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Gabrielle began to calm down after a while, but her eyes did not leave the photo in her hand for a moment. Hailey was not sure what to do with the information she received either. Apollo is somehow Gabrielle's son? Things were not adding up in people's stories.

'How did Apollo lie about being a king when we first met? And how did I not see through it? How does he have real identification? Does he somehow have contacts in the registry office and if so, how and who?' Hailey decided not to speculate and decided to simply ask her friend when she sprang on him that she would be his teacher during his time at the college. That seemed fair.

As she was thinking, Gabrielle suddenly stood up with a frantic look on her face. "I have to find him! He is in danger! WAIT!" Gabrielle screamed "My baby's body is decaying! He needs me! I won't abandon him again! Hailey, give me your ship! It is faster, maybe I can catch up to where he is going before the swarm gets to him!"

Gabrielle in her frantic state did not notice she was holding Hailey up in the air by the shoulders. Hailey tried to break herself free, but Gabrielle had immense grip strength and she felt like she was stuck in two vices.

In the end, she ceased struggling and asked. "What do you mean the swarm gets to him? Gabby, are you ok?" Gabrielle looked Hailey up and down before dropping her and began to pace back and forth, murmuring to herself.

"The creature mentioned my son... Why? What does it know? I thought they had him... That is why I was interrogating them. Did he escape? How did he escape?" Concern kept on building up inside of Gabrielle and eventually she turned her attention towards Hailey, her neck moving so quickly a lesser human's neck would have broken.

Hailey flinched at Gabrielle's manic look as she asked. "Hailey, as your guardian I am giving you an order. Tell me where my son is going and how to get there. He needs to know his mother loves him and made the biggest mistake of her life leaving him behind."

"Gabby, maybe we should call Hugo-" Hailey tried to suggest, to help calm Gabrielle down, but Gabrielle gave Hailey a hateful look and walked over slowly before making face to face eye contact.

"Listen to me Hailey. If you tell Hugo anything about this prematurely, I don't care how much I love you, you will regret it. I need to find my son. He is in danger, Hugo will try and prevent me from finding him, so tell me where he went. NOW."

Hailey gulped nervously. She had heard rumours about Gabrielle's 'incidents', but never experienced them personally herself. She wanted to console her guardian and try to make her calm down, but once Hailey saw the purple tear stains underneath Gabriel's eyes begin to sear her skin, she gulped and replied.

"He has gone to see his Psionics teacher in the outer rim with his adopted sister. They never gave a specified planet because the woman is a Spartari fugitive." Gabrielle's power began to wane after she heard that and pulled back.

"Name?" She asked simply. "Jewel. That and the fact she is old and is a foodie is all I know about her, I promise." Hailey replied. Gabrielle began pacing back and forth and began biting the nail on her thumb.

"No, no, no. I don't know anyone by that name and the outer rim is too large to check every planet for him. What should I do? He needs me. I need him. Apollo." Gabrielle collapsed to her knees and began crying again, Hailey immediately acted and ran over to console her.

Gabrielle leaned into Hailey's warmth as she began to stroke her back. They stayed silent for a moment before Hailey chimed. "Gabby. I do not know where Apollo currently is, but I do know where he is going to be."

Gabrielle looked up at Hailey with a hope that burned hotter than any sun. "He is going to be at the college of Psionics on Euc 7's moon in a few months. You will be able to see him there. Gabrielle tapped her lips frantically with her finger as she thought about what Hailey just said. Eventually, she nodded her head, seemingly onboard with that Idea.

"Yes, yes. That could work. Gives me time to prepare. He can't see me like this after all." Gabrielle then stood up and walked towards Hailey's desk and leaned against it. "Yes, that will definitely work. My son I will shower you with the love you deserve when I hold you in my arms once more."

Gabrielle's eye's became black pits of terror as she said this and proceeded to hug herself. "My baby will never leave my side again." Hailey shuddered from the dangerous aura she felt coming off from Gabrielle.

It passed quickly thankfully and as Gabrielle unhugged herself and placed her arms on the table, her right hand touched something as she placed them down. An envelope. "Hmm?" She vocalised and picked it up.
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Hailey's eyes went wide with shock upon seeing what Gabrielle just picked up. "No Gabby do not open that!" Gabrielle ignored Hailey. This envelope held a picture of her son. What if there were more!

Wanting more, Gabrielle opened the envelope and took out its contents. Gabrielle's eyes widened in surprise before a smile adorned her face. "Wow. My baby grew nicely. Don't know where he got that from though, certainly not his dad. She said as she looked at an unconscious picture of Apollo, naked in bed.

Gabrielle's appreciation for her boy suddenly turned into a frown as she looked up at Hailey. "Why do you have nonconsenting pictures of my little baby in the nude?" She then folded her arms and stood up straight as she gave Hailey a bone chilling glare. "Hailey Athena, you better tell me you did not take these pictures! I will put you right over my knee if I don't hear an explanation that absolves you in the next five seconds!"

"One." Hailey began sweating. She had not been spanked by Gabrielle in years and she would not start again now. Gabrielle coated her hand in Psionic energy as she said. "Two."

"Keyla! It was Keyla! One of Apollo's assistants! She was driving the ship and then handed me the pictures just before she left. I promise!" Hailey yelled for the safety of her rear. Gabrielle seemed satisfied with this answer and began to dissipate the energy around her hand.

"So my baby has a pervert close to him as we speak? This is not good. If only he had some sort of repellent that could keep perverts in check. Only then would I feel safe."

…

Undisclosed location:

The rod was waiting patiently. It could not leave its current position or its divine purpose would fail as it would be found. It could tell the creator has been searching for it, for the creator did not understand the divine purpose it was given and wanted retribution for the unjust bonking it committed to get here.

Still though, It knew its master was close and soon, the taint that was the horny will be bonked out of all transgressors

…

After flipping through a few more pictures, admiring the form that was her son, Gabrielle then pocketed the envelope so Hailey could not do inappropriate things while thinking about her son.

"Sorry Hailey, I was planning to spend the night, but with my son out there, I have preparations I need to attend to." She then walked over to Hailey and gave her a hug. "It's ok Gabrielle, I understand. You do what you need to do."

Gabrielle then leaned back from the hug and kissed Hailey on the forehead. "You be a good girl and I might just let you marry my baby." She joked, before tears fell down her face once more. She could make jokes about her baby now! Her heart melted at the thought.

Hailey blushed and looked away from Gabrielle to compose herself. When she looked back, she asked. "So where are you going? Please don't cause havoc, Spartari has enough to deal with right now."

"Hailey please, what do you take me for? Some kind of emotionally unstable wreck?" Hailey darted her eyes back and forth as Gabrielle asked this. Fortunately it was rhetoric as she continued.

"I am simply going to try and find out more about the life my baby has been living. Before that, I need to make a quick trip to Olympus. Hugo and I need to have a little chat after all."

…

Hugo was drinking a milkshake behind his desk as he was looking at the dossier he made for the man who called himself Archon Apollo. It was fairly scant, which was impressive considering Hugo's position. Suddenly, he felt a chill run down his spine and proceeded to look at his milkshake and said.

"Hmm, I don't think that was you that caused that."