Zyaire's Forbidden Power

4. Zyaire

Zyaire

Four days had passed, and I’d run out of excuses and patience. Tycho hadn’t come home and hadn’t hailed me. The more I thought about it, that part hit me the hardest. All of us could communicate with each other, yet he had been silent. It could only mean two things: he was either dead or he felt it would kill us to retrieve him. It was hard for me to imagine someone besting him.

He had a death wish. Could this have been his plan all along? Our race wouldn’t commit self-murder because it was one of the things forbidden by the goddess herself. Staring out the window as the second moon went down, I realized it wouldn’t matter. I was going to rescue him. If anyone had harmed him, I would lose control. Our species wasn’t meant to have unstable emotions, yet I knew at this moment I was volatile. All day, I pondered what I should tell Geneva and I still hadn’t come up with a good answer. I guessed the truth would have to suffice.

A part of me hoped she might be asleep so I could sneak out of the house, but I wasn’t that lucky. Strolling down the hall, I tapped lightly on her door. A faint scent of rose petals and lavender hit me in the face as I opened her door. She must feel my worry. This combination of scents was what she used when she was stressed. Her moods could be mapped by her scent like the stars in the galaxy.

Her room was nice and tidy. She had a habit of being extra clean when she worried. Her books were alphabetized and arranged on the shelf by color.

“Geneva, I need to talk to you.”

The bathroom door opened, and she walked out. Her hazel eyes were puffy and red.

She’d been crying.

“What’s happened to Tycho?” She walked over to the bed and sat down with her hands clasped in her lap.

“Nothing. I need to take care of something, and I will be gone for a few days. Look after mom for me.” I stood. Her emotions were so strong and chaotic that they washed over me like waves crashing against rocks.

“You’re going after him.”

“I heard about a nearby planet that might be better for us, and I need to check it out.”

Frowning, she shook her head. “I know you’re not telling the complete truth. Your mental barriers are strong, but I can still tell you’re evading and lying.”

“I’m tired of living like a slave here on this planet. You know mom needs medical care. Her condition is getting worse, and what about you? You cry at night from chest pain when you think you can’t be heard.”

Her cheeks turned pink, but I cared not. “We were not meant to be treated like imbeciles. I’m going to explore our options so that we can live a better life.”

“It’s our lives too. Don’t mom and I get a say about where we live?”

Rolling my eyes, I stood. “Not if it means I have to bury mother before her time. We’ve lost a lot, but I refuse to lose any more family.”

“If anything happened to either of you, mom won’t recover. She’ll just give up.”

“I’ll be back in a few days.” Strolling to the door, I closed it behind me and rushed toward my room to pack some essentials.

It was bad to steal from the people you were about to ask for help from, but I needed their flyer, and I wasn’t waiting for permission. I took their flyer and flew higher and higher in the sky thinking of Tycho and following his location. It took a short time to reach him, but the planet had nowhere to park. I needed to get as close as possible in case we had to leave in a hurry. Powering down the flyer, I landed among some tall trees. Jumping out, I rolled to the ground camouflaging the same colors as my surroundings.

Running through the lush trees, I reached a tall building. It was secluded with nothing around it for miles and miles. This planet seemed pretty isolated. Branches snapped to the left of me and I turned toward the noise. A circular light swung back and forth, probably from someone’s hand. Stepping further inside the trees, I hunched down getting ready to spring.

When his long tail swung in my direction, I caught it and jumped on his back wrapping the tail around his neck. Squeezing, I twisted my face away from him as he attempted to use his pointy horns to stab me. My grip tightened until he fell to his knees. While he was on the ground, I snapped his neck like a twig. A quick search of his body yielded a key card, two laser weapons and his communication device.

“Keljeck, come in.” The voice snapped through the communication device. I dragged the body into the bushes and inched closer to the door.

Shortly afterward, the voice went silent on the device, the door opened, and two other red horned aliens with long tails rushed outside. As they rushed around the building, I slipped inside the door before it shut. The hallway was empty with stark white walls. Running, I went through the first door on the left. It was some kind of storage room with protective gear.

“No sign of him out here. He’s probably sleeping. I left Copenel with the doctor, to guard the prisoner. After, we check the south side we’ll head back there.”

The volume on the device was low, but my hearing was excellent. I slipped out the storage room and rushed down the hall. I needed to get to the lab before they did something to Tycho that I couldn’t fix. Going on pure instinct, I crept through the stairwell, rushing downstairs. Reaching the door, I listened for footsteps. When the steps faded down the hallway, I slipped inside. There was a large room with glass along the wall. I saw a scientist and froze as I saw his movements.

His head was bent, and his horns were sweating. His back jerked as his hand moved hard as he pumped his shaft back and forth. The terran female was strapped down to the table. Her naked breasts had metal clamps on them. A gray ball was strapped to her head. The ball was so large that she slobbered down her face. There was an empty syringe lying next to her.

Her tears marred the perfection of her skin. She was weeping. Every so often she attempted to move and the more she squeaked, the more the alien pumped his conqueen, delighting in her fear and helplessness. He roared and spilled his seed toward the wall.

Opening the door, I grabbed him by the neck, and twisted.

Crack. His body went limp and I tossed him in his own seed. It was too nice of a death to give him, because my species does not hurt women. We cherished, loved, and protected them. As much as I wanted to leave him there, I dragged him to the door in the back and tossed him inside. Grabbing a white coat, I closed the door. Approaching the bed, I drew out my sharp claws. Slicing the leather bonds from her body, I tossed the coat to her, and turned to leave.

She donned the coat and held it closed. “Hey, where are you going?”

Where did she think I was going? I saved her from being r***d and killed. The least she could do is leave me alone.

I felt her soft hand wrap around my arm as she tugged on me. I swung around and yanked my arm from her grasp. She stumbled as she took several steps back and lost her balance from the heavy puddles of his seed on the floor. Catching her before she hit the floor, I held her upright until she was steady, then stepped back.

Her scent was a combination of ocean water, mint leaves, and coconut. She smelled like the salty sea of Namuka. The metal barbel on my conqueen stretched as the ridges lifted and I swelled. My body’s reaction to her, was unwelcomed and surprising. There was no way terrans and Varomans were compatible.

Quickly I signed to her, half hoping she wouldn’t understand. “You are free, run and get help.” I moved to the door, but she grabbed me again.

Her fingers flew quickly in response, but it was the husky tone of her voice that had me mesmerized.

“Me and my friend were kidnapped. Please help me find her. The Vrakkil took us to breed.”

Terrans were compatible with Vrakkil. How had they discovered that?

“I’m sorry. I can’t help.”

Her eyes fell as her fingers moved fast.

“I can’t leave without her, they put her in a cell with a huge purple alien.”

Facing her, I motioned. “Lead the way.”

She sighed. “Thanks so much. The purple alien was so big and scary, that he made all the Vrakkil look weak.” She shivered and rushed through the door and down the hall.