idea. Thank you, N. This is amazing. Wait until I show Master Vane!”
    “ Oh, let’s give it a day or so,” Naero suggested. “And it might be best if you don’t tell him how much I helped you develop you third eye. Just say I helped you bring it out. That would not be untrue.”
    “ No, it would not.”
    By now, Daiyana and Arnall were watching their every move intently.
    Both of them summoned their own third eyes and came up to Naero and Gaviok.
    Daiyana spoke first. “Goodbye, enemies. We can completely control all the abilities of our third eyes. And we already know how to shoot that lame force beam out of ours, as well.”
    “ So,” Arnall added, “there would be absolutely no reason for you to teach that useless technique to us, so that we could learn how to not use it. Both of us would be very ungrateful if you did so. Shall we finish?”
    Naero laughed. They were a hoot.
    “Whatever you do,” she told them. “Don’t let me mindlink with you two, or teach you that lame technique that both of you already completely understand. I would be extremely unhappy and unwilling to help you. Because I think we must become the worst of enemies. Are you ready to stop? I will end with Arnall last.”
    Naero mindlinked with Arnall first.
    In another hour, all four of them were having contests, blasting targets out of the sky with forcebeams from their third eyes. Naero also increased some of their other existing Cosmic abilities while she was at it.
    After they finished, they all relaxed and shared some Jett.
    “I hate this stuff,” Daiyana said with a smile.
    “ No,” Arnall added. “It is terrible. I don’t want another.” Gaviok handed him one.
    Daiyana frowned. “I care a lot about what happened to Hashiko,” she said. “She was always nice to me. Her death was completely your fault, Naero.”
    “ I agree,” Arnall said. “I think the other Chaos adepts were right for shunning you like they did today. Master Vane is always fair and nice, and has good reasons for hating you. He is such a great guy.”
    “ I am certain the others will be very happy to experience the new technique you did not teach us today, Naero,” Daiyana added.
    “ Yes,” Arnall said. “We will be sure to be gentle with it, and not surprise the living shit out of them at all.”
    When it came time to break off, Gaviok and the contraries went back to their compound. The latter walked backwards, telling her hello, and to have an awful day.
    Naero went back to her nanocabin.
    Just three more days. All she had to do was make it through three more days of training, and then she could get back to her ship, and try to get some answers.
    In the afternoon, she actually trained with High Master Vane. That was very strange, to say the least.
    As soon as they were together, h e started to instruct her on the basics of the Harmony, and how each of the Three Wisdoms balanced each other out and led to a fleeting period of desired stability.
    “ It never lasts