Chapter 14- Defence Plans
The alarm rang though out the base as Steven's older brother Donald burst though the doors of the torture room
"We have a problem," He said coming right to Steven. Steven, still lightning Asu's body said.
"Another reactor leak? I'm going to have to kill that idiot of a chief engineer."
"No, Nate's here." Steven stopped and turned to his brother.
"So soon...how many?"
"Just three, Nate, James, and Barbara."
"Really? Then call our apprentices, let the senior one lead them in a charge against them. Even if they fall it will be so amusing to see how completely we have broken them."
"Steven, I'm going to say that we shouldn't lose this base, it is too valuable. It is a mere one hundred miles away from their Base One."
"A diamond that has turned into coal can not be made a diamond again. This base has outlived its usefulness; we shall move everything we can to the Io base and regroup there. And, if our new benefactor keeps their end of the bargain we will no longer need to hide our bases from the puny fleet of the UDD."
"Two points, first, two permanent capital class ships is hardly a fleet. Second, you have not told me of any new benefactor."
"I just hammered out the deal. I throw this fight, and in a week all five of our dimentions shall be ours."
"A very good deal. I trust that the Masters know nothing about this plan?"
"Not a thing. But just in case…" He reached towards the table next to Asu's body and took a hypospray. He injected it into her neck and within moments she was awake again, her eyes blank. The mind control serum had a less permanent affect then a will suppresser, but it could only ware off, not be destroyed. Steven gave her a metal bar that instantly turned into a scythe much like Barb's.
"You will defend this room and all current occupants in it," Donald told her. She assumed a defensive stance as the only command the serum allowed activated.
"We shall see Nate's resolve to keep order and piece as he is forced to fight against one of his own, in a way."