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You are ice and fire the touch of you burns my hands like snow.<\/strong><\/p>\n Amy Lowell<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cE1 report to the Retribution, full loadout.”<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll be there soon Cristian\u201d was the reply from the machine.<\/p>\n \u201cLorelei we are going back to your home earlier than before. I need to capture a Lizard, alive and maybe we can save your friends.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cCan we do that?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYes and end up with an extra ship in the process.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWon\u2019t we end up with two Marys?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t plan on going into the cave. I hope to catch them in the warehouse. A warning sweetie I am going to wipe out the other three.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNot if I get them first.\u201d<\/p>\n E1, Lorelei and Cristian headed out for the future to the warehouse. They parked E1 in a dark corner and the Retribution they left cloaked.<\/p>\n \u201cWatcher are you sure about the time they arrive?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYes Cristian M2 confirmed.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIs there any chance they can take over the Retribution?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe only part of the ship that is Lizard is the drive and the shell everything else has been replaced,\u201d said Watcher. \u201cCristian it’s time.\u201d<\/p>\n With their re-breathers on, they got out of the Retribution. A ship appeared in the spot next to where the Camaro used to be parked. Three Lizards in their natural form exited the ship. Cristian threw a gas grenade into the inside of the ship. Suddenly lasers, lights, and AC\/DC Shoot to thrill<\/a> was blasting out of E1\u2019s sound system. The three Lizards fell to the ground holding their ear holes. E1 lit up all three mini-guns and cut them into pieces too small to be picked with a sponge. The battle was over.<\/p>\n \u201cHow did I do Cristian?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSuperb E1. I don\u2019t think they will be getting up again.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI guess that worked Cristian, what about the Lizard in the ship?\u201d Said Lorelei.<\/p>\n \u201cHe is having a nap.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI have the restraints. How long will he be out?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cM1 thinks it will be out for ten hours.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWatcher how do we get this ship home?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe can attach it to the side of the Retribution then I can extend our shields around it.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cE1 We need to put the Lizard in our ship. Try not to shoot up the ship. If he moves just spin the mini-guns. That should keep him still.”<\/p>\n \u201cWatcher let\u2019s get on the road.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYes, Cristian.\u201d<\/p>\n When he entered the Retribution the Lizard was strapped to the front of E1 over her mini-guns. It had a cloth bag over its head.<\/p>\n \u201cLorelei this your doing?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYes, Husband we didn\u2019t need any incidents on the trip back. Cristian do we really need to take this thing into our home?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI think I can come up with an alternative Sweetie.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWatcher take us back to an ice age, a big one.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI have a time Cristian and a location. The Cryogenian period to the island of Kalahari.\u201d<\/p>\n When they got there the world looked a lot different. The continents had not drifted apart and the world was white.\u00a0He pulled the hood off the Lizard and woke him up with a violent love tap from the butt of his shotgun.<\/p>\n “Good morning sunshine welcome to the Earth\u2019s biggest Ice Age.\u00a0The weather outside is, well it\u2019s really fucking cold.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat do you want Wolf?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cFirst I wanted you to pay attention to your current position this is E1 and those mini-guns are for you. E1 spin the barrels for the Lizard.\u00a012000 rounds per minute of pure joy and you may want to notice she is ready to roll out the door at any moment. I would assume that you don\u2019t handle cold very well.”<\/p>\n \u201cI won\u2019t tell you anything, Wolf.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201c Everyone says that. That\u2019s too bad I hear it\u2019s a balmy -100C today with a low expected of -150C oh and tonight there will be a killer frost.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWatcher open the door slowly.\u201d He said out loud.<\/p>\n \u201cWait.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cClose the door Watcher.\u00a0Now tell me in 1964 how many Lizards inhabit the earth?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIf I tell you, what will you do for me?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI will give you a warrior\u2019s death, a quick clean kill.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThere are two hundred and forty-five at our home base\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIn Dulce.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHow did you know that name?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTell me when in our history did you establish yourselves?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe have been here since long before the Mayans and in early Egypt.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou worshipped us as Gods. You can find us behind many of your religions.”<\/p>\n \u201cFalse Gods. What is your agenda?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTo take over your planet after you warm it up for us.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThen why did you scorch it?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe didn\u2019t scorch the Earth you did. You thought it was the only way to rid the planet of us. It started with you and your Alliance. We came to kill you so we could save our future food supply.”<\/p>\n \u201c That doesn’t make sense why wouldn’t you kill me before the planet was scorched. How does it happen Lizard?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cA few of the members of your Alliance create a weapon that ignites the atmosphere. They claim persecution allows them to build it.\u00a0By yourself Cristian Wolf you are nothing your people are nothing. We have done this on thousands of worlds. When we find something new we will exterminate your race. And maybe we just want to end you.”<\/p>\n Tell me about your homeworld Lizard?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe are only 20 of your light-years away, You call the system Gliese<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBack to the scorching? Do you have names?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI have one name, Nikola Tesla start there.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIs there any way we can establish Peace with your species?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou are just food to us, you don\u2019t make friends with your cattle.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhy have you killed us in large numbers why do that?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhen we need to thin the herd we do it with disease. Do you remember the black death? Ebola, Anthrax, Sars H1N1 EV-D38. We used HIV to get rid of the non-breeders. When disease won\u2019t do there is always war or famine. Sometimes you have to get rid of the culls.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI think I have heard enough\u201d He got very close to the Lizard and whispered, \u201cFucker I will make your species pay that I promise.\u201d<\/p>\n Cristian opened the door and threw the Lizard outside he studied the Lizard for a few seconds and then drew his sword and cut straight down from head to crotch splitting him in two. Then he quickly went back inside.<\/p>\n \u201cLet\u2019s go Home. Lorelei are you okay?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYes Cristian\u201d He knew she wasn’t.<\/p>\n When they got back home Lorelei went to the kitchen after petting the cats and started cooking.<\/p>\n \u201cM2 I brought you another ship. With M1’s help convert it as soon as you can.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe will get it done Cristian.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cMother we need to talk.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat about Son.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAbout the future Mother. I saved your friends but there is a small complication.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou and your friends are alive in the future, I assume so are the Makers.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou mean that I am there.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe didn\u2019t go inside, and they won\u2019t know what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI think we need to tell the rest of them.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIf you think it wise mother.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI went back to interrogate a Lizard.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDid you learn anything?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe Alliance scorches the earth. Tesla is involved.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou have to stop him.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI will. Lorelei is very shaken up about it.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI will talk to her.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThanks, Mother.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOne more thing they are behind all the diseases throughout our history and I assume most of the wars.\u00a0E1 have one of the M\u2019s reload you ready for battle.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAlready done Cristian.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHow is E2 E3 doing?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe are ready for battle Cristian.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cExcellent E2 guard the back E3 the front.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOn our way.\u201d<\/p>\n Cristian made his rounds and said hello to everyone. When he was done he went to see his wife in the kitchen. Without saying a word he held her. She struggled at first but he held on. She finally released what was bottled up and the tears flowed. He didn\u2019t say anything to her, he just held her.<\/p>\n \u201cCristian my friend Nikola is responsible for scorching the Earth he kills everyone. How could he do that?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI will stop him and I will stop the Lizards. I promised the Lizard that I would make them pay.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe will stop them.\u201d Lorelei made sure he understood.<\/p>\n \u201cWe can head out when you are ready Lorelei.\u201d<\/p>\n Her tears started to dry and she looked at her Husband with red and puffy eyes. \u201cWhy do you do all of this Cristian?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt needs doing and I am the one with the guns\u201d He answered.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the pancakes might be done,\u201d he said looking at the smoke rising from a stove.<\/p>\n \u201cI am afraid we will be having burnt pancakes.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI need the extra carbon wife.\u201d<\/p>\n After she had time to get the pancakes off the stove Cristian walked over and said \u201cyou have something right here\u201d He reached for her hair and kissed her.<\/p>\n \u201cI will always be here for you Lorelei.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDo you promise?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI do, with everything I am.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOkay then, I will get the pancakes, you get the coffee.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDone sweetie.\u201d<\/p>\n In a few minutes, she was out to join him bringing a plate full of pancakes. There was not a burned one anywhere in the pile. Cristian was wise enough not to comment. In a few minutes, they were joined by others. Lorelei started to get up but Cristian put his hand on hers to let her know to stay. Mary saw this and headed for the kitchen to cook for the others.<\/p>\n Lorelei and Cristian enjoyed pancakes, Maple syrup and coffee without thinking about what was coming.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat are you going to name the new ship Cristian?\u201d Asked Albert who was sitting at the next table with Stephen and a few of the others.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Probability<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cInteresting, not convinced about the theory, I don’t think God plays games of chance. But a good name anyway\u201d Albert said nodding his head.<\/p>\n Stephen lifted his coffee cup raised \u201cto the Probability.\u201d<\/p>\n Everybody in the cafeteria answered coffee cups held high.<\/p>\n Paul stood on a chair with a coffee cup raised. He waited for silence.<\/p>\n “I would like to make a toast to lying, stealing, cheating and drinking.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re going to lie, lie for a friend.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re going to steal, steal a heart.<\/p>\n If you are going to cheat, cheat death.<\/p>\n And if you\u2019re going to drink, drink with me.<\/p>\n Even if we are only drinking coffee and orange juice”<\/p>\n Everyone laughed including Lorelei. It was all about this Cristian thought to himself. We were fighting for these moments for everyone.<\/p>\n \u201cCristian we need to see Nikola. It’s time\u201d said Lorelei.<\/p>\n \u201cWatcher we will be taking the Retribution? Are the changes I asked for ready?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYes, Cristian.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cGreat let\u2019s fly.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cE1 report to the Retribution.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOn my way.\u201d<\/p>\n Lorelei and Cristian headed out of the atmos once more. When the ship was away from the earth, he thought of sailing ships.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TEMPUS CHAPTER THIRTY TWO You are ice and fire the touch of you burns my hands like snow. Amy Lowell \u201cE1 report to the Retribution, full loadout.” \u201cI\u2019ll be there soon Cristian\u201d was the reply from the machine. \u201cLorelei we are going back to your home earlier than before. 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