Earths guardians, p.1
Earth's Guardians, page 1
Earth’s Guardians
The Ambassador Chronicles
Volume I
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ISBN: 978-8-218-24338-8
Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Names, characters, and places are products of the author’s imagination.
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Contents
The Origin
The Cover Up
The Pernicious
The Discovery
The Alliance
Chapter 01
The Origin
Year – 2041, Date August 4th 10:15 AM Washington D.C.
Houston’s frustration was painfully evident as he sat in front of the communications terminal, awaiting a report from Boom and Mac who were doing reconnaissance outside of the White House because of high alien activity. The black screen suddenly came to life with a shaky image that left no doubt that the men were moving in on their location. Just then static erupted announcing that the comm links were coming online. Houston then heard Boom’s deep voice; he was trying his best to whisper.
“Houston do you read me?”
“I hear you loud and clear Boom what is your status?”
Marcel Brown better known as Boom was a stocky 6-foot 3 bald man with a full beard. His presence was the definition of intimidation, it didn’t help that he kept a scowl on his face at all times with his signature unlit cigar hanging from the corner of his mouth. His teammate in all the ops he has been on was Marcus McDonald better known as Mac. Mac was a tall man he stood 6 foot 3 and is built like an NFL quarterback. His light brown eyes, radical blond hair and strong jaw line was always an eye catcher of the opposite sex. Mac may be a ladies’ man, but he had one thing in common with Boom. If you contested them in any way, you would not survive. They were ex special forces. Mac was an expert sniper and a communications and weapons specialist. Boom was an expert sniper and an explosive expert. They had several tours of duty under their belts and were well known for making it out of unbelievably sticky situations without a scratch. Most people believed that the pair would be lifelong special forces members, but corruption in the military forced them out and led them to join the Houston’s Scorpion group.
Suddenly the images on the screen stopped shaking, Houston could now clearly see Booms bearded face. His eyes were gapped wide open with intensity, he and Mac were using some type of brush as cover. Houston could make out alien ships moving over their heads.
“Boom and Mac It looks really crowded there.” Said Houston.
Boom gave a sarcastic look into the camera, then blurted into his comm link. “You think!” “It is just too many of these damn alien sidewinders moving around. My trigger finger is itching like crazy. Now is as good a time than any for the ambassadors to drop in!”
“The triplets, how bad is it?” Houston shouted while rising from his chair.
Boom now wiping sweat off his brow. Whispered through clinched teeth.
“Yes, the ambassadors!! “The buildings empty except for the President and a few men; and now we have incoming aliens, we need them now!”
Houston was now leaning over his monitor. “Boom show me what you are seeing!”
Boom angled his 16K camera toward the White House. What Houston saw was like something out of the movies. The wind around the White House lawn began to pick up as paper and shrubbery were being blown around. A large dark grey alien ship in the shape of a falcon in midflight touched down on the front lawn. The hull of the ship glimmered in the light as if the hull were created with some sort of metallic glass. Houston could feel his heart rate increase with every second of the ship touching down. He nervously blurted out. “Okay that’s a very disturbing image, any idea why they landed?”
All Houston could hear was silence, deafening silence that was lasting far too long. “Mac! Boom! Come in, are you still there?!” Houston said with a slight panic in his voice.
Mac responded. “Not sure why they landed, but I bet it has something to do with President Taylor being inside the building.”
Just then part of the alien craft under carriage opened and a lift lowered the queen, another female alien, five of her guardians and several foot soldiers to the ground. They headed straight for the doors of the white House. Houston was now pacing back and forth in front of his screen.
“Boom and Mac we need to hear and see everything that happens inside that building right damn now!”
Mac looked in his bag, “that shouldn’t be a problem, Squirt equipped us with what we need to tap into the buildings security feed.”
Boom covers his mic, his face so close to Macs, that Mac could feel every breath.
“I don’t like this Mac we should be spraying aliens right now, not patching into no damn security system.”
“Boom calm the hell down it is just two of us were severely outnumbered!”
Boom turns to see the last alien passing through the White House front door. He cocks his rifle. Then turns back to Mac. “When has us being outnumbered ever mattered!”
He began to rise out of the brush when Mac grabbed him by his shoulder. Mac now staring directly into boom eyes whispers.
“For the Presidents sake let’s find out what’s going on inside the building first. When the President is secure, then we can spill all the alien blood your heart desires.”
Their comm links chirped to life with Houston’s voice.
“Come on men we are losing precious time! I need eyes and ears on the President now!”
Mac and boom could hear the urgency in his voice. Mac stumbles to his feet realizing they were still numb from kneeling in the shrubbery for so long.
“Houston give me a couple of minutes to get in position.” Mac checks his surroundings, seeing everything is clear he bolts from their hiding spot shouting. “Boom get your ass moving!”
Boom could hear and see the alien ships still circling overhead. It was difficult to move quickly with all their equipment and stay out of sight. He could feel his legs burning with each stride. He lets out some of his frustration over the comm link.
“Damn a video Houston we need the ambassadors here! It’s damn clear we are headed for a fire fight; we need some back up with all these aliens.”
The anticipation of seeing what was happening in the White House was becoming unbearable for Houston.
He quickly responded to Boom. “I hear you loud and clear, the S22 ship is about 15 minutes out!” “I will see if I can speed them up, just let me know when you have the video.”
Houston was the son of military scientist. His mother and father did extensive work in the bioscience field and made billions of dollars off the sale of their discoveries to pharmaceutical firms. Houston was born after the family fortune was made giving him a unique upbringing; being raised by rich brilliant military parents. Houston often refers to himself as a perfectionist with control issues and often blames this on his upbringing. He followed in his parent’s footsteps becoming a military scientist.
His brilliance proceeded him in his career as he began to climb the military ladder. Once he became an officer in the Army, he saw evidence of corruption. Corruption that stemmed from a terrorist group called Arcane, who’s roots were spreading throughout all branches of the military and Government. Since Houston did not know who he could trust, he decided to leave the military and fight the corruption from the outside. He decided to use his billion-dollar trust fund to create a group of like-minded individuals equipped with a well-hidden very extensive base of operations in the Arizona desert. A base that was packed to the gills with state-of-the-art weapons and vehicles. He named the group The Scorpions. Their objective was to draw out and eliminate Arcane members. The group had become so proficient at this, that parts of the government began to rely on their services. This was one of those moments.
Right now, his control issues were taking over, he had to end the back-and-forth conversation with Mac and Boom because the results he wanted were not happening soon enough. Meanwhile Boom and Mac snaked their way through the White House grounds, staying out of sight of the aliens moving around. They managed to make it to the main security station without being seen. Boom set up in one of the windows facing the doors of the building. As the lookout he scanned their surroundings through the scope of his gun ready to spill alien blood. Mac was busy quickly connecting Squirt’s equipment with the building’s security network. Boom pauses to see what Mac was doing.
“So, Squirt taught you how to hack the security system huh?”
Wiping the sweat from his face, Mac quickly responded, holding up one of Squirts tablets. “Nope he gave me his program, I just plug this into the network; hit go and it is just like Squirt is here hacking their system.”
The tablet immediately lit up when it connected to the network. A huge green press here to go button appeared on the tablet screen. Mac touched the screen and Squirt’s program went to work.
The S22 ship was Houston’s pride and joy. A remarkable ship that defies current technology. It is the only ship known with the ability to cloak itself making it virtually undetectable during flight. It is also, one of the fastest aircraft inside and outside of Earth’s atmosphere. The frame of the ship was a marriage between the retired space shuttle and a F-22 Raptor aircraft. It was 200 feet tall and 96 feet in diameter with 3 levels inside and equipped with an ungodly arsenal of weapons. The captain of this vessel and the leader of Houston’s crew is Chris Barnes but referred to as CB by everyone. He was currently piloting the S22, easily pulling 15 Gees headed towards the White House.
During down times for the ship, the crew is constantly upgrading the equipment and software to ensure that the ship was operating with cutting edge technology. There are several hologram projectors located on all levels of the ship. They all lit up simultaneously with images of an obviously concerned Houston.
The urgency in his voice really stood out.
“CB what is your current location?”
“Houston we are about 4 minutes out.” “How are things going in DC?”
“Things are getting very dicey there.” Everyone could hear the concern in Houston’s voice when he said that.
CB throttled the engines on the ship increasing their flight speed, then blurted into his comm link.
“We are a few clicks away, what the hell is happening?”
“Well CB we currently have an alien ship parked on the white House lawn! This damn alien Queen and her goons are inside with the President!” “So, CB this has now become a rescue mission!”
“Mac and Boom are currently patching into the security system as we speak, I need you and your crew sitting on go when you arrive!”
“Yes sir!” CB shouted. He then turns to his copilot Squirt.
“Okay Squirt cloak the ship now and slow us to mark 2.”
The crew could hear Houston holding a conversation with what sounded like Mac, but they could not make out what was being said. Suddenly Houston’s voice came through loud and clear.
“CB I am patching you all into Mac’s feed at the White House.”
The screens on the ship went black for a few seconds then suddenly the appearance of aliens moving through the empty White House halls was all anyone could see. The aliens were moving through the building like they knew every inch of it. Houston broke the silence that was hanging in the air. “Mac we need to see what’s happening in the oval office.”
Mac quickly responded, “give me a few seconds, I can get video and audio in there!”
Mac made a few taps on the tablet and images from the oval office appeared. President Taylor was standing behind his desk with a handful of Navy Seals armed and ready for battle.
CB franticly responds to what he is witnessing. “Why the hell is President Taylor meeting with these beings? Did he sleep through the last few months where they have crippled our military?”
Boom shouts at CB. “You just hurry up and get here and we can ask him.”
Houston chimes in to shut down the argument brewing. “Hey, we need radio silence to hear what is happening.”
Inside the oval office the men could hear the footsteps of the aliens getting closer.
There was eerie laughter coming from the hallways, as the footsteps grew louder. The leader of the Navy Seals squad looks at President Taylor.
“Sir I don’t like this. Let us move you to a secure location.”
President Taylor obviously disturbed with what he was hearing coming down the hallway. Looked at the soldier with concern. He took a deep breath and wiped his face. “I don’t like this either, but they asked for this meeting with me. This may be our only chance to stop this invasion. We owe this to all Americans who died or are suffering from this invasion! You and your men just be ready for Anything!” The leader snaped back “Sir yes sir!” He turned to his men, “give me two men at the door now.” Two of the Seals immediately took positions on either side of the office door which was partially open.
“Remember men we don’t react; we attack be ready for anything.” Before anyone could respond to that, both doors swung open violently. The two men by the doors aimed their M16 at what was coming in the door. Everyone aboard the S22 ship gasped simultaneously at what they saw. Radio silence ended with Houston shouting,
“Oh my God!”
Boom quickly responded, “So much for freaking peace!”
Houston responded screaming “Engage, engage get to the President now!”
Boom looks at Mac and shouts “Finally!”
They both bolt out of the security booth in opposite directions. They see the alien ships maneuvering like they are targeting something. Mac could hear the engines of the S22 screaming overhead. He could not see the ship because it was cloaked but he did see three bodies appear out of thin air.
Finally, the Ambassadors were joining the fight! Houston who was across the country in Arizona, plopped down in his chair knowing there was nothing he could do to help. All he could do was wait to hear from someone. He took a deep breath trying to calm his nerves. His mind began to race thinking of the possible outcomes, he couldn’t help but to reflect on how they all got to this moment.
Chapter 02
The Cover Up
Year - 2023
Politicians are still debating if the last three years of natural disasters are due to global warming or not. One thing the world quickly found out was how outdated its infrastructure and power grids were. Three solid years of hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes, and flooding has pushed most of the world to extreme measures just to have some sense of what we are used to in everyday life. The destruction caused a shortage in natural fuel sources and contaminated 30 percent of our drinking water. The race has begun to find clean fuel that runs on a platform that will coexist with the new standards needed for infrastructure. The fact that several nuclear facilities were pushed to the brink of complete failure from these events; made it clearly obvious the world needs a new source of energy. The race increased tenfold based on an actual accident by the US space program. Star port Vegas was created to further the United States exploration in space study. The largest space station known to man; it was the size of a major US city. Built in the shape of a round diamond, the station was completely occupied by our military and NASA officers. The station is equipped with an arsenal of weapons to protect it. Photon cannons and cameras lined the outside of the station in all directions. Equipped with two Heli pads four times the size of the L.A.X. airport; star port Vegas was capable of launching and landing cargo ships, talons, fighter ships, drones and satellites. Attached to the space station by a long bridge that stretched 100 yards was the construction site for the Horizon.
NASA decided to launch one of their drone ships called Cardinal-1 to study Saturn’s moon Titan, because Titan has a lot of Earths characteristics. This was in response to the problems the International Space Program was having with inhabiting Mars. The Mars program was becoming very expensive with little success. They were hoping that Titan would be a more fitting site to begin expanding mankind’s presence in the Milky Way. Midway through its trip NASA discovered that Cardinal-1 flight course was headed directly into the path of a meteor shower. The meteor shower was vast in size capable of destroying anything in its path. Now Cardinal-1 was twice the size of its predecessor the stealth bomber. It was equipped with the capabilities of nimble flight maneuvers like ships much smaller than it; but in this situation there was no possible way for the ship to avoid this meteor storm. It will definitely rip the ship into pieces. There was only one option for the ship to avoid being ripped to shreds and that would be to use its hyper drive system. The hyper drive system was in its infancy stages; it had been tested on smaller ships in controlled environments with decent results; but not like this. Not with a ship this size at this rate of speed. Facing the option of losing the ship and all its cargo to destruction the scientist decided to use the hyper drive to jump to the outer edge of Titans atmosphere. They had the target location pinpointed and when the coordinates are entered into Cardinal-1 system the ship should make its jump. It would fall off their radar for a few hours and appear again rotating around Titan. That is what should have happened; to this day they do not know what caused the incident. Was it the size of the ship, or its speed? Did they miscalculate the distance from the meteor shower? Whatever it was it caused Cardinal-1 to lose contact for three full days. When the ship reappeared on the radar it had overshot Titan and was now on the outer edge of our solar system. An attempt to save the ship from being destroyed by meteors had resulted in it being lost in space. That was the thinking until Cardinal-1 regained its communication abilities with the NASA control center. The ship began delivering photos of an uncharted planet. The planet was smaller than earth but had a lot of similarities. The drone was close enough to the surface too detect unique terrain and large bodies of what looked like water. Scientist believed that this new uncharted planet was outside of our galaxy. A team of brother and sister astronomers were the only two people present when Cardinal-1 began transmitting information. The Washington siblings immediately began charting this new discovery and, because of that, they were given the honor of naming the planet. After a heated debate they agreed to name it Gema Oculta which means hidden gem. The drone Cardinal-1 was built to withstand the worst of the worst conditions known to man. It was designed specifically to explore newly discovered environments, which is the main reason the ship was dumping hundreds of pictures on to the control centers network drive. The group agreed since there was a high probability that they could not get Cardinal-1 back to Earth, it could be beneficial to explore this new planet. They decided to instruct the ship to land close to what was believed to be a body of water and explore from the shore inland. They instructed Cardinal-1 to follow a descent plan, now it takes around one full day for the control room to receive any pictures or data from Cardinal-1. The next morning the control center main monitors came to life with picture after picture from Cardinal-1. The drone had safely touched down on the surface of Gema and began taking pictures of its surroundings. The high-powered camera that it was equipped with produced some vibrant breath-taking images. The surface around the drone looked like a billion saucers sized grey smooth rocks, with violet spheres sprinkled throughout in every direction. The terrain was flat from the ship’s location to the water line. The water had a slight tint to it that was the same color grey as the rocks on the shore. Leading away from the shore the rocks led up to a huge plush dark green hillside that led to mountains that were black as coal. The Cardinal-1 released its rover to test the atmosphere and gather soil and water samples. The rover was equipped with oversized tank wheels that function well on many different surfaces; it slowly made its way over the unsteady terrain to the edge of the body of water. The water was very still, it reflected everything around it like a huge mirror. The rover was unable to see below the surface of the water to take any pictures. So, the rover launched two DPSP sensors to get readings one on the shore and one in the water. The sensor on land immediately began transmitting data. It detected a low presence of oxygen in the atmosphere, as well as carbon dioxide and hydrogen. Those were the only elements the system was able to recognize. The sensors were twelve-inch tubes with transmitting antennas; they are covered in small black data point smart panels that resembled miniature solar panels. The land sensors were also equipped with balloons to keep them airborne for a period of time. The liquid sensors have hydrometers connected to them to measure the density of the liquid by keeping a portion of the tube submerged right below the surface. The DPSP that landed in the body of liquid could not detect any of the elements contained in it. The scientists were busy trying to figure out what the unknown elements detected by the DPSP sensors could possibly be; until the rover had an encounter with one of the violet spears. That encounter took precedent over all their other work. The rover collected one of the spears and placed it in its testing chamber. The chamber is how the rover was able to closely examine any materials it collects. The video that played for everyone at the command center was very dimly lit. All the equipment on Gema was operating on low settings to conserve energy because the solar panels were not collecting much energy in this foreign atmosphere. Everything was going according to plan until the rover added water to the chamber to clean the spear. There was an immediate reaction; it appeared as if the spear was boiling in the water. The lights inside the chamber began to get brighter and brighter until they burst. The reaction lasted for a couple of minutes ending just as fast as it started. When the engineers checked the status on the equipment all the rover energy readings were maxed out. The questions to answer now was, were these spears capable of producing clean energy? Based on the current readings from the drone’s equipment that small reaction generated enough energy to power a small city. The US Government wanted to keep this information quiet, but everyone working on interpreting the data from this project had to enlist help from all around the world. There was simply too much information for one group to go through; plus, it would be very difficult to keep a possible abundant source of clean energy quiet. The sharing of information is what began the race to terraform the planet, Gema.
