Dragoned in Half

Conundrum-Jefferson

The little weird man that smells like death leaves the room in a flash after making eye contact with my brother. I turn my head to look at the three men holding me and it turns out that they are looking at each other. It appears that no one knows what to do, when they are all listening to him. What are they doing listening to a human anyway? I smirk as an idea comes to mind.

“So I take it that he has something on all of you right?” I ask the question loudly to insure that everyone hears me. They keep on looking at eachother as if they don’t know what I mean. This makes me laugh aloud as i shake my head at them. “Well, its obvious right. Okay, fine. He has a way of ending your life in a split second no matter where in the world you are, right” I ask them again. Some of them start to shuffle around where they stand. “I am right aren’t i?” I ask incredulously. They really are just some dumb creatures. No wonder the little man has no respect for us.

“Trust me brother. You are barking up the wrong tree. None of these idiots are able to think for themselves” Morbius says. I have to hide my shock that he called me that. I make eye contact with him and watch as his dragon flashes in our eyes. They must have understood what we were trying to do.

“Oh, brother” I say with a laugh once more. “So, they don’t have a reason for following a human that is so much weaker than any of the people with interspecies DNA” I say as I fight to hold in my laughter. As I think about it the thought is actually hilarious.

Morbius begins to laugh too as he responds. “They wouldn’t know their own strength if it hit them in the face. They don’t even know that he is keeping half of their mates in the bottom cells so that they never find them” he says through his chuckle.

“Lies” One of them demands as he steps forward. As he does all the laughter leaves the room. I was still trying to find a way to cause their descent. It looks like my brother and I were on the same page for once.

“You ever walk down there and smell something absolutely amazing on your patrol. I bet that you have never even made it to the end of the corridor to find where the scent is coming from. Each time any of you get close, they call you on your radio with some emergency. I bet they hardly schedule many of you to do rounds down there?” He states as he looks at them. A few of them nod there heads as what he says makes sense.

“Now, I can think of a few ways that you can all find out if what we say is true? Wouldn’t you like that boys?” I ask as I watch them. I feel the holds they have on me loosen as I wait for the moment to tell them what will make them leave.

The door to the outside burst open as the little man comes into the room in a rush. His face is beet red and everyone can clearly see his anger. The holds that had just began to loosen around me tighten as he grabs a stick from the wall before coming over to me. A hard hit swings at my face and I brace myself for the blow. For a human I have to say that he has more strength than I thought. He hits me again and he is breathing hard as I keep a straight face.

This is a lot of anger for a human. There is more going on here than we know.

He pauses in his hits as I start to lose some of the vision in my left eye. My skin may be hard to penetrate but the soft tissue is different. “You are going to make a choice. It is either him or your mate that will receive what is in this needle. YOU have five seconds to choose. ONE!” He screams as I look between them.

Julia cowers over in the corner as tears fill her eyes. I feel his name on the tip of my tongue as I see how scared she is. She is my mate and it is my job to protect her. My brother can handle herself. TWO, the little man shouts as his face turns redder. I open my mouth to say his name when my dragon stops me.

Choose her. Have him give it to her.

WHAT? I scream at him. He has to be crazy. THREE! We don’t even know what is in the vial. Whatever is in there could kill her. I know that we share blood with him but I am not willing to let her die. After everything that he has done, he doesn’t deserve to live anymore. This is a way to kill him once and for all without me having to do the dirty work. FOUR. I open my mouth to say his name when suddenly my beast takes over.

“Give it to Julia” He shouts aloud. I fight with all that I have as I move to say my mate. What the hell has he just done. The little man in front of me smiles as he walks over to Julia. Just as I push my dragon back I scream. Noooooooooo! He however has already yanked her to her feet and jammed the needle into the side of her neck as he pushes the black oozing contents into her system. She screams as she falls to her knees and my dragon hollers in my head.

She will be fine. Just trust me. She will be fine.

I ignore the stupid beast as I watch her drop out of the little mans hands. Her pupils are dilated as she squirms on the floor and claws at her neck while the bastard laughs at her. He tosses the needle across the room as he rushes up to my brother. He gets in his face as he gives an impressive growl in his face. From his shirt pocket, he pulls another vial and shakes it in his face as my brother remains stoic. I can already see more of the fluid that he just used as my mate goes quiet.

I look back in her directions to see her eyes open as she looks at the ceiling. Her chest moves rapidly and I take a breath of relief to see that she is still alive. “Julia” I say as I call her. Besides her chest moving as she breaths there is no other movement from her and my dragon and I growl simultaneously. What the hell did he do her.

“This vial here has your name on it. Mark her!” He yells at my brother.

For the first time since I have run into Morbius again I watch him pale. All the color leaves his face as his gaze flickers to our mate. The human cant be serious. I roar as I try to fight the hold that these men have on me. There is no way that I can let this happen. I was going to mark her first. He doesn’t even want her. She is mine. She is my mate.

My claws form on my hands as I feel scales pop up on my skin. I would rather transform in this small space and take the risk of killing everyone in this room including myself rather than let her be marked against her will. My eyes zero in on the tiny little man as I feel myself start to grow. He is the one that needs to die first. This is all his doing. He sees what’s happening and comes over to me.

“If you let your beast out then he will be irradicated forever. This little vial here contains enough of our special serum to kill that stupid MONSTER inside of you forever! Without that part of you, you will go insane and be a shell of a man. Each person in this room has their own dose prepared to give you at the snap of a finger. NOW PUT YOUR DRAGON AWAY!” He screams.

The seriousness of the moment hits me as he just walks away and a few of his men chuckle. One look from him and they silence as they watch him. “You thought that you could get one up on me huh boy. Well now its my turn. I am going to take everything from you piece by piece as you have done me. You should have never done what you did. Now more than you will pay for your mistake. Now mark her or lose your beast” He says giving my brother the option.

My gaze is shocked as it meets his over the mans head. I can see his decision in his eyes as he looks at me and I shake my head. He truly cant be this selfish. We are supposed to choose our mate above all things. She is the reason that we are here. Giving her a life of love is our purpose. My mouth gapes as I try to think of what to say. No words come to mind however. I could never willingly give up my beast. He is a part of me as I am him.

“This death will be easier for her. She is going to die. This will make her die in peace. There is no one on this earth that could ever handle all my demons.” He says as he looks at me. The only thing that I can do is continue to find the binds of hands that hold me. However, my dragon in fear of being lost forever does not lend me his strength and little effort is made. In defeat I bow my head as one of the men drags Julia over to him. Her body still doesn’t move as she lays before him. Tears spill from my eyes as the cruelty of the world finally settles in.

This is the fate of what must be done. We didn’t deserve the beauty of her. We have failed at our mission to protect our mate.

They release Morbius as the little man nods at them. He falls to his knees before her as I watch with silence. There is nothing that I can do here. He sits on the floor as he gently pulls her into his lap. I watch as with more gentleness than I knew he possessed, he caresses her hair and turns her face toward him. “For this, I am sorry little one. May Kawa greet you with open arms”. The last line is growled from his mouth as his teeth elongate. Then he strikes as my dragon roars and our heart breaks for the mate we would never bond with.