Original X-roads-2003

In the Present…
 
    Jonothan was on another tirade, barking orders left and right for the mindless slaves he had charmed to carry out. Most of them were local boys and girls in their mid to late teens, he was determined to undermine Sertoff at every turn.
    Harley had had enough, he was tired of being treated like a servant. Since the weather changed, almost everyone on Haven had one or two rooms cooled by his devices. He was one of the richest men on the entire planet right now, he didn’t have to be treated like this. And he wouldn’t be, anymore.
    He’d go to the one place he knew Jonothan wouldn’t go for him, Othesis Castle. Sertoff was going to be king, it certainly looked that way. He was barking orders left and right at every turn, he was running the country and negotiating for it. Harley knew that the Underworlders were behind this, he knew after Jamie told him about Han’Drax. Only one reason Han’Drax would be involved, war scouting.
    Maybe he knew too much from his dealing with the Underworlders all these years. They bought his devices and shared technologies for a long time. Now though, he would have to fight on the side of humankind. Why not fight his weapons with his weapons. No one knew how better to defeat his own work, Sertoff actually needed him.
    He packed the last cog into a box and pushed the teleport button it. He didn’t bother to say a word to Jonothan, the empty room would say it all.
    Harley teleported into the Othesis courtyard and walked up to Sertoff, “I’ve come to switch sides.”
    Sertoff smiled as if fate had just given him the key to everything he had ever wanted. “I need you to build me a prison cell. One that will hold Jamie Rand.”