Chapter 2: His discovery

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~In outer space~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Alaya scanned the area for anything that looked suspicious.

“Hey mom, see anything?” Jake called from the doorway to the control room.

“Nope. Nothing here honey. Nothing but the stars and the colonies.”

“Well, if we don’t stop General Lee soon, he’ll destroy some of them to get what he wants,” Jason replied.

Alaya smiled at her youngest son. ‘Oh Jacob, how the hell did you get into this. God help me.’

“Okay, let’s head back to our designated colony for the rest of the night, until we leave tomorrow morning,” Alaya stated.

But before they made their way towards, colony cluster L1, a transmission from L3 came.

‘Strange…don’t even know who it’s from…but how…’

The face on the vid–screen answered her question.

“Well hello Ms. Dean. Or should I say Mrs. Brown?”

Alaya looked up and gasped. “General Lee.”

~~~~~~~~~~~L5 Colony Cluster; Colony #BX-104032~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mr. Brown walked to his suite eager to call earth and check on his baby girl.

‘This is becoming very tiring. He’s got all of this planned out…and if nothing is done right away, Relena will no longer be Vice Foreign Minister.’

Duane sat in front of his vid-phone and dialed in his home number.

‘I could’ve stopped his plans when I met him eight years ago…but with the Gundam pilots around, who would’ve bothered.’

After a few moments, Desaunya answered the call.

His facial expression went from thoughtful to surprised.

‘Trent’s ex-girl friend? What the hell is she doing there? I thought they broke up long time ago.’

“Hey Mr. Brown. How are you?”

“I’m fine honey. And you?”

“Doing well. I’m here with Melody, since nobody else is home to watch her.”

‘Melody’s by herself? Where’s Jake? And Trent?’

“Nobody’s there?”

“No. Trent was called in…”

She trailed off and went into thought.

‘I do miss him. His touch…his voice… his…’

“Are you still there, Desaunya?”

Desaunya blinked her eyes and smiled.

“Oh I’m sorry, sir. I was just thinking…that’s all. Melody told me that Jake left after her mother did, and that Trent was called in.”

“I see.”

Duane sat and thought about it.

‘Jake is always getting into trouble. I think boot camp will be the topic of discussion as soon as we all get back.’

He smiled at his thought and asked to speak with Melody.

Five minutes later….

“Daddy! I miss you so much!”

Melody jumped onto Desaunya’s lap and gave her father a big smile.

“There’s my little girl. Are we behaving ourselves?”

“Yes. Guess what?”

“What?”

“Renée’s taking me to the circus tomorrow,” Melody chirped in, as she shifted her position, causing Desaunya to allow Mel to sit in the chair by herself. She decided to stand beside her and listen.

“Oh is that so?”

“Yep. Since nobody’s here and Trent promised me, she said she would.”

‘I could’ve taken her.’ Desaunya thought.

“But what about Desaunya, sweety? She watching you now, isn’t she? I’m sure Renée’s awfully busy. And she’s always taking you out.”

“Yeah I know…but Trent is supposed to come in tomorrow, and I’m sure Desaunya would like to stay and talk with him without me interfering.”

‘Well, the brat sure does have a point. But still…’

“Okay Mel. Look, when you see Renée, tell her that I’ll give her a call, okay? And tell your brother that I’ll call him later in the evening tomorrow when I arrive on earth.”

Melody’s face lit up.

“You’re coming back tomorrow! Yay! I can’t wait to see you, daddy.”

“Me too dear. Now I’ll talk to all of you tomorrow, okay?”

“Okay, Daddy.”

“Bye Mel.”

“Its never ‘bye’, dad. It’s ‘I’ll see you later’…k?”

Duane gave his daughter a smile.

“I’ll see you tomorrow.”

“That’s better. Mwuah.”

She blew a kiss to her father and he blew one back. Then he hung up.

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“Very touchy, Duane.” Duane spun around in his chair to see an old comrade…Calvin Blaine.

“What do you want.”

Calvin walked over to the bed and took a seat.

“Ah, nothing really. Just can’t come and say hi to an old friend, huh?”

Duane sat back in his chair and turned it so it completely faced Calvin.

“What do you and General Lee want?”

“Oh how ever did you know?”

“Why else would you be here?”

Calvin got up and walked towards the liquor cabinet and poured himself a drink.

“A drink, Lieuten…”

“No thanks Calvin. Just get on with it,” Duane replied, a bit agitated.

“We need the…”

“No, colonel. Besides I don’t even know what they are.”

Calvin smiled and sat at the table, not too far from his desk.

“Well, you may not know…but we already know who does. This just confirms our…hmm...what’s the word?”

Duane glared at Calvin.

“What the hell are you talking about, Calvin?”

“We know who knows what the codes are, Duane. And we will get them ASAP.”

“Who?”

“You sure you want to know? I didn’t think you’d be interested?”

“Colonel…”

“You’re wife.”