Hiei of Alesia

The Galfann II Trails

Chapter 1

The court rooms of Alesia are semi-circular in shape, as to allow for a proper view from the surrounding people. The man or woman on trial stands in the middle, facing his accusers or, for greater crimes, The entire Alesian Council. Sitting in a seat behind that would normally be the judge. But for his crimes, Hiei must face a greater challenge, The Lady Galadriel. Spreading out from the bench is where all the viewers or reporters sit and watch, normally quietly, but today the room was abuzz with chatter.

Everyone grew quiet as a guard stepped into the room and yelled, "All rise for the Lady Galadriel."

As everyone stood up, Hiei, who was already standing, simply folded his arms. There was an awe about the room as Galadriel entered with her white dress flowing behind her as though caught in a great wind. She gracefully walked over to her chair and motioned for everyone to sit.

As she sat she looked at Hiei and with a somewhat gratified look she asked him, "Hiei Jaganshi, do know why you are brought here today."

Hiei's cold even tone sent everyone into shivers as he answered simply, "yes."

"And do you understand the charges that you are facing," she asked with an almost half smirk on her face.

Again Hiei replied with a simple, "yes."

The magistrate, who was dressed in red accented by black and gold, stood up from the center of the council seats and addressed Hiei directly, "For the court state your name and rank."

The magistrates skin crawled as Hiei stared at him blankly for a moment before replying, "Everyone here knows who I am."

The annoyed magistrate said with more authority in his voice, "you will answer the question."

Hiei sighed and spoke aloud for the sake of the court, "I am General Hiei Jaganshi, Commander of the Fleets of Alesia."

The magistrate nodded before continuing, "Tell us a little about Galfann II. Why was it a target of military importance?"

Hiei shook his head and told every one there, "Galfann and Galfann II are binary planet orbiting each other. Both are about the same size and mass, but significantly different. While Galfann II is rich with life and has a breathable atmosphere, Galfann has an atmosphere composed of mostly chlorine and carbon dioxide. That's why Galfann II was chosen for a gate instead of its… twin if you will. The Goa'uld system lord, known as Anubis placed a colony there. We didn't know why seeing as the planet has virtually no natural resources that would benefit him."

The magistrate who already knew this simply nodded and continued, "so your mission was espionage?"

Hiei was getting annoyed with the yes or no questions and let it show in his voice as he said, "yes."

The man didn't want to spend much time annoying the man that just wiped out every living person on an entire planet and said, "So tell us what happened in your own words. How did you get this mission and what went wrong?"

Hiei cleared his throat and unfolded his arms before saying, "It was early. Very early in the day and I was still sleeping when I heard a knock on my door. So I wondered over opened it just long enough to tell Amann 'no'. I guess he must have been surprised, because he didn't answer again for a few seconds. This time I asked him 'what'. Amann just shook his head and tried not to laugh when he told me that he had another mission for me. So I looked at him and said 'Amann. News Flash. It's still yesterday'. He just told me to be in his office in an hour."

"So I took an shower and laid out one of my uniforms before going through my weapons locker. I keep a working model of all the different types of armor and weapons I've used on my various missions for my many years of service. The only thing not in there is what most people here would refer to as 'The Sword of Alesia'. I decided on a newer rifle. It's a bit heavier but it has an increased capacity and greater accuracy. I also decided to take a pistol with both a stun and a kill setting. After that I put on my uniform and holster. I slung the rifle over my shoulder and put on a cloak before holstering the pistol."

The magistrate looked a little confused as he asked, "a cloak, you mean like a personal cloaking device?"

Hiei shook his head in annoyance before answering, "No, a cloak as in a hooded cape that wraps around your entire body. A cloaking device sometimes gives off a distinctive glimmer that can be easily seen as well an energy signature that makes detection significant risk. After securing my weapons I grabbed a walking stick out of my armory."

"Why was a walking stick in your armory," Galadriel inquired.

Hiei just shrugged before saying sarcastically, "It's valuable."

As the questioning continued, the crowd stared in shock and horror at the answers Hiei was giving. He simply answered each one coldly with no remorse, the very way in which he was truly unforgiving gave chills to even the most hardened of the Alesians present.

The magistrate convinced with Hiei's answers told him, "Very well. Continue."

"As you wish," Hiei said while rolling his eyes before continuing, "After I got to Amann's office I noticed that General Ayen was there as well. So I asked him if he was there to steal my missions again before I told him 'I thought we were past this. It's just petty'. He tried to shrug it off and told me that I didn't seem interested it an hour before. So I told him that his mom said the same thing the night before. He got pretty mad at that and told me his mom died over a century ago. So I asked him, 'no chance of another accident then'. As he stormed out of the room he yelled, 'I'm an only child'. I told Amann that, that was kind of my point."

"With Ayen gone Amann gave me a brief about Galfann II and what to expect. Intel suggested that they had some kind of new weapon there. After he was done he asked me about the walking stick but referred to it as a 'trick-in-a-stick'. I told him it was 'a walking stick made out of mahogany. But not just any mahogany, mahogany from the deepest forests of Alesia. Where the trees are three hundred feet wide and breathe fire according to what I tell small children anyway'. He then informed me that they go running right afterwards, but that's mostly from my face then the story. I asked him what he meant and he told me I have a face that only a mother could love. So I said, 'that's not entirely true. Your mom used to make me where a bag over my head in bed'.

Hiei looked away for a second to skip over the secret orders he was given before continuing with, "Now that the briefing was over I left Amann's office and went back to my office. I sent a message to the members of my team and told them to meet me in my office as soon as possible and be ready to go to a jungle planet. It took a couple hours but everyone reported as ordered and we went down to the gate room. I dialed in the address for Galfann II and went through ordering my team to stay back until I give the all clear. What I found there, I wasn't expecting."

"What did you find there Hiei," the magistrate asked.

"I don't know," Hiei replied looking towards the ground before looking back up and saying, " There were several armed men standing outside the gate. I figured it would be guarded and it only took a couple shots of my pistol to kill them. I sent the following message back through the gate, 'Area clear'. My men came through as ordered and formed up beside me to help hide the bodies but stopped and stared the things I had killed. The oldest, Kenst, asked me, 'What are the Terrans of Sol" doing here?' I couldn't answer, but it was soon obvious that they were not the terrans of sol. I saw movement under the chain mail armor protecting the things stomach. So I drew my weapon and pointed it right at the target. A Goa'uld larva jumped out in an attempt to take me as a host. I fired instinctively and killed the little bastard."

"They were some kind of incubators for the Gou'ald. I had never seen them before. Even with those things there I knew the mission must go on so we hid the bodies and made our way through the forest until we reached a small clearing about two klicks north east of the town."

Hiei paused because the magistrate looked as though he was about to ask another stupid question but was surprised when Galadriel said, "It's getting late, We shall reconvene tomorrow."