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The Fight for Britannia V-Home Coming

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by Saxon Andrew


  “Follow your orders Captain!”

  Justin looked up, “Computer, maintain this course at our current speed.” He took his hands off the steering wheel. Charlotte stared at him and he said, “I can’t trust myself to not try and avoid those missiles. I can’t live with the possibility of you being harmed.”

  Charlotte smiled and turned back to her console. “Here they come.”

  • • •

  RJ looked up and said, “Command Computer, are all those ships targeted?”

  “Forty ships are targeting each one of them with their heavy blasters Admiral.”

  Candy looked at RJ, “There is a ship lagging far behind that fleet.”

  RJ looked up at the tactical monitor and ordered, “The ship far behind the others will not be targeted!”

  “Order issued and new targets assigned Admiral,” the computer instantly replied.

  “Issue the firing order the moment that small ship moves out of our firing pattern.”

  “Firing will commence in three, two, one, now.” The computer replied.

  • • •

  The Drogan saw massive explosions ahead of his ship and knew that missiles couldn’t make that large of an explosion. Suddenly, the monitor was filled with a giant cloud of massive explosions and he shouted, “STOP THE SHIP!!” The explosions filled the space where his fleet was pursuing the small ship and his Scanner Operator shouted, “THE FLEET IS UNDER ATTACK!!”

  The Drogan stared at the massive cloud with numerous explosions still going off inside it and turned to his Scanning Operator, “Did you get a line on that ship’s course?”

  “It was headed on a direct course for the largest galaxy Drogan.”

  “Turn the ship around.” The Drogan knew that if he had been with his fleet he would have died. Perhaps he was wrong about his not being there being the worst thing possible.

  • • •

  Grady appeared on RJ’s monitor, “Do you think they’ll take the bait?”

  “I don’t see how they can’t,” RJ answered. “How can they send all their fleets to the Milky Way if there’s an advanced civilization scouting them with warships capable of destroying one of their fleets?”

  “We need to make sure.”

  “It will require leaving the two scouts behind. It will lengthen the time before they can return home.”

  “I hate it, but it must be done.”

  “I do as well Grady. But I’ll order them to one of our supply ships to be provisioned.”

  “Why? They’ve barely touched their provisions.”

  RJ smiled, “I’ll meet them there and see my daughter before I have to leave.”

  Grady smiled and RJ heard Taffy say, “Now there’s a man who appreciates family!”

  Grady shook his head, “We’ll meet you there.”

  “Besides, it’s going to take the fleet a while to get back; they may beat us home,” RJ added

  “Oh?”

  “Yes, we’re taking a return route with the first leg of it being directly toward Andromeda, just in case. This new civilization may make their intentions known before we arrive at Britannia.”

  Grady smiled as he moved his ship toward the supply freighters.

  Epilogue

  Charlie stared at the passive monitor and then turned to Cami, “Hear anything?” Cami shook her head. He contacted Justin, “Have you detected anything?”

  “No, nothing.”

  He sat back and continued to stare at the monitor. Seven weeks had passed since the alien fleet was destroyed and he was ready to get out of this ship. Sweets came out of the sleeping quarters with her eyebrows raised and looked at Charlie, “Nothing yet,” Charlie answered.

  They sat in silence and Sweets finally sighed, “Maybe they’re not going to do anything.” Charlie shrugged. “They haven’t launched their invasion of the Milky Way,” Sweets added. “At least that’s a good thing.” Charlie nodded. “Do you have anything to add? You’re just sitting there silent like a stone.”

  “I’m detecting the telepathic field used by the aliens,” the computer announced.

  Charlie sat up straight, “Where is it?”

  “Moving directly toward us.”

  Charlie powered up the gravity drive and moved the ship above their current position. Cami spoke up, “I’m hearing it now.”

  Charlie shut down the gravity drive and waited. Cami focused and looked at them, “I’m beginning to hear thoughts moving below us in the distance.”

  Grady stared at the monitor and then saw numerous blips moving under them, “Computer, can you tell me what those blips are?”

  “There are four hundred and six of the large scouts used by the aliens in the Milky Way inside Grang Territory.”

  Cami shook her head, “They’re back to complaining.”

  “Who is back to complaining?” Sweets asked.

  “The same aliens that were receiving the data outside Grang space. And they’re really ticked off now.”

  “Why?”

  Cami smiled, “Take a listen.”

  • • •

  “…should have resigned! If you resigned we might not have been sent on this mission!!”

  “I tried to resign and was told that I could accept the mission or a blaster. I had no choice but to agree to go!”

  “We arrive back at home and are told to leave immediately! This isn’t fair!”

  “Experienced, they say!” A thought said sarcastically. “We’re experienced and must go. They’ve wasted all the information we’ve sent them and called off the invasion; that galaxy will have to be scouted again. We may never get home. They should have done it anyway!”

  “It will take us years to use up all the scouts. This is maddening!!”

  “And we’re going to be scouting a much more dangerous civilization. We’ll be lucky to survive this mission!!”

  They listened to the aliens complain until they moved out of Cami’s telepathic range. Charlie activated the gravity drive, “Let’s go and join Justin. If nothing appears at his location, we’ll head home.” Charlie pushed the thruster handle forward and the Sweet Tooth accelerated away.

  Sweets watched the outer edge of the Triangulum Galaxy passing by in the viewport and turned to Charlie, “During all the stress of this mission, I’ve neglected to ask you a question.”

  Charlie turned to her, “What is that?”

  “Are you still interested in me?”

  Charlie turned back to the viewport and, after a moment he replied, “No, I’m not interested in you.” Sweets’ expression turned to shock, and her hand went to her mouth. Charlie turned back to her and said, “I stopped being simply interested in you while I was out scouting Andromeda for the Stealth Civilization to launch their attack. I replayed the recording of our mission to Andromeda over and over just to see your face. I feel a lot more than simply interested in you. A lot more.”

  Cami giggled, “He loves you too.”

  Sweets came out of her chair, jumped on Charlie’s lap, and planted their first kiss squarely on his lips. She broke the kiss and Charlie nodded over his shoulder, “There are children present.”

  Sweets laughed, “Then she needs to watch and learn!” Sweets kissed him again and Cami giggled loudly. They broke the kiss laughing, and Cami joined in.

  • • •

  They arrived at Justin’s ship and nothing had appeared on the Milky Way side of the Triangulum Galaxy. Charlie appeared on Justin’s monitor and smiled, “Time to go home; they’ve called off the invasion.”

  The two small ships turned and went to full speed. They arrived six hours after the fleet.

  The End

  Message me at Saxonandrew@msn.com and let me know your thoughts. I treasure your feedback.

  Books by Saxon Andrew

  The Annihilation Series:

  Love Conquers All

  The Power of a Queen

  A Rose Grows in Weeds

  Tommy’s Tale

  Searcher

 
Demon’s Sacrifice

  Finding Keepers

  (The seven books above are also audio books at Audible.com)

  Prequel-Psychic Beginnings

  Searching for a Hero

  Dahlia’s Deception

  Annihilation-The Complete Series Box Set

  The Annihilation Saga:

  Lost Royalty

  The Warrior's Destiny

  No Way Out

  Fight... and They Will Come

  Ashes of the Realm:

  Juliette’s Dream

  Greyson’s Revenge

  Death of an Empire

  The Return of the Realm

  Lens of Time:

  The Pyramid Builders

  Planet Predators

  Pray for the Prey

  The End of Time

  Lens of Time - Star Rover:

  The Worst of Time

  Running Out of Time

  Chosen to Die

  The Fight for Creation:

  Life Warrior

  Scout Warrior

  Ultimate Warrior

  Star Chase:

  The Lost Prince

  (Also an audio book at Audible.com)

  Nowhere to Run

  Nowhere to Hide

  Probe Predators

  Jesse's:

  Jesse’s Starship

  Mike’s War

  Joshua’s Walls

  Nemesis:

  Revenge is Best Served Hot

  The Search for Orion

  Trapped in Time:

  The Time Takers

  Taming a Planet

  Extinction

  Escape to Earth:

  Running From Fate

  Fighting for Space

  Defending Holy Ground

  The Legacy of a Conqueror

  Living Legends

  The Sequel Series to Escape to Earth - Defending Earth:

  Searching for Death Feeders

  Discovery Means Death

  The Death Prophecies:

  The Coming of the Prophet

  The Prophet's Eyes

  The Unknown Enemy Will Kill You

  No Technology is Invincible

  Survival is Never Free

  The Last Prophecy

  Stories from the Filament Universe:

  Gregor’s Run

  A Pirate’s Tale

  Soul of the Swords

  The Death Filament

  Death Never Leaves a Calling Card

  Gregor’s Search

  Jimmy's Dreams Stories:

  Jimmy’s Dreams

  Jimmy’s Dreams II - A Recurring Nightmare

  The Assassins Guild:

  Earth Must be Stopped

  Defending the Colonies

  Rage of the Brotherhood

  The Last Man Standing

  Britannia series:

  The Fight for Britannia

  Saving America

  Fighting for Melbourne

  Fighting for Humanity

  Home coming - A small Omission

  Other:

  The War Against Earth

  The Book of Life

  (a short story)

  The Forbidden Wilds:

  Jingle’s Escape

  Crossing the Styx

  Inevitable War

  Coming Soon:

  Britannia IV – The wages of war

  About Saxon Andrew

  Saxon Andrew is a former social worker with a degree in Psychology and Education from Mercer University. He has taught school, managed several sales organizations and owned his own business.

  He has devoured science fiction since he first learned to read and his stories are the product of years of personal experience and exposure to the universes created by the genre’s great authors.

  He lives in Tampa, Florida with his wife and two dogs who still appreciate his sense of humor after all these years. "Dogs are always ready to smile."

 

 

 


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