Evex_Warriors Of Ition

by Maia Starr

  When I finished sending out the signal, making sure it was strong, and typed in the correct coordinates of my planet and the surrounding reins of my fleet, I was done. I stepped away from the panel.

  “Now we can see about…” I said to Vicki. But when I turned around, she wasn't there. Fuck. I walked around the area quickly. “Vicki? Vicki?”

  Dammit. Where did she go? Didn't I tell her not to move? I should've known better. I should have watched her. I should have chained her to me. I already knew that she was prone to being stubborn and not listening to me. I was just so excited about finding the transmission station that I forgot about her recklessness. I walked back to the transmission operator.

  “Did you see the creature I was with: the one with the yellow hair?” I asked in his language. He answered me. He had seen her wander down in that direction; he pointed to the spaceport. Motherfucker. I ran to it. I looked around. I climbed on top of a ladder and looked around the bustling area. I could not see her. Where did she go? If she got on one of these spaceships, I would not be able to find her.

  “I am looking for a female creature that looks like me with pale skin and yellow hair. Have you seen her?” I asked one port authority after another. They were standing at the gates leading to different gates of departure. Each one and then I asked said no and pushed me aside. They did not want to take time out of their busy day to deal with me.

  I was growing frantic. I could not find her. What the hell had happened? Finally the last port authority I asked answered me with a real answer.

  “Yes, I did see the creature. She was taken by K8L,” he said in his language.

  “Mango? Who is K8L?” I asked.

  “Mango is the leader of the Vindon cyborgs,” he said.

  My hot blood ran cold. How did this happen so quickly? She was at my side fifteen minutes ago. It had been long enough for her to wander off and for the cyborg leader to take her from me, again. I slammed my fist into a wooden post.

  “Where? Which way did they go?” I asked.

  “That way. He left in his land cruiser with his soldiers,” he said.

  "Motherfucker. Where can I buy a land speeder? Where can I hire some soldiers?” I asked him.

  He gestured for me to follow him. I followed him across the spaceport to a large tavern. He walked over to a table. There were four alien creatures sitting there; they were Lana. This was good, considering that I knew the Lonnie language.

  “This Kynon wishes to buy a land cruiser and is looking for hired guns,” he said. Then he turned and left.

  “What is your mission?” the biggest Lana stood up and asked me.

  “I will tell the mission to those that I hire and those that I hire only. But it is dangerous. We will be recovering something that has been stolen from me,” I said.

  “And the payment?” he asked.

  “For the land cruiser, half gram diamond. For the hired guns, one full gram diamond,” I said. “But we must leave right now. There is no time to lose,” I said.

  The Lana looked at each other. Then they nodded in agreement. The biggest Lana that was standing in front of me put out his hand for me to shake, “My name is Keyna. This is Tila, Yivo, and Mabi,” he said introducing me to the others who all stirred up.

  “Good, now let's get that land cruiser. Make sure that your guns, are charged and that you are weapon ready,” I said.

  “We are always ready,” Keyna said. “Follow me. My land cruiser is yours.”

  “I will meet you at your land cruiser. Which one is it?” I asked.

  I followed him outside. He pointed at this large orange land cruiser that was long and narrow. It looked like it could cut through the air. It was the same color as the desert ground; that would it be good camouflage.

  “Good. I am right behind you. I only have to get one more thing,” I said walking away from them. I did not need to get anything. I was ready. But I did not want to pull my payment for them out of my belt in front of them. These were ruffians. If they knew that I had the diamonds on me, then what would stop them from killing me and taking my belt? I knew better than that. So I stepped away from them, going into the market. Then I made a U-turn and went back into the tavern where they could not see me. I used the washroom to pull out the half gram diamond. Then I met them back at the land cruiser.

  I got on board with them. They were preparing for takeoff.

  “This is the half gram,” I set it on the table in front of them so that they could all see. Keyna picked it up and bit on it to make sure that it was real.

  “And the rest?” he asked.

  “You'll get it when the mission is complete,” I said.

  “And if you die on the mission? Who will pay us then?” he asked.

  “If I die, then see the transmission operator. He knows where I come from. He will be able to get your payment. It is not a problem, I assure you,” I said.

  They all looked at each other. Then they agreed.

  “What is this mission of yours, Kynon?” Keyna asked.

  I looked at them, not sure if I could trust them. I wasn't from this planet. I didn't know if these ruffian Lana where allies of the Vindon cyborgs. But what choice did I have?

  “I am going after K8L,” I said.

  They went quiet. They looked shocked. Then Keyna let out a boisterous laugh.

  “Mango? The leader of the Vindon? We cannot kill him,” he said.

  “Friend of yours?” I asked.

  “Hell no. We hate him, and we hate the cyborg scum. But the Vindon on this planet, killing the leader would cause a complete chaos,” he said.

  “Well, I don't want to kill him. I mean, I do, but that is not the goal. He stole something from me. I had a cargo of twelve human females when I crashed onto this planet. He has two of them in his possession; he only just took one from me a few minutes ago. So if we hurry, maybe we can still catch him. She is a human female creature with yellow hair. She is mine; she is my mate,” I said.

  Keyna stood up straight. He seemed to understand this. Perhaps this Lana was a fighter for love because he did not like the fact that K8L had stolen my mate.

  “Then let's get going. I know exactly where he would have gone if he was here at the market. Strap in,” he said as he sat in the pilot chair and started his land cruiser.

  “Those Vindon need to learn. But remember: you cannot kill him, none of us can. But that does not mean we cannot get your property back,” Keyna said as he pulled on the steering wheel and the land cruiser lifted up into the air.

  “Thank you. I won't kill him. I might punch him, but I won't kill him,” I said.

  Keyna laughed a boisterous laughed. “Hit him on the right side of the face. That is where they do not have their chrome mask,” he said.

  “Thanks for the tip,” I said.

  “Yes. Any tip to hurt the Vindon is a good tip. Now, let's see if we can catch up to his ship. If not, he will be in C2,” he said.

  “What is C2?” I asked.

  Keyna laughed again. “You are very lucky that you hired us, Kynon. You do not know anything about this planet, do you?” he asked.

  "No, this planet was not my destination. We are here by accident.”

  “C2 is the cyborg city.”

  “There is an entire city full of them?” I asked.

  “Yes, and it is like an impenetrable fortress,” he said.

  “Fuck.”

  “Yes, fuck is right. Lucky for you, you hired us. We have been inside the walls before. We know a way in. But we do not know where your creature would be kept. I don't think this female would be kept in the standard prison,” he said.

  My blood began to boil as I thought about where this Vindon K8L would keep Vicki, “He said before that he wanted her as his own. So I think he would keep her close to him,” I said.

  “Then she would be in his personal living quarters. But as you said, he is only a few miles ahead of us. So let us hope it is not enough time for him to do any damage to her. These Vindon ar
e known for doing horrible things with female creatures of all species,” he said.

  “Go faster,” I sneered. Now I didn't know if I could keep my promise not to kill K8L. If he hurt her, I would have to kill him.

  Chapter 16

  Vicki Varsa

  I had made a big mistake. I thought I was being such a brave woman by going off on my own and making my own plans. All I wanted to do was to have a place to go to when I found Bridget. I wanted to have a plan ready to get us back to Earth, but leaving Alicron's side was a big mistake. Now I found myself back where I started when we crashed on this planet. I was being held prisoner by the cyborgs. And it wasn't just the cyborgs; it was their leader, K8L. The very same leader that I had run away from. The one that I heard say that he wanted me no matter what, and now he had me and I did not know what he was going to do. All I wanted was to see Alicron's face. But he had already rescued me once; why would he rescue me again? He was probably extremely pissed off at me that I left his side in the first place. He would think that I was ungrateful and forget about me.

  “There you are again, my strange creature,” K8L said to me as he walked around me. I was standing up inside of his land ship. It was speeding across the desert landscape so fast that it was a blur outside. It was almost like a very large flying bus. It scared me how fast we were going because it meant this was how fast we were moving away from the trading village of Cantu and from Alicron.

  “Stay away from me,” I said to the cyborg as he came closer to me.

  “You do not make commands here. I am the leader here; I am the one that makes commands. You should have never run away from me. Do you know that only made me angrier? It only made me want you more,” he said putting his face an inch from mine.

  “You have feelings? You can feel rage? I didn't think a tin can like you had any feelings,” I said sneering at him.

  “You try to insult me. You cannot insult me because you are my prisoner now. You are my prisoner forever. I will never let you go. You will not slip away again,” he said.

  “I am not yours. I do not belong to you. I do not belong to anyone. I am a human, and nobody own me,” I said.

  “You are wrong, human; I own you. You are mine. I will do with you as I please. I am not entirely sure what that is yet considering I have not explored what you are,” he said as he ran his hand from my shoulder to my neck. He grabbed my neck squeezing it slightly. He was terrifying. I was scared, but I did not want to show him that he was making me scared. Then his hand continued down my body. “I am sure that I will find out more about what you are once I get this clothing off of you,” he said as his hand moved over my breast. Then it moved further down over my belly until it was resting on my crotch.

  “Get your fucking hands off of me!” I shouted.

  “I will do what I want,” he said. I wanted to push him away, but my hands were tied behind my back behind a post on the ship. Then he stood up.

  “I will never be yours,” I said.

  “You are already mine,” he said. Then he slid his long tongue out of his mouth. I was surprised that it was not mechanical. It was flesh. He licked my chin and continued clicking up my cheek. I pulled my face away. I was completely disgusted.

  “You taste good. I cannot wait to taste more of you,” he said. I was scared. Was he going to chop me up and eat me? It was possible. I didn't know anything about these creatures on this strange planet that I was on. Suddenly being with the Kynon who wanted us as wives was not so bad compared to this.

  “I cannot wait to kill you,” I said in return.

  Then he laughed. It surprised me. I did not think that the machines could laugh or know what humor was. “You? You are so smart, and so weak. You have no mechanical parts. Yet you think that you are going to kill me. You cannot kill me. No one can kill me. I am the leader of the Vindon. Killing me would cause a war on this planet. Many leaders want to kill me, but they cannot. None of them will out of fear of retaliation of the Vindon. Yet you, the tiny human, think that you can kill me. I have never heard of something more ridiculous than this,” he said.

  “I am not a leader. I am just a human, a visitor on this planet. Therefore I have nothing to fear in killing you except that I won't be able to kill you again, and again,” I said.

  “You are going to be fun. This is just what I have needed. I have been bored these many years. I am glad that you crashed onto my planet. Once we get to my city, the fun can begin,” he said.

  Finally, he stepped away from me. He went to a different part of the ship. I was glad for it. I did not want to be near him. He scared the shit out of me. But what did he say about the city? That made me nervous. I was hoping that we would go back to another camp like the one I was in to begin with. The camp was easier to run away from. This city that he talked about sounded like it would be harder to escape from. It was probably a city full of cyborgs. I tried to look out of the glass, but it was still a blur.

  “Alicron, please come for me,” I whispered to myself. I pulled on the chains on my arms. They were too strong. I could not get loose. Even if I could, I couldn't exactly jump off of this ship.

  All I could do was wait. Half an hour later, the transport began to slow down. I grew nervous, this meant we were near our destination. This was not good. I did not want to be with K8L alone. I looked out the glass again, but this time I could see. It was not a blur. We were in the desert again. There was a large rock wall; I could see carvings into it. Then I realized that the entire city was carved into the rock wall. It was several stories high. Shit. this was like a fortress. There would be no escaping it.

  “Human, it is time,” a cyborg said as he entered the room. I was glad that it was not K8L. I assumed as the leader he had other important things to do. The cyborg unlocked my chains. But he held the chains in his hands and pulled on them. I had no choice but to follow him. Then I felt a familiar jolt of the transport coming to a stop. We had landed.

  “Mango, the human…” the cyborg said as he brought me to the ramp. Mango was standing there with several other cyborgs.

  “Put her with the other. I will have to deal with her later,” K8L said. He didn't even look at me. This was good. I had time. The cyborg yanked on my chains and pulled me to the ramp. I walked down it, following him. But what did K8L mean by the other? Crap, did he mean Nancy? I had almost forgotten that she was with me when I was first taken. Alicron wasn't able to rescue her and me because we had been under pressure and hunted. Was Nancy still with these things? I hoped that she was all right and they had not hurt her.

  As I walked off the ship, I got a good look at the city. It was massive. The brown rock wall stood very high. It was like a massive castle fortress built into the wall, complete with towers. I could see the shiny chrome of the cyborgs walking around. There were millions of them; it was obviously a cyborg city.

  “Hurry up. Keep up, human. Too slow,” the cyborg yanked on my chains. I kept up with him. It hurt when he pulled on my arms with the chain. I kept going. I was trying to memorize everything that I saw so that maybe I could find my way out of here later. But it was a labyrinth of carved walls. It would be very hard, and we kept walking uphill into the fortress higher and higher on the wall. We zigzagged up a ramp that went across from one side to the other climbing higher and higher into the fortress.

  “This belongs to K8L. I have to put her with the other creature,” the cyborg said as he came to a large wooden door that was guarded by two cyborgs. I noticed that this area of the fortress was more ornate with carvings. This was obviously the castle of the leader, K8L.

  The guards nodded and opened the door. I was lead inside. It was cavernous, like a grand hall. Then I was the lead down more hallways. We walked up several flights of stairs. Then he unlocked a door. I was surprised there was not a guard there. The door opened, and he pushed me in. I fell to the ground. Then the door locked behind me.

  "Vicki? oh my God, Vicki! I'm so happy to see you! I did not know if they still had you or not,�
� Nancy said running to my side.

  “Nancy. Are you okay? Did they hurt you?” I asked.

  “I am not hurt. But I wouldn't say that I'm okay. I am being held prisoner by these damn robots!” she said helping me to my feet. I looked around the room. It was furnished. I was expecting a prison cell, but this was a room to sleep in.