The Fight for Creation: Book 01 - Life Warrior (8 page)

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Two weeks later Admiral Mandel received a call from the Central Armory, “Hi Steve, what’s going on?”

“Admiral, I have an issue here that I’ve not been able to resolve and I was wondering if you might help me.”

“What’s the issue?”

“We are missing sixty thousand mini-penetrators. Have any of your fleets received any recently?”

Mandel looked at his computer and said, “None of my fleets have come back in the last four weeks.”

“I thought as much but according to my inventory, I’m short sixty thousand.”

“Have you looked at who’s taken inventory out?”

“We’ve been arming the new Life Warrior graduates for the last eight weeks. We don’t show any warships during that time.”

Mandel slowly shook his head, “Then the mistake must have happened more than eight weeks ago.”

“That’s just it; the count was accurate five weeks ago when we scanned inventory. I just don’t know if this is a computer error or something else.”

“Steve, do you honestly think a Life Warrior could take one mini-penetrator, much less sixty thousand? It’s nine feet long.”

“No, but I’m grasping at anything at this point. They were here and now they’re not. I can’t explain it.”

Mandel had something playing in the back of his mind, but couldn’t get a grip on it. He looked at Steve and said, “Let me know what you find out.”

“Yes Sir, I will.”

Admiral Mandel knew there was something that he was missing but he just couldn’t see it. Four weeks later he remembered the three brothers had been in that armory. The next day is when the question about the missing penetrators was answered in a rather startling fashion.”

“J
on, what do you think about the Cat saying we’re not part of Creation?”

“I don’t know, Teg. I’ve tried to get my mind around it but can’t. There are too many questions that just confuse the issue.”

Dern added, “Not the least of which is if we’re from another Creation; what about our parents?”

Jon nodded, “I’ve also learned that Teg’s house was the only one on the planet with a hidden passageway under it. Why was it there? Did they know what was going to happen? If they did, why didn’t they just leave the planet with us?” Jon paused and said, “I could go on but I think you get the picture.”

“I tried to give myself a shot.”

Jon and Dern turned toward Teg instantly, “You did what?”

“I wanted to see what would happen, so I tried to inject some water into my arm.”

“What happened?”

“The needle flattened and wouldn’t penetrate. Do either of you ever remember being cut?”

The Three looked at each other and they shook their heads. Jon said, “What are you suggesting?”

“I’m not sure. I know that if our bodies rejected everything in Creation we would have starved to death. We eat, drink, and nothing appears out of the ordinary. However, I’ve never been sick. I’ve never had a physical injury. I’ve never even had a headache.” Teg paused and said, “I remember the day Jon fell out of that tree and hit the ground without a scratch. Now I think I’m beginning to think we really are different from everyone else.”

Jon closed his eyes and after a few minutes he said, “We’re a hybrid.”

Teg sighed, “That’s the only answer it could be.”

Dern took a deep breath and blew it out slowly, “Do we want to test this?” Jon shook his head. The three linked and Jon said, “Now that we’re out of training, I know we’re being watched. I refuse to believe that we are impervious to anything in this universe and I really pray we don’t have an opportunity to find out. I’m already concerned about how our armaments will function compared to other warriors and this is not something that will ease the worries of the Cats. Just keep this among us.”

The three nodded and Teg said, “We need to make a trip.”

The other two nodded and thought about what Teg had told them.

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The three brothers were walking through the streets of the small community outside of their post. They saw the merchants selling their wares and felt at home among the friendly faces. Dern said, “You know, the Realm is a wonderful place.”

Teg said, “I agree; I’ve been…”

He never finished the thought. The three of them were teleported to the Anglo Gardner Troop Transport in full armor and the alarms were going off at full blast. “This is not a drill. All units form up and prepare for teleport. This is not a drill.”

Jon ran to his squad and heard Teg and Dern say they had arrived at their units. The company was in place and everyone had reported in. The Regimental Commander announced over their general circuit, “The Megat have invaded one of the inner planets in the Realm. They have launched landing craft and thousands of their troop carriers have landed on the planet. We are going to teleport in and attempt to hold them off until reinforcements arrive. We will form a perimeter around the capital and attempt to hold them out. Hold your positions and don’t let them break through.”

Captain Debat came on the frequency, “We’re teleporting in five, four, three, two, one, now.”

The company disappeared from the transport and reappeared just outside the southern end of the city. The Company formed up and saw more than twenty thousand Megat Warriors moving at high speed toward them. Captain Debat yelled into his communicator, “What’s going on! Where’s the rest of the regiment? We’re heavily outnumbered and my company is the only one here.”

Jon saw the Megat heavy armor coming in behind their lines and he knew that something had gone wrong in a major way. Debat yelled, “Spread out and open fire!”

The two hundred Life Warriors in D Company spread out and opened fire on the charging mass of soldiers and knew they were out gunned, out manned, and out of luck. Jon looked at the incoming mass and heard music swell to a symphony. His armor looked like it was on fire.

Debat looked at his company as he screamed for reinforcements. Nothing got through to Fleet Control. He watched as the Megat came closer and he saw one of his Warriors blowing holes in their lines. The firepower coming from the Warrior exceeded everyone else in the company combined. He gave up trying to communicate and joined the line of Warriors. Soon, the heavy Megat Armor began opening up and the incoming shells around the company created massive explosions.

Jon moved as if he was in a trance. His hand laser reached out and killed twenty charging Megat and then his auto-cannon appeared and sent five hundred rounds into their ranks. The cannon fired at a rate that exceeded anything it was designed to do. The front of the charging Megat line was blown back from Jon as he moved from side to side avoiding incoming fire. Debat yelled over the frequency, “I can see more than twenty thousand more Megat Warriors moving in close to their Heavy Armor.”

Jon waited for the new Megat Warriors to draw even with their heavy armor and activated his com and said, “All Life Warriors will move four steps back on my mark.”

Captain Debat said, “What are you doing? We can’t give up ground, we’ll be overrun.”

“Captain, please do as I’ve asked. Ready, Mark.”

Captain Debat and the other Life Warriors took four steps back and they saw Jon turn and face the on rushing mass of Megat Warriors. The brilliance of something leaving their lines caused their helmets to darken to block the light. The following explosions shook the ground like a 9.9 earthquake.

Jon ejected a mini-penetrator and aimed it at a Heavy Tank rolling toward their lines. It was in the back ranks of the charging Megat and just in front of the twenty thousand Megat warriors rushing in to overrun the defenses of the city. Another mini-penetrator ejected from his chest, extended its hundred foot wide force field, and moved away faster than the Life Warriors could see. It broke the sound barrier eight feet from his chest and the sonic blast roared into the oncoming ranks. The force field of the penetrator vaporized every Megat Warrior it touched instantly as it tracked in on another giant armored vehicle and blew it into an explosion that produced a shock wave that blew out into the ranks of the Megat. Two other heavy tanks were hit at the same moment and as the shock waves combined and spread out Jon yelled, “Hit the dirt now!”

The shock wave passed over the Life Warrior Company and hit the outer buildings of the city and blew in the walls. Captain Debat saw the explosions and said, “What the…” just before he hit the ground. He looked at his wide view panel and saw that most of the Megat were dead. The few that were able to stand up were disoriented and he ordered, “Move out. Push them back.”

The two hundred warriors stood and moved forward killing anything that moved. Twenty Megat Heavy Attack Craft came roaring in and were blown into dust by the Hornets Jon launched. The company arrived at the destroyed Heavy Armor and saw the Megat Survivors fleeting toward their landing craft.

Suddenly, Jon heard, “Help us. Someone please help us!” He closed his eyes and saw hundreds of Megat attacking a huge structure in the center of the city. He showed Dern and Teg the view and teleported away.

Jon arrived just behind a Megat Company as they blasted a door in the armored wall and began entering the building. He didn’t even think. His heavy laser and Hand Projectile Gun appeared and he killed every Megat still outside the building. He ran and jumped into the doorway and saw the first group of Megat that had entered the door firing at a group of eight unarmored warriors at the front of the room, who were using a stone wall as cover. He moved forward and his auto-loaded hand projector emerged and he moved it across the ranks of the Megat, charging toward the front of the room. He killed them all in less than two seconds. Not one of his projectiles missed its target. His scanner warned him of more Megat moving toward the building and he rushed forward and said, “Get out of here, move to another room.”

The commander of the Warriors looked at him and yelled, “The other rooms have been breached. This is the only room left in the castle without the enemy in it.” Jon looked over at four people huddled behind the warriors and the captain said, “They’re trying to capture members of the Royal Family.”

Jon said, “Get behind the wall and stay there.”

Jon moved out into the center of the room where his scanners could see both entrances into the room and raised his arms. He knew there was no way a mini-penetrator could be used in close quarters without killing everyone in the room. He closed his eyes and waited.

The Commander of the eight defenders was a former Life Warrior and he knew that one Warrior could not hold off the charging Megat. Twenty minutes later he still didn’t believe what he witnessed.

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The Megat that charged the castle that day moved into a storm that had no equal. The Megat that had breached the castle’s security all ran toward the room where the Royals were pinned down. Six companies of their Warriors rushed toward the opening in the outer wall and charged inside. They entered a wall of death.

The Commander saw the Life Warrior’s weapons appearing and disappearing at a rate that was unbelievable. The Warrior looked like he was on fire and the Megat were being killed faster than they could advance. Then two more Life Warriors appeared and the rate of destruction went beyond belief. They cleared the room and then one of them moved through the opening in the wall to the outside and held off the charging Megat. The other went into the interior of the castle and the explosions and firing moved rapidly away from the room. The original Life Warrior stood there with his arms raised making sure the Royals were safe. After twenty minutes a company of White Warriors teleported in and charged into the chamber finding the lone Warrior standing there.

Cassandra knew she was going to die and Juliette with her. When the door was blown in and the aliens charged she tried to cover Juliette but Juliette pushed her way and watched the approaching death. Cassandra watched the Life Warrior rush behind the charging Megat and she just didn’t believe what she saw. She knew the capabilities of the Warrior’s armor and what he did was impossible. Juliette stayed against the wall and watched the warrior fight for them. She couldn’t take her eyes off the single Warrior and his refusal to leave them.

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Lt. Col. Dugt walked in with the first company of White Warriors to arrive and took in the room with the hundreds of dead Megat. He glanced at their heavy weapons and saw most of them had been unable to fire them before they were killed. He saw the Life Warrior in the center of the room and said to his warriors, “Fan out and clear the Castle.” The company teleported out into the castle as the next two companies followed them in. Dugt looked at the Life Warrior and said, “Report.”

“Private Jon Gee, Sir.”

“Where is your unit?”

“They are at the space port, Sir.”

“You were with the single company that landed?”

“Yes Sir, I was.”

“Why are you here?”

“I heard someone pleading for someone to please help them and I came here to do it.”

Col. Dugt looked at the Commander and said, “Did you call for help?”

“No, I didn’t have time to do that and save the Royal Family.”

Dugt looked at Jon and then Juliette said, “I called for help.”

The commander looked at her and said, “But you only yelled it. You didn’t have a unit to call.”

Dugt looked at Jon and he said, “I heard someone call for help, Sir.”

Dugt looked at Jon and said, “Deactivate your armor, Private.”

Jon deactivated his armor and Juliette gasped. Dugt jerked his head around and looked at her and said, “What?”

Juliette said, “He’s Duke Robbins’ son.”

Cassandra jerked her head around and saw Jon.

Jon turned and saw Juliette. He smiled and then turned back to the Colonel. Dugt knew this was above his rank to handle. He said, “Captain Glen, take the private to the Admiral.” He looked at Jon and said, “Reactivate your armor.”

“Sir, I’ll report to the Admiral, but I request that I be allowed to join my company until this action is completed. They’re fighting alone.”

Dugt stared at Jon and said, “Permission granted.” Jon teleported out.