Twins on Lavana.
Part 2.
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© Copyright 1999 Stellar Spark Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs FanFic page by Stellar Spark https://www.angelfire.com/id/stellar Email: Stellar Spark (stellar@mailcity.com)
Twins on Lavana. Part 1. |
At the right time Remrod stud in the spaceport of planer Arrow. 15 minutes later Star Sheriffs already was in the general Wancoff’s office. Through the window they could see the launch pad on which the most powerful Earth’s spaceship showed off. Dock engineers and workers fly around the Remrod filling it up.
General welcomed the team and not to loose time started the briefing.
"As you already know, we received a massage that outriders appeared in 277th sector. We conjecture that their trail boss is Jesse Blue. According our estimation the base should be somewhere around a -Crow and white dwarfs. The maps will be downloaded to your board computer. This sector has a heavy "fog". Maximum speed limit is 30-40 points. We haven’t scouted the area because of the bad transmission and visibility. You’ll have to explore those planets form a minimum distance. And with the speed limit it will take a lot more of time than we expected. This is all information, which we command at the moment. Good luck, Star Sheriffs!" finished Wancoff.
Star Sheriffs immediately returned to the ship. A job awaits them.
* * *
"Where we will start?" asked April.
Fireball was giving away just prepared coffee.
"With a -Crow." sad Saber Rider, contemplating how a coffee cup fine steam, he finally gave his had a little rest.
"I fink they are not there. The outriders prefer something more exotic." suggested Fireball.
"We were sent to survey all possible planet not only the ones you think they should be on."
"Besides, these outriders can be anywhere even in the most unusual place." April added.
"Plus, a have only 3 planets," continued Saber Rider, "and this system is the closest to us at the moment."
"It seems like something is going on at the first one" babbled Colt, he just returned from the control room.
"That do you mean?" asked Fireball.
"It looks like a dust free space right from the star and to the second planet. Just like some kind of force field is holding it off."
"What! Why you didn’t say it before?" shouted Saber Rider. Some coffee was spoiled at the table, "It could be the outriders! And I’m sure they already spotted us!"
Abashed Colt slapped his hat over his eyes. "I’m not sure yet…" faintly as an aggrieved child sad Colt, "Instruments are not showing anything yet. They don’t detect any kind of energy accumulation up ahead."
While Saber Rider was dealing with Colt, Fireball and April already was in the control room in their settle units, tuning in the sensors and bandying the ideas.
"It’s strange!
"Don’t look like outriders."
"Yes it’s something else."
Meanwhile, Remrod was going straight to the star, which they called a -Crow and the fist planet of the system inexorably grew on the screens.
Saber Rider followed by Colt jumped in to the control room. It took a moment of them to take places and join in work. "Fireball, hide Remrod behind one of the big enough asteroids." ordered Saber Rider.
Obeying Fireball’s movements, Remrod at the whole speed turned sharp round but coasting it reached the invisible range there littered space was over and becomes clear. Right at this point a slight waive of shock run through all the ship. It seemed like Remrod run in to something soft and elastic. Speed dropped to the zero and Remrod with it’s heroic crew poised in nowhere. It’s not needed to say what the young people went through in these minutes. They’ve don their best, but not even one command gets through to the machines. It wasn’t the first time when the Star Sheriffs been in a difficult situation, but their ship always obeyed every slightest finger movement of the pilots. And now the crew was walled-up in hermetic, strong and infusible space ship casing.
Engines stopped. All lights including emergency turned off. After it the lights at the consoles died. Not even one ship’s system worked.
"April…" started Saber Rider with menace in his voice.
She turned to him. Her eyes flashed in the star’s light. She was ready to cheep in explanation, but at what moment Remrod started to move first slowly than catching speed from the star. It was moving backwards.
"April, what is happening?" shouted Saber no anger anymore in his voice, he understood what it wasn’t her fault and tried to find an answer.
"We rum this force field and it rejected us." her voice sounded unlikely calm in this situation.
"At least we understand it…"
April keyboarded few words, but there was no response. "I don’t know what kind of force field this is, but it seems that it has it’s own plans for us. We will not get through, if will continue just to ram it. We have to fink of something."
"It’s not the outriders!" strongly sad Fireball and Colt at the same time.
The lights, monitors and indicators turned on again. The roar of engines started to grow. Few more seconds and everything backed to normal except one thing – Remrod was steal going away from the star.
"Yes, it seems like it," agreed the team leader, "Fireball tray to lower the speed."
His order was executed. After a short blast engines stopped. Remrod drifted. April started the system check program and got an alright result. So, what happened there at the edge?
"Guys! Daddy told me that in 277 sector should be some kind of a high-tech civilization. Could it be it" remembered April.
"Why I am the last one to find out averting!?"- indignantly shouted Saber Rider.
April preferred not to say anything just moved her shoulders. Other boys didn’t know anything themselves.
Remrod poised over impassable wall. Saber Rider started to move behind his settle unit in preoccupation. "If we can not get through this force field when the Outriders can not do it either. So we don’t have to do anything here." His logic was impeccable, but always was an aliment of chance.
"But we don’t know anything for sure," answered Fireball. Some how this planet fascinates him.
"Off course the outriders can not do anything like it by them selves and they don’t have a chance to agree with another civilization, but now they have Jesse Blue. He can convince anyone about anything," emphatically noted April.
"Yes, Jesse Blue evil, but very charming. He can make a good first impression," agreed Saber.
"Let’s try once more to get through!"
"No, Colt. We better try to contact them. Perhaps we can agree," sad Fireball. Colt hummed, he would prefer more active actions. But April liked this proposal and she already started to tune her instruments. In a few minutes she found some thing like a local frequency. She wonted to ask for permission to land, but at that moment Remrod with a hitch started to move without Fireball’s orders. Star Sheriffs smoothly entered there where just a few moments ago they could not force their way in.
In a daze they watched the growing planet.
"It so beautiful!" burst out from April.
Guys stayed salient. For sure they was moved to this planet. Now they could see between the clouds the planet’s surface – expansive green fields and forests with a blue river ribbons.
* * *
As soon as alien space vessel entered in the dust cloud it was carefully watched. And the first one who found out about it was Klio.
The Queen called her loyal councilors – The First Minister Ranle and her old trustful friend Lasana.
"Lasana, a space ship from Earth is coming our way."
"From Earth…" like in charm she repeated, "It’s hard to believe that Earth has gets so far."
"It’s a war ship." mentioned the Queen and she watched her fiend’s reaction. The years have changed Klio a lot, he become more calm and discreet. It has been a long time since she left planet for the last time. She began to like the easy lavana type of living. She liked her quiet palace and motheringher daughter. And only some times she recalls the past but nether detailed it to princess Stellar. Even if she was from Earth, through all the years she was away from the mother planet, she never missed it. And more, she was afraid that one day humans from Earth will come and destroy this small cozy world, which she so carefully created around herself. And this day came. That’s why Queen Klio wasn’t so happy as her friend Lasana to see Earth space ship.
Lasana breathed the name of the beloved planet, finding music in this simple word. Compare to Klio Lasana hasn’t changed. The destiny was much more rude to her than to Klio – she lost both her husband and a son and now, when she staid along, he steal was able to see something good in the future.
"So what? We will tack it under our full control," perked Lasana, "And even if they wont to, they could not use any of their war devices."
The Queen looked at her Minister.
"I think the same," he sad, "We may land this vehicle on Lavana with out any harm for us."
"I do not wont to see any one from Earth!" with aversion sad Klio, "They are gnat-strainers, evil beings! They always look for a fight! Because of them Onte went were and I lost my daughter!" she understood that sad more than she wonted and powerless set down to the armchair.
Lasana softly took her friends hand and stroking it sad "But as much as I know, Onte is the head of the Earth’s space force, and as you mentioned before this one is definitely a war ship. I’m sure it’s here from his permission. Bu the way, isn’t it wonderful to find out what is happening now there?" Lasana looked in Klio’s eyes and found a deep fear. Lasana become frightened too - so big her friend’s fear was. Lasana could understand it – Klio was afraid of the bad news about her husband and daughter. And the only way out of this situation she saw in building an unconquerable barrier for all what may come from the outside world.
"No, you are wrong," answered Lasana to her thoughts, "The bad news always will find a way to you. It’s better to know all the truth now and not hiding from it."
Annoyed Klio looked at her fiend ready to throw all her anger at her, but Lasana didn’t gave her a chance to speak.
"And more over, how did you got a suggestion that they will bring black news? Perhaps they are here by accident."
"No!" Klio whomped over the elbow of the armchair, "They had a direct flight line to our system" she already calm her self, but a wan of her beautiful as many years ago face meant that it’s not for long.
"Your majesty," entered in conversation the Prime Minister Ranly, "I hope you do remember our guardians report few weeks ago?"
"Yes, sure!" fell in Lasana, "Outriders settled in Cirma-Dov system. Remember, you sad that if they will dare to touch us – they are history!?"
"Yes, so it was," agreed Klio, "But they stayed in that system, so we let up on them."
"Although we should had have to destroy them. Onte is fighting with them, so should we," sad Ranly. Few weeks ago he also was trying to convince Klio to start war actions against Outriders, but as always the last word was the queens. And she decided to trim. It was her belief that Lavana already gave too much, much more than the queen wonted to. It is hard to say will she ever forgive Earth what it took her husband and daughter? With the king the best people left Lavana to help Earth in its battle against the Outriders. Cuart – Lasana’s husband was with them.
A light appeared on Klio’s desk. She reached for it and touched the sleek surface where the darkness crossed the fin blue beam. In response the screen turned on. The man appeared smiled to the queen and reported:
"The ship is at the barrier… At the first their attempt to get through the field, we downloaded all data from their information tanks. Now we are able to tack a full control over the ship. The ship’s construction is interested enough for Earth technology: there are some units more adequate to our culture."
"Onte…" whispered the queen, but the young man didn’t notice it.
"Right now they are…" he wonted to continue his report, but he was carelessly pushed away by a pretty girl appeared in the sight.
"Mother, let me talk to them!" she asked. Her eyes flashed with excitement – not every day alien space ships were coming to Lavana.
"Stellar, when are you going to act serious? They aren’t toys! And it will be much better if the specialists will deal with them!" Klio brought down frolicked princess. But her mothers comment hasn’t remove the happy smile from her face.
"Where is Markin?" the queen asked.
"Ah, here," Stellar switched her hand aside. Markin appeared beside her – the same young man that reported to the queen before. He also was exited by the happening and the queen thought that these children do not know anything about the life.
"Markin, land this ship on a pad not far from my palace. And continue to control the ship until my order. Do not tell them anything before my word – we’ll show them how is the muster here."
He bowed and in those brief moments before the picture was gone she saw that her order already was transferred to the operator. Monitor turned to the diagram mode. Lavana was shown as an intangible light blue sphere and a slowly moving bright white point. Everybody watched the image, and only Lasana and Ranly knew that Klio decided to meet her destiny.
Then a space ship carried by a force capable to pull up the whole star entered on the synchronous orbit, the queen ordered:
"Stellar, greet our Earth guests!"
And princess started to speak…
* * *
On April’s control panel a sign flamed up backup with a still sound.
"It’s them!" April felt relief. It was kind of scared to not knowing anything. Remrod was moving by it self, and they could not do anything. It wasn’t like the Star Sheriffs to take the destiny without trying to change it for better. April activated the screens and tuned to the signal.
"Hello Earthmen!" appeared a melodic women’s voice followed by an image on the screens, "In a few minutes you’ll be on Lavana."
Everyone on board felt something familiar, but it wasn’t the time to draw attention from the girl’s words.
"I’m Stellar the Crown princess of Lavana. On behave of my mother the queen Klio and our whole planet, I welcome you and inviting you to meet our home."
Saber Rider stepped forward. "We are flatter to get this invitation!"
The girl smiled and disappeared. Confused boys turned to April. There was something relate to her, but non of them could put heir finger on it.
Saber Rider noticed whet they were called on a well-known language. He recalled April’s exact wards: 'in 277 sector should be some kind of a high-tech civilization… High-tech… Well, It could explain many things…’ thought Saber.
Twins on Lavana. Part 1.
