"Lauren take point!"

"Sorry sir but that's not going to be possible"

"Why not?"

"Because this has forced my hand like you warned me might happen. I want those clothes ready by the time I get back boss"

"You mean you're..."

"Yep I'm about to reveal myself in a big way by using that"

"Okay, we'll rendezvous at checkpoint delta"

"Works for me, just get these people out of here!"

All of a sudden Lauren was where the EDC officers were and she didn't have a weapon, or so the officers thought

"Get yourself out of here miss, we'll cover your back"

"No I'm not going to hide from these creeps, besides you guys could use some help"

"And just what help can you provide with no weapons?"

"This...Arranyan winds!"

All of a sudden Lauren had her arms crossed and her fingers in a position not many would recognize and then quickly pulled her arms out and then right afterwords there were chains in her hands without any words but now that she had declared her first attack to the officers words weren't necessary because they had all been debriefed about the fact that she could call on her powers mentally in the days after the battle in Yellowstone

"Fall back I'll lead everyone to checkpoint delta"

So the group falls back to checkpoint delta and Lauren finds everything ready for her

"Here are your things Lauren, there's a tent waiting for you where you can change into your proper clothes. I take it the EDC know who you are now?"

"Yes and they also understand why I don't want to reveal myself to the rest of the world quite yet"

"It's true, we talked on the run and we understand her reasons and they are valid, however we can start calling her by her true name now in the camp"

"They also know I want to surprise my regular crew if at all possible once this country is liberated"

"Considering their jobs I'm wondering how you plan on doing that"

"Oh I'll think of something I always do"

"For now get in your proper clothing"

"With pleasure"

Lauren goes to one of the tents and comes out in different clothes, clothes that most people didn't recognize but some did

"Wait, that's how you know hand to hand Lauren, you're in the American Army"

"Actually I'm in the reserves and by the way the names not Lauren it's Karen, Karen Kerenai"

"Wait but you were killed, we found out about it shortly before the coup"

"Yeah, that's a complicated report that I've already written that will be given to the American government as soon as things are settled here. For now though you and the EDC officers will be getting the full story so that you understand the situation I was in at the time"

Karen goes to the tent where they would plan everything and went to the table where they made all there plans with maps

"Okay we can make plans later but first I need to do some explaining for both the Captain and the EDC officers due to the fact that the leaders of this group already know the truth due to situations that had them find out. As the EDC officers know I was originally here to rescue a medical camp that had been taken out originally by terrorists but then had alien involvement and no Nakodians weren't involved the aliens left me to die. Now then my team gave someone my spare tags I'm sure but I still have a set. Anyhow as I was saying I was abandoned to die with a severely broken left leg which has since healed. What no one knew was that I caused the explosion that caused my 'death' in the first place and survived. After the group left me for dead I did everything I could to survive and once my leg was healed I had originally planned to get to a nearby town and report in then, unfortunately the coup happened before I could fully heal. The leaders found me and helped me during the last part of my healing and then I decided to stay and help with medical and food needs. I didn't realize that this was the government's leaders doing what they could to regain their country for a few days, when I did discover it I myself was discovered and explained my full story to them. After that I officially joined the resistance in a fighter capability though it took me a little bit to fully explain my skills because I didn't trust them at first until one of the leaders revealed who they were, my teacher in hiding myself"

"And you've been helping all that time"

"Yes doing whatever missions I needed for the resistance, in fact the scouting mission is how I found out about the Nakodians. I came back here and was thinking about alerting you guys about them myself but I was reminded that the signal might be hacked so I didn't reveal myself then to keep everyone safe"

"That was actually a good thing because as far as we know the Nakodians didn't know about you guys but now that we've been revealed it appears that the Nakodians are listening in on any transmission that isn't made from the buildings they are in charge of"

"That could make coordinating things a lot harder in the future"

"Kerenai why do I have a feeling I'm not going to like the plan I'm sure you're making right now"

"Because you won't, Captain I have a plan that will stop the Nakodians from tracking our transmissions but I might be captured in the process or even be killed for real this time"

"Kerenai..."

*Captain you know as well as I do that I have the greatest chance of survival *

"Kerenai whatever you just said I didn't understand"

*Don't lie to me Captain, I know you understand what I am saying even if you can't speak it *

(Sighs) "I gave myself away somehow didn't I?"

Karen actually smirks at this because she knew something he didn't, something her family didn't think of which made it so obvious that the Captain understood her

*Yep, your earpiece *

"My...oh now I see what you mean, your family was developing it shortly before you were deployed on your most recent mission but this is the first field test due to the fact that there were a few complications in getting it ready for field testing"

"What are you two talking about?"

"As you've no doubt noticed all EDC officers are currently wearing earpieces that look like hearing aids but that's not the truth, they're actually universal translators which will be a big help for officers dealing with alien ambassadors and their people who might not speak English, it will also be a big help in foreign countries where we don't know the language. It does not however mean that we can speak the language because in reality we never really took lessons on the language we're just hearing what they're saying in English instead of their language...or well actually it's two different languages at once depending on how fast the speaker is but that's what field testing is for. I still disapprove of your plans though Kerenai"

*Doesn't matter Captain, you know as well as I do that we can't do anything with our comms hacked or did you forget the Lakora disaster that happened when I was fifteen? *

"That disaster wasn't anyone's fault and you know that well"

"Oh really then why did it happen in the first place or did you actually never get the reports you should have?"

"It happened because...of...oh"

"Yeah oh now you think about the report in full while I always think of various situations that might have happened in the past as a means to keep things from happening again if possible"

"You win, but you're still not going Lt. and that's an order"

"Sorry Captain but I'm overriding those orders because you don't know the situation like I do and you know full well I have that authority though I don't choose to use it often because I don't take that kind of authority lightly but at the moment I have no choice"

"Just like when you were twelve"

"That saved a lot of lives if I recall correctly"

"Your principal wasn't too happy about it until he got the full explanation...which I had to give"

"It's not exactly my fault I was in a coma for two weeks now was it?"

(Sighs) "I know but still you could have explained things to the principal first before you did what you did"

"Maybe but the doctors needed more proof than what I told them and you know that"

"True stupid poison concentrations"

"My thoughts exactly, my immunity was what caused the complication in the first place"

The rest of the group decided to butt in on the conversation because they were a bit lost

"What exactly are you two talking about?"

"Something that isn't relevant here actually but I will tell you the story later I promise, either way we need to get the transmissions from being hacked and I'm using my authority"

The Captain speaks up having thought of something

"Wait I might know a way that we can get a message out without Karen risking her life"

"How?"

"We have a secret means of communicating with one another that's hack proof, we mainly use it when regular communications are down for some reason like that hurricane a few years ago. We test the system once a month and it's actually several different systems. The system is both simple and complicated at the same time, when we first lose regular communication for whatever reason and we need it secured we use one of the methods and then wait a day before seeing if it worked then we check every two weeks depending on the situation so that regular communication can get back to normal. With this situation we check every four days which is what I've been doing every time I leave"

"What about others knowing about the means of communication?"

"That's not possible because only the Captain's know of what the system is and where to go as a security measure and almost all the guards remained loyal only a few followed the coup"

"Wait what about us knowing?"

"Oh don't worry I have that taken care of easily"

The Captain left while Karen modified everyone's memory that ways they only remembered that a means of communication was available and that the Captain was seeing if it would work

"What do we do until he gets back?"

"For now we check up on supplies and then simply wait for a report. I myself am actually assigned scout missions normally after a move especially ones like this. This is the third time in a year now that we've had to move suddenly though the first two times were because of environmental situations but either way the moves were sudden and unplanned"

Just then one of the leaders came out of a tent and spoke up in a loud enough voice that Karen would hear but not the whole camp

"Kerenai, scout mission no more than a mile each direction I can't afford it right now"

"Understood sir"

"Wait what about our wounded or dead, don't you care about those Kerenai?"

(Sighs) "I will talk to you later Zira about the situation regarding that"

Karen does a quick scout mission and reports all clear by that time the Captain was back as well and the group had a funeral finally