Dark Universe & Forbidden Love

by Hao Yang

  Ten minutes later, they stopped to drink some water. It was pitch black in the tunnel. Klaycon walked to Deoei and asked, “Captain, where is the backup?”

  “Oh, they are coming. Don’t worry.” Deoei said easily and patted Klaycon’s shoulder. Then he walked to Klizan and said, “General Klizan, according to the standard procedure, I have to check your identity.” He pointed a flashlight at Klizan.

  “I understand.”

  “You guys, excuse us for a minute.” Deoei shouted.

  Those soldiers quickly got on their feet and walked away. Klaycon followed them but he lagged behind on purpose. He recalled the conversation between Liutein and Lreque. He switched off his flashlight and walked back swiftly, keeping it as quiet as possible. He saw Deoei take over Klizan’s crystal and put it in a device. While the device was running, Deoei reached his sidearm with the other hand. He quickly hauled it out and aimed it at Klizan.

  “Bang!” Klaycon shot Deoei on the head just before Deoei pulled the trigger.

  Klaycon ran to Klizan and said, “Don’t worry. It’s me.”

  Klizan was still in shock. The moment he saw the gun, he thought he was done.

  “There are still four soldiers.” Klaycon said calmly as he gave Klizan Deoei’s gun.

  They waited in the darkness and later heard some fizzing sound. While Klaycon was wondering why those soldiers didn’t come at them, the fizzing sound started to get louder.

  “They are probably dead.” Klizan said slowly.

  Klaycon went to check it out. Those soldiers were lying on the ground. Their body were quickly decomposing and that was where the fizzing sound came from. Klaycon brought Klizan to see those soldiers. Klizan wasn’t surprised at all.

  “Who did this?” Klizan asked.

  “Deoei. He probably thought the job was done before he pulled out his gun, so he activated the device.” Klizan said.

  “What device?”

  Klizan told Klaycon that soldiers on this kind of mission always had a small device they could use to kill themselves if things went terribly wrong. But what they didn’t know was others could also turn on the device.

  Klaycon took Deoei’s badge and backpack, carried Klizan on his back and continued into the tunnel.

  “I thought you were in the training center. How did you end up on Sylareon?” Klizan asked.

  “It is a long story.” Klaycon said as he gulped down the biscuits he got from the backpack.

  “Well, we have time.”

  Klaycon told him what happened in the training center, the trip with the Hylocan eyeball and the fight with Hylocans.

  “So we lost the eyeball? I can’t believe Kalan can be this stupid.” Klizan said angrily.

  “My father did everything he could do.”

  “You have no idea how much effort we put into that eyeball. It is the key to the future. Now Hylocan had it and we are all dead!”

  “At least my father saved you from Liutein.”

  “You think he saved me? You think those men acted on their own. Boy, you are just too young!”

  “You mean he gave the order to those men to kill you. Then why save you in the first place? He could simply leave you to Liutein.”

  “Kiddo, you will understand one day.” Klizan sighed.

  “I hope so.” Klaycon said ironically.

  “Based on what you said, that Human boy Jason led Hylocan to the fleet.”

  “I guess.”

  “I should kill him long time ago. I am stupid enough to let Kalan handle it. Never mind. This time I will finish him and Gloria all together.”

  “Gloria has nothing to do with this.” Klaycon said in a begging tone.

  “You still don’t see the problem. We are Glycan. We don’t make friends with Human or other second class species, no matter what. If that Human didn’t get involved, things won’t be this bad. I had a soft heart when you begged me for Gloria’s life last time. This time, don’t even try.” Klizan said decisively.

  Klaycon fell into silence. He knew his grandpa meant every word he said. But he still didn’t want to give up on Gloria. He loved her with all his heart.

  “General Klizan, I saved your life, so I think I should be rewarded. Am I right?” Klaycon said seriously.

  “Yes. I promise you. You will be the youngest fleet commander, even younger than your father.”

  “If that is the case, I like to use that to exchange Gloria’s life. I love her.” Klaycon said emotionally.

  “Find someone else to love. We are not here to discuss a degenerate bitch.” Klizan said slowly and coldly.

  Klaycon felt like a cold and blunt blade was cutting into his heart slowly. He began to understand that he was nothing but one of Klaycon’s soldiers. When he thought about how much pain he went through to save his grandpa, his sadness slowly turned into anger and it started to boil his blood. He knew he would do anything to save Gloria. Suddenly a horrifying idea appeared in his brain. If Klizan was dead, then no one would give such order to kill Gloria.

  All of a sudden, he grasped Klizan and threw him over his shoulder. Klizan hit hard on the rocks. Then Klaycon dashed to Klizan and clamped his neck with both hands. Klizan tried to pull Klaycon’s hands away, his hands shivering, his body trembling, his feet kicking all over the place. It only lasted less than one minute. Then it all quieted down. But Klaycon didn’t lose his grip until his muscles were cramped. He plunged on the ground, gasping and weeping. For a second, he thought it wasn’t true, so he picked up the flashlight and pointed it at Klizan. He was dead, his face twisted, eyes bulging, and mouth open. Klaycon sat on the ground sobbing like a little girl.

  Chapter 125

  After Klaycon calmed down, he started to realise the seriousness of the situation. He killed his grandfather, the military leader of Glycan. Now he couldn’t understand why he did what he did. Back then the only thought in his mind was saving Gloria.

  “Maybe that is just fate.” Klaycon murmured. Then he started to think how to save himself. Apparently, his father or someone wanted to kill Klizan. He knew Zier must had contacted Kalan and told him about the tracer. Then Kalan sent the rescue team. In this case, Kalan would expect to hear Klizan was dead. Thinking about this, Klaycon quickly found Deoei’s communicator. Then he realised that if Kalan did call, he would demand the proof of death. For Glycan, that would be the crystal in the heart. Klaycon hesitated for several seconds and cut open Klizan’s chest. He extracted the crystal from Klizan’s heart.

  While he was thinking about how to disposal of Klizan’s body, the communicator started to ring. Klaycon took a deep breath and answered, “This is Deoei.”

  “What is the status?” It was a cold voice, but definitely not his father Kalan’s voice.

  “It is done.” Klaycon wanted to keep the conversation as short as possible.

  “Scan his crystal.”

  “OK.” Klaycon said and then searched Deoei’s backpack in panic. He quickly found a small cylinder. He pushed a button on the side and the cylinder opened. He put Klizan’s crystal in it and started the scan.

  “Thank you.” That voice now sounded much happier.

  Klaycon was still listening, but the line was cut off soon after. At first he thought it was some kind of signal problem, then he heard an explosion in the distance.

  On the flag vessel of Seventh fleet, when Doensen was speaking to Klaycon, Kalan was next to him and heard all the conversation, but he didn’t recognize Klaycon’s voice. At that moment, all he cared was whether Klizan was dead or not. Right after Doensen hung up on Klaycon, Kalan ordered the soldiers waiting at the exit of the tunnel to seal it.

  “Deoei is my cousin.” Doensen said sadly.

  “Well, we can’t afford to have loose end!” Kalan said coldly.

  “I understand.” Doensen said quietly, casting his eyes down.

  “Now it is the time we move in.” Kalan said firmly.

  Klaycon established the communication with the deputy chiefs of 22 fleets and said, �
�We can’t wait any longer! It is time we do something.”

  “General Kalan, I thought we would wait for the reply from the five teams we sent.” The deputy chief of Ninth fleet said.

  “Yes, I remember and I have gotten the reply. Liutein have killed my father General Klizan.” Kalan said sadly.

  “General Kalan, Are you sure?” The deputy chief of Fourteenth fleet asked.

  “The team found his body and scanned the crystal. It was him. I have the crystal information here.” Klaycon said as he uploaded the reading from the scanner. The crystal from the heart stored the unique information of a Glycan. It not only contained the genetic information but also the family code.

  All of them fell into silence.

  “If Liutein even killed General Klizan, the fate of other generals are almost certain.” The commander of 22nd fleet said.

  “There is no point to wait any longer.” The deputy chief of Eighteenth fleet said.

  “We will move in.” Kalan said firmly.

  No one objected.

  “The Ninth to Thirteenth fleets secure the outer layer of the defense system. No one leaves. The First to Fourth fleet checked other locations belonging to the royal families. I will lead the rest to attack the palace.” Kalan said decisively.

  Soon hundreds of thousands of vessels headed to Sylareon at full blast.

  Chapter 126

  After dinner prisoners had one hour free time on the playground. There was nothing except several worn-out tables and dozens of rusty chairs. After 12 hours of swinging sledgehammer, most prisoners sat on the floor, too tired to speak. Some of them even fell asleep. The prison guards were watching them from small airborne platforms.

  Jason was sitting on the edge of the playground. For Jason, the hard labor was just a piece of cake. What bothered him most was his unstoppable thinking of Gloria. He missed her so much that it hurt in the heart. Every time he closed his eyes, he saw Gloria’s face and her beautiful body. This helped him forget the reality, but only for a second.

  Alone and bored, Jason glanced around at other prisoners. Originally Jason thought some species would come to pick on him. But it seemed nobody gave a damn about him. While he was thinking about this, he notice an Ajiese walking around, asking something and taking notes. Soon the Ajiese came to Jason and said, “Hey man, you play? Who is your horse this time?”

  “Play what? I don’t understand.” Jason said.

  “Oh, man, you are new here. Every week we have a fight in the prison and that is your chance to make money. You know what I’m saying?” The Ajiese said excitedly.

  “I see. If I have money, I will play for sure.” Jason said easily.

  “Dude, nobody has money here. We play gem.” The Ajiese whispered into Jason’s ear.

  Just at this moment, Luee patted the Ajiese’s shoulder and muttered, “Hey, Eiteuoo, what is the odd this time?”

  “Three to one. The Faty is three. He is on fire these days.”

  “Put me on the Faty.” Luee said in a low tone as he shook hands with Eiteuoo.

  Eiteuoo winked at Luee and quickly put the hand in his pocket. They smiled at each other. Then Eiteuoo left them to approach next one.

  “If you win, how are you going to spend it? I don’t see a supermarket here.” Jason said ironically.

  “You never know.” Luee grinned.

  “Come on.”

  “Alright. You see the tall guy there?” Luee said as he pointed at a Wurqan sitting near the watchtower. He had dark red skin and long arms.

  “Yea.”

  “Here, we call him shopper. He pretty much can get you anything except your freedom.” Luee joked.

  “That is the only thing I want.” Jason sighed.

  “Hey, you see that Human over there.” Luee said as he motioned Jason to look at a crippled Human who was dragging his right feet.

  “Yes.”

  “He was a legend. Man, I made a lot of money from him. At his heyday, he finished a fight in a minute.”

  “Then who defeat him?”

  “Ah, not from our prison. You see, every three month, the best fighter will go to fight with someone from another prison. We call it doom. You know this kind of game was arranged by wardens from different prisons. Our warden probably made a fortune from it.”

  “I see, so what you get from being a fighter?” Jason asked carelessly.

  “Huh, look like you are interested in it. Oh yea, you are from the fucking Guardian fleet. Man, what you got? You can fight? Tell me.” Luee said excitedly.

  “No, not really. I am just curious what those fighter get.”

  “Money, of course. And if you are good enough and you can make money for the warden. You will have some pussies. Man, I am telling you. That is something you can’t buy here.” Luee said seriously.

  Jason smiled at himself. Originally, he thought there was no female prisoners.

  Chapter 127

  Later in the night, Jason was lying on the bed and thinking about the fight. The bed was so hard that he had to change his position from time to time.

  “Clank! Clank! Clank!” The tread of footsteps dragged him out of his thoughts and it was getting louder and closer. Soon four guards stopped in front of Jason’s cell.

  “Jason Marton, get out!” One guard shouted as the bar slid open.

  “What for?”

  “Shut the fuck up.” Another guard shouted.

  Jason knew there was no point of arguing with those guys. He walked out and headed to the lower level, followed closely by the guards.

  “Good luck. Man.” A prisoner laughed as Jason walked by his cell.

  “I hope you didn’t eat too much tonight.” Another prisoner shouted.

  Jason and the guards stepped onto an airborne platform and flew out of the prison block. They passed working zone and arrived at the guards living area. The surrounding was cleaner and way more spacious than the cramped prison zone.

  After passing several big gates and a long corridor, Jason walked into a ballroom. In the room dozens of girls from different species were waiting the tables without any clothing. Some 20 guards were sitting around, enjoying their drinks and flirting with girls. A few girls were kneeling in front of the guards’ crotches, their heads popping up and down. The four guards pushed Jason through the ballroom and brought him to captain Hwoei. He was sinking in a big couch and squeezing a Tizuee girl’s tits.

  “On your knees.” Hwoei said coldly as if he was commanding a dog.

  Jason acted as if he was deaf.

  “Bang!” The guard hit Jason’s back with a baton.

  Jason fell on his knees right in front of Hwoei.

  “Now, you will swallow what I give you to swallow.” Hwoei said proudly. The guards around Jason broke into laughter.

  All of sudden, Jason leaped into the air and punched Hwoei’s face with a heavy blow. Hwoei plunged into the couch and Jason landed on Hwoei’s chest. Jason squeezed Hwoei’s head between knees and jabbed Hwoei’s face.

  The guards was in shock. They froze there for several seconds and then realized what happened. The four guards came to Jason swinging their batons. Jason lifted the fainted Hwoei from the couch and used him as a shield. Then he punched the guard on his right away. Before the guard on his left hit him with a baton, he kicked him on the belly and grabbed his baton. The ballroom fell into chaos. The guards from other tables quickly stood up and charged at Jason. They dashed to Jason from all sides, yelling at top of their lungs. Jason grabbed Hwoei’s arms and started to rotate. When Hwoei’s feet left the ground, Jason threw him to the guards and knocked seven of them down. He took this chance to break the encirclement and ran to the door. Three guards followed right behind him. Jason threw the baton to the middle one and hit his head. As the other two caught up with Jason, he suddenly stopped and turned around. The two guards both swung their batons at Jason’s head, Jason grabbed their batons, one on each hand. He then threw them over his shoulder.

  “Bang!” The sound of gunshot ec
hoed in the ballroom.

  Jason felt a sharp pain on his right shoulder. When he was about to run, he heard another gunshot and then he fell into coma.

  When he woke up, he found himself lying on a surgical table, his right shoulder and chest patched, arms and legs fastened.

  “What you pulled out there was crazy and stupid.” A heavy voice struck him.

  Jason looked around and found an old Oireitan standing in the distance. He had a small figure, orange skin and a long head stretching to the back.

  “What were you thinking? You wanted to die or something?” The Oireitan said with his arms crossed.

  “What are you waiting for?” Jason asked coldly. The moment he attacked Hwoei, he had decided he would rather die instead of living an insulted life like that.

  “What are you in for?” The Oireitan said patiently.

  Jason was surprised that the Oireitan didn’t know. He cleared his throat and said, “I don’t really know.”

  “OK, I will be as forthcoming as I can. It seems that you can fight. You can choose to die right now or you can work with us. Of course, that will save you from those harassments.” The Oireitan said in a hard voice.

  “What do I get?”

  “You know, you will have some limited privileges.”

  Jason fell into silence.

  “I take it as a yes.” The Oireitan said, and then called the guards in. They carried Jason out of the room.

  Hwoei kicked the door open and ran into the room, his face covered with bruises. He hurried to the Oireitan and shouted, “Wy itetn, why do you let him leave? We have fighters for the game.”

  “Calm the fuck down. You dumb ass. Don’t you forget who you are talking to.” Wy itetn said unhappily.

  Hwoei immediately lowered his head and said, “Sorry, Warden.”

  “You see we don’t have any information about this prisoner. All we know was Guardian Fleet sent him here. We need to find out what is going on. Besides, all the fighters we have right now are just as useless as you and your guards. We have been losing money for the past two games.” Wy itetn said impatiently.