Travel problems and other things that happen at work

I was tired of trying over and over again, my patience was running out and the gate still did not open up with the universal key.
I assumed someone had tampered with the gatelocks to prevent travellers to go the next planet.
They must have hidden a working key somewhere on this planet, and assigned a gatekeeper to open the gate with it.
I had to look for it.

This planet is inhabited by humanoids, this race was set out on the planet, where most livable space was situated on high rocks above a rough sea, no way to move in between without wings.
So they created a human race on the base of a bird's DNA and the general human base DNA.
It would be an understatement to say that the result was astonishing.
The grace and voice of a bird combined with a human body and face.

A soft sound attracted my attention, a boy was standing next to me, his little wings dirty from playing out in the fields.
He tried to get my attention by making a sound as a melody, the words were easy to understand, if you talk in the mind that is.
'Who are you? Where are your wings? Why does your hair move like it looks at me? Are you crying? Why are your tears red? Where is your mother? Mine is over there. Will you play with me? Look I have a pretty stone.'

I realised I was a bit enraged, due to my failed attempts to open the gate, and the boy saw me in a state I normally hide for the innocent.
His natural innocence melted my anger away, and I turned back to my normal looks.
I answered him, in the same way.
'You can call me 'Areo', I have no wings, my hair already stopped moving now, see? I always have tears of blood in my eyes when I am angry, that comes with my race.But I am not angry anymore.
My mother is far away and long ago. If your mother allows I can play with you, that is a beautiful stone you have, may I have a look at it?'
The whole conversation took about the blink of an eye.
Mindtalk can be very fast.

He showed me the stone, it was a square shaped stone with some carvings on it that made me look at the gate behind me, it has a little hole where the stone would perfectly fit in.
Would it be the key?
But where is the gatekeeper then? Without him the key is useless.

His mother slowly approached, not afraid it seemed, but then these people are never afraid as no harm will ever come upon them.
They were The Ambassadors, cannot be touched.
She spoke with a voice of a thousand melodies in my mind, that is why they are the ambassadors, they can bring the worst news and you are still happy to hear it, as long as they keep talking.

'Can we help you with something? we noticed you were a bit upset a few moments ago, is it about the portal?','Do you need something to wipe the tears?','The door is working they said, but closed on the other side, that is why it will not open with the normal key, it needs the dual key they said, it had something to do with what happened there.'
Again the flood of words in mindtalk, but there was more..
I was a bit surprised she knew about the door at all, and then in detail.

'How did you know about the door?','No thank you, they are natural for me, they will be absorbed'

'We are the gatekeeper, only we can use the key as it is configured for our cellular vibration level'

'Why do you talk in plural, is that common for your race?'

'No, we are plural, we are a collective, like your kind also is, but then more intense, your race can also communicate with all other members instantly, but then only directly to each individual, we are constanly in touch with every member of the race, wherever it is'

'Interesting, so whatever one of you thinks, all others know it?'

'No, only if we want to share, else not, but once we share, everybody hears it'
'This is the reason we are often used as messenger, the wings and the mental aura always work if a message has to be given to a primitive population, it seems to be impressive.

'I know you are messengers, but was not aware it worked that way'.

'So how does that fit in with the key?'

'We need to concentrate as collective, it will cause a mental pulse strong enough for the key to activate and send a pulse to the gate'.
'It is up to you to make us do this, if you want to go through'.
'But we will not do it just like that, you need to have a good reason'

'The other side is the place where I was assigned to as protector by Her, I have to go there'

'Why would we do that for you, or even Her? We assume you mean Her [image name] who is sister of [another image name]?'

'I have to protect the new colonies there again, they are vulnerable, and She wants them Protected', 'Word is going around that one of His Elites is about to start a rebellion because he does not agree with the plans, He does not know yet, but She does'.

'Ok, and why this gate?', 'There are more, and less difficult'
And I know about you, you are one of the punishers for justice, you and your sisters, aren't you?

'I am, but that is not my mission at this moment, they are still in the biosphere, so will not commit crimes bad enough for us to act, but this Elites rebellion might force Him to open the gates.
I was there, but called away, I came directly from the court of the Twelve, this is the shortest way, the alternative route leads through an area where the A-Nu-naKi live, and we are not really friends at the moment, it would..... let's say....complicate things if I had to go though there, they might get hurt..'

'We think that is a good reason, you have to protect life, even A-Nu-naKi life, and provide justice, but that is not good enough for us to activate the gate'
'Your current emotional state is also interfering with our peace of mind which we will be needing to open the gate, so call your snakes to order and make them stop trying to bite me.'

I calmed down and went to a state in which I looked more like a human, I knew I would never be able to win them for my cause if I stayed in the state I was earlier.
'I was told that the humans might be hurt or endangered once this elite officer makes his move, He is able to destroy them all for something they are not to blame for.
You know how curious this sort of humanoid can be, they will not be able to resist the challenge put upon them.
Once that happens, He will destroy them in a second.

I will not go there to prevent the rebellion, as that is something that should not be stopped, I will go there to take care this promising colony will survive His rage.
You know he must do what I tell him, else he will be my next target of torment, and he will not like that.'

'Hmm, we think you have a point there, if anybody can make make Him stop, it is you, with your sisters of course.
You do not fall under his or anybodies rule when you are called for'

'Right, so that is why I would ask you to activate the gate and let me through, for the future of this race'

'We will activate the gate for you once you are ready, make sure nobody gets hurt, as that would put a very big karma on my race'.

The next moment the mental force of the birdpeople raised enourmously while they concentrated, it sounded for me like a thousand trumpets in my head.
Once it reached a certain level abother sound was heard, like a huge choir singing.
The boy put the stone, which he was still holding, in the opening next to the gate.

The next moment the gate opened up, it looked like a ball of fire, once the ball changed into a ring, I went through.
And ended up in the counterpart of the gate, somewhere in a large mountainrange with mountaintops up to 8KM high.

What happened next, is all history, well, more or less.
I had to hurry, as the rebellion had already taken place.