2.55 The Generation of Power

Zara was feeling overwhelmed by nonsense. The Atalon she knew would never eat his own Creator god, yet at the same time, images of the king drinking the blood from his own children, haunted her thoughts now. She wiped a tear away, roughly, exposing the anger burning inside, their so-called truth was making her mad. Mina could tell she was about to explode.

         "Are you alright Zara?"

         "NO! I’M NOT ALRIGHT!" She blew. "NOW WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO THINK ABOUT ORIEN'S SACRIFICE?"

         The friends didn't know what to say, they weren't well rehearsed in counselling refugees who actually remembered these things and the younger generations hadn't experienced these things, either. They tried to understand her anger and pain, but for some, Zara's torment summoned their own traumatic memories from the closet of their past.

         Mina had to fight back her own tears as Zara came undone. She leaned closer and put her arm around her shoulder, offering comfort and compassion. Zara was trembling, her body stiff, vibrating and brittle inside, she understood because she had been there once, herself. The Tower was on fire and about to fall.

         "The truth hurts very deeply" Mina assured, holding her tight. "Travelling from the Darkness into the Light is a birthing process" she explained. "It hurts, it may feel like you're dying, but you will feel better once you're free from the walls you cannot see."

         Her words were soothing, even if they were rubbish. Zara felt genuine care emanating from her heart, only magical and good feelings came from the beautiful goddess of Anur and her Lunatic Tribe, in spite of the mental pain and suffering they were inflicting upon her. Now that she really wanted to know the truth, now that she was realizing she would need to figure out who was lying on her own, she had to at least hear out their side of the story.

         "I’m fine. Go on."

         "Vina wasn't having a very good time as the Queen of Vinilla" Mina continued. "With Great Teachers came Great Power. With fans supporting their every move, the Anunnaki children had become a powerful presence in Vinilla, much more powerful than had been anticipated by any of their creators. As their popularity grew, Vina's control was beginning to slip, realizing her fate, she devised a plan to rein them in.

         Phoenix Love could be exploited too, however this was the most dangerous sort of energy for an Archon, it’s flames could incinerate it. It created powerful bonds, powerful bonds that gave the Star people strength in unity and tribal might. Powerful bonds that they expressed in physical ways.

         Vina wouldn't be defeated, instead she sought ways to transform Love, to engineer a new form of Love that could be exploited without fears of incineration. She studied the ancient Solarian texts and learned about their experiences with an Archonic form of Love, she would need to be able to generate lots of this new energy...

         Convinced of success, she returned to the lab to design a new slave, a slave that could control the Anunnaki with the powers of this Archonic Love. Using Sina and Lea, the  most beautiful and loving of the Anunnaki sisters, together with the most Archonic Star people, she engineered the most beautiful and attractive slaves that ever walked on Gaia. They would be Archonic Lovers, this new Love would be called Lust, it would give them the physical satisfaction without any Phoenix Flames getting in the way, it was a brilliant scheme.
         Vina’s new Lust slaves were a huge success! Most of the Anunnaki fell for the trap and found ways to exploit them all on their own. Soon Archonic slaves were slipping away from their Phoenix families and causing Heartache at home. Soon, the Secret Garden of Gaia became a Secret Garden of Lust. Fear began to spread fast, sowing it's seeds of deception throughout the hearts of Vinilla. Soon there was so much Heartache, the Phoenix slaves began to organize a rebellion against the secret scandals which the citizens dared not speak of.

         In order to stop the unrest, Vina declared that Love was Evil and the Lust slaves had to be protected from it, vowing to execute anyone caught participating in such evil activities. And so Love was outlawed and reproduction was proof of this crime. Any children born from Love were to be sacrificed to the great god of Elon as an offering for His forgiveness.

         Knowing the Phoenix slaves would be devastated without Love, the Anunnaki spotted an opportunity to exploit this new need. They established an underground brothel in one of the old Aquillan caves, and advertised Loving Lust slaves, an exclusive establishment for the most well-behaved slaves. Here the wealthiest Phoenix slaves could enjoy the closest thing to Love in secret, turning the underground lair into a thriving establishment, unbeknownst to Vina, so they thought.

         Unbeknownst to the Anunnaki, this was exactly what Vina had anticipated. This deception generated more fear, and now she was harvesting it from the Anunnaki children themselves. And because they were unaware of the stage she had set, she was able to harvest it for a long time.

         The underground Network of Lust grew exponentially, beyond exclusive now it spread from the higher ranks of Anunnaki royalty all the way down into the most naive slaves, causing even more Greed and Heartache, enabling even more sacrifices, adding even more Heartache and Fear for Vina to harvest."

         "The Vine Club…" Zara suddenly saw a connection to a similar establishment she knew so well, now it was making her feel sick.

         "That's right!" Mina replied with a smile.

         Zara couldn't believe her ears, the Vine Club was notorious for Heartache! It was true, had she been there one night and look at all the Heartache she suffered! It was still going on today, it just wasn't secret anymore.

         "Vina was happy for a while, she watched with a calculating eye over the underground operation, she had planted the seeds with great foresight and they were blossoming above and beyond her expectations. Dark Energy was generating at record rates, the economy was booming. Lust-inspiring fashions and trends which spawned from the underground culture became world famous, this increased tourism, import and export demands, which in turn brought prosperity and exotic trade as word of Vinilla's Secret Underground Loving Lust slaves spread across the lands."