Chapter 1: Venouslea (draft 2)

 

            The calm wind rushed by hastily through the city all is quiet in the city of Venouslea, all is peaceful, and the sounds of cars occasionally breaking the calm silence, the break of day nearing the cold darkness. Venouslea was the maimed capital of Venus, built under the shadow of a great mountain it is shielded from the suns heavy and deadly rays and the dome making temperature at a bearable tolerance to humans that live there, the mountain that lay shelter, was held as a military structure for the Venouslea troopers and commanding staff, the rulers of the planet seeming ruthless and power hungry beings troubled the rest of the Earth’s council, fearing the that Venus would join hands with Jupiter in order to gain full supremacy. The plant Venus lay heavily secretive about its plans of the near future for their people making the Venus colonies feared and hated for their untrustworthy nature and history for the Earthen Alliances.

 

            “Rogan … Rogan please wake up” a calm feminine voice called to her, Rogan moaned for a bit finding out she had slept on her desk through the night as she lifted her head to her computer screen “You finally fell asleep after all those numbers you’ve been putting through your head … someday I swear you head’s going to ex-“ “I know mother, you’ve told me that a dozen times already” Rogan interrupted moaning a little, she shook her head of dizziness and massaged her head looking at her reflection on the computer screen her strawberry blonde hair had been as strait as usual but she had bags under her eyes from sleep disorder, she rubbed her eyes gently and looked over her should to her mother standing at the door “Well you’ll be late for the next transport to the Command School if you don’t hurry up” her mother said in her soft voice. “I know, I’ll just drive there, it’s no biggy.” Rogan answered softly, “Oh, alright, and you friend is on the com for you” her mother said nodding then leaving, Rogan sighed and beeped some keys on her computer and a woman’s face appears on the screen, the woman had soft blond hair tied into a neat ponytail and wearing a uniform and was smiling tenderly, “Good morning Rogan” the woman said still keeping her smile, “Yes Thitaya?” Rogan answered with a yawn and rising from her chair and going over to her dresser “Just checking up on you, what’s the matter, I’ve heard you’ve had some trouble sleeping these past days” Thitaya said in a worried tone and face. “Let me guess, my mother told you?” Rogan said sleepily taking off her shirt and taking her uniform off the hook “Well … well fine … she did but I’m worried about you, what’s wrong?” “Nothing’s the matter Thitaya …” Rogan blurted while buttoning her uniform then slipping on her pants “You always say that … can’t you for once tell someone about your feelings? You’ve seen so closed up lately, we can talk when you get here … I’ll see you” Thitaya said with a sigh then disappearing off the computer monitor, Rogan sighed to herself as she stood up attaching her pistol in it’s case at her right side you wouldn’t understand … Thitaya Rogan said in her mind. Thitaya and Rogan had been friends since their early days of high school and are best friends to each other; both are now in Command School the final course until ship commanding. From since Rogan joined the Command school she had always sought for adventure to go out of Venus’s limits to other places to see action, she wanted to join the Earth Forces rather than to the Venus’s fleet’s that were usually stationed around in Venus and never set foot in other territories but their own, she never wanted that kind of job, she was wanted to leave, but she could not bear the thought of leaving her best friend … Thitaya or her family, she had been working numbers or studying for hours until she feel asleep for it was because graduation day was only 2 days away, she had been saddened by what her decision was, which was to leave to what her heart told her do, but she never talked about it to anyone not ever her own parents, she knew her farther would be the mostly against the idea because of him being a highly respected Admiral of Venus’s military fleet, and her mother one of best medical scientists to find the cure to Vesjulo a disease that was spread out through the Venouslea’s population  during the construction of one of the deeper caves of the mountain that sheltered Venouslea, the disease was very harmful killing off anyone would had prolonged exposure to the gas, but Rogan’s mother was known for finding a cure, Rogan herself had been diagnosed with Vesjulo when she was young but she never died thanks to her mother.

 

            Rogan descended down the stairs to the living room were her mother was cleaning up, father had been away as usual at his staff meeting “Are you going now Rogan?” her mother asked as Rogan reached the bottom of the stairway “You want to have some breakfast first?” her mother continued, “Sure … thanks mother” Rogan’s mother smiled and went to the kitchen, Rogan walked to the balcony and stared into the bright sky of Venus only 2 more days Rogan thought just 2 more days …Rogan sighed deeply and looked down at the transports occupying the road below all this I’ll be leaving behind …Rogan took out a picture of her dead brother and sighed you were always comforting me in times like this … but you had to fall to Vesjulo … Rogan felt her heart pain over the death of her sibling she loved and cared for Why Dylan … she said in her mind, seeing herself and her brother Dylan playing around in the tennis yard back when she was only 12 years old, her brother was old at 14 a bright man and always loving to his sister, then the paining moment in the hospital of Dylan’s heart rate slowly decreasing, Rogan was crying watching the heart rate slowly drop and her brother holding her hand tightly and suddenly death pulling her beloved brother away from her, Rogan felt her heart ach for several minutes then shedding a tear on her photo of her brother smiling while leaning in the same place were she was at the same moment Why did you have to leave me … Rogan closed her eyes, not knowing she had let go of the photo she quickly opened her eyes and snatched the photo before it fell down the street, she huffed and put the photo back in her pocket, she took a deep breath from the pain her chest “Rogan, breakfast is ready” she heard her mother call behind her, she sighed and pushed away from the rail and wiped her eyes from some tears that were forming as she walked into the kitchen “What’s wrong Rogan?” her mother asked with a worried tone “I’m fine mother … really” Rogan answered with a breaking voice, seating herself at the table there were some pancakes set up “seems like years since I’ve eaten pancakes …” Rogan said while cutting a piece with her fork and putting it in her mouth and chewing quietly “you haven’t taken the time to eat much, I’m not surprised” her mother said with a shrug cleaning off some dust and typing something out on the wall computer.

            “I’ve just been … never mind” Rogan answered with a sigh “what? … Please tell me, you seem so troubled now, is it because of your father?” Rogan’s mother asked worriedly as Thitaya did “No… it’s not him-““Then what?” her mother interrupted.

“Please … not now” Rogan said as she finished her breakfast and rising from her seat “Don’t let whatever it is bother you too much…” her mother added as Rogan walked out of the kitchen.

            Rogan sighed and opened the door to the landing pad, it was a little windy, her blew gently from her as she walked to her hover car it was smooth all way around and ran on mostly magnets, she opened the door and sat in.

Rogan shook her head and sighed again, she beeped a few buttons on the control panel and sphere arose from the dash board and labeled all the places in the Venouslea area it was permitted to go, she took a pointer pen and clicked on ‘VENOUSLEA COMMAND OFFICE’ the hover car started hovering off the pad and slowly took off into the air, Rogan glanced at the command tower and looked ahead of her again to her control panel, Rogan typed a few keys a network of starship diagrams filled the display screen, Rogan had always liked starships the aesthetics always got her mind of things and schematics she was fascinated by, she entered in some codes to a secret database only known to the Command School’s top, a list of experimental starships covered her previous screen, she tapped on the Versteg Class vessel she admired it the most because of it’s strange shape that claimed to be for subspace variations but non the less a formidable battle cruiser “I wonder if I’ll command one of those” Rogan said to herself chuckling, she lifted her head from the screen and looked out the window staring at several huge and tall buildings of Venouslea, she sighed I might have to leave all of this ... I don’t want to but I want to at the same time … Rogan sighed heavily as she saw the Command Office near, she turned off her starship database and took out her ID card, the hover car stopped at the check point which were two tall towers in the entrance into the mountain, a woman officer stepped up, Rogan gave her the IC card and without a conversation, she was cleared to enter, she took back her ID and drove the hover vehicle into the mountain through the caves, moments later she arrived at the landing pads, there were not many other vehicles there because everyone usually took the transport. Rogan set her vehicle at landing pad 3.

            Command School was part of the military therefore it was also built within the mountain. Rogan stepped out of her vehicle and walked to the doors to the school, she looked around occasionally at the rocky walls and the other vehicles in the place, she pushed open the door once she got the school and looked around at the empty hallway they’re probably at recreational rooms at this time Rogan thought as she walked through the empty halls and skipping up the stairs headed for her room. Rogan had shared a room with Thitaya but she assumed she was away. Rogan stood at the door and slipped her ID through the card reader the door slide open silently she walked inside with a reliving sigh, to her amazement she saw Thitaya sitting on her bed working typing on her arm computer, Thitaya looked up her eyes soft eyes smiling upon her friend “Hey!, Rogan” Thitaya greeted energetically “You seem happy …” Rogan answered back stiffly “Yeah and you don’t … what’s the matter?” Thitaya put on her worried face still keeping a soft smile. “Nothing …” Rogan said with a bit of annoyance sitting down on her bed and opening her drawer “Well fine …” Thitaya said with a sigh “I’m going over to the hydroponics, you wana come?” Thitaya continued “No I’m fine Thitaya …” Rogan said as stiff as when she came in grabbing her arm computer out of the desk. Thitaya sighed heavily and went out the door, Rogan shook her head and strapped her arm computer on her left arm I’m sorry Thitaya …Rogan opened her up her computer cover to see if she had any mail she had none as she expected. Rogan closed her arm computer and went to the dresser she started braiding her hair in a soft French braid. Rogan looked at herself in the mirror for a moment seeing Dylan and herself when they were young, Rogan was at the mirror and could always see Dylan in the background ready to grab her from behind and tickled her until she laughed heartily, she sometimes saw him and at times she just she didn’t. Rogan smiled softly you were always the one who could make me laugh like a little girl back then … oh Dylan Rogan thought in her mind as she pushed away from the mirror and out the door to the hallway she peeked out at first to see if anyone was there then she walked out looking both ways. Rogan looked at her watch and found she needed to go to the tactical facility to submit her report on the planet Earth and it’s characteristics in an hour, Rogan herself had liked the planet Earth she was never born there but she knew it was were her species originated though because throughout the years the information had been changed to suit pride, but she knew the truth. Rogan looked around again and started to the elevator she tapped on the panel and the door opened with ease, she stepped in and beeped ‘TATICAL DECK’ the elevator started descending, the tactical facility was an underground part that taught physical training, what to do in a real situation and how to handle it and actual field exercises. Rogan liked the field exercises the best she was always the most physically fit to do most of the maneuvers and ‘tricks’ then anyone else she knew aside from Thitaya who seemed to be a total ace at it all. The door slid open as the elevator stopped; Rogan stepped out and watched as a small team was jogging together past by that were doing laps around facility.

Rogan turned to the terminal beside her and popped in her ID to check her into the facility, the terminal slid out her card and Rogan yanked it out with ease as she saw her teacher at the floor below through a window just beside the terminal, the floor below Rogan was the field training and was simulated to be a every single place a person could think of in a battle situation. Rogan saw the students with her teacher were doing exercises, jumping jacks, pushups, Rogan knew they were about to go onto a field exercise. Rogan remembered her own days there being the best of the best. Rogan walked to the stair way and climbed down to the next floor to her teacher who was a female in her late 30’s her name was Leana Bright

A fairly strong lady, jet black hair and a soft smile no one would forget, she was thought to be one of the nicest teachers in the entire school, Rogan admired Mrs. Bright for her spiritual strength, never giving up and always trying her hardest. Rogan skipped the last two steps as she reached the bottom “Rogan hi!” Mrs. Bright greeted cheerfully. Some of the other students looked behind them to Rogan, Rogan smiled and waved as she took out a disk from her pocket. Mrs. Bright jogged up to Rogan with her usual soft and delicate smile “Your report?” the teacher asked, Rogan nodded and gave her the disk “Wonderful!” Mrs. Bright said taking the disk “Say are you busy Rogan for the next few hours or so?” Rogan tilted her head “Not really, why?” she asked quizzically “Oh were about to do an Intruder breach scenario and our scheduled ‘spy’ got sick and couldn’t come, can you do it?” Mrs. Bright explained “Sure …” Rogan responded

“Great!” Mrs. Bright said expanding her smile “In about 30 minutes, Rogan, go get ready, John should have the equipment you’ll be using” Mrs. Bright continued.

Rogan nodded and jogged to the ready room.