The Commander walked in. The inspectors promptly stood up from their computer work stations, acknowledging his presence, as the captain of the battle cruiser Blue Sun. Mac motioned for them to take their seats .He assumed the seat at the head of the table before him. The session began.

Meanwhile, two female APEX Energies Regulatory Commission inspectors, supped on four small plates of assorted apps and sipped the last of their beverages. Looking out of the giant observation window section of the ship’s bar and lounge. Both of them tried to let the pressures of the day, slide off like a thick pat of butter on a stack of hot cakes. One of the young ladies got the bartender’s attention ordering another round of drinks, as her partner spills the last of her alcoholic drink, on her insignia laden uniform pant suit. Strangely enough, simultaneously each inspector thought to themselves, ‘how stupid they were to wear their company uniforms upstairs to the lounge. “So Kaesta…a, a, … tell me the deal again about the Captain,” as she tried very hard to get the handle of the new drink, that her associate brought to her, with her voice commencing to slur even more.

Rotalger spoke with confidence. She was the more graceful and larger of the two ladies, with the silver streaks in bright green hair. But first, she picked out another morsel to chomp on. Her friend waits patiently for the story, “It seems that Anna 6, like I said before.” She paused, taking a breath, trying to suppress an upcoming burp, “Got killed in a non-combat exercise, that turned into an ambush of some sort. Captain Maeconezs was, as he is now, the project liaison officer slash tandem man…… You know. Whatever his job is … with her.” “Her who?” Anna 6. Dummy!” “Oh. I got it” “Good for you,” taking big gulp of her drink after smarting off to her buddy. “How many drinks have you had?” “I got here before you did and I had a couple.” “I got nothing to say to you.” “Yes you do. Finish the story.” Rotalger sighed, then began again, “The Captain blamed himself for the death. He took it real, real, hard. Everyone on Anna 6’s ship also died. Some staff on this ship too! Had to leave the destroyer for awhile. Faced a couple of review boards, emo-docs, counseling and another review. Now he’s back. Been back for a year and a half now.” “Wow.”

Anna 7 glimpsed at the deputy investigators, scurrying about with other armed officials, aiding in the securing of all of Heas’s pirate gang into the prisoner ship. As Heas headed up the gangplank to be secured into his cell, aboard the prisoner transport ship, he waved to Anna 7. She nodded her head in a positive manner toward him. A few of the investigators pursued their interrogations of one or two of the gang members, while other Marshall’s examined evidence on board the pirate ship. Everyone proceeded along performing their duties, when Anna caught sight of a rookie deputy marshal heading her way. She knew exactly what this conversation topic would be, as he strode very purposely to her with the barrel of his weapon pointing ground ward.

“Why didn’t you handcuff those felons like you taught me? You said I should always do the cuffing myself, just in case they didn’t do it correctly and jump me? ” asked Russert, who was assigned as Anna 7’s back up, assisting as her sniper far, far away during the arrest by the creek, where she apprehended Heas’s gang. Russert smoked one of the two dead pirate gang members on the top of the ravine, when Anna approached Heas’ men at his pirate ship. “I knew you were there and you would not let anything happen to me,” Anna smiled confidently. She walked off from him and the rest of his team. “ Listen. I cannot stand around here and get lectured by you. When I’m the one who taught you, not to do anything like that in the first place.”

Anna 7 walked off to her vehicle hidden about half a mile away from the valley arrest site, on the other side of the creek. She reversed her direction, turning around to say to Russert, “Besides. I am suppose to rendezvous with Mac at the Blue Sun, by late tomorrow. And I have got to get a good look at the message on this communicator before then and put it in evidence. I know this is important. It’s got to do something with the bombings in Lillion. I know it does.” Anna 7 began to jog up the hill toward her ship. But not before she put the comm device in an evidence bag, in a small back pack, as she placed it through her arms, to its rightful place on her back. “I can’t wait to examine this.”

Anna questioned if there was evidence in Heas’ communication device held any connection to the death of defense lawyer Gaver Zauger?
Anna debated why were the bombs taken to the city of Lillion in the first place?

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