“I think the rebels have many small bands of followers and leaders for each faction. It’s going to be hard to track them down. We don't even have any idea how many followers they have. He slipped up telling me that there were more warriors training in more locations. How are we going to find all the rebel followers?”
“That is a real problem,” TylOR admitted.
Prime Leader KadEN was standing just outside the door of his office and waited for them to enter it before shutting the door. A warrior stood outside to keep guard but CristOF knew there were probably more guards close by.
“Tell me everything that happened. How did the rebels get their hands on Miss Kincaid? I am furious with our security not only in the prime city but the security for all of Kiljor.”
“The rebels must have had spies here at the prime city keeping their eyes on what was going on here. I suppose they were suspicious of my arrival and had been watching my every move. They saw me spending time with Tera. When I left for my mission, they took her thinking that Tera might know the details of my mission and planned on torturing that information from her.”
TylOR looked at him carefully, “Did you tell her about your mission?”
CristOF was offended. “Of course not! I would never betray my mission, and I know better than to give that kind of information to a civilian.”
KadEN leaned forward and gave him a reassuring look. “Of course you wouldn’t talk about your mission. Commander TylOR had to ask that of you. We both know you well enough to know that you’re an honorable male and take your job seriously. I just can’t believe we have spies in the city, on Kiljor. I am horrified that they’re training soldiers to fight for their sick cause. I fear for all humans and for our young.”
“What can be done about it?” CristOF asked. He knew TylOR had ideas but he couldn’t imagine what they could do that they haven’t already tried. How were they to fight such hatred and violence?
“I can’t speak for the leader of Katiera or the Colony, but I plan to declare the rebel faction traitors. Those who join their ranks are committing high treason against the Kiljorn Nation and will not be tolerated. All humans who come to live on Kiljor will be granted Kiljorn citizenship so any attack on them will be considered treasonous. The punishment for treason is death. It’s already against our laws to injure females or young. It saddens me but I’m going to make an example out of those that StrykER can prove to be rebels, and execute all traitors.”
Kitana! It wasn’t that he didn’t think they deserved it, but still...execution of the rebels was an extreme action. After thinking about what these rebels did to Tera, and what they would have done had he not helped free her, he decided that the most extreme action was the least that these rebels deserved. The rebels wanted chaos, war and destruction of all that the Kiljorn and their fellow nations believed. He could understand their desperate need to keep the peace.
