by Hao Yang
“I was really really really angry at that time.” Gloria said seriously.
“I know.” Jason said proudly.
“Now I think about it. You didn’t even give me a chance to talk to you and just attacked me.”
“It was self-defense.”
“Are you kidding me?” Gloria laughed.
“So you love me at the first sight?”
“Let’s just say you are different. That was my first impression.” Gloria said shyly.
“I fell in love with you at the first sight.” Jason said sincerely.
“But then you attacked me twice.”
“Come on. You were very mean to me. You remember? So when did you start to love me.”
“When you returned the necklace.” Gloria said as she kissed Jason’s cheek.
“I thought it started from planet Etitaeg.”
“You think a girl will love a boy just because he saves her life. Good luck with that. She will certainly be grateful, but that is not love.” Gloria smiled.
“What is love?” Jason asked.
“When you say you love me, what are you thinking?”
“You mean except your body?” Jason said in a joking tone as he grabbed her hip.
Gloria didn’t stop him. She just looked at him kindly.
Jason put his hand back and said, “You are my life and I will do anything to protect you.”
“You haven’t seen other Glycan girls. There are girls who are more beautiful than me.” Gloria said seriously.
“I see. Well, I take it back.” Jason joked.
“Asshole!” Gloria shouted and they both laughed loudly.
“Oh, I need to ask you something. Why you guys hate Hylocan that much.” Jason asked suddenly.
“Where this comes from?” Gloria asked curiously.
“I am just so confused. You have millions of years of civilization, but couldn’t figure out a more civilized solution. I mean, this is something Human went through. We kill each other for whatever reason. I thought as we move forward, we can find something else to resolve the problem and not to turn to wars as the last resort.” Jason said as he was wondering what if Lisania and Gloria met one day.
“Wow, you surprised me. I thought you only use your muscle.” Gloria said in a teasing tone.
“Man, that hurts.” Jason sighed.
“OK, OK. The hatred we have with Hylocan is a long long story. It started at least from UWI and then went on with UWII. From my childhood, I learn that Hylocans are evil. There is one thing I read from our history. It was during UWII. After they conquered Rettiu, our then industrial center. They gathered all women and girls together, raped them first. Then they dumped them in small containers and crashed their bodies into bricks and built a monument using those bricks. Later they completely destroyed Rettiu when they retreated.”
“If you saw a Hylocan in person, you will kill her.”
“Why do you say her?”
“Nothing. It is just...you know.” Jason said hesitatingly.
“Yes. Every Glycan will do that.” Gloria said decisively.
“This is just how it is.” Jason said in a low tone. He was happy that Gloria would never meet Lisania.
“I really hope time can stop and we just stay here forever.” Gloria said as she leaned her head on Jason’s shoulder.
“Your lifespan is 300 years and for me, if I don’t live on the earth, I probably get 140 years.” Jason said calmly.
“Honey, I am quite sure we can figure something out.”
“Yea, I know.”
“We can build our house there.” Gloria said as she pointed at a clearing not so far away.
“Noooooo.” Jason shook his head.
“Why?”
“Watch it.”
After several minutes, when a bird was gliding over the clearing, a huge snake like creature busted out of the sand, lunged into the air and swallowed the bird.
Chapter 74
It took Klaycon several days to locate Gloria. Now he and his sister Kuzania was on their way to planet Tjeit.
Leaning against a huge window, Klaycon was wondering what if his father found out he bribed an officer to borrow this combat vessel.
Kuzania walked to Klaycon and asked, “What are you thinking?”
“Nothing, just wondering what our father will do if he found out we are doing this.” Klaycon said in a worried tone.
“I will worry about it when it comes.” Kuzania said easily.
“What is your plan?”
“Klaycon, you don’t need to know.”
“What? Then how do I prepare? I need to make sure I can save her.” Klaycon said nervously.
“Klaycon, if you know the plan, Gloria could sense that and she would know you are behind this. Then what will happen?”
Klaycon let out a long sigh.
“Keep Gloria in your sight and act instinctively. Follow your feeling, then you will be fine.” Kuzania said confidently.
“Alright. Alright.”
“Now I have checked it out. Gloria checked in the hotel using the name Loria and she was not alone.”
“How come I am not surprised?”
“Yes, that Human is there.”
“They checked out one room?”
“Yes.”
“So they sleep together?” Klaycon asked angrily.
“Klaycon, does it matter?” Kuzania said unhappily.
“You are right. You are right. I will put myself together.” Klaycon said as he shook his head.
“Now our intel shows that right now they are on their way to a dance club. This is our perfect chance. You will go to that dance club as well.” Kuzania said calmly.
Ten minutes later, the combat vessel landed in the forest on planet Tjeit. Klaycon headed to the club which was sitting above the water like a leaf.
“Klaycon, Gloria and Jason will be there in about 10 minutes.”
Klaycon heard Kuzania loud and clear. He soon arrived at the club and waited in the line. The whole area was filled with bars and nightclubs. As it started to get dark, fireworks, torches and lasers illuminated the sky.
“Do you have a reservation?” The guard had to yell at Klaycon because of the blaring music.
“What?” Klaycon yelled back.
“Do you have a reservation?’
“No.”
“That is fine. You need to check in all your weapons.”
Klaycon hesitated for a second and handed in his side arms. Then he walked into the club. There were two enormous dance floors. One was under the water level, surrounded by huge windows and the other was open to the sky. Different species regardless first or second class shaked their bodies along with music, cheering and laughing. It was Klaycon’s first time to be at a place like this. He felt his blood was boiling. He wasn’t sure which dance floor Gloria would go to, so he bought a drink, waiting near the entrance.
Before he could finish the drink, he saw Gloria walking into the club. She was wearing a low cut tank, a kerchief and short shorts which barely covered her dainty hip. Stunned by her flawless, long and silky legs, Klaycon couldn’t believe this was the body in the Glycan uniform he saw almost every day. If he didn’t see Jason was holding her hand, Klaycon would grab her into his arms.
“Gloria is here.” Klaycon said.
“Good. Remember, act instinctively.”
Klaycon heard Kuzania and followed Gloria onto the dance floor under the water level. He picked a far corner and observed Gloria closely.
Gloria led Jason to the center of the floor, and then she swung her sexy body around Jason, making sure there was always some part of her body touched Jason. Sometime she pressed her hip on Jason’s crotch and sometime she slid her breast on Jason’s chest.
Klaycon noticed quite a few males were staring at Gloria greedily. When Gloria and Jason took a break, several of them were brave enough to ask Gloria for a dance. But Gloria didn’t give them a damn. Klaycon wished he could kill Jason here and now.
After several rounds, Jason and Gloria found a table and ordered some drinks.
“I will be right back.” Gloria said as she pointed at the restroom. She left Jason and headed to the restroom. Gazing at her body, Jason felt he was the luckiest one in the entire universe. It was he who enjoyed her body for the past several days and he would enjoy her body again tonight.
After about 10 minutes, Jason still didn’t see Gloria. He was a little worried.
Suddenly, two girls rushed out of the restroom with scared faces.
Jason ran to the restroom as he swiftly took out the badge and called Gloria. She didn’t pick it up. He got panic and darted into the restroom, looking around for any sight of Gloria.
The restroom was starkly empty.
Jason rushed to the window and kicked it open.
“Gloria! Gloria!” He shouted desperately.
“Jason. Ja…”
It was Gloria’s voice and it was close.
Jason jumped out of the window and ran on the roof. As he was getting close to eaves, he saw two big guys carrying Gloria and running in a small alley. He leaped onto another roof, following them closely.
They made a sharp left into another alley. Jason hopped off the roof and landed hard on the ground. Bearing the pain on his legs, he ran faster and faster. Soon, he saw Gloria and the two big guys. There was also another guy following them closely. Jason quickly caught up with the third guy and thrust a knife into that guy’s back.
“Help! Help!” The guy screamed.
The two big guy carrying Gloria stopped and hauled out pistols from pockets. Jason threw a knife at one of them and knocked him down. The other fired one shot and hit Jason on his left leg. Jason kept charging as if nothing happened. The guy was just about to fire another shot, but Gloria kicked him and he lost balance. Jason quickly grasped the guy’s pistol and stuck a knife into his neck. Purple blood was bubbling out of the cut, dripping on Jason’s hand.
“Who sent you?” Jason asked coldly as he pushed the knife further into the neck.
“Fuck you.”
Jason swiftly pulled out the knife. The guy slumped on the ground.
“Are you alright?” Jason asked Gloria who was still trembling.
“Yea, yea. Yourself?” Gloria asked, her voice shaking.
“I am fine.” Jason said as he looked around. There were only a few second class species in the alley and they were all looking at Jason in surprise. Jason saw the first guy he attacked was still crawling. He ran to that guy and dragged him into a dark alley.
Jason pulled out the knife from that guy’s back and ask, “Who sent you?”
“Your mother.”
Jason stabbed two knives into the guy’s neck, one on each side. Before the guy could let out a scream, Jason rotated two knives simultaneously. The guy’s head rolled off his neck and bounced several time on the ground, his eyes still blinking.
Klaycon was on the roof and witnessed what just happened. When he saw Jason running to the restroom, he followed behind closely. Then he traced Jason until he saved Gloria. He thought about killing him, but he left his gun at the check in. He watched Jason and Gloria run away from the site. He was wondering whether he would do the same thing if he were Jason.
Chapter 75
When Jason crippled back to the hotel, the wound on his leg had stopped bleeding. Gloria bandaged the wound and said, “Honey, we should see a doctor.”
“Don’t worry. You see, the good side is there is no bullet left behind.” Jason said easily.
“I forgot, you can always see the good side.”
They fell into silence for several seconds.
“Honey, can I ask you something?” Gloria said cautiously.
“You can ask me anything.”
“When you killed those guys, I was scared. I mean, they deserved what they got, but you know, it’s not like you.” Gloria chose the words carefully as she watched Jason’s reaction.
“Honey, for those guys, there is no mercy. They abducted you and who knows what they planned to do. ” Jason said decisively.
“I know, I just, I guess.” Gloria stammered.
“I am sorry you had to see that.”
“I don’t mean to blame you or anything. I am just scared.”
Jason pulled Gloria in his arms, holding her tight. He was actually happy that he killed them all.
“So what happened in that restroom?” Jason asked caringly.
“I was checking myself in front of a mirror. Then suddenly somebody attacked me from behind. I fought one off, but couldn’t beat three.”
“You took a long time looking yourself in the mirror.” Jason said in a teasing voice.
“Don’t you like how I look today?” Gloria said in a flirting voice. She pushed away Jason and turned several rounds. Jason was running his eyes from her long and sexy legs to the delicate ass, then to her proudly standing breasts.
“This could explain why they abducted you.” Jason murmured.
“Oh yea?” Gloria said as she spanked her own ass.
“Yeaaaa.” Jason shouted and grabbed her ass. Gloria walked backwards and gave Jason a naughty smile.
“I can spank you later, after we have some fun.” Jason said as he pulled down the short shorts Gloria was wearing.
“You lost a lot of blood today. Are you sure you are alright?” Gloria asked gently.
“I am alright. You see.” Jason said and showed off his biceps.
“Don’t push yourself, OK? I am yours. My soul and body. So take your time.” Gloria said sweetly.
“I love you.” Jason said emotionally.
“I love you, too.” Gloria replied with a passionate kiss.
For them, the whole universe didn’t exist anymore. All they care was each other.
The next day they woke up around noon. Jason checked the wound and found the scar was almost gone. Gloria was surprised and said, “That was impossible! How can you recover this fast?”
“It’s not always like this. It started about three months ago.”
“Tell me.”
“I think it started from the time when I killed a monster on Etitaeg. Later I felt something went into my bones. Then after that, I just have strength when I fight.”
“You killed a monster on that planet? Really?” Gloria asked in shock.
“Yep.”
Gloria stared at Jason for several seconds and said, “I am so proud of you. Why you didn’t tell me before?”
“It was disgusting and I tried to forget it actually.” Jason sighed.
“You are the only one who can do that. Unbelievable. If it was not you, even if someone told me this, I won’t believe it.” Gloria said in an admiring tone.
“That feels good.” Jason chuckled.
“So, so, what happened after?” Gloria asked excitedly.
“You remembered I told you I fought with those creatures on Sylareon? It was at that time I first experienced something weird. I felt like something was coming out of my bones and fueling my strength. Since then, I have this thing going on in my body.”
“Honey, I am not sure that is a good thing?” Gloria said in a worried tone.
“What do you mean? I feel good about it.” Jason looked confused.
“Whatever is improving your physiques must also take something from your body. You just don’t know yet.”
“I certainly hope you are wrong. But I don’t know.” Jason sighed.
“Jason, can I take some of your blood to run some tests?” Gloria asked carefully.
“You want to prove your theory?”
“I hope I am wrong. I don’t want any bad thing happen to you.” Gloria said sincerely.
“OK. How do you want to do this?”
Gloria thought for several seconds, and then she noticed the blood stained cloth in the trash can. She picked it up and said, “This will do.”
Jason smiled reluctantly. He wasn’t sure what Gloria was going to do, but he trusted Gloria. Later he sent Gloria back to
her family on Sylareon out of safety concern. He didn’t want to do that, but he was worried that the incident in the club was not random. It was safer for her to be around with her family.
Chapter 76
When Mark and others were busy with securing the perimeter and scouring the ground, Lisania was on the way back to Lilen’s house. She wanted to make sure Lilen was alright and she was hoping to see Jason. When she finally reached the slum, she didn’t run to the house directly. Knowing the range of her power was two kilometers, she was hiding far away from the house and keeping an eye on Tioto’s men.
It was close to sunset. Heylon, Tioto’s right-hand man, walked to Lilen’s house and kicked open the door. He was a pudgy guy, five feet tall, half bald, with a round face and jagged teeth. He walked into the living room leisurely, accompanied by four gunmen.
Alerted by the noise, Lilen stumbled into the living room, followed by Truck.
“Good evening, Lilen. You know who I am?” Heylon asked easily.
“You are Heylon.” Lilen said cautiously.
“That is right. Now sit down.” Heylon said coldly as he motioned Lilen to sit down on the chair next to him.
Lilen was confused, but she still sat down on that chair and asked, “How can I help?”
“I am wondering whether it is safe for us to have a conversation here. By saying that, I mean if that Hylocan girl was around, she will surely know what we are talking about.” Heylon said calmly.
“I thought she was on a trip with one of your guys.”
“You were right. She was on a trip with Tioto, but it turned out that she ran away. It was a long story. But the point is she ran away.” Heylon said gently with a evil smile on the face.
“I hope everything is alright.”
“Oh, yea, Tioto is fine. He is back now. My question is where is the girl? Did you see Lisanial? Even though I used the word see, we all know that bitch is able to talk to anyone without actually see them.” Heylon said in disgust.
“She didn’t contact me in any means. If she did run away, I don’t see why she needs to come back here.” Lilen said slowly.
“Well, sometimes, I really hope to have that bitch’s power.” Heylon said as he took out a pistol. “Bang!” He fired one shot at Lilen’s left leg.