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

The Johan Ruler said, “I choose the humans.”

The Myot nodded, “I do as well.”

The Welken looked out at the stunned assembly and said, “All of you will leave this planet immediately and may not return. My people are no longer a part of the Fellowship. NOW LEAVE!!”

The Droken yelled, “You cannot stand against all of us!”

The Silver Warrior said in an amplified voice, “Three of our small ships can destroy every one of your warships and blast your planets into dust! All of you can’t stand against us.” The warrior paused and said, “Or do you want to try. I believe the Royal has ordered you to leave. We will start enforcing that order in ten minutes!”

The room emptied faster than a bucket with the bottom missing. The Warrior waited until it was clear and he removed his helmet. The Royal smiled, “It’s good to see you again.”

“It’s been a long time.”

“I heard you order him arrested for treason.”

“I still have some growing to do, Great One. I knew by the time I went home that I had made a mistake. Our Leader let this happen to allow you to see that nothing has changed with the other members of the Fellowship.”

“How can you trust us?”

“Because of your past actions, which have shown us that we can. You, and us, needed to see this.”

The three rulers on the stage nodded and the Myot said, “We were just like them until you save us, Your Greatness.”

The Welken put his hand on the Myot’s shoulder and nodded, “You are like my own family.” He turned to Jinks, “Perhaps that Green Civilization might learn from this experience.”

Chris shook his head, “They do not control their own destiny. It’s the species that’s directing that galaxy who’s to blame. However, even if they don’t, it was the right thing to do.”

The Johan sighed, “I hope I have the strength of your convictions if I’m faced with a similar situation.”

Jinks looked at the Welken and nodded toward the representatives fleeing the room, “You know that most of them will come to you individually to beg you to join our alliance?”

“What are you suggesting?”

“If you accept them, our alliance will be broken.”

“You don’t think they can change?”

“They’ve been working together for more than five years to meet a common enemy. If they haven’t changed during that time, when will they?”

The Welken looked at the other two Rulers and saw them nodding in agreement. “I was hoping the Fellowship would become something special.”

“They are what they’ve been. We will be leaving but if you have any trouble, contact us.”

The Royal nodded and looked at Chris, “Your heart is strong. Don’t lose it.” Chris nodded and turned to leave.

He looked at Jinks and Chad, who had removed his helmet. “Lukas?” Jinks nodded. Chris shook his head.

“He had to know where we stand.”

“I know. I just hate he allowed Audrey to suffer like this.”

“She was told what was going on as soon as we left the prison. She’s waiting for you in orbit.”

Chris smiled, “Perhaps I was a little hasty to be angry.” Jinks nodded and put his helmet back on as they exited the building. Chad followed his lead. “You just never know when trouble might raise its ugly head.”

“Jinks, when did the armor come online?”

“The first prototypes were approved five months ago. The miniature DE Reactors were installed four months ago. Making them small enough to fit was the main issue but Amanda and Trevor really performed magic with them.”

Chris’s eyes went wide, “The armor uses Dark Energy reactors!? I thought they would use Dark Matter Reactors?”

“That’s what’s taken them so long to come on line. However, the converters are producing them at a high rate and all pilots are going to be fitted for them before we start arming our ground forces.”

“They aren’t going to be very comfortable while flying the Pods.”

“They’re being made to replace the chairs in the Pods. You’ll be sitting on it; Press a button and the armor wraps around you in an instant. You’re going to like the features.”

Chris nodded as they approached the armored shuttle, “I look forward to learning how to use it. Chad, thank you for coming.”

“I didn’t want to miss it. Those Fellowship Reps are really a nasty bunch of punks.”

“Yes they are.”

“Chris, Lukas wants to see you as soon as you get back.”

“He’s going to have to wait.”

“Why?”

“Because Audrey and I will take some time to be alone first.”

Jinks smiled, “I’ll let him know.”

Chris walked in the large office in Fleet Operations and sat across from Lukas and Salud. Lukas smiled, “It’s good to have you back. I’m sorry I couldn’t tell you about what was going on.”

“I understand why; you needed my reactions to be genuine.”

“Exactly.”

“I couldn’t hear the thoughts of Chad and Jinks in their armor. Is that a new development?”

“It is. Piper assisted us in finding the proper scrambling frequency to block a telepath from hearing the wearer’s thoughts.”

“Why would he do that? I would think being able to hear our thoughts was not something he would give up.”

“He has finally come to the point where he trusts us. We’ve been talking with Barbie while you’ve been incarcerated, and she showed us the strange thought pattern she detected in M-87. We are of the opinion now, after the fact, that pattern came from a scout sent there from M-84. It appears a species in that galaxy is telepathic. It also appears it is highly aggressive.”

“How did you come to that conclusion? They were attacked by the Green Civilization first. They only retaliated.”

“But look at how they retaliated. The Green ships destroyed three planets. They came in and attacked and destroyed thousands of planets and they didn’t back off until they were highly outnumbered with the return of the invasion fleet.”

“Why are you worried about them? We didn’t attack them.”

“No, but we led the Orange Ships chasing our scouts toward their galaxy. We actually caused the destruction of those three planets.”

“Do you think they know about that?”

“They’re telepathic. One of them would have learned that the Green Ships followed skip traces toward their galaxy. If you possessed that knowledge, what would you conclude?”

Chris shook his head, “They will eliminate the Green Ships as well as the Orange Ships. That only leaves us.”

“That’s how I see it. I’ve asked Piper to check and see if he can detect any strange thought patterns around our galaxy.”

“And?”

“There’s six of them out there waiting to signal the proper time to attack.”

“What are you going to do about it?”

“No, what are you going to do about it?”

“Me?”

“You are now in command of all our military forces and I’m counting on you to make the right decisions about defending us.”

“Why would you choose me instead of Jinks?”

“You are telepathic; he’s not. I believe the two of you aren’t that different in your command skills.”

Chris shook his head, “What do you see happening?”

“Piper says those scouts arrived after their attack in M-87. My real concern is that being telepathic, they will look at the thoughts of our pilots and learn about our technology. We have to prevent that from happening and we need to remove them as quickly as possible. We’ve developed a blocking field for our armor and ships that prevents telepaths from hearing the thoughts of our warriors but the armor hasn’t been distributed yet. We will be able to block them from learning anything from our warriors but we can’t block the thoughts of everyone on the planet.”