-Chapter 5-

John stood watching the teams build the room assuming that it was going to be a little more difficult it has gone quite smoothly. Since the rest of the Empire still hadn't moved all their facilities to the new location finding the space to install the room was not hard. Probably the most difficult part was trying to figure out how he was going to move the newly programmed modules into the room without being scrutinized by the others. Not really sure of his taste he had decided to reprogram all of the different models except for his own to be simple servants with very little to no reasoning power. Looking over the schematics he had designed the place to have multiple rooms with different themes allowing his Lordship to experience the niceties that the humans enjoyed, he was sure once he entered he would more than likely never decide to leave. There were two ways into the facility but one only passable by someone of human size the other were service entrance were food and supplies could enter under a complex procedure, the other had a key system that only two people had the code for Purevenom and of course John.

Purevenom had walked up behind John without him realizing looking over his shoulder he decided to make his presence known "It looks like it will be rather grand."

Jumping a little by the surprise John turns to see the goliath standing behind him "Indeed… I believe we have covered all your requirements."

"I'm curious who will be taking care of the rooms since we cannot trust anyone with my secret how will I know if someone is in there when I decide to relax?" looking down at the little man.

"As I said…" taking a quick look around ensuring there was no one near that could over hear what he was about to say. "You will have a full staff inside that can never leave, their sole purpose is to ensure you needs are taken care of and they will do anything you ask of them."

"What if they were to die while in there?"

"There downloads will be sent to my private laboratory and if you want them replaced I will be able to do so without the main hub aware of the transfer."

"Very good…" walking around him he steps into the room and marvels at the size "Can we spare this much space?"

"Your Excellency, it will not be a problem for the Imperious Leader he will have his sanctuary away from prying eyes." John's patience was beginning to wear thin a trip he had been planning that was time sensitive had to be placed on the back burner until the completion of the sanctuary. Purevenom would never allow him to leave at this point he was already suspicious of his constant disappearance to leave the ship would only fuel that suspicion even more. Though John was willing to try something new the event that he wanted to see would not wait much longer "If I may, I do have a request?"

Turning slowly Purevenom had grown quite tired of John, if he didn't need him so he would have boxed as soon as he had learned of the deception "What?"

John hearing the hostility in his voice began to hesitate "I have an experiment that I need to return too. Unfortunately it isn't here if you would allow me passage I will be back as soon as I have the result."

Purevenom in a small way was enjoying the tremble in John's voice about to reject his request the idea did present an opportunity to have him out of his presence for a short while shaking "Fine… report back to me as soon as you return, I will want to hear the results of the experiment that you are conducting."

Bowing "…by your command" turning to the number six that was overseeing the construction "Sister Kona if you could finish the chambers for the Imperious Leader I would greatly appreciate it." Watching her face he could see the slight distaste in her eyes when she agreed. John decided to shrug it off with Purevenom in the room he didn't dare try to show his mannerism right at this moment he was of a mind that he was terrified of his Excellency and that is where he wanted to keep him. Heading to the main hanger he stopped to contact the Command Center on his ship to be ready to depart as soon as he arrived, hoping that he didn't miss his time schedule he briskly walked faster to his ship.

Purevenom watched as John quickly departed the room giving himself a comfortable feeling that John was now under control he returned his attention on the project at hand. Looking at the schematics he walked to one of the rooms visualizing the room on how it was suppose to look he became excited at the idea of being able to swim in the water that would be front of him soon. Memorized on his thoughts D'Anna made a coughing sound that brought his attention back to reality "Yes?"

"The Colonials have sent a message regarding a station in the neutral area…" pulling out a pad she hands it over to him "…there calling it the Armistice Station in the hopes to build better relations." Pointing to a specific location "they have designated these are the times that it would be manned by an Ambassador if we decided to participate they wanted to ensure that we understood that he would not be armed and that as a courteous we could do the same."

Reviewing the information he looked at the specifications "send Doral to open negotiations…" hesitating for a second Purevenom stepped away so to think more on the subject it might be better to send an Il-series instead it then became clear to him "delay that order…" deciding that he almost made a critical mistake he couldn't afford to tip his hand now and thought that if this was a trap he could lose much of the surprise that he planned to unleash onto them "…no, do not respond back to the Colonials. I want no transmission going out only set to receive… understand?"

Giving a simple nod she took back the pad and returned to her duties. Purevenom simply stood there wondering what would've his mechanical version have done in his stead, wondering if he was beginning to think like the humans activating the data stream he called upon a friend to give him his answers

Spectre face all of the sudden appeared on the screen "Your Imperiousness how may I be of service?"

Casually regarding the machine he thinks best how to phrase the question "Hypothetically…" not to happy with his choice of word "…or better yet a question. Tell me if the Colonials decided to setup a location to help better relations how would you perceive their gesture?"

"I'm sorry but you will need to give me more parameters before I can give you an answer?"

"Indeed my apologies… with this location they would be sending a dignitary with the request that we send our own. Since you are a back-up to my design how would you respond to the gesture?"

Spectre stood there for a second before responding "In that case with the resources we have it would be prudent to send the most qualified unit to open those negotiations."

Smiling under his helmet "…and who would that be?"

"Based on their expertise I would say… Doral" quickly though the machine changes his answer "Even though the release of such information would change our tactics."

Purevenom smile grew even more "how so?"

"You have made it abundantly clear that you do not wish the knowledge of our new design to be known, I would then say we would have to send the next qualified unit that wouldn't expose the secret… I would have to change my answer to an Il-Series."

Upon hearing the words from the machines mouth Purevenom excitement could be heard in his response "Thank you my friend that will be all." Turning off the viewer he grabs a seat and begins to let out a hearty laugh. The other models stopped what they were doing to stare at their Excellency enjoying the moment. Not really caring what they thought he finally decided that he might have the power to beat this stalemate. Forgetting all his other concerns he heads for his quarters it was time to make some plans it was time for him to prepare for the annihilation of the human race.

John holds his arm up to block the blinding light that surround them as he reaches with his other arm turning on the comm unit "Are you sure the resurrection signal will reach that far?"

The Leoban model simply shakes his head turning on his own comm on "we are definitely testing the limits we have never tried to receive a download from this distance but according to the calculations we should be well in range to pick you up… are you sure you want to do this?"

"Yes!" looking over Leoban "hand me the blast shield and get into position."

Handing him the shield Leoban pats him on his back and floats away in his space suit John simply watches him board the Heavy Raider as the ship begins to take off a slight feeling of terror over comes him but relishing the experience he returns to watching the ship land. As the fighter boards the Basestar the FTL drive activates making the ship turn into a flash of light it cares the Basestar to the location he need them to go. John picks up the blast shield holding it up he turns to the star. The shields tint helps dim the light so that he could watch as the star reached critical mass as he watches the feeling of excitement begins to overcome him when all of the sudden there is a bright flash and everything goes dark.