Traitors

(Author here, I decided to drop all I wrote and move on. This story was a passion of mine, and the passion is gone. When my passion for the story went away, I realised nobody enjoyed it so I decided to just drop it entirely.)

"We should remove any honors he has after betraying the US!"

"They all betrayed us, Rohn or Prime has really done it this time."

They were in dead silence as they watched these natives use guns, they knew who did it. Rohn sharing technology the name of the family they serve and even type of gun was all clues. Rohn sold them out completely, their biggest edge of technology was lost. Thanks to him bringing them to the town with so many people from earth, they bad begun exchanging it for guns.

"We need to have some way of reaching them, at this rate all the technology they posses will be shared to the natives. That would drastically make it a far more serious situation."

They wanted the other world, it was a tressure trove of resources and information. They knew it was possible ever since the first connection to it, but exactly how remained elusive. They observed the night sky looking at the constellations that were unfamiliar, trying to find it in space. They researched the exact spots everyone disappeared to the other world, every angle was being tried.

"If they begin sharing even more advanced technology, we might not have the capacity to full occupy it. The natives are already hard to deal with from the bizarre magic, and creatures in it."

"We cannot yet even grasp what exactly is magic, and why they mutated into other races they call demons. The transformation of Vorruck also is unknown, even now we remain as ignorant as we started."

They already publicly denounced everyone who traded technology, and proclaimed Willis as the ringleader of it. He was seen now as a terrorist supporter, who hated America and democracy. His self ruling they always viewed, while not very oppressive and listening to others, was their proof of his dictator ways.

"Willis, and the town council are responsible for sharing and wanting to share even our military technology with these locals. If we lose the edge of surprise against these natives, we would only suffer from their own prepared surprises."

They all were thinking it over at the table, it was a conundrum. Unable to reach this other world, but wanting it they were helpless to solely watch it from afar. It was worse than being unable to approach a beauty, it was more achene to a man in desert unable to reach the oasis despite seeing it.

"The plan remains the same then, we cannot let our adversaries get their hand on them."

"Agreed, Russia has already taken three families."

The people who went to another world were unable to be reached, but they all believed it would be possible one day. So to gain control over them in this other world, their families left behind were now treated like a national treasure. They protected them and prevented them from leaving, they were their golden goose for the communication plan.

"We have made a list of exactly who is closest to their families, and which persons in their family they are closest to. So far the top targets, Willis, Vorruck, and Elia are unable to be grasped. Willis had little contact with his family, Vorruck lost his family after we terminated them when they got captured and Elia's we believe don't care for her."

They needed information, so they picked out some names and began discussing different means to communicate with them.

"We believe the system will eventually enable us to travel to another world, not just this one."

"Believing it, and seeing it are two different things we need answers."

The work was non-stop they needed every bit of information so anyone connected was studied by whatever they could, the dream of conquering this other world was not a US alone thing. Every single sovereign nation that could mobilize even a basic armed force wanted in on it, nobody wanted to be left out of this golden prize.