Chapter 19

Chapter Nineteen

Omal and Plasus approached the doors to the rooms housing the Andorian Ambassador’s aides. The sentinels on duty saluted Plasus and opened the doors for them. “We are not to be disturbed,” he said to them and they saluted and shut the doors behind them. Omal could feel the grief and nervousness emanating from them. He could also sense a darker emotion as well fear. He could not pinpoint who the emotions were coming from and figured out that once he was closer to them, he would be able to separate the emotions to the person feeling them.

“Greetings, Gentlemen,” Plasus said to them. Ral nodded to them and Omal could see that his eyes were red from crying. He could tell know the grief was coming from him as well as some deceit. He wondered if he was part of the reason his mother was dead, he could tell he was hiding something. Her other aide, Kass Th’izaarrit, was full of seething dark emotions. He had to tighten his shields or be overwhelmed. He wondered if he was in the same room with the killer. He would have had access to her food and the opportunity to sleep the chocolate in. And being an Andorian himself, he would’ve know it was a poison for them. But why is what was the unknown. What would cause him to do such? Well it was time to find out.

“Ambassador, High Advisor,” Ral said.

“Our condolences on your loss,” Plasus said to him.

“Thank you,” he whispered. The grief he was feeling swelled.

He could feel the dark emotions of Kass Th’izaarrit, dark satisfaction of what he assumes of a deed well done and fear, fear of discovery. He turned to the other aide, “I see that you seem pleased with the course of events.”

Kass looked startled at these words. “No, I am saddened of her passing and I think it was the Vulcan’s that did it.”

“What reason would they have to do so?”

“Because of Ambassador Selek.”

“Really? How so?” Omal cocked his head, he could feel the deceit in this one. He definitely felt as if they have the one who did it.

“He wanted to bed her and she turned him down. He was very angry.”

Omal sighed mentally, apparently he did not realize that a Betazoid could tell when someone was lying by listening to their emotions. And this youngman was lying through his teeth. He would enter his mind without permission to get the answers but he would get them nonetheless.

“I am afraid that you are lying and have been doing so from the start.”

“How dare you?”

Plasus sat back and let Omal take the lead. The High Advisor knew that the Ambassador had picked up on something important.

“In case you have forgotten, I am a Betazoid. We communicate with each other by thoughts and emotions. Your emotions tell me that you are deceitful and have recently done something bad that has left you satisfied with yourself. The only thing you could have done to have these emotions is by committing the crime you are accusing others of doing. Why?”

“I didn’t do anything. I was her aide. Why would I kill her?”

“That is what we are to find out. For I know with certainty that have done so. They only thing that puzzles me on why you would do so. What could she have done to warrant death.” Omal felt a flash of hurt surge through him at those words. “She hurt you didn’t she?”

“What makes you say that?”

“You felt pain at what I said to you. What did she do to you?”

“Nothing!”

“Do not lie to him sir. He knows that you committed the crime. Come clean and I believe the Federation will give some leniency. I am not so sure about your own people.” Plasus shouted at him.

“Kass, what have you done?” Ral whispered to him. “Please, tell me!”

“She betrayed me! She used me and then was going to get rid of me. She wanted that damn Vulcan. She was going to see what she could do to get him in her bed. She was as obsessed with Ambassador Selek as your daughter was with Commander Spock. They only thing was, he didn’t have a mate. I gave her everything I had and she was going to throw me away. I wasn’t going to stand for it. That morning she told me it was over. She would make her move after they had signed and we to go to the midday meal. I obtained the chocolate and slipped it into her food. I made sure that it was something that would hide the taste.”

“Oh, Kass.”

“She promised me that she would take me as her husband. I thought she loved me.” He put his head in his hands and started to weep. Ral got up and sat next to him and comfort him. He knew that this man had killed his mother, but he understood his pain. He would feel the same if his lover threw him over for another. He also knew that his mother was an opportunistic bitch, he loved her and will miss her but he was also relieved she was gone. He knew that made him a bad person.

“I did not realize mother had hurt you.”

“Well, you were busy with your illicit affair.”

Ral blushed when the two men looked at him. “I am seeing Legel. He has asked me to marry him. We have decided not to go back to our planets. We were going to ask the Vulcan Ambassador’s before this whole mess started if we could like on Vulcan.” Omal shook his head. He could not believe he missed that. It would now explain why Legel was acting so subdued. He noticed that Eisul was acting strangely as well. He guessed it was time to talk to his aides now that this had been resolved.

Plasus stood up, “I will go and alert the Admirals on what has happened. We will turn him over to them for judgement. I will leave the sentinels on their doors until the Federation takes him into custody.”

Omal nodded to him and stood as well. “We will take our leave. Gentlemen. Ral, I will talk to you on this matter once I have spoken to the Vulcan Ambassadors for you.”

“Thank you, sir.”

They both left the room. Once they were in the hallway, Plasus turned to his sentinels. “No one is to leave or exit. You will take the meals into them and bring out their trays. One of those men is a criminal and I do not want him out of your sight.”

“Yes, sir,” they said and saluted.

“I believe it best of we let the Federation know now and have the man transported off planet with the other prisoners.”

“I will go and tell them know. Do you wish to come or would you have them contact you over the comm?”

“I have duties to return to. Have them comm me when they wish to remove the prisoners in the holding cell and the Andorian aide.”

“I will.” They nodded to each other and went their separate ways.