Post by MayorOmega on Jun 9, 2018 10:27:31 GMT -8
Date: 09/17/4566
Location: Seventh Heaven Bar
Andrew popped into a bar near where the Trinity officers had been given housing and saw that it was mostly filled with GROPOS with a nice mix of Federation marines mixing with the ground effect personnel from the other factions and groups which included from what he saw of the towering bald but bearded head at a table next to a window some of his closest friends.
"Hey gang, how are some of my favorite MACOs tonight?" he asked with a broad smile on his face as he slipped into a seat next to a shorter, bearded man.
"ANN-DREW!!!!" the towering bald man said in a deep rumbling and accented voice as he spread his arms wide, causing the man to his left and the woman to his right to duck out of what appeared to be well practiced timing almost as if this was a common occurrence. "Itsen bout time you be joining us for a pint or twenty!"
The cyborg nodded in agreement, "I know that I haven't been accessible the last few weeks but I've got to help out with the MSA end of this Trinity thing on top of the more important thing of spending time with Hitomi." he explained, a warm smile crossing his face as he thought about his girlfriend.
The short bearded man that was sitting next to him arched a dark eyebrow and in no-nonsense voice asked "Are you sure that's really a good thing, Drew?"
At this Andrew raised an eyebrow and looked at his friend. "What's that supposed to mean, Austin?"
MSA-MACO First Lieutenant Austin Starr simply turned in his seat to look at one of his oldest friend with a serious look. "I mean honestly, what do you know about her that makes you confidently gaga over her?"
"Well for one I know about her past sexual escapades with the Ino twins if that helps any?" Andrew pointed out to him. "I was her actual first man despite Hikaru's..."actions" with her."
Paige Webb, one of the two women at the table and her unit's ITW (Information Technologies Warfare) specialist couldn't help but let an "Awwww" and "ewwww" escape her due not really being a sexual creature despite the "gifts" that her fate had bestowed upon her...let alone hear about the actions of a man who was like a brother to her being somewhat sexual...
"Still after everything that we've been through over the past few decades, can you blame us for being kind of...suspicious considering the last girl you were with and what happened to you involving her?" Gunner Scott asked pointed from his spot at the table from his spot at the table next to the bald man. "I mean you did kind of use the phrase BTB with Talia..."
The bald man arched an eyebrow "BTB?" he rumbled questioningly.
"Burn the bitch, Thoruf." Austin answered.
"AHH!!! And did this bitch get thoroughly burned?" Thoruf asked simply before taking a pull off of his mug.
Gunner chuckled just a little bit in a dark tone. "Something to that affect."
Andrew let out a frustrated sigh as he ran his metal hand over his face tiredly. "Is there a point to all of this?" he asked.
The table went quiet for a few moments before Paige finally said in a nervous tone "Um...Ashley saw your girl being awfully close with another girl a couple of days back."
Andrew blinked before turning his head to look at the youngest of the group. "and how did you come across them?"
Ashley Remington ran a hand through his short hair nervously, "Well I was testing out my boys and one of them managed to sneak into a briefing where it saw your girlfriend kissing someone who wasn't you." he said in an equally nervous tone.
Andrew looked at the assembled group and saw the honesty on their collective faces for their concern for him that he honestly couldn't be furious at them.
Annoyed-yes, Furious-no.
Andrew once more ran a hand over his face and said "Guys, she told me about it before that meeting and I'm cool with it for now.".
The assembled group looked at each other and then slowly nodded in agreement...save for two people with one of them being Austin. "Look you may say that she told you about it and that you're cool with it, but how much do you really know?" he asked in a very pointed manner.
Andrew's eyes narrowed sharply at that question, "Look I appreciate the fact that you are all looking out for me in this but Hitomi is nothing like Talia. For one thing Talia was a cheating sexpot who claimed that she loved me while Hitomi is the complete opposite and besides, the girl that Ash's "boy" caught her kissing was the bloody avatar of the warship Musashi!" he said in a very tight voice.
But this did nothing to stop Austin who was very much the pragmatist as well as being very seriously minded. "Even worse because one you'll be aboard that ship and it may decide to have your girl all to itself and then blow you out of an airlock and into deep space..." he started to say in a matter of fact tone.
However as Austin attempted to fight for logic in this matter, Andrew had enough of the matter as his steel hand clenched tightly into a fist as he slammed it into the corner of the table, smashing it under his hand. "*ENOUGH*!" he snapped in a loud, angry voice which caused everyone to look at the table before he stood up and looking hard at Austin before saying "*enough*..." before he stormed away from the table.
The two who had been sitting at the table and didn't say anything during the entire conversation stood up at this point and the only other woman at the table simply said "Good going guys, the point was not to piss him off." before she ran off after Andrew while the guy who stood up with her simply shook his head and went off after them.
Andrew found himself at the railing of a bridge that overlooked the cityscape beyond and tried to keep his anger from having his cybernetic hand from crushing the metal railing in his grip when he heard two people walk up to him before the familiar kind face of Davina Rose look at him, his squad's medic looked at him with those dark eyes full of concern for him but not for the reason that the others had been doing. "Hey." he said in a quiet voice.
"Hey buddy, you do know that they are concerned about you after everything....and plus you know that Austin can be a real dick sometimes too." Davina said simply.
Andrew nodded, "I know, Dav. It's just my gut is telling me that I can trust Omi because we had a long talk about that very thing before she went off on a mission with Sashi." he said in a firm tone. "I told her that we would have to have a longer talk about stuff all things considered when she got back."
Davina nodded in agreement. "I'd like to meet her sometime, might help ease the fears of the rest of the group but I know that Blues is concerned for you as well but not to that level that the rest of the gang does." she explained.
The cyborged MACO nodded before turning to face Blues himself and simply asked, "And what do you think of the situation?"
The man who the two of them were calling "Blues" simply shrugged just a little bit before saying "I just remember your views on cheating."
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{Flashback/9-21-4557}
Location: Daisuke-Spengler Memorial Courthouse, Manticore
The trial of Colonel Dwight Devereaux of the Galactic Federation Marine Corps was in its fifth day and what had started originally as a simple situation concerning the revelation of an adulteress affair between two marine officers had quickly changed into something much darker when it was revealed that the colonel might have ordered his former lover into a hostile situation that lead to her death among other things.
Newly minted Lieutenant Senior Grade Kaladria Morgan of the JAG division represented Thomas Ian Grayson, the late husband of GFMC Major Lori Grayson who had punched the colonel after he made a major deal about the "great sacrifices of Major Grayson over the past few years" before loudly proclaiming "Semper Fi" at which point Mister Grayson simply slugged him hard enough to knock the war veteran out cold.
The exact reason behind the attack was later revealed as the sudden surge in promotions of the late Major was reported to be ways of keeping another man's wife close at hand for his sexual wants and needs but the level of how certain things were being done showed that military assets were actually used in a criminal manner.
And on this day, the colonel himself was on the stand and his lawyer had painted him a picture of how he was bewitched and blackmailed into compromising his marriage and his standing as an officer in the military by a whore of a woman.
On Mister Grayson's side of the courtroom, no one within the military sat with the exception of the members of the twenty second force recon unit (the "Grey Death Legion") that Major Grayson had personally helped to form and lead with it's new CO sitting next to the younger sister of Major Grayson with the younger woman looking rather curiously at them.
This was not lost on the colonel as occasionally he would shoot a questioning look at the 22nd's new CO who would refuse to look back at his longtime CO and friend.
"Colonel, you painted a very evil picture today of a woman who had stated in numerous reports and even interviews as the paragon of the Federation's military and a shining beacon for how an officer should aspire to be...why the sudden and abrupt turn of face?" Lieutenant Morgan asked plainly.
Devereaux took on a somber expression as he squared his shoulders back, "I was blackmailed into saying those things as Major Grayson promised to destroy not only my marriage to my loving wife but also my career if I didn't." he said in a sad tone. "It was only after her sudden death did I feel the need to continue the lie out of respect to her husband and the family of Sergeant Major Kalimar."
Lieutenant Morgan nodded slowly, "Understandable from your point of view, sir." she admitted before the young woman accessed her omni-tool. "Then how can you explain this then?"
Morgan then keyed up the video which showed both the colonel and the major cuddling in aftermath of what appeared to have been a very vigorous lovemaking session with the colonel saying in a very emotional way that he loved Major Grayson in ways that his own wife couldn't even begin to spark.
The colonel's eyes quickly shot over to his wife and saw the stony look there before answering with "Why would I record such a thing, Lieutenant Morgan?" he asked simply in a sad but serious tone.
Morgan didn't say anything but accessed the video file, sending it back to the beginning where the colonel himself was looking into the video pickup and saying that he wanted to record this entire session so that he could enjoy it during the major's time back with her worthless husband.
The colonel's eyes widened for only the briefest of moments before shaking his head. "I'm sorry to say that part is faked, created as part of a bigger lie by a deranged woman."
Major Grayson's mother let out a deep, wracking sob of sorrow.
But Morgan wasn't having any of it as she shook her head before motioning to a man sitting with the 22nd. "Sir, do you know this man?" she asked plainly.
Devereaux nodded, "That is Lance Corporal Ashley Remington, one of the finest of the next generation of marines that we've had the honor of training." he said with complete pride in his voice.
"Colonel Devereaux, did you know that Lancer Remington is a specialist in data mining and cryptographical communications protocols?" Morgan asked plainly as she motioned at the younger man again. "That before joining the marines he was a child prodigy, graduating MIT on Earth with a masters in computer software engineering?"
Devereaux blinked and then shook his head, "No I didn't not, my apologies." he said, inwardly wondering where this was going.
"Hm, then you are also unaware that it was Lancer Remington who secured the late major's laptop or that Major Grayson had a private conversation with him about seeing if there was anything hinky about her personal terminal as well?" Morgan asked simply.
In the row with the 22nd, a man sat next to Remington and watched with a trained eye as a single bead of sweat started to form on his colonel's temple.
"No, I was not aware of this." Devereaux said honestly.
Morgan nodded slowly, "Interesting." she said simply before moving to sit back down but she stopped and looked right at the colonel. "By the way, how is your relationship with your OTHER lover, colonel?"
That caused a murmur to start going through the gallery as people attempted to figure out what was going on to cause the lead judge to bang his gavel. "Lieutenant Morgan, what is going on here?" the judge asked loudly.
Morgan nodded as she stood back up fully and moved to stand in front of the room, "Your honors, I have proof of not only is the colonel a serial adulterer but also he is responsible for the death of Major Grayson and the near death of one of the officers under her very command during the last war."
The lead judge, Major General Ruben Korolev, looked at the younger officer. "Present your evidence, lieutenant."
"With pleasure your honor." Morgan said before accessing both her omni-tool and her VX as the room showed the colonel sitting in a chair somewhere with a major shit eating grin on his face as he had both of his hands on the head of a blonde woman who was mostly naked, her perfect curves highlighted for the room to see.
"I told you that I would take care of everything, my dear. He won't be able to do anything for quite a while and now you get to reap the entire benefits of my full attention now that Lori has had an untimely accident." Devereaux said in a very passion filled voice with a couple of grunts before he lost himself into the mouth of the blonde.
The blonde then raised her head for everyone to see at which point the colonel's head at the stand snapped to look right at the man sitting center of where the 22nd was sitting with a deep and powerful fear now filling his heart.
It was at that point that Captain Andrew Weaver flexed his now cybernetic right arm as his dark eyes became hard as he looked right at the colonel.
General Korolev then slammed his gavel hard against its base. "THIS COURT WILL RECESS UNTIL OH TEN HUNDRED TOMORROW!!" he roared.
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Andrew needed to breathe as he walked out of the courtroom, his new right hand was clenched so tightly that there was the sound of metal creaking as he tried to keep his emotions in check...the love of his life...and his superior officer?!!?
Andrew turned a corner and saw the blonde standing there looking right at him, a smile on her face until she caught sight of his eyes and saw the look in them which turned the smile into a look of concern as she approached.
"Andrew, what's wrong?" the blonde asked.
Andrew's voice was a low, angry thing as he asked "How long were you fucking him, Talia?"
The blonde, Talia, blinked a couple of times before she let a sigh escape her. "Every time I could." she answered without any form of hesitation. "It wasn't anything against you, Drew...but..." she started to explain but there was something in her voice that just made him shake his head and walk away.
"When you want to talk, let me know." Talia said in return, hoping to catch a moment with Devereaux before she felt someone tap her on the right shoulder at which point she caught a fist to her face which was then followed up by several boots to her stomach and ribs.
"FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCKING WORTHLESS WASTE OF PERFECTLY FUCKING FUCK!!" Private First Class Davina Rose was roaring, her slightly pale face was flush red with rage as she was doing something completely out of character for her as she was being very violent and cursing up a storm at which point Thoruf's massive arms wrapped around her and swung her away from the blonde on the ground.
"Come little sister, our brother needs us!" Thoruf said firmly as he practically carried Davina outside and into the air...
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Andrew shook his head as he recalled what happened next and none of it was pretty but needless to say he was proud of his squad that day. "You're right, Blues." he finally admitted before turning to regard the other man. "But can we also agree that Austin is a bit of a prick as well?"
"Blues" simply nodded in agreement. "It's a fair cop."
The cyborg looked at his two friends and then nodded, "Alright, lets head back in and see if we can't get the subject to change because I trust Hitomi because she's earned it."
Blues looked over at Davina who nodded before saying "You were never that passionate about Talia...so we believe you."
The three friends then headed back to the bar and better memories.
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Epilogue notes:
Colonel Dwight Theodore Devereaux was found guilty of multiple charges including adultery, conspiracy, conspiracy to commit murder, and several other charges at which point he was dishonorably discharged from the Galactic Federation military.
His wife divorced him and won without any problem, Thomas Grayson was cleared of the charges that he was arrested on and went back to try and rebuild his life following everything that had happened to him and the Kalimar family.
Talia Madison was suspected of being apart of her lover's conspiracy against the late major but it was revealed that she honestly had no idea that the former colonel was going to kill his lover.
However her relationship with Captain Andrew J. Weaver ended shortly there after as did her job at Gagne Media and her soft lifestyle ended shortly there after as everything completely fell apart.
Captain Andrew J. Weaver and the rest of his unit were reassigned two days after the trial formally to the Manticore Sector Authority and slowly was refitted into the first unit of the experimental Military Assault Command Operations unit which in turn would serve as the flagship of the future alliance's MACO units.
Location: Seventh Heaven Bar
Andrew popped into a bar near where the Trinity officers had been given housing and saw that it was mostly filled with GROPOS with a nice mix of Federation marines mixing with the ground effect personnel from the other factions and groups which included from what he saw of the towering bald but bearded head at a table next to a window some of his closest friends.
"Hey gang, how are some of my favorite MACOs tonight?" he asked with a broad smile on his face as he slipped into a seat next to a shorter, bearded man.
"ANN-DREW!!!!" the towering bald man said in a deep rumbling and accented voice as he spread his arms wide, causing the man to his left and the woman to his right to duck out of what appeared to be well practiced timing almost as if this was a common occurrence. "Itsen bout time you be joining us for a pint or twenty!"
The cyborg nodded in agreement, "I know that I haven't been accessible the last few weeks but I've got to help out with the MSA end of this Trinity thing on top of the more important thing of spending time with Hitomi." he explained, a warm smile crossing his face as he thought about his girlfriend.
The short bearded man that was sitting next to him arched a dark eyebrow and in no-nonsense voice asked "Are you sure that's really a good thing, Drew?"
At this Andrew raised an eyebrow and looked at his friend. "What's that supposed to mean, Austin?"
MSA-MACO First Lieutenant Austin Starr simply turned in his seat to look at one of his oldest friend with a serious look. "I mean honestly, what do you know about her that makes you confidently gaga over her?"
"Well for one I know about her past sexual escapades with the Ino twins if that helps any?" Andrew pointed out to him. "I was her actual first man despite Hikaru's..."actions" with her."
Paige Webb, one of the two women at the table and her unit's ITW (Information Technologies Warfare) specialist couldn't help but let an "Awwww" and "ewwww" escape her due not really being a sexual creature despite the "gifts" that her fate had bestowed upon her...let alone hear about the actions of a man who was like a brother to her being somewhat sexual...
"Still after everything that we've been through over the past few decades, can you blame us for being kind of...suspicious considering the last girl you were with and what happened to you involving her?" Gunner Scott asked pointed from his spot at the table from his spot at the table next to the bald man. "I mean you did kind of use the phrase BTB with Talia..."
The bald man arched an eyebrow "BTB?" he rumbled questioningly.
"Burn the bitch, Thoruf." Austin answered.
"AHH!!! And did this bitch get thoroughly burned?" Thoruf asked simply before taking a pull off of his mug.
Gunner chuckled just a little bit in a dark tone. "Something to that affect."
Andrew let out a frustrated sigh as he ran his metal hand over his face tiredly. "Is there a point to all of this?" he asked.
The table went quiet for a few moments before Paige finally said in a nervous tone "Um...Ashley saw your girl being awfully close with another girl a couple of days back."
Andrew blinked before turning his head to look at the youngest of the group. "and how did you come across them?"
Ashley Remington ran a hand through his short hair nervously, "Well I was testing out my boys and one of them managed to sneak into a briefing where it saw your girlfriend kissing someone who wasn't you." he said in an equally nervous tone.
Andrew looked at the assembled group and saw the honesty on their collective faces for their concern for him that he honestly couldn't be furious at them.
Annoyed-yes, Furious-no.
Andrew once more ran a hand over his face and said "Guys, she told me about it before that meeting and I'm cool with it for now.".
The assembled group looked at each other and then slowly nodded in agreement...save for two people with one of them being Austin. "Look you may say that she told you about it and that you're cool with it, but how much do you really know?" he asked in a very pointed manner.
Andrew's eyes narrowed sharply at that question, "Look I appreciate the fact that you are all looking out for me in this but Hitomi is nothing like Talia. For one thing Talia was a cheating sexpot who claimed that she loved me while Hitomi is the complete opposite and besides, the girl that Ash's "boy" caught her kissing was the bloody avatar of the warship Musashi!" he said in a very tight voice.
But this did nothing to stop Austin who was very much the pragmatist as well as being very seriously minded. "Even worse because one you'll be aboard that ship and it may decide to have your girl all to itself and then blow you out of an airlock and into deep space..." he started to say in a matter of fact tone.
However as Austin attempted to fight for logic in this matter, Andrew had enough of the matter as his steel hand clenched tightly into a fist as he slammed it into the corner of the table, smashing it under his hand. "*ENOUGH*!" he snapped in a loud, angry voice which caused everyone to look at the table before he stood up and looking hard at Austin before saying "*enough*..." before he stormed away from the table.
The two who had been sitting at the table and didn't say anything during the entire conversation stood up at this point and the only other woman at the table simply said "Good going guys, the point was not to piss him off." before she ran off after Andrew while the guy who stood up with her simply shook his head and went off after them.
Andrew found himself at the railing of a bridge that overlooked the cityscape beyond and tried to keep his anger from having his cybernetic hand from crushing the metal railing in his grip when he heard two people walk up to him before the familiar kind face of Davina Rose look at him, his squad's medic looked at him with those dark eyes full of concern for him but not for the reason that the others had been doing. "Hey." he said in a quiet voice.
"Hey buddy, you do know that they are concerned about you after everything....and plus you know that Austin can be a real dick sometimes too." Davina said simply.
Andrew nodded, "I know, Dav. It's just my gut is telling me that I can trust Omi because we had a long talk about that very thing before she went off on a mission with Sashi." he said in a firm tone. "I told her that we would have to have a longer talk about stuff all things considered when she got back."
Davina nodded in agreement. "I'd like to meet her sometime, might help ease the fears of the rest of the group but I know that Blues is concerned for you as well but not to that level that the rest of the gang does." she explained.
The cyborged MACO nodded before turning to face Blues himself and simply asked, "And what do you think of the situation?"
The man who the two of them were calling "Blues" simply shrugged just a little bit before saying "I just remember your views on cheating."
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{Flashback/9-21-4557}
Location: Daisuke-Spengler Memorial Courthouse, Manticore
The trial of Colonel Dwight Devereaux of the Galactic Federation Marine Corps was in its fifth day and what had started originally as a simple situation concerning the revelation of an adulteress affair between two marine officers had quickly changed into something much darker when it was revealed that the colonel might have ordered his former lover into a hostile situation that lead to her death among other things.
Newly minted Lieutenant Senior Grade Kaladria Morgan of the JAG division represented Thomas Ian Grayson, the late husband of GFMC Major Lori Grayson who had punched the colonel after he made a major deal about the "great sacrifices of Major Grayson over the past few years" before loudly proclaiming "Semper Fi" at which point Mister Grayson simply slugged him hard enough to knock the war veteran out cold.
The exact reason behind the attack was later revealed as the sudden surge in promotions of the late Major was reported to be ways of keeping another man's wife close at hand for his sexual wants and needs but the level of how certain things were being done showed that military assets were actually used in a criminal manner.
And on this day, the colonel himself was on the stand and his lawyer had painted him a picture of how he was bewitched and blackmailed into compromising his marriage and his standing as an officer in the military by a whore of a woman.
On Mister Grayson's side of the courtroom, no one within the military sat with the exception of the members of the twenty second force recon unit (the "Grey Death Legion") that Major Grayson had personally helped to form and lead with it's new CO sitting next to the younger sister of Major Grayson with the younger woman looking rather curiously at them.
This was not lost on the colonel as occasionally he would shoot a questioning look at the 22nd's new CO who would refuse to look back at his longtime CO and friend.
"Colonel, you painted a very evil picture today of a woman who had stated in numerous reports and even interviews as the paragon of the Federation's military and a shining beacon for how an officer should aspire to be...why the sudden and abrupt turn of face?" Lieutenant Morgan asked plainly.
Devereaux took on a somber expression as he squared his shoulders back, "I was blackmailed into saying those things as Major Grayson promised to destroy not only my marriage to my loving wife but also my career if I didn't." he said in a sad tone. "It was only after her sudden death did I feel the need to continue the lie out of respect to her husband and the family of Sergeant Major Kalimar."
Lieutenant Morgan nodded slowly, "Understandable from your point of view, sir." she admitted before the young woman accessed her omni-tool. "Then how can you explain this then?"
Morgan then keyed up the video which showed both the colonel and the major cuddling in aftermath of what appeared to have been a very vigorous lovemaking session with the colonel saying in a very emotional way that he loved Major Grayson in ways that his own wife couldn't even begin to spark.
The colonel's eyes quickly shot over to his wife and saw the stony look there before answering with "Why would I record such a thing, Lieutenant Morgan?" he asked simply in a sad but serious tone.
Morgan didn't say anything but accessed the video file, sending it back to the beginning where the colonel himself was looking into the video pickup and saying that he wanted to record this entire session so that he could enjoy it during the major's time back with her worthless husband.
The colonel's eyes widened for only the briefest of moments before shaking his head. "I'm sorry to say that part is faked, created as part of a bigger lie by a deranged woman."
Major Grayson's mother let out a deep, wracking sob of sorrow.
But Morgan wasn't having any of it as she shook her head before motioning to a man sitting with the 22nd. "Sir, do you know this man?" she asked plainly.
Devereaux nodded, "That is Lance Corporal Ashley Remington, one of the finest of the next generation of marines that we've had the honor of training." he said with complete pride in his voice.
"Colonel Devereaux, did you know that Lancer Remington is a specialist in data mining and cryptographical communications protocols?" Morgan asked plainly as she motioned at the younger man again. "That before joining the marines he was a child prodigy, graduating MIT on Earth with a masters in computer software engineering?"
Devereaux blinked and then shook his head, "No I didn't not, my apologies." he said, inwardly wondering where this was going.
"Hm, then you are also unaware that it was Lancer Remington who secured the late major's laptop or that Major Grayson had a private conversation with him about seeing if there was anything hinky about her personal terminal as well?" Morgan asked simply.
In the row with the 22nd, a man sat next to Remington and watched with a trained eye as a single bead of sweat started to form on his colonel's temple.
"No, I was not aware of this." Devereaux said honestly.
Morgan nodded slowly, "Interesting." she said simply before moving to sit back down but she stopped and looked right at the colonel. "By the way, how is your relationship with your OTHER lover, colonel?"
That caused a murmur to start going through the gallery as people attempted to figure out what was going on to cause the lead judge to bang his gavel. "Lieutenant Morgan, what is going on here?" the judge asked loudly.
Morgan nodded as she stood back up fully and moved to stand in front of the room, "Your honors, I have proof of not only is the colonel a serial adulterer but also he is responsible for the death of Major Grayson and the near death of one of the officers under her very command during the last war."
The lead judge, Major General Ruben Korolev, looked at the younger officer. "Present your evidence, lieutenant."
"With pleasure your honor." Morgan said before accessing both her omni-tool and her VX as the room showed the colonel sitting in a chair somewhere with a major shit eating grin on his face as he had both of his hands on the head of a blonde woman who was mostly naked, her perfect curves highlighted for the room to see.
"I told you that I would take care of everything, my dear. He won't be able to do anything for quite a while and now you get to reap the entire benefits of my full attention now that Lori has had an untimely accident." Devereaux said in a very passion filled voice with a couple of grunts before he lost himself into the mouth of the blonde.
The blonde then raised her head for everyone to see at which point the colonel's head at the stand snapped to look right at the man sitting center of where the 22nd was sitting with a deep and powerful fear now filling his heart.
It was at that point that Captain Andrew Weaver flexed his now cybernetic right arm as his dark eyes became hard as he looked right at the colonel.
General Korolev then slammed his gavel hard against its base. "THIS COURT WILL RECESS UNTIL OH TEN HUNDRED TOMORROW!!" he roared.
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Andrew needed to breathe as he walked out of the courtroom, his new right hand was clenched so tightly that there was the sound of metal creaking as he tried to keep his emotions in check...the love of his life...and his superior officer?!!?
Andrew turned a corner and saw the blonde standing there looking right at him, a smile on her face until she caught sight of his eyes and saw the look in them which turned the smile into a look of concern as she approached.
"Andrew, what's wrong?" the blonde asked.
Andrew's voice was a low, angry thing as he asked "How long were you fucking him, Talia?"
The blonde, Talia, blinked a couple of times before she let a sigh escape her. "Every time I could." she answered without any form of hesitation. "It wasn't anything against you, Drew...but..." she started to explain but there was something in her voice that just made him shake his head and walk away.
"When you want to talk, let me know." Talia said in return, hoping to catch a moment with Devereaux before she felt someone tap her on the right shoulder at which point she caught a fist to her face which was then followed up by several boots to her stomach and ribs.
"FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCKING WORTHLESS WASTE OF PERFECTLY FUCKING FUCK!!" Private First Class Davina Rose was roaring, her slightly pale face was flush red with rage as she was doing something completely out of character for her as she was being very violent and cursing up a storm at which point Thoruf's massive arms wrapped around her and swung her away from the blonde on the ground.
"Come little sister, our brother needs us!" Thoruf said firmly as he practically carried Davina outside and into the air...
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Andrew shook his head as he recalled what happened next and none of it was pretty but needless to say he was proud of his squad that day. "You're right, Blues." he finally admitted before turning to regard the other man. "But can we also agree that Austin is a bit of a prick as well?"
"Blues" simply nodded in agreement. "It's a fair cop."
The cyborg looked at his two friends and then nodded, "Alright, lets head back in and see if we can't get the subject to change because I trust Hitomi because she's earned it."
Blues looked over at Davina who nodded before saying "You were never that passionate about Talia...so we believe you."
The three friends then headed back to the bar and better memories.
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Epilogue notes:
Colonel Dwight Theodore Devereaux was found guilty of multiple charges including adultery, conspiracy, conspiracy to commit murder, and several other charges at which point he was dishonorably discharged from the Galactic Federation military.
His wife divorced him and won without any problem, Thomas Grayson was cleared of the charges that he was arrested on and went back to try and rebuild his life following everything that had happened to him and the Kalimar family.
Talia Madison was suspected of being apart of her lover's conspiracy against the late major but it was revealed that she honestly had no idea that the former colonel was going to kill his lover.
However her relationship with Captain Andrew J. Weaver ended shortly there after as did her job at Gagne Media and her soft lifestyle ended shortly there after as everything completely fell apart.
Captain Andrew J. Weaver and the rest of his unit were reassigned two days after the trial formally to the Manticore Sector Authority and slowly was refitted into the first unit of the experimental Military Assault Command Operations unit which in turn would serve as the flagship of the future alliance's MACO units.