Intruder Alert

Chapter 19th

Nelson had gone into the dining area of the house after Syrian was able to call for the Chinese food that had arrived within the next 30 minutes. She had placed all of the items onto the table with his Shrimp with lobster sauce combination platter, while she went with the jumbo shrimps, chicken wings, and pork fried rice and the drinks as well.

"Harriman are you alright?" she can tell that he's been thinking a little too much with his brain ever since Darien had beamed down from his spacecraft.

"Not really Syrian! I am just concerned about what Darien and the Alliance will do with the Cajun group if they don't follow the rules and regulations of the Alliance?" he noted with a deep breath before sitting down at his usual seat across from his wife.

"Look I have a feeling that Alliance will no doubt explain the situation to them Harriman?" she will take a bite out of one of the jumbo shrimps into her mouth. "How I miss this over in Russia and my associates?" she had to get her husband's attention with the comment.

He looks up with a twinkle in his eyes. "Oh, really! what did you miss as well?" he comes out with the comment to have her get up from her seat to kiss him on his lips to catch him off guard.

"This is what I miss the most Harriman when you're not always working all of the time or thinking." she alludes with another kiss before going back to her seat. "Have you heard from the Bellius or the Seaview?" she asked with the sensitive nature of the question.

"I have on both accounts. They are on their way back to the Nelson Institute to take some time since the Seaview is short of personnel, the same for the Bellius. Even though the engineering staff on the Bellius are working on the problem of the cloaking device and the amount of energy used to keep it working all that time. Captain Lee Crane has Patterson and Third Class engineer Sarah Goodman and three others trying to figure it out." Nelson responded...

There was silence for a few moments while they were eating their Chinese.

ONBOARD THE BELLIUS LATE EVENING

Engineering department

Third Class Sarah Goodman was coming back after a break in the commissary when she ran into Patterson working on one of the panels in order to get a proper reading on the energy levels having been used with the cloaking device.

"I am very sorry for not paying attention to where I was going Patterson." she smiles slightly with her comment.

"It's fine Sarah. I wanted to let you know that I might have figured it out with the power levels?" he motions with telling her the following that all of the energy levels were directed from the laboratory where a special control panel circuit directed all of the power to the cloak even though there were flaws." he pleaded to say to her with a yawn of sorts.

Thinking about it for the moment with his answer. "Do you think that the Cajan might have known it about the power levels since they couldn't hold the Seaview and the crew for that long in spite of the GPS tracking devices that were originally placed in their necks to cause all kinds of side effects once they were removed? Sarah needed to say having to be too close to Patterson.

She will back off briefly.

He will say the following..."We are going to be needing to advise Captain Lee Crane about the energy levels of the cloaking device?" he motions taking hold of her hand briefly before getting off the stool to move out of the engineering section to head up to the Control room, that is if the Captain is there or his quarters while the Bellius was heading home.

Captain Lee Crane was standing at the plotting table while Commander Danny Wills was checking the submarine with all of the departments having to be short of personnel. He was currently in the environmental department.

Crane looks up to see Patterson and Third Class Goodman walking down the spiral staircase with his report in his hand on the power levels of the cloak.

"What can I do for you, Patterson?" he posed the question as the both of them came in closer to be standing at the plotting table.

"Captain Crane we have a full report on the cloaking device and the energy levels." he will hand him the clipboard to read with placing on his glasses that were sitting on the plotting table. He will begin to read the report while the both of them will wait for the questions to come coming.

Lifting his head for the moment as he says the following. "How is this possible Patterson with the levels?" he asked calmly as he looks around the control room.

"Some sort of special crystal that the new race is able to develop that can develop this kind of powerful energies. Though then again they didn't expect the flaws of the crystal to cause the bubbles inside the cloaking device. If they are able to control it then it will be another matter altogether."

"Why do you say that Patterson?" Captain Lee Crane needed to understand.

"Look what it did first hand until the Bellius One was able to move out of the bubble with the flaws and no doubt Lauren and her people were surprised no doubt, sir. Maybe once Lauren and her people are able to decide to talk with the Alliance and Admiral Nelson along with Darien." Patterson inquired.

"So now we wait on them to make the decision to talk with the Alliance?" Captain Lee Crane said with a deep exhale.

"Correct sir. But in the meantime, I will have the engineering team along with third class Goodman to see if we can enhance it further to be installed on the Flyer with the Seaview." Patterson responded.

"Do it while we will be home soon." he exhales with the idea of being home again to the Institute, Lisa, and his family.

EIGHT DAYS LATER...

The Bellius and the Seaview finally arrived back into port with Doctor Anthony Sterling and his medical staff at the Institute will be doing a number of tests on the Seaview crew, while Crane and Commander Danny Wills had finished their briefing with Nelson and his staff in the conference room.

Once Nelson was satisfied with Darien beaming down from his spacecraft after spending the past five days at the United Nations with his own ambassador to discuss options with the new race as yet not contacted them.

Captain Lee Crane driving in his red vehicle his third version during the years. He had called Lisa to meet him at the park while the three kids are being watched by Institute nannies.

This particular park is on Institute grounds as well. There was no one around as Lisa had been sitting on the one swing she loved the most.

She was wearing her long red hair in a bun since she had been needing to have it cut. She sees him driving up to the curve before turning off the engine as he was wearing his uniform coming straight from the briefing.