by G. K. Scott
Eddy felt his eyes narrow he would not let it be! Oran would not live to see the dawn of another day! It would end here and now in this place. He watched the female marine looked at him in utter confusion. “Sir you requested we close the docking bay doors should we reopen them and allow him in? Sir?” Eddy snarled aloud. “No we won’t allow him in! Lock the docks doors shut!” He watched as Sierra turned staring at him in horror. “He is the leader of this ship! He is the man who made everything possible! Let him in now!” Eddy looked up slightly finding him self-laughing aloud. He leaned forward in the chair. “The man who made everything possible, please don’t give me that stupid bull.” He watched as everyone turned looking at him. “You know nothing of this man Sierra. Your foolish and you’ve been fed a pack of lies.” He turned slightly as Sierra moved forward. “Have you lost your mind? He’s a hero he made this ship and looked after her.” Eddy leaned back. “Hero don’t ever say that again in my presence he’s a murder.”
He watched the female marine turn. “Sir Oran’s asking to be put through on screen, should I put him through?” Eddy felt his fist clench. “Oh please do, and put it up as a live transmission.” He watched as the wide screen hanging near by came down and Oran’s face appeared in it. Eddy turned slightly looking at the dark haired man who was wearing a copy of the hunters armour. Oran narrowed his gaze on the screen. “Eddy Ida well this is a rather large surprise, I thought Emma Wingates turned you in to a trophy.” Eddy snarled aloud. “Emma Wingates never laid a finger on me.” Oran raised an eyebrow. “Really I’m surprised I mean the murdering bitch killed everyone else.” Eddy looked up slightly. “Real shame that.” Oran looked up slightly raising an eyebrow. “You don’t sound concerned boy! You should be! She was a murder!” Eddy looked at the room, which was silent. “You know frankly I’d like to say this aloud since your transmission is live right though out the Sirun. How many people died on the Callisto colony? The full number you must know.”
Oran pulled back in anger. “What does this have to do with anything Ida?” Eddy put both hands together. “Oh a lot really…I mean you’d think that a man who loves his people so much would know such a thing and feel guilty about it.” Oran narrowed his gaze. “I don’t have time for this! Let me aboard my ship now!” Eddy sneered slightly. “Funny how you call Emma Wingates a murder yet you failed to notice that because of her message from one of central control ports thousands of innocent people have been saved. I’m sure you’d have claimed it was yourself just to look good in front of people. Yet on Callisto you never came to save anyone.” He growled aloud. “Just like you didn’t save anyone here today. You’re a dirty murder who’s a bloody coward! You cared more about saving yourself than the people you employ! Emma Wingates and Jeuki should’ve killed you!” Oran looked up slightly. “Emma Wingates is dead I’d say that a good thing hunters are dangerous!”
Eddy laughed aloud. “Hunters are dangerous, I say breeding an army of Knopf’s along with two Knopf queens one of which was a super hybrid was far more dangerous! Keeping it secret and hidden in level ninety aboard the Iron Year and knowing they’re where innocent people above was even more disgusting and cruel.” Oran turned on screen. “You are foolish boy Ida! You are making yourself look like a fool in front of all these people watching! I mean who’s going to believe a stupid little hacker, who has no proof to back up his claims!” He folded his arms. “I tell you who, no one I mean your just another marine in a chair pretending to be a general!” Eddy folded his arms. “Oh so I guess Lexington being a murder and a psychopath made him a better for this chair in your eyes. Frankly watching Emma rip his head off its shoulder was the most wonderful thing I’ve ever seen anyone do. Makes me so happy I released her from confinement!” Oran looked up sharply. “You traitor!”
Eddy ignored the looks from the others. “Traitor no I’m not one of those, I was the one who saw you and your little experiments for what really where! I saw how much of a cold-blooded bastard you really are, and how you like spilling innocent blood just to get what you want. You bred Knopf’s on Callisto you just repeated the experiments on the Iron Year!” He turned seeing everyone go quite all around him. “Tell you what since you think I’m a pathetic little hacker allow me to show you the files I hacked from your office. You see I have a few really, really good ones for everyone on the Sirun to watch on the live screens.” Oran raised an eyebrow. “Please Ida bluffing will get you no where, no one believes you!” Eddy sat back turning to Bishop. “Please activate the twentieth file on all live screens on this ship.” He watched the Android nod then turn typing in to the panel. He turned back eyeing Oran’s stunned face. “I do hope this is entertaining it’s a nice little collection of your best moments the ones you never show people.” He watched as the screen changed as it brought up the first of few video files he’d picked specially. He smiled as the first image started to play of the man talking in his office about the deaths on the colonists on Callisto. He sat back watching the expressions of marines in the central control go from shock to utter horror as the video played.
8
Lucy felt the drop ship move closer to Oran’s vessel she turned watching as another video of Oran and Emma arguing about stealing Yautja weapons began to roll. “I swear to god everyone on the Sirun is going to loose it when they see this.” Marcus looked at the screen. “They are it’s live, it’s probably going through every single screen, notepad and computer panel on the ship.” Lucy leaned forward watching. “I can’t believe he said, what’s thirteen thousand deaths if I don’t get something out of it. Asshole!” Marcus watched the video as it carried on playing. “Christ he offered a twelve figure number for Emma to give him the codes to the hunter vessel he stole. That sickens me even more.” Lucy narrowed her gaze watching the video of Emma’s and Jeuki’s capture play out she turned snarling aloud. “How’s about we just blow up his ship right now!” Marcus grabbed her hand before she hit the panel. “No Lucy! I don’t like watching this anymore than you do but it’s up to the Sirun to blow him up when the video feeds over, not us.”
Lucy pulled her hand away watching the video change to Oran moving through some level she’d never seen being shown around by Carlos. Who led him through rooms of experiments she swallowed catching sight of one of the Knopf queens chained up.” She leaned forward. “How can Carlos refer to that ugly bitch as beautiful?” Marcus leaned forward. “You know suddenly I can see why Emma hated Utro so much! The guy was seriously screwed in the head!” He moved the ship closer to Oran’s. He turned his gaze to the firing controls. “All I need is a reason! I hope he gives me a reason!” Lucy looked up watching the video play of the hybrid queen pen slowly play out with Oran watching. She breathed in seeing that the black ship had started to move back. Marcus leaned forward. “Well, well I do believe the coward is getting ready to run away.” He smirked. “I do hope he tries to start his hyper drive, nothing would amuse me more than to see him try and get away.” Lucy grinned looking at the ship. “Lets just shoot him!”
8
Eddy leaned back in the chair, watching Oran’s face change to panic. “Now wasn’t that an interesting set of video’s. Shame I couldn’t show everyone the full collection.” He turned seeing the hated on the faces of all around him all of which where directed at the Oran’s face on the screen. “Turn of the live feed.” Sierra snarled leaning over the panel. “Shut every space door! I don’t want him on this ship!” Eddy leaned forward watching as Sierra turned to look him. “Permission to open fire if he comes close to the docks doors sir?” Eddy smiled slightly. “Granted.” He leaned back as the female marine turned. “Sir we have up roars going on all over the ship all the civilians, scientists, marines and workers from the Iron Year!” She swallowed slightly.“ Their all demanding that we should open fire!” She looked down. “They’ve also started to destroy Oran’s company symbols aboard this vessel.” Eddy leaned back. “Tell the marines aboard this vessel to keep order but allow them to destroy the symbols. It’s very meaning
ful to them, they need to feel that this man has no power over them anymore.”
He looked at Oran’s terrified gaze. “They need to feel that you are nothing any more!” Oran’s eyes narrowed. “I’ll have you head for this Ida!” Eddy leaned forward in his chair. “You and who’s army? Oh yes that’s right I own your ship Oran and I have your army how ironic!” Oran snarled aloud. “You won’t catch me! The Sirun is outdated!” Eddy leaned back in his chair. “Oh really, well we’ll see won’t we.” He turned watching, as the Ultra Sera got closer to Oran’s ship. He watched Oran hit his panel causing the main screen to go black. He turned in his chair as Sierra came forward. “Should we capture him sir? I have eight dock ships at the ready to bring him in!”
Eddy shook his head. “Not just yet.” Sierra raised an eyebrow. “Sir?” Eddy raised a finger. “Trust me on this one Sierra.” He watched as the female marine turned looking up from her screen. “I’ve just had word from some of the high scientists who worked on the Iron Year that his ship has an advanced hyper drive. They say he can run away because the drive is some sort of instantaneous engine.” Eddy smiled looking at her. “Oh I know that, he stole the technology from the Yautja or predators as we call them.” He leaned back. “I wouldn’t worry though that drive is not on his ship. I had my close friends on the Ultra Sera take it out, it’s aboard their ship.” He leaned back grinned. “Rest assured Oran isn’t going any where.”
8
Emma looked at her note pad she watched as it carried on picking up signals from the Sirun. She ignored the young blood who was looking at the device over her shoulder. It had started going off from its closed draw where it had been kept all this time. She watched the words move across the screen followed by crackling voices.
“I’ll have your head Ida!”
“You and who’s army? Oh yes that’s right I own your ship Oran and I have your army how ironic!”
Jeuki flared his mandibles in anger. “Oran!” He turned looking at the panel. “I do believe we have unfinished business!” Emma turned the note pad off sharply. “Son of bitch!” She watched the young blood pull back as she tossed the note pad in to the draw. “Lets uncloak so where right up his ass!” Jeuki turned roaring. Erisoki looked up sharply he moved forward watching Jeuki tap the panel. “What are you doing!? We need to leave this place right now!” Jeuki eyed him. “In that ship is the man who had you locked up for a year!” He tapped the panel harder. “Would you like him to escape knowing he has our technology installed in his ships hyper drive!”Erisoki pulled back tapping his lower mandibles. “Very well, dishonoured prey must die it is the law.” Emma turned looking at Jeuki. “Ask him if dishonoured prey that’s kept alive gets the same punishment as Oni Jui.” Jeuki looked at her for a moment before tapping his mandibles with glee he turned meeting Erisoki’s gaze. He raised a clawed finger. “My mate has a question if we bring this dishonoured ooman in alive would he get the same punishment Oni Jui’s getting?” Erisoki turned slightly. “Yes he would, I want the ship destroyed ether way though.” Jeuki looked up slightly. “With out question.” Erisoki turned sharply. “End this hunt gloriously!”
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Oran turned backing the ship up. He turned slamming his hand on the panel watching the hyper drive come on line. Those assholes wouldn’t catch him he could be on earth before they could! Then he’d get his other military ship Ethereal back on earth to blow them up before they came in to dock! He could say that Ida had called mutiny and turned his people against him. He grinned watching the power bar go up, as the drive got ready to hit full power. He smiled holding on to the controls they could go to hell! He felt the force as his ship jerked forward only to stall causing him to hit the panel hard chest first. He pulled back painfully what in the hell was going on! He pulled back further as his advanced drop ship came down in front of him. He looked up in shock horror seeing two faces appear as the huge black slates pulled back showing two people sitting in the cockpit. He found him self-shouting out in anger. They weren’t his marines they where those two annoying scientists who he’d ordered to be killed! He watched as the male scientist smirked typing in to the panel.
He listened as a voice came through the air as the male scientist with glasses spoke. “My, my how sad it appears your hyper drive doesn’t work.” He watched as female scientist with blonde hair waved. “We where nice enough to take it out for you, we felt that you don’t have the right to own it.” She smiled waving again. Oran growled grabbing his controls. “You stupid little assholes! I can still shoot you!” He grabbed the weapons stick. “I’ll kill you two traitors my self!” He stopped as his emergency beeper started going off. He turned sharply there was no ships near him! He slammed the controls only to stop sharply as a huge red symbol appeared behind him. Lucy felt the ship pull back as Oran’s ship was suddenly smashed full force. Marcus leaned forward as a huge vessel uncloaked as it smashed Oran’s ship full force with its huge lower hull. Lucy cringed as Oran’s ship spun in space with the shear force. The huge hunter vessel turned its huge forward laser-fired going straight through Oran’s ships engine.
Marcus pulled the ship back further as one of the sides blew off followed by a tiny man sized escape pod bursting through the side. He tried to move the ship back faster as the hunter’s laser cut through the air again slicing the already burning black ship in half. He watched as flame flew through the air as the destroyed vessel sank in to spaces abyss. Emma and Jeuki where both alive! It was unbelievable! He thought they’d died in the blast, but here they where. No doubt they’d been cloaked all this time waiting for Oran. He pushed the controls harder trying to get out of the huge vessels way as it came forward. He watched in surprise, as it’s huge side door opened. He leaned forward seeing some kind of shield come up instantly covering the open space doors opening. The huge vessel leaned sideways in one swift motion. The small man sized black pod was sucked in to it full force. He swallowed as the huge side door closed automatically. The huge ship swung back in to position coming to a slow stop.
8
Eddy stared in shock he watched as Sierra turned sharply. “Sir the hunter’s vessel it just blew up Oran’s ship! Your orders sir!” Eddy laughed aloud. “Oh Emma Wingates you had me going for a while there.” He leaned back in the chair looking at Sierra. “Tell all the marines to lower the cannons! Do not make any threatening moves, I don’t want to be seen as an enemy.” He put both hands together. “Send this message on all frequencies, to Emma Wingates and Jeuki. This is a personal message from Eddy Ida general of the Sirun. We mean no harm to your vessel or the lives of any of your crew. The dock ship that’s floating in space beside you has a Oran’s hyper drive which should be yours.” He breathed watching the female marine type. “We give you this back as an act of good faith. As we believe that what has been taken from you should be returned. We admire the hunter’s way and show you our respects as warriors.” The female marine looked up. “Sir that end hunter line is strange.” Eddy smiled slightly. “They’ll understand believe me.”
CHAPTER 26
WHAT COMES TO PASS COMES WITHOUT WARNING
Location somewhere in the galaxy, waiting to hunt down the man who started it all.
I’ve asked my self so many times what if? What if Callisto had never happened? What if I’d never met Jeuki and fallen in love? It hits me now that I no longer need ask myself those questions. Their no longer important, because the truth of the matter is Callisto made me in more than I could ever hope to be or dream. What if? Why should I care what if? If I could do it all again I’d do it the same. I wouldn’t change the pain or the suffering the dieing or the battles lost and won. They define who I’ve become, without them I would be that weak ignorant electronics scientist. Still looking up at the stars and dreaming of things that wouldn’t happen. Still dreaming of love and reading romantic novels, waiting for Mr right to come along. I’d still be having stupid drinking nights with some one I believed cared. Still be trying to avoid a two-headed cat a friend had and sti
ll be crying on lonely nights. I never ever want to go back to that I can’t think of anything more horrible.
It would be even worse than waking up from a beautiful dream where everything goes right. Like those crazy dreams were someone debits millions of credits in to your account. Or you do that thing you can’t do in reality and become the awe of your dream visions. Then you open your eyes and you realize that it’s not real. You’re still beating heart hits your stomach and you just feel bitter and cheated by your dream a dream, which in truth is just your subconscious wants and needs playing out. In a dream you can be anything and anyone but it’s still a dream that by morning will be an echo in your mind. I could never go back to Callisto. I couldn’t walk that same boring corridor with out going out of mind dreaming to be here. Dreaming of Jeuki and being with him, to live a life, which has a strong and worthy purpose. To earn trophies that are worth something and to feel that there’s a drive and a meaning to life as well as something to aspire to.
You can’t aspire to credits you can’t aspire to a screen that tells you things. You can dream of things so many things but there just day dreams which like the dreams of sleeping are illusions because unless you want them that badly they’ll never be. They’ll move through your fingers like the sand of the desert blowing away in the wind. A dream is just dream till you live and breathe it and a true dream is not the one you dream off, it’s the one that you make happen. Oran had dreams his dream was to rule space like some kind of human god. As much as I hate to say it the man really made his dream become a reality at the expanse of others. He started all this with Utro on Callisto and until now he’s had rule over the stars. Until his escape pod crash landed through our bay doors, I believe that something also happened with the Sirun because the dock ships near the closed docking bay raised their guns to his ship. And another dock ship in space tried to get in front of him.