Disclaimer: See chapter one (again)  I also don't own Star Trek Voyager's transporter device.  (Though I wish I did:  Beaming everywhere, even out of school, the ever-late bus drivers… (muttering) damn them…)

Authors Note:  Sorry about the delay, I had a ton of schoolwork these past few days, and, well, here it is!  OH, and for the last time:  This story if based on Emperor: Battle Fore Dune, the Pc game, not, may I repeat, NOT, on the book DUNE by Frank Herbert (turns around, kneels and bows to a shrine dedicated only to Frank Herbert), no insult intended.

Oh, two more things:  This story has Bit, Leena, Baron Harkonnen and Ordos Superior at the age of 21.  Doc is 49, Brad 24 and Naomi 23, along with Jamie at 19 and Vega 17.  Pierce, since I don't know her exact age, is 22 in this.

The second is, should I put some Harry-bashing in?  So far it's just been a Sci-fi/Action-Adventure, but I'm debating whether to continue with the barely distinguishable Br/N and J/P.  Feedback appreciated, since it's my first fic incorporating some sort of pairing.  Also, should I start some B/L?  Any feedback greatly appreciated, since I'm debating whether to change Sci-Fi to Romance.  Thanks.

Oh, well, now on to…

Red Dawn: Insurrection

In Mount Iselina Base, Planet Zi  0900 Hours

            "WHAT!!?"  "Calm down, Leena, it's just some stupid meeting."  Jaime tried to calm Leena down, but it wasn't exactly working.  The Doc, Bit and Brad had gone to talk with the man, Staff Officer Groshi, as he called himself, about the meeting; they had seen the power that these newcomers had and wanted to make a good impression on their leader.

            "I am NOT going to wear some dinky dress to try to make a good impression on those idiots on that ship!"  "You do realize that, those idiots have enough firepower on their ship to reduce this planet to an uninhabitable, scarred chunk of rock."  Leena whirled around, about to launch another insult in Jamie's face, when she came face to face with Bit.  She froze at the sight of him. 

            "Ahh, haven't lost my touch.  I can still make a girl go speechless at the sight of my good looks."  Bit smiled.  "How DARE you imply, that I like you!"  Leena raged, launching herself towards Bit, although, something in the back of her mind seemed to agree with the last part of her statement.  Bit's smile froze on his face, then a look of terror dawned on his face. 

            "AAHH!  I DIDN'T MEAN IT, LEENA!  REALLY!!"  was heard a few seconds later, two holes in the shapes of Leena and Bit in the door. 

            "When will they learn…"  Jamie said looking towards the entrance at Brad, who had also entered with Bit, as a faint crash followed by an "OWWWWWWWWW!!!" echoed through the corridors.  "And especially since we need to make a good impression on those guys in the hangar,"  Jamie finished.  The strange ship had landed in the hangar, but no one had come out yet.

"You do know that they really like each other, right?"  Naomi called out, walking in with Pierce and Vega Obscura.  The former members of the Backdraft had joined with the rest of them, united in a certain cause- to rid the world of Harkonnens.  And, as Dr. Layon so smartly put it when Bit had asked them on their reason to join forces in front of the rest of the Rebellion, "Hey Cloud, think about it.  If I'm the bad guy, do you think I'm gonna settle for someone else take my glory away?  No!  First we help you destroy them, then its back to the old ways!!!  Mwahahahahahahahahaha- Hey!  Where are you going?  Aren't you going to stay and listen to what I have to say?"  For Bit had walked away, shaking his head slightly while all the time muttering under his breath about the inane and people with the thinking power of a peanut.

"No, really?"  Jamie asked, sarcasm dripping from his voice.  Pierce giggled slightly at him, causing the others to look at her while making Jamie turn a bright shade of magenta.

A silence ensued, leaving the others a little uncomfortable the situation.  It was Naomi who broke the silence.

"Umm, Brad?"  "What?"  The former mercenary had never been known to say more than he had to.  "Do you know who'll be going to go with Doc to the 'meeting'?"  "No."  Naomi narrowed her eyes a little; she liked Brad, but she was way too proud to admit that.  She just couldn't understand him, one day, he'd be as smart as the legendary Dr. D who'd died a little after the Helic-Guylos War, three hundred years ago, and the next day, he'd be as dense as a brick.

"I think the Doc said for you, Brad, Jamie, Pierce, Leena, Vega and me to go with him, probably because we are Planet Zi's best warriors."  Bit had recovered from his "incident" and was leaning against the wall near the doorway. 

            "Oh."  Was the best response she could come up with.

Bit's quarters, Red Wing, 1300 Hours.

            Bit tossed and turned in his bed.  He had just tried to get some shut-eye to rest up before the night's meeting, but he had something on his mind.  Leena.  He smiled to himself. 

            At first, he just thought of her as an annoying girl who tried to kill him at every opportunity, but as time went on, he had come to think of Leena as a girl he couldn't imagine not seeing everyday.  He even found himself growing jealous every time Harry "I'm a man destined to be king" Champ tried to hit on her, which was not the way he wanted to be feeling about the fellow teammate.

            'Look.  Here I am dreaming about the girl who tried to crush me with a bathtub just because of a schedule mix-up.  This is really funny, in a sad sort of way.'  Just then, he heard something.

            'You are growing weak, Bit Cloud.'  Bit sat up.  Whatever that was, it wasn't his thoughts.  "Who are you!?  What are you doing to my mind!?"  He shouted to the darkness surrounding him.  Nothing replied.  "Damn it, now I'm imagining voices.  How wrong is that!??"  Bit spoke to himself. 

In the Blue Wing (Women's Wing), 1830 Hours.

            "Do I *have* to wear this?"  Leena whined for the millionth time to Naomi.  Naomi looked over at Leena and smiled a little. 

            "That's what Doc said."  Naomi's smile grew even wider.  "And anyway, you have an opportunity to make Bit stare at you for a couple of hours."  "WHAT!!?"  Leena shouted, blushing crimson.  She had been thinking along the same lines as Naomi.  "What about Brad?"  Leena hurriedly changed the subject.  "You sure you're not just going for his benefit?"  Now it was Naomi's turn to blush, as she admired herself in the mirror, straightening out a few wrinkles in the blue low-cut dress she was wearing.

            "Come on, ladies, we need to be there in twenty minutes."  Pierce entered the room, already in a black dress.  Leena looked at her, and replied, "Looks like you're going for Jamie's benefit as well?"  Pierce looked away, causing both Naomi and Leena to giggle. 

            "I'm done now," Leena spoke to her two companions.  "Let's go," she said, her red dress swirling about her feet.

Red Wing, Same time.

            Bit sat in a chair, as he struggled to get his pants free of wrinkles, as Brad watched him from the doorway (A/N: Is it just me or does he do that a lot?).  "You know, if you continue like this, we're all going to be late."  "Yeah," both Jamie and Vega nodded their opinions from the chair across from Bit's. 

            "Fine, who'll really care if it's like that?"  Bit's mind was still on that dream.  'It had seemed so real, that voice, but it couldn't have been.  Could it?'  Bit thought, his mind lost once again.

            "Bit!"  Brad's voice snapped Bit back from his thoughts.  "Let's go already."  "Fine.  I'm coming."  Bit responded to Brad's idea. 

In front of the ship, 1850 Hours

            "Well, we're all here…"  Bit's voice trailed off as he stared at Leena, causing her to turn red.  Brad violently nudged Bit in the stomach, bringing the young man back to reality. 

            "Well, all we can do is wait."  The Doc had arrived, wearing a suit similar to the rest of the males in the group. 

            A tinkling sound was heard from behind them, and all of the members turned to see Staff Officer Groshi materialize in front of them.  "Well, I see you are all ready.  Shall we go then?"  Everyone nodded.  "Well then, please get into pairs of two for us to transport you." 

            Each in the group blushed with the exception of Doc and Vega, who immediately stood together and nodded once to Groshi, who spoke quickly into something in his shoulder, and then, the Doc and Vega dematerialized.  "Hurry up, we haven't got all night," Groshi looked around at the rest of the group.

Inside the ship, Outside the Officers' dining area.

            The Doc and Vega rematerialized, looking around.  Their first impression: It was huge.  The Doc gaped openly at the streamlined layout of the ship, causing it to appear more spacious than he had originally thought.  Then, more pillars of light appeared, as Brad and Naomi appeared, then Jamie and Pierce, and lastly, Bit and Leena, all with bright red hues on their faces. 

            Another pillar of light appeared before them, and Groshi appeared.  "This way, if you would be so kind."  Groshi led the group to a bronze door with several intricate markings on it, seeming to depict a series of battles.  "Oh, and one word of advice- try not to upset the Commander in any way.  You might regret it."  With that, he disappeared down another hallway.

            "Wait!  You're not coming with us?"  Doc's voice echoed down the empty walkway.  "Guess not."  Vega piped up.  "We might as well go in."  And with that, Bit approached the doorway, but before he could lay even a finger on what seemed to be a doorknob, the set of doors opened, and revealed that they were standing on a balcony with a flight of elegant steps leading down to a brightly lit room with a very *very* long table, enough to seat about eighteen people. 

            When their eyes adjusted to the bright light, the saw that, no one was at the table.  They looked around, but only saw two men, standing at the base of the stairway and two more at the stairs leading to a balcony opposite them.  Then, the two at the bottom began to speak. 

            "Welcome to the Imperial Ordos Ship, the Darkness.  We hope you enjoy your meal and we hope your meeting is fruitful.  You may wait for the Commander and the others."  With that, they disappeared.

            A minute after they sat down, the other balcony's doors opened.  Immediately, all conversation ceased as all eyes turned to the stairway.

            The two men at the bottom of it were now speaking.  "Now, we introduce the Commander Superior Korban Ashuran Ordos and his companions."

Eight people began to walk down the flight of stairs, in a two-by-two fashion.  When they arrived to the table, the men held out the chairs for the women ("Why can't you do that for us," Leena, Naomi and Pierce whispered to their companions.). 

A man, looking resplendent in his dark green uniform, who seemed to be in charge stood up at the head of the table.  "Welcome to our ship.  Our wish is that you enjoy your time on board our ship.  I am Commander Korban Ashuran Ordos."  He nodded slightly to the group.  Although Bit knew it couldn't be, but it seemed that the man was talking to him, and that he'd seen him before. 

The man gestured towards his companions, introducing them one by one.  "This is General Shir of the Seventh Armored Division, and his girlfriend, the Lady Escana."  The tall, brown haired man sitting next to Bit and Leena stood and looked around with his golden eyes before bowing, the woman curtsying in her pale yellow dress, her blond locks framing her face falling a little.  "Admiral Carta of the Second Defense Fleet, and the Lady Charmilo."  The admiral stood up, his blond hair (A/N: No he's not Harkonnen either) swaying a little, while the woman adjacent to him merely nodded her head, eyes sweeping over the group and coming to a stop on the Commander.  "Next, General Miren of the Twenty-Seventh Armored Infantry Legion and the Lady Llaundor (A/N: pronounced LAWN-dōr)."  The man and woman seated close to Brad and Naomi stood, the man bowing halfway, his red hair not swaying at all (A/N: Think Spock from Star Trek) and the woman bowed, albeit not as much as the man, her black dress matching perfectly with her hair.

"And, lastly, my equal –"and girlfriend" the Admiral muttered not quite so softly to his partner, a small smile on both of their lips, to which the Korba shot a glance to- in this group, the Lady Mika." With that, the last female stood, her pristine gown and cerulean hair slightly rippling, and curtsied politely, then sat down; since Leena was giving an evil stare to her (Bit was eyeing her up and down with interest).  (A/N:  For those of you who know what I'm talking about, think Lufia)

(A/N:  Here is a seating chart for all of you to make a few things clear:

    Head of the Table                            

            _____                                                 KAO

            I        I                                      L.M                 A.C

            I        I                                      L.E                   L.C

I        I                                      G.S                  G.M

I        I                                      Bit                    L.L

I        I                                      Leena               Brad

I        I                                      Pierce               Naomi

I___  I                                      Jamie                Vega

                                                            .           Doc                .

      End of the Table                             Key: 

KAO-  Korban Ashuran Ordos            L.M-    Lady Mika

                                                            A.C-    Admiral Carta                           L.C-     Lady Charmilo

                                                            G.M-   General Miren                          L.L-     Lady Llaundor

                                                            G.S-     General Shir                             L.E-     Lady Escana

Hoped that helped (and turned out right)…Now, back to the story)

"Now, we would like to know your names since we'd been so kind to announce ours' first."  The attention of the table turned to Doc as he stood up. 

"I am known as Doc, or Steve Toros.  I conduct all the operations in the Rebellion."  He sat down, as the rest stood.  Jamie began to speak, "I'm Jamie," he began nervously.  "one of the strategists of the Rebellion."  He looked around to see if there was any acknowledgement that he wasn't making any sort of mistake, and continued when he saw Korba smile slightly at his uneasiness and nodded, his eyes delivering all the message that was needed.  "This is Pierce, an aerial unit specialist, that's Vega and that's Leena, our artillery experts, Brad and Naomi are experts at stealth combat, and Bit-" He was cut off suddenly.  "I think that I can introduce myself by myself."  Bit cut in, to which the other non-rebellion members raised an eyebrow.  "I'm Bit Could, close combat expert."  "I'm pleased to meet you."  Other than Bit and himself, only Doc, Leena, Jamie noticed the spark in Korba's eyes as he spoke towards Bit.

"I wonder why he just did that…" Was the uniform thought in all of their minds as they watched both Bit and Korba stare for a while, tiny flicks in their eyes suggesting that they were both staring into another world, but wasn't. 

"Oh, and before we get on to business, let's eat together in anticipation of this new alliance between you and us."  Korba had stood up and was talking to the occupants of the table.  "Yeah!"  Bit's face broke into a smile that caused the rest of the Rebellion to sweatdrop.

Fourteen sets of eyebrows shot up as Bit began 'sampling' everything within range of his fork, with the exception of Korba who was smiling to himself, seeming to know some great secret. 

"Umm, Bit?"  Pierce voiced the question that had been on all of their minds.  "Do you even know what you're eating?  For all you know, it might taste horrible- begging your pardon, Lady…"  "Mika.  It's Mika.  Don't worry, apology accepted."  Her lips pulled up slightly in a small smile which accented her cream-colored face.  "Bit?"  "Whot?"  Bit chewed for a few more seconds, then swallowed.  "I'm sorry, my mouth was full."  "We can see that."  Leena muttered next to him.  "You remind me of someone I used to know; no one but him ever liked the taste of stewed Ecazi Turnips soaked in spice sauce as much as he did."  Bit shrugged, and went back to his 'sampling'.

"Umm, oh well.  We might as well begin before Bit eats all of the food."  Korba spoke, and with that, they began to dine.

After they finished, they all went to the Officers' Lounge, and began discussing how the alliance would be formed.  Basically, Doc and Korba hammered out the outlines of the agreement; the Rebellion would continue as they were, but with some backup in the form of Ordos Battlecruisers as aerial support.  However, no one missed the strange looks Korba was giving to Bit all throughout the meeting. 

            "OK, now all we have to do is to formally sign and shake on it."  Doc stood up and stretched after over an hour of going over operational details and the like.  "Good, we're done with that."  Korba stood up as well, then smiled at the rest of the Rebellion who were now all seated in various positions on the couches; Brad was staring out into the hangar through some reinforced windows, Jamie was yawning with an arm around Pierce who was now bright red, and Leena asleep on Bit's shoulder- he was now a violent shade of burgundy. 

            Korba spoke to the rest of the group who had immediately awakened to the sound of his deep voice, though he was mainly speaking to Bit.  "As a thank you for waiting throughout all this, how about we take this ship out and let you see your planet from the atmosphere?"  "That would be great!"  The Doc smiled, replying for all of them, looking over at Leena who was now also blushing a shade of scarlet that even rivaled Bit's. 

            The ship began to rise, and flew out of the hangar into the night sky.  However, on a plateau about 20 kilometers away from Mont Iselina, a man dressed in a red and black uniform smiled cruelly, with one thought running in his mind:  'Tonight, Planet Zi,  Tomorrow, the Imperium!!!"

Back in the ship

            "Isn't it beautiful?"  Naomi stood staring into the window as did the rest of her comrades.  "Yeah," Bit replied, "But I gotta go somewhere.  Where's a bathroom when you need it?!!"  Korba looked straight into Bit's eyes, and pointed to the door to the right.  "That's a bathroom that you can use."  "Thanks."  Bit and Korba nodded almost invisibly, and broke eye contact.  'Man, what is up with Bit and him?' Leena had been watching the whole exchange out of the corner of her eye, and had caught the small nod, along with the eye contact.  'There is definitely something going on, and I won't stop till I find out what it is!'

            Just then, an alarm began to blare.  WARNING.  WARNING.  ENEMY SHIPS DETECTED AT A RANGE OF 50 THOUSAND KILOS AND CLOSING.  SENSORS DETECT MULTIPLE EXHAUST SIGNATURES.  "Damn!!"  Korba yelled, as the ship shook under the intense barrage, though the shields were holding at the moment. "The Harkonnens just had to pick this time to attack.  Lucky us."  "Oh, but you're not just 'lucky'…"  Several new Ordos recruits had just walked into the officers' lounge and tore apart their uniforms to reveal a tunic of red and black coloring, each holding shining silver swords.  "We're going to help you pass the barrier between the living and the dead…"  "Not if I can help it…"  The seven enemy soldiers turned to face the speaker, but only saw a man standing there, clad in glowing white armor with golden highlights, a pulsing blue blade extending from his left gauntlet.  "Now, Harkonnen.  You shall all pay for the Baron's misdeeds…"  "Hah!"  One man laughed.  "Seven on one seems unfair to me, but, oh well.  What's one more death?"  With that, the Harkonnens rushed the man, the rest of the Alliance rooted to their spots in horror…

Author's Note:  So, what do you think?  I love cliffhangers, don't you?  (gets mobbed by readers)  I guess not… *falls over, eyes are in shape of those anime 'X's'*

Anyway:  Next Time on Red Dawn: Insurrection:  What will happen during the attack on the battlecruiser Darkness?  Who, _What_, is the man in the glowing white armor?  Where in the world did Bit go?  Is he even alive?  Will the Harkonnens succeed with their plan to take out the Ordos?  Is Seven on One *really* that unfair to that man?

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