by Starr,Maia
“No, I will never have enough of you.” I was about to tell her that I wanted only her. I was about to tell her that we would figure out a way to be together. Then…
BOOM! BOOM!
"What was that?!" she said as she sat up in bed quickly. But I knew exactly what it was. We were under attack. Dammit. I had done exactly what I said I would not do, I had let the female human distract me from my duties as the General of this base and keeping it protected.
"It is the rebels! Quickly get dressed!" I shouted as I jumped from the bed and pulled on my clothes. She did the same. I grabbed her by the shoulders and said, "You must go underground. There is an entrance just down the hall to the left and then down a stairwell. You must go there now. I must get to the commander deck. You must not be caught by the rebels!" I said as I pulled her close and gave her one last hard kiss. Then I ran out of the room and toward the command deck. I was worried. I was not exactly in shock over the rebel attack but this was the first time that I was worried about someone that I loved. Crap! I loved her. That made it harder to concentrate on the mission at hand. Now I had a lot at stake. I could not lose her. As I ran out of the barracks I was not ready for the sight that I saw. There were rebels flooding in through a large hole in the fence. They had blown a hole, as that was the sound of the blast that we had heard. Damnit!
"Reinforcements cover that hole now!" I shouted to the battalion of warriors that were running from the barracks. I made my way to the ladder on the fence and climbed it. I would have a better vantage point from there and be able to direct the battle. I climbed and climbed high until I was on top of fence tower. "Tell me what happened!" I shouted to Finock who was at my side.
"The blast came out of nowhere. It was a very silent night and then suddenly, boom. We did not see anyone approaching the fence. So maybe they planted the explosions days ahead of time. There is no way of knowing. After the blast rebel forces in speeders made their way through the fence. They went directly for the supply warehouse."
"Reinforcements to the supply warehouse. Guard as much is you can!" I yelled into the communication radios that were linked to all my warriors. A flood of our battalions ran and fought their way to the supply warehouse.
There was fighting on every corner of the base. Many rebels had flooded in and everyone was fighting. I looked down over the wall to see that there were more rebels headed toward the fence from the base of the mountain. There were at least three hundred of them running at full speed right underneath the tower where I stood.
"Blaster!" I yelled. I was handed a blaster and I began to shoot and pick off at the rebels that were running toward the fence. My warriors followed my lead and everyone on the fence began shooting at this new threat. Soon the blasting was too much for them, and this particular group of rebels turned around and retreated back toward the mountains.
"Woo hoo!" My warriors shouted.
"Do not celebrate just yet. We have yet to be freed of the rebels that have infiltrated the base. We cannot shoot from here as we might shoot our own Kalazaron. I am going down for hand to hand combat. The rest of you stay up here and keep the fence clear. If the rebel raid approaches blast them again!" I shouted orders. I ran down the ladder steps toward the bottom of the fence and began to fight in hand to hand combat with a rebel. Bam! I punched one across the jaw as he lifted his blaster towards my face. I'm knocked the blaster out of his hand and picked it up. Before he stood up I hit him with the blaster and he became unconscious.
"Take this one prisoner!" I shouted to one of my warriors. The unconscious rebel was picked up and carried through the chaos to our prison cells. I continued fighting making my way to the supply warehouse where I knew the main raid was concentrated. I realized that they had been planning this ever since Lavender arrived on that supply train. This is what they were after. I should've known. But once again my focus had been clouded because the beauty of the human female had distracted me. I blamed myself for this attack. The fence should have been examined every day on the outside, especially after our patrol was attacked. In hindsight I now regretted not making clear decisions but it was too late for that.
Boom! Boom! I turned my head to see one of our speeders being blown up. It was then that I saw that the rebels had loaded their own speeders with supplies and were blowing up our speeders in return.
"All fire concentrated on the speeders! Don't let them get away!" I shouted. The response was quick and before you knew it our warriors were now a complete and a solid force since everyone had finally awoke from sleep and joined the fight. As I looked at the wounded being picked up and taken into reconstruction, I could not believe what I saw in the distance. I saw her. Lavender was not in the underground bunker as I had ordered her to occupy. Instead the white muslin dress followed behind her as she ran across the battlefield dodging blaster bullets and fighting warriors rolling across the ground under her feet. She was making her way to the reconstruction building to help. I applauded her bravery.
"Lavender! Lavender!" But she did not hear me in the chaos. She would not have obeyed what I was going to shout to her anyway. I was going to shout for her to take cover and to remain there until I came to get her. She was much too stubborn for that. I knew that she was making her way to reconstruction so that she could help. It was in her nature. It was a courageous and stupid thing. What is more is that it made me worried and it distracted me, Bam! I felt a sting at the back of my knees as I went down to the ground. A rebel had hit me and now towered over me with his blaster aimed at me.
"Well well, if it isn't the General. What would happen to the base if I cut the head off the snake?" the rebel said.
I sneered at him and said, "I dare you to try rebel scum." As he fixed his aim preparing to fire I kicked his feet out from under him. The blaster shot in the air and I wrestled with him on the ground. He was very strong and of equal strength. I wondered who he was. How did he know I was the General? Perhaps this was someone that we should take as prisoner as he probably had much useful information.
He rolled on top of me with his hands around my neck, choking the life out of me. I kneed him to the chest but he only buckled for a second and did not loosen his grasp. I thought I was done for. In that moment I thought about Lavender. I would never see her again. I cannot let that happen. The thought of never seeing her again gave me great strength. Then I remembered that I was a reconstructionist and not just the General. This gave me great knowledge over any other enemy I fought. I knew the anatomy of our kind. In that moment I took my hand and made a direct chop to the windpipe of the warrior above me. He choked and the breath was knocked out of him as he rolled off of me. It had worked. I used my reconstructionist knowledge to fight this warrior and it worked. Lavender would be proud. I used my hands clutching them together in one big fist and hit him on the back of the head and he fell unconscious.
"This one! Take this one in irons and put him in prison!" I yelled to my guards. They were on him in a flash and taking him prisoner. As I looked up and around I could see the rebel speeders heading out of the fence. No doubt they had loaded as much of our supplies as they could into them. This meant they would be leaving. They began to retreat and we began to chase them out of the base. There were many casualties lying around both of our Kalazaron and of the rebels. This is going to be a long night, but first things first. We had to patch that hole in the fence.
I began to shout orders, and it was only then that I realize that my arm was bleeding. I did not know how it happened. I would be all right but I was injured. I needed to take care of the base and take command.
Chapter 11
DR. LAVENDER PROST
I could not believe that I had given in so easily to Ren when he showed up at my door. No words were even said. No words needed to be said. In a way I thought that was very sexy, but also very foolish of me. I wanted to believe that he did care for me but how would I know if he was simply tricking me again? In the morning he could go back to treating me cold. But in the moment I d
id not care about any of that. I needed him and I wanted him to need me. It was the best sex of my life and it was with an alien warrior that I essentially knew nothing about. His emotions flip flopped on me constantly and I was simply a fool for him. I wanted to talk everything over after we made love, especially after he told me about how he could control the sex dream in my mind. That had my scientific interest at attention. But then it all changed so rapidly and with out warning.
I had never heard something so terrifying as the blasts that jolted Ren and I from the passionate reconciling. After he told me that I should join the underground bunker and left my side. I was very fearful that I would never see him again. I had no idea what was going on out there and not knowing felt very scary. I did as he asked and I ran down the hall into the left toward the stairs. But as I was beginning to climb down the stairs, I heard someone shout.
"The rebels have infiltrated the base! They blew a hole in the fence! They are inside the grounds of the base. We have been overrun!"
Those words stopped me in my tracks because I knew that there would be many injuries. I would not live with myself if I went and hid and cowered waiting for the fighting to be over. I was a skilled reconstructionist and I could save lives if I was on hand immediately. The longer you waited the more damage would be done. I turned around knowing that he would be angry with me for defying orders. But I had to do what I had to do. I ran back down the hall and to my room. I pulled on my boots as I listened to the sounds of blasting and battle just outside. I was not exactly dressed for battle in the white muslin dress, but there was no time. I ran out of the room, and out of the building and was shocked by what I saw. There was fighting everywhere. The light beams of darting blaster shots zoomed by here and there. I looked ahead across the face at the reconstruction building that was on the other end. There was no other way to get there other than to run across the battlefield. It would be complete suicide. I looked around at the injured that were lying on the ground. I saw a few being put on stretchers and taken to the reconstruction building. That was where I was needed. That was where I needed to go. I looked around wondering if I could see the General. But I could not see him. There was too much fighting and chaos and it was dark. I hoped that he was okay. I could not lose him. I could not lose him now when there were so much that was unsaid between us.
"Lavender, you can do this. Just take a deep breath and just run," I said to myself. I took a deep breath and then I was off. I ran straight for the reconstruction building dodging laser bullets and fighting and wrestling that was going on around my feet. My heart was beating so fast and I thought that at any second I was going to be shot. I ducked. I ran. I screamed in terror. For a second I thought I heard my name being shouted on the wind, but I knew it was just my mind playing tricks on me and the fear of the moment. Finally I made it inside the building. I held onto the wall and recaptured my breath. I was safe, sort of. There was no guarantee that the rebels would not blow up this building as well. I pushed that thought out of my mind and I ran straight to the washroom to wash my hands sterile. Then I went to work. There were many wounded that needed immediate care. I was joined by the rest of the crew that worked within these walls. Together we were able to get a handle on the situation. More and more injured were being brought in and I searched each and every one to see if it was the General, it was not. I don't know how long the battle lasted as I felt like it was going on for hours. Boom! There was another explosion and we all froze. We all felt like we might be next at any second. Explosions were still being planted around the base, and there could be an explosive in here now, or even on the roof. All we could do was hope that there was no such thing.
I worked steadily and quickly. Then, the sounds stopped and it grew eerily quiet, except for the shouting of the warriors. A warrior ran in and said, "The rebels have retreated! We have retaken the base. Be prepared we are bringing in the injured!"
We sighed a collective sigh of relief. I continued working feeling grateful that we had not been blown to bits and that the base held up under the attack. What the hell did they want anyway?
Moments later, Ren came into the building and I was so relieved when I saw him. I ran straight to him and threw my arms around him.
"You're alive! I was so scared!" I shouted at him.
He grabbed me by the shoulders and looked me in the eyes with anger and said, "Why did you not follow my orders? You put yourself in danger. I could not live if something happened to you! You should be down in a bunker," he said with such passion. His words made me feel good that he did in fact really care about me. Perhaps he even loved me. I was about to kiss him when I said, "I know, I know. I am very sorry. But my place is here. I had to help. I could not go and hide when so many need my help and I have the skills."
He smiled at me and said, "I know. When I saw you running across the base in this flimsy dress I thought you were the most courageous female I had ever seen, or the dumbest."
We both laughed a little and then he kissed me deeply. Then out of nowhere, he collapsed. I was in complete shock and it was then that I noticed that the blood on his arm was his own.
"The General is down! Please help me get him up!" I shouted. Within seconds there were many around me picking him up and putting him on a bed. I quickly looked him over. I had to save him. I could not lose him. Not now that he was so close to being safe. I looked at his arm and realized that there was an artery that had been cut open. It was causing a substantial amount of blood loss, but it was not gushing out therefore it went unnoticed. But who knew for how long he had been bleeding from this. It could've been within minutes of him leaving my side in which case it would have been a big blood loss.
"I need blood! Get ready for a transfusion!" I said as I let the holographic projection examine his blood type and tell me the match. This had to work. This had to work. I could not lose him. I did not want to be alone on this planet without him. He meant everything to me now. I would save his life dammit.
Chapter 12
GENERAL RENDOR MOSCURN
I watched as the rebels retreated. "Finock! We must cover that hole in the fence now! Gather the builders and rig something for now. Something that would disable a speeder from coming through again!" I shouted. He nodded in agreement and was on his way to carry out my orders. I went inside the supply warehouse with a blaster in my hands aimed in the dark maze of supplies. There were many wounded inside from both sides.
"Rebels! Lay down your weapons and you will be given treatment for your injuries! You will be taken prisoner, but you will be an alive prisoner!" I shouted into the darkness. The sound of screeching became loud as blasters were slid across the floor at our feet. My guards picked them up and we began to secure the warehouse.
"Should we take the rebel injured into the reconstruction building?” I was asked.
"No, there are too many of them. We must keep them separated. Secure the mess hall and lay them on the tables. We will have a team there to attend to them. But make sure it is well guarded. I want at least thirty to forty warriors in there and I want all the rebels stripped searched for any devices or hidden weapons." He nodded at me and carried out my orders. I left the supply warehouse and made sure that there was a sound system in place for getting the injured off of the ground and to the place they needed to be. After I was sure that my plans were being carried out in a timely and clear manner, I ran over to the reconstruction building to see Lavender. I only hoped that Lavender had made it. As I jogged over there I searched the blue dirt to see if she was laying injured on the ground somewhere. I was thankful that I did not see her lying in a pool of her blood along the way. I would not be able to handle such a sight.
As I entered the reconstructionist building, the full amount of chaos hit me. There were so many injured and critically in danger. I immediately saw Lavender in her element. She was quickly attending to the injured with skill. She was right to have come here, though I would rather that she was safe underground. I ran over to her glad to put
my hands on her once more. We rambled on together apologies and me giving a stern disappointment and her not following my orders. I was going to tell her that I loved her and that I wanted to be with her always when everything went black.
When I finally awoke I did not know how long it had been. I looked around to see that Lavender was asleep in a chair at my side.
"Lavender. Lavender…" I said louder. She woke up and smiled.
"Oh Ren! I am so glad you are awake! I was so worried," she said as she wrapped her arms around my neck and laid on my chest. Then she began to sob.
"It is all right," I said as I pushed my hand into her hair. I could tell that she was worried and exhausted and I wanted to give her some reassurance.
"I feel fine. I am going to be fine. How many hours was I out? What happened?"
"Hours? You have been out for two days. We were very worried that you were not going to make it. You lost a lot of blood. I am very angry with you. You had a slash to your artery in your arm and slowly leaked out a lot of blood over an hour or so throughout the battle. You could have died. How dare you do that to me!" she sobbed out the words. I was shocked that she said I was out for two days. The General in me quickly sat up and said, "Two days! There is much to be done! What of the fence? What about the injured?" I said suddenly feeling the pressure of my responsibilities.
