Chapter 28: An alien spy on Earth

My name is Margaret Townsend, these are my memories from when my father passed away.

Flashback

A year ago now

At the Multiverse Base, on an alien spaceship somewhere in the universe

_ Maggie! There isn't much time left, I won't be able to go back.

_ Father! I know that if you can survive, get in a capsule!

_ My child, you had the courage to do what no Warshapian and possibly no alien has done: see the beauty that exists on Earth and in the human race, knowing full well what it can bring you if Armin Blake discovers you, if INFINITY discovers you. Please promise me that you will live and not be paralyzed with fear when he finds out... because it is a fact that sooner or later Armin Blake will find out about your betrayal.

_ Yes... I promise you, dad.

_ Thank you! I love you... so much! - the spaceship is completely destroyed

_ Dad, father? No! Don't go! - a Margaret starts crying inconsolably- Dad! Father, no!

She kept crying and crying

End of Flashback

I am a Warshapian, but not only that, I am a high-ranking member of INFINITY, my father was Armin Blake's right-hand man, he designed the battle strategies, as he was a very brilliant mind, he knew very well how and when the enemy was going to attack, like the strategies that can be known in the battles made on Earth, but my father's strategies were so cunning and took anyone by surprise, it was what led him to be one of the most respected Warshapians and the next in line of authority in INFINITY, after Armin Blake. In my case, since I am very good at hiding, in fact, I am the best Warsawpian who can camouflage and hide, and because of that, because of my powerful caution, INFINITY gave me the mission to go to Earth, as one of the main laws is that humans should not know about the existence of aliens, my mission was to infiltrate, pretend to be human, study the science and technology that humans use to find alien life, and be able to stop their scientific and technological advances so that they could not know more about us, make sure that their technology did not go further and they managed to find out, even, although we know that the technology here on Earth is much more limited than ours and in our view it is just a toy, it is like being in the year 0, we do not underestimate what they can be capable of, even with little, because we know that with little a lot can be achieved, so I still have to keep Armin Blake informed of how the scientific and technological advances are here on Earth, although, my job of being a spy and reporting how the Earth is in that aspect to avoid what I mentioned and stopped all that progress, the reality is that I became fond of the goodness and beauty of the Earth, I do not deny it, there is a lot of injustice, selfishness, cruelty, discrimination, but I have found that there are still people who want to do good to others, and seeing the beauty of what they have done, and also, the beauty of the Earth itself, its beautiful landscapes, its nature, made me think things through better and now I resigned, for me, I am no longer part of this mission, in fact, I feel more human than alien, only that, INFINITY does not know that I aborted the mission, and with my cunning and ability to hide, not even others have noticed, not even Armin Blake.

Margaret remembered what happened a year ago: the death of her father, she looked at the photos she had with him and the pleasant memories she had of him, she also remembered what he told her before he died, but she remembered with pain when she lost him. Sigrid (the girl who pretends to be her sister, Beatrice Hauer's doppelgänger) approaches her.

_ Maggie!

_ Hey, Sigrid! Come, I have to tell you something

Margaret tells Sigrid the truth.

_ Wow! So you're like... Atziri Blake?

_ Yes, except that they don't consider me an Outlander-Alien.

_ What we know is that although Blake is strict with the laws that they have, well... that you have... he doesn't want to call her that.

_ She's his sister, that's why he can say a lot about her and all the laws that Atziri Blake broke, but despite everything, he still loves her.

_ Yes, that's true... now I understand... you really knew how to hide! The truth is that despite that, I'm quite glad that you decided that we should be sisters, you know, I was left without a family, I still use my last name but the fact that we are legally sisters makes me very happy. And you know that I love you and a lot, it's been 5 years since we became sisters, but how long have you been here on Earth? We know that the Warshapians live around 80,000 years.

_ To be exact, a little more than 1000 years.

_ So, did you witness the First World War?

_ Yes, and that fueled the conviction that we have that humans are a threat.

_ And do you still believe that?

_ No, now that I've been here, I no longer think that about humans... wait! Here comes Tyndale and his

Wife, I must tell them the truth as I already told you.

_ Hello Margaret! Sigrid... - said Michael

_ I want to apologize, Tyndale, but she already knows the truth.

_ It doesn't matter - said Tyndale - in fact, I think she had the right to know from the moment they were adopted as sisters. Now, Margaret, a great battle occurred, a great combat recently in space, and I must inform you of something, Sigrid, can you please leave us alone?

_ Of course! Excuse me.

Sigrid leaves.

_ You should know that I want you to be in optimal conditions, that's why, as I told you, there was a big battle in space, several Sentinels fought, also several The Fighting Cats, Ariche also went to the battlefield, Armin Blake is very close to knowing about them, in fact, he already knows about the existence of The Fighting Cats, because he just fought against Patterson and the only warshapiana member of The Fighting Cats.

_ You're talking about Ginger

_ Exactly

_ It seems strange to me, because his ideal of her is that she doesn't fight with those of her race.

_ The thing Maggie is that your father's doppelgänger is here too, at the Multiverse Base.

_ What are you talking about? No! Wait! I... Um....I don't know.....I don't know what to think- Margaret gets up from the chair with mixed emotions- right now today was the one year anniversary of his death, and now you tell me that his double is here? But Michael... even if it were, surely the one he loves is his real daughter, not me.

_ Let me tell you dear- said Esmeralda- that he said "If Armin Blake finds out, referring to you, and wants to kill her, he will have to go over my dead body"

_ Seriously! I... don't know what to say

_ I understand you- said Esmeralda

_ Excuse me for a moment, please.

Margaret goes alone, she feels great emotion and happiness knowing that although her biological father died, her father's doppelgänger is here at the Multiverse Base, and is longing to see her, she can't believe that he sees his beloved daughter in her. But also an immense sadness, because he is not her biological father. After a while, she returns to Michael and Esmeralda.

_ Well... although we are already in the arks, I think there is something important to do, right?

_ If so, Antoinette is outside the arks, go meet her and follow her directions

_ Yes sir!

Margaret goes out to meet Antoinette

_ Hey! Margaret.

_ Hey! Antoinette.

_ Come with me, we will go to the Legion of Sentinels.

On the ship heading to the Legion of Sentinels base

_ You should know, Margaret, that your father, well, your father's doppelgänger, is there.

Margaret gets a lump in her throat and lets out a heavy sigh.

_ The Sentinels need to know who has their doubles here, but as far as Warshapians, your race, are concerned.

_ Did you know? Did you know she was an alien?

_ Yes, but I learned from Michael Tyndale, the reason we know there's an alien spy on Earth is because you "came out of hiding." Otherwise, not even Tyndale would know, nor Atziri Blake, nor Noumair. You're very good at hiding! I know it's a virtue of spies, but you're super gifted! So much so that not even INFINITY knows you're camouflaging yourself as a human.

_ Thank you!

_ You're welcome

_ Yes, the truth is that by being able to see them, I'll be able to identify who their doubles are Warshapians, or well, they were.

_ What do you mean?

Margaret tells Antoinette about the war where her father died a year ago, which will bring more surprises and answers, because now they're walking in the storm.

_ Wow! I didn't know that.

_ Nobody knows! Not even FIREFLY, and I don't think the Sentinels either. What I can tell you is that although I am an expert at hiding, I do not underestimate Armin Blake, do not forget that he is the most powerful alien that exists, only that he does not manifest all his power before the enemy, a human or when he is being attacked

_ Well, The Fighting Cats do not show our gifts right away. And that is after we have already converted.

_ When did you and your organization know about the conversion?

_ Since we arrived here at the Multiverse Base, although of course, I knew about it before and in time I told my team. You mention that you do not underestimate Armin Blake, I recently had a confrontation with him, and the truth is, holy heaven! I think I did underestimate him. Are you saying that he can manifest more power?

_ That's right, I don't recommend that you want to face him now, be it you, another Fighting Cat or a Sentinel, because even though it seems that he can have mercy on whoever he fights, he can finish them off.

_ I saw his double, I met him, being on my Earth, Earth 02, before he died. I also know your double.

_ And what was he like?

_ He had several of his qualities and weaknesses like Armin has, of course, as far as I could see him, with the powerful difference that he didn't want to exterminate humans, logically! He was also human.

_ But what I know about you is that being a human race you kill each other

even for nonsense.

_ Do you also have that conviction about us? Do you think that all humans are bad people? The entire percentage of the population of the human race?

_ You are too literal to be human.

_ Don't tell me that now I look like a warshapian!

_ You have many gifts that we warshapians have, but obviously you are not one, in fact, I only know that there is no doppelgänger of yours here, and I think that neither anywhere in the Multiverse... Am, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to....

_ No, calm down, if that is the truth, we must accept it, the truth cannot be denied. We are about to arrive!

_ (She values ​​the truth as Armin Blake values ​​it, she has a leadership very similar to that of Armin Blake)

Diana Tanhauser receives them.

_ Fire Cat, Margaret Townsend, you don't know how happy I am to see you! - Diana hugs Margaret tightly. - I'm Diana Tanhauser, but you can also call me The Sprinter. Come on! The Looter is waiting for you.

Dae-Hyun greets Antoinette and Margaret.

_ Townsend, it's funny that the surname prevails! - said Dae-Hyun - what we do know is that here, your father and his brother are not blood brothers, as happens to many of the members of the Sentinels.

_ What brother are you talking about?

_ Christopher Townsend, he was probably a Sentinel like us, or he is, we just don't know his whereabouts, we don't know if he's alive.

_ Oh yes! I know who you're talking to me about, then you'll already know that your partner's double is a Warshapian.

_ If you're talking about Christopher Townsend, yes. But we want to know if there are more of us than our doppelgängers are Warshapians.

_ Well, I'll tell you that telling them this information now will put them in serious danger

_ You can do it, Margaret- said Dae-Hyun- even so we are already in imminent danger, beyond what you imagine, what you are seeing or what the Warshapians want to see, has nothing to do with what the Sentinels know or The Fighting Cats, not for nothing we already took the conversion

_ What are you talking about?

_ In due time you will know- said Antoinette- please, do what The Looter asks you

_ Okay, what I can tell you is that here, Mrs. Diana Tanhauser, your doppelgänger is also an alien, but she is not a Warshapian, or well, she was, her race is Fastprotector.

_ And what does that race do? And why do you say that he was? - asked Diana

_ Each race plays a fundamental role in the universe, so his is to protect and give the alert if there is a threat to the aliens. His double, worked the same way in INFINITY with his husband Mikhail. In fact, his doppelgänger died, the same day that my father died in a war, but I can't talk to you about that war.

_ Why not? - said Dae-Hyun

_ As if you told me? - said Antoinette

_ I mentioned it to you but I didn't tell you all the details, I beg you not to tell them, Antoinette, not even to FIREFLY!

_ A war where my double died? - asked Diana- was he a race... as you said? Fastprotector? Did he work at INFINITY? You said Mikhail! That was my husband's name and he died before the Sentinels came here to the Multiverse Base. Margaret! There is information that you don't know. The doppelgänger of our deceased companion already knows it, but no one here knows it except us Sentinels and The Fighting Cats.

_ Which doppelgänger?

_ That of Atziri Blake - said Jonathan entering into the conversation - Armin Blake's sister, she knows some information that she discovered, she hasn't even revealed it to FIREFLY or anyone here at the Multiverse Base. But if you tell us a little about that war, it will help a lot.

_ It's not the time - said Margaret - using the phrase they use a lot, it's all in its time.

_ Okay! - said Antoinette - please, let's do what we came for.

_ I know his doppelgänger as well- referring to Jonathan- but he's dead anyway, and he was a Warshapian like me.

_ Did he work at INFINITY?

_ Yes, and his niece, Ginger, became an Outlander-Alien

_ Actually she works with me- said Antoinette- she's a Fighting Cat now, we call her Water Cat. Come please, Maggie, we need you to recognize more.

Margaret recognized Jackeline and Montgomery, whose doubles were Warshapians (Montgomery's double was still alive) given the circumstances, they couldn't show them all the Sentinels, but they were able to show them Fiorella and her father's doppelgänger.

_ I heard about the fight you had with Armin Blake and his army, and I heard that you appeared- said Margaret to Fiorella.

_ My husband - said Fiorella - passed away on my Earth, just as I know that now my doppelgänger died here.

_ I am very sorry, it must be something extremely painful, and I say it for both of us.

_ But I am grateful to be able to see my daughter here again - said Cameron appearing on the scene.

Margaret feels many mixed emotions when she sees Cameron.

_ Dad? I know you are not... but!...

_ Please call me that, because you

are my daughter- Margaret hugs him tightly with many tears in her eyes.

_ You have no idea how much I wanted to see you again and hug you! You look exactly as I remember you.

Cameron and the others are very remorseful, since their biological children had left them on Earth 02 and many are wondering what happened to them or what happened to them. Cameron comes back to his thoughts.

_ Look who I brought with me!

_ Margaret! - said Ronnie with joy- you look just as beautiful as my sister Margaret who stayed on my Earth.

_ Ronnie! - Margaret runs and hugs him- I know that you are still his doppelgänger, but I love knowing that I can see you again like this.

_ Well, now I know that my double is a Warshapian. Is Doms there, by the way?

_ I don't know, since I've been on the mission as a spy on Earth, I've lost track of you, Stephen and Pilar. You should know that I'm not afraid to tell you this, I'll tell you.

Margaret tells them how she became a spy on Earth and why she's there. Cameron is very worried about Margaret.

_ I had already suspected something of everything you just told us, daughter- said Cameron- The Sentinels have a purpose being here at the Multiverse Base, but don't let them kill you for anything in the world when they discover you, much less the most sinister thing that they don't know, and they told you, only Atziri Blake knows.

_ I know that in due time we will know what you say, father, FIREFLY has told us that in due time we will know, but I want to ask you something, dad.

_ Tell me, queen of hide and seek

_ Where is my double?

Cameron lets out a big sigh

_ On Earth 02, and she doesn't know if I'm alive or dead, like many of my fellow Sentinels' children, only Ronnie knows and so he's here.

_ I see, what about Armin Blake's doppelgänger? What was his name? Were they close friends?

_ His name was Yoann McGregor, and no, we were just acquaintances, we weren't close friends.

_ Maybe in due time you and him can be again, because dad wasn't just her right hand man like I told you, they were also best friends...

_ He got ahead of himself! - exclaimed Antoinette - now before time Sharon must know who her real family is, I'll take care of that. I have to go, then I'll stop by Maggie.

When Antoinette leaves, Dae-Hyun thinks out loud.

_ I hope things on Earth-02 go as planned, because when Aidan Tancredi (Jawara Malenfant's doppelgänger) finds out that several Sentinels survived and left Earth, he's going to be furious.