Chronicles of Terrus Chapter 4: Everything misplaced...
Hork-Bajir Homeworld-Training facility 790
I slowly became aware of everything. I felt the metal wall. I felt the floor. I recognized what body I was in and where I was. I remembered what had happened on the training room floor. I remembered the deal I'd made with Heyo, and that he'd accepted. I could hear voices and movement around me in the hallway. I picked out the voices of my distractions. I opened my eyes.
It seemed like everyone from the balcony was now crowding around me! Just perfect. A voice in my head told me to get my act together and get out of there as fast as I could! I couldn't tell if it was my voice, the voice of one of my distractions or even our combat instructor. I didn't care. I listened to it. So had my distractions. They were shouting at the crowd. "Get lost you worthless grubs! You stand there gawking at Visser 46 and she'll cut your blades off and make you eat them! Maybe I should report you to our esteemed Visser 25. He's the guy in charge of this whole facility! Clear off!" Oh. Of course. I was still playing the role of Visser 46. I got to my feet. Everyone went quiet, including my distractions. I gave all of them my best death glare and made my voice as harsh as possible. "Leave within the next 10 seconds or I'll cut the head off every single one of you." They all started leaving very quickly. I gave a fake glare at my distractions and feigned disgust. "Not you two. Sub Vissers 183 and 185. You stay."
As soon as everyone was gone I dropped the act instantly. I smiled at them both and asked Eliza, "How did you know how to change the training room scenario? AND HOW DID YOU GET THOSE CANNONS TO USE LIVE BOLTS? WHY DID YOU EVEN DO THAT?" She smiled back and seemed embarrassed. She looked away and said "Well I..that's what I tested out for. Training instructor. How did I do it? I just used the most suited scenario that would help you get rid of Heyo and the new recruit and I combined it with real activation codes for emergency lockdowns. Heyo WAS pretty close to you and the new recruit was nowhere in sight so I thought they had both planned something! It was Serris' idea to include the live rounds anyway! He suggested it and asked if it could be done and I said yes but do you think it's safe with Terrus down there too and he said of course it is!" I glared at Serri and didn't say a word. After 3 seconds he cracked and muttered "I know I know. I could have gotten you killed.."
I smiled and gave him a playful shove. "It's okay. You're forgiven. But I have to tell you both something. It's the reason Heyo and I stopped fighting and why he was standing so close to me," I threw a grin at Eliza before continuing. "I asked him to join up with us. I told him he'd have a far greater chance to advance with us than on his own. We both agreed that no attempts will be made on each others lives." Serri kicked the wall on hearing that last part. I grinned and said "I know it makes me sad too. But I said WE won't make attempts on his life. I didn't say anything about protecting him from anyone else. How's that sound to you two?" Serri beamed at me, while Eliza frowned before saying "I don't like it. If he's on the team he should be treated like a member of the team. I'm not saying we have to like him all of a sudden, or that he has to like us, but we should at least protect him and be civil."
She had a point. I hated it when she was right. "Okay," I said. "We treat him as a team member and we protect him if we have to. But I'm not going to be giving him hugs and smiles all the time. Serri? You agree with Eliza?" He kicked the wall again and sighed. "I suppose. Yes. But ONLY for missions okay? That's my catch. We only mix with him on missions. When we're off mission we go our seperate ways. I don't want to put up with him all the time." Eliza laughed and nodded. "I don't think he'll want to put up with us all the time either!"
We laughed for about a full minute before regaining composure. A thought crossed my mind. It probably should have crossed my mind earlier today, when we'd killed those Yeerks at the Pool. I quietly stated "We're going to be in trouble with Visser 25 for all that we've done today." Serri and Eliza exchanged looks of amusement and began laughing again. I was confused. "HOW CAN THAT POSSIBLY BE FUNNY?" They stopped laughing at that. Eliza looked at Serri, he shook his head and silently looked at her. She sighed and said "Okay I'll explain. While you were sleeping Serri was at the balcony database terminal. He put in a report to Visser 25 detailing the events that happened on the training room floor. With some modifications. The new recruit is a traitor. That new agent has been here as long as we have. He was infiltrating the ranks which justifies everything that went on there. Visser 25 responded with 'good work Sub Vissers 180 and 179' "
I only managed to get out one sentence "You're amazing beings!" They beamed at me. I was still puzzled by one thing though. I looked at Eliza and asked "Why is Serri Sub Visser 179? All he did was file the report! You're the one who messed with the controls and operated it all! It takes 4 people to work all that and JUST YOU DID IT!" She looked abashed and said "Calm down it's okay! And did you notice you were never recognized by Visser 25? He didn't mention you at all. I can't imagine he hasn't heard anything about your part in this yet." I smiled at her and answered "I guess we'll have to keep trying.." Serri stared at me and said "I'm not sure what you mean by that miss." I sighed. "I mean that the plan is over. All of this was to make sure he noticed me and elevated me to a very high rank because secretly, I'm a ruthless ambitious power hungry being."
They stared at me. I stared back. Eliza looked at Serri and asked him uncertainly "She's joking...right?" He took on the same blank expression I had and said seriously "I don't know if she's joking or not. But that was actually MY plan when I sent that report." She stared at him in shock for a few seconds, then stared at me. She suddenly grinned and pushed Serri and me into the the wall. "You think you're so funny don't you!" She exclaimed.
Serri and I looked at each other and grinned. Then we looked at Eliza and pushed her into the opposite wall. She laughed and said "Two against one no fair!" I pushed her back again and happily said "You think two against one is unfair? Try eight against 3. Now THAT was unfair for us. What about 3 against 1 back in the training room? That was unfair. For them!" Serri shoved me into the wall next to Eliza and warned "Don't get arrogant. You may be a good fighter but you don't even have a rank. Now can we please get to the hanger? No wandering off somewhere this time. Terrus if you want to kill anyone else, you let them come to you."
I grinned at him "Sorry to disappoint you Serri. We do in fact have one more stop to make." Eliza looked surprised and asked "We do? Where?"
I smiled at her and answered "The Pool. We're going to pick up the newest addition to our team."