Whilst the others tried to get over the shock Alonzo immediately shouted.
"Liar." As he tightened his grip on Baines.
"Did you two hit your head?" Danziger asked after he had convinced himself that Morgan had said what he thought he had said.
"Like it or not we have proof." Morgan said, his speaking style more confident than normal. Then he added without any element of doubt in his voice. "Julia is a spy."
"Where is Julia?" Devon asked, her voice full of concern as Walman tried to restrain Alonzo.
"What do you mean proof?" Bess questioned.
"She is gone. They have dealt with her. The proof is on here." Morgan said holding out his gear.
"One of you two had better start talking sense before I let Alonzo loose on the pair of you." Danziger growled.
Baines, fearful for how long Walman would be able to restrain Alonzo for said. "Last night we ran into a group who knew exactly who and what Julia was. They knew everything. They proved she was a spy. She was always a spy." He explained as Walman struggled to hold back Alonzo.
"A group from the Council?" Devon asked confused.
"No no. They are political prisoners. Everything you need is on the gear."
"This is bull. Julia is not a spy." Alonzo said trying to lunge at Baines again. "Where is she? What did you do to her?"
"Look at the evidence." Morgan pleaded of Devon as Yale and Magnus arrived, concerned about the fight that was taking place just outside camp. Back at camp everyone else was watching from a distance.
"Give me that." Danziger said snatching the gear from Morgan and handing it to Devon. He then took Baines' gear and put it on. "I warn you if this is not one hundred and ten percent conclusive proof Alonzo will be the least of your worries." Danziger growled at them.
"I don't for one minute believe that there is anything on here that will make me think Julia is still a spy but so everyone is happy we should all watch." Devon said as she set the feed from Morgan's gear to transmit to the other near by gear sets.
Reluctantly Alonzo put his gear set on and watched the uploaded transmission.
The group found them inside what looked like a cave filled with strangers illuminated by dim light. Then a voice sounded.
"I think you need to know some cold, hard facts about your doctor." The man who was speaking was standing in front of them. He stepped forward and the group saw a glimpse of Julia who was on the floor of the cave, bound and gagged.
Pointing his hand towards Julia the man continued. "Julia Heller. Daughter of Catherine and Jacob Heller." He said, almost spitting out the name 'Heller'. "In case you are unaware Catherine Heller is one of the most powerful people in the Council and loyal to it beyond belief. Her loyalty has been rewarded by power." As the man moved around the group saw more of Julia, including the fear in her eyes. "The services and sacrifices she made for the Council are too many to go into, but there is one you will be interested in, but first you must understand what the Council is and wants. Control. Without control they are nothing. They crave control and will do anything to gain it." Devon's mind immediately remembered why they wanted Uly. To control the Terrians and hence the planet. "The problem the Council had was they were small in number and not all followers were as loyal as Catherine Heller. What they needed was a new generation of loyal patriots. Hidden in the realms of the black projects was the idea to create the next generation through genetic manipulation, project genome. Now Chromo-tilting was not new or even illegal, however, it was used to design, engineer and create twenty children to be the next leaders of the Council. Each child programmed for a destiny they could not prevent or choose. One of these children was your very own Julia Heller.
"So she is a chromo-tilt? So what?" The recording of Morgan asked from somewhere out of sight. But his voice was not quite right.
"These abominations were not just chromo-tilts." The man shouted, pointing at Julia. "They are robots with flesh. They have all been conditioned to do what the Council wants, without questioning. They have no concept of free will. Your doctor will never have made a choice in her life. She is incapable. Your mistake thus far is thinking of her as a human. On the surface she may appear humanoid, but under that Council engineered flesh she is an experiment gone wrong. She is the Council. It is in her blood, in her DNA. It is what she is. She can not be anything else." The man said voice full of hate. The group had a final flash of panic, fear and hurt in Julia's eyes before the transmission died.
"Where is the proof Morgan?" Danziger asked, his voice more irate than anyone had heard before.
"Are you blind?" Morgan asked, his voice incredulous.
"Did you not hear what he was saying?" Baines asked.
The reply Baines got was a fist to his jaw knocking him out cold. To everyone's surprise it was Walman's fist, not Alonzo's,
"You did whatever you did based on that?" Devon said, not even trying to keep her voice calm.
"Where is she?" Danziger asked towering over Morgan.
"I don't know." Morgan replied.
"Morgan, where did you find the man who gave you the proof?" Bess asked carefully.
"He is not the enemy, Julia is-" Morgan started until Danziger's growl silenced him.
"Morgan honey we need to find him so we can see the rest of the proof." Bess said calmly. Morgan was silent for a while whilst he considered this. Eventually he said.
"I'll take you to him."
"I don't think so Martin." Danziger said as he grabbed hold of Morgan's shirt and started dragging him back to the main camp. "You are going to show us on a map exactly where he is. Then we will go find him."
Devon turned to Yale and said. "Please can you load up the rail? We will need medical supplies." Devon then hurried after the two men and called to Bess. "Bess please can you watch the children?"
"Of course Devon." Bess said as she tried to shake off the shock caused by her husband's actions. Then she turned and saw Alonzo, who was stood off to one side. No longer was he rage personified. Instead he stood looking lost.
"Alonzo." Bess said trying to bring his attention back to here and now. "We will find Julia."
"What if it is too late?" Alonzo said, his eyes already grieving.
"It is not too late." Bess said, trying to cover up any doubt she may have felt. "You have to believe that."