"What do you think?" a blonde haired woman in an immaculate white suit asked as she stared at Queen and then General Mackville. Seated alongside her were the other generals that had been present when Cronos was first addressed.
Their eyes were all fixed on the huge screen as they watched Cronos taking out all the terrorists.
"He's good ma'am " Queen replied as she patiently waited for the next question.
"How long did it take him? Twenty, thirty seconds ?" One of the General asked as his bald head and wrinkled face displayed the fear in his eyes, perspiration dripping down his forehead.
"Ten seconds" General Mackville replied with a wide smile.
"You look like a kid who was just given candy Mackville." The blonde woman replied with a slight roll of her eyes.
"Vice Supreme General, if I may ?" He said respectfully as she nodded her head in acceptance.
"Cronos. I have worked with him before, as his commanding officer then. During the Bionic Ten era. He may be ruthless, unorthodox in his way of completing missions , but at the end of the day he gets it done. Not withstanding the route he takes or the methods employed, he always completes the mission. Isn't that what we all are searching for ? " He said as the room was thrown into a moment of silence.
Queen stared at Mackville briefly before lending her support. Not because she wanted to support him or they shared the same goals, but because she wanted him in her team. She wanted him as part of her program, her loyal pet program. You see she was a Queen, and all Queens have their own dreams, ambitions and of course foot soldiers; she wasn't an exception.
"Yes ma'am, I concur with General Mackville on this. We need him for our Priuit conquest and other future conquests. It's for the goal of earth and humans to be number one in the galaxy and we need a champion, one who's also an earthling. Just like in the comics, Earth had their champion, super man. He can be our champion, he can be our superman; my superman."
The room fell silent again as Queen mentally acknowledged herself for her careful inspiring choice of words.
"Nice arousing speech Queen. Surely he's beneficial to us, but only if he obeys commands like a loyal dog. Now the question, is can you make him do so or not ? Can you make him one?" The deputy supreme general asked as the other generals seated at the round table nodded their head in agreement.
"You talking about Cronos here ma'am, Cronos ain't anyone's bitch..."
"Shut it Mackville, the question wasn't asked to you." The Vice Supreme General sparked at Mackville, who quickly swallowed his words back, in the presence of a higher authority.
"Yes ma'am, we can. Not only do we have this around his neck, ..." she said pulling up a sample of the collar she had Cronos put on earlier. "But we also know what drives him and would surely keep him in place...."
"And that's his dead wife ?, what has the dead got to do with the living?" One of the female General asked, cutting her in.
"Yes ma'am, but not just his dead wife, but also the man responsible for killing her."
"And about the man responsible for killing his wife, isn't that the reason he blew the world trade center when he went out of control, causing mass casualties and ended up as a terrorist sentenced to life in prison?" The VSP asked.
"Yes ma'am, that's all true. But intelligence reports gathered that the man survived the blast and attack. He also was said to have appeared five years ago and was caught on camera mocking Cronos."
"And here I thought you guys were bluffing with the folder earlier on" She laughed as the other generals shared her joke, with some overdoing it.
"And what do we have on him ?" The VSP asked Queen.
" The last we heard was he was now in the Daline Empire. It's safe to say he had made contact with the Daline race and most likely established connections with them.
"The Daline race....fuck !....alright this meeting ends here . Setup a date for another, I have heard enough for today. And yes, you can go ahead with Cronos" she said as she turned her attention specifically to Queen and Mackville.
"I suppose you would be in charge of him ?" She asked Queen.
"Yes ma'am. " Queen replied as Mackville nodded his head in acceptance.
"Alright good. If he ever betrays the earth command, then you Mackville will take his place in the cubicle, and you Queen, I will have your head served to the dogs, alongside his. Understood ?"
"Yes ma'am, understood." Queen said as the VSP stood up, alongside the generals as they walked out after she did. Mackville was left with Queen as she played the tape again.
"Who's stupid idea was to wave an empty file infront of Cronos." Mackville asked as Queen immediately paused her recording.
"Not my idea."
"I know, you wouldn't have the balls to do that."
"Why do you say so?" Queen asked with a grin as she felt quite insulted by his words.
"It was a reckless move and you don't play that way."
"What ever, but it's not like we were lying."
She replied with a scoff before taping 'Play' on the record.
"Well, hopefully he doesn't finds out."
"That's if you or anyone else don't tell." Queen replied him without looking back.
"Bros before hoes." He muttered under his breathe.
"What did you say?"
"Huh?"
She rolled her eyes before turning back to the monitor.
"How long have you known him General?" She asked Mackville as he pulled out a small flat two inches squared object from his pocket, a hologram beaming up.
"SInce the days of the Bionic Ten." Mackville said as he tapped some things across the holographic screen.
"How was it like... the Bionic Ten?"
"They were the one who began the conquest of other planets....they were one of the reasons, humanity has a lot of earth stations across the galaxy and also the reason quite a lot of planets pay us tributes on a yearly basis.
"So it was just conquer, plunder and more conquer ?" She asked as she stood up fron her seat and walked around slowly.
Mackville chuckled as he replied her.
"You could say that. There were even instances, that the mention of an invading human forces led by the Bionic Ten caused a total surrender by races, before they even arrived. Though of course this wasn't the major heavy weight races, just the minor ones."
"So what happened to them ?" Queen asked as she stopped right just beside General Mackville.
"That would be a story for another time, but what you need to know is that one day, we all woke up and they weren't just there anymore, just gone "
"But weren't they government officials, I mean government properties?" Queen asked with a little disbelief in her voice.
"It's the same way you get a puppy, nurture it until it becomes a bull or a bitch and then one day it's just gone. Not dead, just gone. "
"But there should be information on them right ?" Queen asked as she stared at Mackville who was slowly rising from his seat.
"Queen, you're a bright, brave and tactical officer. A good soldier and probably a good human. All I would say is don't push it, anybody is replaceable, especially if you know too much. So if you want to keep this pretty head of yours on your neck, then stop asking questions."
He quickly patted her shoulder twice as he gave her a small smile before heading outside.
"My regards to Cronos. Tell him, the devil would soon come knocking."
"What does that even mean ?" She asked as she stared at his leaving back.
"Just tell him and he would know." Mackville said as the doors closed shut.