"What is it, my love? I know that look in your eyes. There's something that's troubling you," I said. [G447][G448][G449]
“Yes, I’ve been having dreams again,” he answered.
“About our home?”
"No, they are about Earth. They are about your parents. I can't yet see what has befallen them in the dream, but I can see that they are in distress. We need to return to Maryland so that you can make sure that they are alright," Yahn said. As soon as I heard this, I was determined that we would depart for Earth the next morning. If Yahn's intuitive dreams were right - and most of them always were - we needed to check up on them right away. That night, we mind-melded, sharing our most intimate thoughts with one another and giving one another two orgasms each. It was one of the most intense experiences we had shared yet. All of our accomplishments and teamwork had brought us closer and closer together. We began to finish each other's sentences and we were able to tell what the other one was thinking. [G450]
The next day, Hilga hugged us both and wished us well. “I wish that you weren’t leaving so soon. I feel like I was just getting to know you, and here you are leaving me already,” she said.
"You will always be a special friend to us. We will make it our business to return here when we can, but first, we must check on matters back home. Yahn has had some visions in his dreams about my parents, and I have to check and make sure they are alright. Yahn has been right about these things time and time again." I smiled at Hilga and took her by the hand. [G451][G452][G453]
“Then you must go. Loved ones are the top priority of the Sarceastians, and I can see that this is no different amongst humans and Karkastians. Let this mark the beginning of an era of peace between our races,” Hilga said. Then, I hugged her. [G454][G455]
“I would like that more than anything.” I smiled at Hilga and we waved goodbye. We took one of the elite fighting Sarceastian ships. It was triangular and black and white in color with two dome-shaped boosters coming off of the back. These machines were built for lightning fast speed, so we knew we could make the journey back to Earth in record time. The only trick would be keeping my fellow Earthlings from shooting us down once they saw a Sarceastian fighting ship approaching. [G456]
“Not to worry, my love. When they hear the voice of the conquering hero, Private Jessie, they will be sure to grant us clearance to land. Then we can make haste in order to check on your parents.” Yahn always had a way of comforting me in my times of distress. He put his hand on mine and smiled. We switched the ship on autopilot and went back to the sleeping quarters. [G457]
After gazing lovingly into each other’s eyes, we began to kiss and caress, softly and gently. I climbed on top of Yahn, taking in his muscular physique, and we began to make love. We made love and rested over and over again for what seemed like hours until we were hungry. I wondered if we could just drift through space together like this forever, not needing a place to settle down and call home. We would only need the pleasure of each other’s company and enough fuel and food to sustain ourselves. It was a nice notion, but after several days had passed, we began to approach planet Earth. It always looked like the most inviting place in the universe to me, every time I returned to it- its teeming blue seas and brownish landmasses, sprinkled with clouds above them. However, it didn’t take long until hostility was in the air. Several military space cruisers began to surround our ship after we descended through the first layer of Earth’s atmosphere.
"Surrender your ship, Sarceastian intruders before we blow it apart!" A voice spoke through our communication panel. I pushed the response button on the panel. [G458]
“This is Private Jessie of the Allied Earth Expedition army requesting permission to land. I have been given a Sarceastian ship for travel, but I assure you, no Sarceastians are aboard.”
“Private Jessie? Did you capture the vessel you are currently manning?” the officer asked.
“Yes,” I said, looking at Yahn knowing it wasn’t the truth. “I will explain the whole thing to them later. I think it’s best not to try and explain all that now,” I said to Yahn.
“Yes, I agree,” he responded.
“Private Jessie, we grant you permission to land your ship on docking bay 47, Washington D.C.”
“Thank you, eh- what is your rank, officer?”
“Captain Swansen, Private,” he answered.
“Thank you, Captain Swansen,” I answered back.
“No problem, Private. We will also make sure that no one tries to attack you since you are driving a Sarceastian ship.”
“That would be much appreciated!” I landed the ship and Yahn and I were greeted warmly by the soldiers there. Soon, General Watkins arrived to talk with us. We debriefed him about our travels and about the coup that we had helped stage on Sarceastium. The general’s eyes lit up with excitement as he heard our story.
“Private Jessie, just when I think you are the best soldier you could possibly be, you amaze me again,” he responded. I told him about Yahn’s premonitions, and he soon let us go on our way. We made sure to agree to meet with him to discuss further on the matter after we visited my parents.
Later that same night, we arrived at my parents’ hover house and things seemed eerily quiet. There didn’t seem to be any lights on in the house, either. I ran up the ramp and looked inside the window. I knocked loudly.
“Mom, dad? Are you there?” I asked. There was no answer. Yahn and I looked at each other with the same worried expression. I threw my weight against the door and finally forced it open. There, in the dark house, we saw a broken glass and a couple of other things that seemed to have been knocked onto the floor as if there had been some sort of struggle. Then, my attention focused on the virtual reality player in the corner. There was a blinking light on it, indicating that someone had recorded a message on it. I pushed the play button and Demarin's awful, wicked face appeared before us. [G459]
“Demarin has taken them,” I said to Yahn. He didn’t answer but I could tell he was thinking the same thing.
Chapter 9
Yahn
"If you are watching this message, chances are, you've guessed what has happened. I have your precious parents; and if you wish to see them again, alive, you must listen to my demands. You do not have to guess my motives. I am a reasonable being and as long as you follow through with my request, I will not harm them. I wish to finish the business between you and me with a duel at the Universal Challenge Course on the space colony of Dweardon. You will have one month's time to train for this occasion. Once you arrive, I will release your parents. Please send a message bot back with your answer as soon as possible. I look forward to a spirited match between us," Demarin said, ending his message with another wicked grin. [G460][G461]
“Oh no, you can’t go through with it,” I stated, after hearing the message.
“Why not? You heard him. If I don’t meet his demands, he’ll kill my parents. I can’t allow that to happen. There’s only one thing to do and that’s train for the duel.”
“Have you ever heard of the Universal Training Course? Fights that take place there are usually between criminals and prisoners. They always end with one opponent dying. I can’t let you do this,” I insisted.
“Yes, I’ve heard of it. I just don’t see any other alternative. If I don’t face him, he will kill my parents. I can’t and will not allow that.”
“I’m not saying that we do nothing. There just has to be another way to find and defeat Demarin. This is going to be a very dangerous situation, Jessie- one in which you may not make it out alive!”
“We will see about that. The first thing I need to do is send a message bot back telling him that I accept.”
“Jessie, even going to the colony of Dweardon is dangerous enough.”
“Yahn, you and I have already braved untold dangers in different space colonies. This will be no different from what we’ve been through before.”
“I should know better than to try and change your mind. If
I cannot convince you to give up this challenge, I will help you train. We will have to begin the journey very soon because Dweardon is several million light-years away.”
“I knew I could count on you!” Jessie threw her arms around me and kissed me, but it was hard for me to enjoy this. I was too preoccupied with the danger that she was putting herself into. Jessie pressed record on the message bot to reply to Demarin’s message:
“Demarin, I accept your challenge. You had better train as hard as you can because I don't plan on losing. I am going to hold on to your agreement. No harm must be done to my parents!” Then, she programmed the bot to journey to the destination of the message, which we could not see. Demarin had blocked access to the information so that we could not seek him out prior to the duel. The oval message bot lit up with red and blue lights and shot out of the door of the hover house and into the sky. [G462][G463][G464]
"Let's get ready to depart," Jessie stated, fearlessly. I looked at my beautiful partner with both admiration and fear for her safety. Although I had no doubt that she could defeat Demarin, I wished there was a better way for her to recover her parents. We packed our provisions into our Sarceastian space fighter and prepared to leave. Each space fighter was equipped with a training area complete with most of the weapons that could be used in the challenge course. There were different types of laser guns, energy beams, fighting discs, energy deflectors, and more primitive weaponry such as spears, swords, and shields. As we took off for Dweardon, we began a daily regimen of training with these different weapons. Sometimes, I would duel with her, and other times, she would duel with a simulated opponent. Also, Jessie began to build her muscles using the treadmills and weight machines. [G465][G466][G467][G468]
We began training with energy beams and deflectors because we knew that the energy beams were Demarin’s favorite weapon of choice. When in training, you could set your weapon to training mode, so that the energy beams were just simulations. First, we began to spar using the energy beams. I was amazed as Jessie jumped over me, doing a somersault in the air and charged me. I blocked every one of her beams and moved to one side. Then, I picked up a deflector to send the beams back at her. Every time I did, she managed to move out of the way in time or deflect the beams with an energy shield. Finally, I managed to hit her with an energy beam.
“Pretty good, my dear, but you will have to train even harder if you are going to defeat Demarin,” I said as I pulled her closer to me.
"Come on dear, we have no time for that. There is still so much training to do," she stated. I ignored her wishes and began to kiss her neck. Her training helmet fell to the floor and her long, brown hair fell all around her shoulders. I could not resist her. I jumped on top of her on the training mat and began to kiss her from head to toe. She pulled a wrestling move on me and soon flipped me around so that she was on top of me. [G469][G470]
"Very impressive!" I said as she smiled down at me. We took a break long enough to make love as Jessie pinned me down and rode me like a stallion. Afterward, we pondered our next phase of training. [G471][G472][G473]
“You need to work with the fighting discs. Let’s give it a shot!” Fighting discs were small, oval discs that could shoot lasers and return to the person throwing them. We went to the fighting disc simulator and I watched from behind the glass as she deflected almost every one of the discs that the computer simulator threw at her, ducking and jumping out of the way when it shot lasers at her. I taught her to manipulate energy, and soon she could handle the discs thrown at her change direction and even began to learn how to throw the laser beams back in the direction of her simulated opponent. The first few times, the computer simulation won, but eventually she was able to advance to the highest level and defeat the computer. She was making rapid progress in her training.
We trained with more primitive weaponry. Soon, Jessie was able to match me in speed and strength when fighting with swords and spears. She learned to throw the spears and daggers with great accuracy. I fell deeper and deeper in love with her as I watched her gracefully master each and every weapon that she would have to choose from. She was not only gorgeous but she was also becoming a formidable opponent. Next, she moved on to the obstacle course, a simulated challenge that put together almost all of the challenges that she had been faced with before. In the simulated training, she would go up against an opponent that she would reach after going through an obstacle course. The course included monsters, large pits that had to be leaped over, mountains that had to be climbed and even pools of water that had to be crossed. She advanced up through the levels as the days went by until she faced the most challenging part of the simulation in the computer. [G474][G475][G476][G477]
She managed to cross a mountain, hang glide across a valley, swim across a deep channel with monstrous fish and then face her opponent on a portion of land that was experiencing an earthquake. She grabbed a fighting disc nearby as her opponent, a huge Sarceastian fighter grabbed an energy beam. Suddenly, the ground beneath her feet began to crumble and break apart. She had to jump across the cracks and keep from being swallowed up while dodging the energy beams that the simulated opponent directed at her. At first, the opponent had the upper hand, making contact with Jessie, twice with his beam. Luckily, they weren't fatal blows. Jessie got to her feet and began throwing her fighting disc as hard as she could. The opponent dodged every one of her throws until the last one. Jessie tricked the opponent by deflecting the disc off of the wall. It ricocheted and bounced right at her opponent, making a direct hit in his chest area. This was a fatal blow that managed to defeat the hardest opponent in the training program. The opponent vanished and a message appeared on the wall: [G478][G479][G480][G481][G482][G483]
Congratulations! You have mastered the top level of training!
“You did it! You’ve mastered the program!” I shouted as I entered the chamber. The simulated landscapes vanished as I threw my arms around her.
“I couldn't have done it without you.” We began to kiss, but we did not have long to celebrate. The next day after Jessie completed her training, we began our approach to the dreaded colony of Dweardon. Although, we had been in dangerous space colonies before, this one was known for being a haven for escaping prisoners. Sometimes, rich citizens from all over the universe would make huge bets on duels between prisoners or fighters that spent years training for such events. I had been told that the duels were similar to what the Earthlings knew as Roman gladiator fights. To me and my Karkastian perspective, the whole practice was brutal and unnecessary. I could not get my head around why beings would want to engage in such a level of barbarism. [G484][G485]
Soon, the colony came into view. The first thing that captured our attention was a huge, round stadium that was located in the dead center of the colony. Also, there was a sharp contrast between the side of the colony were the commoners dwelt, and the side where the rich visitors stayed. To the east of the stadium, there were tall, gleaming hover hotels that looked to be fairly new structures. We knew this had to be where the rich visitors stayed. We could see several marching patrols moving like ants back and forth between this area and the most run-down parts of the colony to the west. There we saw structures in various stages of decay, crowded together not unlike what we had witnessed in Sarceastium. [G486][G487][G488][G489]
I looked at the navigator to see which landing site we would use.
“According to the navigator, duel participants are to land at the port, just to the east of the stadium,” I said, as I began the landing sequence.
“Let’s get down there. I’m ready to begin this duel!” Jessie remarked, confidently.
“This is Private Jessie of Earth and Yahn of Karkast requesting permission to land,” I stated.
"Yes, we have been expecting you. Request granted," the answer came. As soon as we touched down, a host of Sarceastians dressed in the fancy robes we had used to gain access to the military complex, surrounded us. At first, I thought that we were going to be captured, but s
oon it became apparent that this was a welcoming party of sorts. [G490][G491][G492][G493][G494][G495][G496]
"This way, Private Jessie," one of the Sarceastians stated. They escorted us to our quarters, high up in one of the gleaming glass, hover buildings. They showed us to our room. It was perhaps the nicest room that we had ever stayed in together. There were sofas, chairs, all sorts of food and drink, and even a training simulation room. [G497][G498][G499]
“Wow, they really treat you nicely. I suppose they feel that it’s the least they can do if they are going to make you participate in a fight to the death,” I remarked. Jessie smiled at me and went straight to the simulation room. She wanted to get in all of the training that she could before the duel.
Chapter 10
Jessie
We were treated surprisingly well, resting and eating our fill in the room that we were given. For a moment, it was easy to forget that I would face a deadly challenge the next day. The first thing that I wanted to make sure of was that my parents were, in fact, being kept in the colony and that Demarin was going to be true to his word. I didn't have long to wait because Demarin contacted us on the same afternoon that we arrived. Our screen communicator began to light up, indicating that someone was trying to speak with us. I switched it on. Demarin's hideous face appeared, wearing the same insipid grin. [G500][G501]
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