Disclaimer: I do not own Blake's 7 or it's characters in any way shape or form. They are the property of the BBC.
Hi, my first fic for the Blakes 7 gene. I don't know if anybody will read or like me to continue...please let me know...basically in a nutshell, this is Blake from the moment he left the Liberator to his death on Gaulda Prime...
CHAPTER FOUR.."Space attack"
Roj Blake stood at the oval door. The Federation officer Cole tapped in the auto unlock and the door slid aside, "In you go..."
Blake stepped in and entered. The door slid shut and he was amassed by a group of dejected individuals of all shapes and sizes.
A young woman of about 25 came forward. Her curly hair shaped her bitter expression on her face, "It's YOU! You gave away our position!"
A Black man rushed forward and grabbed Blake by the lapels, he was ready to thump him one.
"No wait! I haven't betrayed you! You have to believe me...it's me...it's Blake!"
The black man was ready to thump him regardless of explanation, when there was another voice fighting through the other murrs and rurrs in the room.
"He's telling you the truth...Blake hasn't betrayed anyone!"
Blake recognised the voice immediately. It was Lexa. He shoved the black man aside and went to her, "Lexa! I feared they might have killed you..."
She shook her head, "they took me prisoner when they thought I was with you..."
The other girl shook her head, "No...they have told us Blake...they told us that YOU betrayed Bangrelle and gave them our location..."
The black man shook his head in agreement, "Cora's right...", he approached Blake with gritted teeth, "...what have they promised you? A lighter sentance for giving them secret locations?"
Blake swallowed and stood proud, "this is what they want...can't you understand it...Zain wants you ALL to think I have betrayed you...but I haven't, I give you my word"
Lexa nodded, "I can vouch for him...he came to my world after being rescued after the war...he hasn't given away any secret location to anyone..."
Cora glanced torwards the black man, "what do you think Rowe? Could he be telling us the truth?"
Rowe was clearly mulling it over in his mind, but he came forward and asked, "where are your friends Blake? Where is this super ship that you and your associates cruise the galaxy in?"
"The Liberator? We were involved in the war...when the aliens started their assault, Liberator took a lot of their first salvo trying to hold them off...the ship was damaged beyond the auto repair circuits capabilties to keep up with...so we all abandoned ship by life capsule"
Rowe raised his eyebrows, "and then...?"
Blake shrugged glancing to Lexa as he answered, "I was picked up by smugglers who were on passage to Epheron..."
Lexa nodded, "see...like I told you...I was there, I was on the smugglers ship, they were giving me paid passage to Epheron"
Cora wasn't so convinced by his story, "and when you arrived, it was then you betrayed Bangrelle"
Blake was really seething with frustration now, "No! I wanted help...I contacted Bangrelle because I knew he had resources that could get me off Epheron, I made a transmission and...", he trailed off and closed his eyes.
Cora folded her arms and shook her head, "that's right...THEY intercepted your transmission..."
Rowe shook his head and sat down on a low metal bench that was attached to the bulkhead wall, "no...it's not all Blake...after the war some of the fleet crashed down on Delta 4...Bangrelle was convinced that because of the war, nobody would be still looking for political exiles...he was wrong"
Others in the group exchanged glances. Cora came forward, "So why did YOU let us believe it was Blake? When Space Commander Zain told us it was him YOU told us to believe him"
Rowe exhaled, "I just wanted everybody to believe that it wasn't Bangrelle's fault that we were captured...he just showed compassion to injured Federation officers and had us all taken prisoner in the process"
Blake came to stand beside Cora and looked at her, "Wasn't it you who stood up to the government about the slaughter of a thousand citizens on Crewkella 9?"
She shook her head, "I issued the report to space command...they were waiting to arrest me the next day...", she was bordering on upset, "...if it wasn't for Bangrelle, I would be dead by now..."
Rowe nodded, "We are ALL exiles...the government on Earth will be rubbing their hands in glee with all our captures"
Blake shrugged, "Ohhhh I don't know...I think I might be at the top of their agendas...", he turned and faced them all, "...but we are not there yet..."
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Space Commander Zain sat back in his leather swival chair, he took his eyes away from the scanners and turned to Cole, "have you done those calculations yet? How long will it be until we can make contact with Kobol?"
Cole tapped the information into his data controls, "calculations completed sir...15 hours...and it will be at least 10 hours before we can make contact"
Zain nodded and sat back into the chair resting his back, "well...I suppose Blake can wait..."
Suddenly the entire ship shook. Zain jumped up onto his feet agasp, "what the hell was that?"
Cole switched on the scanners on the deck infront of him, "Warship sir...it looks like Thraxan"
Zain frowned as he came to his shoulder, "As in Thraxa IV? Aren't they apart of the Federation now?"
Cole nodded, "No...the treaty didn't go through...anyway they make alot out of the Federation being an recreation and relaxation spa...most of it's clientale are high ranking officers"
"then WHY are they firing at us?"
Cole shrugged, " I don't know sir...maybe it's because they don't recognise our class of ship...they feel threatened"
"Then get on that communicator and hail them...NOW!", Zain ordered.
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As the ship took another hit, Blake jumped to his feet, "there it is again...the ship is under attack"
Lexa looked at him, "From who? What if the aliens are seeking revenge..."
Rowe shook his head as everybody gathered around in the holding cell, "the war is over now...surely it can't be"
Suddenly all turned to see a trooper enter through the oval door. The ship swayed as he did and Rowe jumped forward and kicked the weapon out of his grasp. Cora gasped as Rowe grabbed hold of the gun as it slid across the cell floor and held it towards the trooper who was steading himself.
As the trooper lunged forward, Rowe open fired and cut him down. Blake grabbed his arm from behind, "What are you doing?"
Cora moved to the doorway and looked out, "What does it matter what is happening? We are free to take control whilst the attacks keeping them busy...we are more of them!"
Rowe was already stripping the troopers body, "I've got an idea..."
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At the flight deck, Space Commander Zain tried to get through to the Federation outpost on Kobol, "Control on Kobol, come in...we are under attack...weapon systems have been disabled...Kobol...COME IN!"
His reply was nothing but static and crackles across the air-waves.
Suddenly a trooper came stumbling in and feel to his knees and then onto his side, "what the?"
Blake was in the oval doorway, Rowe was behind him and they were both armed and dressed in Federation trooper boilersuits, "We've taken over", Blake simply uttered.
The ship took another blast sending everybody flying to one side. Cole stood up from the swival chair but Rowe swung around and shot him down. Zain picked himself up off the floor and gave Blake a shove against the wall, he then ran out into the corridor.
Blake and Rowe gave chase to see Zain lock himself into an escape pod. Others were watching and looking at eachother...then there was a mass dash.
"There can only be a few pods", cried Rowe.
Lexa called out from where she sat in a pod on the left hand side, "Blake quickly now!"
Another inmate was about to drag her out from the pod when Rowe took aim and downed him. Blake seized his arm, Rowe shook his head.
"Would you rather die here?"
And they both clambered to the pod fighting off others.
It was survival of the fittest to escape the crippled ship.
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