Hannah immediately contacted all of her leaders of each group from all across the country that she was still alive and a secret location. She informed them that her revolution had just begun, and she would stop at nothing to take down the current administration!
Hannah had been reported as possibly kidnapped, missing or even dead. It was reported in the news that her suite at the hotel had been ransacked and she was nowhere to be seen.
When Syra’s old console lit up, the connection also showed as LIVE feedback on Earth II’s Central Command Center.
From that day going forward, Hannah and Syra had open communications in real time. Hannah now had access to CCC and to the Zhian Sphere’s database. This would prove to be very promising for Hannah’s revolution.
Charles quickly linked his console and signed in. Both got welcome messages from Syra, James, Zach, and Zoey right away!
For the first time in Charles’ life, he felt he could do something that could make a difference. The United States was going down a dangerous path with the new administration and he could now help Syra more than ever before.
After several meetings with Syra back on Earth II, Hannah Reese and Charles Cooper got started on the next phase of the Reese Revolution.
Charles got started on expanding the new command center to accommodate 25 terminals. He called in all the men and women that had a headquarters across the U.S. to bring in all Zhian technologies they had and to report to him at the ranch.
Each person was instructed to do as Charles did and to use the shrouding unit as often as they felt necessary to transport their equipment. The shield would automatically open upon their arrival.
Hannah’s instructions were to contact each of her leaders of the Reese Revolution to hurry. She would be sending each instruction about where to march and when. She had a few senators in her realm; she called in more favors and sped up the ones already in motion.
When all is said and done, Hannah was determined to pull off a coup that would help save her country. If old President Trevil could pull one of those off, so could she but for all the right reasons.
Hannah still had friends in Washington, and when they found out about her new operations, they quickly joined in with her and hope was spreading across the land like a tsunami.
For this coup to work, Hannah would not only need people who could keep a secret but also folks that could do the job and she knew she desperately needed help.
Each day she waited for the first wave of people to come in with the Zhian equipment because this was exactly what she needed to free her country from near tyranny.
Hannah and millions who felt the same way she did knew they were under a cruel and oppressive government that if allowed to continue would most certainly destroy democracy, and everything her Reese family lines had fought for in so many wars even back to the Revolutionary War would be for nothing.
The Reese family were fighters, and it was the one thing she inherited from her father she cherished the most. He never gave up on anything, and she would not either. She knew she had been handed an opportunity too good to turn down.
It had been a week now and the first wave of their new team would be arriving soon, and Hannah was very excited to get her operations up and going. Every day counted, and every day was a race against time.
The ranch house was a huge house and there would be plenty of room for the new residents and accommodations were already set up and waiting for their arrival.
The first van arrived without any problems and was loaded down with Zhian technologies used to monitor computer systems and servers across the county.
Then the next van arrived the same day but late in the evening with two occupants and a ton of gadgets used for just about everything one could think of to protect human life.
The next day, yet another arrived with several occupants, and equipment for monitoring plant life, the water, the land, and air quality.
A few days later, the last of the equipment was finally safe inside the Caldiron Ranch again. This was such an important top-secret operation that neither Hannah nor Charles could sleep at night thinking of what needed to be done. And what to do if things went wrong.
The Caldiron Ranch was once again alive with voices and people hustling around and getting their operations tweaked. With a total of 27 bright and talented people, they had successfully expanded Syra’s old Com room into a state-of-the-art all-new Reese Revolution Control Center.
Since most of all of their equipment was from the planet Zhian, Syra’s homeworld, they could not be traced back to the ranch through any means known to man.
The one thing Hannah and Charles both knew was that even if they were discovered it would not matter. The ranch was a fortress since Ellead and Ohtron had set up the place just before being called back to Earth II with that last trip when President Cole’s term ended.
When the military moved off the ranch, some tried in infiltrate it, but over time they just simply gave up. It just could not be done.
That triangle formation from the ranch in Nevada to the monument at the White House in Washington, D.C. connecting to each other and both pointed straight to Earth II, all operations had greatly improved.
Hannah was amazed at how smoothly things ran, and the fact that she now had all of Zhian technology and manpower behind her, she for the first time, felt she just might be able to beat the current president at his own game.
The secret room inside the White House was hidden and had only a few pieces of equipment that were kept there. President Caldiron, as well as President Cole, had used it during their administrations.
There would be no room on Pennsylvania Avenue that a person could whisper in unheard. As a matter of fact, Hannah now had access to any official office and her new command center searched continuously for clues of anything they should know about.
Lawson, director of the FBI, made his first contact with Hannah that day, and this gave her a great deal of hope. She knew she had a lot of people on the outside available who would help her in any way she needed.
Hannah finally had her podcast set up and started speaking as if she were right in front of a crowd of followers. It was no time at all until her show was more popular of all time.
The digital audio files were recorded once a week and hundreds of thousands subscribed to it. Each of her groups, and there was at least a dozen of them several hundred thousand strong, played her podcast to their members.
Each group grew large enough that they would split up and create a subgroup and so on. At one point, one could look at her map and see how Hannah had gotten her message all across America and in only a few months.
Hannah knew that her podcast would not be the only way to reach her people; she would need other means of sending it out to reach as many as possible.
The latest discovery was the hologram used for communications for large groups when a leader could not be present. Her message had become available in almost every convention center or place where a large group could be present, so Hannah slipped her message in that system too.
Large buildings in big cities that had digital signs and billboards on the side of the building now showed Hannah’s message of peace and hope at various times of her choosing. She would simply tie into the system, run her message of hope and back out again.
Hannah’s Reese Revolution became a household name and the current administration knew they needed to stop her and stop her fast or they were doomed.
There was no doubt in Hannah’s mind that President Anderson would win a second term. With the old voting machines back in place, there would be no more fair elections.
A petition was started by the people to get the fingerprint voting machines and system back in place, but they knew they would need more signatures than they could get unless Hannah stepped everything up for them.
One item on their agenda at their command center was to destroy the Anderson Alliance Party. They would need to break it down piece by piece. Weaken i
ts strong points, expose its weaknesses and use that against them.
With much of the news media now being run or controlled by the Anderson Alliance Party or A.A.P., that would be their next target.
The next march against the president and the A.A.P. was coming up and Hannah used every resource she had to track those she knew meant to bring harm to her and her people.
These next waves of marches were so well organized that not only did the local police know who to look for, they set traps for them.
With every march, hundreds of thousands chanted messages of hope. Their message was clear, America did not have to be this way, to resist the change and not let the current administration change the country into a dictatorship.
But it was the march on Houston that gave Hannah the first ray of hope. Lawson contacted Hannah and informed her that they had managed to apprehend one of the top leaders of the Anderson Alliance Sympathizers who had been organizing all the chaos.
Hannah’s team knew it would be a matter of time and they would know a lot more than they knew now about that organization and how it works.
A lot of operations were going on at the same time and there was not much her team could do to speed it up. All they could do was wait.
They not only needed information from the person who was organizing the new party’s sympathizers but needed to know by whose orders did they serve?
Meanwhile, the petition was going better than expected but even that was going to take some time to pull off and so Hannah suggested everyone try to find some time to relax. They needed something to do besides work so much.
Charles had a great idea, and everyone agreed and loved it. It was simply to play sports outdoors. He told them they needed to get out of the command center once in a while!
Well, one of the men found some horseshoes in the barn and a couple of stakes. Another looked up the rules on how to play and keep score.
That was fine, but the women would have nothing to do with horseshoes of all things. The tennis rackets and the net were perfect and so they set themselves up a new tennis court for what it was worth and laughed afterward.
Once Syra found out the crew needed some recreation, she directed them to a secret location that had a lot of interesting things stored there.
When they found the four-wheelers, they were thrilled. It was how James got around on his ranch back when he lived there and his workers.
The vehicles fired right up and that quickly became everyone’s favorite recreation. The darn rainy days would bum everyone, but they quickly learned there was a lot of recreation inside the ranch house too.
Most of them had spent their lives in front of a computer screen or a microscope and learning to play pool was a tough one but they quickly adjusted.
All of them were guilty of all work and no play. Dedicated to the Reese Revolution and fighting to get their country back, most had forgotten they needed time away from work.
The team's age ranged from 25 to 45 and was diverse. They had different nationalities and talents, but each one played a significant role in operations of this magnitude.
With a goal of taking back their country hundreds of thousands of backers were needed. And every day the Reese Revolution grew in numbers.
It was on a Saturday around noon when everyone was taking a break but Hannah and Charles. At least two people always needed to remain in the command room to monitor the systems.
Almost everyone was out four wheeling and having a great time when they heard a thunderous sound coming from the sky! Out of nowhere, several armored black helicopters flew over and fired missiles at the dome over the ranch!
That attack was filmed from inside the ranch command center and instantly sent to all major news networks! The current administration was believed to be behind the attacks. None at the ranch had expected such force of an attack on a little-known person like Hannah Reese!
This was a private ranch with United States citizens living on it and they had been attacked, and it was all over the news and Hannah made sure of it.
When the missiles hit, the force field over the ranch made it sound like the loudest thunder any could ever remember in their lifetimes. And that was with every strike that was attempted.
One thing for certain, the current administration knew what was going on at the ranch and that had to be the very reason for the attack.
Did they believe they could penetrate the shields or was it meant to scare anyone that was living there to stop all activity? Those were the questions sent back to Syra at Earth II and Hannah asked for their assistance because now, it was all out war!
“Whoever was behind this attack had to know they could not penetrate the shields or did they?” Hannah asked everyone in the command center.
“I think it was them testing us, if anyone was running the Reese Revolution from the ranch, they would get a reaction and they did!” Charles exclaimed.
“So, in other words by sending out the video of them firing on the ranch, now the whole world knows we’re here now don’t they!” Hannah replied.
“Yes, but we can use this to our advantage!” Charles said and explained, “They tested us and lost and now we can expose them!”
That was when they knew they needed proof of who ordered that attack and then send that proof to the people. Let the people who voted them into office decide how to deal with them.
Back on Earth II, the Zhian Sphere worked on the video clips of the two helicopters to try to find who owned them but so far, nothing was showing up in his database. But whoever it was, they were willing to take chances and so was Hannah.
No one was surprised that the new administration knew Hannah had to be at the Caldiron Ranch; after all, she had already asked for Syra’s help when she had that CNN interview.
It had been all over the news what that plaque had written on it, so eyes were always on the ranch for anyone coming or going.
Everyone on the ranch was now on full alert. They would not only watch the world around them, but they would also watch the sky above them far in advance and not be caught off guard the way they were.
If for no other reason, watching the sky more closely would help them to be more prepared next time if there was another attempt at an attack on the ranch.
Meanwhile, back on Earth II, a meeting was called in the Central Command Center to discuss the attack on the ranch and what needed to or could be done about it.
Syra looked at her husband James Caldiron and said, “My darling, we will save the United States and Earth despite themselves!”
Syra knew that the troubles on Earth were getting worse and had been for the last 20 years or so. It had all started when the old man Trevil stole the election, caused many banks to go bankrupt and lack of funding closed many hospitals and clinics across the country.
Then there was the great stock market crash. It was several years ago, and nearly destroyed the economy and the United States. If it were not for her son Zachary Caldiron winning the election after Trevil’s eight years were up, it may have been run by Russia by now!
Despite President Caldiron’s efforts to save his people, that coup by the previous administration that happened after only six years in office and had set the country back a hundred years or more.
That coup may not have lasted more than six months, but a lot of damage was done. It took Cole the two years he served to finish out Caldirons term, and then eight years to get things to settle down and many had forgotten Trevil had a lot of followers, so no one saw Anderson as a threat until it was far too late.
Syra would stop at nothing to save her husband’s world, her children were born there, they were half human and half alien.
“Ladies and gentlemen, it may take an alien invasion to save the United States from self-destructing!” Syra said and raised every eyebrow in the room!
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Things were moving along on Earth II establishing colonies or cities as well as aboard the Ark Roya
l which was almost ready for her maiden voyage to test her speed and agility.
It was decided that Hannah Reese would need some weapons and pods for transportation, plus a few other things, so the Ark Royal was loaded up and all set for her first voyage to Earth. She would travel at speeds that would allow the ship to arrive in a very short time through the wormhole.
Back on Earth at the Caldiron Ranch, they were quickly preparing for the arrival of the Ark Royal.
The ship would land several miles deep into the ranch in a remote area and would remain in shroud mode until her landing. And even then, her shield would protect her from prying eyes in the sky!
This ship was the pride and joy of the inhabitants of Earth II. She was designed with technologies found only on the planet Zhian plus the new materials that were discovered on Earth II.
With the material found on the two planets, there was no other ship known like her and probably never would be. Her whole purpose of existence was to transport large numbers of people from one planet to the next in comfort and in an instant.
She was also designed for battle, should the need arise, to protect the ship and its passengers. Most of the capabilities of the Ark Royal were known only to a select few aboard her.
Today was the christening of the ship and all of Earth II was excited. Many had worked around the clock because it was Syra’s wish to be able to transport as many of Earth’s inhabitants as she could. It had taken almost two years to complete but would have taken many years longer if it were not for several advantages they had on Earth II.
Zee10 was assigned the captains position and was to be referred to from now on as Captain Zee of the Ark Royal.
It was his greatest position he had ever had, and one he never expected to get.
After all, he was a machine himself. However, he did have Zhian feelings and emotions. His looks were the same as the Zhianites, but he was what Earthlings would refer to as an Intelligent Robot.
He had proven himself when he helped Syra pilot the great Zhian Sphere from the planet Zhian to Earth and then on to Earth II.
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