by Maia Starr
“Shit. What if they are hostile?” I said quietly.
“Then we will be in same situation if we turn and run anyway. Besides, they saved us from the creature. If they wanted us dead they would have let the creature finish us off then kill the creature for whatever trophy they want or whatever their reason is for taking it down, but I genuinely think it was to help us,” Phoenix said.
“Shh… they’re coming this way,” Luka said.
I held my breath as they came toward us. I could not believe that we were in this situation at all. We had left Earth on a science mission. I was a scientist with a focus on extraterrestrial biology, which was mostly just microbiology in space, or so we thought. But now I obviously had extreme proof that there were massive life forms out in space, and one had just killed half our crew, and another species had rescued us.
When we left Earth, we were a small crew with one mission: gather research. I was the main research scientist. Marcy was the onboard engineer to help with any mechanical issues and Jason was the pilot. Captain Wallace was in charge of the entire mission, and Luka was the doctor but also a research scientist as well. Then there was Phoenix; he was sort of security. We had all set out on a pretty standard mission to gather samples from a large asteroid just outside of the solar system. Then it happened.
“What the hell?!” I shouted as I got up off the floor, having been thrown from my bed. Then the sirens went off, and red lights flashed. I ran toward the flight deck in my tank top and boy shorts, not bothering with modesty.
“What the hell is going on?!” Marcy shouted as she came out of her bunk too.
“I don’t know! It doesn’t sound good!” I shouted as I noticed Phoenix already ahead of me in the hallway running toward the flight deck. I could hear Luka and Marcy shouting behind me.
“Captain! What is it?!” I shouted as I saw Jason in the pilot’s chair sweating and swearing as he grabbed the controls. The Captain was pissed.
“We were just hit by a large chunk of asteroid. The autopilot did not steer clear of it. Now we are out of control. All of you, in your seats and belted now!” the Captain shouted. We all buckled in, and I said a prayer. This could not be good.
“We have no power whatsoever! I’ve turned the engines off and on and nothing!” Jason shouted.
“Mission control, come in control. We have an emergency; this is Captain Wallace,” the Captain said. There was only static on the line.
“Oh shit! We’ve lost communications too! We are so screwed!” Jason shouted.
“Quiet!” the Captain shouted as he tried the radio communications over and over again.
“We’re going to just spin out into space forever,” Jason said as he flipped switches and tried everything he could to get the engines going.
“Are you serious? Please tell me you are kidding,” Luka said.
“I’m going to the engine room to see what I can figure out!” Marcy shouted as she got up and left the flight deck.
And that was it. That was the end of our mission as we knew it, and the start of drifting into deep space for almost three months. We had drifted very close to an unknown planet that was a bright orange and white color. The gravitational pull of the planet pulled us in, and we crash-landed onto the surface. Fortunately for us, we landed in a lake full of a water-like substance. But without knowing where we were or if there was civilization on the planet, we had no choice but to hike until we figured something out. Which is how we found ourselves in our position.
“Who are you?!” the dark haired dragon alien warrior shouted to us as they all flew down to the ground, landing only twenty feet or so in front of us. We were in shock and silent. They were tall, almost nine feet tall, and they had a pattern on their skin that looked like a tattoo of scales. They were fierce-looking and took my breath away. The scientist in me was completely fascinated, but the woman in me was drooling.
“We are from Earth,” I finally said. The dragon warriors looked at each other as though they were pleased.
“You are humans then?” the dark-haired dragon asked.
“Yes. We are humans from Earth,” I said.
“I am Lieutenant Dekario Dundra from the planet Kelon,” the dark-haired warrior said.
“If you are the Lieutenant then who is your Commander or Captain?” Phoenix asked. Then out of nowhere, and to our surprise, the large black dragon flapped its wings, and in a flash, it shifted into a man-like warrior. He looked like the dragon-men, but he did not have wings. “I am the Commander!” he said in a deep voice. He was menacing looking with short black hair and piercing green eyes that looked like they were still glowing from the dragon eyes he had before. He was older than the others and obviously in charge. “I am Commander Triq. What are humans doing on Tiok?” the Commander asked in an angry tone.
“Tiok? Is that the name of this planet?” I asked.
“We crashed here. We are not here by choice,” Phoenix added. I could sense the tension mounting between the dragon men and Phoenix, so I had to do something.
“Thank you. Thank you for saving us from that thing. We are no match for it. It took some of our crew,” I said.
“You are welcome,” the dark-haired dragon man called Dekario said as he looked directly at me. His gaze was so strong, and his brown eyes were burning a hole through me.
“You are in need of rescue. Are you expecting Earth to come save you?” Commander Triq asked.
“No. We are on our own,” Luka said. “We are grateful for any help we can get.”
“We will take a look at your ship and see if we can fix it,” the Commander said.
“Not possible. We landed in a lake far from here. It sunk to the bottom,” Phoenix said.
“Then you will come with us to Pacu. It is a village not far from here, and you can eat and rest there,” the Commander said. We were silent.
“Just a second… can you remain there while we speak among each other,” I said but did not wait for an answer. Phoenix, Luka, and I huddled together and whispered to each other.
“What do you think?” I asked.
“I think we don’t have a choice. We can’t stay out here without them. You saw that creature. We would be dead right now if it weren’t for them,” Luka said.
“But what if we go with them and are sold into some sort of slavery?” Phoenix asked.
“Well, I guess that is a chance we have to take because we can’t stay out here. I am willing to take that chance. If it happens, then we will figure something out. At least in the village we will be in some sort of civilization and can eat and get some water,” I said.
“I am okay with that plan,” Luka said.
Phoenix sighed, “All right. Let’s do it then.”
We turned to the dragon men. “We are thankful for your help. We are ready to go to the village,” I said.
“Good. And do not worry: you will not become slaves,” Dekario said with a devilish grin on his face. My eyes widened. How did they hear us whispering when they were so far from us? The three of us looked at each other very embarrassed.
“So how do we get there then? We hike?” Phoenix asked.
“We fly,” the Commander said.
“But we can’t,” Luka said.
Then in a flash, the commander shifted back into dragon form and flew high in the air. Whoosh! I was suddenly off of my feet. Strong hands were around my waist, and a mass of dragon man was in front of me. I looked up and into the eyes of Dekario.
“Put your arms around my neck and hold on,” he said as we hovered above the ground. I wrapped my arms around his neck, and for extra support, wrapped my legs around his waist. I was well aware that he had not asked me to do that, but I wanted too. I would not be falling from this flight. I looked over to see Luka in the arms of the blonde-haired dragon man, and Phoenix was carried by the chestnut-haired dragon man, but in a less sensual way. I smiled to think of Phoenix feeling really embarrassed by the situation. He was a Navy SEAL after all.
The dra
gons flew after their Commander high over the tall trees of the alien planet. Now I felt complete sadness. I had the time to let the deaths of our crew sink in. Marcy, Jason, and the Captain were now gone, and it was unbearable as we had all grown very close in the months we were together. But we had to pull through and keep going, taking it day by day, not knowing what this adventure was going to bring.
I looked up again at the dragon man that carried me and the scientist in me was very curious. “What are you?” I asked.
“We are Draqua,” he answered.
“Draqua. I have never seen anything like you,” I said.
“I am more like you, human female, than you know,” he said.
“Meaning what?” I said arching a brow at him.
“You will find out in time. For now, just hold on, and we will get you fed and to safety,” he said.
Find out in time? What the heck did he mean by that? I didn’t like the way it sounded because it almost seemed like he meant he was part human, but that couldn’t be. It just couldn’t be.
CHAPTER TWO
LEUITENANT DEKARIO DUNDRA
Being second in command of a warrior troop of Draqua was right where I wanted to be. Battle was where I thrived, and it made the blood course through my veins. I was a warrior, and I was damn good at it. I could fly and dive faster than any other Draqua I knew. I was skilled with the long knife we held strapped to our boots, and I was a great shot with the blaster guns.
But nothing compared to my ultimate weapon. It was the weapon that made me the best of the best and the envy of many elder dragons, including my commander, Commander Triq. This ultimate weapon of mine was the ability to move objects with my mind. I was the only hybrid Draqua that had it. Others, like Kavik, who fought at my side often, had different powers. He had the ability to paralyze others with just the touch of his hand. My ability was better, I thought. But I was glad to have Kavik at my side fighting at any time. He was a trusted friend and a hybrid like me, and he was always up for a mission. So when Commander came to us with a new mission, we could not say no.
“Dekario! Kavik! We move out at the noon sun today!” Commander Triq shouted at us as we stood at attention on the beach of the village. We had been doing water drills only moments before.
“Yes, Commander!” I shouted.
“Where to, Commander?” Kavik shouted.
“We are to go to Tiok. Be ready, warriors, as you know there are many dangers on that planet. Be ready,” he said. Then he turned and walked away.
Kavik turned to me, and we both grinned. “Woop! Tiok!” I shouted.
“The most dangerous planet near us. Sounds like a good time to me,” Kavik said.
“Agreed. Tiok, the planet of giant deadly creatures that want to swallow you whole, sounds like a party to me,” I said.
“And of course, there’s the rumors…” Kavik said.
“Oh come on. You don’t believe that, do you?” I said.
“Why else would we be going?” Kavik said.
“Same reason we always go: to flesh out any opposition,” I said as I shifted out of dragon form. Kavik did the same. Then we walked back toward the village to make our way to the launching ports.
“Yes, to flesh out the opposition, which we have been doing for years now and we never find anything. If the opposition still exists then they have been really good at hiding.”
“Well this is how we keep them in hiding and not be active again: we go patrol any rumors we hear about them,” I said.
“Or the other rumors…” Kavik said.
“I don’t believe it. Another hybrid of Draqua does not exist on Tiok or any other planet. We are the only hybrid Draqua. That is the way it has always been and always will be. The rumors of Aeriwana crossing with Draqua are just that” rumors,” I said.
“Still that would be one mean hybrid. The Aeriwana are mean as shit by nature. Can you imagine?” he said.
“No, I can’t. Come on, let’s prep for the mission,” I said.
So then we were off to Tiok, but we were in for a surprise. It was a pleasant surprise as far as I was concerned. We were patrolling the outskirts of Tiok a few miles outside of Pacu when we saw three figures running across a grassy plain headed toward the trees.
“Are those humans?” I asked.
“Yes. I think so. It looks like human females,” Kavik said as we all looked at each other.
“They are running from the creature,” Nalox said. I looked behind the humans to see a massive spider-like creature swallowing a human whole. Shit.
“We should save them. We need those human females to keep our species going. I think it is worth it. Commander?” I said as I looked over at the black dragon. This was Commander Triq’s dragon form. He was an elder, and elder dragons were not hybrids, so when they shifted, they shifted into full dragon. He nodded and flew straight for the creature.
“Woop! Yeah!” we shouted as we followed our leader to fight off the creature. It was a fun battle. We took down the creature in no time at all and then flew to the aid of the humans.
But I was not expecting to be so immediately enchanted by the human female with her long brunette hair in a ponytail. She spoke with confidence and leadership. But her full lips and ample hips were distracting me from her words. So I jumped at the opportunity to pull her into my arms and fly her to the safety of the village of Pacu. It was a nice surprise when she wrapped her legs around my waist. As I held her against my body and her small delicate arms encircled my neck, I inhaled her scent. It was maddening. I wanted to take her right then and there. I felt my staff growing hard under my waistcloth. My hands moved to her small waist, and it was easy to know what it would be like to push her against a wall and push my cock inside of her. I knew then that she would be my mate for life. I had found her. I would take her.
“Oh my god. Is that it?” she whispered.
“Yes, it is Pacu, the village,” I answered as she turned her head, looking down as we flew over the bustling market village.
“It’s beautiful. It is not what I expected,” she said.
“It is beautiful, but dangerous. You will need to stay close to me at all times,” I said.
“I think I can take care of myself,” she said defiantly.
“Yes, you demonstrated that when we found you. That creature was about to tear you apart,” I said, reminding her that she did, in fact, need me.
“Yes, thank you for that,” she said as her voice softened. It only made me more aroused. We couldn’t get to the ship fast enough at this point because I was about to have a full-scale hard cock. There would be no hiding it.
“There it is,” I said.
“There’s what?” she said as she turned. “That’s where we are going? I thought we were going to the village,” she said.
“We are. We are going to our ship that is parked in the village port. It is the only place we can guarantee your safety and ours. It is ours and ours alone,” I said as I flew down with the others and landed on the port floor.
“Where are we?” the human female with red hair asked.
“This is our ship. This is where we stay. Com, we will get you fed and get you some water,” Commander Triq said to the humans. They all looked at each other hesitantly. I didn’t blame them. They could sense that something was up, and it was. But they wouldn’t find that out until later.
“Are you coming, human female?” I asked the brunette.
“Reena. My name is Reena. This is Luka and Phoenix,” she said.
“I am Dekario, as I have said before. Our commander, who has already stepped inside, is Commander Triq. This is Kavik, and this is Nalox. There now that we have had the introductions, are you coming inside?” I asked.
They looked at each other and then stepped inside the ship.
“Holy shit, this is awesome. I’ve never seen anything like this,” the human male, Phoenix, said.
“Yes, we are very fortunate with our fleet,” Kavik said.
“I will s
ee to food and water,” Nalox said as he walked past us and into another section of the ship.
“Come this way,” I said as I led them into a large communal room with four sleeping benches and a table. “This is your quarters; you can rest here. There is a washing closet through that door should you need it. You are all covered in dirt from your crash. The Commander will be in soon, and Nalox will bring you some food,” I said as Kavik and I left them to the room.