Titanium

044|| times like these

—|times like these|—

"Bring him in," Chang ordered to his guards, standing impatiently at the entrance of his door. Getting himself prepared as he took a seat at his desk. Trying to figure out what the exact scheme that was being plotted.

Kruge had asked him to meet with this Admiral Callius to discuss what he wanted to tell the Klingon Empire. So strange, but mostly out of the blue. In the midst of their terror, the Admiral wanted to meet with the Klingons.

So odd.

The doors opened sharply, causing the walls to jolt around them. Two other guards stood behind the Admiral, making sure he wouldn't trick them and start shooting. But something else glinted in the Admiral's eyes.

It was to hard to be even precise with what was flowing through his mind. It may have even been an illusion to tempt Chang. But he knew that he'd find out what the Admiral wanted on his own terms.

"May I ask why you called for this visit?" Chang asked Callius.

"I thought it was about time we spoke like proper enemies instead of flying off the handle and throwing mistake after mistake," Callius replied with his voice spiking with determination, "But I thought I'd be meeting with the emperor to discuss such matters."

What was it that he wanted?

He was so determined with what ever was on his mind that Chang could figure out what was going on. Nobody would call a meeting in the middle of the war. Especially, one that was supposed to have been with Kruge himself.

But Kruge had declined, thinking over with the possibilities. He could be assassinated or murdered on the spot if they weren't careful. But Callius did not show any signs of such treachery. 

"He sends his regards that he couldn't come today. He didn't want to make a mistake with trying to agree with the enemy," Chang spoke up.

"I see," Callius muttered under his breath before he spoke up, "Then, I think we can discuss this matter ourselves. No guards that could kill me. That would be unfair with how your Kruge thinks I'm going to shoot ridiculously at something."

Chang's right hand clenched into a hard fist, fury flaring in his heart. The man had just insulted every word that he'd told him. That was so unacceptable of him, but he'd have to go on with this meeting before it turned into a hurl of fists.

He waved his hands to the guards the leave them be. They released Callius's arms from his grip, causing them to drop back to his sides. They walked out the door before they closed once more, sending the room vibrating.

"You've wasted so much time already. What do you want?" Chang demanded from Callius.

"To end the war. I'm sure many of your kind does as well. We've lost good soldiers and lost weapons," Callius responded with, "To go back to our family's and live back in our home worlds, to feel relaxed once more. This has been going on for almost a year now. I'm sure you want nothing the less."