Part 45 (Giving the Game away)

Captain Greene rose and left. He was going to inform the senator. Top clearance or not this Mestral was a dangerous man. Deep down he was dangerous. Harold was a confident man a man who knew his worth. He was not easily intimidated and his connections made him feel secure. Yet he had felt like a back woods baboon next to Mestral . It was as if he had been the one being judged and measured and as if he had been found sorely lacking. He did not like this feeling and he would crush the man that gave him that impression. All he had to do was gather evidence and he would see this man locked away.

Mestral rose and went to contact Father Wang. The school was to important to his future plans. He looked in on Maggie.

"Maggie I am going to the school. I will be back for end meal."

"I shall see you then. Are you walking?"

"Yes it is only a short way. Have you found an assistant yet?"

"No Mestral but I am posting an ad in the paper. " Maggie replied. She had not wanted to hire anyone but Mestral wanted her to have help now that she was expecting. She given in with poor grace.

"Maggie there is a lot of work and you are tired even without the burden of my offspring. It is illogical not to see assistance. If you will not hire help I shall remain here to assist you."

That argument had won her over because Maggie knew he was needed elsewhere. It was easier to hire kitchen help then to hire a scientist of his caliber. His arrogance and stubborn nature had won out. Sometimes it was simply easier to give In to her husband.

Mestral headed out he was going to send help to Maggie if she did not hire someone herself soon.

Maggie watched her mate leave and wondered if he would be as protective of her if she was Vulcan?

Yes Maggie I would be. Came the soft reply in her mind. Maggie sighed and went back to work.

Harold Greene left angry that he had been maneuvered into revealing his purpose. No matter there was no way that these people could hide. He was not going to allow that school to contaminate the children. He headed back to base to contact the senator.

Mestral arrived at the school and walked in. The salesmen from the book distributor was there with Father Wang.

Mestral raised his hand in greeting to Father Wang and the sales men.

"Live long and Prosper." He said

Father Wang replied. "Peace and Long Life Mestral. Come Let me make known to you. Mr. Herbert Peters of the Hawthorne company. He is the one who will be supplying us with our texts to begin with."

"Greetings to you sir." Mestral said nodding but not shaking the man's outstretched hand. He looked at Father Wang who shook it for him.

"Please have a seat Mr. Peters." Father Wang said

Mestral noted the various texts that were laid out. He began to pick them up one by one. The ones that were simple or outdated he immediately set aside. He wanted books that would make the children question and think.

Mestral found two books that he thought could be used as beginning texts. He looked at Father Wang. "These will do. We will need to supplement the materials but it is enough to begin with. The biology and chemistry texts seem the most appropriate but for physics I think we will need a college text book. These are just not advanced enough."

Herb Peters looked at the teacher with shock showing. "These books are for elementary students right?"

"Indeed I do not understand why you gave us books for infants but we will make do." Mestral said

Herb's jaw almost hit the floor. Even he did not understand some of those books and this man thought they were for infants? He could almost pity the children here. Or were they all geniuses?

Mestral noted the amusement on Father Wang's face but said nothing abut it.

"We will need 25 copies of each text and two copies of the instructors guides along with all supporting materials. If you could also secure 5 microscopes, three telescopes and this list of laboratory materials we would be most grateful." He tried to be polite as Maggie said it was essential when carrying out business with humans.

"All the relevant materials. That means the order could come into thousands of dollars."

"Yes , Remember Mr. Peters we are beginning a new school. We will accept nothing less then best. This school will become a model for all others. If it cost us thousands than so it shall be. I have here a check for $100,000.00 American dollars I trust it will be a sufficient down payment for our order."

Herb almost passed out. This was the biggest sale of his career and he had only gotten it because he was the new man. He grinned thinking how the others would kick themselves. His commission on this sale would let him buy that house Sally wanted and they could get married sooner.

"It will be more then sufficient Mr. Grayson. Please call me Herb. I hope this is the beginning of a long mutually beneficial relationship."

Father Wang smiled. "That is Dr. Grayson. "

"Sorry Dr. Grayson. I did not know."

"There is no offence where none is intended." Mestral said "Herb I am certain you will find this a profitable arrangement. We will be needing many supplies and I am certain you will assist us in anything we need."

"Of course we want to make sure the children learn." Herb said smiling.

Just then one of the young children ran in.

"Father Wang we need you. Timmy got stuck in the tree."

Herb watched as Mestral and the priest rose and followed the boy out. There on the top of a tall Maple tree was a little boy. Timmy he was holding a kitten in his arms. Clearly the boy had climbed up to rescue it and gotten stuck.

"Do you have a ladder?" " Herb offered. He was then surprised to see Mestral stripe off his cloak and begin to climb the tree.

Father Wang chuckled as he watched his adopted brother.

"He is going to fall." Herb said

"Mestral has an excellent sense of balance." Father Wang said "Jon go call chief Walker Timmy will be scared and need his father."

At the salesmen's odd look the priest said "Timmy Walker's father is the fire chief. He likely felt it was his job to save the kitten."

Herb chuckled it was amazing the things kids thought. He watched as Mestral reached out to the child. "Hand me the feline and I will then help you over."

"He is scared Mestral" the boy said

"I am certain the feline knows you will keep it safe. Hand it over. I will set it in my jacket."

Timmy nodded and handed the small animal over. Mestral took it and true to his word put it inside his jacket. He Zipped it up and then took Timmy's hand. He pulled the boy over and unto his back. He climbed down and handed the frightened child to his father and mother who had arrived. Then he removed the kitten and handed it to Timmy.

"You were brave Timmy but it is not logical to attempt such a rescue alone. "

"Yes sir." Timmy said "Mom can I keep it?" He asked

Mestral noted the boy would suffer no long term trauma.

He calmly picked up his cloak and refastened it. "I must return to work now. Father I shall see you at mid-meal on Sunday."

"Of course Mestral tell Maggie I look forward to it." Father Wang said.

Herb could not believe how calm the man was. He had just saved the child and it was not even affecting him. He watched as Mestral slipped away unwilling to accept the thanks form the boy's family.

Part 46 ( Organized)

Mestral walked back to the base. He entered and headed to the lab. He was rather concerned about the quality of the text books available and decided he would speak to his associates. Perhaps they could suggest an other source of materials. He could not believe that children on Earth were so far behind? He knew from Zephram that they had the ability to learn. If he had been able to tutor Maggie's son sooner he would already have received his doctorate. He was determined that the children at the temple school received the best education he could arrange.

He entered the base and did not notice the men taking notes. He simply headed to carry out his work.

Several hours latter he left satisfied with their projections. At the current rate Earth would launch its own satellite in 6.2 months time. Mestral's only concern was the desire to launch an animal in the ship that would burn up upon return. He would have to stop such a cruel thing. There was no value in wasting life even that of a simple creature.

Maggie worked with Father Wang and they finally had a uniform design that they could all live with. While Maggie thought uniforms were a bit much Mestral pointed out it would be an equalizer.

Maggie smiled at the outfits they looked like they were designed from some exotic place. The outer robes reminded her of the monks outer wear but the underclothing was more like traditional school uniforms only in solid colors of blue, white ,red and black and green. The outfits could be mixed and matched with white shirts. She ad to admit they were nicely done. The outer tunic was designed to show the grade level the student was in. The others were for their area of study. Blue for the biology departments, Green for botany, Red for physics and Black for engineering. She wondered at the color coding but decided it was a mute point for a while. All the children would wear black pants or skirts with only their jackets eventually denoting their specialties. She grinned when Mestral been confused when she asked what if the children wanted to learn more then one area of study. He had seemed perplexed at this. It was then that he had relented on the color coding for the time being allowing for the more relaxed mixes and matches. Maggie could still not believe how organized Mestral had wanted the children to be. However she knew it was because his people were very goal orientated. It would be very interesting she thought to see if Mestral could adapt to the more liberal way of human education. She chuckled thinking it would be amusing to see the children all mixed and matched as their interest changed. Of course Mestral would have to learn this fact for himself. Maggie had an odd feeling that Vulcan children were more focused.

Part 47 (Revenge)

Captain Green returned to his office. He was very angry at Mestral's dismissal of him. How dare he treat him like he had no position or power. He had felt the contempt in the man. He clearly considered Harold Greene to simply be an aggravation. Harold was not about to let the slight pass. No he would destroy this Dr. Grayson if it was the last thing he did. He got on the phone and began a deep background check.

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David sighed glad that he finally had Mestral' papers finished. Anyone who looked into his papers would see that the man had been working with the Chinese to aid the allies against the Japanese in the pacific and mainland China. It was easy enough to forge papers as communications were not erratic at best. A lot of people had died in the war and David had no scruples about using this fact. He had several good friends that would do for references and as they were dead no one could prove otherwise. He knew himself had vouched for several Chinese men and women at his friends request never having met them. So he knew Paul Hertz would not mind doing the same. They had trusted each other that deeply and he was certain his friend would have been willing to help had he still lived. Paul had always been a man of peace and as a missionary he had tried to make a difference in China. He had for his trouble been shot by the occupying Japanese and David still missed his friend. He sighed thinking his background was perfect as a reference. He leaned back and put the new documents in a leather pouch he would deliver them in person.

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Harold called his contact Senator Joseph McCormick he would lend his considerable power and support and Harold would have his revenge. They would bring this Mestral in front of the American committee and destroy him and his family. They would bring this pit of traitors and reds out into the open and be able to eliminate there influence once and for all. He had a feeling Mestral was hiding something and he was going to find out what it was and expose all his secrets.

TBC...

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Also remember this is AU so history may not be what is actually is.
The author is deliberately shaking it up a lot to fit the storyline.
I apologize if this is confusing but I wanted to keep it as real and
plausible as I could so mixing history around was the best I could do.