{"id":1214,"date":"2016-01-04T07:40:26","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T13:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ajscifistories.com\/?p=1214"},"modified":"2016-01-06T07:26:56","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T13:26:56","slug":"the-cimalian-princess-clone-part-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ajscifistories.com\/?p=1214","title":{"rendered":"The Cimalian Princess: Clone – Part 13"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cimalian Princess: Clone<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

by AJ Marks<\/span><\/p>\n

Part 13<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Yvette waited in her captain office for Meia to report in. She was told that only one person was on board the shuttle and now she wondered what happened to Victor.\u00a0 They both went down to the surface of the planet.\u00a0 Had they discovered something useful in their fight against the Cimalian Empire?<\/p>\n

Before she could ponder the question anymore the door opened allowing a woman with strawberry blonde hair to enter. Yvette\u2019s first reaction had been shock before she look a bit closer to see the blue eyes.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou wanted to see me captain,\u201d the woman asked, and Yvette realized she was Meia with blonde hair.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to make sure you were all right,\u201d Yvette said, pausing a second before asking the question on her mind. \u201cWhat happened to Victor?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe didn\u2019t make it,\u201d Meia replied.<\/p>\n

Yvette figured as much when news of only one person from the shuttle got off, but now she had conformation. \u201cYou\u2019ll be transferring back to the Akagi when we stop.\u00a0 Admiral White will want to know what happened, so you might prepare your report.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course,\u201d Meia replied. \u201cIs that everything?\u201d<\/p>\n

Yvette paused for a second to think about the question. \u201cNo, did you get any rest?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA little,\u201d Meia replied. \u201cA bit hard in enemy territory.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThen I\u2019ll have someone take you to a spare quarters so you can rest up,\u201d Yvette said. \u201cWe\u2019ll be at the meeting point in three hours, so get a bit of rest and work on your report.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course,\u2019 Meia replied.<\/p>\n

Yvette called for one of the privates and told him to take Meia to an empty quarter. After they left she thought about the interaction.\u00a0 The Meia who returned did not seem to recognize her at all.\u00a0 Did something happen on the planet?<\/p>\n

\u201cOh well, I\u2019ll just wait and see what the report says,\u201d Yvette finally said to herself. She turned to her own paperwork, something Randy had not mentioned to her when taking on the duties of being a ship\u2019s captain.\u00a0 She had her own reports to prepare.<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

Meia wearily glanced around her surroundings once more feeling the despair grow stronger each time. She was capture by the one person she feared and hated and now had to try to figure out how to escape, if she could.\u00a0 She wondered if her training could help her out of this problem.<\/p>\n

Her small cell had been visited by a doctor, or she assumed he was by his uniform. She had no idea what the man wanted as she had been sedated for several hours.\u00a0 She figured the twenty-four hours had come and gone and that Randy and the fleet had gone back to the Alliance.\u00a0 Did they think she was dead?\u00a0 Would they return to find out what might have happened to her.<\/p>\n

She looked up at the squeak of the door and watched it open. A ray of light pierced the darkness of the cell causing her to close her eyes from the bright light.<\/p>\n

\u201cAwake again I see,\u201d a voice said causing her to shiver slightly from fear. She knew who it was and wished him to leave her alone.\u00a0 She managed to look up seeing the figure of the Emperor standing there dressed in green and yellows. \u201cYou are pathetic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meia did not bother to reply to her uncle.\u00a0 She did not want to engage in his war of words where he held the advantage.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s the matter little one, no words for your dear, sweet uncle?\u201d he asked her with a chuckle.<\/p>\n

Meia glared at him but said nothing. She did not know what he wanted but that it did not include her in the future.\u00a0 She hated the fact he used the childhood name her mother used and wondered what he was up to.\u00a0 She needed to figure a way out of here and to get back to the Alliance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember the first time I ever saw you. Your mother tried to protect you, as if she could from me,\u201d he said to her, closing the distance.<\/p>\n

Meia felt the fear of panic beginning to overwhelm her as he closed in on her. She wished he would leave her alone.\u00a0 The panic she felt since he walked into the cell seemed to be caused by his mere presence.\u00a0 She had faced enemy fighters, life and death situations and yet his mere presence caused unreasonable panic.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I see you\u2019re a bit chatty today, so very much like your mother in that regard,\u201d Henry said. \u201cLike her, I don\u2019t think you understand what is at stake.\u00a0 Don\u2019t expect your friends to come help you, see we destroyed them like that pathetic guy you were with.\u00a0 He\u2019d been so sure we\u2019d accept him, as if.\u00a0 Now, the only thing is to figure out what to do with you.\u00a0 I\u2019m sure it will come to me, until then, ta-ta,\u201d<\/p>\n

Meia watched as Henry moved away towards the door. Again light filtered into the small cell, blocked by Henry\u2019s figure before being closed again.\u00a0 She finally managed to relax again allowing the panic ebb from her body.\u00a0 She considered now what he said.\u00a0 He had wanted to rile her up, but her fear prevented her from answering back, a good thing.<\/p>\n

She thought about Randy and knew he would have tried to come back once, but probably left quickly if any Cimalian warships were in the area. She was on her own to out of here.<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

Trina opened the door to her apartment wearily making her way over to a chair and sat down. Her mind went over what she saw and tried to think what she might do next.\u00a0 The past twenty-four hours had been exciting, that much she understood.\u00a0 If the resistance did nothing then they had only one hope, the Alliance.\u00a0 She looked up at the ceiling and finally made up her mind and headed out to Ewa and Carl\u2019s apartment.<\/p>\n

She made her way past the enforcers patrolling about making sure people obeyed the laws. So far she had been stopped twice, but she still had another hour before curfew was enforced.\u00a0 Reaching her friend\u2019s apartment she climbed the stairs, took a second to catch her breath and knocked on the door.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrina, what are you doing here?\u201d Ewa asked surprised when the door opened.<\/p>\n

She glanced around before replying. \u201cI thought I\u2019d come over and see how you were doing, and I heard Carl wasn\u2019t feeling well.\u201d<\/p>\n

The statement caught Ewa off guard for a second but recovered quickly. \u201cIll, no, he\u2019d doing fine, you must have heard a rumor, but come in, we don\u2019t get to see you much after the move.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trina walked inside as Ewa stepped aside. Their apartment was a bit larger, being two people, but not much larger than hers.\u00a0 Ewa closed the door before looking over at Carl.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrina thought she heard you were sick,\u201d Ewa said to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cNope, feeling fine,\u201d Carl said, sweeping his hand.<\/p>\n

Trina felt a bit better and took a seat.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou look ragged, what happened,\u201d Ewa said as Trina looked over at her and paused a moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat hasn\u2019t happened is more like it,\u201d Trina replied back to her. \u201cLast night after you left I went for a walk to clear my mind.\u00a0 As I walked around the building I ran into someone I didn\u2019t expect to see.\u00a0 The daughter of an old friend of mine, Meia.\u201d<\/p>\n

She looked over at the two noticing they both had a blank look on their faces.<\/p>\n

\u201cMeia is the daughter of my friend Didi,\u201d Trina said to them. Again the name registered no reaction from them making her frustrated.\u00a0 \u201cDid always said Meia was special in ways I never knew, nor could she say any more.\u00a0 She always had a fearful look when talking about Meia, then I assumed both were killed in a terror attack almost twenty years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat does this have to do with anything? We all know that such attacks are only a way to keep the lower classes afraid of the Alliance, every attack is planned.\u00a0 Sorry Trina, but we\u2019re not following you,\u201d Carl said to her.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I inquired about Meia at Didi request, she somehow knew she\u2019d be killed, I was told Meia was also killed. However Meia had turned five and at the military academy.\u00a0 It makes no sense to hide her from someone would look after a child who just lost her mother,\u201d Trina said.\u00a0 \u201cEven for the upper classes this isn\u2019t normal.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt still doesn\u2019t explain anything,\u201d Ewa said.<\/p>\n

\u201cDidi and I knew each other a long time, when she was twenty-three she met someone who swept her off her feet. She never sad who it was and a few years later she became pregnant.\u00a0 After Meia was born I asked who the father was, she said don\u2019t ask and never ask again\u2026\u201d Train trailed off at that, a long distant memory surfacing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat?\u201d Carl asked after several seconds of silence.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoris, Prince Boris, shortly after Meia was born he was killed,\u201d Trina said, Meia was Boris\u2019 daughter which meant. She suddenly looked up at the others.\u00a0 \u201cWe need to help her now!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhoa, what are you talking about?\u201d Carl asked, confusion in his face.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why they cloned her. There is no other explanation,\u201d Trina said.<\/p>\n

\u201cCloned her?\u201d Carl asked again leaving Trina wondering why they could keep up with the conversation.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, it\u2019s the secret project I\u2019ve been helping on, cloning. It wasn\u2019t until today that I fully understood that,\u201d Trina said.\u00a0 \u201cThey cloned Meia for the next heir to the throne because she is the right heir.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her statement hung in the air between them.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou better get back to your apartment,\u201d Carl finally said to her. \u201cI\u2019ll talk to the others about this and see what we can do.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must act quickly, there is little time to dawdle,\u201d Trina said once more trying to emphasize the important of helping Meia. She had a feeling that if they would not get another chance to change their society again in her lifetime.<\/p>\n

She looked at her watch realizing she needed to start heading back before her curfew began. Standing she bid them both a good night before heading back to her apartment.\u00a0 Her head swimming with the realization she had come up with but had no idea how others might view her information.<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

Randy waited on the bridge for the Akagi to drop out of hyperspace. Meia would rejoin the crew soon enough and once more things would be back to normal.\u00a0 The next part would require planning back home with the rest of intelligence.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve arrived admiral,\u201d Kim replied. \u201cThe Valiant is already here and waiting for the Eagle, which should arrive in thirty seconds.\u201d<\/p>\n

Randy nodded but did not say anything. He could wait to speak with Meia knowing she had survived the mission.\u00a0 He paused to wonder if she would remember her promise about dinner later on.\u00a0 He looked down seeing the Eagle appear on the scanners as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, another successful mission,\u201d Randy heard John\u2019s voice say. Randy turned to see his friend walking towards him.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo far, I\u2019ll wait to see how successful after hearing what happened,\u201d Randy replied.<\/p>\n

\u201cHoping for some sort of magic weakness to use against them?\u201d John asked him. \u201cI doubt they have any and it\u2019ll probably come down to more fighting.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTrying to minimize losses on both sides, civilian and military if I can,\u201d Randy answered. \u201cThe last thing I want it to fight an unnecessary battle if we can fight that battle elsewhere and be more effective.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI know, just don\u2019t see it happening with this enemy. They don\u2019t seem to care nor do they want to reason with us,\u201d John said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think you\u2019re right, but I also think this war will have some sort of diplomatic ending instead of the climatic battle,\u201d Randy said putting some thought into it. \u201cWe\u2019ll still need the military victory, but overall victory will come through other means.\u201d<\/p>\n

Randy noticed everyone on the bridge was looking at him, and many probably understood what he meant. He knew the battle behind the lines, like those sabotaging ships would end up being more important than the actual battle.\u00a0 He also felt Meia would end up an important piece when everything was finished.<\/p>\n

End part 13<\/p>\n

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