Sholan Alliance Bk4

Chapter 15 - Flowers

Grand Marshall

After the meeting with Ike and the Commander of the Fijishi he was in his office. The orders to investigate everyone who knew had been passed. Now came the important question, what should he do with the stealth station identified. It wasn't part of the North American polity since Ike didn't know anything about it. He doubted it was part of any of the other polities. He eventually decided what he was going to do.

With a grunt, he left his office and headed to the Parliament building. This was going to prove or disprove what he was thinking about how was the leak. If he was right it was the leader of their polity. If not he was going to rethink who it might be. When he eventually made it to her office he was force to wait for some time. She apparently was in some meeting or another and couldn't be disturbed. He pulled his tablet out and after turning the wireless access off started making plans.

When he was finally shown into the office he settled down in a chair the PM waved him to, "Ma'am, I need to report that it appears the salvage ship tried to do something with the probe. It looks like it exploded and destroyed the ship. The patrol boat I sent reported the loss of all the crew and nothing worth recovering. If we could have gotten there sooner we might have managed to keep it from happening."

She did her best to looked shocked by what he was saying. The explosion had been reported to her as well as the recovery of the probe. Hopefully the tech inside would help them with their plans. The station it had been brought to was one of their central locations. It was close to earth so they had access to the newest tech as soon as possible. It was also where the micro-black hole bomb had been created, "Not good Grand Marshall. Not good at all. We needed access to the tech. You said there wasn't anything to be recovered? Dispatch some of our ships to scour the section the ship was in just to verify that." If they could figure out the tech it would help them. Especially with the stealth they assumed the probe had.

"Will do ma'am. I'll cut the orders myself." He stood and left her office. Based on her reactions he was more than positive she was the leak. Now the question was how high up in that fucking criminal enterprise was she? He was going to assume fairly high up.

Once he was back in his office he enabled a special encryption and called Ike. When he was connected, he looked at the man, "Need to talk. Be there tomorrow." He disconnected and after thinking about it headed home.

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Message from Grand Marshall

The short and abrupt message from the Grand Marshall startled him but he went with it. Ike had a good idea what it was about and they were probably going to get in trouble but if it helped them start breaking the organization he didn't care. It was something they really needed a good break in. Having them hovering over their shoulder just added complexity to everything right now. They didn't need a shadow organization breathing down their necks while fighting a battle with aliens out for their blood.

After he thought about it for a while he started working on some plans. The first was Terran only for assaulting the station. The second was with some Sholan support such as the stealth shuttles to carry their troops, and the last for heavy Sholan help.

Before he realized it, his wife had walked in and thumped him with her cane, "We're hungry. Get off your ass and feed us or else." Amanda didn't know what he was working on but it had to be important for him to be this focused. It didn't matter since he needed to eat and sleep unless it was a 'now' issue.

Ike twitched and sighed, "Sorry Amanda, something urgent came up. I was working on some plans. Can't tell you about it. Sorry and I'm hungry myself. Let's collect our companion and get something to eat. I need to get away from this damn computer and relax." He stood and moved around his desk. When he reached his wife, he gave her a good hug and kiss. They stood there for several minutes as he enjoyed knowing she was feeling so much better.