The Fight for Creation: Book 01 - Life Warrior (32 page)

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Cpl. Jill Jenson teleported in next to a Megat Main Battleship and launched a mini-penetrator out her chest armor. The small missile ignited and flew at the giant ship at incredible speed, slamming through the force field and hitting the ship in one of its major munitions room. Jill had already jumped away when the massive explosion roared out from the giant ship’s destruction. The blast hadn’t moved further than the large ship’s force field before Jill had killed another ship. Jill listened to the music and chose the next ship that could be killed without harming any of the Life Warriors. It blew up faster than the others and Jill focused a little more intently on her armor’s music. This was like picking berries off bushes. She hummed and three more battleships were killed before she finished the tune and started another. Everywhere around her, ships were dying.

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Teg teleported in and fired three mini-penetrators in less than half a second as he teleported to his next target. The three ships exploded as he arrived between two ships and pulled his swords that grew to blades that were two miles long. He cut the two ships in half and moved away. The four pieces hung in space for a moment until one of the reactors went critical and blew the other three pieces into rubble.

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Dern arrived in a ten ship squadron that was closely packed. He fired four mini-penetrators and pulled his swords and cut six ships in half. He moved above the damaged ships and launched a mini-penetrator at the missile storage in a main battle ship located in the center of the ten ships. The resulting blast set off chain reaction explosions in the other ships and the final blast killed six more Megat ships that were close by.

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Jongel arrived next to a Megat troop carrier and he launched a penetrator at it. A main battleship was able to fire one of its main beams at Jongel and he died instantly. He had lost his focus when he felt bad for killing so many onboard the troop carrier. The Life Warriors that maintained their focus lived. The two hundred and twenty six that didn’t died.

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The Megat Fleet Commander watched as his fleet died around him. Thirty thousand ships had been blasted into rubble and the wave of destruction was moving out into the main body of the fleet. He hit his communicator and yelled, “You said you could defend us. You were wrong. All ships, all ships, jump away, jump away.”

The Megat fleet disappeared and the three large ships began running through the denser areas in the Grey Cloud. The Superior Spirit saw the attack had failed and there was no way for his remaining forces to break through to the planet. “Recall all Warriors and get out of here.”

Jon was lining up another Megat Battleship when the Megat Fleet jumped out. He turned and looked at the grey cloud surrounding him and saw what looked like a huge vacuum cleaner pulling the cloud into huge grey shapes. Jon yelled, “Amet, go to Ross and help Molly.”

The three ships disappeared and the Dremor ships rippled briefly before they went into null space. Jon waited for and heard Dern, “Why didn’t we think of this?”

Jon smiled, “We’re too close to the picture. We can see all of it.”

Teg said, “Well, thank the Creator for Molly.”

Jon said, “Thank the Creator.”

“Admiral, you are to be commended for saving our planet.”

“Thank you, Your Majesty.”

“Come see me after you get back from Ross. Use the following coordinates and you’ll arrive in a safe place above the planet.”

Jon sent the coordinates to his command and the Life Warriors teleported away.

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Molly’s Battalion was making progress destroying the Megat Fleet but not fast enough to save the planet. The Fort’s force fields were about to fail. Suddenly the rest of the Regiment arrived and Jon said, “Move over.”

Molly’s smiled and the number of Megat ships exploding tripled. The three ships arrived and began blowing into the clouds of Dremor, killing them by the millions. In less than ten seconds, thirty thousand Megat Warships were burning rubble. The remainder jumped away and the Dremor left right behind them. Molly looked at Jon on her display and said, “You arrived just in time.”

“That’s how you’re supposed to do it.”

“Really, I would hope we wouldn’t cut it so close in the future.”

“Now where is the fun in that?”

“Speak for yourself. This was not a fun house.”

Jon paused and said, “People still pay to go in a house of horrors.”

Molly started laughing and soon Jon joined her.

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The Dremor that survived the failed attacks arrived back at the central gathering and their leaders began looking at the recordings of what happened. The Supreme Spirit looked at the small number of returning ships and asked his new First Spirit, “How many did we lose?”

“We only have enough survivors to constitute two fleets.”

“Are you saying we lost seventy percent of our forces!?!”

“No, we lost seventy five percent. The two new fleets will be under normal strength levels.”

The Supreme Spirit knew he was in big trouble. He was thankful the Superiors had voted for the attack. Three hours later he was dead. A Superior Spirit said, “The other one put up a better fight.”

“What do we do now?”

“Who among us chooses to lead?”

“I’ll do it.”

“Then you’re chosen. What are your orders?”

“We’ve lost eight fleets in the last flash. That’s more than we’ve lost since we left our original planet. We will leave this place and go as far away as possible.”

“Do you not worry the beings here will find us one day?”

“Not if we go far enough. The technology they used against us will fade into memory if we can’t be found for hundreds of thousands of Flashes. We should have done this before. We’ve always taken the safe course. We are going to do that again.”

The Superiors agreed that the decision was a good one. The Dremor Fleets gathered for a month and then they left. The Dremor were no longer a problem to solve for the Realm. They would have to be handled by another chosen at their new location.

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The First Spirit on the Dremor transport said, “I don’t understand why we’re visiting the Megat?”

“They ran before they were given permission.”

“Can you really blame them? We promised them protection and we failed to keep that promise.”

“Since when do our promises to others ever carry any value?”

The First gave a shrug, “We’ll arrive at their capital soon.”

The Superior Ship’s Spirit said, “Tell our warriors to get it done quickly. We have a long way to go and most of the fleets have a head start.”

The Megat Ruler looked up and saw the sky turning grey. He hoped the ships that had launched immediately after his fleet returned were able to find a new planet to settle. He watched the cloud rushing down toward him and he sighed, “One should never make a deal with the devil. You always lose.” The Ruler died the next moment and the small pile of inorganic matter was all that remained of a Ruler that longed to be King.

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The pile was still there a hundred and fifty years later when Jixie showed up to play with the Megat again. She steppedout of her ship and heard Trex say, “It appears the cloud creatures killed our playmates.”

“That wasn’t very nice of them.”

“No it wasn’t.”

“Well, since they removed these, we should go play with them.”

The two small creatures looked up at the sky and saw the Dremor more than half way across creation. Jixie smiled and a small ship formed around her. Six million ships lifted off the dead planet and Jixie and her family went to play with the Dremor.

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our months had passed since the attack on Bristone and Ross. Most of the population that had left the planets prior to the Dremor attack was back and things were getting back to normal. Jon was working with the new recruits for those lost to the Dremor and felt his wrist unit vibrate, “Hi, Mom. What’s up?”

“The Queen has requested your presence at Lady Gardner’s wedding. You should be here by tomorrow to go with us.”

Jon stared at Sara and said, “Mom, this is one event I have to take a pass on.”

“I would ordinarily agree but the Queen has commanded that all Royalty is required to attend and no excuse will be tolerated.”

“Is that normal?”

“I don’t know. I’ve not seen enough weddings at this level to make a judgment. I know when Robert and I were married, all were required to attend.” Sara paused and said, “Somehow, this is different. I’m not sure what it is, but Victoria was not smiling when she issued the proclamation. You have to go.”

Jon took a deep breath, “What if I abdicate my title?”

“Then you’ll still have to go to do it. It must be done in front of the Queen and she is not available until after the wedding. Just buck up and it’ll be over before you know it.”

Jon nodded and said, “I’ll come later on tonight.”

“Jon, you should bring an escort.”

“I may not be able to pull that one off this time, Mom.”

Sara said, “I understand and this is short notice. Make the effort, but I think your father will understand if you don’t.”

Jon looked across the training field and saw Molly watching the new Life Warriors in her battalion practice switching armor. He walked over and said, “Molly, will you go with me to a Royal Function?”

“Depends on what it is?”

“Juliette’s wedding.”

Molly stared at Jon and after a long moment she said, “I heard you say that she is not going to go through with the wedding.”

Jon slowly shook his head and said, “That’s what she said.”

“This is one event I will not attend, Jon.”

“But you really need to be there Molly.”

“I won’t do it.”

Jon stared at her and said, “Are you sure?”

“I am.”

Jon turned and walked away. Molly turned the training activity over to the trainer and teleported to The Creator’s Song. She went to her room and fell on her bed.

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She remained in her room until the next day and she looked at her computer. The wedding was taking place in an hour. How could Jon have asked her to go with him? He knew how she felt about that princess. She thought about Jon’s expression when she said no. “But you really need to be there, Molly.” She shook her head and then sat down. He didn’t say he needed her there. He said I needed to be there. She looked at the clock and ran out of the room.

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The main ballroom at Bristone Castle was crowded. Jon was seated with his parents and wished this whole thing would just end. The horns started blowing and everyone stood as the Royal Couple entered. Grainger had Victoria’s hand on his arm and he led her to her throne and waited for her to be seated. She sat on her throne and Grainger said, “Please rise and let the celebration of this day begin.”

Everyone sat down and Jon looked at James Dodd waiting at the front of the room with William Dodd at his side. Jon thought James smile was more a sneer than a smile. The older Dodd looked troubled. The music stared and everyone stood. The tall double doors opened and Juliette emerged. Jon was stunned by how beautiful she was. She was a vision from the heart of the Creator. She began the slow walk down the aisle and everyone in the room was captivated by her beauty. Jon looked at James and saw he was also stunned by Juliette’s beauty. The music continued until Juliette moved even with her mother and she looked at her. Cassandra lowered her gaze and looked at the floor. Juliette stopped and raised her hand. The music stopped. Juliette turned to Queen Victoria and said, “Your Majesty, I humbly apologize but there will be no wedding today.”

The entire room erupted in noise and Jon looked at the Dodds and saw William trying to shout something. Grainger stood and yelled, “YOU WILL BE SILENT!” All noise instantly disappeared except for William Dodd yelling, “Your Majesty, I must tell you something of great importance.”

Grainger looked at him and said, “If you open your mouth again without permission, you will regret it.”

William closed his mouth. He had thought that if he could accuse Cassandra of her treason first, anything Juliette might say would be considered a lie to get retribution against him. He knew now that he didn’t dare say anything after the King’s command.

Victoria looked at Juliette and said, “Why is there not going to be a wedding?”

Juliette said, “I could never marry James Dodd and allow him to have a high position of power in the Realm. He’s pretty much a troll, Your Majesty.”

Victoria looked at the Dodd’s and then said, “Is that the only reason?”

“I don’t love him. I pretty much detest him. I love someone else.”

“Who would that be, Lady Gardner?”

“Jon Robbins.”

Juliette turned to Jon along with everyone else in the room. Jon just stared at Juliette. Then he heard behind him, “You can’t marry her, Jon.”

Jon had a small smile when he said without turning around, “Why not?”

“For the same reason, you don’t love her.”

“I don’t.”

“No, you love me and I’ve been too stupid to see it.”

Jon’s smile grew larger and he said, “That’s not enough.”

“I love you, too.”

Jon turned around and saw Molly in her emerald gown. He rushed forward and took her in his arms and kissed her. Jon finally leaned back and said, “You arrived just in time.”

Molly smiled, “That’s how you’re supposed to do it.”

“Really, I would hope we wouldn’t cut it so close in the future.”

“Now where is the fun in that?”

Jon pulled her close and said, “I’ll show you fun.”

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Juliette watched Jon and Molly and knew there were consequences for not doing the right thing. She was staring at hers right in front of her. She looked over at her mother and saw her smiling. She went over and Cassandra said, “I’m so proud of you.”

“You know what this means?”

“I do and I don’t care. You are so much stronger than I am. I always depended on your father for strength. I should pay for my sins. You’ve done the right thing, Jilly.”

Juliette hugged her mother and then looked at William Dodd with menace on her face.