Just after a finished trip through a large part of Sirius with her comrades. Lena decided to finally meet Anna Heinrich who was currently on Zhukovsky.
While she made her docking approach, a somewhat weird feeling was in her stomach, it was the first time she would ever meet Anna in person, even though she served her for a long time already. She knew it would look very strange if she would seem too nervous when being around Anna, in the end, she was supposed to be nothing but an old friend at this moment, although Lena knew what kind of friend Anna would be. It would be a bad idea to heavily criticize her, although Lena indeed planned to tell her in person what she told her in a transmission once, it was necessary for her eyes, who knows, maybe Anna would even listen. Nothing would make Lena more proud to be able to call her a good friend and good leader for the Armee, in the end, it was for nothing but the benefit of both.
As she landed her ships safely on the base, she stared out of the cockpit for about a minute, thinking how this little meeting could go on, how she would have to behave and what not to say, maybe Anna would even be aggressive about her being there but then she wouldn't have agreed on meeting her, she thought, it was as if she would be a Rekrut again in the Armee, a feeling she didn't like to feel, it made her feel uncomfortable, unsafe, even about the choice of being here right now, for a few seconds she even thought if it was a good idea to show up but who would let Anna Heinrich wait if she was kind enough to meet with Lena in the first place, that would probably seal the case forever. She grabbed in one of her pockets and took out a small portion of perfume which she applied to her throat region, not that she would try to do anything with her, no way, but to seem like she cared about this.
"Be yourself..." she whispered and took a deep breath. She pressed on her controls to open the port that would lead down to the big hangar. She stepped out of the ship and made her way in direction to the bar, assuming Anna would be there, the many civilians that were on the station gave her a small smile when she passed by, some of them even saluted, it seemed to be an honor for the people to meet one of their soldiers, Lena felt very proud of herself at that moment, back when she was with the Hessians, the civilians didn't show such a reaction to the soldiers of the Armee, or she never noticed it. The bar was located in the big lookout tower of Zhukovsky which meant nothing but either walking a whole lot of stairs or taking a fast elevator, of course, it wouldn't be good for her to look like she is out of breath should Anna be in the bar, so she took the elevator the floor before the bar but then took the stairs so she could look tougher in case Anna would see her coming from there. She waited in front of the door for a moment and then opened the door, wondering if she was in there.
Location:Zhukovsky Station, Omega-52 Date:7 April, 824 A.S
Hnng. Anna groaned as she started to dead-lift the barbell holding about 250 pounds, her face turned red as an apple and she breathed out upon feeling the bar hit hips. She dropped the bar and shook her hands, which where a bit ripped up after dead-lifting several times. Anna's physique had gone through the roof with extra time being given to her. She was much stronger than she was during her years as a hauptmann, still 5'11" bearing permanent scars from serving for almost 13 years. With both pull-ups and dead-lifts out of the way she had her fill of exercise. Anna took off her belt and walked over to the restroom. Her private quarters on Zhukovsky Station was almost as neat as her quarters on Wiesbaden. Zhukovsky just lacked the scenery. Anna took a quick shower before suiting up in her uniform and walking over to her desk, she started scrolling through files, reports, comms, before hearing the intercomm at her desk ring. She pressed the button on the intercomm opening the channel. What is it? She asked immediately. Fraulein, Lena Riemann was seen docking with Zhukovsky recently. One of the guards outside her quarters spoke up. Tell her to come here, escort her if you must. She let go of the button, turned of her computer and went over to sit down on her couch in the next room. She sat down, ready to meet the her opposite face to face.
Lena entered the bar band looked around to spot Anna between the many people, she did know what she looked like but she didn't know how tall she was,
maybe she would stick out of the amount of people being at the bar but so far, nothing. She went up to the barkeeper, assuming he was the kind of person that knows where a person like Anna would be.
"Verzeihung, do you know where Generalmajor Anna Heinrich is?" She asked with a nice smile. The barkeeper seemed to not notice her at first until he coincidentally turned around and saw her.
"Oh opravdaniye, what did you want to know, dear woman?" He gave back kindly and saw the Lieutenant insignia on her shoulder which made his face go pale.
"I am very sorry, ledi, I excuse for my plumbness, disrespecting a soldier of our beloved Army." He talked to himself and shook his head, Lena just smiled and laughed.
"No worries, everything is alright, I just wanted to know where Anna Heinrich is, the Generalmajor of the Rote Hessen Armee?" She leaned on the table and glanced him in the eyes.
"Oh of course, ledi Heinrich has her own quarter here, it is a few levels below this one." he answered, glad that it wasn't bad that he ignored her. Lena smiled again.
"Danke." She said and walked away.
When she was outside of the bar, she saw two tall men, at least two heads taller than her, coming in her direction, she didn't know if they were aiming on confronting her or not so she kept her walk a little on the right, hoping they would just walk by, but they decided to stop rightaway in front of her, looking at her with shady glances.
"Frau Riemann?" One of them asked.
"Uh, ja, that is me, is there a problem?" She asked and raised an eyebrow.
"The Generalmajor wants to see you, follow us." The other man said and both of them turned around and walked along the corridor, not even checking if she was following them, which she still did. The walk to Anna's room seemed like a torture, the men didn't even look at her or say one word, what a shady security she thought. About 2 minutes later they arrived in front of Anna's room, the 2 men stood aside the room aside of the room and looked straight forward. Lena raised an eyebrow another time and then proceeded to open the door.
Location:Zhukovsky Station, Omega-52 Date:7 April, 824 A.S
Anna reached into her pockets, placing her brass knuckles carefully, she wanted to be sure in the event Lena was still working for the order and carrying out a hostile agenda, she would be ready. She leaned back on the couch, drinking the last of her glass of water. Fraulein, the Coalition pilot has arrived. One of the guards stated. Let her in. She replied after finishing her glass. The door opened, Lena was walking slow, she was either afraid, or too comfortable. Lena eventually found the living room where Anna was sitting, she stood behind her silent. Anna stood up and turned around, Lena starred dead at her as Anna walked over towards her. Lena was much smaller in person than she appeared over a comms channel. Anna towered over the young woman, who seemed to be almost a foot shorter than her. Her red eyes were certainly contrasting to Anna's occasional defect of bright blue eyes. Her face and posture spoke a thousand words, she didn't appear disciplined at all, but then again, neither was Anna for a time. Lena was speechless, or at least, she seemed it. You seem a little nervous for a Coalition pilot, but then again, most react the same way.
She bowed down a little, Anna was indeed way taller than she expected, but that was with most of the people Lena talked to, she simply was a small woman. Although she had been very nervous before, the moment she saw Anna standing there it seemed to be all gone, either that or hidden behind a wall of played confidence.
"Frau Generalmajor, it is an honor to finally meet you in person." She said and put up a little smile.
"I can assure you I am not nervous but rather excited, it has been a long time since I was serving in the Armee and only now I get the chance to see you, I hope my presence is not against your desires." She said with a respectful tone, trying to sound as reasonable as possible. Anna's appearance was even shadier than she thought, her blue eyes would probably give an enemy long-lasting nightmares although they had something very intimidating, one thing was for sure, Lena would not want to be one of Anna's enemies.
Location:Zhukovsky Station, Omega-52 Date:7 April, 824 A.S
Anna listened to the lecture, Lena seemed like such an opposite. She was kind, respectful naturally, and seemed honest. All qualities that Anna lacked, or worse, lost. However the pitiful and honorable comments towards her didn't shake her emotions. Anna was still skeptical of trusting Lena with anything beyond what she already knew from her service time.
Anna listened for a long break in Lena's sentence. Of course not, I wouldn't summon you here to mock you in person. Anna spoke up quickly in response as she began to slowly walk back towards the couch. She stopped just nearby another glass that she began filling with water near the dispenser. If you have anything to ask or say now's the time, because then I have some things to say.
Seeing Anna sitting down was good for Lena, it would mean that the whole tension in the room would loosen up so their conversation wouldn't be held in an awkward way, her responses gave her a bit more confidence, they were also rather unexpected, maybe Anna indeed was not there to mock her. She put her hand which she formed to a fist in front of her mouth for a while and walked up and down in front of Anna, thinking about what to say. Would it be good for her to bring the topic about her leaving the Armee back up? Or should this just be forgotten as Anna didn't seem to be as angry right now. Even though she probably would have just let it slip she just felt like she had to justify herself in person another time. "Right... Frau Brigadegeneral, I know it might not be the best idea to talk about this issue again but it just won't let me sleep at night." She took a deep breath, as if what she was about to say was horrible. "Even though I don't like it, I need to bring my abandoning of the Armee back up, it just feels like you didn't yet seem to understand me which is perfectly fine, we are probably too different but..." She paused for a moment, knowing that she had to criticize her and the whole Armee now, which might not be such a good idea, but she used the calm moment to let it out instead of when she was potentially angry. "You know... in the last months while I was in the Armee, it felt like I wasn't fighting for what we stand, for what we all were supposed to fight. I know that you don't like hearing people criticizing the cause, especially when they abandoned it, but I just need to say this." She paused another moment, it was probably better to come to the point right away, instead of trying to talk around it forever. Anna was probably aware of what she wanted to say, she was smart enough to figure it out by Lena's gesturing and how nervously she walked around while she was talking. It would probably look like Lena was just scared of speaking out if she tried to misdirect Anna from the topic. "Anna, you have steered the Armee into a direction where it is not possible anymore to call it the Armee for the people, revolutionaries, the saviors, it doesn't work anymore. Isn't the goal of the Hessen to cut off the corporations from the corrupt government and bring the government down while doing so? All I saw was... our people threatening and killing civilians, how are you supposed to reign Rheinland if there are no people left? It has come to a state where the people fear you so much, you are being declared as terrorists, that is the opposite of what you want to be, you want to be admired and endorsed by the people, you need to open their eyes, not cut them out." All her words came out like a bullet, in the moment she started to talk she just thought it wouldn't matter. Now or never, in some way, Anna just had to know this. Lena wasn't done yet but decided to wait for her reaction to her words to judge if it was a good idea to even continue talking or not. In some way she felt like she failed her own plan a little, why would Anna now consider her as a friend if she is only criticizing her? She hoped that there was a way to make it good again, or maybe she wasn't that angry after all.
Location:Zhukovsky Station, Omega-52 Date:7 April, 824 A.S
Anna wasn't amused at the liberalist lecture Lena was giving her. Ideal's have different perspectives, and Lena sounded more like a Bundschuh protester than a Coalition officer. Isn't the goal.. Anna's impatience started to build up, she was expecting other questions, but not a long lecture. As Lena continued to ramble, Anna's anger hardened in accordance with her dwindling patience. Anna waited a moment after hearing a break in Lena's criticism. She turned around and slowly approached Lena as she spoke up. You might not be under my authority anymore, but I expect to be shown some respect in return for allowing you to see me in person. Especially when I've considered giving you a chance to redeem yourself. This liberal attitude you've adopted with baseless accusations on me will have your "redemption" coming at muzzle velocity. I'm not going to waste my time explaining it to you in person, I'd expect you to be mature enough to understand what we've done and why we've done it. She finished the sentence standing right in front of Lena, looking at her with an emotionless and sinister expression. She folded her arms slowly before speaking up again. So am I talking to the patriot who will do what's necessary for her people, or am I talking to a Bundschuh protester looking for nothing more than reasons to complain?
She knew that Anna would probably get this message a bit too personal, that was not her intention, Lena was well aware that a person like Anna would not be easy to criticize, especially for Lena, but it was worth a shot for her, being a coward who doesn't dare to speak out wouldn't help her, she was hoping that Anna would at least recognize that. "Look, I am not as much of a patriot as you are because I basically care equally for all people, not just the ones in Rheinland, I am not surprised you tell me what you just said, I am really not. I am everything but a liberal, I fight for what I believe, I don't just talk." She nicely blinked into Anna's eyes, signaling that she was not upset about what she said. "I want you to know that, what you do with the Armee is all yours, I just tell you what I think is not going the way it should, since I no longer serve in your high command, of course I doubt my words mean anything to you, I wonder if they would if I still was with you.." She sighed a little and looked down, maybe she was approaching her the wrong way but now it was too late anyways, she would have to deal with the mood she just gave Anna, not that she thought that it would be a big problem, she somehow felt a certain confidence which she couldn't really explain.
Location:Zhukovsky Station, Omega-52 Date:7 April, 824 A.S
Anna's anger boiled with Lena's double standing words. She made claims as if she was a monument to be celebrated, a courageous hero, but Anna didn't see her as such. None the less, Anna shoved aside her frustration and got to the point. Well anyways, if you care about, well, if you care about your impression on me, and your people. She paused for a moment, turned and started walking over to the couch. You'll need to do something for me, for your people.
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