Ineq (Dragons Of Kelon) (A Sci Fi Alien Weredragon Romance)

by Maia Starr

  "I thought you might say something like that. I admire that. It is always you diplomat types that are so regal, abstinent and defiant. You are not the first one that I have come across that would rather die than betray their kind. Please, this way,” he said as he opened a door to a room.

  I walked in and was surprised at what I saw. I was not in a torture room at all. In fact, it was a quite comfortable room with a seating area and a large screen communication device. It was perfect. It was exactly what I had hoped I would come across. This would be a way to contact Earth. I now knew exactly what I needed to do. I needed to somehow come back to this room secretly in order to contact Earth. Or, I could find some way to knock out this Corillion warrior named Yiri and do it now. As I walked toward the long bench I searched the room for something heavy to hit him on the head with, even though I knew that would not be an easy thing since he was about 8 feet tall, as all Corillion were.

  "Please sit down,” he said, pointing to a couch. I sat down, hoping that he would do the same. At least he would be a lot lower if he sat and I could figure out how to knock him out. But instead of sitting down, he went to the communication device.

  "As I said, I have come across many like you, the martyrs. The ones that are willing to die for their cause. It has always been a tricky situation for me, since trying to get answers out of someone that is not afraid of death is not easy. Trying to get answers out of someone that is not afraid of pain is not easy. But then again, I do love a challenge,” he said with that menacing smile again.

  "You consider my loyalty a challenge?” I questioned.

  "I do, I really do. But I enjoy my work, and like I said before, you are not the first that I have come across like this. So, I already have a system in place to deal with humans like you. So far, this system has always given me results. I know that it will work on you as well. You are not really a challenge, and I am just going through the motions at this point.” he said as he crossed his arms and legs at the ankles and leaned against the console of the communication device.

  "I do not know what you are getting at. If you are going to kill me then just do it already. If you're going to torture me then just do it already. You will get nothing out of me.” I wanted to egg him on, hoping that he would try to something on me because I might be able to hit him over the head with something in the struggle. Then that would give me enough time to contact Earth.

  He chuckled. ”You are a fiery human female. I can see why you are the director of the Earth counsel. You are tough. Too bad you are not a Corillion warrior, because you would be a great one, maybe even greater than Zian Crace, ruler of all Corillion.” he said as he turned his back to me and begin to push buttons. I processed what he had just said. Did he say that Zian was the ruler of all Corillion? How could that be? I knew that the Corillion were ruled by the High Council, but I had never heard of an all ruling leader. How could we not know of this? And furthermore, how could it possibly be the same Zian that had pinned me against the wall? That Corillion was nothing but a brute and not a wise and old Corillion, worthy of ruling an entire race and galaxy. I was so caught up in this thought that I did not see what Yiri was up to until he turned to me and said,

  "I am not going to get on with killing you or torturing you as you requested to go ahead and get it on with. In fact, I am not going to harm you at all... physically."

  "What is that supposed to mean?” I said, getting annoyed by his strange ways.

  "As I said before, I have dealt with your kind and the only way to get you to cooperate is not to hurt you, but to hurt someone that you love,” he said as he began to type on the communication device.

  My heart fell to my stomach and I hoped that he was not going to do what I knew in the pit of my stomach that he was going to do. The screen on the wall was black and then suddenly a video image appeared. It was Earth as though from the satellite and zoomed down closer and closer into the capital city. Then suddenly it was on a very familiar building.

  "No, no, please don't,” I pleaded.

  "I won't. As long as you give me what we are asking you for,” he said as he turned and looked at me with a smile. Behind him on the screen the image zoomed into a very specific spot and a photo headshot came up of my sister Adelaine. That was her building and her apartment and her photo. Next to it was a lot of data, just like the report they had on me.

  "Your sister Adelaine is going to suffer for your lack of cooperation. If you do not tell us what we know that you know, then we will kill her. We will kill her slowly and she will suffer. Her life is in your hands, Director."

  "You are evil,” I said to him as tears begin to form in my eyes. Adelaine was my baby sister and I took care of her and looked after her. I would do anything to keep her safe, and they knew that as they knew everything about me. Fuck. I was going to have to tell them. I would not put her life on the line the way that I was comfortable putting mine on the line.

  "As I said before, I am used to dealing with your kind. This is the system I have in place and it has never failed me. The martyr types are always willing to die for their cause, but they are never willing to make someone else die for their own cause. It works every time,” he said smugly and very proud of himself.

  "Fine. It has worked on me as you said. But I will tell Zian directly and no one else,” I said to him, knowing that this would at least buy me some time so that I could think of a plan.

  He shrugged his shoulders and said, “That can easily be arranged. Now let's get you back to your room, where there will be a pleasant meal coming to you," he said with all the happiness of a cruise director, although it only came off as very creepy coming from him. I stared at the photo of my sister. I missed her already. It was possible that I would never see her again. But I wanted her to live a long and happy life and I sure as hell wasn't going to allow her to die by the hands of the Corillion, not after what happened to our father, not again. I stood up from my chair and started to walk toward her photo wanting to memorize every feature in line to burn it into my memory knowing that it could be the last time I looked at her face. But as I stepped forward staring at her photo I was doing something else, I was looking at the buttons that Yiri was pushing. I was trying to learn how to use this communication device. Then the screen went black and he turned to me and said,” Let's get you back. Zian will be pleased to hear my report that you want to speak with him and have a gift for him,” he said as he pointed toward the door.

  I narrowed my eyes at him with hate and turned toward the door. When we walked down the hallway I counted every single door to remember which one we were in, the sixth door on the right from the elevator. That would be easy to remember. In the elevator we went up three floors. Once I was back in my prison living quarters a tray of food was brought to me, but I was too nervous to eat. I had to think of a plan and I had to think of something fast. I looked down at the food and it was unfamiliar to me. I was scared to eat it because it would probably make me sick. I could not be sick, as I had too much to do and too much to figure out.

  "No, that is it. Maybe I do want to be sick. Zian said I was too important and they needed me alive. I had the information they wanted. They needed to keep me alive and well," I said to myself as I moved over the tray of food. I began to eat and drink and it was actually very good. I didn't think that it was really going to make me sick, I am sure they were used to feeding humans. But that would not stop me from pretending to be sick. It was the perfect plan.

  An hour later the door unlocked and opened. Zian walked inside.

  "What the hell?!” He said as he ran over to me. I was lying on the floor against the wall in a fetal position. I was wet with my damp hair sticking to my head from sweat. My face was flushed and I was very, very, hot.

  "What happened?” He said as he knelt down beside me.

  "Food… I ate the food… sick,” I said as I groaned and faked a sharp stomach cramp as I yelled out.

  "Shit!” He said as he scooped me up off the ground and ra
n me out of the room. “Call a medic and tell them I am on my way with a very sick human that needs immediate attention! She is very important! Food poisoning!” he shouted at the guard as he ran past them.

  "Sir yes sir,” the guard yelled back as he ran to a panel on the wall.

  "Just hang in there. We're going to get you some help,” he said to me quietly.

  I faked another stomach cramp as I moaned loudly and began to gag as though I was going to throw up. Good, it was working. My plan was working and I would soon be in a medic room where it should be much easier to escape than a locked living quarters. I was being moved into a busier part of the ship where I could disappear down to the communication device and get a message to Earth. It was my only hope.

  Chapter 4

  ZIAN CRACE – CORILLION LEADER

  After reporting to the High Council that I had the director of the Earth counsel, I set about getting ready to put my plan into action. Once we had the code to the archive it would be a simple mission and one that would change Earth forever. I smiled to myself knowing that everything was working to my advantage now. If I had left things to the High Council it would have taken forever for them to get to this point. I was glad that I had taken matters into my own hands. It would be quick, easy, and would require very few casualties. Now that I had set things in motion it was time for me to check on my prisoner; the key to everything. I had given her enough time to come around a bit. Now that the shock of being taken prisoner would have had time to wear off she should be more logical.

  I made my way to her locked holding quarters, eager to see what she was going to give me. I had to admit that I had been thinking about the moment where I pressed my body against hers. I had experienced many human female mates in my time. I was given the advantage of having as many as I wanted as the sole leader of the Corillion galaxy, but I had never met one so passionate and defiant as this one. When the human females were brought to me they were docile and obedient. They took pleasure in serving their purpose to me and I had many offspring up to this point. But I somehow wanted this one more than the others, perhaps simply because she had told me that I could not have her.

  As I opened the door I was preparing for another battle of words with her, anticipating that I would find great pleasure in it. Perhaps she would even slap me again, which I enjoyed. When I opened the door I was not expecting to see the strong human female lying on the floor. She looked terrible and was very sick. I picked her up in my arms and ran to the medic floor of the ship.

  "I do not know why she is ill. She did not eat anything that many humans before her had not eaten. Have the tray of food brought up to this room,” I said to the doctor as I lay Lily on the exam table. She moaned and I was full of fear. She could not die. She was too important. We needed that code. I did not know how this could've happened. Unless…

  "You are going to be all right. Just hold on,” I said to her as I put my hand on her arm. Then I walked over to the wall panel and pressed on the communication device directly to Yiri.

  "Yiri, come to the medic station. Come now and do not delay,” I said to him.

  "On my way,” he responded.

  This seemed like the work of Yiri and I hoped that it was not. I had not given him any instructions at all to go forth with any action concerning the director. We were in a holding pattern and I was going to handle the matter myself. If he had poisoned her as some sort of torture device he was going to be punished for it. It would not be the first time that he stepped over me and done what he wanted. He was dangerous, but effective. But lately, since being on the mothership, he had grown more brazen.

  "I need her conscious. I need her alive and healthy,” I said to the doctor, as I moved back over to her. I did not like seeing her like this. She looked very sick and was wet from being sweaty. Her red hair stuck to her face and I pushed a few strands off of it. She gave me a confused look.

  "You wish to see me, sir?” Yiri said as he entered the room. He looked at Lily and then at me.

  I grabbed his arm and pulled him over to the side of the room. “Did you do this? Is this your handiwork?” I said quietly, but with a lot of anger.

  "What is it? What is wrong with her?” He asked.

  I grabbed him and pushed him against the wall, holding my hand around his neck. He sneered at me. His eyes narrowed and he was pissed, but so was I. “Don't lie to me, Yiri! Did you poison the director?” I shouted at him.

  "No. I did not,” he said in a calm stern voice.

  "Good, because if I find out that you did that you will not live,” I said as I gave him a jerk and then let him go. He pulled himself off the wall and was very angry.

  "Why would I need to poison her when she has already agreed to give you the code?" He said.

  "What? What do you mean?” I said looking at him.

  "I had a little talk with the director and she is ready to give you the code. Did she give it to you or not?” he said. As soon as he said that I filled with rage once more. Here he was overstepping his bounds again. “I did not give you permission nor did I give you any orders to have a talk with the director. You disobeyed me!” I shouted at him.

  "I did my job!” He shouted back.

  "Your job is to follow orders! Your job is not to do as you please! When will you learn?” I bellowed at him.

  "I succeeded and that is all that should matter. I got her to agree to give us the code, so what does it matter what methods are used or that I got it sooner than waiting for you to give me the order to get it? The important thing is she is ready to give it to us,” he said in return as he took a step toward me as though trying to threaten me.

  "And what method did you use exactly? What did you do to her? Why is she hurting? You have put her life in danger and we cannot lose her. She is too valuable with too much information. We lost skilled warriors just to attain her in that battle.” I said to him.

  "I did not hurt her at all. As I said before we only had a talk. I have leverage and she is not willing to put that leverage in danger. That is all,” he said to me.

  "And what leverage is that?” I said to him.

  "I said that I would kill her sister if she did not give us the code, easy as that. She is ready to give you the code now, why don't you ask her?” He said as we both turned back towards the exam table. It was empty. The doctor had his back turned to the room as he prepared medication.

  "Where is she?” Yiri said.

  "Shit!” I said as I ran toward the open door, near the table where she had been. I ran into the hallway. She was nowhere in sight. It was a large ship and she could be anywhere. But she was a smart woman, she did not become the director of the Earth counsel without being smart. Where would she go? Then I remembered what Yiri had said. I moved back into the medic room.

  "Where did you take her?” I asked him.

  "What do you mean? I was standing here with you when she was lying there on the table. I did not take her anywhere."

  "No, earlier. Where did you take her earlier when you spoke to her about her sister?”

  "I took her to the communication floor. I showed her on the screen her sister’s home and information,” he said.

  Before he was done saying his sentence I ran out of the room and toward the elevator. She was going for the communication device. She was going to contact Earth! I had to get to her before she figured out how to use it. The elevator door opened on the communication level and I ran down the hallway kicking open every single door. Bam! Bam! She was not in any of the rooms. Finally, I got to the sixth door and kicked it open. She was frightened as she turned around towards the door, quickly turning back to the communication device and pushing buttons desperately in a frantic frenzy.

  "Stop Lily! It is no use! You will never figure out how to use it anyway,” I said as a move toward her and put my arm around her waist and pulled her away from the console.

  She grabbed onto the edge, defying me. But she was too weak to fight me. I pulled her away with one swift yank and
then threw her on the couch.

  "What the hell do you think you are doing? I thought you were really sick! You are a manipulative bitch!”

  Tears flowed down her cheeks and she began to hysterically sob, “My sister! I have to warn her! I have to tell her to leave!”

  I was filled with rage. This was Yiri’s fault. He had made my key informative hysterical and focused on the life of her sister. But he was right, if she was this concerned about her sister then she was going to tell me. I moved away from her and grabbed another pad of paper and pen and threw it at her.

  "You wish to speak to your sister? Give me the code and I will pull her up on the communication device and you can speak with her,” I said to her. She wiped her eyes and said, “Is that a negotiation? How do I know that you will hold up your end?”

  "You have my word as a Corillion. We take our word and our loyalty seriously. Not like you humans,” I said to her.

  She grabbed the pen in her hand and held the paper. She stared at it for a long time. She was hesitating. She was thinking about whether she should do it or not or allow her sister to die. I could see it all over her face. Then she began to write. Finally she threw the pad of paper at me and I looked at it. I walked over to the communication panel.