And who will be the sacrifice?

I worked for 20 years as a research assistant in a government secret project known as the Project Olympus. It’s main goal is to know how humans will become part of the intergalactic community and convince the extraterrestrials to accept us as equals. In short, to walk among the gods.

For hundreds of years, different types of aliens have been in connivance with leaders of the world to keep their existence hidden from the public.

On earth there are already twenty alien species that are doing business with us and with the other alien species staying here.

The most popular are the Greys, we call them Zeta Reticulans but they call themselves, Izho’karya. Then there’s the Reptilian humanoids or Draconians, but they call themselves Zygerethion. Another species you can mistaken to fays and elves, with almost ethereal features, we sometimes call Pleiadeans, but their race known to them as the Qartholan. And many more.

These three major aliens are hard to deal with. They have superiority complex. The Greys consider themselves as highly intelligent beings and mingling with humans are an insult to their intelligence. The Draconian are a fascist and xenophobic race. Anyone who is not them doesn’t matter. While the Qartholan were nearly immortals, they tend to just observe every life in the universe.

But the specie the governments are in constant communication with are the octopus-like creatures, known as the Khe’plan. They walk upright with bipedal legs, almost humanoid but they have extra boneless limbs protruding at their backs and two thin and long tentacles on their sides. They have bulbous heads, a pair of eyes in front flat nose, gills on the upper neck and beak for a mouth. They evolved to be amphibious creatures. And they are here as tourists. Earth is a known tourist destination to them.

“Asan’rho!” Shouted the President, as he entered the receiving room. A Khe’plan is sitting on the sofa, patiently waiting for us.

“Mr President. I hope you are doing well.” He stood and offered his hand for a shake but the president gave him a hug.

“I’m all well. Why it took you three years to pay me a visit? You were not here in my inauguration.” Mr President asked.

“You know i’m only here on vacations. I never would have thought you’ll become president!” Asan’rho answered.

“I prepared us a dinner, join me.” The president offered. Asan’rho shape-shifted into an old man wearing business suit before we could even leave the room.

The two had long conversations, trying to catch up with each other. The president canceled all his appointments that night. Then their conversation went to intergalactic community.

“You know one of my dreams is to be known as the president who brought Earth in the intergalactic community. But the Greys, Draconian and Pleiadeans still look down on us. If only one of them considered us as equals, the whole intergalactic community will accept us too.” The president said.

“I considered you as our equals. We both have so many similarities.” Asan’rho replied.

“I know that. And I appreciate it too. But we both know, the Khe’plan can’t recommend us to join the intergalactic community.”

“I’ll let you in on a secret. The intergalactic community doesn’t really consider humans as ‘sentient’ in our standards.”

“Why not? We can talk, we can communicate, we built communities, empires, orders. We created structures for ourselves.”

“Ye-ah, but ants, bees and termites does that too. But did you consider them sentient in your standards?”

Looking defeated, “Then how can we meet this standard you are talking about?”

“Humans doesn’t know how to Keeneetaa. Once you learned to Keeneetaa, you’ll be considered as one of us.”

“I don’t even know what Keeneetaa is, how am I supposed to achieve it if I don’t even know it?”

“I also don’t know how to explain it in a simple way.”

“What?”

“Okay, so, keeneetaa is like a severed mind. That you should be able to access in command. It is a network of hive mind connected to the great source and the cosmos. It sounds like tripping but you can compare it to almost dreaming. You can only access the network by simple leaving your conscious mind.”

“I still don’t get it.”

“Why do you think humans haven’t discovered space travel yet? Or at least stop believing in nonsensical religions? Or legends and mythos? You kinds hasn’t reach the keeneetaa that’s why you are still bonded by superstitious beliefs.”

“But by the way you were describing keeneetaa, it sounds like superstitious.”

“Keeneetaa is a network between hive minds gathered by the great source. When you die, your mind will merge with the keeneetaa and be one with the great source. The mortal body only gives us individuality. But your kind is so severely disconnected to the network by your worldly nature and the only chance you get to achieve keeneetaa is by dying.”

“So, you are telling me, all members of the intergalactic community has the ability to connect to this network of minds?”

“Yes, even the fascist Zygerethion can do keeneetaa, they just don’t usually do it as many of us do. You can mistaken keeneetaa to a sabbath day to you humans. But we do keeneetaa to refresh our minds.”

“Unless we learn to keeneetaa, we won’t be part of the intergalactic community?”

“Keeneetaa is the reason why there is an intergalactic community. Do you really think it is possible for millions of intergalactic species to live a harmonious life with one another? Without being connected in a web of understanding? That’s why other species are afraid to give you all our technologies. Once you have all of our technologies without being connected to the keeneetaa, you will only bring war on a galactic scale. Everyone knows that.”

“That’s a bit harsh. You also agree we only cause wars?” The president asked.

“Hey, i’m just being an honest friend here. Even you know how humans were in a short span of ten thousand years. Civilization rise and falls, wars broke thousand times. You can’t blame us for not including you in our community.” Asan’rho answered.

The Khe’plan visitor left the next day to continue his vacation on our planet, leaving our president pondering on what he learned.

But his dream is more important than the connection to keeneetaa. He will be known as the president who brought humans to the intergalactic community whatever the means are.

The Project Olympus was dissolved and replaced by Project Columbus.

After the bombing of Los Alamos and Washington, Japan rose to power and humanity have entered the modern technological era. Japan ruled the world for a decade. Until their culture are deeply embedded to all colonized countries, Japan gave them freedom. But that is all people thought.

The world is still being run by a secret order known as the Shadow walkers - Kageoka. It is known that the same order was behind the bombing of Los Alamos, when the kageokas sabotaged the manhattan project in New Mexico. And the same bomb was used to drop in Pentagon, destroying the rising power of the old United States.

But due to stretched too thin, Japan seize to colonize after that tragic moment. And all the rest of European countries began to fear Japan. United States was later named United Japanese Territories of America.

The Japanese culture was then introduced widely to the rest of the world. Not just US, but all countries in East Asia. Strict working practices were implemented, working hours was changed to 12 hrs. And innovations are highly encouraged by the government. Even schools and educational systems were fashioned in the Japanese educational system.

But due to these strict work conditions, all Japanese territories were boosts into modernization. Major cities have advanced technologies, connected by the fastest trains ever built. Passports were obsolete between Japanese territories. Though ten years after the world war 2 ended, all these countries gained freedom, the Japanese influence is so strong, these countries remain close allies with each other.

You began to think why is that? Of course they have their own leaders and law makers, definitely one of these countries will have their own laws that would prevent anyone from traveling freely to their country.

But no one is truly free within these countries, the shadow government, still controls us. An office building exploding was masked as a gas leak incident. But according to my friends in this subreddit, the owner of that business was known to have scammed many clients. Another was senator Morgan, who was found dead in her house. Rumor has it, she’s pro borders. After her death, no one wants to pass the bill.

They are not just assassins, they are known to be the best saboteurs. Two years ago, it was reported on an international news, that a man named Kim, Jung un died together with five other people in a fire, in his residential house in Korea. It is rumored that they were planning to overthrow the Korean Prime Minister to give the leadership to the descendant of Kim Il-sung.

Similar thing happened to a group of communist conspirators in China. Every members were killed and masked like a suicide or accident.

The Kageoka is a very systematic organization. They have ranking systems in place. The entry level, are known as Genin, they were given day jobs, investigators, police, guards, even store keepers. Any jobs that would require observations. Next were the Chunin, they have higher authoritative positions. Government and military positions, they gave the missions to the Genin from the higher ranks. The next higher up are the Jonin, they were the leaders, of this shadow government. They can be Prime Ministers, or Deputy Prime Ministers, they can also be anyone who works closely the country leaders. They can be Generals, Senators, or even company CEOs. The descendants of the founders of the largest corporations ruling over the previous territories of Japanese Empire. And they all are reporting directly to the Kage Kami - the shadow leader. No one knows who he is or who she is. All I know, is that, i’m risking my life putting this information here.

I know they’re after me. So, i’m making sure, everyone will know about them before they could even take me. Hopefully, this subreddit will help me expose them.

u/notoninjapuppets

“Your Majesty, Queen Aurora Calystegia, first of her name, May I present the mighty heroine, the Knight Sorceress Lady Beneficent the Good!” The herald by the entrance of the great throne hall, shouted

A majestic lady entered the hall. She was wearing a subtle yet blindingly white long sleeve dress of chiffon silk that waves on each on her steps towards the throne. On her top, she was wearing a shinning silver armor intricately carved with laurels and symmetrical patterns. On her right hand is a walking stick of white oak embellished by a clear shimmering crystal on its top where she holds it. And on her head is a huge silver crown that you could mistaken for a pair of horns protruding backwards, like the gazelle’s. She walks with full grace and her head held up high and halted at the foot of the dais.

“Beneficent.” The queen whispered under her breathe.

“Quite a glittering assemblage, Queen Aurora! I was quite surprised receiving a grandeur invitation!”

“I am too was surprised to see a ‘familiar’ face.” The Queen condescendingly replied.

“Oh dear, what an awkward situation. I never recall ever meeting you in person prior to this, Your Majesty.” Beneficent answered as she stares directly to the Queen’s eyes, trying to recognize which of the poor unfortunate souls she have tormented this was.

“I just thought I already knew you.” Aurora continued.

“I hope you are not offended, Your Grace.” Beneficent starts to fidget the crystal on her staff.

“Why no! And to show I bear no ill will, I will grant you a very special gift.” Aurora answered. Beneficent remembers. Her eyes widens and an air bubble got stuck in her throat.

The Queen stood, “Listen well all of you! The Knight Sorceress shall indeed be honored as the great heroine of this kingdom…” They crowd began to applaud. Cheers and jeers echoed the hall.

The Queen raised her right hand to ease the crowd, “But on the sunset of the sixteenth day of the kingdom’s festival, Beneficent the Good shall be appointed new Marchioness of the kingdom’s borders to the South. She will guard the Kingdom from the Creatures of the Moorsland. And will be charged to KILL the Queen of the Moors!”

Beneficent froze from where she stood, trying to digest each and every word the Queen said. ‘Did that little ***** just made a fool out of me? The Mistress Evil!’ She thought to herself as she squints her eyes towards the Queen.

“The sixteen days of festivities, I am now officially starting! Rejoice ‘Beneficent the Good’.” The Queen did not break her eye contact with Beneficent.

Beneficent tapped her walking stick three times to the marble floor and an explosion of green smoke covered her. This was followed by strong gust of winds and she just disappeared.