“That’s over two years to complete building for one damn country. You people will never leave our planet!”
Everyone stared at Mitchell’s outburst. The room quickly filled with tension, and Lt. Colonel James tried to ease it.
“I’m sure we can hash out a timeline that would work for everyone.”
Mitchell snorted. “Of course, you would love to have these aliens stay here, it would mean that your daughters and their kids would also stay.”
Heather watched as the lt. colonel worked to keep his anger under control. His face was red and his left eye was starting to twitch. Devlon cleared his throat.
“I can offer two years, but after that, we’ll need to return the fleet back to Drasta. In fact, I may have to send for replacements for some of my people anyway.”
“More time dealing with the Drastans? I don’t like that thought,” Mitchell blurted out.
“We could train your people in apartment construction and extending the subway tunnels so that they can take over when we leave,” Devlon suggested.
Lt. Colonel James nodded his head. “Thank you Commander. I will relay your offer to the leaders but I am sure they will want to take you up on that generous offer. Get the plans together for the infrastructure rebuild as soon as you can. My people are going to want to help, which should speed up the process.”
“Of course. We’ll make sure that you’re fully equipped with supplies and capable of continue connecting to the rest of your people,” Devlon said.
“I think the commander and I can draw up the details and a good timeline on our own. We can reconvene in two weeks.” Lt. Colonel James dismissed the group.
Heather cleared her throat to get their attention. “I need to check out the progress on the apartments that have already been made so I can explain it to the other tribe leaders.”
“I’ll take you to see them,” Devlon told her.
“Fine.”
Everyone got up to leave. Heather was grateful that Lt. Colonel James stopped Devlon to speak with him privately. She needed some fresh air…or at to get away from Devlon long enough to catch her breath. He seemed to fill the room with his sexy muscular body.
