why me

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Scowering the streets at night I searched. I had decided to wear my own skin for the expedition, needed my own strength for the battle ahead. I was going to search every godsdamned hotel and establishment in the city if I had to. I didn't waist time, my questions coming out curt and to the point. One day had gone by with no leads.

"Damn it!" I curse the winds, standing alone on a dark street, the street lights washing over me as I stood their fuming. I'd have to pay the randsome at this point, if I didn't find anything by mid day tomorrow. Roge and I already coming up with a plan if it came to that. He would scout out the snipper and take him down. It wasn't much of a plan but it was all they had.

Ailign continued his search, quickly jumping back on his motorcycle to head to the next hotel. The street flashed by him quickly as he steared the bike to his next location, the roads swirling this way and that on the major highway. At first ailign checked all the hotels nearest the drop off location, but the thugs weren't fools, they had nestled somewhere nicely at the heart of the city.

"Haven't seen one" the gilac said

"Are you sure you haven't seen any mechs come by?" Ailign asked

"None here" the gilac hotel owner responded.

Ailign had lost count of the number of hotels he'd search, he guessed that this one put him in the thirties.

"My prince I have a lead" Came roge over the coms. "One of the hotels said they have two mechs staying there, currently. We found them."

"Send me the location." Ailign demanded

He was close to this hotel, only a thirty minute ride, he quickly hoped onto his bike. He would kill the two outlaws quickly but take his time with artis. The plans he had for the male were lengthy, several torture strategies coming to mind, he went over them all on the drive. The hotel was small, a shabby looking run down astablishment, roge was already waiting outside of it, holding the blue door open for ailign.

"Where are they?" Ailign quickly asked the frightened looking gilac. He pointed up the stairs with one of his short arms.

"Up the stairs last door on the right" He nervously got out.

Ailign and roge waisted no time, taking the stairs three steps at a time as the trudged up. Coming up to the appointed door, they waited and listened. There was feminine giggling sounds, and a saltury male voice trying to calm her. Not at all what they expected but ailign didn't care, in one move he kicked down the door. What awaited then on the other side were two mechs, a male and a female in the nude, the female longing on the bed while the male was standing with a leg in the air, finishing his dance. They quickly stopped what they were doing and grabbed their scattered clothes covering their bare skin.

"Get out!" The male yelled at them while the female looking scared out of her wits started crying.

Ailign and roge quickly turned to leave, leaving the disheveled door off its hinges. The store clerk ran up the stairs blocking there way.

"Are you going to pay for that!?" He yelled but quickly lost his nerve as he spied the looks on the two mechs face. He leaned out of the way, granting them passage down.

"Mechs are all the same." He muttered but ailign didn't care, it was another dead lead.

"I'd say you'll have to pay the randsome and cut your losses my prince. At least you'll have your mate." Roge said when they reached the outside of the building.

"Well go with plan b if we have to" ailign finally admitted "this is getting us nowhere."

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The day came and the randsome was paid. Ailign waited for the confirmation to pick up his mate, roge already out searching for the sniper. The confirmation came, she was at the holding cell in the docking area and ailign could pick her up now. He got on his motorcycle and made his way, furry and elation a constant battle of emotions in his mind.

"Any news on the sniper?" Ailign asked over the com.

"None my prince. I'll let you know as soon as I find him." Roge replied.

Ailign had a gun strapped to his side and one slung over his back, the message never said to come unarmed. A figure came into veiw then, wrapped in a white soiled sheet and metal confindes he saw his mate. She was bloodied. His fist clenched as rage bubbled up into his senses. His mate had been harmed. He didn't care how long it took he was going to find the fuckers that did this and make them pay, even if he had to get the whole danmed army on it.

It was quite in the crate docking area, the only sound was ships passing by, the area otherwise abandoned. Ailign pulled up beside megan quickly checking her for injuries, there were a few on her neck, mostly stabbed over but a few deeper ones still bleeding. She had a bag over her face, which ailign quickly removed. She flinched from the touch but appn seeing ailigns face he'd own quickly turned to relief, tears welling in her eyes.

"You came for me" she cried out

"Of course" He replied, already healing her remaining wounds.

"My prince! I found him! I got a lock on him from one of the mini droids!" Roges voice came.

"Don't attack until I have megan out of range" I say into the com

"Whats going on?" Megan asked through her tears.

"Nothing. I'm taking you someplace safe." Ailign picked up megan and put her on the bike, the sheets blowing in the wind as they drove off.

"The Droid is attached to the sniper my prince. Well track him to where ever the bastard goes." Roge says

"Good work roge. I'm bringing megan in now. Then we hunt." I say

"Yes my prince" roge responds.

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Ailign and roge geared up into black battle robes, the girls huddled in the corner of the spacecraft watching them with warm cups in hand. They were safe, how relieved ailign was that his mate was safe again and with him. He strapped on another knife to his belt, feeling her gaze penetrate his being.

"Are you ready?" He asked roge.

"Yes my prince" roge said finishing strapping on his own last weapon, a beam sword.

"Do yall have a plan?" Amy asked suddenly.

"Kick some ass!" Roge explained excitedly.

She rolled her eyes but smiled at him. How ailign wished his own mate would smile at him.

"Let's go" I say grabbing roge by the cloak, pulling him forward "two watch over the girls" I say as we depart, closing the gate behind us.

It was still dark out again, the drive back to the space shuttle taking more time then ailign liked. The two hop on there motorcycles, ailign pulled up the maps on his helmet, leading the way to the tracker.

"Don't lose me" I say to roge.

Down and around we traveled the highway in the metal city, weaving in between vehicles we made our way quickly.

"Theyre moving quickly" roge called

"We should make it before they get clearance to head off." I respond only five minutes away from the criminals. Roge starts playing music on his motorcycle.

"What the he'll is that?" I yell over the com, the sound of rushing winds going by.

"Battle music" He replies.

"Turn it off!" I yell

"What my prince? Your cutting out?" Roge replies

"Listen in your speakers godsdamnit! I dont want to hear that." Ailign yells

"Suite yourself my prince" roge responds his coms perfectly fine, Ailign rolls his eyes.

They park some distance away from there targets. Ailign pulling up the tracker on a hologram on his watch. They stealthily move forward, backs pressed up against the metal walls, the run from building to building, until they are mear feet away.

"Hurry up and get on the ship." A mech male covered in tattos says.

"We still have to get the vehicles in." A cloaked mech says

"Tell artis to get it. I've been taking care of the human this whole time." The tattooed one says.

Ailign wastes no time, he pulls out his gun and shots the one with the cloak in the chest. The other mech goes on high alert, jumping back and taking cover behind the wall.

"Come out!" He yells.

Ailign waits for the male to come out again, seconds ticking by.

"I'm not coming out so you may as well show yourself!" The mech yells.

Ailign moves forward then, quickly dashing to the next cover spot. The mech fires at him and he fires back, before ducking. Ailign then starts to feel the pull, his arm chipping away into mist, he pulls his body back together slowly, his hand holding his other arm in the effort. He peers over the side of the vehicle he's behind and sees the mech moving forward hand raised.

"You can't mist me" ailign calls out nodding to roge who was perched to the other side, still behind the building.

Roge runs out and shots, hitting the male in the upper chest and legs, before finding his way beside ailign. Ailign raises a hand then, the mech already on his knees from the struggle and mists his head, the smoke going up slowly before the body drops to the floor and blood spills out of the now decapetated body.

They hear the loud roar of a space craft behind the building, dust and wind flying up at there feet.

"The bastards getting away!" Roge yells.

We stand there watching the craft lift up into the air, with nothing we could do about it.