Tom resumed sipping the drink as the bartender continued talking "We have made it clear to the High Council that we reserve the right to insult them as long as we wish. That includes along with telling the group off that we will not tolerate servants of theirs eavesdropping onto our talk to report to them on what's said. That even includes having us sent through travel gates for missions. We told the High Council that we will not serve them for that due to the loss of our companions. We will serve them on anything else as they wish for whatever whims strikes them. That's what we expect the High Council and whoever serving them to get it this talk and that includes you as well."
He kept on sipping the drink as the bartender jabbed a finger aimed at him and then walked off going to his companions. Tom wound up to again hear them jabbering in Hammarabbi he eavesdropped speaking various insults at the High Council and not sparing him either. He shifted to stare at the bar top tuning the Listeners out to concentrate onto his thoughts. He sipped the drink entirely till it was gone then placed the cup down on the bar top. He got up and walked out of the room going to Barry's room to find the Builder not inside.
He sighed as he heard from Ramses speaking "Hold on a minute High Council while I do something just to make sure that this talk isn't taken serious by the wrong people overhearing."
Tom frowned as he felt sleepiness hitting him shook his head and felt compelled to sleep. He went to the floor's bed and fell down onto it shutting his eyes passing out unconscious to come to feeling a clawed hand patting him on the cheek while feeling hand holds on his arms holding him up in a sagging standing position.
Tom adjusted his position after opening his eyes to find himself in the High Council's throne room with Barry there who spoke "Talk on what you told me related to confronting this Freeloader Queen dubbed Alesia now."
He obeyed repeating what he told Barry not leaving anything out. Tom wound up to frown staring at the High Council sensing his mind scanned seemingly lengthy. Tom noticing the speaker had his head bowed followed by the mind scanning stopped.
Then the speaker raising his head and speaking "Says interesting hearing that Barry. It does explain some questions related to what's going on. What do you recommended we do about this hmm?"
Tom heard from Barry speaking foreign language in a compelling voice tone felt sleepiness shut his eyes. Tom wound up passing out unconscious to come to feeling a familiar clawed hand patting him on the cheek. He forced open his eyes finding his arms still held by the Falcons. He adjusted his position from sagging to stand straighter.
He frowned as Barry spoke with eyes aimed at him "Talk Mindbender on what's said by you and the Listeners. Nameless reports to a servant transported into his quarters as ordered by the High Council to check on that assassin at timed intervals that you spoke the Listeners' language. You seemed fluent in it from the sounds of you conversing with them."
Tom exhaled a breath and inhaled to speak "The language is called Hammarabbi. That fluency ability is from the Humanians' leader dubbed Jon using some mind walking ability to manipulating my mind to get me to get it Hammarabbi talk for communication purposes. This includes along with acting as translator to various species aboard some space station after I was found aboard the Humanians' warship in space. I can't tell you how I got aboard. I don't remember it period other than what Jon bragged in my face that he and his companions picked me up floating in some space vehicle called a life pod. Jon has refused to show me this life pod that they found me in despite me asking. I suspect from Jon's bragging that its talk for hiding the truth from me. This bragging was used with getting me to drop the subject each time I bring it up while I was contained in lockup in some room they refer as the brig."
He clamped his mouth shut as Ramses was heard "Excuse me High Council allow me to do this bit for Mindbender to remember what he doesn't remember as he says."
Tom stiffened as a headache arrived within his mind along with mind scanned to recall fully of traveling through a travel gate with an image of blackness from within his mind. He stiffened to recall while wearing his oxygen mask to feel himself cold all over floating in something with nothing but blackness seen. Tom grimaced recalling himself not able to move due to stiffness felt. He recalled mentally screaming for help over and over till some light blared over him. He felt from memory of hands felt grabbing him into the light's source which he quit the mental talk. He continued to remember himself laid on something smooth that felt like metal along with warmth felt. Then the oxygen mask yanked off along with a hand clawed placed over his forehead making him get a headache. Then the gibberish talk he heard all around him suddenly becoming clear indicating it as Hammarabbi. He then remembered meeting the Humanians and what else happened next after that. Tom grimaced as the headache stopped along with the mind scanning sense stopped abruptly.
He focused onto Barry who spoke "Talk Mindbender on what you remembered now."
He opened his mouth to hear "Says don't bother Barry. We know what he remembers period and can explain. It is that someone with mind walking powers gave him that blackness image in his mind. He traveled through a travel gate that got him to be transported to a travel gate floating in space. His calls for help was heard by the Humanians who picked him up. Their leader in question used mental mind walking powers. It's twin to the Meritanians' mind walking powers involving languages to get him fluent in Hammarabbi for communication purposes."
He stiffened from the speaker's talk as the speaker continued "Says it appears that a Freeloader perhaps their Queen was the one responsible for giving him that image in his mind for getting him transported to space. That's due to that the person must have an image of a place whenever traveling through travel gates. The travel gate will shut down if it senses no such image in the mind of the person and refuse the person to travel through it."
Tom felt himself getting angry hearing the speaker's words fisted his hands while baring his teeth.
He glared at the High Council as the speaker kept talking sounding like ignoring his angry behavior "Says Ramses transport Mindbender to Fingers now."
He felt the Falcons' holds remained on his arms while hearing growling noises sounding from them.
He felt rage take control within him and heard Anubis's loud whisper after the Falcons became silent "High Council I recommended you have Mindbender transported to where he can demonstrate his abilities to take down fighters with or without his Berserker side in control. Just to see if he can still do it despite the loss of the oxygen mask."
He narrowed his eyes as he felt his mind scanned abruptly to feel his bad mood stop being in control of him but was simmering within him. He felt the Falcons' holds become ironclad.
He glared at the High Council seeing the group appear to be in discussion till the speaker is heard "Says Ramses, who among the prisoners in the brig is scheduled for execution for Mindbender to take out on a permanent basis?"
He heard from Ramses "Sorry High Council, ask Barry that for he commanded me to have you ask him if such a subject of this situation comes up involving Mindbender."
Tom shifted to glare at Barry who he heard spoke "My reasons for that order involves making sure that Mindbender when he fights fighters, prisoners or servants is that he won't receive medical injury from them fighting him back. It's due to him in a certain mood that would make it easier for fighters to cause him problems putting them down. He's currently in the certain mood I don't want him to be in when fighting fighters. Besides I recommended that you have him sleep the certain mood off. For that sleeping status always works on people killing off their certain mood after they sleep for a certain time period I prefer to have Mindbender down asleep before I say when it is."
He felt sleepiness shook his head till the sleepiness persisted shut his eyes passing out unconscious to come to come to feeling a hand Human like patting him on the cheek. He forced open his eyes finding his bad mood gone from him as the hand removed itself.
He saw belonged to
a masked High Council servant a Highlander that stood up and spoke "Get up now."
Tom obeyed finding himself in some all metal room with a window facing him that had bars.
He eyed the servant who spoke "The High Council have earned currency. It is a form of paying for something. The currency is from people both First One and Highlander all well off in money statuses living on the State Territory mainland. It's involved paying their servants unaware that they work for the group to view caged fights. This is between males using whatever form of physical combat to kill each other. The viewers give up money another form of currency if the fighter they want loses the fight. While other viewers earn money if the fighter they want wins the fight. This money exchanging is mostly done between viewers with the High Council taking a small part of that money from them. It's regardless of fighters winning or losing the fight for the money is always given to them period."
Tom frowned hearing that as the servant spoke "The fighter that wins the fight is always used repeatedly for fighting various males till he's killed off with the fighter he loses the fight to taking his place. He's used to fight till another male successfully defeats him is when this will happen over and over. I warn you that