Dearka & Miriallia
Author's Note: So, I warned you all about Chapter 12, and now I can tone it down a bit for Chapter 13. I have to move my mind back out of the gutter even though it was fun to be there. I just felt Mir and Dearka needed to be together again. They have such deep feelings for each other. And if you review, you get a say in a story line. Odessa mentioned something that I hadn't thought about, the situation with Mir and Dearka after their steamy bedroom scene. So, here's your chance to vote, do you want Annabella to get a sibling or do you want Annabella to remain an only child? (You could just imagine how much that would tick Cadey off) Let me know and once the votes are tallied, I will work whichever way it goes into my outlines. Thanks again for the support everyone!
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Chapter 13
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Earlier at 2:45 AM…
"How far ahead of us are the Earth Forces?" Dearka asked.
Ian stepped up to his Commander with a clipboard full of papers from the information being gathered.
"Not too far. I would say they only have a twenty minute jump on us," Ian replied.
"But, not enough time for them to have cleared out all the weaponry, right?" he asked looking away from Ian.
"No where near enough," another soldier replied.
"Good. I want Addison, Letner and Reynolds Teams to intercept them. I want that facility destroyed. Is that understood?" Dearka ordered.
"Sir!" they saluted before running out the door.
Ian was becoming irritated with Dearka. Dearka completely blew him off when he assigned the other three teams to the mission.
"What the hell is wrong with him? My team should be out there too!" Ian thought.
"Maria, keep an eye on the progress in the research room. I'll be in the control room to oversee the mission from there. Everyone else is to continue their regular duties on the base," Dearka ordered.
"Yes Sir," they saluted.
Dearka turned to leave for the control room when he heard the last person he wanted to hear from.
"Commander, Sir?" Ian addressed.
Dearka kept walking, forcing Ian to follow him.
"Commander!" Ian yelled out again as the door was shutting behind them both.
Dearka stopped without looking at the young man.
"Is there something wrong Lieutenant Randall?" Dearka asked.
Ian ran in front of him in order to force Dearka to acknowledge him.
"I can't help but wonder why my team isn't out there right now," Ian replied.
Dearka looked up at him with a look of warning. Ian was about to cross the line again with Dearka and he was just waiting for another chance to put him back in his place.
"Your team has already had its' chance and the mission failed miserably," Dearka answered.
Ian was shocked to hear what Dearka had to say. He knew he was upset when he first found out what he did, but Ian was sure he had let it go due to the circumstances. He had found Miriallia and much to his chagrin, reunited them. But, here he was treating him as an incompetent soldier and reprimanding him for it all.
"Are you sure this is about the mission, or the conversation we had about Miriallia earlier today?" Ian asked pushing Dearka for an answer.
"It's about the mission that you failed as a team leader," Dearka answered.
He started to walk around Ian to go toward the elevator again on his way to the control room. Ian was red with anger now and began following Dearka again.
"This is ridiculous! You know as well as I do, that if it wasn't for me, you wouldn't even know you had a daughter!" Ian yelled.
Finally, Ian gave Dearka the opportunity again. He kept making it so easy.
"And if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be in the mess I'm in now with Miriallia and Cadey. My daughter would be with her mother and the PLANTs wouldn't be threatened because the mission would have been a success the first time through. Now, my daughter is missing, Cadey is furious, Miriallia is confused, and the Earth Forces are getting away!" Dearka yelled back.
Ian furrowed his brow with resentment.
"You seem to forget that you wouldn't have Miriallia or a daughter to worry about if I hadn't stepped in and made that decision. They would have both been killed," Ian reminded.
Dearka huffed at the truth behind what Ian had just said.
"Well, don't think I'm going to thank you for it," Dearka thought.
"Look, I have a mission to run. Go do your job and stay out of my way. What's done is done and now I have to tie up the loose ends. That includes Cadey and Miriallia. Understand?" Dearka asked with a control in his tone.
"Understood," Ian replied through gritted teeth.
He watched Dearka walk away and enter the elevator.
"That ungrateful bastard! It's not my fault he screwed up his life by agreeing to the arranged marriage or that he hurt the person he says he loves so much. I can't imagine Miriallia would be overly thrilled if she knew Cadey is still missing with Annabella," Ian thought.
Shuttle port, PLANT…
The shuttle touched down on the dock at the PLANTs shuttle port. Cadey stood up with Annabella in her arms. The little girl had become quite comfortable in Cadey's arms and was sound asleep now.
"The shuttle has now arrived at PLANT shuttle port Delta. Please gather all personal belongings and we hope you had an enjoyable flight," came the announcement from the attendant.
"I can only imagine someone is waiting here to try and intercept me. Can't have that though can we?" Cadey thought.
She moved slowly in order to get a better idea of where she could move to stay out of direct sight. She began following behind a few people, trying to get lost in the crowd.
At the gate…
"I guess it's up to you Shiho," Yzak said.
"There's no way I'll let this girl get by me," Shiho replied with a smirk.
"She had better not. I don't know what I would tell Dearka if I couldn't capture a stupid civilian with a baby. I'm going to be over there," Yzak pointed to a small restaurant inside the port.
"Why are you hiding again?" Shiho asked with a slightly mocking tone.
"Because, if Cadey spots me, she will know Dearka sent me to stop her. Who knows what she'll do to the kid," Yzak replied.
"Fine, I've got it covered," Shiho said staring at the picture of Cadey for a moment longer.
"Just don't hurt her. She is still the daughter of a Supreme Council Member," Yzak reminded.
"Right, whatever," Shiho shooed him away.
Cadey made her way in between the crowd peeking around people whenever possible. She was trying to get an idea of how many people Dearka might have sent for her.
"I can't imagine it will be that many people. After all, it's not like his family knows about Annabella yet. He wouldn't want to stir up trouble that will make both families look bad," Cadey thought.
She continued to move around people until she saw a brunette girl looking intently through the crowd.
"If I were Dearka, who would I trust to search for my fiancée and daughter?" Cadey thought.
She looked around again still moving cautiously with the herd. Then she saw it. Silver hair that was unmistakable.
"Of course! You could only call one person to help you out. So that girl must be looking for you since you knew I would recognize you the moment I stepped off the shuttle. What did you think Yzak; I wouldn't be smart enough to stay hidden until the very end. You both must have thought I would just walk off the shuttle thinking I was in the clear. Well, I'm not that stupid you know!" Cadey thought.
Shiho continued to look through people and began to move closer to the doors.
"I know you're here somewhere. Now, I just have to find you so I can get the hell out of here and get back to something that is actually important," Shiho thought.
Right when the thought passed she saw a little girl in a light yellow sundress.
"That's her," Shiho cried over her communicator that she had left on to inform Yzak when she spotted the girl.
Cadey was now within range to hear Shiho's voice and knew it was about her. She held Annabella tight and made a run for it. She had gotten so close, but the person she was behind had made a sudden movement to the left that she hadn't expected.
Yzak ran over to Shiho to catch up. The both chased after Cadey and Annabella.
"No way! I won't let them catch me. I told you we're going to be safe and we'll be happy together. When your daddy comes to his senses, we'll let him know where we are. But, not until then!" Cadey thought.
She broke away in between the crowd again. Little by little, Cadey was able to gain more distance from her two pursuers.
"I just have to get to a taxi before they locate me again," Cadey thought.
"Damn it!" Yzak yelled.
"I'm sorry. I didn't think she could run so fast with a baby," Shiho cried back to him.
They ran through people, pushing them aside without apology. Before too long, they had lost sight of Cadey and Annabella.
"That's just great! Now what do we do?" Yzak screamed throwing his arms up in disgust.
Shiho was bent over with her hands on her knees trying to catch her breath.
"Damn that girl is fast. Where would she go here? Doesn't she still need to get on another shuttle to make it to Sextillis?" Shiho asked.
"I can't imagine that is where she is headed," Yzak said.
"Why?" Shiho asked as they began to walk again still keeping an eye out for her.
"Well, the only people that know Dearka has a kid now are you, me, Cadey and that guy Ian that is still on Earth with Dearka. I doubt Cadey is going to bring that to anyone else's attention, especially not her family's. So, she won't go anywhere that is owned by either her or Dearka's family," Yzak reasoned.
"So, how are we going to find her? She can go anywhere from here. There are over a million places that girl can hide with her resources," Shiho said.
"You are absolutely right. I don't think we can go anywhere from here. I think we have to tell Dearka we lost her. If Cadey doesn't want to be found now, she won't be. We have to wait for her to make contact with someone and until then, she's gone," Yzak finished.
"Great! How are we supposed to tell Dearka this?" Shiho asked.
Yzak looked over to Shiho with annoyance at the situation.
"I guess I'll just have to tell him the truth. Let's do one final sweep of the area. If she is still here, I want to find her," Yzak said.
"I'm on it," Shiho said as she and Yzak split to search for Cadey.
An hour later…
The two met up again by the entrance of the shuttle port.
"Any sign of her?" Yzak asked.
"None," Shiho replied.
The two of them sighed in defeat before Yzak began to get riled up.
"What does Cadey think she's doing anyway? It doesn't make sense. Why take some stupid brat that doesn't even belong to her? Where is that going to lead? She already has Dearka due to the arrangement. If she really wanted the kid, why didn't she just stay by his side?" Yzak yelled in frustration.
The wall was given the full force of his anger as he punched his fist into it. Shiho just leaned up against it feeling the vibration from Yzak's aggravation.
"Maybe, she doesn't have Dearka," Shiho said calmly.
"Huh?" Yzak asked with his eyes widening.
"Well, maybe Dearka said something that made her do this. You did say this child was from some affair he had during the last war with a Natural, didn't you?" Shiho asked.
"So, what does that have to do with anything?" Yzak inquired with interest.
"Maybe Dearka chose her and Cadey is doing this to win Dearka back," Shiho reasoned.
Yzak was hardly convinced Shiho was in her right mind.
"How can she think that made any sense at all?" Yzak thought.
"Even if he did, choose the Natural, as you said, how can you think stealing his child would make him want to be with her? Not to mention, she is just a Natural. It was just some stupid phase he went through. He would be stupid to give Cadey up," Yzak replied.
Shiho rolled her eyes at Yzak. She knew how he felt about all Naturals and she agreed ninety percent of the time with his rants. But, sometimes, even she thought he could be too prejudiced.
"I don't think it was just some stupid phase he went through," Shiho stated.
Yzak looked at her with annoyance. He couldn't stand to hear that his best friend was about to make the same mistake again and follow a Natural.
"Then maybe, it's better that Cadey got by us," Yzak replied.
It was now Shiho's turn to widen her eyes at his remark.
"How can you say that? Just because that little girl's mother is a Natural, does not give Cadey the right to rip her away like that even if she is trying to hold on to Dearka. What if you were in that same situation, but both women were Coordinators! How would you feel then? Can't you put yourself in Dearka's shoes even for a moment? No mother should have to lose her child, ever! It doesn't matter if it's a Natural or a Coordinator. I wouldn't wish that on any woman and neither should you!" Shiho yelled at Yzak.
Yzak hadn't expected Shiho to defend this Natural girl so quickly. He stood back from her when he realized he had raised her ire.
"I…I'm sorry, I didn't think of it that way," Yzak stammered.
"Sometimes I wish you would just think before you speak," Shiho answered.
"Sorry," Yzak said sincerely.
Shiho pushed herself off the wall and started moving toward the door.
"Come on, we should get back now. She's not here and there are other things that are more important to get done than just standing around," Shiho said.
"Yeah," Yzak replied still looking at the ground.
Shiho had a way of making Yzak feel inferior. It was quite rare to see, but had a taming effect on him when it happened. They continued to walk toward the exit before Shiho spoke again.
"Look, I'm sorry too. I'm not usually one to take the side of a Natural, but sometimes they aren't all as evil as we would like to believe. If Dearka has feelings for this girl, we should be on his side no matter what our beliefs are. We shouldn't treat his decision as if it is unwise, but respect the one he has made. I guess, what I'm really trying to say is that if Dearka likes this girl enough to have a child with her, then she can't be as bad as we are thinking, just because she is a Natural," Shiho stated.
Yzak still couldn't look up. He was having a hard time understanding why his best friend that did nothing but fight with him so many years ago over a gorgeous Coordinator that was at his beck and call would choose a Natural. He hadn't even had the chance to meet the Natural Dearka spoke so often about, but he did remember the stories of how all they did was bicker with each other when they first met.
"Yzak?" Shiho questioned.
"What?" he asked.
"Please, promise me that when you tell Dearka what happened that you won't make any rash comments to him or mock him in any way," Shiho asked of him.
Yzak looked away from her.
"Yzak?" she asked again.
"You're right, no child should be taken from their mother. Whether it is a Natural or a Coordinator, they shouldn't have to feel that pain. I promise, I won't do anything but tell him what happened. I'll give the facts only," Yzak said as he looked back at Shiho again.
"Thank you Yzak," Shiho said with a small smile on her face.
Back on the Voltaire…
It had been a couple of hours since Shiho and Yzak left the shuttle station with their search for Cadey. Shiho was now lying in bed reading a book while Yzak was practicing how to tell his best friend he lost his daughter.
"Why don't you just call him and tell him you failed? I think he will be more upset with you if you don't get a hold of him soon. You're just wasting time now," Shiho told him.
Yzak turned to look at her with his brow furrowed.
"Hey, you only get to yell at me once in a day," he replied.
She just smiled and shook her head. He could be so stubborn sometimes that it drove her nuts. He walked towards the door to exit.
"Where are you going?" she asked.
"To tell Dearka what happened. I wouldn't want to waste time that he may need to track his daughter down," Yzak said with a grin acting as if he had made the decision on his own.
"Right, good idea," she mocked him.
The door slid shut behind him and he walked down to his office.
"Okay, I promised not to berate his decision to be with this Natural, if that is what he really decided. But I also have to tell him that I lost his daughter after I promised Cadey wouldn't get by me. Oh man, this won't be easy," Yzak thought.
He entered his office and sat down by the phone monitor.
"Someone give me the strength to tell him this," Yzak thought.
He dialed into the line in the control room, hoping Dearka was there waiting for his call.
In the control room…
Dearka was monitoring the mission as he thought of Miriallia.
"She's probably sound asleep," he thought with a smile.
Definitely something Dearka wished he was. His exhaustion was growing ever deeper and he could barely keep his eyes open. He couldn't think of any more obstacles being tossed in his way.
"Sir, there's a call for you from Commander Joule," a soldier replied.
"This better be good news," Dearka thought.
Dearka stood up and excused the soldier from the vicinity.
"Yzak, did you find them?" Dearka got straight to the point.
There was a pause before Yzak had the nerve to speak.
"Well, we saw her," Yzak started.
"So, you didn't get them back?" Dearka said at the moment Ian entered the control room with his reports.
"No. I'm sorry man. She is one quick young woman. She spotted us somehow and took off. She was definitely smart about exiting the shuttle. Cadey stayed in a crowd of people as long as possible," Yzak replied.
"Well, thanks anyway. I guess I will have to think of something else," Dearka said dismally.
Ian's eyes dropped when he overheard the news.
"Now how are we going to find Cadey and Annabella? Are you going to tell Miriallia now?" Ian thought.
For a moment, Ian felt bad for his Commander. He could see how much Dearka truly cared about the whereabouts of his daughter.
"I'm really sorry Dearka," Yzak said.
"I know, but I have to go right now. I have to finish this mission so I can find Cadey myself," Dearka replied.
"Right, I guess you won't be returning to the Voltaire then when you finish this mission?" Yzak asked.
"Yeah, that's okay right?" Dearka inquired.
Yzak paused for another moment. He wanted to tell him that he didn't agree and that he needed to return to the ship. He didn't want him spending another minute on the Earth with those Naturals that continually corrupt him, but he had made a promise to Shiho.
"Of course it is. I'll put the request in the system and have it taken care of for you. After this mission, you are officially on a temporary leave," Yzak said with a small smile.
Dearka looked back up at the screen.
"Look, I know you think I'm crazy and that you probably don't agree with my reasons for doing all this, but…" Dearka started.
"Forget it. It's not my business anyway," Yzak said.
"I know, but you're my best friend so I just want you to know that I know what I'm doing, because I really do love her. I love Miriallia as much as I did two years ago. My feelings never changed. They were just buried," Dearka told his friend.
"Then, if you really love her that much, I'll do whatever I can to help you," Yzak said sincerely.
"Thanks," Dearka replied before signing off.
Ian was still as Dearka stood from the console.
"What?" Dearka asked Ian shortly.
"The reports," Ian said as he handed the papers over to Dearka.
Dearka took them from Ian and walked away. Ian stared after. He was debating whether or not to bring up Miriallia again.
"No words of advice for me?" Dearka asked mockingly without ever taking his eyes off the papers.
Ian looked over and realized Dearka was talking about the situation with Miriallia.
"You wouldn't take it, even if I offered it. I guess you're that threatened by me," Ian said snidely before walking toward the exit.
The other soldiers in the room looked between the two men feeling the tension in the room. Dearka finally looked up as the door shut behind Ian.
"And what are you up to? You are Cadey's friend, so I wouldn't put anything past you," Dearka thought before continuing with his work.
End
Author's Preview: Miriallia wants to learn a little more about her new rival, but what she learns may not please her. As mentioned in the Author's Note, If you review, you get a say in a story line. Odessa mentioned something that I hadn't thought about, the situation with Mir and Dearka after their steamy bedroom scene. So, here's your chance to vote, do you want Annabella to get a sibling or do you want Annabella to remain an only child? Let me know and once the votes are tallied, I will work whichever way it goes into my outlines. Please read and review for me so I can continue on my happy way.
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