The Fight for Creation: Book 01 - Life Warrior (9 page)

Juliette watched him disappear and knew that he had heard her thoughts. He wasn’t psychic, but he heard her thoughts.

Cassandra stared at Juliette and then looked at the Colonel. “Colonel, could one Life Warrior kill this many Megat alone?”

The Colonel looked at her and said, “You should all be dead.” He turned and followed his Warriors into the castle. A platoon of White Warriors took the Royal Family to the Fleet’s Flag Ship in orbit above the planet.

• • •

Jon appeared at the space port and Captain Debat said, “Where did you go?”

“The Megat were attacking the castle and I went to help defend the Royal Family.”

“How did you know that?”

“I heard the call for help and assumed that all of us were requested to go.”

The members of C Company listened to the exchange and knew one thing. If the Warrior that saved their lives were in trouble they were going to join them. One warrior said, “I heard it, Captain.” “So did I.” “I did as well.”

Debat shook his head, “Trying to protect him is wasted effort. Your communications can be checked so shut up. I know what we owe him.” Debat looked at Jon and said, “Report to your squad and let’s move out. We have a space port to defend.”

The Company teleported to the huge facility and began hitting landing craft that were fleeing the planet. Debat saw that if Jon fired a weapon, something was hit. He didn’t miss targets. He heard a click and saw that his recording of his company’s fight had been copied to Fleet. He hoped he didn’t lose this magnificent warrior.

• • •

Admiral Mandel looked at his display and said, “I found your penetrators.”

“Really! Where are they?”

“Three Life Warriors loaded them up in their armor.”

Steve stared at the Admiral and said, “How is that possible?”

“I’m going to find out, but that’s where they went.” Mandel ended the call and looked at the report from Fleet Control. D Company had been teleported in alone to fight a regiment of Megat that were reinforced by Heavy Armor. All attempts to teleport reinforcements to their location had been blocked by the assignment computer. Even individual warriors were blocked from teleporting in to assist them. That company had been sent there to die. Mandel sent the information to the Cats and Zord.

• • •

Captain Debat looked at the three brothers standing at attention if front of him and said, “Turn over your wrist units.”

The three looked at each other and then removed their wrist controllers. The Captain looked at them and handed them a new unit. “This unit has one location programmed into it. You will activate your units at exactly thirteen hundred hours. You got that?”

“Sir, Yes Sir.”

Debat looked at them and said, “I don’t know what this is all about but I want to say thank you.”

Jon looked at his two brothers on each side of him and said, “We did what had to be done, Sir.”

Debat slowly nodded and said, “And you did it better than anyone else could have done. Dismissed.”

• • •

They sat in Jon’s quarters wondering what was going on. Dern was sitting on the bed swinging his short legs back and forth, “Well, you have to admit that was the most fun we’ve ever had. My unit kicked their butts.”

Jon grimaced, “Speak for yourself; that was harrowing. None of the other companies came in with us.”

Teg chuckled, “I was in your mind, Jon. You had a blast.”

“I had about a thousand of them.” Jon paused and then smiled and gave Dern a light punch on the arm, “It was fun, wasn’t it?”

Teg sat on the floor and said, “Why was your company the only one teleported in?”

Dern said, “That’s easy.” The other two looked at him and he said, “Someone wanted to get Jon bumped off.”

Jon turned his head to the right and said, “I think they wanted to get all of us.”

Dern continued to swing his legs and said, “Nope. If we had been there, it would have still happened. They wanted you out of the picture. If they were after us, our units would have also arrived alone.”

“I need to be assigned to a regiment away from you two. I don’t want you to be in danger because of me.”

Teg said, “We’re not going to do it. We could at least be there to come to your aid. Would you leave us if our roles were reversed? Remember, we can see your thoughts.”

Jon sighed heavily.

“Well, three minutes until we hear our destiny. Where do you think we’re going?”

Dern laughed, “A maximum security prison.”

Teg punched him on the arm again and said, “Get real.”

Dern rubbed his arm and said, “Hey, not so hard.”

Jon said, “Well, whatever happens; I’m glad you’re with me.” The three put out their hands out between them and grasped each other’s wrists.

• • •

Cassandra was terrified. She was requested to be present at a meeting and as she looked at the attendee’s, she saw that a Zord and a Cat were going to be present. They would see her mind and she knew an execution awaited her. She panicked and then gathered her wits. She thought about it and then called for a doctor. The Doctor arrived with Juliette rushing in right behind him. She fluttered her eyes and said, “I’m panicked by what happened. I can’t force myself to leave this room.” She turned her head toward Juliette and said, “You will have to take my place in a meeting.” She rolled her head toward her desk and muttered, “There are the details. You were present when everything happened. You can represent me.” Then Cassandra closed her eyes and the doctor pushed Juliette aside.

Juliette walked over to the desk and picked up the summons and read it. She looked at the attendees and smiled.

T
he three brothers pressed their wrist units and appeared in a huge room in front of two large thrones. They were stunned and all three immediately went to one knee and lowered their heads.

Victoria looked at the three brothers that were so different, but also so much alike. She could tell they loved each other. It was clear in how they moved closer together when they saw where they were. She glanced at Grainger and saw he was also impressed. “Please rise.”

The three stood up and remained at attention. Grainger said, “Relax.”

The three remained at attention and Victoria smiled, “Is this what you call relaxing?”

Jon looked at the beautiful Queen and said, “I would, but my muscles aren’t listening to my mind.”

Victoria laughed and Jon thought her voice was musical. Suddenly, another person appeared and Jon saw it was Juliette. Victoria looked at her with a raised eyebrow and said, “I requested your mother’s presence, Lady Juliette.”

Juliette bowed and said, “She is not well, Your Majesty. She requested that I take her place.”

Victoria looked at Grainger and he knew that their plan to take a look at Cassandra’s thoughts had been blocked. Victoria slowly shook her head and said, “She went through a lot. We pray for a fast recovery.”

The Zord looked at the Cat in the back of the room and then they moved forward. As they arrived at the front of the room with the others, Admiral Mandel appeared. Victoria looked around and said, “Welcome. I’ve asked you here because of some,” she paused, “discoveries that have been brought to our attention. I’m hoping that you will be able to clarify some of the events.” She turned to Vremel and said, “If you will lead this meeting.”

Vremel was on all fours instead of standing at his full twenty five foot height on his back legs. He looked at the Cat and it shrugged. Jon was absolutely astounded that a Cat could actually do a shrug and communicate the exact thing a human did.

Vremel looked at the three brothers and said, “You have not been honest with us.”

Jon said, “There is the truth and the whole truth. We’ve not told you the whole truth.”

Juliette sat down in a chair in front of the Royal Couple and stared intently at Jon.

“Please clarify what you mean.”

“Everything we told you was true. We left out something that we really didn’t understand.”

Vremel stared at them and said, “Please continue.”

Jon looked at Dern and Teg and then said, “What if we told you something that was not believable? What would you have done with us?’

“That depends on what it was.”

Jon shrugged and he noticed the Cat smile, “Yeah, I guess there is that.”

Vremel said, “What is it that you say is unbelievable?”

“We possess a talent at bringing a kind of life to weapons.”

Silence slammed down on the room. Vremel just stared at the three.

The Cat stood and moved forward, “What do you mean by life?”

Jon shook his head, “I wish I could describe it but I just don’t know how.”

Juliette said, “Was it like the day you found the cutlass?”

Everyone looked at her and Jon said, “Exactly like that.”

The Cat looked at Juliette and said, “What do you mean finding the cutlass?”

Victoria said, “Hold on just a moment.” She spoke into her communication panel and Jon’s parents entered the room from the door at the far end of the room. Victoria looked at them and said, “You will only answer questions you are asked. Do you understand?”

They nodded and Jon could see the worry on their faces as they took the smaller chairs next to the Queen. Victoria looked at Juliette and said, “You may continue.”

Juliette told them what she witnessed. Victoria looked at the Cat and Zord and they were just as confused as she was. Sarah said, “I have a recording of what happened.”

Victoria jerked her head around and Sarah said, “I’m here to help you defend the Realm, Victoria; not defend my son.”

Victoria looked at her and said, “I apologize for my behavior, cousin. Please play the recording.”

Sarah put the disc into the arm of her chair and everyone turned to the main display to the left of the meeting. Everyone watched what happened and at the end they all turned to Jon. Vremel said, “That was your first lesson?”

Jon nodded, “It was.”

Admiral Mandel said, “I also have a recording to share with you.”

Grainger said, “What does it entail?”

“The actions of these three in their first drop.”

Grainger looked at Victoria and she nodded. Mandel put the disc into Sarah’s chair and the recording started. The three brothers watched the recording and were just as stunned as everyone else in the room. Teg looked at Jon and said under his breath, “Did we do that?”

Victoria snapped, “What did you just say!?!”

Teg lowered his head and said, “I asked Jon if we did that.”

Victoria leaned back in her chair and the Cat said, “You didn’t know?”

The three looked at the Cat and said, “No, we were caught up in what was going on around us and didn’t really get an opportunity to see.”

Grainer said, “How can you stand there and say something that false to us.”

Jon jerked his head around and said, “Your Majesty, we do not lie!” He paused and said, “Ever!”

Grainger stared the young man in the eyes and saw the anger in the three brothers. He was the one that broke eye contact. Victoria saw Jon’s anger and knew he meant it. She said, “Then please explain how your armor did those things violating every design built in them.”

Jon looked at the Queen and said, “I wish I could.” Everyone looked at each other and Jon knew they were in trouble. He said, “I just followed the music.”

The Cat jumped to his feet and jerked his head around so fast that everyone saw it, “What do you mean music!?!”

Jon turned to the Cat and said, “That day at the fencing room I heard a melody far off in the distance. I followed it and it led me to that cutlass. When we were selecting the weapons for our armor, we followed the different melodies to the weapons and put them in our armor. When we were fighting the Megat, I didn’t have to choose a weapon to use; they chose themselves. I simply allowed them to determine what to do. The symphony of them playing together was beautiful and almost overwhelming. Our weapons took on a life of their own. They became me and I became them.”

The Cat looked at Tegen and Dern and they nodded.

Juliette stared at Jon and knew that he was going to be her mate. She would not have another.

The Cat stared at them for a long moment and the Queen interrupted the moment, “What’s going on?”

Vremel looked at the Cat and said, “Are you sure?”

The Cat gave a quick turn of his head and said, “Mother is.”

Victoria said, “Answer me!”

The Cat turned to Victoria and said, “These three brothers are a gift from another Creator. Our Mother can hear their melodies and she knows that they are a gift of love.” The Cat paused and said, “They are ones that will make a difference in our fight to save Creation.” The Cat and the Zord bowed to the three brothers.

Jon looked at them and then at Dern and Teg. He turned back to the Queen and said, “Wait a minute. We don’t have a clue about who or what we are. We’re no different from all of those around us. We’re just three warriors fighting evil; nothing more; nothing less.”

Victoria listened to the vision being sent by the Cat and she saw everyone else in the room was seeing it as well. Everyone saw it except the three brothers, who looked at each other and wondered what was going on.

Victoria looked at the three and said, “Go and find your destiny. Whatever you need, we will provide it.”

Jon looked at the Queen and said, “All I know is that we are Life Warriors and that is where we should be.”

Vremel said, “You will return to your units.”

Jon shook his head, “Why do you want us to do that?”

The Cat said, “We need you to discover who you are. We need to see if what you have is more than you think.”

Jon looked at Teg and Dern and they linked. After a moment Jon said, “We feel that we still have things to learn. Fighting with our units is where we should be.”

The Cat looked at the Zord and had a huge smile. The brothers did see it. The Queen did and said, “Go and fight for us. We will watch your actions and hope you are what we think you are.” The King and Queen stood and left the room.

Juliette came forward and stood in front of Jon, “I want to thank you for saving my life.”