at
Gaea, who knows where all their other fleets are. I really don't
want to come out in the middle of a battle.”
“So, we're traveling the old way?” Kanti
leaned on his seat. “There has to be another way.”
“No, we'll use sonodrive, but I don't think
it's safe right now. Let's wait a little while before we make the
jump. I’ll start listening to the comms to see if there’s any
activity out there.”
“Falcone's right,” Anlon agreed. “We may
lose some time, but we don't have much of a choice after what just
happened on Gaea.”
“Get comfortable you two,” Nimesha said over
her shoulder. “Neither of you have traveled the old way yet. Long
story short, it’s boring.”
Anlon turned around. “It's okay, I have some
holovideos that I can watch. I’ll work on some fighting
techniques.”
“Me too,” Kanti turned around to follow
him.
“Make sure to watch those videos and
actually learn something useful,” Falcone chuckled before picking
up a comlink.
Chapter 3
“It's done, Jahdiel.” the Captain told her.
“We’ve wiped out all the rebels and we have kept the building
intact.”
“Thank you. I want you to take the Colchian
and all of the other ships down to the ground. Don't kill
anyone else. I want races to rule when this is over,” she ordered
him.
The Captain walked back down to the deck of
the ship and Jahdiel watched as he ordered the crodillians to land
the ship. The Colchian began to descending to Gaea soon after he
left them and she got up from her chair to go to the bay. She was
going to be the first one off the Colchian. Every survivor would
know she, a human, was responsible for this.
She made her way down the hallways and into
the bay. The thud of the ship alerted her that they’d touched down
and she swung her leg over the glider. When the bay doors opened,
she sped off into the terror struck streets of Gaea. Burning
buildings zipped past her and dead bodies lay sprawled across the
ashy streets. The sight was heart-wrenching, knowing thousands
innocents had been slaughtered, but she was now at the point of no
return and shook the thought from her mind. She’d betrayed her own
and now she had to live with it.
Jahdiel brought the glider to a stop and got
off, standing the in the streets, wiping ashes from her face that
were raining down from the black sky. Crodillians were rounding up
survivors up ahead like they were animals being led to the
slaughter house. She wasn't sure what the significance of this
building was, but apparently it had meant something to these races
or they wouldn't have chosen it for the start of their rebellion.
As she neared the building she saw hundreds of survivors gathered
in a group with crodillian weapons focused in on them. None of the
survivors were putting up a fight and stood in a circle helplessly,
holding hands and crying.
When she reached the steps of the building,
she stopped and took a deep breath. If these people didn’t view her
as a villain yet, soon they would. Soon, every race in Orion
wouldn’t have a shred of doubt in their mind who the real monster
was. She ordered the crodillians to get a crew ready to film her
victory speech. It was time for all in Orion to know Gaea had been
conquered. The death and destruction would be filmed for all to
see, along with the survivors. Seeing survivors might prevent any
further rebellions from starting.
When she reached the top, she watched
curiously as one of the survivors left the group and approached
her. The crodillians aimed their weapons at her, but Jahdiel held
her hand up.
“Don't shoot!” She ordered them. “Let her
come up here and speak with me. We have invaded her home, it’s the
least we can do.”
The crodillians looked at each other, unsure
whether to take the order, but lowered their weapons. A girl
covered in black grime walked up the steps and stopped directly in
front of Jahdiel. Tears were streaming down her face, smearing the
dirt down her cheeks.
“You're