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rung of
the Dias steps, his twelve colleagues in uniform faced the now
docile crowd with pride, despite their own personal grief. A group
identified themselves as the leadership committee. I told them to
come see their old friend Zoran, when they had the body collection
and clean up teams set.
With that
situation under control, I took my twelve armed and one disarmed
and still crying ‘house-guard’ back out, across the bridge to a
waiting Zoran, he was standing on the bottom step of our T.T.V’s
doorway. The grief throughout our little encampment was palpable.
Only Susan, among all of them, had no reason to grieve. As the sun
rose in the morning sky, I pondered my next move. It was clear my
presence placed all these people in danger, yet I had no idea how
to do what I had to do, without, at least, Zoran, Susan and some
armed men. I had no idea when, or if, the laser weapon would run
out and although I seemed just about as bullet proof as you can
get, that was clearly not so for everyone else.
After long
discussions with my two aide-de-camps and even longer talks between
Zoran and all his old colleagues on the leadership committee of
Willow Vale, it was decided that the damaged but still operational
T.T.V, two crewmen, the eight injured, which included Jarrat and
the six uninjured women would stay behind at Willow Vale. I gave
Jarrat one of my two laser weapons very discreetly, only Zoran and
my ever observant Susan knew that I had done that. Now, with the
three crew, nine men and one woman in uniform, Susan had decided to
don the dead crewman’s uniform and assume his responsibilities,
along with the ever faithful Zoran, I was ready to head out, but to
where? It was not simply a matter of going back to the Supreme
House and dealing with the rest of my dysfunctional family. I might
survive that, I seemed to be indestructible, but no one else
would!
Nothing would be
achieved by doing that anyway. Zoran had positively seen Lord
Edmond during our attack and thought Lord Elton was commanding one
of the other five combat craft. With at least four laser weapons
between them, not useable from inside a T.T.V., which was most
fortunate for us in our last encounter, no direct attack, with our
T.T.V could even be contemplated. The outsides of the mountain
which housed the Supreme House communities’ crater were well and
truly wired up.
“Nothing can move
on those slopes without them knowing it” Zoran pointed out, adding
“To tell you the truth, I wasn’t sure that our coming out was the
right thing to do, yet” He told me. The first thing we needed to do
was set up an alternative to the blind belief in the Supreme One
and his family.
But to do that, we
had to head out into the so called New World.
“Only these
Supreme House T.T.V.s have the ability to reach all of the New
World and anywhere in the wilds” Our T.T.V Captain advised me, as
he, Susan, Zoran and I sat in the very comfortable cabin, in the
middle of our soon-to-take-off T.T.V. “The State’s T.T.Vs are for
local harvesting and personnel transportation” He added. The
Supreme One’s forces had the big advantage of communication; we
couldn’t even listen in, without being located.
“As we have these”
Zoran held up the laser weapon in his hand “I don’t think they will
risk more T.T.V’s by coming after us. And, if they try to hit them
here again, young Jarrat will cost them yet another ship or two”
The old man chuckled mirthlessly
“But that will
still leave them with far too many combat T.T.V’s and troops for us
to take on” Zoran added, looking curiously at me.
“I wasn’t
necessarily planning to attack the Supreme House Zoran” I told him
“At least not yet anyway” I added..
“There is no other
way to end the false truths of this world Lord Robert” Zoran’s
resolute old face looked totally convinced.
“Perhaps, in the
end, you are right Zoran” I replied slowly, choosing my words
carefully “I have great respect for your
the Dias steps, his twelve colleagues in uniform faced the now
docile crowd with pride, despite their own personal grief. A group
identified themselves as the leadership committee. I told them to
come see their old friend Zoran, when they had the body collection
and clean up teams set.
With that
situation under control, I took my twelve armed and one disarmed
and still crying ‘house-guard’ back out, across the bridge to a
waiting Zoran, he was standing on the bottom step of our T.T.V’s
doorway. The grief throughout our little encampment was palpable.
Only Susan, among all of them, had no reason to grieve. As the sun
rose in the morning sky, I pondered my next move. It was clear my
presence placed all these people in danger, yet I had no idea how
to do what I had to do, without, at least, Zoran, Susan and some
armed men. I had no idea when, or if, the laser weapon would run
out and although I seemed just about as bullet proof as you can
get, that was clearly not so for everyone else.
After long
discussions with my two aide-de-camps and even longer talks between
Zoran and all his old colleagues on the leadership committee of
Willow Vale, it was decided that the damaged but still operational
T.T.V, two crewmen, the eight injured, which included Jarrat and
the six uninjured women would stay behind at Willow Vale. I gave
Jarrat one of my two laser weapons very discreetly, only Zoran and
my ever observant Susan knew that I had done that. Now, with the
three crew, nine men and one woman in uniform, Susan had decided to
don the dead crewman’s uniform and assume his responsibilities,
along with the ever faithful Zoran, I was ready to head out, but to
where? It was not simply a matter of going back to the Supreme
House and dealing with the rest of my dysfunctional family. I might
survive that, I seemed to be indestructible, but no one else
would!
Nothing would be
achieved by doing that anyway. Zoran had positively seen Lord
Edmond during our attack and thought Lord Elton was commanding one
of the other five combat craft. With at least four laser weapons
between them, not useable from inside a T.T.V., which was most
fortunate for us in our last encounter, no direct attack, with our
T.T.V could even be contemplated. The outsides of the mountain
which housed the Supreme House communities’ crater were well and
truly wired up.
“Nothing can move
on those slopes without them knowing it” Zoran pointed out, adding
“To tell you the truth, I wasn’t sure that our coming out was the
right thing to do, yet” He told me. The first thing we needed to do
was set up an alternative to the blind belief in the Supreme One
and his family.
But to do that, we
had to head out into the so called New World.
“Only these
Supreme House T.T.V.s have the ability to reach all of the New
World and anywhere in the wilds” Our T.T.V Captain advised me, as
he, Susan, Zoran and I sat in the very comfortable cabin, in the
middle of our soon-to-take-off T.T.V. “The State’s T.T.Vs are for
local harvesting and personnel transportation” He added. The
Supreme One’s forces had the big advantage of communication; we
couldn’t even listen in, without being located.
“As we have these”
Zoran held up the laser weapon in his hand “I don’t think they will
risk more T.T.V’s by coming after us. And, if they try to hit them
here again, young Jarrat will cost them yet another ship or two”
The old man chuckled mirthlessly
“But that will
still leave them with far too many combat T.T.V’s and troops for us
to take on” Zoran added, looking curiously at me.
“I wasn’t
necessarily planning to attack the Supreme House Zoran” I told him
“At least not yet anyway” I added..
“There is no other
way to end the false truths of this world Lord Robert” Zoran’s
resolute old face looked totally convinced.
“Perhaps, in the
end, you are right Zoran” I replied slowly, choosing my words
carefully “I have great respect for your
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