Missed Payment
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"Turn the alarm off!" James shouted. "Admiral, sorry, but we can't play with you anymore. People, we're going to need everyone! Get to your stations and call out as you bring things online!"
"Janet!" Yvette added. "I'm headed to the command post. What do the scanners show so far?"
"So far just the jump point. The computers identified it as a hive sphere due to the size," Janet replied. "Wait ... something. Shit! We have a Lares class carrier, it's emerged and the jump point is still growing."
"A Lares?" the admiral shouted. "Impossible, that class has no engines. It's nothing more than a shell used to hold their fighters."
"It appears to have been held in formation by tractor beams," Janet replied icily. "Or maybe this one has jump engines as well. All I know is that it was the first ship to emerge from the jump point and the point I still growing."
"Yvette," James shouted. "I'll be heading to the lasers. They probably can't do much, but it sounds like we'll need every weapon available. There is an auxiliary control center out there, so I can keep up once I get there."
I was frantically getting the teleport system off standby. "James," I called out. "I'll have the teleport up in two minutes."
"I need you in the primary teleport center by the main medical bay. We're going to be handling casualties," James said. "No wait; we need you to teleport the gunners to the lasers first."
The alarm had been muted. I could now hear feet pounding on the floors of our tunnels and people ran to get to duty stations. Overhead the speaker continued to squawk.
"Einherjar, deploy! Este, make sure that we're watching for missiles!"
"Hoplites, get to your guns! Let the spears run with Sa'arm blood!"
"Vikings! Are you going to allow those pansies from Athena to deploy faster! Get to your turrets!"
"Gaels, Let's show them true courage and fight!"
"We need to concentrate our firepower! All ships accelerate to join the Borneo contingent. Captain Evans, who is coordinating over there."
"I guess I have tactical command," Captain Evans replied. "Come in and slide in behind Sif and Athena. They have experienced gun crews. And warn your missile cruiser that the Sa'arm around here have extremely efficient missile defenses."
"And don't send your fighters out except against their fighters or corvettes," a new voice called out. I recognized it as Bernadette Werfel.
"Who said that?" Admiral Timmons asked.
"Captain Bernadette Werfel. I command Mongolia, but a few months ago I was on Andrew Jackson when we faced a Sa'arm force at Wolf. They have a weapon that can take out squadrons of fighters at a time. Any of their ships destroyer size or larger appear to carry it."
"Also, the Sa'arm around here use a missile that breaks into slivers. It doesn't sound dangerous, but we've had more than a few ships badly torn up," Yvette reminded everyone. "Your corvettes need to be very careful."
"What about that torn up corvette?" someone asked.
"I have an extremely good helmsman," Captain Gates replied. "He manages to keep the hits glancing. But just about every ship here has taken hits from those missiles. They will tear up your ship and crew."
"We're at command," Tiffany called out.
"God!" Tamara added. "James, Janet wasn't kidding, this is a major force. Five, six, no ten total Vacuna scouts just came through and I have at least nine more ships still to emerge."
"Joy," James said.
I heard movement behind me and spun around. Kitty was standing there. Her face was pale as she put a hand on my arm. "James, I'm with Meiko, what should I do?"
"Support her," James said. "Maggie, I need you to organize everyone who knows how to run the tugs and mobile teleports. We're going to see ships take hits. Meiko, as ships take hits, I'm going to rely on you and Kitty to get injured crew off fast."
Kitty shivered and I leaned back, stunned by the responsibility that had been dropped on me. Overhead the conversations continued.
"I'm at laser control," Fred called out. "James, we can't really protect that far out. Not in a combat situation."
"I know, but it might help, especially if we have to shield a damaged ship," James called back. "Tiffany, we can't have the communications be free. Can you set it so that the ship commanders can send out blanket messages, but that we don't end up listening to all the chatter. And do the same here, Yvette or I should be able to send out general calls, but the rest should be internal unless it pertains to recovery of injured crew or damaged ships."
"On it," Tiffany replied.
"James," Admiral Timmons called out. "Can you make sure that we get a feed from your sensor net? It's better than anything our ships are going to have."
"I'll get it started ... Fuck!" Tamara said. "James, the scouts are deploying mines. They are using them to take out our system defenses."
"Get the sensors off the ecliptic!" James shouted. "Terrence, I need you and Louis at the command post and working with the system defenses. Try to save something, we might need them."
"Maggie!" Tamara called. "You are in charge of the people running the tugs and teleport pods. Boost them out of the ecliptic as well. These mines don't really identify what they are destroying."
"I don't have enough people," Maggie called back. "So far only Claire and Whitney have arrived to help. We have five tugs and six teleport pads to move."
"Tina, Mike, Mike, Ulla, Veronica, Paula, Jillian, Madison, you know how to guide those pods. Drop what you are doing and go," James shouted.
"The hive sphere has emerged. We can now identify the other ships. Looks like three of the Vesta class Battleships and six cruisers. The hive sphere is launching some ships as well," Tamara called out.
There was a thumping behind me. I glanced back to see Brad entering. Candi and Randi followed. "James," I called out as I turned to the teleport controls. "Brad has arrived at the teleport room. He has Candi and Randi with him."
"Teleport them to the laser ready room. Candi and Randi can take over the auxiliary control there. We might need it," James replied.
I nodded and turned to the console. Brad walked forward until he was on the teleport pad. He turned around as Candi and Randi ran and threw their arms around him. Kitty giggled as I activated the teleporter to send them on.
"James," Reggie called out. "Gina and I have gathered all the babies and younger children. So far we have Marilyn, Bethany and Heather helping out. We should be fine for a while, but we'll need a couple more people once the babies get restless."
"Marie, find Carol and Robin," Yvette called out. "Get to the nursery and help."
"James," Donna called out. "Shawna is going to head to the main medical bay. I'm going to take a few minutes adjusting the pods here. Alexis, Barbara and Janice are still being healed."
"It's been hours!" Yvette called back.
"Yes," Donna replied, "But we were running the medical pods on reduced power and they had severe injuries. They will be healed within the next two hours. I just need someone to watch the pods here so I can join Shawna and Ed at the main medical bay."
"Molly," Gina called out. "You've sat in on some training. Get there right away and work with Donna. We are going to need her."
"Meiko!" James called out. "Amanda and Deb are on their way to the teleport room. Xavier, Mike and I should be a few more minutes. Also everyone, the main passage is still down, you have to teleport to the other side of the colony."
"James!" Yvette called. "We are going to need a command post pairing for coordination with all the ships. Can we send a team to the colony center and the post there?"
""Diana, Ingrid," Tamara called out. "Have Meiko teleport you. I hope you don't mind, Terrence."
"Send Louis as well. He can use that post to do the repair scans. We aren't going to have any room to spare over here," Terrence said.
"Incoming!" we heard Admiral Timmons shout. "Captain Butros, launch the alpha flight fighters. Evans, can we get a Goddess to cut off those scouts?"
"Siberia, stay on Freya's flank! Captain Walker, cut those Sa'arm ships off!" Captain Evans shouted.
"Oh god!, not good, not good!" Janet shouted. "Missile inbound! It's gotten past the ships!"
"Brad!" James screamed.
I heard pounding steps behind me. Before I could turn, Deb and Amanda tore past me. They jumped onto the teleport pad. "Go!" Deb called before they even finished turning around.
I activated the pad and the duo vanished. "Fred!" I heard Brad cry. "I'm in laser one. Can you get me a quick targeting solution?"
"It's raw!" Fred replied. "Call out when you're ready."
"No time to refine the solution," Brad called. "Send me up!"
The colony seemed to pause to listen. I could still hear people running in the background. Kitty had grabbed my shoulder and was squeezing me as we strained to hear the results.
"Hit!" Fred finally called out. "Bringing you down."
"James, that took three shots!" Brad noted.
"The repair systems have been improved," James said. "If we don't use the laser for thirty minutes the seals will be replaced. It will be longer for your armor. The best we can set up will still take over an hour."
"How do I get my armor repaired?" Brad asked.
"There should be an alcove by the ready room. We have servo units to help remove the armor. Yvette thought about it after Mieko got hurt saving Amanda," James replied.
"He thinks of us all the time," Kitty whispered in my ear.
Kitty's action had distracted me and I was surprised to see Diana, Ingrid and Louis run onto the teleport pad. "Lily and Madison will be joining us," Louis said.
"I thought they belonged to Linus," Kitty commented.
"They do," Diana replied. "But they know the command post functions and Linus is going to get into armor. We need more gunners."
I activated the teleport to send the trio to the teleport pad by our main medical bay. They had just vanished when Shawna arrived. She bolted to the pad, followed by Ed, David, Lindsay, Craig and Gina's Michael.
This required that I make several adjustments to the teleport settings. I had to unlock the other pad before I could send a signal. Fortunately, Shawna had everyone organized. They stood quietly on the pad while I worked. "Send us when you are ready," Shawna called out just as I completed my work.
I activated the teleport, sending them to the main medical bay. As they vanished, I realized that Kitty had been watching over my shoulder. "That was a lot of work," she stated.
"More than normal," I admitted. "During the duel to control the unit, I turned off the other pad and locked it down to prevent Colonel Johanes from using it. To send Shawna to it, I had to remove all of the security. Next time I can send someone with just a couple of buttons."
Kitty smiled and backed away slightly. I knew that more gunners were on the way, so I began switching the teleport to send people to the lasers. I had just finished when Tamara's voice called out. "Meiko! Siberia took a major hit. They have two wounded who need medical attention and their pods are down. Can you get them from their teleporter room?"
"I can, but it would be better if I was at the medical bay's teleporter room," I said.
"Meiko!" James called out. "Can you set something up that Kitty can run?"
I started frantically adjusting the controls. My goal was to get the system automated to the point where Kitty would only have a couple of switches to hit before she could activate the system. "Kitty, get a couple of private headsets," I hissed. "I'll set this up for you to run and then you can teleport me to the bay."
Kitty ran from the room. "I need five minutes," I said. "I have to set the controls."
"The injured crew might not have five minutes," Tamara replied. "One of the injured on Siberia is their medic. Their other people with training are tied up in damage control..."
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James looked over at Janice and me. "Are you sure you can perform?" he asked. Janice giggled. "Why wouldn't we be able to perform? It should be easier the second time. We won't have as many first performance jitters." "And we won't worry about disappointing you," I whispered. "I missed so many notes while I was playing." Janice looked at me. "I thought the orchestra was struggling a bit. What was going on?" I shrugged. "Rather than using the sheet music, the AI was...
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After we finished feeding our children, Mickey, Cleo and I took them back to the cribs before we each grabbed some lunch. During our meal we talked a bit about the music we were playing. "I knew music like this existed, but this is more fun than I ever imagined," Mickey said. "And last night was ... wow! I could feel the way the audience reacted." Cleo nodded. "It is powerful. We need to be feeding that by playing our best." I blew out a raspberry. "More practice." The others...
Mickey, Cleo and I were the last three to leave the theater. We exited the airlock to find our sister concubines waiting. I found myself showered with hugs and kisses. "That was so much fun!" Tina squealed. "We have to do that again." "It was definitely fun," Bethany said calmly. "And there is no question that James and the others liked watching it." "Totally" Kitty said. "You realize that every citizen snuck in to watch it a second time." "Every one?" I asked. "Who was in...
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I returned to our home hallways in time to catch James coming out of the command post. With Diana and Ingrid's help I cornered him in the hallway and ordered him to throw me over his shoulder and take me back to our home to ravish me. He did after telling the AI to order Bethany home. James did not really ravish me though. He jumped into the shower while Bethany and I fed our daughters and then pulled us into the hot tub for an hour of playful fun. Bethany held onto him at the end of that...
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Kitty staggered one time when a powerful contraction wracked her body, but otherwise we were able to reach the medical bay without problems. The door slid opened as we approached and Shawna dashed out. "It's nice to have some good news," she cried as she gave Kitty a quick hug before taking my friend's right arm and offering support. "How bad are the contractions?" "I've only had one," Kitty moaned. "At least only one I felt. Ooooh." "Two," Brittany chirped with a...
We raced up the hallway. Ahead, I could see smoke and hear shouts. The shouts were filled with panic. The smoke quickly got thicker and I nearly ran into Patty when she stopped. "Patty!" I heard Reggie shout. "What happened to Craig and Robert?" "The AI reported that a section of the ceiling collapsed and trapped them," Patty said as she pushed the gurney against the wall. "Meiko and I brought gurneys though." Reggie nodded and seemed about to say more when the AI spoke....
It seemed to take forever to make our way to the passage that used to separate our home from the maniacs who had been dropped on Ishtar with us. When we arrived, the informal guard kiosk stood empty in front of a closed pressure door. We paused to wait for the doors to open when a young female cried out. "Wait!" We turned to find Lily, the ten year old daughter of Linus, pushing a double stroller. I tried to figure out what the issue was as she came to a stop in front of us. "Esther...
My master seemed exhausted as we left the command post and began to make our way through the passages. The halls were largely empty and I was going to ask why when the AI called out, "Devil hour has just begun." "More than half a day spent dealing with this," James said quietly. "I shouldn't be too surprised." "I just hope we can get some rest," I said. "That scientist seems..." I paused, trying to think of a good adjective to describe the man we had watched walk out. James said...
I wanted to speak up once we were past the marines, but before I could gather my courage James turned to Yvette. "It's clear that our friend the governor is out to cause trouble. We should not let him know about the fact that we have access to the three common rooms just yet. However, make sure that all citizens use the ice rink to move back and forth for now. I don't want us confronting his goon squad just yet." Yvette nodded. "In fact, I'd take that further and stop all transit...
The statement from Governor Johanes lowered the temperature in the room even as James shifted his weight. My master seemed ready to lunge forward across the table and I held him tighter, trying to keep him from getting in trouble. It seemed he was not going to calm down and I was starting to lose my grip. "Excuse me, James?" a feminine voice said. I had my eyes closed as I strained to keep James in his chair and had not seen anyone approach. James tensed one more time and then seemed to...
I held Brittany in my arms as the door to the skating rink opened. Esther and the male concubine Petey stepped into the hallway. Kitty immediately noticed the young man. "Oh, a loincloth. I like the look." Petey blushed and stepped a little away from Kitty, who immediately turned to Esther. "The AI suggested that Brit and I be here now. What's happening?" Esther sighed. "Let's just say that Governor Johanes offered us an extremely clear example of the kind of leadership he offers....
Janice and I arrived home to find Bethany, Tina and Kitty sitting around the table. Bethany looked up from the game they were playing and waved us over. "We'll deal you in next game," she told us. "James is right now giving Brittany..." "Four hours of bliss!" Kitty shouted. Bethany smiled at the interruption. Tina ignored the interplay and began moving cards on the table. The game they were playing was an elaborate card game where cards on the table were purchased with cards held in...
I woke back up slowly. Around me I could hear the gentle breathing of my sister concubines. I peeked around to find them slumbering with me in the bed. Rising further, I was disturbed that James was not sharing the bed. Immediately I started to climb over Tina, who was lying by the edge of the bed. My left foot was about to touch the floor when Tina suddenly rose up and grabbed me around the waist. I sucked in my breath to scream only to find a hand slapped over my mouth. "Don't," Tina...
James jumped away from the laser and waved to Tina and me. "Head to the briefing room," he ordered us. Tina dashed off, but I waited among the hanging fabric panels that shielded the ready room from the spray designed to counteract the acid atmosphere as James walked toward the exit. "Who was that?" the major snapped as James approached the exit. I slipped a bit deeper but remained close enough to hear the conversation. "Sounded like Ulla," James said. "I've looked over the list of...
I ran from the command post. Behind me, I could hear that the conversations had definitely calmed down. Ahead, the hallways were silent. My progress to my home was uninterrupted as I rushed to Janice and Bethany. I arrived to find Janice laying Madoka on the couch. My sister concubine looked at me and laughed. "Great timing. I just changed Madoka and was going to bring her to you so you could feed her." "Where are Kitty, Brittany and Bethany?" I asked as I walked over to pick up my...
In the command post, everyone continued their frantic work to help save the ships and their crews. I could hear Ulla and Tiffany talking with Captain Travis and Captain Gates. Ulla was a bit confused at one point, but Tiffany's quiet confidence kept her at her post. James had finally dragged Janice and me over to a padded chair. He flopped into the chair and I quickly pushed Janice into his lap. My sister concubine quietly held on to our master. I was looking around for another chair when...
Bethany walked forward once Brad had left the room. I was puzzled by her action until she reached down to pick up something. It took just a moment for me to recognize that it was the uniform Captain Gates had been wearing when she first arrived. "We definitely should return that to her soon," I said. Bethany nodded, but made no move to exit the transporter room. Instead, she walked over to stand next to me at the control panel. I turned to ask her a question as the speakers started to...
During that quick dash back to our home, I was sure that we'd see open fighting in the colony within hours. However, we arrived home to find James holding Kristi in his arms. The newborn was sleeping peacefully as my master rocked her. Brittany knelt beside him. She had Jamie in her arms. I expected to find Kitty as well, but she and Tina were over by one of the tables we had set up to make diaper changing go a bit more smoothly. I could see Jerome squirming on the table. James just nodded...
"Perhaps that is the problem with the research," Major Bonham replied sweetly. "The good scientist is rather stressed due to the importance of his mission and needs a bit of relief." "Tell him to take two Rolaids and call me in the morning," James growled. I looked over at the twins in confusion. Their faces showed equal confusion. Janet was hunched over. I noticed her shoulders twitching and moved to comfort her, but before I could arrive she threw her head back. Howls of near...
It must have been the fact that we knew the acting governor would hear about our performance. The intensity of Cleo, Mickey and me was palpable as we provided the music for the actors. There were a few sections and songs that had changed, but I barely heard the words as I played. The audience was silent throughout the performance. At one break, I risked a quick glance at them and found that everyone was gazing raptly towards the stage. Alexis noticed that I had turned my head and flashed me...