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canceled. I need her to move her things out.”
    Legune looked at Kyle, “What does this mean?”
    Kyle shook his head, “It’s my fault you’re caught up in this who has the biggest stick competition. Until we hear something, you’re going to have to stay with me.”
    “Why?”
    “It appears the Fleet Admiral has taken it upon himself to cancel Hensel’s orders.”
    Legune nodded, “And Hensel is no longer able to stop him.” Kyle nodded and sighed. Legune looked at Bart and turned to Kyle, “Can you afford another drink?” Kyle sighed and nodded. “Pour me another.” Bart poured another glass of tequila and Legune downed it.
    • • •
    “Admiral Ambrose.”
    “Yes Sir.”
    “You will not contact your brother under any circumstances. Are you clear on that!?”
    “Yes Sir.” The display went dark and Kyley shook her head. Why did Hensel have to die before the meeting? She was forced to ignore Kyle’s thoughts and it broke her heart.

Chapter Three
    “M r. Ambrose.”
    “Yes, Tim.”
    “It appears that Fleet has closed the account you were using to pay for your room.” Kyle stared at the Hotel Manager and Tim said, “I understand that it was your retirement account that you were using.” Kyle nodded. “You will continue to stay in your room and I will comp any charges you make. Just don’t go overboard in making them.”
    Kyle’s eyes narrowed, “Why would you do this?”
    “I served in the Navy and I know an abuse of power when I see it. I know why you belted the Admiral and I would have done the same thing.”
    “Tim, you don’t have to…”
    “Yes, I do. Now say thank you and be responsible.”
    Kyle’s eyes softened, “Thank you, Tim.” Tim nodded and walked back toward the front desk.
    • • •
    Four days later, Kyle lifted his glass. Legune looked at Kyle, “Why did you punch him.”
    “His irresponsibility killed my co-pilot.” Legune stared at Kyle and remained silent. Kyle sighed and sipped his tequila. He winced and sighed. “I was on vacation and he assigned another pilot along with Callie to trial a new ship. I told him before I left that the ship wasn’t ready for trials; the distance safeguards were unreliable and it could kill the crew.”
    “Safe Guards?”
    “It’s the software in the computer that prevents a ship from hitting the object the ship is skipping to. It should have stopped the ship at a specified distance from the target. I was told by the Lead Engineer that it wasn’t reliable but Admiral Dawkins decided to trial it anyway. Both of them died when they hit an asteroid. Kiley called me and told me what happened.”
    “What did you do?”
    “I walked into Fleet Headquarters and hit the good Admiral. It broke my hand but he ended up in the hospital with a severe concussion. I was kicked out of the service a week later. The Board of Inquiry knew the Admiral was at fault but they couldn’t condone my behavior. They allowed me to retire with my full retirement and he was never brought to trial. He’s been taking his revenge in little ways ever since.”
    “Why didn’t you take it to a higher authority?”
    “Callie was gone and nothing was going to bring her back.”
    Legune stared at him, “You blame yourself for not being there?”
    “If I had been there, we would have never made the initial skip toward a solid object. The pilot he assigned to the mission was a gung ho Captain who wanted to impress the Admiral. The tapes later showed that Callie objected to skipping to the asteroid first but he overrode her objections.”
    “Why did he choose your co-pilot?” Kyle shrugged as he took another sip. “Kyle, why did he choose her?”
    Kyle finished wincing and looked at her, “I’ve never really thought about it.” Legune stared at him and Kyle shook his head, “What are you thinking?”
    “Did the Admiral not know the system was unreliable?”
    “I don’t know. I knew it and had told him before I left for vacation.”
    “I suspect he