Chapter 15: Evacuation Orders
-High Command Briefing Room-
The room was unusually quiet for an event such as this, but it was understandable with the frozen frame of Cerinia's missing chunk on the large screen. Those that made up the defense of Cerinia were sitting around a table as the screen began to rewind, stopping when it the image of the blackish red beam was shooting up. A throat cleared, and the lights dimmed until the surrounding canines, foxes, and various candids were visible. The old fox that spoke was the General for Weapon technological development, and this is what he said, "Gentle hounds and ladies… I feel bad to inform you that this laser isn't of known origin. My division wouldn't know anything of a weapon of this magnitude, but I'm left to speculate, that it was some sort of energy beam of some sort."
Mummers ran around the room, but a younger version of the fox, but with reddish brown fur stood up and said, "It is of no energy that I know of General, I'm the head department of energy manufacturing and not even our power cells for our land master tanks on overload can do damage like that."
There was another lieutenant, this one was in charge of ship based weapons, and he shifted through some papers before he said, "Whatever form of energy it was, it seems to be far beyond even our point defense lasers and shielding fields that are installed on our ships. This beam appears to require a larger source of energy that is even used in shielding technology."
"Well whatever it is, we need to do something about it, and quickly. Tremors have been shaking almost every building in Iris, and a few buildings have even collapsed as the result..."
There was a coughing sound from the shadows, and a pile of documents landed on the table. "That's because this beam isn't a weapon, rather a transportation device." Came a female voice from a dark corner of the room. There were a few raised eyebrows as a female candid stepped from the dark recesses of the room, "This beam of energy you see is the result of a dangerous technology that requires an extremely precise construction. The rebels that stole the development phase of building this technology didn't seem to grasp the full danger of what it is they stole.
"And what technology is this…?"
"Teleportation technology between worlds, it has been done with another planet recently unreachable, since it is on the other side of the Milky Way galaxy." Said the candid female.
The General scoffed as he said, "Impossible, there is no such technology… the technological feat of such a leap would've been shared by now."
As the General had finished saying 'impossible', the German Shepard took out a clear device and began to tap on it, before moving it towards the screen. "Synchronize." Every single living thing looked at the screen as an image of a white hominoid figure appeared on the screen. Many would think of the figure as a hairless ape that stood up straighter, but a few had caught brief glimpses in Iris earlier on during their down time. "This here is Wolf, the diplomat of that world I mentioned earlier, and soon to be husband of the Governors daughter."
"I take it you don't watch the news that much…" the German Shepard said as she noted the skeptical look on the generals face.. She clicked a few more things before she spoke next to her device, "Play."
The video began to play, and the hominoid figure took in a shaky breathe before speaking, "Hello to every Cerinain, my name is Wolf, and I was a diplomat between this world, and my home world of Earth." The Wolf looked down at a paper as he took in another breath, "My goal was a success, and our two worlds will continue to be a peace."
Briefly, Wolf looked away from the camera to someone or something off screen, "As for being the hero by saving Cerinia from the rebels a little over a month ago, it was decided that I would marry Krystal."
Many of the Generals in the room took in a sharp breath, and even one of them had the thought, this is a pretty good joke…
A few muzzles dropped as Krystal appeared on the screen next to the alien, and then she solidified the thought in the air as she said, "Without the aid of Wolf's help, my family and I would have surely perished that fateful day. So I ask of all of Cerinia to welcome him with open arms, just as I have done. That concludes today's announcement…"
The subtitles that had been scrolling across the bottom of the screen disappeared, but the way he looked at Krystal suggested he didn't know the camera was still on as he said, "Shouldn't I have read this over first before I had to say it? Not only am I the 'hero of Cerinia', but I'm also the one that fought and lived from the biggest person apparently… Don't you agr-…" Wolf looked at the camera, and I saw his eyes widen. "H-Hey Fred… the camera is still on."
After a few seconds, the screen went blank as the screen once more changed, and now it was displaying a circular metal pad in the middle of a stark white room. Technicians could be seen moving about the room as the circular pad began to glow a dim white color, and soon, a bright flash flared in the center of the pad. Two hominoid creatures landed on the pad, but one of them fell to its knees and shouted, "AURGG! What in the hell!?"
When the screen froze, the female technological director said, "That is a video feed of our teleportation device."
"Why didn't yours do what the rebels did then?"
The female dog sighed as she said, "Because they exploited some factors that led to fatal causes."
The head of energy manufacturing stood up and said, "So they exploited your tech, and it in turn is why Iris is in the danger it is?"
While the rest of the fox and candid Generals began to get riled up, the researcher held up her hand, and said, "There are more technological exploits than you think. First, it didn't utilize certain properties, which is unknown for what pieces, and the reason the blast of energy; that is most likely because they utilized too much energy and the focused beam is where the center of the teleportation pad was. I can assure you however, that we are lucky… everyone on Cerinia is lucky; we have time to evacuate."
"How are we lucky!? We lost a part of Cerinia!" shouted the younger fox.
"Because, during early testing on barren planets, we discovered that if we don't use the parts required and build the device to perfection, it can destroy an entire planet in a mere fraction of a second. We are lucky because all that is missing is a small part of Cerinia…"
The entire room was silent for a few minutes, and no one spoke. The news kept getting worse and worse the entire time someone said something. The time ticked by while everyone mulled over the news they were just force-fed.
There was a brief pause, before one of the older generals spoke up, "We should begin evacuation, but the real question is, who were they trying to bring to Cerinia if they used that device...?"
"I don't know general, but it would be best if we remain alert in the coming hours..."
(Wolf's P.O.V.)
Samantha, Tyler, Krystal, dad and mom, and I were all loaded inside an APC as we rumbled down the street. Krystal was sitting next to me as she held my arm, and I could already guess what was wrong; that fountain of dirt had been something bad, but I think it was connected with that mega-quake. Good thing Cerinia… or where we are at doesn't have any major lakes or oceans… a tsunami would be devastating…
Hopefully not many were hurt in that quake earlier… that is the best we can do, is hope.
Krystal tightened her grip on my arm as she buried her muzzle closer in the nook of my neck. I looked over at the Governor and asked, "Sir, do you know what is going on?"
He shook his head as he gazed around the small cabin, he wasn't focusing on anything, but I could tell it was all from the stress. He finally just sighed and set his head in his hands, and I saw… er, mom, hold him close. I sighed as well, but I leaned back and looked over at Tyler, "What are our options here?"
"Well, in our case, we sit along for the ride." Tyler said.
Wait, what? "I thought you were trained for situations like this?" I asked, and I saw him give me a questioning look.
"Who told you that, I'm only a major for the Marine Corps…?" He said, and I saw Samantha look over at him with a bit of curiosity.
"Leo… he said you were a SEAL…"
Tyler groaned as he face palmed, and he said, "My name is Tyler Seal… I'm not a Navy SEAL. I only led a platoon, so I wasn't trained for something like this. Being a marine might be tough, but SEAL's... they might not even be trained for something like this."
Well… I guess being a marine is better than being anything else… we would've been totally screwed if he was something like army… I leaned back in my seat, and I wrapped an arm around Krystal as she leaned up and kissed my cheek briefly. She leaned further into me as she whispered, "At least you have Tyler instead of no one… I probably would have killed you earlier if it wasn't for him."
I chuckled as I gave her a light squeeze, and I said back just as quietly, "And if you had, then you wouldn't have had the opportunity to marry someone as noble, and distinguished as I…" I smiled as I said that, but then I smiled wider as I added, "And I wouldn't have had the chance to marry someone as beautiful as a blue fox."
She smiled lightly, and I felt a chill run down my spine as I mentally heard her say, Aren't you getting frisky lately…
Well, I'm not exactly sure how a husband is supposed to act, maybe I should just ask dad for some advice…
You can just trust me to teach you myself; if you just, let me… she sent me a mental image of two people, a candid couple, showering the other in affection on a park bench. I smiled as I blushed noticeably, and I sent back my own reply. These internal dialogues are starting to make me feel like I'm talking to myself…
"Hey, kid… none of that while we are all in such a small area. Keep it verbal, not mental." I blushed as I glanced over at Tyler, and I noticed how everyone except dad, or the Governor. I chuckled nervously, but it was cut short as the APC hit a particularly large bump in the ground, and I tasted blood. Groaning, I motioned towards the door, I bit my tongue!
Krystal jerked away from me as she got up and ran through the cabin and grabbed a medical kit from the wall. I swallowed the thick coppery liquid, and Krystal came back as she opened the box. "Alright Wolf, open your mouth, I will fix this…"
"Mmhm…." I mumbled out, and I opened my mouth and stuck my bleeding tongue out…
A.N.: This is the beginning of the alternate ending to Technological Exploits, so prepare for some changes! Don't expect me to update this every week, as this is going to be a side project. Feel free to send me what you want to see in this alternate ending though.