Chapter Three (Closure)

[CarcerKango]

Jake returned to the room heavily bandaged. He breathed in, then out, waiting for the party to assemble. He began to speak, glancing at each party member occasionally as he did so.
"The assassin talked to me. He said that New Earth was a threat to the Lyran Alliance. He said something about a President McGray and someone named General Macko who they were going to pin the killing on--not directly, but he was going to implicate me as the...the killer, and upload false information and an ID for me through a virus in the communication network. He wanted to start a war, and stop them from "rebuilding the Terran Hegemony." He shuddered as he thought of the would-be killer's words. /Three long years...now her family line comes to an end./