{Elder Lewis}
I was lying down on the couch in my office trying to take a cat nap before my next appointment came in. I had been working for three days straight with barely any sleep. That's because ever since the order for Elder Amanda's forced marriage to Agent 72, Congregation Leader Triple X and Instructor Branden went through the Elder's sitting on the Council have been doing double time working to do an audit on other past orders that had been put through under false pretenses.
So far the Council has found a total of one thousand three hundred and seventy-nine false orders that have been put through that needed to be either rolled back or paid compensation for what had been done. At least seven Elders sitting on the Council had been fired as a result.
There have been a couple orders that are next to impossible to roll back or compensate for the damage that's been done because of a false order. That includes what happened to my first love Elder Lucas. I was able to find out where he went after he was fired and it turns out that he's Congregation Triple X's second in command and ex-lover. The rollback was determined impossible to do. But what the Council doesn't know is that I was able to put a Mole Agent on him and I've been able to find out that he remembers me and he wants revenge on Auntie 21 who is a Lab Rat now.
Not to mention Elder Lucas's new name is Liam and his Agent ID is Agent 2B. I took a look at his track record and he seems to be doing well for himself and based on his actions, I'd say he still loves me. But with how things are I'm not sure that I could be with him again unless I got an order from the Council to force him to marry me. There's no way in hell I'm going down the route. No thanks, I have more principles than Elder Amanda does thank you very much.
While I laid down on the couch I had my hat that I wore with my uniform over my face to block out any light as I tried to get a small nap. There was a knock on the door. I grumbled, "Oh for fucks sake, can't an Elder catch a break! Come in!"
The door opened and Elder Amanda walked in looking very distraught. Honestly, I really didn't want to see her today because the long shifts that I'm having to pull are mostly her fault. I sat up and before I could walk to my desk Elder Amanda grabbed a nearby chair and pulled it up in order to sit across from me.
I shook my head in dismay. "Did your trainer ever teach you that you need to respect your peers, especially those who are older than you or of a higher rank?"
Just as she was about to sit down she stood up as I haven't given her any permission to sit down yet. I shook my head again. "No, you will not be sitting down. From now on, when you enter my office you will stand the whole entire time you are here. Do you understand me?"
Elder Amanda had the audacity to smirk at me and sit down. I immediately stood up and yanked the chair out from underneath her. When she fell she got up and grabbed another chair and sat down and repeated my action by yanking the chair out from underneath her. We did this back and forth shit a couple more times until I had enough.
I used my Aura Powers and froze her into place.
"No! You're not supposed to use your powers against a fellow Elder!" Elder Amanda shrieked.
"Actually yes I can," I said. "When it comes down to a matter of getting your peers to respect you I can do that. I just can't kill you without a damn good reason to. Now, I'm going to let you go and you'd better show me respect, got it?"
Elder Amanda begrudgingly nodded. "Yes, sir."
I released her from my powers and she stood up and looked at me. "It's not fair!"
I tilted my head. "What's not fair?"
"My marriage to Congregation Leader Triple X, Instructor Branden and Agent 72 isn't working out like I thought it would!" Elder Amanda whined.
I laughed. "And who's fault is that? You did pretty much force your way into the family. I told you that Agent 72 was gay and spoken for by two men and instead giving up and seeing things for what they are, you force your way in and you wanna talk about 'it's not fair?'"
"Because it's not fair! I'm supposed to be in control! I'm an Elder for crying out loud! If Elder's can't be in control then what's the whole point of being an Elder?" Elder Amanda said.
Once I heard her say that I was seething with rage. "Excuse me? The point about being an Elder isn't about controlling people. It's about leading them. If you put too much emphasis on controlling people then no one's going to side with you when you need them the most. True, we hand out punishments to Agents who don't agree with the rules, but even the Council recognizes that if you hand out a punishment as a means to control someone because they're not doing what you want them to, that is abuse. You should know by now that that kind of abuse isn't tolerated within the Organization and shouldn't be tolerated."
"But I want a way to get out of this marriage!" Elder Amanda said.
I paused. "Now you want out? Because you can't get what you want, now you want out? I'm sorry but the stupid request you're getting ready to make is denied. Didn't you read the order that Congregation Leader Triple X gave you in regards to making requests?"
"Yes, but-" Elder Amanda said.
"No, you've been blacklisted!" I said. "Request denied!"
There was another knock on the door. I opened it to see the mailman standing there with a letter in his hands that had Queen Amore's seal on it.
I groaned when I saw Elder Amanda looking over my shoulder. I groaned and turned around. "You really need to be taught how to respect others. Get out of my office."
"But-" Elder Amanda started.
"Get. Out!" I said. I had to practically toss her out of my office and after I closed the door I opened the letter.
My jaw dropped when I read the letter and the letter said that the whole entire Council was being Court Marshalled by Queen Amore. The last time that happened was when Elder Lucas got fired and Elder Noah got himself fired because of that.
It's because the whole Council is being Court Marshalled, I have to show up at Court the next day at 7:30am.
"Great," I muttered to myself. "Just perfect! Elder Amanda, this is all your fault! Your forced marriage is the whole reason this is shit is happening!"
I decided to cancel the rest of my appointments for the day and go home and get some sleep because I was going to need it.
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The next day was the hearing and I arrived with most of the Elders. But I noticed a couple of Elders who weren't fired didn't show up.
The courtroom was basically the throne room in the castle where Queen Amore resides. It looked like what a normal human courtroom would look like. It had three rows of benches for people to sit while waiting their turn and there was a small gate at the front to keep people from coming up to the throne without permission. In front of the gate were two long benches facing the throne on each side of the room. One for the person charged with whatever crime that happened and one for the accuser with their legal council to sit at.
But since this was a Court Martial hearing things were going down a little bit differently. Every Elder who was summoned was sitting on the benches behind the gate. Two Lawyers sat on the benches in front of the gates on each side of the room.
When I looked around the room I noticed that Elder Amanda had been summoned and someone was standing beside her and I had no idea who he was. But as I looked closer, the guy had on an Elder's uniform signifying that he was an Elder. I looked at his suit jacket and based the patch on the right shoulder it had a star next to the symbol that shows he's an Elder. That star meant that he was a trainer for Elders and not an official Elder.
I looked to the front and saw Queen Amore sitting on the throne with an annoyed look on her face. She was glaring at Elder Amanda and I don't blame her.
When the Council was going over Elder Amanda's request the percentage of Elders that agreed with the request was at 51%. The seven Elders that had been recently fired were a part of that 51% who agreed with the order.
Queen Amore stood up from her throne and shouted, "ALL RISE! THIS COURT IS NOW IN SESSION! I AM QUEEN AMORE AGENT ID AGENT 001 AND TODAY'S HEARING WILL BE DECIDING WHO GETS TO STAY ON THE COUNCIL AND WHO GETS FIRED. I WILL ALSO BE DISCUSSING WITH YOU WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ELDER AMANDA AND HER TRAINER GOING FORWARD! YOU MAY NOW TAKE YOUR SEATS!"
Everyone in the room did as Queen Amore said to and she sat back down on her throne. She grabbed a file that was sitting on a desk next to her throne and looked around the room. "I see a couple of the Elders that have been summoned aren't here today. I know they got their letters. Does anyone know where Elder Mike, Elder Elijah, and Elder Nike are?"
No one answered. Queen Amore sighed, "Okay well I'll give those three some time to get here and if they don't show up by 8:30am they'll be put on the list as traitors to the Organization. Unless they have a damn good reason to not be here they should be here. Court is adjourned until 8:30 am. That is all for now."
***
After 8:30 am rolled around everyone filed back into the courtroom and Queen Amore did the same thing she did last time and when she sat down she grabbed the file sitting on the desk next to her throne. She sighed, "Alright then, let it be known that Elder Mike, Elder Elijah and Elder Nike are listed as traitors and will be tracked down by an Enforcer."
She signed off on the order and put the file back on the desk. She picked up another file. When she picked it up about half of the Elders in the room gasped. The file had the same markings that the file for the order of Elder Amanda's forced marriage had.
Queen Amore looked at us and smirked. "Oh I see you guys recognize this file. This is the very file that holds the latest order that prompted this hearing today. I understand that same sex can't give biological children from marriage, but we have Breeder Lab Rats for a reason. Not to mention during this audit that's been going lately there have fraudulent orders going through to force relationships like this. True, we do have arranged marriages based on Uncle 42's recommendations but not forced marriages."
She took a piece of paper from the file. She cleared her throat. "This an order from the Council stating that Congregation Leader Triple X Agent ID Congregation Leader 74742, Instructor Branden Agent ID Instructor 34598 and George Harriman-Dawning Agent ID Agent 72 and Elder Amanda Agent ID Elder 12075 will be married on February 11th.
The reason for the marriage is because this is a same sex marriage and the Organization wouldn't be able to gain any biological kids from them in the future. We of the Council believe that Elder Amanda is the best candidate to complete this marriage.
This order is airtight and there are no loopholes.
Signed by,
The Council."
Some people in the room started to murmur amongst themselves.
"Silence!" Queen Amore snapped. "Now from what I'm aware of, unless the policy has been changed, that same sex marriages are allowed just like any other marriage and as long as the Agent's involved in the marriage play by the rules then everything is fine and there is no need for any other measures. Is what I stated correct?"
Sitting next to the Lawyer that was representing us was Elder Williams. Queen Amore looked at Elder Williams and after the Lawyer nodded he stood up. "Yes, Your Highness. That policy is correct and it hasn't changed."
Queen Amore nodded. "Good. Let's keep that policy and set it in stone! From this day forward no one is allowed to go against that policy. And Elder Williams, how are Congregation Leader Triple X, Instructor Branden and Agent 72's track record?"
Elder Williams smiled. "Their track record is excellent! They follow rules and get the job done."
"So was there a need for this marriage to happen? Again, the policy says that as long as the Agents involved follow the rules then there is no need for other measures," Queen Amore said. "So I'm asking you, what rule did they break?"
Elder Williams shook his head. "They didn't break any rule, Your Highness."
"Then why did this marriage need to take place?" Queen Amore asked.
"Permission to speak freely Your Highness?" Elder Williams asked.
Queen Amore nodded. "Go on."
"Yes, well Congregation Leader Triple X, Instructor Branden and Agent 72 didn't break any rules. I was really baffled by the fact that there was a request sent to the Council to have Elder Amanda marry them when that wasn't needed. I was equally baffled when over half of the Council voted to have the order go through," Elder Williams said. "This marriage didn't need to happen but as you know I have to go by majority vote. It was my-"
Queen Amore shook her head. "Don't you dare finish that thought Elder Williams. Everyone that was a part of a majority vote is to blame. That is why we're here in the first place. And I can see you didn't agree with the order. This order is pretty much a discrimination against a marriage of the couple's sexual orientation."
"I OBJECT!" Someone shouted. Everyone in the room looked over to see an Elder named Elder Everett standing there and his face was red in anger.
The Lawyer sitting next to Elder Williams stood up and glared at Elder Everett. "Elder Everett, if you have something you want to say to Queen Amore, you say it to me first. I am the one representing you guys after all."
"You may approach the gate," Queen Amore said.
Elder Everett did as he was told. "I completely agree with the order. And honestly, I don't think same sex marriages should be allowed. What children could these gay men give the Organization? None."
Queen Amore narrowed her eyes. "Elder Everett, you're overlooking the fact that we have Breeder Lab Rats for that specific reason. And Uncle 42 has been able to get these Lab Rats pregnant by artificial means. The fact that you're saying same sex marriages shouldn't be allowed and agreeing with the order when the Agents involved haven't done anything wrong, tells me how prejudiced you are. It also tells me who the first person I should fire is today.
"Elder Everett Agent ID Elder 67651, as of today, you are fired! Guards, take him away."
The two guards who were standing behind Queen Amore's throne arrested Elder Everett and took him away. He didn't put up a fight because he knew there was no reason to fight.
As Elder Everett was being led away the other Elder's murmured amongst themselves.
"Silence again please," Queen Amore said. "You know I find it very funny that because Elder Amanda wanted this marriage to go through so badly now she's put in a petition for divorce."
Everyone else except Elder Amanda gasped. Elder Amanda looked like she wanted to hide underneath a rock. I rolled my eyes because I knew she'd try everything in her power to challenge things. She showed me in my office yesterday how defiant she is.
"And since Elder Amanda's filed a petition for divorce, I think her spouses should know and have a say in this," Queen Amore said. She looked to the right of the side of the room to the guards who were standing there. "Bring them in."
The guards left and shortly after that returned with Congregation Leader Triple X, Instructor Branden and Agent 72. Congregation Leader Triple X was in front of the group Agent 72 walked behind him to his left and Instructor Branden walked behind him to his right.
I bit the inside of my cheek to keep myself from grinning ear to ear. This hearing just got a whole lot more interestingâ¦