The Adventures of Tim Bodge
This story has been amended with Adult content.
By T Hodge
Edited by Steve
Chapter 27
Part 1 of 4
Tim and the Mayor approached the mile square that would become the trade marketplace as the shuttle landed and opened the doors. They walked down the ramp, stopped, and looked out over this unsettled area.
Tim walked about twenty feet away from the ramp. "Sarha, do you now have the boundaries of this piece of land? If so, please send out the bots and mark the edges."
He turned to watch four bots descend the ramp, each with a large red flag. Each headed to a corner of the property.
Once each bot was at its corner. Tim asked Sarha to have the engineers check with him.
Soon three individuals walked up to Tim. "Tim, you wanted to see us," asked Gento.
Tim turned around and saw that all three were ready to go, along with all their equipment and bots.
"Yes, you have had a look at my plans. You can use all the personnel and materials you require. Gento, you, and Darkur will work on the MTS machine. While Zagmu, you will work on the security and the grounds."
All three nodded and began to look toward their work area.
Tim turned around and went back to the Mayor. While standing there, a steady flow of people and bots moved by them. Everybody was on their way to where they belonged.
Tim and the Mayor returned to the shuttle, and they needed to sit down and talk about what was going to happen. Tim asked the Mayor to join him on his ship, the Star Gladiator 1.
The Mayor said he would be happy to, and they walked to the MTS and entered and exited onto the Star Gladiator 1.
Tim led him to the lounge. As they walked onto the bridge, Mayio called the bridge to attention by saying, "Captain's on the bridge."
Tim returned the call, "as you were!" as he and the Mayor entered the lounge. Tim saw the King was in the lounge, so he thought it was a good idea to have the two of them here to talk.
Tim allowed the King to explain how he and King Elbert had put in place their trade deal and how it worked. The King believed that a third world could not interfere with the trade deal, it could only make it stronger.
The King explained, there were a few rules. The first and most important was that each world furnished twenty-five soldiers to Tim. It's so that no one world can gain military superiority and that each world soldiers were always under Tim's command.
The second rule was that nobody controlled the MTS area, it was under Tim's control, regardless of where it was.
The King went over a few other rules about who could trade what and how much could be traded. No weapons were to be traded or exchanged.
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Tabatha summoned the Captain of the two ships, who was still facing each other, waiting to resume their battle. She wanted to meet the sect leader in charge of the second fleet.
The vessel's Captain requested a few minutes while communicating with his supervisor. He explained to his supervisor what had happened in space and what could happen if no one saw her.
It only took a minute, and they told the vessel's Captain that someone would meet with her at Dock 54 within 10 minutes. He conveyed the message to her and thanked her for giving him time to call.
Tabitha boarded a shuttlecraft from Star Gladiator 1 and proceeded to Docking Bay 54. She had two people waiting for her, and they were the head of security and the head of defense.
She went through what she wanted and who she wanted to see. They told her it would be impossible to see the Mayor.
Tabitha turned to the head of the defense, "I really don't want to do this, but you need to call your ship's Captain back and talk to him."
"Miss, I don't see a need in doing that." He stood there like he was the King, and no one was above him. "So, if you need to talk to someone, talk to me."
A soldier approached the head of security and whispered something into his ear. He turned his attention to the soldier. His face had now become pale white. He waved the soldier away.
The head of security approached the Head of Defense. He tapped him on the shoulder and asked if he could please speak with him.
The head of defense turned around with a disgusting look on his face. "What is so important?"
The security then told him what the soldier had told him. The head of defense turned and looked over his shoulder and stared at Tabitha.
He turned to Tabitha, "I apologize for my manners; I just received word that the Mayor will see you."
"Thank you, dear sir," Tabitha waved to her two guards, and the three of them were taken to the Mayor's office.