{"id":1743,"date":"2016-11-26T07:32:31","date_gmt":"2016-11-26T13:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ajscifistories.com\/?p=1743"},"modified":"2016-11-30T07:34:08","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T13:34:08","slug":"the-uneasy-alliance-part-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajscifistories.com\/?p=1743","title":{"rendered":"The Uneasy Alliance – Part 12"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

Part 12<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Boomer quickly made his way over to some ruins which he could use as a place to hide from whoever attacked him. He looked around gaining the best advantage he could find unsure who, or what, had attacked him in the first place.\u00a0 Everything he had seen he had no answers to what happened.\u00a0 He thought maybe those machines had attacked the humans here, or whatever civilization was here, but looking around nothing made any sense.<\/p>\n

He carefully walked along having the feeling he was being watched but could not see anyone and it all felt a bit unnerving to him but kept his guard up in case. Looking around the broken building he wondered what its purpose had been when it was used and who had built it in the first place.<\/p>\n

He took a closer look seeing the metal rusting away before picking up a piece as it disintegrated in his hands. It obviously had been there for a while to be able to decay this much.\u00a0 He saw no pictures, or anything which might indicate writing to give him an idea of who might have done this.<\/p>\n

Drawing his blaster at a noise he waited a second scanning his surrounding for anything which might move. He saw nothing and decided he should be on the move again as whoever had shot him down was probably looking for him and the escape pod.\u00a0 The last thing he wanted was to be caught again.<\/p>\n

He made his way back out of the building glad it didn\u2019t collapse on him due to age. He noticed an entrance to a tunnel off to his left and decided to take a chance on it and head below the surface rather than stay on the top.\u00a0 He carefully navigated his way down broken stairs and was surprised to find the tunnel had a bit of lighting and took off hoping he might discover the solution to the problem of this planet.<\/p>\n

Reaching the bottom of the stairs he looked at the walls, seeing cracks but it showed no signs or danger of collapse. He went straight along the tunnel into a large room which appeared empty.\u00a0 There were debris all over the floor but nothing which made any sense, broken bits of ruins, concrete and metal.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell Boomer, looks like you\u2019ve got yourself in a strange mess now,\u201d he said to himself as he continued on down and headed to another tunnel to explore some more. He might find some answers to what was going on with this planet, which might help later on when the rescue group came.<\/p>\n

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

DE watched on the monitors along with the group of humans with him as what appeared to be a male human stepped out of the escape pod. He cautiously walked round looking at the ruins.\u00a0 They studied him a bit as he reacted to his surroundings and appeared to not know what had happened as he picked something which turned to dust.<\/p>\n

\u201cStrange,\u201d DE said to the humans as they watched him. \u201cHe looks to be human in appearance yet doesn\u2019t act like any human I know.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCould he be part of the group of humans that might have left Earth during the time of war?\u201d Niobe asked causing DE to search the files.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have no knowledge of such an event, if anything happened it was never written down or seen by any machine,\u201d DE replied.<\/p>\n

\u201cPerhaps some stimuli would work?\u201d Niobe said.<\/p>\n

\u201cInteresting,\u201d DE said, then sent out an instruction to the watchers.<\/p>\n

One made a noise and they watched as the man drew a weapon very fast, faster than DE had expected it to be. They looked on a bit more before Niobe said anything.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat weapon looks very familiar to the one the robot had that we fought,\u201d Niobe said.<\/p>\n

DE looked closer but had no knowledge of the attack Niobe said. It would have to take her word for it.\u00a0 They refocused their attention back on the man who now had walked out of the building all the time keeping an eye out for anything which might be watching him.\u00a0 DE was glad the watchers were small I size and were able to hover on their own.\u00a0 Otherwise it felt they would have already been spotted as the man\u2019s observation pattern was on the ground.\u00a0 The man then disappeared into one of the tunnels.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can go no further,\u201d DE told them. According to the recent treaty with the humans no machine would go into the underground tunnels as long as the humans remained at Zion<\/p>\n

\u201cI know,\u201d Niobe replied. \u201cI hope Morpheus finds him first.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI could follow him, to make sure,\u201d DE suggested.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo our council is still very leery about the machines and if they see one they might thing you\u2019re declaring war against them,\u201d Niobe replied logically. DE had no idea what was going on with the human council.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen we will not,\u201d DE said. \u201cWe shall wait, until then, there is work to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

It turned to head back to the work of defending the city against these attackers, and the latest knowledge did not help anything out to it.<\/p>\n

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

\u201cI hear Morpheus had returned,\u201d one of the council members said as Zac watching s Zac came walking back into the room to probably address the council on the latest news.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes he has, and he took another one who refused to listen to us,\u201d Zac stated to them.<\/p>\n

\u201cPerhaps we should listen to what they have to say and figure out what is going on,\u201d another council member said calmly.<\/p>\n

\u201cNonsense, we all know Morpheus has delusions of grandeur ever sense of the end of the war. It\u2019s a classic case of being unable to adapt to peace.\u00a0 He had been out of the loop and made up this story to gain favor with us again,\u201d Zac replied to the group.\u00a0 \u201cWe shall keep him isolated until he can be treated properly.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know about this,\u201d one woman on the council said. \u201cMorpheus needs to be treated with respect, or the others might view this as some sort of vendetta you have against him, and turn against the council.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe must be restrained otherwise panic will sweep though the population and start another war which we are not ready to fight,\u201d Zac said. \u201cHe must be kept isolated so his lies will not be spread.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cVery well, he shall remain in jail for now, but I urge you to listen to the story,\u201d another member said to Zac who appeared to have not heard the second part of the verdict.<\/p>\n

\u201cGood, you won\u2019t be disappointed with your decision,\u201d Zac said, turning and leaving the council in a rush leaving the group sitting in silence, wondering about his sudden stubborn attitude.<\/p>\n

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

Morpheus looked over to see Ben lying down in his cell and realized if the situation wasn\u2019t so serious he might be able to laugh at the whole thing. Instead he wondered why the council was content to ignore everything going on in the outside world at all costs.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot what you expected I assume,\u201d Ben said speaking up and looking over at Mropheus.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, not at all what I was expecting. I thought they might be open to discussion,\u201d Morpheus replied looking around at the bars.\u00a0 \u201cInstead we\u2019re treated like criminals.\u201d<\/p>\n

He hoped to allowed to appear before the council to argue his case, but now that he was here he knew his chance of something like that happening was almost non-existent anymore. For some reason Zac and the council were closed-minded at anything other than what they thought.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll have to wait and see now,\u201d Ben replied back.<\/p>\n

The door opened allowing Turner to walk into the room giving Morpheus a glimmer of hope. Perhaps he had been able to talk to the council about what was really going on.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sorry about this Morpheus,\u201d Turner said looking Morpheus.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re only doing your duty, but what\u2019s going on?\u201d Morpheus asked, hoping to get a straight answer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe council is keeping you here, they don\u2019t trust you,\u201d Turner said. \u201cContact s to be limited.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThen they are bigger fools than I thought,\u201d Morpheus replied unable to understand what the council was thinking anymore. At least during the war he could have a discussion with them.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot everyone believes the, or should I saw Zac,\u201d Turner replied back to him with a bit of a smile, giving Morpheus an indication he had at least one ally.<\/p>\n

\u201cGuess that\u2019s better than nothing,\u201d Ben said from where he was still lying down.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, how bad is it up there?\u201d Turner asked, turning the conversation to the current crisis.<\/p>\n

\u201cBad,\u201d Ben answered before Morpheus could say anything.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey need more volunteers,\u201d Morpheus replied. \u201cAnd we\u2019re still not sure who they are.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I can find some, the problem will be getting them to the surface with all vehicles grounded it will be a struggle to get up there,\u201d Turner replied back to them.<\/p>\n

\u201cJohn knows the way to the surface,\u201d Ben said to them. \u201cThey could walk to the surface.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNot an easy trip, slower but they could make it there,\u201d Turner said, giving the idea considerable merit.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the right thing to do,\u201d Morpheus replied back to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll right, I\u2019ll ask around discreetly and get John to go as well. Have to avoid the council, if they get wind of this things could get ugly real quickly,\u201d Turner said before heading out of the room to carry out his new plan.<\/p>\n

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

Boomer felt as if he had been walking around for days and now figured he was completely lost in the tunnels. Everything appeared to be the same everywhere.\u00a0 About the only thing he knew for sure was he was lost.\u00a0 He didn\u2019t even know how to get back to the surface.<\/p>\n

He kept walking almost wishing now for something to appear in front of him. He rounded another corner in a never ending series of corners and stopped.\u00a0 Up ahead he was sure he heard sounds, but was unsure as he knew sounds could echo in these tunnels.\u00a0 He made a decision and ducked down behind some rubble and waited as the sounds became louder and he could not make out the conversation.<\/p>\n

\u201cJohn, how much longer is this going to take?\u201d a female voice asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re about halfway,\u201d a male voice replied back and Boomer thought he heard a few groans to accompany the answer. \u201cNever said this would be an easy trip.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, we know, but still, we couldn\u2019t have stolen a vehicle or something?\u201d another voice said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, the council is being stupid,\u201d another male voice said.<\/p>\n

Boomer had no idea what that all meant but knew he might have a chance at getting some real answers for a change. Looking around the debris he noticed a larger group than he expected, about fifteen to twenty people, all heading in his direction with lights.\u00a0 They seemed unconcerned about what was going on, and complaining about some trip they were taking.<\/p>\n

He quickly weighed the odds that this group was part of the group who shot him down. If that was the case then they were probably out looking for him, or heading to the spot where he had been shot down.\u00a0 But it made no sense, why not use a vehicle, and who was this council they were talking about.<\/p>\n

Perhaps there were different factions on the planet? The group who shot him down were up on the surface and this group lived underground, some leftover split from whatever war had been going on up on the surface of the planet.\u00a0 He also had a feeling the group wasn\u2019t looking for him.<\/p>\n

With that in mind he stepped forward to make contact with the group, and hopefully some help.<\/p>\n

End part 12<\/p>\n

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The Uneasy Alliance by AJ Marks Part 12 Boomer quickly made his way over to some ruins which he could use as a place to hide from whoever attacked him. He looked around gaining the best advantage he could find unsure who, or what, had attacked him in the first place.\u00a0 Everything he had seen […]
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