Trials of a c'tarl c'tarl: Chapter3- Secrets

Aisha awoke to find Gene had already gotten up she showered got dressed and went out to the bridge of the ship and found him sitting there with Suzuka.

"Good morning" Aisha said walking in stretching.

"Morning" Gene said standing to kiss her.

Suzuka was slightly surpised by the open signs of affection Him had told her they were together and she had figured it after seeing them on the planet but it still seemed so unreal to see them kissing like that.

Gene sat back down and Aisha sat on his lap laying her head on his chest with her arms around him.

"So what's up suzu?" She asked

"I was just telling Gene that the city we supposedly saved just went up in a cloud of poison gas." Suzuka answered

"What?! No way! We've got the two guys in the hold!" Aisha said her voice full of surprise

"Apparently there's a lot more to it than we know Aisha." Gene said

"Yes we questioned the two you captured and well apparently there's a much larger organization at work than anticipated there is a conspiracy involving the c'tarl c'tarl empire and somehow we're all tangled up in it now." Suzuka explained

"What? The empire?" Aisha was confused she needed to talk to them herself she got up from Genes lap and headed to the hold followed by Gene and Suzuka

"Hey we got company!" Boomer said

"Oh it's the resident cat question about the empire I assume?" Trigger asked

"Yea tell me right now is this some kind of test?" Aisha asked

"My she's a smart one isn't she? Yes this is a test but of who and for what reason you have to figure out." Boomer said

"Of who?...." Aisha thought for a moment.

"Oh look you slipped and told her it was a person!" Trigger yelled

"oops..oh well she'll never figure out who it isn't me that's for sure" Boomer said.

"TELL ME!" Aisha demanded

"Sorry we can't we don't even know ourselves we're just following orders." Boomer informed her.

"YOU IDIOT!" Trigger said.

"Orders? So your members of the military...then they're either Testing me wich I doubt or they're testing whoever is making these bombs and it isn't you despite what you say though at first you reeked with his scent you smell different now." Aisha said.

"See? She IS smart" Boomer said toward trigger "however still doesn't know enough to solve the puzzle believe me you don't want to go any deeper into this rabbit hole you won't like where it goes." He told her

"hm...That's enough from you two I know all I need to." She said and walked out again followed by Gene and Suzuka.

"what'd they mean by a Test?" Gene asked

"The empire is secretly testing an operative probably seeing if they are worthy for a mission or a position if he hadn't said 'who' I would've assumed they were testing a weapon which would have been the poison gas. But my guess now is they're testing the man who shot me." The thought of him made Aishas blood boil she wanted to strangle him rip him in two slowly rip his skin off Anything painful!

"So what now?" Suzuka asked

"We go back" Aisha answered.

Suzuka looked at Gene

"Hey she's running this one she knows more about the empire than I do and besides she's got a deep personal stake in this. So I'm letting her call the shots." Gene said

"Thank you gene." Aisha said turning around and kissing him deeply She needed her revenge.

Shortly thereafter they were back on the planet in the next city that had yet to be bombed it was one of only two that they knew of as before the city was put on high alert.

It didn't take long for Aisha to get a scent she took off after it Suzuka followed her and gene tried but he was way to slow so he resorted to hunting for any others that might be in the area.

Aisha found the man she was looking for it really was him this time she recognized his face now seeing him triggered the memory of being shot he was talking to another c'tarl c'tarl and he handed him a briefcase and then started off Aisha took off after him and suzuka headed for the man with the briefcase.

"HEY!" Aisha yelled at him as she Rushed him.

The man turned around just in time to get kicked in the face

"Ugh! What?! You again?! But how?! I killed you!" he yelled

"Not quite lets just say I have a guardian angel." She said smirking and hitting him again but he took off through the jungle and she followed him leaving a very distinct trail for Gene and Suzuka to follow later.

Suzuka snuck up on the man with the brief case and took him out quietly and quickly she dragged his body aside and looked inside the briefcase another time bomb. Gene happened to wander and find her he saw the time bomb and remembered how to disarm it since it was exactly like the last one.

Then they went looking for Aisha they followed her trial and it led to the only other remaining city.

Aisha had caught the man and had him pinned against a wall and was trying to get information out of him when gene and suzuka showed up.

"Who is the empire testing? You?! Why are they doing it here? Why the poision?!" she yelled at him but he kept quiet.

"Fine we'll just let the galaxy know the c'tarl c'tarl empire has been testing here and almost wiped out a entire civilization for its stupid test!" Gene cut in.

Now the man found his voice "Okay okay....the empire is actually Testing two candidates one is me the other is you Aisha they chose this place because it was jungle good terrain for a c'tarl c'tarl and it made it harder to solve the puzzle or even find the other cities however what you don't know is none of the people you've met are real except the c'tarl c'tarls all the rest of them have been Ai programs everything has been one big Hologram no actual people died here Sure the buildings and things inside them are real enough but the people are all fake every last one of them there never was a race known as the Fusians we made them up the test was to see who was better equipped to handle a mission the empire wants done if you failed to stop me before all the cities went up then I passed if you managed to catch me and stop me you passed and since I'm being held and they probably already know it you've just passed the Test Aisha." He explained

"Wow....that is a big conspiracy.." Suzuka said.

"but what about the bombs?" Gene asked

"Only superficial they were just there to be physical evidence there actually were bombs they are actually as fake as the people though they are physical there's no poison in them the poison itself is just a hologram like the cities the bomb will always seem to go off no matter what you do defusing the physical bombs just delays it 30 minutes so that way it seems like there was another bomb and thus another person."He answered.

"What about the survivor they found?" Suzuka asked.

"Survivor? OH that must have been them giving you a little push since you were stuck they figured you'd need something to go on in order to continue so there you go. Well look here comes the Admiral he can tell the rest if you've still got questions." He answered."

"By the way my name is Darien." He said

"Wait there's one more question what about the poison shot you shot me with earlier?"Aisha asked

"Oh that was real it was a part of the test- survival" Darien answered

Aisha was blown she released her grip on him and he stood there and saluted the admiral when he came.

"Aisha Clan Clan you have passed the test I trust Darien has filled you in?" The admiral asked

"Yes he told me all about the test and its purpose." Aisha answered

"good so do you want to know what the mission is we have for you and your friends?" he asked

"No" She answered

"What?" the admiral asked surprised

"I said no I'm not a part of the empire anymore I was kicked out remember? And besides if this is how you're gonna do a test I don't want any part of your mission" She said

"Hey what about our money for this job?" Gene asked

"Oh right you did complete it now didn't you?" The admiral said handing Gene a briefcase of money.

"We're willing to pay outrageous amounts of money for the mission if you'll take it" the admiral added in elbowing Gene figuring if he couldn't get Aisha to agree he could get Gene to and have her work for them anyway.

"Whats the mission?" Gene asked slightly interested.

The mission is to infiltrate a Terrorist hideout rescue their prisoner and Then utterly Destroy them. But you can't alarm them before you rescue the hostage or he will be killed.

The fact that it was only one hostage peaked Aishas curiosity "Who's the hostage?" She asked

"Your father" the admiral replied.

"WHAT?!" She screeched

"How'd he get captured?!" She asked now worried

"He was en route to a meeting with the head of the space forces but on the way there his ship was attacked by the terrorists and some undercover operatives on his ship revealed themselves and he was quickly taken before word got out and any reinforcements could get there he was already gone the terrorists are demanding 20 billion wong and a weapons cache for his release. And obviously we can't give them that."

"We'll take the Job but you better make good on the ridiculous amounts of money you promised" Gene said trying not to let on that he was really doing it for Aisha.

The admiral nodded "Okay you get this job done you'll get all the money you'll ever need in this lifetime." He said motioning for Darien to follow and the two left leaving only a note that said the empire would contact them on where to go when to get there.

End Chapter3

Okay not so much of a cliff hanger this time and a really short chapter. But still I know your all waiting to see where this'll go next by now. Next chapter – Chapter 4- Betrayal and subterfuge – Need I say more? Someone or someone(s) will be betraying our beloved heroes only time will tell what will happen next.