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Title: Redemption's Tears

Author: RedRaven

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Lili banked the shuttle sharply as she came out of ID space, and headed for the field below to land. As she landed she heard the other shuttles come out of ID behind her. She was glad she was back on the planet again. The bridge of the Mothership had not been a happy place. Zo'or had been throwing a fit. Not only had no one had any clue what was going on, but when they found out it had been from the news. The media was having a field day.

Anything involving the Taelons was always a news making event. People wanted to hear everything about the Companions they could. A newscast with a story that showed the Taelons weren't perfect after all was always an attention getter. As well as embarrassing. The funeral party was attacked after a protector's funeral. There had even been another Companion Protector there when it happened. That they had had no clue as to what was going on worried Lili. Liam hadn't contacted her or any other Resistance members. He hadn't contacted any Companion personal either as far as she knew. She hoped he was alright.

Lili shook her head to clear it. Distractions were not what she needed right now. Worrying about Liam qualified as a distraction. She needed to focus. They were going to retake the Inn. The 'they' in question were the 10 humans, including herself, as well as two Taelons. Not that Ri'el and Da'an would really be doing much. Da'an had insisted on coming as Liam was his Protector and Ri'el had come since Siobhan Beckett had been his Protector and since the crisis was in his area of the world.. Lili was glad that neither of the Taelons was going to talk during the landing. They wouldn't want to interrupt her concentration while she landed the shuttle, she was tired of trying to explain human behavior to them. Both Taelons, especially Da'an, had been asking endless questions about why humans would behave like these terrorists were. She had tried to explain as well as she could but both Taelons had given her those looks. The ones that clearly said that all humans had to be insane and Taelons would never understand them.

Lili landed the shuttle. Then headed for the rendezvous point in a nearby building as soon as she could get her restraints unlatched and the shuttle open. Everyone was supposed to go over the plans one last time before they headed in. Lili had to admit that Zo'or and Sandoval had put a good team together. The team was a mix of Companion personnel, such as herself, Sandoval, and the new UK Companion Protector. The rest of the team was made up of anti-terrorist team members borrowed from local areas. They knew how terrorists worked and had faced off with them before. They also might even be able to identify the terrorists in question.

Lili focused all her attention forward as Sandoval started to speak. The plan they had come up with was simple. Or it was supposed to be anyway. A team of three was supposed to sneak up as close as they could get to the Inn. The team would be carrying a portable portal. Once they got inside they would set it up and send a signal. The rest of the team would portal right into the middle of the Inn and take it back from the inside out.

Lili hadn't been able to get herself onto the first team. She watched them head off and hoped they'd hurry.

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