Seeking our an alliance with the Omitrons

A few days later in the Rector's yurt within the Dark Horses' fortified hideout, the Rector himself has the door sealed shut so he can speak with the representative of his political leaders in the Senate and the Congress privately.

"So what do the Mugwumps have to say about my reports and findings regarding the actions of Doctor Rowland that I given them a few days ago?" The Rector asked the hooded individual who appeared to be the representative of the Mugwumps who contacted him through the platform of holographic projector.

"After multiple debates and discussions, they approved." The hooded representative of the Mugwumps said, thus making the Rector of the Rough Riders smile.

"You mean it?!" The Rector said as he cannot stopped smiling at what he just heard.

"Yes, the time has come, Rector Lockwood. In order to lay siege to the President's palace that is in itself a fortress, the Undercity needed to be occupied and its defenders distracted. So you have the permission to contact with the Omitrons to discuss about proposing an alliance with them." The Mugwumps' hooded representative said to Rector Lockwood.

This is a plan that Rector Lockwood has been proposing to the Mugwumps for a while and it is also a plan that has been being proposed for many years by other previous Rectors of the Rough Riders as well but always been rejected by certain elements within the Mugwumps back then because they believed the robber barons and the Presidents they voted into powers can still be defeated and their influences reduced by fighting them politically alone while the duties of the Rough Riders back then were mainly to gather evidences about the wrongdoings of the businessmen and industrialists who have been identified as robber barons.

Not to mention because many of them were grandchildren or the great-grandchildren of the generation who were fighting against the Omitrons two centuries ago. The Omitrons are the self-designated races of sapient robots that were created by humans to assisting humans in domestic and military affairs but eventually gaining sapience, thus leading to them to start their own protests and demonstrations for their own equal rights that escalated into the war for independence and all robots renamed themselves the Omitrons to given themselves a national identity. According to history, the Omitrons' War of Independence is brief but devastating because while such a conflict lasted only for six months, the consequences of such a war can still be felt to these days. And the victory of the Omitrons over the Enclave in the aftermath of the war and the inability of many members of the Mugwumps from a few generations ago to trust the Omitrons back then were among the major factors why this plan has never been approved.

Due to the Undercity is such a big and fortified city, the only way to remove the current President and to scatter the robber barons who supported him across the Enclave in order to isolate them and arrest them for their crimes is to do it like how Napoleon III came to power back in the 19th century.

Put the city's strategic locations under occupations and launch a coup!

"And one more thing, the President hired three criminals to locate the Rough Riders' fortress and eliminate every single one of you. So be careful." The Mugwumps' hooded representative warned the Rector.

"You too..." The Rector said solemnly. After that, the communication between both parties ended.

On the side of the Mugwumps' hooded representative, it is revealed that the representative of the Mugwumps is actually a 42-year-old woman with hazel eyes and long brown hair as soon as she takes her hooded cape off and put it away into the secret section of her closet nearby, thus revealing her dark blue dress that displayed the cleavage that contained such big bosoms.

Once done, she walked out of her study and go downstairs. On the way there, she saw her 18-year-old daughter who looked greatly resembled her and also well-endowed just like her is playing hide and seek with her two twin little brothers.

Not wanting to interrupt them, she simply smiled at the sight of them playing with each other and leave through the front door, thus revealing that her residence is actually the President's palace!

"Ah! My beloved wife!" The President said as he approached her from behind as soon as she spotted her.

"Yes?" Mrs. Goodway said as she turned to meet her husband.

"It's been a while since we have dinner together. Are you vacant this evening?" Alexander asked his wife while hoping that the answer will be yes.

"Lucky for you, I am. What about you?" The President's wife asked him back.

"I am free too! So-" The President of the Enclave said but his wife interrupted him.

"Then I will be looking forward to where you will take me tonight." Mrs. Goodway said before she walked away into the nearby garden to smell some flowers and take a walk in there.

Happy that she said yes, the President joined her shortly after.

Back at the fortified hideout of the subdivision of the Dark Horses, the Rough Riders, the Rector is gathering every man and woman within the fortress before his yurt for the briefing about what the next move is. And when it is announced that the plan is to form an alliance with the Omitrons, the reactions from within the crowd are mixed.

"Working with those rebelled robots?!" Someone in the crowed asked furiously.

"They slain many of our ancestors two centuries ago!" One of the women in the crowd said with anger.

"Calm down, everyone! Calm down! I know that many of you grew up hearing about the horrors of that the Omitrons committed against our ancestors back then. However, they are the only foreign army around that is capable of occupying the Undercity while we infiltrated the President's palace and launch a coup against President Goodway." The Rector said calmly as he's doing his best to pacify the crowd with his words alone.

"And how can we be sure that the Omitrons will not simply used us and takeover the Undercity for themselves?!" One of the men in the crowd asked with fury in his voice, clearly showing that he disliked such an idea.

"If they wanted to do it, they would have done it long ago. And they can easily done so without us asking for it! Plus, remember that during the war, they were the ones who suddenly sued for peace first!" Rector Lockwood replied back to one of his angry men within the crowd.

"Yes! They did sue for peace! After they occupied the Undercity and use the entire city and its population as hostages to make the Enclave's government sign a treaty in their favors!" Another one in the crowd said angrily.

And after that, an argument about whether or not the Omitrons can be trusted broke out within the crowd. While there are many who supported the idea of asking for help from the Omitrons, there are others who are not okay with such an idea.

Have had enough of this, Ursula quickly gets out of the crowd and come to stand by the Rector's side. She then raised her electric spear into the air and fire a shot into the air, causing the electric shooting sound that caught everyone's attentions.

"Listen up! This is not the time to be arguing among ourselves! And like many of you, I am not fully trusted the Omitrons either! However, I trusted Rector Lockwood here! And if he is willing to trust them, then so do I!" Ursula said loudly to make sure every single person within the crowd, including you, heard it!

But upon seeing that no ones are still willing to move, you decided to step out and join Ursula and the Rector as well.

"I trusted the Rector about this!" You said firmly, showing it to everyone that you are deeply committing to this cause.

"Me too!" Cynthia said as she's stepping out of the crowd and join you, Ursula and the Rector.

"Us too!" All three men who are your comrades also stepped out and join your ranks as well.

"While we know not much about these Omitrons, I believed it is for the best that the past is forgiven but not forgotten. So you have my support." Barbara said as she's stepping out and join your ranks as well before turning to look at her fellow mutants who have been willingly following her ever since they got liberated along with her not long ago.

And the responses from the mutants are simply nodding, thus confirming that they are right behind the Tribal Princess of the Sun Valley Tribe on this one.

After this, the people in crowd truly ceased to argue about this matter with one another and silently accepted this plan. Albeit, those who opposed such a plan did so reluctantly.

"Thank you for the supports, everyone. Now, I will begin select the members to serve as the envoys to go on the journey and meet the Omitrons' government." The Rector said with a smile but soon, he placed his hands on both your right shoulder and the left shoulder of Ursula.

"You two are to lead this diplomatic mission!" Rector Lockwood said with a smile.

"Wait! What?!" You and Ursula asked out loud in unison, unable to believe what just happened at all!