Gaunt Galaxy / Blue Angel: Book 1

Earth

Patriarch Father interrupted us with a message that a very powerful individual from the Earth Council would like to meet with us and discuss an increased participation of Earth in the matter of Galactic affairs. "His name is James Kerrith, he is the High Minister of Galactic Affairs for Earth"

My mind instantly went back thirty plus cycles to a playground on this very same Earth where a boy named James Kerrith and his kid brother, Jeremy Kerrith, stood with about twenty of their friends to face me down! Was this the self same James Kerrith? The time had already been set for the next day at 9AM local time. I thanked Patriarch and retired to our private quarters.

Lererial joined me shortly, "Are you OK?"

I showed her the name and she saw what I had seen.

"What are you going to do?" she asked obviously concerned

"I will meet with him and if it is the same person, we will work out any differences that may still exist. Earth needs to be more involved in Galactic politics and affairs. Earths needs desperately to focus on someone's needs other than their own, so they can grow up! I know this individual probably wants to meet with us for some sort of gain, but what Earth needs is a wake up call, to let them know they are not the center of the Galaxy, like they think they are!"

"That's a tall order, are you sure you can handle this by yourself?"

"No, I want you to come with me, I just hate to ask with the girls needing us so much."

"The girls have all the help they need, Jack, Shanaeh & Kerry, and their Kysharisk! I will be happy to be by your side and see the face of this monster who thinks himself better that the man I love!!!"

"Wow, such passion, I didn't know your feelings went that deep into my past. I am honored to have such a caring, and beautiful, mate" That always got the desired result, a mental grope on the butt only this time it wasn't mental, we were alone in our private suite... Several hours later, as we were getting ready to depart for Earth in Ghost, we looked at each other. Lererial and I were in our royal robes with Slug & Belle in their in their bows and ribbons, we were ready for our meeting with this James Kerrith.

We took Ghost down to Earth and landed at the specified coordinates. We were taken straight to a very elaborate building, obviously meant to impress visiting alien dignitaries. There were carvings and statues, vistas and panoramas from around the Galaxy. The reception area was large so as not to cramp visitors regardless of their size, unless of course they were Ovarunt, Ha!

The lights in the building suddenly went off, the emergency lighting failed to come on. This was no trouble for Lererial & I as we both had night vision built in to our genetics and Slug & Belle were made for the dark, we all went into Blend mode. In the stair well just a few floors down there was a blast, the door to the stair well bellowed open with force of the blast. Lererial and I moved to either side of the stairwell door and waited. In moments the suited figures stood transfixed by the light of the small fire in the stairwell. Lererial quickly dispatched the first two with her tail weapon and waited, the elevator dinged and Slug & Belle moved very silently to the elevator door. As the door opened there were eight suited soldiers with weapons drawn, they were dispatched two by two until there was no one left standing except the four of us. The stairwell door again swung open to reveal several suited individuals standing in the doorway. We all had collected large beam rifles from the elevator fallen and began to dispatch the individuals in the stair well.

We locked the elevator where it could not be used again and concentrated on the stairwell. I picked up a message from a z-chopper that was landing on the roof that reinforcements had arrived, I sent a simple OK. We waited by the stairwell door and dispatched them one by one as they came through the door. Eight more down! A stray beam had creased my side and one had slid on the outside of Lererial's thigh! A little singed fur and burnt fabric, we were fine!! Nothing further happened, finally after many minutes the security team finally made it to the office suite and cleared the building of bodies. Someone had wanted either us, James Kerrith or both, dead!