All That Glitters -- Ch 26
Contact.
Messages to the Emperor's Fleet Shem.
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'All That Glitters: Notes'
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IPPF HQ, Aereet City, Planet Anuura, Caiden System, Fifty-Six Light Years from Terra
On her second day out of hospital, Henadi Noor met with the others at Aereet City IPPF HQ. Her first day had been spent with her family, catching up after so many years away.
Everyone involved in the rescue was there with the exception of Fayad and his two lovely brides who were not in attendance, and not expected to be for several more days, the typical honeymoon being something around ten days. Fayad's would be cut short, as Fiona was planning on leaving in four days.
"How are you doing, Henadi?" Fiona asked as her friend entered the conference room that was set up for them.
"Much better," she told the group, with a smile. "My back has been cleaned up and everything is where is should be. Tissue regrowth is as expected, with healing to be completed by two weeks from today. There will only be minimal scaring. Seito will be able to monitor my condition back on the ship."
"We're so sorry about that, Henadi," Raymond began. "But the Terran Senate wouldn't act quickly enough to provide us with a warrant even though we were prodding them to move as fast as possible. When I told them I would personally hold them responsible for your death, they started to get the idea that we were serious.
"As it was, it took Navy Intelligence getting into one of Wassim Andjuran's computers and finding the necessary evidence of his conspiracy with pirate and other criminal syndicates, his murder of Senator Montasso, the theft of Montasso's illegally gained 'nest egg', Andjuran's use of that nest egg to bribe other senators, his acquisition of intelligence that led to the deaths of countless thousands of Union Citizens at the hands of the pirate syndicates and the capture and making into slaves of many times more, his pilfering of Senate funds from the Human Resources and Refugee Committee (HRRC), and other items found on that one computer finally got the senators combined asses off their seats and into a private chamber where they issued a warrant for Andjuran's arrest.
"Without that warrant, we would have been assaulting an allied planet of the Union in order to rescue you. After what we just did at New Hadria, we would have lost everything had we come after you. Please do not doubt that, we and the ship's personnel, would have gone outlaw in order to get you back.
"As it was, with the warrant we were able to at least prevent your death, if not you're scourging," Raymond finished.
"Your scourging has unleashed hell within the ranks of the Church of Andanii," C. Supt. Burhan stated. "We have been receiving reports of significant changes in the dynamics between men and women within the church now that Andjuran has been removed from his role as Chief Cleric, the first of which was the renaming of the role to that of Grand Cleric.
"The women of the church are asking for assistance in education to bring them up to their peak potential. Funds are being made available from, ironically of all places, the HRRC. I think the Senate wants to make up for their tardiness allowing you to be scourged.
"You scourging was recorded by many, and recently broadcast throughout the Union. You have become an overnight sensation and a role-model to women everywhere. The Senate was likely shamed into action because of that vid," Burhan concluded.
"So you're telling me that my naked ass was seen by everyone in the Union?" Henadi asked.
"You have absolutely nothing to be ashamed of about that ass of yours," Gillaya put her two hundredth credits worth in. "You will probably have offers of marriage from all over the Union after people see those vids, from both sexes I imagine," Gillaya quipped as she finished with a smirk.
"I swear to the Gods, Gillaya, you are going to get me removed from my office for me not being able to contain sexism within my subordinates," Fiona moaned, to the laughter of all.
"I'm just glad I was close enough to stop Najmaddin from cutting off your head," Kim stated. "It was too close, Henadi."
"Fucking right it was," snarled Ululla Mbibo. "I don't ever want to go through something like that again. You scared me out of ten years of my life. When I saw all that blood, I wasn't sure who had died."
"So that was you who called out my name?" Henadi asked. Ululla confirmed the fact with a small nod of her head.
"What's going to happen now?" Henadi asked.
"Because it was their warrant we used, the Senate has first rights on Wassim Andjuran," Burhan told the group. "While Terran Law does allow the death penalty, and there is no doubt in my mind that Andjuran will receive that, he must be kept alive to answer questions here on Anuura, after he finishes his trials on Terra.
"So far, the old Grand Council has been very informative of Andjuran's activities. They will face their own trials and are helping as best they can in order to receive leniency. They have been a fountain of very useful information," Burhan finished, with a satisfied grin.
"So all of this is getting wrapped up then?" Fiona asked. "We will be able to leave soon?"
"We have all of your statements, and have acquired many vid recordings confirming most, if not all, of those statements. You should be able to leave on Monday, if that is not too late for your group?" Burhan asked.
"Wednesday morning, we promised Fayad four days, from Saturday to Tuesday," Fiona said with a smile. "He's going to Liramor Holdings Management Course, and he will be very busy starting the end of this week. The newlyweds need their time together."
Hotel Sana, Anur Say, Capital City of Planet Anuura
Fayad woke up between the naked bodies of his two lovely brides as they cuddled up to him in their sleep. Someone had pulled the sheets off them last night, which was good, as their closeness was making him very warm. Not that he minded.
He was trying to figure out how to extract himself from between his two brides when Junelliea's eyes fluttered open. She smiled at him and leaned in for a kiss.
"While I would like nothing more than to continue where we left off last night, I must attend to nature," Fayad told her with a smile.
"Oh! Now I know what woke me," Junelliea said, blushing.
The two slipped from the bed and went to the bathroom. Fortunately, there were two toilettes.
Once they finished, they moved back to the bed, where Hanalei was just waking up.
"Good morning, Paiya," Fayad spoke softly to Hanalei.
"Good morning, Challek," Hanalei replied, with the term of endearment she used for her husband, harking back to their first meeting.
She smiled up at her Trine and then got a pained look on her face.
Junelliea laughed. "It's what woke us up, too," she told her friend and fellow wife.
There was a knock at the door, which opened without warning. The wait staff of two mature women walked in with a large trolley filled with breakfast.
The ladies quickly tried to dive back under the sheets, but the two staff women just laughed.
"We've seen it all before, young ones," said one of the older women.
"There is plenty of food and I suspect you will need it after last night. This is not the honeymoon suite, which means your nocturnal activities were heard," she finished with a gentle smile.
"I hope we didn't keep anyone awake," a blushingly embarrassed Junelliea asked.
"More likely inspired others to keep up with you," the second woman answered with a naughty smile. "We'll be back for the trolley, or you can just place it in the hall when you are finished with the food. That way we won't intrude should you continue your activities," she said with a wink as they left.
The three newlyweds looked at each other and then broke out into laughter. They still had the rest of the day and three more for their honeymoon, more than enough time to inspire the denizens of the hotel...
Central Control, Liramor-23, Piscium System, 106 Light Years from Terra
Capt. Beverley Davis was helping Capt. Liana Dostier keeping the Navy side of Liramor-23 going. They were working with David Latten, the Assistant Director of Liramor-23, now acting Director while Fiona was off the platform.
They had received the good news of Henadi's rescue earlier in the week and broadcast it to the fleet via the link. The mood on the platform had lifted immeasurably after the announcement.
With the bounties lifted on Henadi and Fiona, their jobs would become a lot less dangerous, though the pirate syndicates were still out there.
"How are things, David? Beverley asked, turning to him as he entered Central Control.
