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Hello Everybody, Sorry It's been a while but things have come up that have made me put APO on hold, but now it's time to get back to the story. Will Jen &Wes be reunited in this chapter? Find out in Chapter 5 of APO!
Authorized Personnel Only
Chapter 5
New Arrivals
In Limbo
Timeship
Wes sat in the co-pilot's char alongside Lucas, with Trip and Katie holding hands in the row behind them. Wes decided that he needed to break the uneasy silence, "So when do we get there?" He asked Lucas earnestly
"Well the journey usually takes about 20 minutes or so, but I think it will be quicker for you." Lucas said in a tone that made Wes feel slightly uncomfortable.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Wes said in a slightly hostile tone
"Goodnight Wes." Lucas said as Trip injected Wes with a syringe on the back of his neck. The drug immediately took effect as Wes fell into an unconscious state. Lucas pushed a button on the control panel that brought down a screen from one of the overhead compartments. Alex's image appeared on screen.
"Alex, the subject is in transit and asleep." Katie said into the screen. Alex nodded his head and responded, "Good proceed as we discussed, and the med team will meet you in the hangar to take the subject for his operations." Alex said cutting the connection
"You heard the man back to the hangar!" Trip said, "I wish we could've done that in a way that didn't involve us lying to Wes." Trip said with disappointment in his tone.
"I know what you mean," Katie said agreeing with Trip
"Yeah, but think about it if we follow this plan, the med team can get the operations done a lot faster with him already unconscious rather than having to explain everything to him before they would have to knock him out for the operations. That means Wes gets on his feet and we find out what exactly APO is." Lucas said
"Yeah I guess that makes sense" They both agreed
"Alright we're exiting, prepare for arrival" Lucas said as he pulled the power levers back to slow the craft down. The ship left the time vortex and arrived over the moonlight city of Silver City. A small red beacon glowed alongside a green one, their signal for the rooftop that would open up and reveal the APO hangar. As the ship approached, the rooftop opened to reveal a landing pad rising into the night, where an people were cluttered around waiting for the ship to land. Lucas came over the pad, cut the main engine, and let the automatic air vents glide the craft down to the pad. The ship smoothly set down at the middle of the pad while the ship's occupants got up from their seats to assist in bringing Wes down to the medical personnel. The three rangers brought the unconscious Wes down the ramp and onto an awaiting hover-gurney which automatically strapped Wes in and gently floated his body in the air where two doctors pushed the gurney towards one end of the pad away from the trio of rangers and Alex . All of a sudden there was a shuddering noise as the pad began to descend back into the building.
Trip, Lucas, and Katie made their way over to where Alex was standing on the slowly descending pad. They gave him a salute to which he said, "Thank you for your respect of my authority here, but there will be no need for salutes in this organization, just mutual respect." Alex said to them relaxed
"I can live with that!" Trip said excitedly as he stood much at ease. The others followed his example with similar remarks.
"But Alex, what will the doctors exactly be doing to Wes?" Lucas questioned
"Well Lucas they will be altering his genes so that he has the same health qualities a s beings in our time a la longer life span, ageing, no susceptibility to sickness, stuff like that" Trip stated matter of factly.
"Right you are Trip, but I believe you all need to get some rest," Alex said to them
"But Alex our housing was provided by Time Force, and as far as the rest of Time Force in concerned, we're all fired. So it would seem……" Katie was cut off by Alex, "Katie, APO has given you all apartments in a complex downtown which was just finished a few moths ago. Here are your addresses and new com numbers, and I'll contact you when I want you in. It'll probably be tomorrow afternoon when everybody will arrive so enjoy what's left of the night" Alex finished as the pad stopped in the large APO hangar. He walked off back into HQ while the doctors pushed the hover gurney towards a sign that had a red cross on it.
"Well shall we go to our new accommodations…uhh?" Lucas said to the two of them as he saw their hands interlocked.
"Ohh…."Katie stuttered releasing her hand from Trip's rather quickly. Lucas chuckled to himself while Katie and Trips' cheeks were as red as the cross on the sign. The trio walked out of the hangar with Lucas leading and Trip and Katie following behind.
Time Force HQ
Data and Simulations Room
The Previous Afternoon
Jen stood outside the room marked 'Data and Simulations' with a small sticker that said 'Scott's Lair'.
"Hasn't changed a bit since his goofy days at the Academy," Jun reminisced as she knocked on the door to which the only occupant shouted "It's open!" Jen turned the handle on the door to which it opened revealing a large plasma screen with 20 different sub monitors on which CNN from various dates and times were on continuous loop to monitor any changes in the time stream. Jen looked up remembering many events that showed up on the monitors 9/11, The Fall of the Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis, The Attempted strike of a Nuclear Apocalypse launched by N. Korea in 2010, World War III, and the second French Revolution to which Liberals in France were be-headed 5 years after the French surrender to Arab forces in WW III. There were also many super computers that held information on almost every person and event that had existed in the past and it held a quirky tech named Scott Svedberg, who Jen had the pleasure of knowing since her days from the Academy. Scott turned towards Jen as she walked towards him.
"Good afternoon Lieutenant or wait I guess I shouldn't be calling you that Agent…ahhh…" Scott trailed off knowing that he had said too much.
"How do you know about that?" Jen demanded knowing full well how he knew.
"You can't hide anything from the best tech in the world well…. wait Trip Regis is probably holder of that title, but the second best tech in the world then." Scott said proudly
"Okay fine, so what do you have for me?" Jen said curtly
"Well here's what I got" He said reading a handwritten document on the screen 'I Wesley Collins on this date May 1, 2005 will commit suicide by running into a garbage incinerator burning myself alive. I have no reason to live anymore as my life had traveled into a downward spiral. My possessions are to be divided up between my best friend Eric Meyers and my father Alexander Arthur Collins. I will see all of you on the other side.
W.A.C
"This isn't real is it…?" Jen asked Scott her voice cracking
"Well I have good news the writing isn't Wesley Collin's, it turns out to be his father's." Scott said while an image showed up on screen that compared the wiring.
"But then…" Jen said
"I'm getting there." Said Scott, "Now here are two photographs, this one" he said as an image appeared on the screen, "was a picture taken by and amateur in the wee hours of May 1 at the Silver Hills Beach." Len studied the picture and saw a craft lifting off of the beach, there was no mistaking it "It's a Time Ship!" she said with slight excitement
"Correct, now here's another picture once again taken by an amateur in the middle of the street in 3006 in Vienna," Scott said as another image appeared on screen of the Red Ranger, running around a corner with his back facing the photographer.
"How did you get these?" Jen questioned him
"Let's just say a manner that the people on the top floor wouldn't like alright," Scott said a bit nervously
"I got ya," Jen said in a much better mood, "Alright thanks I got to get going" Jen said as she hurried out the door with certain lightness to her step
"What I'd give to be that guy," Scott said as he closed the pictures from the screen as Jen left.
Central Square Subway Station
Silver City
Approx. 15 min since the Trio left
Jen stepped of f the practically empty subway car onto the platform, she turned left and headed towards the end of the platform. She turned around to make sure that no one was watching her and walked onto a workman's ramp into the tunnel. There was a red iron door that had a sign that read Authorized Personnel Only with a card swipe adjacent to the door. Jen swiped the card and the door opened to a large circular hallway with a man sitting at a desk at the end of the hallway. Jen approached the desk and the man said to her "Your letter please." He said motioning to the paper in her hand
"Oh sorry" Jen said as she gave him the paper. The man studied it carefully and looked at her left wrist to find a bulge on her Time Force jacket sleeve
"Everything is in order, the director would like to see you now," The man said as he pointed in to the large room around the corner where there were vacant computer terminals in the middle of the room and dark offices along the perimeter, however one had a light on. It was by far the largest office with a view out towards the center of the room across from where Jen was standing. She walked towards the glass doors where a familiar man in a yellow Oxford shirt and navy slacks sat at a deck with his body leaning towards the desk with somewhat of an eager body language. As Jen approached the doors, they opened revealing Alex her ex-fiancé.
"Good evening Jennifer" He said in a pleasant voice
"Good evening Alex" She replied in a civil tone
"Firstly I am not allowed to answer any questions as of right now, you are only here for me to explain what we do and to give you your new address and com number, those are my instructions" Alex said in his usual head honcho control voice that Jen was so used to hearing
"Alright" Jen said knowing that there was nothing that she could say to change his mind about it
"Now this is APO, an organization that almost nobody knows about, its purpose is to arrest dangerous criminals abroad, as there is no agency out there that has the technology that can round up these criminals a la, the ranger technology. Time Force will continue to work only as an agency to the domestic United States. You and the rest of the team will work on certain missions around the globe directed by me. One member on the team has much more experience in this sort of thing but cannot join us until his morpher is finished, that will be sometime in early 3006. APO has the same capabilities perhaps more than Time Force, shooting range, weapons stockpile, high tech infirmary capable of total cosmetic and mental identity change, tech lab where gadgets will be found to help you on your missions, large capacity hangar capable of holding many crafts, and data assistants who sit in these terminals who will provide you and the team with background before you depart for the mission. Now any questions about APO?" Alex asked, Jen said nothing but she was slightly awestruck at the description of the facilities.
"Good, now your new apartment is in Beacon Square just a subway stop from here on the D train. Here is the paper describing your apartment location and com number, and I'll call you when you need to come in probably sometime tomorrow afternoon. Have a pleasant night Jennifer" Alex said warmly as he stood up to see her out
"Goodnight Alex" she said flatly as she stood up and walked out the way she came
Later in the Infirmary
"Doctor" Alex said to the doctor who was in his scrubs
"Yes sir" the Doctor replied
"How long will the procedures take?" Alex questioned
"About three hours of surgery and then he will need about 8 hours of recovery before he can get out of bed" The doctor replied
"Good will he be ready to attend a meeting at oh say 4:00 this afternoon" Alex questioned
"He should be able to if I start right away," The doctor said to Alex
"I won't keep you any longer" Alex said as he turned away and went back to his office
"2:30 he said to himself as he looked at the clock on his monitor, I should get some sleep" He said as he collapsed on the couch in his office quickly drifting into sleep
AN: Hope you like it next chapter will come soon I promise
-PRTFLO