Chapter 69 - Anti-Achaia

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Erik goes to the Artifact and tells them that he knows he has asked them for a lot, but he still shows them that he has Ethan's last known location and begs them to save his brother. However, the Artifact doesn't respond.

"Right." Disappointed, he walks away from the Artefact.

Seth then approaches the Artefact and the door opens for him. Erik turns to him.

"Seth. No, do not go in there. Stop, wait. You're not prepared. Seth!"

Seth doesn't listen and goes in to the Artefact.

"Seth!"

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Dillon can't figure out how to eliminate the Achaian code in Iara. She looks hopeless, so Jason tells her that they will fix her and then she can stay on the Salvare. She says that William won't need her, but he tells her that he does. Then she says that no commander would accept and trust her anyway. Dillon suggests that it could be her thing, to expose the Achaia.

Iara tells them that they have to kill her, because the Achaian code is searching for data on the neutrinos.

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Erik is waiting for Seth outside the Artifact. The door opens and Seth walks out. Erik reminds the others that Harper had killed people when she had the implant in her head. Seth reveals he had accepted the implant.

Erik asks how he could let that happen when his brother is sacrificing his life for the planet. Seth tells him that that will be Ethan's legacy, which angers him and asks what he means by that, but Seth is taken away.

Erik then looks at the card that the anti-Achaia group had given him.

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"Thank you for making me. And thank you for letting me go." Iara tells Willam.

She goes into the shuttle and it takes off, at least that's what she thinks. Jason asks if Iara is contained and William confirms that she currently thinks that she's going to outer space. He then asks him what would happen if Iara finds out she's just sandboxed, but William tells her not to worry about it for now, even though he can feel her.

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Erik gets to the anti-Achaia group and informs them that Seth has the implant in his head. He tells the leader to remove her alien mask so he can take her more seriously, which she does. He asks to see Harper Glass because she can talk the Achaia into bringing Ethan back. They show him her implant.

"You ripped it out of her head!?" Erik palms his forehead in despair. "You just killed my brother." He shakes his head and looks at them in disgust. "I'm done here."

"You're taking their side?"

"No. I'm just not taking yours."

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Erik tells Singh that he needs to get to Jason. But Singh is told by a soldier that she needs to leave since she doesn't have security clearance anymore.

Erik goes to Mackenzie, telling her that Singh was taken away. She tells him that Seth is worried about the leaks. Erik asks how Seth is relevant if he has an implant in his head, and she answers that they want to communicate with the Achaia.

Then Seth approaches them. "Are you two ready to welcome home our heroes?"

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The crew make it back to Earth. Mackenzie welcomes them formally, and then they get to see their loved ones already, through a glass barrier. Zayn is told by his father that his mother has a disease.

Erik asks for Jason and go a little further to the side to talk with him in at least how private it can get in the room.

"Hey."

"I'm sorry Ethan's not with us."

"We can get him back, right? Iara opened a wormhole once. She can do it again."

"Erik.."

"Just put me in contact with him."

"He's gone."

"They got two weeks of oxygen left, Jason-"

"Iara is gone. We had to take her offline. I'm sorry. Can't the Achaia help you? You've done so much for them."

"I haven't. They won't. They don't need me anymore. They got their emissary." He nods toward Seth.

"He's got one of those things in his head?"

"You know about those things?"

"A little too well, yeah."

Erik sighs. "Was he afraid?"

"No. He wanted me to tell you that he loves you and Jana, very much.. He even confessed to Yn. She wasn't on our half of the Salvare so I don't think she heard it, but it's progress." He chuckles lightly.

Erik chuckles. "Yeah. That's good." He nods then look at him again. "You finished it. You brought them home. He'd be proud of you. I mean, he always was."

Jason glance at Mackenzie and Seth, getting slightly closer. "His missions not over. Not yet. I stored intelligence with William."

"About what?"

When Mackenzie approaches them, Jason changes the subject.

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The crew is brought to hidden underground rooms. Zayn complains and says that it's illegal since they're being held there against their will. Jason asks to speak to whoever is in charge or a lawyer, but only gets ignored.

When he walks into his room, he sees a letter from the president thanking him for his service. Then the door to his room is closed and he hears it gets locked.

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Erik is told to visit Seth's office. Seth asks him why he gave his bio-ID to their enemies, but he says he doesn't know how what he's talking about. But he does reveal that a group of self-styled resistance fighters tried to recruit him, but says he told them that he wasn't interested.

Seth asks how he can meet them, but Erik says that they didn't give their address. Seth says that it doesn't matter, because when he took over the Achaian portfolio, he put a tracker on Erik and all USIC staff. Then he takes him to go for a drive.

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USIC visit and shoots the self-styled resistance fighters, killing all of them. The leader calls Seth a traitor. However, Seth says that he is happy with his implant and doesn't want them to disrupt an Achaian-Human alliance.

He asks her for Harper Glass, but she tells him that she would never confess. He grabs her head and the implant starts drilling into her eyes in order to get the information they want. When Erik tries to stop it, a soldier's eyes glow white and he is stopped. Seth then grab Erik's head and smiles, saying that Erik told the truth and asks him to just be careful with his bio-readings and advise him to stay friendly.

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