One Man Army

Posted on Sat Oct 31st, 2020 @ 12:04pm by

Mission: MISSION 0 - History Speaks
Location: Romulan Colony Ravenclaw
Timeline: Five Years Ago
530 words - 1.1 OF Standard Post Measure

Romulan Subcommander Zodok was so close to his promotion but this had to happen. Marauders raided the colony of the Omicron Particles they used for their replicators. His Superior Romulan Commander Battorek says to him, "This is your fault Zodok."

"Sir in all due ...," Zodok says as he gets interrupted.

"I will be making report later," the Commander said as he left the room.

Zodok clinched his fist after he left. He decided to send his half-brother Cassius a special message what happened and his evidence Battorek was supplying the Maurauders with supplies. The message was undetectable because only four knew how to interpret this special Morse code as well as the method it was sent.

Cassius were familiar with these Marauders. They lived on Hellsguard and they preyed on Romulans and other species as they always had an inside man. Cassius made it to Hellsguard as he recalled when the last time he was there, his mother Captain Addison Blaire brought him there. That time ended with her mother being recruited by a ship from the future. They both understood they would probably never see each other again.

Walking in this Ghost Town on the planet, Cassius was able to walk right by the Marauders and not even get noticed of combination it was dusk and he casted illusions. In a large former townhall, he saw cases and cases of not only what was stolen from the colony but also from other places.

What really caught his eyes were the prisoners he saw they had as they were slaves. One was a female Romulan Subcommander who served under Sela named Thena. Cassius remembered her quiet very well. He counted about thirty-eight Marauders and about forty-six prisoners. So secretly he freed about fourteen of them including Thena. Cassius had her retrieve the ledgers which had the names of all the inside men.

His next step was replacing prisoners with Marauders. When there was Fourteen of them left, one IV the prisoners was not a prisoner who alerted the Marauders. All of the free Marauders came into the town hall as Cassius messed with their minds as they fought each other as they thought they were attacking the prisoners.

Thena sent a message to a trusted ally Romulan Commander who came with another ship. Thena went with Cassius to bring in Battorek. When they cornered him with the evidence, he told Thena he was her superior. He was about to draw on her but Cassius beat her to it.

"Cassius my young friend, how can I ever repay you," Thena says brushing his cheeks a bit with her palms.

"No payment necessary," Cassius says as he wished he said something else.

She puts two fingers on his lips as she coaxed him to a private place as he got his just reward.

Next day after Thena left, Zodok tells his brother, "You have the gratitude of the Romulans. Thanks brother and as you might know, I am now a Romulan Commander and those who are loyal to Sela think very highly of me now."

"As they should Brother," Cassius says, "It doesn't matter what happens, I will always have your back."