{"id":1219,"date":"2016-01-06T07:26:23","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T13:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ajscifistories.com\/?p=1219"},"modified":"2016-01-08T07:41:46","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T13:41:46","slug":"the-cimalian-princess-clone-part-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ajscifistories.com\/?p=1219","title":{"rendered":"The Cimalian Princess: Clone – Part 14"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

Part 14<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Meia glanced around her cell once more. They had taken her out a few times to do something.\u00a0 She wondered how long they would keep her around before finally killing her.\u00a0 She had yet to figure out a way to escape.\u00a0 Trapped and under her uncle\u2019s mercy caused her a bit of despair.<\/p>\n

The door opened again allowing a small sliver of light into the cell. She saw the dust particles floating in the ray of light.\u00a0 The figure of her uncle appeared again.\u00a0 Meia figure he3 came around for his dose of torment and enjoyment.\u00a0 It was the only logical explanation she could come up with.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, well, you\u2019re probably wondering what I\u2019ve got in store for you little one,\u201d she heard him say as she backed up a bit but said nothing. \u201cStill the talkative one.\u00a0 That\u2019s all right, you\u2019ll be here for a bit longer, I\u2019ve got a use for you.\u00a0 I\u2019ve had a lot of plans for you since the first day I saw you.\u00a0 You have all the characteristics of the Cimal family, blonde hair, blue eyes, skillful, fast, everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meia struggled against her irrational fear to try and listen to his words. She wanted to flee from him despite the fact he seemed talkative and willing to give her the information.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always had a plan for you. I planned out your entire life, then you had to be tested and I should have expected it, after all my brother was what he was, an exceptional pilot as well,\u201d he grinned.\u00a0 \u201cBet you didn\u2019t know that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meia managed to look up at her uncle. True he had blue eyes much like her own, and greying blonde hair before looking back down.\u00a0 Why did she have such a reaction to him?<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I\u2019ll let you go with this. You\u2019ve given me the very instrument to guarantee the Empire\u2019s success.\u201d<\/p>\n

She watched him leave the cell and was alone again. She took a few minutes to calm her breathing and heartbeat.\u00a0 Thinking about everything the only thing which made any sense was her uncle conditioned her reaction when she was younger.<\/p>\n

The idea he had watched her all of her life scared her. The fact he had her life planned out scared her even more.\u00a0 What else did he have planned for her?\u00a0 She decided to not stay around and find out.\u00a0 Her new goal was to escape from this place and head home, back to the Akagi.<\/p>\n

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

Randy returned to his office after the fleet returned to hyperspace and back to the Alliance. He thought about everything which happened recently.\u00a0 The Alliance now knew where the Cimalian Empire was.\u00a0 The problem he had now was much simpler.\u00a0 Upon leaving their homeworld did they have one or more planets?<\/p>\n

The computer chimed breaking Randy out of his thoughts as it indicated a report was filed. He glanced at the screen noticing that the doctor had finished his report.\u00a0 He scanned through the report as the doctor had looked over Meia.\u00a0 He said she appeared in perfect health and no drugs in her system leaving Randy a bit relieved about that.\u00a0 He also knew not all injuries were physical and Meia had her share of mental injuries.<\/p>\n

He checked again seeing an absence of Meia\u2019s report. Opening a new message he politely requested her report before sending it off.\u00a0 He thought about her and wondered if she was probably in her room.\u00a0 Perhaps she needed someone to talk to about what happened.\u00a0 Making up his mind he headed off to her quarters.<\/p>\n

Arriving at Meia\u2019s quarters a few minutes later he hesitated at her door unsure about knocking and interrupting her. The door opened instead, startling him, and revealed Meia standing there.\u00a0 He blinked seeing her blonde hair and to him it looked wrong.\u00a0 He got used to seeing her with blue hair.<\/p>\n

\u201cUn, hey, I was in the area and, well, I was wondering if you\u2019d like to get something to eat?\u201d Randy managed to stumble out.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat sounds great,\u201d Meia replied with a smile.<\/p>\n

Randy found himself mesmerized by her smile. Meia smiled only a few times and each time he wanted to see it again.<\/p>\n

\u201cCome on, they\u2019re serving pizza today,\u201d Randy said. \u201cBut don\u2019t think this counts as our dinner date.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWouldn\u2019t miss it,\u201d Meia replied.<\/p>\n

They made their way to the elevator, passing a few other pilots in their brown flight suits. He noticed Meia changed out of hers and was wearing a more normal uniform, tan pants with a black top indicating her rank on board the ship.\u00a0 He said nothing as they continued down to the cafeteria.<\/p>\n

Walking into the cafeteria they both quickly made their way over to where the food was handed out. Randy took a couple of slices of pizza before leading Meia over to one of the tables.<\/p>\n

\u201cJohn, mind if we join you?\u201d Randy asked standing close by.<\/p>\n

He watched John look up at him then over at Meia, taking a second to recognize her before answering. \u201cNah, have a seat, going over the latest reports.\u201d<\/p>\n

Randy nodded and sat down as did Meia.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou still have blonde hair, looks a bit strange,\u201d John said to her.<\/p>\n

Randy looked over as well before giving his opinion. \u201cIt does look a bit strange, you going to keep it for a while?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThought I might, keep people guessing as to what I\u2019ll do next,\u201d Meia replied with a smile.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t have to change your hair color to do that,\u201d John said with a chuckle.<\/p>\n

Randy joined in a bit knowing it for the truth. \u201cI think the teens of Pacifica will be disappointed in that decision though.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the truth,\u201d John said.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe starts a fad and is now no longer part of it. They\u2019ll be devastated,\u201d Randy said to Meia.\u00a0 \u201cMy mother said the teens were really excited about your hair color, starting a bit of a rebellious streak.\u00a0 Guess it could be worse.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was probably a phase anyways,\u201d John said. \u201cYou know how tees go from one fad to another quicker than my fighter can turn.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the truth,\u201d Randy replied, looking over at Meia. \u201cThe doctor\u2019s report came back and you\u2019re fine.\u00a0 I\u2019m putting you back on active duty.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a relief, I\u2019ll be able to count on one person in my squadron then,\u201d John said. \u201cYou\u2019ll probably want to check out your fighter, Ben\u2019s been working on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll do it after we finish eating,\u201d Meia stated.<\/p>\n

Randy sat back as the three of them ate feeling a bit better now that Meia seemed a bit more like her normal self.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, I do have a few things I need from you,\u201d Randy said to her.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnything you need,\u201d Meia said with a smile.<\/p>\n

\u201cUh,\u201d Randy managed to squeak out wondering if Meia was flirting with him. He quickly managed to recover to ask his question.\u00a0 \u201cOnce we\u2019re back at the Pacifica I need your help to fil out the report to HQ, and I still need your report about what happened planetside.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m almost finished with it, just taking me some time to get all down in words,\u201d Meia replied back to him. \u201cAnd I\u2019ll be happy to help out at HQ and answer any questions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGood, because I don\u2019t think this war has seen the last of the fighting,\u201d Randy said to them both. \u201cI think our best bet might be some sort of convert operation using you and your station as an Alpha Supreme.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMight be possible, but the people might not believe me,\u201d Meia replied. \u201cIf we move quickly before they can cover everything up it might work.\u00a0 Many are confused and new leadership might be what they need.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll bring up the possibility at HQ,\u201d Randy said finally.<\/p>\n

He hoped things appeared better than the situation was a few hours ago. With Meia\u2019s help they might finally have a plan to end the threat of the Cimalian Empire once and for all.\u00a0 He finished his meal and looked at the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI need to head back to the bridge and see what\u2019s going on,\u2019 Randy said to them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll finish off the report,\u201d Meia said, getting up with Randy.<\/p>\n

\u201cJohn, if anything comes up in the reports, let me know,\u201d Randy said to John.<\/p>\n

\u201cWill do skip,\u201d John promised.<\/p>\n

Randy turned and left with Meia. They made their way to elevators and he knew she would be going down while he went up.\u00a0 The elevator doors opened for a car to go down.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll see you later,\u201d Meia said to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cCount on it,\u201d Randy replied.<\/p>\n

\u201cGood,\u201d Meia said, then surprised him with a quick hung before stepping onto the elevator and going down.<\/p>\n

Randy stood there for several seconds until he realized his elevator arrived. He managed to keep the doors from closing and walked aboard giving his floor destination.\u00a0 Now he had to recover from the outburst of affection from Meia and concentrate on his job.<\/p>\n

He recovered enough that he felt normal by the time he arrived on the bridge. He did not need the bridge crew seeing him like a school boy with his first crush.<\/p>\n

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

Ann watched the elevator doors open for her floor feeling a bit relieved she no longer had to act interested in Randy. She had memories of some romantic feeling towards the man which she remembered after meeting him.<\/p>\n

Now she had to finish the hades of a report. She only recently figured out where the report form was on the computer, and that was after recalling the password for the computer.\u00a0 Ann was lucky Meia used it often and wondered what Randy might think about it, after all, his name was not a very secretive word.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey, Meia, didn\u2019t recognize you,\u201d another person said in the hallway.<\/p>\n

Ann mentally rolled her eyes while facing the man. \u201cYeah, thought I\u2019d try something new, what\u2019d\u2019ya think?\u201d she asked, fingering a lock of the blonde hair.<\/p>\n

\u201cUm, looks good,\u201d the man stammered.<\/p>\n

Meia smirked inwardly at the man\u2019s obvious discomfort with the question.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I\u2019ll see you around,\u201d Ann said continuing on her way to her quarters. It became obvious to her that Meia had gained the trust of everyone on board.\u00a0 That made her life both harder and easier.\u00a0 The fact few would question her choices but there were many people she might not recall.<\/p>\n

She quickly returned to her quarters before encountering anyone else. She sat down and completed the report for the fools in the Alliance.\u00a0 She had no doubt about pulling off this part of her mission.\u00a0 The Alliance trusted Meia too much already and she would use that to her advantage.<\/p>\n

Smiling as she completed the report she put in anything Meia might have put in. She already knew more than she put into the report.\u00a0 Going over the wording several times she finally felt satisfied with the result.<\/p>\n

\u201cIronic dear uncle, you put me in the best position to take the throne from you,\u201d Ann said to herself giving a chuckle about it. She could use the Alliance itself to help put her on the throne and they would never realize it.<\/p>\n

End part 14<\/p>\n

Continued in part 15<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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