{"id":1747,"date":"2016-11-30T07:08:22","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T13:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ajscifistories.com\/?p=1747"},"modified":"2016-12-03T07:32:23","modified_gmt":"2016-12-03T13:32:23","slug":"the-uneasy-alliance-part-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ajscifistories.com\/?p=1747","title":{"rendered":"The Uneasy Alliance – Part 13"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Uneasy Alliance<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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

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

John quickly became irritated by the constant questioning of the group he was leading and wished he had said no to Turner.\u00a0\u00a0 He knew the way to eth surface, having been there several times especially during the war as a spy.\u00a0 He had gone up a few times in the past year mostly for recon to check on the machines, who appeared to be doing their own thing.<\/p>\n

What annoyed him the most was some in the group wanting to go the wrong direction thinking it would be quicker when he knew they were dead ends. The only real salvation was the fact a few others had been navigators on ships and knew John was right.\u00a0 They knew the way around a bit, but were used to things going faster instead of walking around the tunnels.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust admit it John, you have no clue where we are going,\u201d Todd said to him causing John to turn to face him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no quick way to the surface. We blocked most of the access points to the surface during the war to avoid an invasion.\u00a0 That and the tunnels we left open were easily defendable,\u201d John replied back to him before turning back around and freezing at what he saw in front of him.<\/p>\n

He did not expect to see a man they had never seen before standing there in front of him. John blinked at the man who appeared to be wearing a brown uniform and looking at them in return.\u00a0 The man held a weapon and it seemed similar to the one John had seen with the robot when Morpheus and Link had returned.<\/p>\n

They all looked at each other for several seconds causing John to wonder what was going on before he finally decided to break the silence. Someone had to why not try to be peaceful.<\/p>\n

\u201cUm, I\u2019m John, who are you?\u201d John asked, moving up a bit taking the man\u2019s focus but the man was obviously a soldier by the way he didn\u2019t take his eyes of anyone else.<\/p>\n

\u201cName\u2019s Boomer,\u201d the man replied back to him. \u201cWhy did you attack me?\u201d<\/p>\n

The question caught John off guard.<\/p>\n

\u201cAttack you? I\u2019m not sure what you mean,\u201d John answered wondering what had happened on the surface of the planet, and was Boomer part of the group attacking the machines on the surface.<\/p>\n

He watched boomer hesitate for several seconds, the weapon wavered a bit as he thought about the situation. \u201cI was flying a patrol when I entered your atmosphere and was attacked by this flying machines which tore my fighter apart.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBy flying machines I assume you mean something which looked a bit like an octopus with several arms,\u201d John asked figuring that he was attacked by Sentinels.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot sure what an octopus is, but they did have a lot of arms and small bodies,\u201d Boomer replied back giving John the description he needed and then wondered if he was part of the group attacking the machines, he would have to be careful.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen you\u2019re behind the attacks on the machine city,\u201d John replied watching what Boomer did next.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat attacks?\u201d Boomer replied back, sounding very confused.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve been attacking the machines on the surface from beyond the clouds, so you must have left while the war was still going on,\u201d John said trying to sort out the confusion.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot sure about that, but we are fleeing from some machines that attacked us,\u201d Boomer replied.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat do you mean flee from the machines, if that\u2019s the case then you\u2019ve returned right back where you started,\u201d John said his confusion growing by the answers he was getting from the man.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, unless this is the colonies and we\u2019ve somehow gone through a wormhole or something,\u201d Boomer replied back sounding very confident in his answer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat a second,\u201d Melissa said stepping forward having listened to the conversation. \u201cI\u2019m Melissa, we\u2019re from Zion.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLieutenant Boomer, from the Battlestar Galactica,\u201d he replied back to her. It was a place none of them had ever heard of before, nor did they even know what a battlestar was.<\/p>\n

\u201cBattlestar Galactica?\u201d John asked wanting to make sure what Boomer said was correct before saying anything else.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, but I\u2019d be surprised if you ever heard of it before, we\u2019re not from around here,\u201d Boomer replied back to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cJohn, he might be the one who can convince the council that there is life in space, and if he does that then he might be able to help Morpheus as well, especially if he\u2019s telling the truth,\u201d Melissa whispered to him. He looked at her then back at the rest of the group.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t escort him back to Zion and led you to the surface,\u201d John said to them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can make it back,\u201d Melissa said to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cAre you sure?\u201d John asked, wanting to make sure about it.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah,\u201d Melissa replied.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll right,\u201d he said turning back to Boomer. \u201cWe have an underground city, not far away, Melissa will take you back there, maybe you can help us out as well.\u00a0 Unfortunately the rest of us have a mission to carry out.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAll right,\u201d Boomer said.<\/p>\n

John watched as the two walked away in the opposite direction and he didn\u2019t envy their welcome when they arrived back at Zion. The way the council had been acting lately he doubted anyone could get through to them.<\/p>\n

He directed the rest of the group on forward as they continued on in silence as each of them silently went over what just happened. They all had questions and few answers anymore.\u00a0 He hoped they might get some upon reaching the surface, like who Boomer really was, and he hoped he had not sent the enemy to their city.<\/p>\n

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

The Oracle walked around her kitchen as she mixed the ingredients for her latest batch of cookies. She enjoyed cooking, it was something that allowed her to try and find the perfect mix of ingredients without the help of the Matrix.\u00a0 Some other programs would have the Matrix do it for them, but she liked to guess, the uncertainty of it all was exciting.<\/p>\n

She understood some dangerous times were coming, for everyone. Both the machines and humans in and out of the Matrix were at risk.\u00a0 She only wished she knew how dangerous the threat really was to them all.\u00a0 Deux Ex had kept her up to date with what was going on.\u00a0 Some humans had volunteered to help out, but there was some reluctance among them, with the biggest group apparently coming from their government.<\/p>\n

Human help was essential in this war, she knew this, and that the war could be lost before it even began with their help. She failed to understand how the human government would allow billions of humans to die in this new war.\u00a0 She looked up as a sound indicating she was no longer alone.<\/p>\n

She turned around to see Sereph who had entered the room along with another couple who she recognized right away, and felt relieved to see.<\/p>\n

\u201cWelcome,\u201d she said turning back to the pan of cookies. \u201cCookie?\u201d she said handing them one.\u00a0 \u201cWe have much to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

Athena watched her scanner having taken over for Rigel at the moment. She frowned seeing that only one fighter was headed back to the fleet and she noticed it was flying about as fast as it could.\u00a0 She turned gaining the attention of Colonel Tigh who was sitting close by.<\/p>\n

\u201cColonel,\u201d she finally said gaining his attention causing him to stand and head over to where she was.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s up?\u2019 he asked reaching her station and looking down at her.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have only one fighter returning from patrol,\u201d Athena replied knowing how it would sound, but she also knew such things could be the difference between life and death.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot good,\u201d Tigh replied doing some musing before heading to the communicator and hailing the commander.<\/p>\n

They all waited a bit before Adama appeared on the bridge to take control of the situation and Tigh quickly brought him up to date with the approaching viper.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs there anything else on the scanners?\u201d Adama asked, as they all looked over at Athena.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo father,\u201d Athena replied, a bit relieved that she didn\u2019t see anything else. \u201cAnd we have no sign of jamming from the direction of the system they were patrolling.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you Athena,\u201d Adama said turning to Tigh and heading back to the center of the bridge.<\/p>\n

\u201cShould we alert the other pilots?\u2019 Tigh asked looking up at Adama who looked once more at the scanner screens.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, we\u2019ll wait until the pilot lands, then I want him up here immediately, and summon Apollo and Starbuck as well. I have a feeling we\u2019ll need their advice as well,\u201d Adama sad watching as the group went into action.<\/p>\n

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

Jolly landed in the landing bay a bit nervous about what he was about to explain. He still wasn\u2019t sure what happened out there or who had attacked Boomer, only that someone, or thing had.\u00a0 He couldn\u2019t even rule out Cylons but he felt sure Boomer would have said something had it been.<\/p>\n

He climbed out of his viper and was immediately met by one of the ground crew who told him that Commander Adama wanted to see him. It was something Jolly expected to hear when he returned.<\/p>\n

Walking over to the elevator he quickly went up to the bridge level while going over the entire encounter. He hoped they would send a rescue mission, but Boomer said for them to be cautious.\u00a0 He needed to be able to tell Adama something they could use, and make sure a rescue went without any problems as they had time to conduct a rescue mission.<\/p>\n

He walked up to the door which opened upon his arrival. Inside he was not surprised to see that the commander wasn\u2019t alone but Starbuck and Apollo were also standing there looking at the maps from the scanners.<\/p>\n

\u201cCommander, reporting as ordered,\u201d Jolly said as everyone looked up at his entrance.<\/p>\n

\u201cJolly,\u201d Adama said straightening up to look at Jolly. \u201cWe need to know exactly what happened to Boomer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s not much to tell you commander,\u201d Jolly said. \u201cI was exploring the outer planets, they were all gas giants and a few had some interesting moons but nothing which could support life.\u00a0 Boomer had the inner four and was headed to the third planet which he said had an atmosphere but he couldn\u2019t get a clear scan.\u00a0 He was going to head into the atmosphere but might not be able to communicate due to the electrical storms.\u00a0 After that I lost contact.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was no communications?\u201d Adama asked as they all listened in to his story.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo sir, I waited a few seconds to give him time before trying to raise him again,\u201d Jolly said. \u201cI decided to check out the planet for myself.\u00a0 I passed through a heavy electro-magnetic storm but when I cleared them I tried again, this time he answered saying he had been attacked by someone who did not resemble Cylons.\u00a0 I did a brief look around but saw nothing which might have attacked him, but I did see a city of some sort on the surface.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA city, what did it look like?\u201d Adama asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing like I had ever seen before,\u201d Jolly recalled trying to remember what he saw and the layout of the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s worth checking out when we go to find him,\u201d Apollo said to his father.<\/p>\n

They watched as Adama looked over the map for a few more microns before looking back at them. \u201cThe shuttle will be in range shortly, the closer we get the less fuel they expend but also there might be a threat there which we need to figure out, either another hostile race or perhaps some allies who attacked by mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI can take Jolly and Starbuck with me and a few others,\u201d Apollo said to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo so, you launch in thirty centons,\u201d Adama said to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m on it,\u201d Apollo said as he glanced at Starbuck and Jolly who both nodded in agreement as they left the room heading to gather what they might need and who they might need for such a rescue like Boomer needed.<\/p>\n

Jolly hoped they were not heading into a war zone, or something more dangerous than the Cylons. He also hoped they would find Boomer alive and well.<\/p>\n

End part 13<\/p>\n

Continued in part 14<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Uneasy Alliance by AJ Marks Part 13 John quickly became irritated by the constant questioning of the group he was leading and wished he had said no to Turner.\u00a0\u00a0 He knew the way to eth surface, having been there several times especially during the war as a spy.\u00a0 He had gone up a few […]
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