Space Odyssey: Spectre-Chapter 478: Q&A

"SPECTRE COLONEL JACE HEX! SURRENDER YOURSELF IMMEDIATELY AND PEACEFULLY!" One of them screamed over a microphone to project his voice probably as far as possible. He must really have been distracted if he had not noticed them roll up on his garage.

The ’them’ in question were more than a hundred at least soldiers and military police officers. He could see specialists mixed in. Most of them were various Victorium species, most of which he had seen before. But there were a few he had only seen at a distance and never interacted with directly. The point was that there were not any humans among this group.

Instead of surrendering immediately he ’hummed’ and then tapped his watch making a call. It rang for a moment as he stared down the various guns and cannons of tanks. They really brought a variety of weapons. He could even spot a few human designs mixed into the variety they had. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

"Jace what do you want? I am in the middle of a meeting. The only reason I answered was because you marked it as urgent." The High Priestess answered with a growl. Clearly annoyed but he had a feeling it had more to do with whoever she was having a meeting with.

"Would your meeting happen to be about the hundred or more Victorium Government Guard that has come to arrest me?" Jace asked and could hear and almost the anger boiling over on the High Priestesses side.

"Jace. I will make sure that Cho and Jordan are looked after and taken care of in your absence. Cerberus will be run by Solisa, Cain, and Nila until your return. Is there anything else you need taken care of." That clearly was not what the politicians had in mind because he could hear them screaming that Cerberus was not hers to hand around. But a very clear and loud gunshot silenced them.

On one hand he really hoped she shot them. But on the other he knew she had far too much restraint to kill them. But she probably shot near them to shut them up. "Not that I can think of. But before I surrender. Am I going to be blindsided or is there an actual plan?"

"The plan is to be yourself. We can’t back you up. Especially since it seems I have a leak close to me. The papers they have to detain you have your last name on it. I believe they plan to plaster this all over the news. I apologize." The High Priestess apologized as she clearly started looking through something.

"Yeah... I figured. Ask for Fenrir help on plugging leaks. She is really good at that. I should know. I have helped her before." Jace informed the High Priestess with a chuckle that apparently warranted a shotgun cocking form one of the soldiers that were pointing their weapons at him.

Jace looked at them but before he could say anything he heard a noise and turned to see Cho and Jordan peaking out and looking around. "Woah!" Jordan exclaimed. "Who did you kill to warrant this reaction?"

"No clue. You two go back inside and close the door after I leave. I think I am going away for a short while. If they try to persuade you or force their way in. Go and hide in the bathroom. It is a bunker room and will stop most artillery." Jace explained and waited until they nodded. Then he stepped out of the garage and it started to close behind him. "I will call you when I can, High Priestess."

"Good luck and... try not to kill anyone." She suggested, before hanging up.

Jace sighed as he raised his hands as he sent off a quick message to the people doing the investigation of his covert operation team. Informing them to release Ulin and to lock down all Cerberus facilities. "I am going to ask for all documents that act as proof of my requirement to surrender." Jace stated.

"YOU HAVE NO-" The one with the microphone was interrupted by another officer that had some rather gnarly battle scars. Then they walked through the crowd of soldiers that parted as the heavier set microphone user of an accer, he had seriously never seen an accer that fat before, pouted.

The heavily scared mar’talic stopped in front of Jace and pulled out a puck. A holographic image appeared. All it was was an arrest warrant for various crimes from ones he committed before the academy to war crimes he committed after the academy.

"Are there any other documents?" The mar’talic looked at him with suspicion. "Like to seize, search, or enter my property or the Cerberus base?"

"No, there are not any others. But the arrest warrant-" The mar’talic started but Jace was already holding up his hands to slap the cuffs on.

"Does not include my garage or anything else I own. Since I am an inventor with ties to both the military and MILD I have special permissions that prevent the theft of my technology through political means like a police investigation no matter how trumped up it is." Jace explained and the mar’talic’s eyes widened after a moment in understanding.

"Haa... the first Grand Trial in a century and it is a political sham." The mar’talic sighed as he slapped on the cuffs and Jace frowned as his power was restrained. He could still use it but it was limited to his body. "These were specially designed with human superbeings in mind. MILD is not the only one with cool toys."

Jace chuckled and was about to speak when the comically fat accer walked up. "He is detained? Good. Break into the garage, toss those kids out onto the street, and then box everything up!" The fat accer exclaimed in excitement. A few of the MPs flinched but a few others moved to the building.

"Belay that order!" The mar’talic declared and glared at the fat accer. He held up his wrist and pulled up some documents. "He is right... We are only allowed to detain Jace Hex. Entering the garage without express permission from the owner is an executable offence." The mar’talic glared at Jace who shrugged. He did give him a heads up.

"What?" The fat accer exclaimed in shock.

"Check the specifics of the warrant. There are no permissions to enter the building. I just dug a little deeper and he has special permissions regardless of us arresting him on a charge of various murders." The mar’talic explained.

The fat accer growled before spinning around and walking back to a vehicle. The scared mar’talic pushed him forward and Jace followed the accer until they arrived at a large metal armored vehicle and Jace climbed in the back.

He sat in a seat farthest from the rear opening of the vehicle. Then the various soldiers filtered into the two rows in front of and on either side of him. Then both the fat accer and the scared mar’talic climbed in last before closing the door.

The silence in the cabin reeked like a smell of shit before one of the soldiers spoke up. "So Spectre Jace... I heard you fight those giant human mechs in hand to hand combat."

"Silence soldier!" The fat accer growled out causing the Ola to flinch while the others laughed.

Jace smiled as his eyes lit up with mischief. "It actually depends on the size of the mech. But yes. With preparations and the right equipment I can take down most mechs in one on one combat. Although I would not willingly do so with only my hands. Not saying I could not do it. But I would prefer not to."

"Shut up prisoner!" The fat accer yelled again, unintentionally adding a squawk that was clearly an accident.

"Pass!" Jace declared. "How about the next question?" There was silence in the armored transport. "Oh come on! I have plenty of time to answer questions at the moment." Jace reminded them which got a chorus of laughter.

"I have one." Another of the soldiers offered up with excitement in his eyes. "Is it true that you fought a rogue Orius and won?"

"Yes, the key to fighting an Orius is to strike at the core or pull it out of their body if you can. But you have to be very fast to do that. I am talking faster than normal thought speeds." Jace quickly began explaining.

"You-!" The fat accer seemed like he was about to burst into feathers when the scared mar’talic stood up and walked to the back. Then he put a device over Jace’s mouth that quickly covered the front of his mouth to the back of his head. He literally put a muzzle on him. Jace raised an eyebrow but sat back as he focused on the muzzle. "Ha! I forgot about the muzzle!"

"Clearly." The scared mar’talic scoffed.

Then there was a loud metal dinging and all eyes turned to Jace as he smiled back at them. The metal muzzle is now laying on the ground back in its initial position. "Now who has another question?"