The guards were stunned. They hadnt been told that Mallory was back. The commander started shaking his head and raised his communicator. All eight were hit with sparks and burned instantly. Nathan and Mallory ran forward and used a high intensity hand torch to cut through the base around the computer. Grang grabbed the base and lifted it over his head and put it on the floor away from the wiring. Nathan and Mallory began removing wires following their connections following the process that Vring had imprinted on their memory. Grang and Jingo waited at the door expecting trouble. Finally, they pulled the last connection and Grang came and grabbed the black square that housed the system. They heard him grunt but he lifted it over his head and held it there. Jingo and Nathan led the way out the door and Mallory closed it and reset the lock. They moved quickly down the hall and ran down the stairs.
The Middle Shift Commander waited in his office for his relief to come and sign in. It was fifteen minutes past his reporting time and in the ten years Sheve knew him, he had never been late. He saw his com activate and then go off. He looked at it and saw that it was the Captain in the computer room. He hit his com and it didnt connect. That was odd. He stood and walked across the hall into the security room and saw the two privates assigned to watching the monitors were arguing about a woman they were both pursuing. He looked at the monitor in the computer room and didnt see anyone. He looked at the entrance to the building and it was dark. Evidently the light was out. He hit the infrared and saw the three dead bodies on the floor. He looked at the two privates and shot them with a blaster. He hit the alarm and it began sounding off all over the building and the street outside.
The Riders made it as far as the four guards in their chairs when they heard the alarms go off. Nathan pointed up the hall and motioned them to go. Jingo grabbed Mallorys hand and pulled her. She resisted not willing to leave Nathan behind but he looked at her and pointed up the hall. She allowed Jingo to pull her toward the exit. Nathan activated his gun and set it for burn. He set the frequency for blasters and waited as he heard the sound of running feet. The door at the end of the hall flew open and he fired ten sparks. The five guards that came rushing through the door were burned before they could move ten feet. The other five sparks flew through the open door, separated, and flew up the halls looking for anyone holding a blaster. Nathan waited and then he heard the first explosions outside the building. He switched the gun to explosive and fired fifteen sparks through the door at the end of the hall. He turned and ran toward the exit. The fifteen sparks flew through the open door and started flying down the halls.
Four guards exited doors on the second floor and were hit. The explosions collapsed the ceilings making the halls impassable. Four sparks actually followed six guards up the stairs to the roof. The guards had left the doors open behind them and that proved to be fatal. They arrived on the roof and raised their blasters just as the sparks came out of the stairwell and zoomed in on them. The explosions were huge and all eight guards on the roof were blown over the edge to the street ten stories below.
Fifteen minutes after the four Riders left to infiltrate the building, fifty riders flew through the screen and landed one mile from the entrance. They dismounted and moved up the street on foot. They spaced themselves a hundred feet apart on opposite sides of the street. Kron was the first to arrive at the building and saw the four Zord up against the walls across the street from the the entrance. He checked his gun and saw that there were eight blasters within sixty seven feet of his location. He looked up and saw that the stars were blurry. The Dukes Searchers screen still covered the building. Maybe they could get away without a fight. So far everything looked fine; the four infiltrators had not been discovered. When they came out of the entrance would be the moment of the biggest risk. Then the alarms went off and Kron fired eight sparks. All the way up the street for a mile it looked like hundreds of fireflies were moving from the ground to the surrounding buildings. Then the blasts started and pieces of the buildings began falling to the street. Kron looked up and saw a bright red beam splash against a force field. Time to go.
Timmy saw the sparks and said, The Gigs up, Greyson.
Im on it.
A screen moved over the street battle and covered the tops of the buildings. The screen was under the screen being used by the Provincial Searcher overhead and should protect the warriors on the ground. Greyson started scanning to see if more than one Searcher was coming. One of the four Searchers that had their screens extended over Dauluns Castle, moved to the site of the ground fight and scanned the area.
We have numerous infiltrators around the Military Database Building. Im opening fire on them.
The Searcher fired his beam and saw it stop above the buildings. It stunned the ship and then it saw the beams coming in on Dauluns Castle. As it watched, beams began hitting the screens over the Castle and it was clear there was more than one enemy Searcher attacking Daulun. The Searcher decided to defend the Database. It powered the main beam and fired into the middle of the street below. It was shocked, it still didnt penetrate.
Jessica and BC opened fire on the castle with their beams at half power. The protective screens covering the castle turned bright blue and flashed red. The three Searchers covering the Castle knew that if one of them left, the Castle would be incinerated. They scanned for the source of the beams but couldnt find the attackers. They started firing randomly hoping to hit the ships firing at the planet.
Every guard with a blaster was killed in less than six seconds after the sparks were launched. Kron ran up to the entrance and yelled, Its clear, lets get out of here.
Grang came stumbling out of the entrance carrying the database. Vring came over and took it out of his hand and put out a leg for Mallory to mount. Scotty insisted that Vring go and take care of Mallory. Vring was excited at the opportunity knowing it was going to be fun. He was not disappointed. Mallory jumped on his leg and then jumped on his back without having to be lifted. Get us out of here.
The four Zord ran forward and lifted. The fifty Riders scattered up the street mounted and flew up the street following the four Zord. The Riders fired at anything that showed on their guns scanners. There were explosions on both sides of the street for three miles.
The Searcher saw the intruders moving quickly away from the site. They were flyingsomething huge that stayed low to the ground. What were they? He was reluctant to follow them and take his screen off the castle. Then he heard, Dont know what to do?
Greyson?!?
Hello, old friend.
I thought you were dead.
No, Im helping someone who I can believe in. Someone that wont make me fire on defenseless planets.
Thats treason.
No, it isnt.
You know it is.
Varner, I want to send you something. I give you my word that I wont fire on you but I need you to open your screen long enough for a download. Will you do that for me?
Ill be forced to kill you for your treachery.
Arent you curious why?
Varner thought about it.
You can see that the invaders are now all gone and you cant harm me behind my screen. I just want you to see why; you know how much you mean to me. Weve been through so much together. Please do this for me.
Varner said, In 5,4,3,2,1, now.
Greyson saw the screen go down and he sent the download. He saw that it only went down on the side away from the castle. Thank you my friend. He turned and teleported out.