Saxon Andrew - Escape to Earth-The Legacy of a Conqueror

It was poor planning on the part of the enemy’s leaders by not having the entire disruptor covered by a force field. When the twenty-one disruptors went up, the shockwaves knocked out the bases of the remaining nine. They fell and exploded. The final disruptors were located at the far side of the spaceport eight miles away and the third shockwave didn’t have the force of the first two. Eve crouched outside the remains of the armored wall and saw five huge battleships move down from orbit and drop their transports. Now that the disruptors had been removed The Heavy Assault Warriors could make their presence felt. The Heavies dropped in and the end was anticlimactic. The surviving enemy forces had nothing remaining in their arsenal that would stop the Heavy Warriors and in less than three hours of fighting, the spaceport was taken.

Eve stood up once the heavies were down and punched her communicator, “Alright, move out. There are a hundred more disruptors in the major city forty miles away. They’re not as dense as what we faced here so they should be easy work.” The four thousand Assault Warriors called in their pods and blasted over the horizon. Eve was in a state of ecstasy. This is what she was born to do and she loved every minute of it. She wondered how Chris was doing for a moment and then focused on her tactical screen.

Once all the disruptors were destroyed in and around the giant capital city, the Heavy Warriors dropped in and the Assault Pods moved to replace the battleships around the three Senior Commanders in orbit above the city. The destruction that was taking place in the city was clearly visible from orbit and Chris felt joy at the carnage that was taking place. The Warriors were given direct orders to stay away from the Central Government Building located in the center of the metropolis. That building would be taken last. The confirmations of the third target’s destruction had rolled in an hour earlier and Chris’s smile grew with each passing moment. He began to grow impatient to take the Government Center. He tried to distract himself by watching the massive explosions of disruptor towers across the northern hemisphere and he knew Eve was having the time of her young life. He hoped she wouldn’t take any foolish risks and he was shocked later when he learned about her attacking six-disruptor towers single handedly. But for the moment, he felt huge satisfaction at what his forces were doing to the planet. They deserved every bit of it. After what seemed like years, he received the message he had been waiting on.

“We’ve taken the Government Center and have the Leaders captured. It is safe enough for you to come here.”

Chris smiled, “Barbie, take us down.” He looked and saw Jinks and Allison’s pods were dropping into the atmosphere with him, “I think I can handle it from here.”

Jinks said, “I wouldn’t miss this, Sir.”

“Suit yourself, Admiral.” Barbie spiraled down and landed just outside the giant building in the center of the destroyed city. Chris jumped out of his cockpit and started walking quickly toward the blown out entrance. His four young bodyguards walked with him and kept their eyes on the rubble surrounding the building. One of them blasted a sniper with his heavy blaster but Chris ignored what was going on around him and only had eyes for getting into the building. Allison and Jinks followed him and saw an expression on his face they didn’t recognize.

Chris walked through the blown out opening all the way to the inner chamber. As he entered the room, he saw twenty bronze colored beings standing at the front of the room. Ten Heavy Warriors had them covered with their hand blasters and it was obvious that they were frightened. Chris walked up in front of them and removed his helmet. He thought, “Which one of you sent the ship to attack my planet?”

He listened to the thoughts of the twenty beings and heard, “We begged him not to do it. We told him he was being foolish but his arrogance was more than we could overcome.”

Chris’s head jerked toward a tall being in the back row of leaders that was looking at Chris with absolute fear on his face. Chris walked through the group of Leaders pushing those in his path to the floor and he grabbed the tall Leader by the throat. The others fell to the floor and prostrated themselves begging him for mercy. Chris lifted the Leader off the floor and everyone in the room heard his thoughts, “I was stupid! Kill me but please don’t kill my people!” Chris tightened his grip on the tall Leader’s neck and his expression was almost rapturous. The Leader’s pleas for mercy quickly stopped as Chris tightened his grip. Chris gave a squeeze and the entire room heard a pop as the Leader’s body fell away from his head.

Chris held the head for a moment and stared into the dead eyes before he swung his arm around and threw the head at the armored wall to the right. The head hit the wall in an instant and spattered. Chris pulled his hand blaster and said over his shoulder, “Order our warriors to kill every living being on this planet.”

He aimed his blaster at the other leaders and heard Allison say over his shoulder, “I have a much better idea.”

Chris turned around and saw she had taken off her helmet. He said in a raspy sneer, “What is that!?”

Allison looked at him and said, “Collect about a million of them and use the battleships to transport them to a holding pen on Earth. That way you could go out each day and squeeze the heads off ten or twenty of them to teach your son what kind of man he should grow up to be!”

Chris was on her in an instant and had his hand on her throat. She looked him in the eyes without fear and waited. Chris’s rage was overwhelming and he felt his hand tighten. She still showed no fear and after a moment he pushed her away into Jinks’ arms and screamed. Allison caught her balance and straightened up as she continued to stare at him. He pulled his hand blaster and pointed it at the leaders lying on the ground still pleading for mercy. He looked to the right where one of them was silent and he saw it was a female that was trying to hide a young child under her robe. She saw him look at her and her panic and fear took her as she curled around her child and closed her eyes.

Chris lowered his blaster and then lowered his head. He remembered Audrey sitting beside him weeping for the Fellowship crews that died when they attacked. He started slowly shaking his head and then lifted his arm. “All ships will stand down and reform with their fleets at the coordinates they skipped in from.”

Everyone heard a voice say, “Sir, we’ve not completed the destruction of our current target!”

Chris took a deep breath and said, “I am not accustomed to repeating my orders!” The Leaders on the floor grew silent. Chris took another deep breath, raised his head, and looked at Allison, “These are your children now. Teach them how to behave.” Chris turned and started walking out of the building.

Jinks shouted, “Chris, where are you going!?” Chris was silent and continued walking through the blown out opening. “Chris…!” Chris walked out of the building in silence.

Allison felt her eyes moisten and she turned to the Leaders still lying on the floor. She took a long breath and said out loud, “You can hear my thoughts?”

The Leader closest to her thought where everyone could hear, “We can.”

Allison said, “Two things; first, you will not build another warship. Second, you will never leave this galaxy. Do you understand!?”

“We do.”

“Don’t be confused by what just happened. I didn’t do this for you, I did it for him. I am sending probes out to keep watch over you. If you violate either of these sanctions,” She nodded toward the opening, “He will come back and finish what he started today.” The Leader’s glanced toward the opening and the Leader thought, “We will do as you order. However, how will we defend ourselves against an invader?”