-Chapter 9-

Finally is all Purevenom can think as he enters his Sanctuary that is now completed. Standing next to John they enter into the first chamber looking around he waits not really sure what he needed to do, John picks up on his anticipation and walks back securing the rear door. Turning to Purevenom he ushers him into the next room "This room is your changing room" Purevenom quickly begins unlocking his armor as it drops to the ground John picks it up and places it on the mantel. "Now here is the deal…" pointing to the viewer in front of them "…this is a one way comm unit, you can see them but they cannot see you" he begins to usher him to the next room but is halted by Purevenom

"Wait a second…" Purevenom enjoys the moment he had been waiting for this day a long time. He begins stretching his muscles the armor was comfortable but without the weight he felt better than ever "Now we can proceed."

"I might want to mention the door behind us is programmed to not open unless you have your armor on I on the other hand can leave but it's complicated." Returning with his original course they enter a huge room with an artificial sun and grass on the ground with a lake and waterfall. Pointing over to the side John introduces Purevenom to a few of his servants as they approached they kept their words short and postures submissive.

"I'm impressed I didn't think you would be able to do it" turning to John he gives him a smile.

"Whatever your desires they are designed to complete without question, now if you will excuse me I think I will return to my work."

"Of course, I will call if I need anything else" not even waiting for his response he jumps into the water enjoying the refreshing feeling that comes over him he finally believes he has found happiness.

John simply watches for a second then turns and departs. Hoping that he has finally distracted his Excellency it was time to get back to his plans as he exits the facility a smile begins to form on his face as he heads to his ship.

Purevenom climbs out of the water and lays on the grass, motioning over one of his servants "Get me something to drink."

The servant simply bows her head "by your command" as she quickly turns fetching his drink.

"I think I might like it here." When all of the sudden he hears a beeping sound finally growing weary of it he gets up and heads toward the awkward sound. Entering the next room he finds that it is some kind of war room so that he can work in peace. Thinking to himself "the little man is clever" he continues to follow the sound till he reaches what appears to be a comm switch.

Flicking the switch he all the sudden hears a voice "Purevenom?"

"Yes this is he" frustrated that when he finally gets some alone time someone had to interrupt it.

"Sorry sir, it's Kona. This is the first time I have been able to reach you since I was sent."

"So it has I was wondering what happened to you" still a little irritated that she picked now to call. "What can I do for you?"

"Do you have access to a data stream where you are at?"

Noticing that her voice seemed a little rushed he activates it "Yes."

"Go to the waste disposal records on Zena, Zena 5 and access the Shrill Report."

As he activates it he sees an array of information from patrol patterns to shift changes also ship routes and docking dates and time. Sitting back he smiles "I'm impressed…" now it was time to initiate Phase 2 "Head to loading dock 3 hanger 6 slot 9 and meet up with D'Anna she will have a package with instructions in it whatever you do, do not open it with anyone around understand. Once you have completed that I might need you for one more thing but I need to do something first before I know for sure."

"I understand I'm heading there now."

The comm light goes off he then activates it again to talk to D'Anna. Once he was finished he sits back again and begins the next portion of his plan.

Looking at his latest work he marvels at the design, why he wonder did he not think about this till now. Before him laid a Hybrid body with a centurion endoskeleton even though the Hybrid was not his design its inner workings were very similar to the technology that Ellen had brought here but making it possible for the two different technologies to meld together was a feat in itself. Sure he thought the memory transfer were easy mainly because the brains held more information than what was needed but here he hooked up actual pieces to each other almost like making a square peg fit into a circular one. John sat there for a second now came the hard part what was he going to download into the body to test his work. The other Johns would never allow him to test them, to also include the other models, what to do is all he thought.

Sitting back thinking he hears his intercom go off. With a heavy sigh he activates the comm "What is it?"

"Brother…" he hears the distinct sound of another John "…His Excellency requires your assistance."

Shaking his head he sits there for a second "fine let him know I'm on the way." Turning off the comm switch he grabs his data pad and heads for the door. What now is all he wonders, maybe he needs his back scratched he laughs to himself.

Entering the room deemed the War room John finds his seat. Looking around he sees many of the other Basestar Commanders in the room with him, diverting his attention to the center of the room there is a huge table with Spectre on one side and his Excellency on the other. As the room fills up everyone seemed to be looking around and apparently they all were as clueless as he was on why they were there.

Finally the Imperious Leader stands up and addresses the room. "Commanders…" the room finally quiets down and all eyes are on Purevenom. "I've been trying to devise a plan and wanted to test my theory. So I brought you all here to play a game with me."

Chatter began to fill the room nothing could be specifically understood. John finally wanting to get back to his work stands up. "Your Excellency, the commanders have more pressing matters at hand do you really need us all here to participate in this… game?"

Purevenom directs his attention to John with a simple nods "Yes…" pulling up a display that showed current locations of every ship in the fleet to include the Colony. "My objective is to take out the Colony with my fleet. Basestar 382 I will be commanding your Basestar for the duration of this exercise."

The Commander a Doral stands up and with a simple gesture "Of course my Liege, you have picked the finest ship in the Legion." John simply shakes his head smiling at the idiocy of the Doral's, all he can think is how he really disliked them at times.

"Very good…" sitting down in his chair "…there will be no communication between commanders other than through your terminal of course if you feel you need to gloat do not hesitate against your rivals. Spectre, take charge of your fleet and prepare to defend against my attack or if you so desire try and destroy my forces."

Spectre simply looks up "But of course…" turning his attention back to his monitor he begins preparations sending coded messages to his ships as they began to deploy.

Purevenom hesitates watching the screen he smiles under his mask "Tell me my friend I hope you enjoyed the show" as he activates his terminal the monitor goes dark when it comes back online the only thing Spectre and his commanders can see are there ships.

"Interesting…" is all Spectre says as he tries to counter the virus that hid the enemy ships. Sending his own coded messages, Purevenom dispatches his ships accordingly still smiling he looks up to see if his friend was starting to get frantic yet. Looking down seeing the counter move he then redeploys his ships to adjust to the plan "Nice try but I don't think that's going to work."

John watches the screen with his ship docked he waits for orders to launch, but then with the number of ships at Spectre disposal it could take some time before he gets to him. All he can do is sit back and watch as the fight unfolds he isn't really sure how Purevenom was doing it but whenever Spectre would get close to certain location the ships would disappear off the screen. John decided to become proactive and started working on some calculations of his own while also giving commands for his ship to disembark. Spectre sending him a coded message to stay near the colony John sighs knowing that he can only obey.

Once again Purevenom looks up "are you ready to surrender?" in a very casual voice.

Taking a glance from his screen Spectre casually responds "why would I do a thing like that… the battle will be over in a minute."

"Indeed it will…"

John curious what was going on studies the map looking for the missing clue that Purevenom is telling the machine. Finally is all John can think when he sees Purevenoms plan as he begins to relay the message to Spectre ten Basestars jump between him and the Colony as John tries to counter the move he begins to lose power and his ship becomes dead in space. Floating there like some debris of trash all he can do is watch as the Colony is destroyed.

With a thundering laugh Purevenom slams his hand on the table "You lose!" getting up he walks over to his counterpart and slaps him on the back "…and how did I beat you?"

Spectre simply sits there trying to understand what just happened "To be honest I'm not sure. You somehow activated a virus that swayed the battle into your hands…"

John stands up "You cheated…" loud enough for everyone to hear.

Smiling under his helmet he diverted his attention to John "Your right…" as the chatter proceeded on he used the time to walk back to his station "…but how John everything about this simulation is completely based off the real specifications of all your ships."

"Well that is easy you were the one who programmed the specifications so of course you knew how to counter our ships guidance" John said with conviction.

"I beg to differ" Spectre stood up "to be honest he had nothing to do with the programming of this simulation yes he gave me the order, but at no time did I give him access to the specifications."

"Do you want to know how I did it?" all he could think is how he wished they all could see his smile. "Everything I used I obtained through one person."

"What that's impossible" John counters.

"Is it…" walking to the door "Let me introduce you to Kona."

"Yes, yes we know she's a six…" Holding his arms out he smiles gesturing to the rest of the Commanders "…so what's your point?"

"Not only is she a six she had herself tactically placed as an assistant to the waste disposal section, she then obtained the information and sent it to me when I needed it."

Hearing her position Spectre decides to interject "waste disposal? That doesn't make any sense she would have no access to any of the information that you needed?"

"Right again" just standing there. "Let me save you the trouble before somebody gets hurt. I had Kona get me all the information and also plant the module behind you Spectre to guarantee my win." Excusing Kona he turns his attention back to his commanders "with this tactic we will crush the Colonies they will never know what hit them."

Standing there John's mouth hung wide open all he could think was how amazing the plan was, beginning to clap he says under his breath "Excellent" as he begins to expand his own plans.

Turning around Spectre inspected the device that he never saw until his Excellency pointed out returning his gaze back at his leader he gives him a slight bow as if he was showing a sign of respect for his move. Purevenom could only smile as the whole room applauded his strategy, Kona's stunning beauty was better than any weapon in his arsenal he only wish he had thought of this sooner. As the crowd began to die down he took the opportunity to head back to his Sanctuary many more plans he needed to work on, but at least he knew he was finally heading in the right direction.