Thanks to Doctor Anthony for proof reading now that my other beta Ayziks is on vacation. But Doctor Anthony has been a real help, helping me with some plot ideas. I also have been working on some bios for my OC's Ben and Smythe which I may decide to post later on when I know they are not spoiler threats. There may be some alluding to crossover here. Well that's enough of my dribbling; now here's chapter nine.
2149
Washington DC private dome
A collection of men and women enters a large conference room from several locations while armed guards stand outside.
"The tenth pilgrimage has gone through and STILL no word from either Lucas Taylor or Mira's unit." a man with a large cigar puffing out some smoke said.
"We need to step it up and send the Phoenix then." a scrawny man in a grey suit said.
"I agree and we need to do it fast, I've read the reports from the latest colonial census and it is terrible those people are completely disregarding any population laws and are breeding like crazy!" a man with a white tie said anxiously.
"Relax senator those children will be excellent for the Youth program when we take over the Terra Nova project, imagine those children will grow up in a fairly hostile environment would make good soldiers after mental conditioning and some surgical enhancement, off course." A balding man with white hair said in a thick British accent.
"But who shall we pick to lead the Phoenix group?" a middle aged woman asked.
"Not Commander Taylor's brother, he cannot be controlled." another man piped up in a squeaky voice.
"Trust me there is no love lost between the brothers, besides he may have some success with getting through with Lucas's delusions." the man with the cigar said.
"But isn't he still of world?" the senator asked.
"He have already been recalled, and do not worry we don't need to control him all we need to do is point him in the right direction, and release him." the balding man said calmly.
"And I am sending my daughter to keep an eye on things." he continued, and an attractive woman with red hair walked in and smiled faintly.
"Thank you father, I shall not disappoint you, I am actually looking forward to take care of the children of Terra Nova." she said with the same accent as her father, and a smile that actually made a few in the room to shift nervously in their seats.
The balding man gave an almost feral grin.
"Ladies and gentlemen allow me to introduce my daughter and most brilliant student….Doctor Tashaya Radcliff." he said proudly, as Tashaya nodded.
Outer solar system military transport cruiser
In the hold still in cryo sleep a man with grey short cropped hair was slowly waking in the medic tank, he was actually excited at meeting his dear brother again even though killing more of those savages would have been a lot of fun, but meeting old Nate was something he was looking forward to, even seeing how his nephew had fared after that fiasco in Somalia, he drifted between sleep and consciousness dreaming dreams of revenge.
A few of his own soldiers and those damn geeks had betrayed him, nearly killing him in the process, he had been laying in a medic tank full of goo healing for five months.
"Soon Nate, we will meet again." he thought,
The Terra Nova project had been a sort of sister project to the one he had been assigned to, but HE unlike his brother had obeyed orders from home….to a point at least though they should have used the space cruiser to bomb those savages back to the…well they were already on the stone age.
He opened his eyes slowly and peered out of the glass of medic tank, to see some wimp in corporate looking clothes.
"Rise and shine colonel, and welcome back to Earth." the man said, the Colonel stared at him with contempt and felt a pair of hands lifting him out of the medic tank.
He stood up shakily on still weak legs because of spending five months in the tank, and felt the scar on his chest where that large arrow had been, when it happened when that native bitch shot him he felt death had been near, all he could have done was to give in, but he refused, there was still so many things he wanted to do plus he refused to give his brother the satisfaction of grieving for him.
He hated his brother ever since Ayani had chosen Nathaniel instead of him, and for what because Nate courted her?
But what he was also angry at him for was because of Nate had brought his family into a potential war zone and then she had been killed, no he hated Nathaniel and his ridiculous courtship rules that belonged in the fairy tales.
"Nathaniel dear brother I'm coming for ya." He thought viciously to himself, as he looked at the other scars he had on his body to him every scar was a reminder that he had survived, even his broken nose was a reminder, in that particular case it was some young punk of a soldier that he himself had helped train, it had happened in Cuba he even remembered the kids name "Shannon, Ben Shannon, yeah THAT was his name, I wonder if he is still alive or if his own stupid pride have gotten him killed yet, heck he might even be in Terra Nova. I do remember that old Nate have a bleeding heart for these Youth-program soldiers." He thought.
As the medics was checking him to see if his wounds had healed properly, ever since the incident in Cuba he had changed his name to at least give his career a chance, had it not been for another soldier testifying for this Shannon a Sergeant Lao and general Philbrick had stepped in and had the entire incident classified he would have had the soldier flayed alive.
"LET Nathaniel live the dream only he believes in, just wait when I come there and tear it down around him."
