Saxon Andrew - Greyson's revenge

Greyson said, “New Partner?”

“You’ve got me. I don’t know what she’s talking about.”

“Let’s go see. We’re wasting time here.”

Greyson and Jessica teleported to the coordinates and saw a huge gleaming white ship in front of them. “Hi, what do you think of my new partner.”

Timmy was stunned, “How, what, who..”

“Emperor Robbins asked if I would accept a post as a Searcher on this ship and Grace allowed me to join her.”

“Hello Greyson and Jessica.”

Jessica said, “Well, I am jealous of your new outfit. If my scans are right, you are a handful of trouble for somebody.”

“Thank you, but don’t stay jealous too long. You and Greyson are going to move into one of these ships as soon as Alex finishes with Anglo.”

Silence ruled the channel. “By the way, I sent one of my probes through those Searcher’s screens and we can listen in to the King’s conversations. I’ll patch you in so you can listen while you’re being upgraded.”

“You sent a probe through their screens?”

“Yes. I could just explode the castle but we have a bigger problem than that king. Alex will update you when you arrive. I’ve also given you the entry protocol for the Defense Facility. You need to go now so we can start making plans. Greyson, if you will contact your family and schedule them for the upgrade I would greatly appreciate it.”

“I’ll get on it right away.”

Timmy said, “Virze…”

“I know, I know, you want your jacket back.”

“No, I just wanted to say that it doesn’t surprise me about your new position. You are a perfect choice.”

Greyson and Jessica disappeared. Virze started crying. “What’s wrong?”

“I love him so much. He has the warmest heart. It’s him that I’m undeserving of having.”

“Oh, don’t sell yourself short. From my position, you are perfect for each other.”

“Do you really think so?”

“Yes, I do. Now let’s see what’s going on at the castle.”

Virze closed her eyes and watched the King swaying back and forth in front of a huge window.

Vring and Kreej absorbed the data being fed them telepathically by Alex. He had speeded up the feed six times until the Zord were comfortable with the rate of transfer. It really was amazing at how fast the two were absorbing the data and Alex knew that most computers couldn’t operate that fast. Vring said, “Stop it here.”

Alex stopped the feed, “Is something wrong.”

“I just want to make sure that I understand something before we go any further. I should have seen this relationship but I wasn’t interested in technology.”

“What is that?”

“It seems that a ships beam is usually just a bit weaker than the force field protecting the ship. I’ve noticed that it would take two Searcher Class Ships to defeat a single Searcher. As I look at the information you’ve given me, that relationship looks like it’s been consistent. Am I right?”

Alex thought a moment, “I don’t see an exception to it. Why do you think that’s important?”

“Well, if that relationship also holds true for the invaders from the other dimension, if you could take the power of their beam and focus it tighter, you should be able to penetrate its force field.”

“I’m not sure what you’re trying to communicate.”

“Well, if a Searcher could capture another’s Searcher beam and focus it into a much narrower reflection, that reflection would be much more powerful than the original beam. Right?”

“Ummmmm, if the reflection was captured and sent back without losses, yes.”

Kreej said, “I see where you’re going. If you could penetrate the force field with the reflected beam, you could then fire your own beam through the break in the field.”

Alex thought about it, “That would require extraordinary timing.”

Vring tilted his head to the right, “Hey, we’re just looking at possibilities right now. However, I’ve not seen a force field that could recover faster than two tenths of a second after penetration. It normally requires a reboot of the master coverage program.”

“I’m not sure that would be true of all technologies.”

“It’s the same principle as a flat tire on a landing gear. If it punctures, the hole must be closed. That requires going to the hole and filling it in. While that is happening, the field would be greatly weakened. Technologies may differ but the physics are the same.”

Alex thought a minute, “So what if you’re right. How does that help us?”

Vring stared at Kreej and said, “I’m not sure, but I want us to keep that in mind as we look at the weapons in the download. I think we can all agree that we don’t have a beam strong enough to penetrate their screens and I’m reasonably certain that their beams will blow through ours. We’ve got to come up with a different system to handle that ship. Let’s continue our look at the database and talk about this afterwards.”

Alex said, “Resuming download.”

Grace and Virze teleported in and commed Scotty.

“Hello Grace, welcome back.”

“Thank you, it’s good to be home. Do you have a moment?”

“I’ll make time for you. Bring me aboard.”

Scotty appeared on the Bridge and Virze bowed, “Welcome aboard, Your Majesty.”

Scotty nodded and Grace said, “We’ve been watching King Borders in the palace and we see a pattern that might help us.”

“What is that?”

“He always shuts off his com and orders no interruptions whenever he meets with his top advisor. We could teleport them out during that time and no one would know they’re gone.”

“I thought he had screens over the castle. Wouldn’t that prevent him being teleported?”

“With a standard teleport system, it would.”

“But not with yours?”

“Not with the process I use. I will use a probe to make a hole in the screen and teleport him out through the hole. I’ll pull the probe out when he has passed through it.”

Scotty thought a minute and said, “Let me think about how I can use this. Why don’t you and Virze take a few days off while I discuss this with my staff.”

“Your Majesty, would you mind if I join Timmy while you’re thinking about this.”

“Not at all, but you should know that he will be here with the rest of my staff. Grace, I want you here giving us any insights you might have.”

“It will be my pleasure.”

“Virze, I’m calling Timmy, Tesa, and Jingo back in as well. We’ll meet tomorrow at seven PM around the fire.”

Virze started getting excited at seeing Timmy and the rest of the Empire’s leaders.

“Grace, will you go and bring Vring and Kreej back so they can attend.”

“We’re on our way.”

James Silvey heard a knock on the door and heard Carol say, “Yes, he’s here. How can I help you?” He didn’t hear what was being said so he stood and went to the front door of his home. He saw a young man who couldn’t be much older than twenty standing at the door. He was wearing the uniform of a Searcher Pilot. James said, “I’m here. Is something wrong?”

“No, Sir, I hope you’ll give me a few moments of your time to discuss something with you.”

Carol looked at James and he could see her fear. There were many of the former soldiers on the planet that frowned on what James did during the liberation of the planet. She hoped he was not going to be hurt for his actions. “Please, come in.”

They entered and the Searcher saw a young girl and boy sitting at a table reading a book. James saw him looking and said, “They have not been educated and we want them to catch up.”

The Searcher looked at James and smiled, “I think we’ve made a good decision.”