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found the Head Server surrounded by a platoon of his troops. It was clear he was scared out of his senses. “Why did you call us?”
    The Head Server started stammering and the Commander slapped him. The Head Server pulled his communicator out of his tunic and activated the camera system. The Commander took it and played what he had recorded. He saw the two humans walking out of the entrance and turn south. “They are here, Councilor.” He played the recording for the official and he recognized the humans from the previous encounter.
    “Well, you’ve not found them yet and my people are reporting that you have killed more than six hundred of my citizens.”
    The Commander’s eyes narrowed and he lifted his communicator, “Have any jumps been detected?”
    “No, sire.”
    He looked at the official and his expression turned grim, “Order all our forces out of the city and move the warships overhead. If a jump is detected, you will notify me immediately.”
    The official stared at the Commander, “What are you going to do?”
    “I’m going to level the city.”
    “You can’t do this!”
    “I would suggest quite strongly that you leave quickly.”
    The Official stared at the Commander as he turned and walked toward his transport. He screamed as he ran toward his shuttle, “YOU CAN’T DO THIS!!”
    Cinny and Grant saw the warships entering low orbit and the transports start lifting off the surface as the yellow armed forces scrambled on board. Cinny shook her head, “Surely they wouldn’t.”
    Grant’s expression turned hard as he said, “Let’s move out to that ship.”
    “Grant, we have to jump away.”
    “If we do, we’ll reveal that we can hide from their scans. This is not on us. Let’s go!” The faceplates disappeared and the two scooters moved to twenty miles from the large warship hanging in space.
    • • •
    The Commander pressed his console and the Principal appeared on his panel, “Yes!”
    “Sire, we have found the two humans on Lovely and there have been no jumps. It appears they are on the ground in the city.”
    “What are you going to do?”
    “I intend to raze the city.”
    The Principal stared at the Commander and after a moment smiled, “If a jump is detected?”
    “I will withhold our fire.”
    The Principal nodded, “Your plan is sound. I will handle the repercussions.”
    The Commander bowed and said, “Target the city with all blasters and open fire on my command.” He looked at his scanning Leader, “Any jumps detected?”
    “No, Sire.”
    The Commander saw his shuttles blasting off the surface of the planet and decided he couldn’t wait any longer. “Commence firing.”
    • • •
    The Lovely Official was just outside the edge of the blast zone when a beautiful city went up a gigantic blast. More than two million local inhabitants were blown into atomic fire. The Official’s eyes narrowed and he felt rage at what had been done to his people. Someone was going to pay for this. After a moment all he could do was weep for the destruction of what was once a beautiful place on his planet’s surface.
    • • •
    Grant looked at Cinny and said, “You have to go to Ana; I’ll follow the ship.”
    “If you think I’m letting you go alone, you’re crazy.”
    “Cinny, they have to pay for this. Ana does not have full power without one of us on board. I’ll go if it comes to it but one of us has to make them know that they can’t do this without paying a price.” Grant pointed toward the planet where the giant glow was moving high into the atmosphere.
    Cinny shook her head and then nodded, “Please be careful.”
    “I will.” Cinny reached across and squeezed Grant’s glove and disappeared. Grant watched the large transport enter the landing bay of the giant warship as hundreds of Lovely’s warships began jumping in and start firing on the yellow warships still in low orbit. Grant entered subspace and watched for what he knew was coming. He saw a large