Intruder Alert
Chapter 34th
Patterson had to be arriving at the Institute for where the conference room was located. Sarah decided to stay home to wait for word from Patterson.
Admiral Nelson meet Patterson inside his office with the door closed as he walked inside to wait for Nelson to talk.
"Patterson is everything all set?" once again he will ask the question.
"Aye, sir. We should know once the meeting begins with you, Darien and Lauren. Otherwise, I have no idea what exactly is going to happen." he alluded with his statement.
"Listen, Patterson, I am afraid that everyone is going to be shocked as to who it will be that is going to stop the meeting?" he pointed out ...
"Who, is it Admiral Nelson?" Patterson was curious to know the answer.
"Do me a favor to not say a word to anyone since I don't really trust anyone at this point? It's Dennison from what Lauren was able to tell me with the images."
"Her second in command?" Patterson asked calmly with a gulp of saliva going down his throat.
"Yes, Patterson, her most trusted of the rebels," Nelson tells him now with the information.
"Why, sir? This is what I don't understand why he wants to upset the balance of the meeting to have his people join the Alliance?" Patterson needed to know the answer even though Admiral Harriman Nelson really didn't have to tell him.
"Good question Patterson. Even Lauren doesn't even know why he wants to destroy the meeting with Darien and myself." he recanted with his statement.
Shaking his head by scratching the back of his head. "I will be back at my apartment, please let me know the results later Admiral Nelson?" he advised turning around to head out of his office. While Nelson had to gather up his notes that will be used for the meeting.
Looking at the time. Nelson headed for the conference room with Darien scheduled to beam down in five minutes and minutes afterward with Lauren. It's going to be proving to be an interesting meeting with Darien to be in his original form.
Walking inside he was able to feel the difference of the cloaking device to be clicking in once all three of them are going to be inside the bubble for the meeting.
It was a moment later Nelson sees the transporter beam coming into existence with the form of Darien to be standing in front of Admiral Harriman Nelson. "Welcome Darien, please wait a moment with Lauren to be appearing soon?" Nelson croaks out with his reply.
"I do hope that plan of yours is going to work Harriman?" Darien says in his gruff voice when the same type of transporter beam comes into existence to be Lauren wearing a white flowing long dress with short sleeves as her hair is tied into braids on top of her head.
"I made it Admiral Nelson!" she alluded as she sees the alien form she assumes to be no doubt Darien since she had heard about him.
"Yes, you made it Lauren. I like for you to meet Darien the owner of the Alliance." Nelson said as he and the other two could feel the energy around them as the cloaking device had kicked in.
"A pleasure Darien," Lauren tells him with a hint of a smile as she reaches for his mummy-like hand having no issues with shaking his hand.
"I do hope Lauren you're not going to get sick with looking at my craggy features?" Darien shook his mummy-like hand with Lauren's having to be firm nevertheless.
"Of course not Darien." she recanted with her statement before being told to sit down..." I am ready for this." she retorted with an exhale...
"Okay, let's talk. I have a number of questions that need to be asked. First, off Lauren your rebels coming a long way. Why come here in the first place?" Darien asked in a deep tone demeanor.
Thinking about it for the moment with the question.
"To mostly live in peace Darien, since our race has always been warrior-like for hundreds of years." she alludes with her comment while looking directly at his features of Darien.
Then all of a sudden there was a bright light shimmering into existence as the cloaking device will be working as the image was shortened out with the electrical impulses. A body dropped out from outside the bubble as Lauren had seen that it was Dennison indeed dying as his body lay on the cement floor of the conference room.
This is when Lauren and Nelson had to check for any life signs in Dennison's body as the device had worked with Patterson and Third Class Sarah Goodman did their work with setting up the impulses.
"He's dead, Admiral. I really don't know why he tried this in the first place?" she cried...
"We won't ever know Lauren since we can begin the meeting, while I call for security to have the body removed to the morgue and have the coroner do an autopsy." He will be able to find the answer to his madness?" Nelson pointed out.
Moments later three security officers will place the body of Dennison onto the stretcher to be taken out to the medical center. While they watch them remove the body.
Darien needed to get started with the meeting finally. "Now Lauren, your rebels are they all behind you with joining the Alliance?" he waited for her to answer the question.
"99% of them Darien, since they did vote to have this meeting in the first place. However, I must tell you there are a few who haven't made their mind up with not voting. But I have a feeling those will want to join since they are sick and tired of the violence take in the case with the Seaview and the 21 that had died." she croak out with her emotional response.
"You will need to speak with them to assure that the Alliance will be the best thing for all of them. As long as they follow the rules and regulations of the Alliance in order to keep the peace." Darien noted with the gruffness of his demeanor.
"Believe me, Darien, I will tell them nevertheless. I am sorry that Dennison had to be the one to interrupt the meeting." she retorted needing a glass of cold water that had been sitting on the conference table.