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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"It was kind of a weird feeling for Kitty to just sit there reading a book. Since the attack, she didn't have real time for her own. Usually, there was always something to do, something where she was needed or where she had to help. And even though she was a workaholic, the workload put on her shoulders during these years was murderous and left not even a tiny space for /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /Except for the few leisurely moments she had with Rob of course. Kitty grinned a little and looked up from her book. That sly wolf, as if he would really get her to prepare dinner. He just wanted to spend half an hour of quality time with her. She lowered her gaze back onto the book and sighed. br /br /The face of Dudley after Rob kissed her came to her mind. Dudley probably hadn't realized that she got a glimpse of him at that moment. He looked so hateful as well as hurt. She sighed and laid the book away. Kitty was pondering for days now and tried to make up her mind. br /br /Rob was her boyfriend and she liked him a lot, but Dudley was her past, her fiancé, or ex-fiancé, and someone she loved a long time ago. She couldn't deny that she still had feelings for him, even though she thought that she got over him. His return brought so many fond but also bad memories back to her. br /br /Kitty shoved the book on the conference table away from her and sighed. The meeting was in about 30 minutes and until then her mind still had enough time to torture her with aimless pondering. br /br /Especially one question was brought to her mental table and she didn't know why this was so important to her. br /The question was if she and Dudley were still engaged. She knew it was till death do part us but he actually was alive again and had returned so were they unparted now? If there were still a government she would have asked anyone who was responsible for that. br /br /"Already here?" the highly accented voice of the tall scientist came from the door of the conference room. "I actually hoped to be alone." br /"Feel free to do whatever your species does." Huffed Kitty and grabbed her book again. "I won't disturb you." br /br /"Well then I may do what my species does…" Isaac replied angrily but besides that started putting some things on the table and wired them. br /Kitty looked from time to time up from her book at Isaac. Was she too hard on them from time to time? She wasn't treating these humans quite friendly since their /br /After all, they brought food to the table, and new technology that helped maintaining the base so well that they even had some time to relax. Actually, they were the reason Kitty had the chance to read that book. Also, they were the reason Dudley was here again and because Dudley saved her, they were kind of the reason why she was still alive. br /br /But still, they were so… strange and weird and only partially haired. And also, so damn old. Their older than the oldest civilization that once existed on this planet. How could anything be so old and not a stone? br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /And they were arrogant. At least that's how Kitty experienced their behavior in all of their meetings. Especially this Isaac was treating them like they were some subordinate species. Like they were just cave-dwelling savages that needed to be taught what fire is. Again, Kitty sighed and laid the book /br /She was the chief's right hand. Second in command, if you will. She couldn't allow herself to let these feelings guide here. Especially not when it comes to the relationship to their most precious ally. Kitty sighed and swallowed her /br /"So…" She tried to start a conversation. "What are you doing there?" br /"Captain Powers asked me to prepare some things for the meeting with the chief, you and a few other high members of your…" He stopped working for a moment and stared pensively at the ceiling. "Monarchy or hegemony or military junta… I am still not sure what this is…" br /br /Kitty took a deep breath and tried to answer calmly. Can't this guy for once not act like that? br /"It actually is a democracy. Although we still need to hold an election because right now the chief established as a leader over the …" span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /br /"Ah, so it is a… what's the word in your language… meritocracy?" He asked. br /"Uhm… yes…" Kitty nodded quickly. She didn't want to show any weakness or any nescience to that guy. br /"That sounds reasonable for your situation." Isaac said and Kitty wondered if that was a compliment. br /br /"So, what will this briefing be about… the chief hasn't told me anything…" br /"It is… due to some recent findings…" Isaac looked up at Kitty and even if it was just a brief gaze it had something deeply unsettling in it. It seemed like he was pitying her. And that was even worse than the arrogance that came usually from him. br /br /"What have you…" br /"You will hear about that soon enough…" he sighed cutting her short. "Now please, I need to finish that…" br /br /Kitty just looked at him in silence as he started working on the device again. As soon as she was sure that he wouldn't say another word to her, she grabbed the book and tried to read. But now she was too rattled to grasp just one word. Something was deeply off, and she needed to know what it /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /The minutes to the briefing didn't go by, they crawled. It took a sheer eternity until they all gathered and Powers sat down on the round table with them all. The chief was there, and he looked as worried as she did. Also, Keswick, who also seemed as confused as she was tired, joined the /br /It seemed that he was working, or learning, with Isaac most of the time. Then there was Peg, one of her friends Angela and Jeremiah. Angela was an elderly owl who wore an old beige once poshly looking dress that was patched every piece of cloth she had found. br /br /On her face she wore a pair of glasses which had a crack in one glass but were besides that in an almost pristine condition. Someone must have repaired them for her, Kitty had no doubt about that. Jeremiah who sat between her and Peg was a Pitbull who wore a green army jacket with a pair of pants that matched them. br /br /Jeremiah was once in the army but that was more than 40 years ago, also as far as Kitty knew, he had been just a reservist. Kitty could even make out a sparkling polished medal on the old dog's chest who he probably got out of his locket just for this occasion. br /br /The three were there for a reason. They were representatives for the people of the camp. They gained their function not by an election, but by being the oldest in there. Too old to help working or to go out on recon missions. The only thing they could do was taking part in these meetings and spread the word amongst the /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /With them on the table was Dudley. Kitty saw from the first steps he sat into the room that he moved his leg almost normal again. Whatever the humans had done with him she wanted the same treatment. Two days for a severely broken leg without actual treatment. There were religions founded around less impressive /br /Also, his looks and his whole behavior had changed. He was right about that, he wasn't the dog he used to be. Kitty just needed to know if she liked the new Dudley. Her body obviously did because she had looked at him for so long again that he had caught her stare and now smiled back /The blood rushed into Kitty's face and she couldn't do anything but also smiled back. br /br /"Ladies and gentlemen…" Powers said and stood up from his chair. "I got some good news for you and something… let's start with the good news first." br /Kitty now felt even worse after this weird intro from Powers. The bad news seemed to be really /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /"First of all, thanks to René here, we now have an efficient energy supply and also enough supplies to finally feed anyone properly." Powers approvingly nodded to the engineer. "René, do you maybe want to say something about your project."br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /René nodded, walked next to Powers, and said. "Well, it's a piece of shit but it works, don't dare to break it." He looked at all of them and then walked back to the place he stood before. br /"Fine, you heard it. Our dear Kate will handle the distribution of the goods. So, if you have further questions, don't hesitate to ask her." With a gesture, he waved towards the tick who just nodded at the crowd. br /br /"Okay now, let's get to the more serious topics. We have an idea to reestablish communication with the Leviathan. Kate, would you explain what you found out." br /"Sure Sly." The tick grinned and swaggered confidently to the front of the audience. She clapped her hands twice and in the middle of the doughnut-shaped table, a hologram appeared. br /br /Except for the aliens and Dudley everybody in the room winced surprised. In the middle of the table levitated a dilapidated high radio tower. It once maybe was covered with satellite dishes, directional antennas, or mobile phone antennas. Now just one broken dish hung from the rusted windswept metal /br /Amused by their surprise, the tick raised her voice again. "This is the objective of our next guerilla attack. This run-down tower. For what you might ask? Let me explain." The tick started pacing around the round table. span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span"Actually,
let René explain." She kept on pacing and waved the engineer to her without looking at him. br /br /"Uhm… we need radio contact to our ship and from this tower we…" br /The tick nodded and interrupted René in mid-sentence. "Correct. Radio contact is the key to our further survival. We need to go there and…" br /"Install a subspace antenna for communication." This time René cut in and finished Tick's /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /She had stopped walking for a moment and looked irritated at him before continuing her pace. br /"Correct. Anyway, my part was finding some intel since we, also thanks to René, cracked the lizards encryption. I know pretty much where they will have their patrols the next two days and this tower is pretty lizard free."br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /"Thank you, Kate." Captain Powers nodded and told the tick with a gesture of his hand to go back to the others. "As Kate said, we need to get to this tower and install an antenna. I need volunteers for this mission. Anyone here want to volunteer?" br /Kitty eyed Dudley, who was leaning back on his chair, he didn't stand up or moved. She felt content through the lack of his action. At least he kept his /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /"Well, one of you will go." Powers smirked at his crew and then said. "It's either Isaac, Meternagel or Kate." br /"I'll do it." René suddenly said and Powers shook his head. br /"No, you're working more than enough. Also, we need you here in case something needs to be repaired."br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /"Well, maybe, but if this mission is really as harmless as you described it, it'll be like going out for a walk." The engineer explained and started laughing. "Also, do you want to let the three of them install an antenna?" br /br /"Yes because subspace antennas are so complicated." Isaac rolled his eyes. br /"So you want to go?" Powers frowned at /"Let him go if he seeks death" Isaac shrugged /"Still afraid of heights, Isaac?" Kate's voice cut like a grinning dagger through the /"How dare…"br /br /"Okay, that's enough..." Powers tried to sound stern but had to call himself back to reason by clearing his throat. "We just need someone who accompanies you." br /"I don't know… Hey, old mutt, ready for some action?" René laughed and looked at his friend who smiled but still leaned back in his chair. br /br /"I…" br /"I volunteer!" Kitty quickly said and stood up. All the eyes in the room were suddenly on her as she walked to Powers. "I'll do it." br /"Oh well…" The Captain eyed her for a moment and then said. "When your chief is fine with that…" br /The chief gave a nod and Powers continued. br /br /"Welcome aboard." He shook her hand and gave her one of his infamous pats on the shoulder. Kitty was pretty sure her shoulder was shattered to pieces as she walked away from him to René. br /"We'll need to give you a dose of femtobots…" René said. br /br /"I go and see if we still have a dose after we will be done." Kate nodded. br /"Tiny bots in your bloodstream… " René meant as he realized Kitty's confused gaze. "I can tell you some technical details later." br /br /"I don't even know if I want to know them…" Kitty said still /"On another note." Powers announced. "Our prisoner will soon be able to be interrogated. I bet he will be a great source of useful information. And…" Suddenly Powers walked to the device Isaac had put up earlier and then turned it off. "Dudley this is a bad moment but, I didn't have the time yet and I want to break this news to you first." br /br /"Sly what…" br /"Do you remember the soil sample I took during our mission? Isaac analyzed it… plus some intel we got from the lizards' coms plus some calculations Isaac did…" br /"I don't understand, Sly." Dudley stood up and Kitty looked confused and a little nervous at him. Why did Powers turn off the translator? She couldn't understand a word now. br /br /Powers talked quickly and Kitty could see how Dudley's eyes widened. The dog said a few things she also couldn't understand, she could just hear that his words were stuttered. Powers just nodded answering and as he wanted to turn the translator back on Dudley cut him short with a gesture. br /The dog pointed at himself and then at the door. Powers just solemnly nodded and then pushed the button. br /br /"We going to leave you alone now, Dudley will finish this meeting… I see you tomorrow, if you can, have a pleasant night." Powers and the other humans left and as soon as the door behind them closed the rest of them surrounded the dog. br /br /"What was that?" The chief asked jumping on the table in front of Dudley. "What did he tell you." br /The dog got up and looked around. "I… I need a minute.." the dog took some deep breaths and looked in all of their faces one after the /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /"Agent Pup…" The chief had hopped onto Kitty's head and was almost falling into old patterns but recovered from that by clearing his throat. "Dudley, what's wrong." br /"How do I explain it to you…" He sighed. "Did you ever hear about Terraforming?"br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /"I d..d..did." Keswick meant raising his hand. br /"That's what happening… we are in the middle of this process. Our world is being turned into a desert planet. A hot barren world." br /br /"So but…" Jeremiah huffed. "Where is the problem? They turn our world around, let's stop that and turn it around." br /"That's not so easy!" Dudley sighed and closed his eyes. "To explain it quickly. From a lush world like ours was to a desert world it's an easy process to terraform. The other way around takes long… very long." br /br /"About how long are we talking?" the chief asked concernedly. br /"Without any equipment, which we don't have and won't get, even I wouldn't live long enough to see it." Dudley meant and the others replied with silence. Kitty couldn't speak, it felt like someone had kicked her in the guts. br /br /It was finally Jeremiah the bulldog who broke the unbearable silence. "Then we're doomed." br /"Until we have a better plan… yes we are…" Dudley admitted sighing. br /"Then we… we just flee! Can't your friends help us leave the planet sweety?" Peg asked. br /br /The question sounded like a child could have asked it. Kitty knew that this was probably an impossible suggestion but then again, the foreigners were able to let things appear out of thin air so maybe that wasn't so impossible after all. br /br /"Leaving our home?" the chief huffed reluctantly. "We…" br /"Chief…" Kitty got down onto one knee to be on eye level with him. She knew how much energy he had put into keeping this colony afloat. He wouldn't just back out. "We are trying to survive here for so long and are always on the edge of getting detected and killed. The people are tired."br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /"We fought so long against the lizards…" the flea seemed more emotional than Kitty was used from him. "We can't just stop." span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /"And we lost!" Jeremiah called. "We're fighting over a dour desert! It's over!" br /"We haven't lost! This fight isn't over!" The chief yelled angrily. "IS THAT CLEAR?!"br /"Stop fighting!" Dudley ordered in a more military tone of voice that sounded like a general giving orders. "I need ideas and not this bickering." br /br /"Since when are you the one giving orders agent Puppy?" The chief turned around to him and stepped angrily towards him. "I haven't heard anything helpful from you." br /"Because I am trying to think" Dudley replied and also stepped towards the chief. br /br /The chief stared angrily at the dog while Dudley looked back down at the chief with stern scolding eyes. br /"Tell me then, agent Puppy, what is the plan?" the flea whispered menacingly. br /"I think we all have our tasks, Herbert." Dudley replied with the military tone he had used before. "Until then, you are invited to join the others and me to brainstorm some ideas." br /br /The chief roared but turned around and hopped off the table before leaving the room. Dudley sighed and sat down again. "Okay…" he meant and took a deep breath before looking at Kitty. "I mean it by the way, if any one of you has a good idea for this, just tell us." br /br /"I'm a..a..already on my way." Keswick said and ran through the door through which Powers and the others left. He seemed oddly energetic despite of all the news. br /"Kitty, you're coming with me, I'll prepare you for your mission." He said and then looked at the three representatives. "To you… mom, you, and your friends, I would ask you to give us a few days to work on a plan before you release that. We don't need blind panic now."br /br /Peg exchanged some glances with the other two and then nodded. "Sure sweety." Peg's voice sounded like she was somewhere between bursting into tears and the start of a panic attack. Her insecurity was obvious. Kitty felt it, and Dudley did so too. br /br /He stood up, walked to his mother, and hugged her. "It's okay mom…" he kissed her cheek. "Things will sort out… Everything will be fine." br /"I know sweety…" she sobbed a little and hugged him back tightly. 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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"It was kind of a weird feeling for Kitty to just sit there reading a book. Since the attack, she didn't have real time for her own. Usually, there was always something to do, something where she was needed or where she had to help. And even though she was a workaholic, the workload put on her shoulders during these years was murderous and left not even a tiny space for /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /Except for the few leisurely moments she had with Rob of course. Kitty grinned a little and looked up from her book. That sly wolf, as if he would really get her to prepare dinner. He just wanted to spend half an hour of quality time with her. She lowered her gaze back onto the book and sighed. br /br /The face of Dudley after Rob kissed her came to her mind. Dudley probably hadn't realized that she got a glimpse of him at that moment. He looked so hateful as well as hurt. She sighed and laid the book away. Kitty was pondering for days now and tried to make up her mind. br /br /Rob was her boyfriend and she liked him a lot, but Dudley was her past, her fiancé, or ex-fiancé, and someone she loved a long time ago. She couldn't deny that she still had feelings for him, even though she thought that she got over him. His return brought so many fond but also bad memories back to her. br /br /Kitty shoved the book on the conference table away from her and sighed. The meeting was in about 30 minutes and until then her mind still had enough time to torture her with aimless pondering. br /br /Especially one question was brought to her mental table and she didn't know why this was so important to her. br /The question was if she and Dudley were still engaged. She knew it was till death do part us but he actually was alive again and had returned so were they unparted now? If there were still a government she would have asked anyone who was responsible for that. br /br /"Already here?" the highly accented voice of the tall scientist came from the door of the conference room. "I actually hoped to be alone." br /"Feel free to do whatever your species does." Huffed Kitty and grabbed her book again. "I won't disturb you." br /br /"Well then I may do what my species does…" Isaac replied angrily but besides that started putting some things on the table and wired them. br /Kitty looked from time to time up from her book at Isaac. Was she too hard on them from time to time? She wasn't treating these humans quite friendly since their /br /After all, they brought food to the table, and new technology that helped maintaining the base so well that they even had some time to relax. Actually, they were the reason Kitty had the chance to read that book. Also, they were the reason Dudley was here again and because Dudley saved her, they were kind of the reason why she was still alive. br /br /But still, they were so… strange and weird and only partially haired. And also, so damn old. Their older than the oldest civilization that once existed on this planet. How could anything be so old and not a stone? br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /And they were arrogant. At least that's how Kitty experienced their behavior in all of their meetings. Especially this Isaac was treating them like they were some subordinate species. Like they were just cave-dwelling savages that needed to be taught what fire is. Again, Kitty sighed and laid the book /br /She was the chief's right hand. Second in command, if you will. She couldn't allow herself to let these feelings guide here. Especially not when it comes to the relationship to their most precious ally. Kitty sighed and swallowed her /br /"So…" She tried to start a conversation. "What are you doing there?" br /"Captain Powers asked me to prepare some things for the meeting with the chief, you and a few other high members of your…" He stopped working for a moment and stared pensively at the ceiling. "Monarchy or hegemony or military junta… I am still not sure what this is…" br /br /Kitty took a deep breath and tried to answer calmly. Can't this guy for once not act like that? br /"It actually is a democracy. Although we still need to hold an election because right now the chief established as a leader over the …" span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /br /"Ah, so it is a… what's the word in your language… meritocracy?" He asked. br /"Uhm… yes…" Kitty nodded quickly. She didn't want to show any weakness or any nescience to that guy. br /"That sounds reasonable for your situation." Isaac said and Kitty wondered if that was a compliment. br /br /"So, what will this briefing be about… the chief hasn't told me anything…" br /"It is… due to some recent findings…" Isaac looked up at Kitty and even if it was just a brief gaze it had something deeply unsettling in it. It seemed like he was pitying her. And that was even worse than the arrogance that came usually from him. br /br /"What have you…" br /"You will hear about that soon enough…" he sighed cutting her short. "Now please, I need to finish that…" br /br /Kitty just looked at him in silence as he started working on the device again. As soon as she was sure that he wouldn't say another word to her, she grabbed the book and tried to read. But now she was too rattled to grasp just one word. Something was deeply off, and she needed to know what it /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /The minutes to the briefing didn't go by, they crawled. It took a sheer eternity until they all gathered and Powers sat down on the round table with them all. The chief was there, and he looked as worried as she did. Also, Keswick, who also seemed as confused as she was tired, joined the /br /It seemed that he was working, or learning, with Isaac most of the time. Then there was Peg, one of her friends Angela and Jeremiah. Angela was an elderly owl who wore an old beige once poshly looking dress that was patched every piece of cloth she had found. br /br /On her face she wore a pair of glasses which had a crack in one glass but were besides that in an almost pristine condition. Someone must have repaired them for her, Kitty had no doubt about that. Jeremiah who sat between her and Peg was a Pitbull who wore a green army jacket with a pair of pants that matched them. br /br /Jeremiah was once in the army but that was more than 40 years ago, also as far as Kitty knew, he had been just a reservist. Kitty could even make out a sparkling polished medal on the old dog's chest who he probably got out of his locket just for this occasion. br /br /The three were there for a reason. They were representatives for the people of the camp. They gained their function not by an election, but by being the oldest in there. Too old to help working or to go out on recon missions. The only thing they could do was taking part in these meetings and spread the word amongst the /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /With them on the table was Dudley. Kitty saw from the first steps he sat into the room that he moved his leg almost normal again. Whatever the humans had done with him she wanted the same treatment. Two days for a severely broken leg without actual treatment. There were religions founded around less impressive /br /Also, his looks and his whole behavior had changed. He was right about that, he wasn't the dog he used to be. Kitty just needed to know if she liked the new Dudley. Her body obviously did because she had looked at him for so long again that he had caught her stare and now smiled back /The blood rushed into Kitty's face and she couldn't do anything but also smiled back. br /br /"Ladies and gentlemen…" Powers said and stood up from his chair. "I got some good news for you and something… let's start with the good news first." br /Kitty now felt even worse after this weird intro from Powers. The bad news seemed to be really /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /"First of all, thanks to René here, we now have an efficient energy supply and also enough supplies to finally feed anyone properly." Powers approvingly nodded to the engineer. "René, do you maybe want to say something about your project."br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /René nodded, walked next to Powers, and said. "Well, it's a piece of shit but it works, don't dare to break it." He looked at all of them and then walked back to the place he stood before. br /"Fine, you heard it. Our dear Kate will handle the distribution of the goods. So, if you have further questions, don't hesitate to ask her." With a gesture, he waved towards the tick who just nodded at the crowd. br /br /"Okay now, let's get to the more serious topics. We have an idea to reestablish communication with the Leviathan. Kate, would you explain what you found out." br /"Sure Sly." The tick grinned and swaggered confidently to the front of the audience. She clapped her hands twice and in the middle of the doughnut-shaped table, a hologram appeared. br /br /Except for the aliens and Dudley everybody in the room winced surprised. In the middle of the table levitated a dilapidated high radio tower. It once maybe was covered with satellite dishes, directional antennas, or mobile phone antennas. Now just one broken dish hung from the rusted windswept metal /br /Amused by their surprise, the tick raised her voice again. "This is the objective of our next guerilla attack. This run-down tower. For what you might ask? Let me explain." The tick started pacing around the round table. span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span"Actually,
let René explain." She kept on pacing and waved the engineer to her without looking at him. br /br /"Uhm… we need radio contact to our ship and from this tower we…" br /The tick nodded and interrupted René in mid-sentence. "Correct. Radio contact is the key to our further survival. We need to go there and…" br /"Install a subspace antenna for communication." This time René cut in and finished Tick's /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /She had stopped walking for a moment and looked irritated at him before continuing her pace. br /"Correct. Anyway, my part was finding some intel since we, also thanks to René, cracked the lizards encryption. I know pretty much where they will have their patrols the next two days and this tower is pretty lizard free."br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /"Thank you, Kate." Captain Powers nodded and told the tick with a gesture of his hand to go back to the others. "As Kate said, we need to get to this tower and install an antenna. I need volunteers for this mission. Anyone here want to volunteer?" br /Kitty eyed Dudley, who was leaning back on his chair, he didn't stand up or moved. She felt content through the lack of his action. At least he kept his /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /"Well, one of you will go." Powers smirked at his crew and then said. "It's either Isaac, Meternagel or Kate." br /"I'll do it." René suddenly said and Powers shook his head. br /"No, you're working more than enough. Also, we need you here in case something needs to be repaired."br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /"Well, maybe, but if this mission is really as harmless as you described it, it'll be like going out for a walk." The engineer explained and started laughing. "Also, do you want to let the three of them install an antenna?" br /br /"Yes because subspace antennas are so complicated." Isaac rolled his eyes. br /"So you want to go?" Powers frowned at /"Let him go if he seeks death" Isaac shrugged /"Still afraid of heights, Isaac?" Kate's voice cut like a grinning dagger through the /"How dare…"br /br /"Okay, that's enough..." Powers tried to sound stern but had to call himself back to reason by clearing his throat. "We just need someone who accompanies you." br /"I don't know… Hey, old mutt, ready for some action?" René laughed and looked at his friend who smiled but still leaned back in his chair. br /br /"I…" br /"I volunteer!" Kitty quickly said and stood up. All the eyes in the room were suddenly on her as she walked to Powers. "I'll do it." br /"Oh well…" The Captain eyed her for a moment and then said. "When your chief is fine with that…" br /The chief gave a nod and Powers continued. br /br /"Welcome aboard." He shook her hand and gave her one of his infamous pats on the shoulder. Kitty was pretty sure her shoulder was shattered to pieces as she walked away from him to René. br /"We'll need to give you a dose of femtobots…" René said. br /br /"I go and see if we still have a dose after we will be done." Kate nodded. br /"Tiny bots in your bloodstream… " René meant as he realized Kitty's confused gaze. "I can tell you some technical details later." br /br /"I don't even know if I want to know them…" Kitty said still /"On another note." Powers announced. "Our prisoner will soon be able to be interrogated. I bet he will be a great source of useful information. And…" Suddenly Powers walked to the device Isaac had put up earlier and then turned it off. "Dudley this is a bad moment but, I didn't have the time yet and I want to break this news to you first." br /br /"Sly what…" br /"Do you remember the soil sample I took during our mission? Isaac analyzed it… plus some intel we got from the lizards' coms plus some calculations Isaac did…" br /"I don't understand, Sly." Dudley stood up and Kitty looked confused and a little nervous at him. Why did Powers turn off the translator? She couldn't understand a word now. br /br /Powers talked quickly and Kitty could see how Dudley's eyes widened. The dog said a few things she also couldn't understand, she could just hear that his words were stuttered. Powers just nodded answering and as he wanted to turn the translator back on Dudley cut him short with a gesture. br /The dog pointed at himself and then at the door. Powers just solemnly nodded and then pushed the button. br /br /"We going to leave you alone now, Dudley will finish this meeting… I see you tomorrow, if you can, have a pleasant night." Powers and the other humans left and as soon as the door behind them closed the rest of them surrounded the dog. br /br /"What was that?" The chief asked jumping on the table in front of Dudley. "What did he tell you." br /The dog got up and looked around. "I… I need a minute.." the dog took some deep breaths and looked in all of their faces one after the /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /"Agent Pup…" The chief had hopped onto Kitty's head and was almost falling into old patterns but recovered from that by clearing his throat. "Dudley, what's wrong." br /"How do I explain it to you…" He sighed. "Did you ever hear about Terraforming?"br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /"I d..d..did." Keswick meant raising his hand. br /"That's what happening… we are in the middle of this process. Our world is being turned into a desert planet. A hot barren world." br /br /"So but…" Jeremiah huffed. "Where is the problem? They turn our world around, let's stop that and turn it around." br /"That's not so easy!" Dudley sighed and closed his eyes. "To explain it quickly. From a lush world like ours was to a desert world it's an easy process to terraform. The other way around takes long… very long." br /br /"About how long are we talking?" the chief asked concernedly. br /"Without any equipment, which we don't have and won't get, even I wouldn't live long enough to see it." Dudley meant and the others replied with silence. Kitty couldn't speak, it felt like someone had kicked her in the guts. br /br /It was finally Jeremiah the bulldog who broke the unbearable silence. "Then we're doomed." br /"Until we have a better plan… yes we are…" Dudley admitted sighing. br /"Then we… we just flee! Can't your friends help us leave the planet sweety?" Peg asked. br /br /The question sounded like a child could have asked it. Kitty knew that this was probably an impossible suggestion but then again, the foreigners were able to let things appear out of thin air so maybe that wasn't so impossible after all. br /br /"Leaving our home?" the chief huffed reluctantly. "We…" br /"Chief…" Kitty got down onto one knee to be on eye level with him. She knew how much energy he had put into keeping this colony afloat. He wouldn't just back out. "We are trying to survive here for so long and are always on the edge of getting detected and killed. The people are tired."br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /"We fought so long against the lizards…" the flea seemed more emotional than Kitty was used from him. "We can't just stop." span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /"And we lost!" Jeremiah called. "We're fighting over a dour desert! It's over!" br /"We haven't lost! This fight isn't over!" The chief yelled angrily. "IS THAT CLEAR?!"br /"Stop fighting!" Dudley ordered in a more military tone of voice that sounded like a general giving orders. "I need ideas and not this bickering." br /br /"Since when are you the one giving orders agent Puppy?" The chief turned around to him and stepped angrily towards him. "I haven't heard anything helpful from you." br /"Because I am trying to think" Dudley replied and also stepped towards the chief. br /br /The chief stared angrily at the dog while Dudley looked back down at the chief with stern scolding eyes. br /"Tell me then, agent Puppy, what is the plan?" the flea whispered menacingly. br /"I think we all have our tasks, Herbert." Dudley replied with the military tone he had used before. "Until then, you are invited to join the others and me to brainstorm some ideas." br /br /The chief roared but turned around and hopped off the table before leaving the room. Dudley sighed and sat down again. "Okay…" he meant and took a deep breath before looking at Kitty. "I mean it by the way, if any one of you has a good idea for this, just tell us." br /br /"I'm a..a..already on my way." Keswick said and ran through the door through which Powers and the others left. He seemed oddly energetic despite of all the news. br /"Kitty, you're coming with me, I'll prepare you for your mission." He said and then looked at the three representatives. "To you… mom, you, and your friends, I would ask you to give us a few days to work on a plan before you release that. We don't need blind panic now."br /br /Peg exchanged some glances with the other two and then nodded. "Sure sweety." Peg's voice sounded like she was somewhere between bursting into tears and the start of a panic attack. Her insecurity was obvious. Kitty felt it, and Dudley did so too. br /br /He stood up, walked to his mother, and hugged her. "It's okay mom…" he kissed her cheek. "Things will sort out… Everything will be fine." br /"I know sweety…" she sobbed a little and hugged him back tightly. They held each other for a bit until Dudley tried to break the hug but his mother wouldn't let him. br /br /Kitty had to smile a little seeing how he tried to pry her off him with soft force. br /"Mom, I got to work…" she seemed to tighten her hug even more after these words left his mouth. "Okay, really, mom… I… if I promise you to visit you tonight and eat with you, would you let me go then?"
br /br /"Promised?" She asked still holding him in her inescapable embrace. br /"Yes, promised." He said and like using the right key on a lock, Peg opened her arms and released him. "I'm going to cook your favorite meal!" She said and ran out of the house. The two others followed her slowly and left the /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /"Seems like I have a date tonight." Dudley smiled a little and then looked sternly over to Kitty. "Okay then, let's get you ready for this." br /Kitty nodded and crossed her arms. "Very well, what do I need?" br /br /"Just follow me to the shuttle, everything you need is there." He meant and gestured at her to follow him. They both walked quickly through the base, not talking. Kitty hated the silence of this moment, it just amplified the dread that surrounded them and even the ground she was walking /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /A brief feeling of relief ran through her for a second as they arrived at the shuttle. Dudley opened its doors before opening his mouth. "Come on inside…" br /They both quickly entered the white vessel and Kitty sat down on one of the seats while Dudley was searching for something that he found after another short period of silence. br /br /He walked to her while changing the glove on his right hand. br /"You might feel a little weird, but this will stop in a few hours." He extended his index finger and laid it down onto the carotid artery on her neck. Kitty felt the feeling that something was pushed into her veins but without the sharp pain of a needle. br /br /She looked at Dudley who sat down on a seat in front of her. He started to cite something in the language of the humans that Kitty couldn't understand. She just could hear that it had a melody. A melody she quite liked. br /br /Then, all of the sudden, a word. A word she could understand. And there, another. And another! Soon the single words grew in their number and formed sentences that made sense. All these words together mixed with the melody to the entirety of the song Dudley /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /"I can… understand…" She gasped in both surprise and confusion. "How is that…" br /"That'll make it easier… feels good that I can speak with you like that." Dudley smiled softly and walked to the wall where the device that created the glass of water the last time she was here with him was. br /br /He ordered a glass of water from it again but this time she was able to understand what he was saying. He walked back and handed her the glass. br /"You'll probably be one of the last ones who gets this treatment." He sat down. "Our fentobot stock is low…" span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /br /"So these femtobots are in my blood now?" Kitty asked and put the water away without taking a /"A low number… most were used to build this implant in your ear." br /Unwittingly Kitty laid a hand on her ear. br /"Don't worry." Dudley smiled tiredly. "Your ear looks as good as always." br /br /"It's just…" she sighed and looked down. "It's so much at once… so much at once for years." br /"Things will get better." He tried to brighten up her mood, but Kitty heard in his words that he also didn't really believe in /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /Kitty looked directly into his eyes and asked. "Dudley, be honest, how bad is our situation?" br /"Dire." He replied with what felt like another punch in the guts for her. br /"So we're just fighting the inevitable right now? Are we destined to go extinct?" Kitty's eyes must have revealed everything that was going on in her right now. br /br /At least she felt like Dudley understood it because he returned her gaze and said with a stern voice. "Listen to me Kitty, I don't care who you're with or who's kissing you but I will neither let you nor Nick die out here. This is not how this will end. No matter how we stand at the end of things. I don't care, I get you out of here."br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanbr /Kitty caught her breath, out of all the things Dudley had said about their situation today, this was the first thing she truly believed. She fully believed every syllable, every letter. In all this time she remembered him she had never seen him so stern and persuasive. Suddenly something struck her mind like the lightning a lonely tree on a field. br /br /"Nick!" She said and jumped up. "I almost forgot… have you talked with him?" br /"I have." He grabbed one of her hands and pulled her back down onto her seat. "We got a little closer… I guess it'll take some time, a lot to be honest, and he'll probably never call me dad, but I laid a foundation there… I guess" br /br /"Come on Dudley, I'm not in the mood for jokes." She sighed annoyedly. There was no chance he was able to make Nick not hate him that quickly. Kitty's initial intention was that Dudley spends some time with him so that the boy would maybe, after half a year, be able to say Dudley's name without looking like he had a bad taste on his tongue. And now Dudley tried to tell her that he has done that in one day? br /br /"It's true." Dudley grinned mischievously. "And maybe one day I tell you how I did that…" br /"If that's true you definitely have to." She laughed astonished. br /"Speaking of it, I wanted to meet him and then visit mom…" The expression on Dudley's face darkened. "Also, you have a briefing with Powers, you shouldn't be too late." br /br /"Indeed." She said and stood up. She and Dudley walked to the ship's hatch and both waited for it to open as he turned to her. br /"I know they say it's not dangerous but… be careful out there, okay?" br /br /"I am Dudley, you know me." br /"Yes I do…" He smiled a little and kissed her cheek. "That's why I tell you."br /She just looked at him surprised and blushed while he walked through the open hatch and then down the hallway without looking back. br /br /Kitty staggered out of the vessel and as the door behind her closed she laid a hand on her chest. She felt her heart beating like a jackhammer. br /em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;""Still there…"/em she thought. em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;""This will make it just more complicated."/em/span/p
