Epilogue
“Doomlords voice echoed through the sound amplifiers across the entire courtyard.
“"I give you, Emperor Narses." He said, bowing and stepping backwards away from the podium. Narses stood and took up his position at the podium. As he walked his mechanical legs whined and clicked, he moved slowly, he was still having trouble adjusting to these new legs.
“"My brothers and sisters." He said, when he final got to his position. "It has been two months now since we were brutally and viciously attacked, but as you can see we are well on our way back to having the City in working order." He paused to look out over the half built buildings and half cleared debris piles. "So now, my Council and I have decided to tell you the full story of what happened in those days. It all begins with a Pirate named Cold Fire. He was a genetic experiment, made by the Hive to attack us. They knew that, despite their vastly superior numbers, we would beat them in any engagement, so they built a super soldier to lead them in battle. He came to Earth and, with the help of some traitors who disabled our Planetary Shell network; he tried to wipe us out." Narses looked around at the sea of people, all of them obediently awaiting his next words.
“"But we would not stand for that!" He continued. "We fought back. All of you saw Cold Fire execute Elder Greeny on this very spot, but what you don't know is that it was not in fact our beloved Emperor. It was a plan, made by Elder Greeny himself, to make Cold Fire think that he was dead. My capture was also planned, we needed to find out about Cold Fire and so I was bait. Well, both of the plans worked and so we managed to push Cold Fire back and away from Earth, and this is when Elder Greeny made his move. He boarded Cold Fires ship and gave him one last chance to surrender and face trial on Earth. Cold Fire responded by shooting him. Despite his grave wounds Elder Greeny fought Cold Fire and eventually emerged victorious. However, the wounds he sustained were too much even for him, so he passed away on his way back to Earth and his people." He paused for effect.
“"We are going to build a statue right here, commemorating Elder Greeny and what he did for all of us. We ask that you remember him and his sacrifice; he was a true Terran Hero. We have wiped out most of the Hive in the galaxy, but there are still some that remain, and we are going to make them pay. Thank you." He said, bowing and turning away from the crowd, as it erupted into cheers.
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“"All of what you just said was a corruption of the truth!" Said a man in civilian clothing, emerging from the shadows in the walkway behind the stage. He and Narses were alone.
“"And you are?" Narses asked, not really caring.
“"My name is Dennis, I was with Greeny through out the entire ordeal, he isn't a hero, he is a traitor."
“"He isn't dead either Dennis, he has simply disappeared, but we tell the people what they need to know." Narses said, matter of factly.
“"But its all lies!" Dennis shouted.
“"Not according to the history books." Narses said, then he put a hand on his gun and drew it. "We never did find any of the traitors, but we need the people to believe that someone did it, so I guess you will do." He said, as he pulled the trigger.