Jupiter Ascending Page #4

- New clothes?

- We wish only to attend your needs.

Where am I?

This is the Alcazar of Kalique Abrasax,

second primary of the house of Abrasax.

- What's an Alcazar?

- A fancy way of saying my home.

I'm Kalique.

Jupiter Jones.

I'm sorry for staring,

but it's really quite astonishing.

What is?

It will be easier to show you.

Could this get any weirder?

Imagine it for me. Meeting your mother

long after she's passed away.

But I'm not your mother.

Your planet is just now entering

its genetic age.

You understand very little about something

which is a vital part of our reality.

In our world, genes have

an almost spiritual significance.

They are the seeds of our immortality.

When the exact same genes

reappear in the exact same order,

it is for us what

you would call reincarnation.

But how could I be a reincarnation

of your mother

unless your mother was from earth?

My mother was born

before your first cities were built.

Are you some kind of vampire race?

We are the cause

of a lot of those myths,

but I promise my mother

was just as human as you or I.

The difference between us

is our knowledge and technology.

How old do you think I am?

Late forties?

I recently celebrated

my fourteenth millennium.

You're fourteen thousand years old?

Fourteen thousand and four,

to be precise.

My mother was approaching her ninety-first

millennium when she passed.

You'd be just as amazed

how quickly it goes.

If your lives are so long, could I ask you

how your mother actually died?

She was murdered.

Oh, God, I'm so sorry.

- Did they ever find out who did it?

- No.

My mother and I

did not always get along.

But I have a hope that this recurrence

might mean a second chance for both of us.

Come. Let me introduce you

to the possibilities of your new life.

Holy crap.

Each of us has a code

for our optimal physical condition.

The problem is our genes have an expiration

date which is transferred to our cells.

A long time ago, someone figured out

how to replace deteriorating

cells with new ones.

Today, it's as easy

as changing a light bulb.

- Where do you get these light bulbs?

- You grow them.

- Like clones?

- No. Clones lack genetic plasticity.

Several million years ago,

a gene plague caused by cloning

nearly annihilated

the entire human race.

I was told that the house

of Abrasax seeded the earth.

Is that where you get it?

Your earth is a very small part

of a very large industry.

Feel my skin.

Oh, wow.

In your world, people are used

to fighting for resources,

like oil, or minerals, or land.

But when you have access

to the vastness of space,

you realize there's only

one resource worth fighting over...

even killing for...

more time.

Time is the single most precious

commodity in the universe.

Unidentified Lycantant.

So, sorry, I just don't understand what

you mean when you say, "claim your title."

Well, it's common for people

in the first estate

to leave a trust

for any potential recurrence.

My mother wrote her future self

into her will.

Right now, Balem owns the title

to earth, but...

Once you claim it,

the earth will belong to you.

How can one person own the earth?

It's just a planet, Jupiter.

In this world, people own things

far more valuable.

You cannot know right now

what it will be like when you're offered

wealth beyond your imagining.

When you can choose

to remain young and beautiful,

or when you can have the power to change

the lives of your family for the better.

And all you have to do

is close your eyes.

Caine?

This must be The Hunter Titus hired.

Well-made, by the look of him.

Whoa, no, no, no, no! Hey, hey!

It's okay. She's on our side.

Abrasax don't know any side

but their own.

Precisely.

And since Jupiter is an Abrasax,

you can understand why

I helped her get off that planet.

He has contacted the Aegis.

They are entering orbit now.

Excellent.

I had planned to take you myself, but...

the Aegis will undoubtedly

insist they handle things from here.

I wish for you the life

you've always dreamed of.

Welcome aboard, Your Majesty.

My name is Diomika Tsing.

- I'm the captain of this Aegis cruiser.

- Please, call me Jupe.

Your Majesty.

Stinger! You're all right!

For the time being, Your Majesty.

The time being.

We'll be escorting you to the commonwealth

ministry on Orous.

If there's anything we can do to make

the journey easier, you let us know.

Actually, you know what?

I'm feeling a little overdressed,

so if you maybe have something

that I could change into?

By myself. While I'm awake.

What?

No, no! Lord Balem!

It was The Hunters!

They betrayed you in the name

of your sister! Please!

Mercy, My Lord! Mercy!

Mr. Greeghan.

Bring her to me.

Yes, My Lord.

Come in! I don't really...

Oh, I don't really know how

to work this thing.

Oh, hi. Come in.

Your Majesty might want

to take a few of these.

Portaling can be a little rough

on the royal bowels.

Oh. Well, my bowels

are anything but royal.

Thank you.

You heard the lady down there.

You're an Abrasax now.

No, no, I am a Jones.

Well, except when I'm mad,

then I'm a Bolotnikov.

If that's all you were,

you would not be on an Aegis cruiser

headed to the hall of titles.

Yeah.

Stinger said that you attacked

an entitled once.

- Stinger talks too much.

- Is it true?

Does it matter?

Sorry, I get it's none of my business.

I was just trying to understand.

Look, the truth is...

I don't know why I did it. I...

I don't even remember doing it.

It just happened.

We all do things we can't explain.

They said it was... in my genes. A...

defect of my genomgineering.

Could explain a lot of things about me.

Like the fact that I have

an uncanny ability

to fall for men that don't fall for me.

It's like my internal compass needle

points straight at Mr. Wrong.

Maybe it's my genes.

Maybe I have defective engineering too.

And if that's the case...

is there any way to fix it?

You are royalty now.

I'm a splice. You don't understand

what that means, but...

I have more in common with a dog

than I have with you.

I love dogs, I've always loved dogs.

- I should go, Your Majesty.

- Right.

- You need to strap in before we portal.

- Right, okay.

"I love dogs?"

Welcome, Your Majesty,

to the overpopulated, oozing cesspool

we humbly call "home."

I did three tours in Abukesh, a battle

that cost the lives of two million soldiers,

and I'd rather be back there than have

to deal with these bureaucrats.

Greetings, Your Majesty.

I am intergalactic advocate Bob,

here to assist you

through the ascension process.

Sheave.

This is the authentic recurrence

of her ladyship the Abrasax sovereign,

and we have come to claim her title.

You need to file

an inheritance petition,

and if the title is held,

you'll need a transfer of title.

Thank you.

File a quit claim through central services,

section nine-eighteen. Next.

You need a title survey and geneprint

identification from wills and trusts.

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