Ben watches through the one way glass as Peter is throughly examined and debrieifed on his situation. He turns to the medic next to him. "Well Dr. what do you think?" The young man sighs and shrugs. "He did break sir, that he admited, and he did admit he had no choice, he dosn't rember much after that. Theres....holes in his memory." Ben looks concured and prelexed. "Holes? Likes something was there but taken?" The Dr. nods, "Yes, but we can only guess why or how." Ben turns back to watch Peter as he begins to speak to another conrole bombarding him with questions he has no anwsers to. "Has he been operated on in anyway." The Dr. shakes his head, "Not that we can tell, we suspect the holes are a side effect of what Dean did to him. Chimur'a admits the same has happened to him. With all due respect sir, Peter is shaken up but I don't see any reason to keep him here." Ben nods. "Thank you Dr. I do agree, but that discsion is not my alone to make. Please make up a report and attend the coffrence at thirteen hundred." Ben turns as the Dr. salutes. "Of course sir." they salute and the Dr. enters the room asking the Coprals to leave so his patinet can rest. Ben sighs and turns away toward the exit, It will only be another day or so before the Genesis is operational or so, and the new prototype shields should be done a few days more after that. Ben wishs he could just send Peter back, he knows how much he misses his wife and his unborn baby. Ben grimces at the thought thinking of his own wife and son and much he misses them. "When will I ever be able to hold her again." he whispers. "To kiss her gently and tell her I love her." he sighs holding back a tear and a little anger. "To hold my son in my arms." He finnaly reachs his office and takes a picture of his wife and son and himself and looks at it longnly, then angrely. "Damn this war." he lets out, "Damn it."
As James and Chimur'a rushed in to the medbay both of them froze, but only Chimur'a spoke. "Lour-Lourtn'i?!" he said softly, James was frozon and his memory flashed in a quick breze of what happend nearly three years ago. Samuir turns, and after a minute his voice finnaly finds James. "Sir, please both of you, you must listen." Chimur'a nods and so does James collecting himself, they approch the bed seeing the very white very unconiuss Lourtn'i lieing there. They stand near Chimur'a, he stands from his kneeling postion. "I am not sure how much longer it will be before she awakens. I knew Lourtn'i was onboard, more over I knew who she was." James and Chimur'a looks stunned. "Samuir, how...how long did you know??" Samuir turns and shakes his head. "Not until the Omega left for Chosen, she was starting to have holes in her illsion, they were small but I could notice them, I knew the way." James looks shock it hiting him suddnely. "Lourtn'i was, is Luci??!!!" he says shocked and already knowing, Samuir nods. "Yes, she is waging a war inside her, witch is making the pressing matter even more dangrous. Chimur'a you know as well as I, commander such as your selves were never taught how to withstand the preassures of being in another image in a long amount of time." Chimur'a nods, "Yes, we weren't, we know how for a short while, but for as long as she has......she is loosing control isn't she." Chimur'a asks, looking at her, a tear being to form in his eye. Samuir nods, "Yes, this is why I wanted to find her, but....it may already be to late. She was already starting to surge, and her personality is almost gone." Chimur'a finnlay begins to silently cry, "Lourtn'i, what have you done." he whispers. "We must help her, we must save her." James suddnley demands, Samuir turns. "Sir, it can not be done, she is already in the last stage, I have only delayed it so we may end her life peacfully and so she dosn't hurt others." James turns a blue fire already in his eyes. "This women, what ever she did or has done is irrlvent, she saved my wife's life, she saved my child." Samuir's eyes begin to burn with a purple fire. "Don't you think I know that sir, if she isn't dealt with now, she may very well destory the Genesis! She will kill us all! I have seen this happen before, I know the risks." James's eyes burned brighter. "Then leave and let me try." Samuir stood his ground. James's himself begin to glow a blue hue. "NOW! Thats an order!" Samuir's eyes burning caesed and he nodded in defeat, and began to leave, James turn to Chimur'a. "You too, out." Chimur'a turns to James a greenish burning in his eyes also streaming with tears. "I will not leave her again James. I love her, I always have, you must understand." James noded, "Then keep on eye on us both, I have an Idea but it's risky, you must be the voice of reason, here is what must be done." James began to explain as Samuir had the medbay evacuated and sealed. Lournt'i looked up in the darkness, she turrned her head and stood. She wore nothing, she was exposed for all to see. Suddnley a light peired the darkness and a pinkish glow burst like flames and a figure steped through. Luci, also exposed, Lournt'i shook her head terrifed. "This is impposible." she thought more then spoke, the figure grined. "Nothing is immposible. You have given birth to me miss. I have been so long, that now I am." it returned the thought, Lournt'i stumbled back as Luci approched, it hurt to do so. She cringed a little in pain, as it seemed Luci got stronger. "You see, your dieing, let it go. I am all there needs to be." suddnely the pink fire expanded and circled them both and was quite close. "A battle circle?" she asksed shocked, the figure smiled. "This is the last stand, you must chosse, or all will be lost." Lorutn'i shook her vilotley. "No no, this isn't real this cannot be happning." Luci frowned angred, she shot a pink blast at Lorutn'i, who quickled tried to block it, her pink sheild barrley held. "This is no dream, this is no game, this is real! And you will chosse!" Lourtn'i still didin't understand and shook her head. "There is nothing to chosse." she respond, Luci broke into laughter. "You fool! You forget the reason you gave birth to me! You must chosse!" Lourtn'i tried to throw a pink blast at her, but it fizzled. Luci smiled, "Your already lossing, you must chosse, or we will all die." Lourtn'i fell to her knees shaking. "I don't...I don't....understand." she reapted weak, tired, and crying. Luci sighed. "Then I guess we will die." The pink circle of fire began to shrink. Then suddnely a green fire blinded both womens view, Lournt'i moved her hand, and there standing there with a bright green hue stood Chmiur'a. "Chmiur'a!" she declared. "Lournt'i, you must let go, if you don't you will die." She cried more tired and beaten she didn't have the strength to move to him. "Chmiur'a I cannot, I cannot chosse. I am so confused, please I don't know what to do, I am sorry." Suddnely Luci appread. "You, what are you doing here." Chmiur'a looked shocked, then angry. "You, your the reason, you must be vangished your nothing." Luci laughed. "Nothing? Nothing? You have no idea the powers you deal with." She suddnley fired a pinkish shot at him, Chmiur'a easly deflcted it, but barely in time. Luci just grined. "We will die!" it ranted and the pinkish circle grew smaller yet. Chmiur'a fired a green bolt, Luci blocked and deflected the shot, Chmiur'a looked supprised and jumped out of the way but it still struck him in his side. Chimur'a fell to the ground holding his side, crying in pain. "Chimur'a!" Lourtn'i yelled, and fired a single shot at Luci. She abosred it and the pinkish circle grew smaller. "DIE!" she repated, and Lourt'i copplased crying again. "Chmiur'a" she whsiperd. Luci walked toward him, and her eyes burrned pink, and a bolt formed from her hand aimed directly at his head. "DIE!" she repeated and fired.
Triton came as soon as Samuir sent word, and met him outside the medbay. "It's begining?" he asked, Samuir noded. "Yes the first trial, as predicted." Triton nods turning. He watches seeing inside Lorunt'i as her images flashes and the pink glow fills the darkend room, James is standing nearby a blushish hue about him, and Chmiur'a with a greenish hue. "Do you think the'll sucseed." Triton asks, Samuir sighs. "Ethier way, the situation looks grim." he responds. Triton nods,and suddnly is shocked as he see Chimur'a yelp a bit in pain and his side beigns to bleed with a serious wound. "Let us hope they do succseed. If they don't, well then nothing will matter." He says, Samuir nods. Ben reneters the gathered meeting of the EDF concuil to decide Peter's fate. He sits in his chair. "We have all heard from the cornols, and my self, we have heard from the doctor, and now we must decide. Before we show are decision I must say one thing. Commander Peter has served the EDF well, and above his duty. But beyond that, he has shown himself to be a commendable commander, and in this desprate time we need such people more then ever. I ask the concuil to consider the fact, that Commander Peter wound never betray the EDF of his own free will. But I do ask the concuil to consider the graver fact, that Emproer Dean is a dangerous man who can do un thinkable things. I ask you vote with the facts in hand. Let us begin." Ben stands and the rest do in turn. "On your datpad are three selections, a one, two and three. One states Commander Peter is unfit to return to his duty and is to immdlety be dishonarbly discharged from the EDF. Two states Commander Peter is fit to return to his duty. And three states an abstainment. Please vote now." Ben sits back down as the concuil votes, he looks at his pad and sighs. He presses a button. A blue sheilds suddnly evelops Chimur'a and the blast is abosbed Luci looks up in anger then smiles. "My James!!" she exlaims, James stands there in a blue hue and fire. "Luci." he says, and turns to see the crying tired Lourtn'i, he turns back and finds Luci face there, it changes more to the figure from his dream, he freezes. "My love, my one, the one I have waited for, you came to me." James's eyes tremmble, that look. The blue fire disspears and he is once again parlized. Luci moves her exposed body closer to James pressing against him. James crings, as she moves to him, and suddnely her image waviers in that moment he sees it. James fire returns and he sends a shockblast shooting Luci back. Lourtn'i looks up at him and James looks at her. "You need not chosses Lourtn'i, there is nothing to chosse, you know the real choice, don't let this thing decive you." Suddnley Luci stands and roars. "DAMN YOU!!! How, how!" James turns back. "You should know." he fires a wave at Luci a powerfull blast. Luci blocks it but it takes all her strength, her image waviers more and for nearlly three seconds it's true form is exposed. Lournt'i looks in horror. "Versm'on, how, how." James ceases his attack and Luci turns, the image of her disppears in it's place somethimg more horrible is left. A blackish demonish like beging with glowing red-white eyes is seen, a deform of it's once true self. "I am supprised you still recongize me in this cursed form." the figure responds, Lournt'i stands anger starting to fill her, the pinkish circle turns to black. "It was you all the time, the dreams eveything, how, why?" Versm'on shrikes in an evil laugh as James moves to help Chimur'a up. "You of all people should know why, you don't understand, none of you do." the evil figure looks back at James as he holds Chimur'a over his shoulder. "You still don't understand how importnat you are in this battle do you." James looks at the demon a blue fire in his eyes. "And you and your master still won't understand you will lose." The figure again laughs, and fires a blacksish-red shot at James. James looks suprised and tries to create a shield, but it's too late as the shot strikes.
Samuir and Triton watch, and then suddnley unexpitly a blackish hue of light escapes from the pink and seems to mix, then solfiy. "So it is true." Samuir whispers. Triton nods, "Hard to tell witch side is wining." He responds, Samuir nods. "I hate not being able to assist." Trtion sighs, "I know, but it is not our time yet." Samuir closes his eyes and nods in fusteration. "I know" he responds. Ben looks at the results and sighs, he chimes the comm to call for Peter and waits, he looks again at his picture of his family and closes his eyes silently cursing the war once again. The door opens and he likewise opens his eyes as Peter is escorted in. The two guards salute, so does Peter. Ben stands, and salutes. "Your both dissmised." The Guards drop there salutes and exit. Ben sits, "Commander, I aplogize for the delay, but this is a complicated matter as i'm sure your well aware." Peter nods. "Yes sir I know. I will agree and confid by the consuil's decsion." Ben smiles a little and nods. "I know you will." he stands again. "Therefore, Commander Peter Fox, it is the ruling of the Earth Defense Force Concuil by the facts and a conuicl vote that you are heraby----reinstated to active duty and will be transported back to the DSR Genesis in two days." Peter smiles a little, "Thank you sir." Ben manges to smile. "No need to thank me, your free to goto all decks, you temporary quarters are on deck seven, your unifrom and sidearm are there." Ben salutes and Peter does in turn. "Good to have you back son." he says droping his salute. "Good to be back sir." he responds, and departs. Ben sits and looks at the count again, then moves to a detail report showing each concuil member and there number corisponding vote. He scrolls down on the screen untill he gets to his vote and sighs. He lays the datapad down and stand to look out the viewport at the earth bellow. "The facts." he whispers letting his image shiver to that of the real body he 'resides' in. "I hope I am wrong." he repeats, as the detail reports shows his name and the number beside it, a one. A flash appears before James's vison, as a pinkish sheild absorbes the powerfull blast. "No! Your game is over Versm'on, it's time you returned where you were bansihed too." The dark figure wails in anger, "It's that place you belong as well!" he claims and fires a streaming blast, Lorunt'i tires to block it but her sheilds is failing. "Lournt'i-" Chimur'a starts, she turns her head. "Chmiur'a i'm so sorry about everything." Chimur'a manges to stand on his own and palces his hands on her shoulder, the blood covering one hand felt cold on her bare skin. "Lournt'i I forgive you, I love you, I always have, it is I who ask you forgive me." Lorunt'i begins to cry again. "Chimur'a......I do, I forgive you, I have loved you always." Chimur'a smiles "Then let us send Versm'on back to his master." Lorunt'i nods. Chimur'a takes her in his arms, holding her close, she turns and they kiss. Suddnley a beam of green reinforces the pink, the blackish circle dispears and the black streaming blast is being beaten back by pinkish-green. "No! No this can not be!!! No!!!! James!! James please!!!" Verm'son says changing it's form back to that of Luci. "James please!!! Don't let us lose all we shared!!! Please!!!" James stands unshaken as the light gathers closer. "Tell your master, that I will never, ever be his." Luci screeamed in anger and pain as the pinksih-green ingulfed her and suddnley it was gone. Samuir and Trion watched as the black hue formed a beining and a shriek and wail of pain and anger, a sort of portal formed and the figureish hue was pulled through and was gone. "Was that..." Samuir asks, Triton nods. "Yes Verm'son." he confimrs, the hues from the other three fade and are gone, James and Chimur'a colpase to the floor. As soon as they do, Samuir, Triton and the other medical personal rush in.
A few hours latter James is in his office on the Genesis catching up on reports he missed while he was away. He stops for a moment to hold his head and closed his eyes. "Damn headaches." he thinks, "You really should take something for that." A voice calls out, James turns too see who spoke. "I'm not supposed to touch any medication for at least twenty four hours rember." He responds gently and stands to greet his guest, she smiles. "Please you don't need to stand, I Just wanted to come by to aplogize for what I did." Lourtn'i says standing near his desk, James waves a hand. "You weren't in complete control, iI don't hold you acountable, but if it's any worth I do forgive you." he says, she smiles, and pulls out a small disc, "I thought you might want this back." James looks at it confused for a second, then rembers it's the Disc he gave Luci, or Lournt'i on the Omega as a gift. "No no, my word still stands on the subject. Please keep it." She smiles warmly and nods, and places it back in the pocket. "So what is to become of me." James nods and waves a finger sitting back down. "Good question, well Chimur'a has voiched for you, as well as I and even Samuir. It will be hard for the concuil to do anything else but grant you defection to our side. You will be commander Lournt'i once again, if thats what you wish." She smiles widely. "Very much so. If it's any constlation I would like to stay on the Geneis for now." James nods. "I will put that request in, but thats out of my hands." She nods. "I thank you for at least trying." He smiles, "Least I can do." suddnely there intrupted by a comm beep. James presses the flashing key on his desk and a small screen pops up from the desk. Lt. Commander Kathey is there standing at her postion on the bridge saluting. James returns it, "Go ahead Lt. Commander." he starts droping his salute and she does in turn. "Sir we just recived word from the Grand Admiral that Commander Peter has be reinstated into active duty and will arrive in a few days." James smiles and says a silent thank you. "Thats wonderfull news Lt. Commander, is there a precise time and date as of yet?" Kathey shakes her head. "The Grand Admiral gave none sir, he said you would understand why." James nods. "I do Lt. Commander, thank you. Earth Admiral James out." he says and the screen winks out and moves back into it's slot on the desk. James stands, "Come Lournt'i I would like my wife to meet the real you." She stands in turns and nods. "I would like that, beside I have to explain all the damage of the reclamation, I hope she isn't to upset." she responds starting out of the office, James grins. "Oh don't worry about it give me thirty minutes alone with her an she won't be upset about anything for at least a few days." he says laughing a litle, Lournt'i dosn't quite understand as they exit the office.