The Scarman Enigma

[Sayne]

Planet Los Angeles, California system, Liberty Space
Senator Scarman's Residence

The ships struts groaned with pressure as the ship sat down on the abandoned Landing Pad next to the remains of the Senator's house on the planet. Tape hung from the door from where the police had no doubt investigated the house from stem to stern, but found nothing as usual. I was really getting good at this stealth thing. I ran quickly to what remained of the door and snuck inside.

The marble floors had cracked and shattered along with the walls. Metal rebar stuck out of the walls and floor from where the explosion had superheated the metal and caused it to bend outwards and jet out of every hole possible. The stairs up to the upper sections of the house were almost collapsed but I balanced myself and walked up stairs to the bedrooms and started digging through the belongings. I grabbed some computer chips out of the log systems and sorted through a few pictures here and there for the Tyrant to understand his role better.

I heard a noise from downstairs and swung my rifle around to my front arming the rifle. The click echoed in the house and I heard someone stop moving and arm their own weapon.

"Hello?" I heard. I recognized the voice as one of the good Admirals. Had he come back to look for something? I had landed my ship on the other side of the house to avoid suspicion and detection from anyone who would have landed, so no doubt he hadn't seen my ship parked on the pad. I heard him coming up the stairs. This wasn't the place or time that I was supposed to attack him, he probably had a squad with him too because I heard foot prints down stairs as well. I swung through the hole in the wall to the other room and found a hole in the floor down to the kitchen. I squated and jumped into the kitchen making the house shake a little bit.

"This is Admiral Murray of the Liberty Freedom Fighters! Show yourself and you will not be harmed!"

Yeah, right. If he saw me he would gut me like a fish. I swung low and ducked low running across the counters in the kitchen to avoid detection. I ran out the back door and towards the ship on the landing pad. That's when I heard yelling from inside and several marines shooting out the windows at the space that I had already passed. Jumped in my ship and erected the shield system. For the first real time I got a good look at an Admiral since I left their group. He wasn't shooting anymore, but he had a deathly glare on his face looking straight at me. I only smiled and saluted him before engaging engines and approaching the escape velocity to escape the planets gravity.

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I've lost people who meant the world to me...and I'm still doing just fine.

I'm coming for everything they said I couldn't have.