by Snow Novels
"Stop it!" she screamed. "You're hurting him!" She yanked at one of the guards who was poking Kay's neck and attempted to get the spear away from him. Rough hands grabbed her from behind, spinning her around. Her father's hand flew across the air, slapping Sophie hard across her face. She fell to the ground, tears first welling in her eyes and then pooling on the floor as she lay there helpless.
"I knew it was a bad idea to put you in this job," her father spat. "You're completely useless."
Sophie's hands were shaking. "You don't understand," she said. "Kay saved me. It was the Lolamite. It attacked me. It would have killed me if he hadn't helped."
The guards had stopped sticking Kay now. His body lay on the floor twitching. She saw his face swell.
"You stupid girl," her father snarled. "Do you really think I care about that? This creature destroyed one of our most prized possessions."
"What?" Sophie asked, looking up at her father as comprehension slowly took hold of her. "You mean, you know Kay saved me, and you hurt him anyway?"
"He destroyed a Lolamite," her father snarled.
Stark, dying to chime in with some insults of his own, said, "If the dragon wasn't so valuable to us himself, we'd have killed him long ago. It's your fault the Lolamite is dead. You just aren't smart enough to handle yourself around these creatures."
The insults from Stark and her father stabbed Sophie's heart, tearing it apart. "I'm smarter than either of you give me credit for," she said, surprised at her own courage. She was never so bold as to speak back to a superior, let alone her father.
Her father leaned down towards the floor. His hand slapped her cheek before she'd even realized it was coming. "You're not enough smart enough to know when you've been beat," he said, then turned and left Sophie with a fresh round of tears as the life she had thought she wanted evaporated with her father's fading footsteps.
Chapter 7
Sophie stood outside Kay's door, looking at the new security pad with its many locks and restraints. Four armed guards, two on each side, stood beside his door. They had guns and those spear Tasers that had almost fried Kay's poor body to a crisp. She punched in the new security code and the machine beeped at her before releasing its locks and sliding open.
"Sophie," Kay said, his eyes lighting up when he saw her. Since the Lolamite's attack on her, Sophie had felt a growing connection with Kay that she couldn't shake. The door slid shut behind her and she was able to forget the security guards and focus on him. There were fresh bruises around his eyes.
"Did they beat you again?" she asked, going to him and gently touching his face.
"It is alright," he said.
She opened her kit, which now included bandages, gauze pads, and alcohol wipes, and began cleaning his cuts. "I don't understand why they insist on hurting you," she said. Kay watched her as she worked, dressing his wounds.
"I don't understand why you continue to stay late and care for me," he said.
Sophie blushed. They had not spoken of the kiss they had shared that night, but she thought Kay knew how she felt about him. "I don't mind staying late to help you," she said. "You saved my life." She worked in silence, thinking. "Why don't you fight back? Surely you could kill them."
"I don't want to kill anyone," he said. "It is not our way. Besides, if I kill them, I fear it will come back on you."
Sophie's breath was quick and she felt her heart begin to race. He cared for her! She looked into his eyes and it took all of her strength to resist pressing her lips to his.
"Do you have any family?" She thought if she asked enough questions it would take her mind off the throbbing passion in her veins.
"Not anymore. They were lost when the meteor struck our planet."
"Oh," she said. "I'm sorry."
His eyes glowed even more than usual. "What about you?" he asked. "I know of your father. What about your mother?"
"She died just after I was born. It's just me and him." Sophie gulped, trying to push away the surfacing tears. "And he hates me." One tear snuck away from her. Kay reached out and brushed it off her cheek with his finger. Her face tingled where he touched her.
"It is not you he hates," Kay said. "It is himself. You are wonderful. Like magic in my arms."
Sophie stopped trying to fight herself. She was tired of never going after the things she wanted. She lifted her head towards Kay and kissed him. His lips were so hot that for a second she thought he must be filled with fire instead of blood. He wrapped his arms around her and drew her into him. The longer Sophie held her lips against his heat, she felt his warmth radiate through her body. It touched her toes and her brain at the same time, making her head light.
"Sophie," he murmured. "I never expected to find someone like you on this planet." His tongue slid along the inside of her mouth now, sending shivers up her legs. Her back arched and she became very aware of Kay's naked body pressing against her. His manhood touched her legs and began to massage the outside of her clothes.
"Is it fair that you have seen me like this, but I have never seen you?" Kay asked.
Sophie smiled, suddenly shy, and lifted her arms over her head as Kay slipped her shirt off. It fell to the floor and she was glad she had worn her black lace bra today instead of the grungy white one. It lifted her creamy, round breasts and showed off their fullness. "Like what you see?" she purred.
"Yes, but I want more."
Kay's hands slid behind her back and unhooked the lace. She pushed her pants to the floor and they laid down together, Kay's hands sliding along her legs as he admired the curves and beauty of her skin. She shivered each time his fingers fell between her legs, teasing her. Or maybe he was testing her? Did he know what to do? Did he know the right way to do it?
She reached out and took his hand, guiding it to her perfectly manicured sex, and showed him how she liked to be touched. Once there, he understood. His fingers took over, slipping in and out of her with skill. He circled her clit as she reached out her own hands, desperate to learn if his mass would feel the same as a human male.
His erection was massive and when she touched him his body quivered. He rolled onto her, releasing his fingers from her soft mound, and pushed her legs open with his strong hands. She kissed his neck, tasting the sweet essence of his body that so reminded her of lavender and eucalyptus.
When Kay finally pushed himself inside her, it was like going home to a home she had ever known before. Her mind went blank and her body shook. She instinctively moved her hips against his, still guiding him with her rhythm and speed. His body was an instrument that she tuned to her desires.
Kay filled her so completely that Sophie wondered if perhaps they were two pieces of the same soul. "Harder," she moaned, and Kay obliged. His dug deeper into her sex until Sophie could no longer tell where his body ended and hers begun. Then the skies opened up and her head fell back. Her muscles tightened and Kay's eyes bulged from his skull, his back going stiff as she wrapped her legs around him, pulling him as deep as her body would permit. Then they collapsed together, tangled in each other's arms, a part of each other's world now in ways they wouldn't have thought possible.
Chapter 8
Sophie snuggled in Kay's arms, wishing she could stay here forever. She'd been afraid that the guards might come in while they were lying here, but then she remembered that despite the weapons they brandished, the guards were really quite scared of Kay, especially since he had destroyed the Lolamite. They would not come in unless ordered to. She was not even sure they would come in if they heard her scream. Suddenly Kay's head snapped up, and Sophie thought she'd been wrong about the guards after all.
"Is someone coming?" she asked, alarmed, gathering her clothes and pulling them on as quickly as possible. She had no idea how her father would react if she was found like this with Kay.
"No, no one is coming," he said, and Sophie relaxed. But Kay's eyes darted around his room. He began to pace.
"What is it?" she asked.
He looked at he
r like he was deciding how much to tell her.
"Whatever it is, I can handle it. I'm not as weak as my father thinks I am."
Kay nodded. "I never thought you were. It is only that I need help, and I do not wish to endanger you. My ship is coming."
She watched him closely, trying to decipher the look in his eyes. "That's good though, right? They can get you out of here."
"Yes," he said, "but unless they get me back unharmed, they will not stop your planet's destruction."
Sophie looked at Kay's face, battered and bruised, at the marks along his arms, some of which she had given him. Guilt hammered at her heart. "Can't they just beam you out of here?" she asked.
Kay looked at her like she was crazy. "I am a solid mass. I cannot travel through ten floors of underground labyrinth, through solid rock and steel."
"Oh, of course not," Sophie said, a little disappointed. She had pictured something out of Star Trek, where crew members could beam through anything, anywhere, at any time. She realized how foolish that was and kicked herself. Maybe she really was as stupid as her father thought she was. It was that thought, more than anything, that caused her to come to her decision. She would not let her father's opinion of her dictate the rest of her life.
"Are you asking me to help you?"
Kay looked at her, and she saw his eyes laden with conflict. "I do not know. I do not wish to endanger you, but I cannot escape without your help."
She went to him and put her arms around his neck. "I'm a big girl and can take of myself. You don't have to ask me anything. I'm offering my help. I want to help you escape."
"Why?" he asked.
"Because it's wrong to keep you here. Because I don't want the Earth destroyed. Because I hate the idea of living in fear of my father." And though all those things were true, Sophie failed to mention the one thing, the most important thing, that she had only just now come to realize. She was in love with him.
Kay searched her eyes. She let herself drift in his own glimmering ones until something flickered across his face—some new recognition—and he nodded his head. "Alright," he said. "But how? My ship will be here within two days."
"That doesn't leave us much time then," Sophie said, thinking. An idea struck her like a bolt of thunder. Her father was always berating her and calling her stupid. She'd show him who the stupid one really was.
"Leave it to me," she said. "Tomorrow night, you're leaving Lextarr."
Chapter 9
Sophie snuck out of her father's bedroom, a loud snore issuing from his throat. She held her breath as she closed the door behind her, his security badge in her palm. She had seen him use it enough times. It would open any doors that her and Kay needed, taking them directly from sub-basement ten where Kay was stored to the main level.
She walked through their house in the dark, not daring to turn on even one light. She couldn't take any chances. They only had one shot at this. Sophie hurried across the lot towards the main building. She breezed through security—now that they knew her they did not spend quite so much time with her—and raced to sub-basement ten. There was hardly anyone in the building now. It was almost two in the morning and that meant that only the most necessary staff was on hand.
She went down the hall she had become so familiar with and waved to the frog guy. He blinked back at her and flicked his tongue. Outside Kay's door, she had worried that the guards might give her a hard time because it was so late, but they barely glanced at her before stifling their yawns. The one good thing about being seen as a nobody was that it also meant they did not see Sophie as a threat.
She opened the door to Kay's room and walked right in. The door closed behind her and Kay ran to her, pulling her close and kissing her. She wanted to stay in his tight embrace forever, but she knew they had to hurry. If her father awoke and realized his security badge was missing, he would not have to think twice about who took it. She forced herself away from Kay and turned towards the door.
"Are you ready?" she asked.
He nodded.
"Then here we go."
Sophie watched as Kay's body began to shake. His legs turned into small tree trunks and his head began to swell up like a balloon. The whole thing happened so fast that if Sophie had blinked she would have missed it. One second Kay was this shifting mass of blubber, the next he was a dragon. She looked up at him as he towered over her. His eyes swam back to her, still the same blue and green shimmer that she had come to love.
"You're beautiful," she said. He dropped his head to her level and nuzzled it against her arm. She felt his scales slide across her skin, but instead of revolting her, she thought it was the most amazing feeling she'd ever experienced. Like stepping into a hot bathtub filled with electricity.
She turned to the door and screamed. The guards ran into the room and she breathed a quick sigh of relief. She hadn't been entirely sure they would. They saw the dragon and their mouths dropped open. "Oh my God," one of them exclaimed, before dropping his gun and running the other way. Kay grabbed him and pulled him back in. One of the other guards was braver and took a step towards Kay with his electric spear. Kay's hand was twice the size of the guard himself though, and he knocked the spear away with barely a flick. The guard stood quivering.
"Okay," Sophie said. "Strip." The guards looked at her like she was nuts. Kay shot a ball of fire from his nose and the guards started stripping.
A minute later, Sophie and Kay stepped into the hall. The guards' clothes, as well as their weapons and walkie talkies, were now lining the floor of the hall. Behind the door Sophie heard them calling for help. She knew no one else would be down here for hours though, and then it wouldn't matter.
Kay was already back in his human form and wearing one of the guard's uniforms. "You look great," she said. He gave her a quick kiss as they ran for the elevator. Once on the top floor, it seemed nothing could go wrong. They were just rounding a corner when Kay saw El Raag walking towards them. He stopped when he saw them, then drew a weapon and fired it at Sophie.
"No!" Kay shouted, but it was too late. The charge from Raag's gun missed Sophie but hit the wall behind her, causing an alarm to go off. "She's with me!" Kay shouted.
Raag looked around as the alarm rang through the place. "Well how was I supposed to know that?" he shouted. "They're coming."
Raag took off running as a bullet whizzed by his head. Sophie and Kay turned back the way they had come from. A bullet smashed the wall in front of Sophie, sending splinters of it flying towards her face.
Voices were shouting all around them now. "It's the dragon! He's getting away!" Guns mixed with alarms and Sophie couldn't tell what sounds were coming from where. Suddenly a giant dragon jumped into the middle of the room, shooting fire as the guards swarmed around them. Kay's people sprung from every corner of the building, but just as fast as they came out, so too did more of Lextarr's security forces.
Sophie pulled Kay down another hall she knew led to an outside door, but he tripped halfway there, pulling her to the floor with him. "Hurry," she said. "Get up, we have to—" That's when she saw Kay's face. Blood was smeared across his forehead. A river of blood flowed from his leg, creating an ocean of it on the floor beneath him.
"You've been shot!" she said.
"I'm alright," he said. "Save yourself."
She looked behind them and saw security men running at full speed towards them. There was an elevator to their right. Sophie used her father's security badge to open it and dragged Kay inside, hitting the first button she could reach. The doors closed just as another bullet whizzed into the elevator with them, missing Sophie's head by an inch.
Chapter 10
The elevator opened on sub-basement nine. Sophie had never been down here before. She dragged Kay out of the elevator. His blood left a trail along the floor as she pulled him to a door. She flashed her father's badge in front of it, not sure what she would find, and was delighted when the door opened on what appeared to be an office with a cot in it.
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br /> The door closed behind them and Sophie looked down at Kay, who pushed himself onto the cot and laid his head back. "I think we'll be safe here," he said. "No one's going to come down this far into the sub-basements. All the fighting will stay on the top level.
"How do you know that?" she asked.
"Because it's what I would do," he said. "I trained most of the Durasians who are up there fighting. They won't go into unfamiliar territory with no visible means of escape. And Lextarr's security will stay where my people are."
Sophie relaxed. What Kay said made sense. She knelt beside him and examined his leg. "It's not as bad as I first thought," she said. "There was so much blood I was afraid..." But she didn't want to tell him she'd been afraid he might bleed out. She found some scissors in a desk and cut part of her shirt into a strip, wrapping it around Kay's leg to stop the bleeding. "How do you feel?"
"Not well," Kay said. His face looked like he was in serious pain.
"I'll see if I can find a pain killer," she said, getting back up to search the desk again.
"It's not that," he said. "It's my crew. There are many wounded."
"You can hear them?" Sophie asked, wondering what sort of other special senses he had.
"I can feel them," he told her. "Both sides. Lextarr's security forces have not done any better. My team has put up a good fight." He smiled with pride as he said that, like a father who was talking about his children. Sophie wished she had heard her own father talk like that about her, just once.
"That must be difficult," she said. "To feel them and not be able to help them."
"I am here with you," he said. "That takes away the sting of being wounded."
She felt her cheeks light up like Rudolph's nose and knelt back beside him, stroking his arm with her hand. "They are waiting for me," he said at last.
"Your crew?"
"Yes, the mother ship is not far from here. It is in a deep forest in Pennsylvania."