by Maia Starr
I walked out of the room and onto the flight deck.
“So what do we know of this planet? What do we know of the cyborgs? Do we have maps?” I said as I stood next to Lieutenant Vnor Gin.
“Yes, we know quite a bit so far. We know how to take them down; a knife to the side of the neck shorts out their circuits. We have a few maps in the communication room,” he responded.
“And where are we headed now? Is the captain ready to depart?” I asked.
“We are on the outskirts of the trading village Cantu, by a hundred miles. We are waiting here until the rest of the fleet meets up with us. Once they are all accounted for, then we will head back to the mothership, and then home,” he said.
“Sounds like a good plan,” I said. “Since I’m not useful as a pilot I might as well take a look at those maps,” I said saluting him and then walking to the communication room. But I was already cultivating a plan in my head; it hadn't come together yet because I needed to see the maps. I walked into the communication room and spent some time looking at our position, but I was most interested in the position of C2. I found it easily marked on the map; they seemed to know quite a bit about it. I downloaded the map into my arm cuff, then I moved to the ship blueprints. We had a cargo area on board, and that usually meant there were some speeders for local travel. I walked out of the communication room and made my way to the cargo area. There were guns charging, and there were speeders, lots of them. I knew what I had to do now; if I didn't, it would weigh on me forever.
I quietly made my way to Emma. I opened the door. She was lying in bed. There were tears on her cheeks.
“What the hell do you want?” she said.
I closed the door behind me and sat on the bed next to her. “I’m going to go. I am going to go get your friends. You can't tell anyone. I am doing this against the captain's wishes,” I whispered.
She stopped crying. Her green eyes grew large as she sat up. “You are? You would do that?”
“I would do it for you,” I said looking at her. I had the urge to take her right then and there. But I couldn't; there was work to do.
“I will come with you,” she said standing up and putting on her boots.
“No. I won't risk that. You are safe here. You will stay here. I will find your friends and bring them back to the fleet,” I said.
“By yourself? You can't. There are too many of them, the cyborgs. I can help.”
“No. It is non-negotiable; you are staying here,” I said. I pressed my lips against hers, kissing her one last time as I knew it was possible that I might not return. She moaned as she put her hands against my chest. Finally, I pulled away from her.
“I am coming with you. You can't stop me. Take me with you; we can do this together. If you don't take me, I will never forgive you for it,” she said.
I sighed. “Do you promise to do what I say?”
“Yes”
“Fine. Stay close. We are going to steal a speeder and get out of here. C2 isn’t too far away from here.”
She smiled and gave me a hug. Her body felt good against mine. It was hard to move away and get started on the mission. I wanted to just lay with her for hours.
A few minutes later, we had snuck into the cargo area. I found several guns that were fully charged. I found a speeder that was heavily armed with guns. Then we got inside of it and quickly shut the doors.
“Stay quiet; this is going to happen very fast. Buckle your belt,” I said to her.
I turned on the speeder and punched in the numbers to open the cargo bay. Then the door opened; I punched the speeder forward, and we flew out quickly. I punched it hard, as fast as the speeder would go, in the direction of C2. I had done it. I had defied my captain and my lieutenant; I had defied an order from the royal family, the prince. There was no going back on my actions now. I could only hope that this would be a successful mission.
Chapter Eleven
Emma Garrett
I was completely surprised when Elonu walked into my room. I was expecting that he was there to argue with me, or to tell me why the captain was right. But that was not why he was there at all. He was going to go get my friends. He was going to go against his captain, the prince. He was going to do it, just for me. What was going on with him? I couldn't tell. One minute he was cold to me and the next he was willing to go against his own crew. But I wasn't going to question it. But I was going to make sure that I went along. Even though he was against it, I knew that I had to be with him. He couldn't do this on his own. I didn't plan on being help as far as muscle went, but I was a smart and resourceful woman. Plus, I knew how I could get in easily, but I wasn't going to tell him that, not yet. He would definitely be against it.
Now as I sat in the speeder next to him, I started to get scared. What if K2Q was there in the cyborg city? I did not want to see him again. Just the thought of him brought chills over my body. He terrified me.
“The women will probably be kept in the dungeon prison cells just like before, or possibly in the living quarters of the leader,” I said to him.
“Then we will need to find out exactly where that is as soon as we arrive. We have to be quiet. We have to sneak in and out, not making a sound unless it is absolutely necessary. We will wait for the cover of darkness; it won't be too long after we arrive,” he said.
“That is a good plan. Thank you, Elonu. Thank you for doing this. It means a lot to me, more than you can know,” I said.
“I know,” he said reaching over and squeezing my hand with his large blue one.
“Speeder 899, come in. Elonu, come in!” we heard a voice shout over the radio. Elonu smiled and then switched it off.
“There’s no use in listening to that,” he said.
“You are going to be in a lot of trouble,” I said.
“Well hopefully returning with six humans will help soften the punishment,” he said with that crooked smile that drove me crazy.
A couple of hours later, the sun was starting to set. I watched it as the speeder blurred across the desert orange sand. I thought of him. I thought of how he had made sure that I saw the beauty of the sunset here on this planet. He was a sensitive alien, but could also be cold and dominating; I never knew who I was interacting with. But there was one thought that kept going on in the back of my mind: who is she? Who is the female that he said he went on this assignment for? I constantly wanted to ask him, but we were on a mission. There should be no distractions actions. The fate of my friends relied on us.
Finally, the city came into view. Elonu put the speeder very low in the sand and turned off the lights, going slowly toward the outskirts of the city. There were very tall buildings that we could see the silhouette of against the orange sky. There were lots of lights, and it seemed to be busy. Busy was good; we could get lost or go unnoticed, but we were not cyborgs. That was a problem.
“I am going to go around the outside. There is an outcropping of large boulders in the area to the left; it is on the map. I can hide the speeder there and then we will quietly wait until it is darker and then sneak into the city,” he said.
“I understand,” I said starting to feel very frantic. This definitely seemed like a suicide mission now that we were closer. How were we supposed to hide among a sea of cyborgs that all look the same? We both looked very different.
We found the rocks and parked the speeder among them. We were lucky that there was not a patrol this far out. We sat quietly.
“Here, I want you to take this with you,” he said, handing me a very long knife.
“Thank you,” I said taking it. It was in a sheath. I used my boot laces to tie it onto my boot.
“And this,” he said.
“What is that?”
“It is a communication cuff. I’ll show you how it works. You press this to talk to me. You press this to turn it off in case you are in an area that needs silence. We wear it on our arms; see?” he showed me his on his arm. I put it on my arm, but it was massive. He laughed.
“Why are you doing this?” I asked.
“Because, Emma, I really do care for you. I can't have you calling me a coward. I can't have you look at me the way that you did. I never want to see that. It stung me to my core. I am doing this for you because it will make you happy and take away your pain.”
I was stunned by his words. I was not expecting him to admit so much to me. It was such a hard thing to admit, yet he was able to do it freely.
“Really?” I asked.
“Yes, and because you were right. This is our fault, the Kynon. We are the reason that the women are here in the first place. It is our responsibility to keep them safe, even if the captain thinks differently. It is not like a Kynon to go against such honor, and I don't know why the captain decided against it, but it is not what I've been taught as a soldier. I will correct my wrong,” he said proudly.
I reached over and kissed him. He put his arms around me and kissed me hard. I loved feeling his strong arms around me. My hands moved up and down his biceps. He was so damn massive; it still surprised me how big he was.
“We do have a lot of waiting to do,” I whispered between kisses.
He stopped and looked at me. He arched a brow at me. “Here?”
“Yes,” I said unbuckling the belt around me. “We are about to do something reckless. We might not make it out of here alive. I want you to fuck me like it’s the last time,” I said.
His mouth fell open. I caught him by surprise. Then he unbuckled his belt and cleared his throat. “Well, when you put it that way, I must obey your orders.”
I laughed. I moved out of the seat and to the back of the speeder. He came up behind me and pressed his body against my back. He kissed my neck. I moaned. I wasn’t expecting him so quickly. His large blue hands moved to my breasts. “Oh yes,” I moaned as he massaged them. He pinched my hard nipples. Then one hand moved down my belly.
“Spread your legs,” he whispered.
I did as he said. I spread my legs and felt his hand moved down over my slit. I gasped. I was already feeling wet as his hand moved up and down over my clothing. He pressed on just the right spots. I was on fire. The adrenaline of not knowing if we would survive the night only made it more exciting. Feeling like we could be caught by cyborgs at any moment was driving me wild with anticipation.
His finger pressed on my clit. “Yes. Oh yes, Elonu, right there,” I said.
“You like that, human? Does that feel good?” he whispered while kissing my neck.
“Yes, I do. I like your Kynon hands on me,” I said.
He moaned and flipped me around to him. He pressed his lips to my lips and kissed me sensually, but with a bit of roughness. He pulled the belt off of me quickly and threw it. Then he pulled the dress off of me. Next came the pantsuit I wore. He peeled it off of my body as I kicked off my boots. “You are the most beautiful creature I have ever seen in the entire galaxy,” he said looking at my naked body.
“The entire galaxy?” I asked with a smile.
“Yes, and that is not a lie,” he said as he pressed his large hands on my naked breasts. I put my hands above my head, letting him do what he wanted with me. He ran one hand down to my slit again. I spread my legs, and he moved his hand, pressing his finger on my clit. My knees felt weak, and I pressed my body against his hard stomach, holding on. “Oh, Elonu. I’m going to cum,” I whispered a few seconds later.
“Good,” he said.
He moved his finger faster on my clit. Then I exploded into orgasm. I moaned and pressed my face into his hard abs.
“Mmm, I want you right now,” he said. He moved his hand from between my thighs. He took off his belt and put it aside. He pulled down his pants and then picked me up as though I weighed nothing. I wrapped my legs around him. Elonu pressed me against the wall and kissed me. I was still enjoying my orgasm and in a fog. Then he pressed the tip of his cock into my wet opening and slowly pulled me down onto it.
“Oh, that feels good,” I whimpered. “Oh, Elonu.”
“Human…” he whispered.
He held onto my waist and lifted me as he moved his hips back and forth. His long cock penetrated me, gliding in and out. My breasts bounced up and down with the movement. I was so wet from my orgasm, and his cock felt so delicious inside of me. Before long, I was on the verge of another orgasm.
“I’m cumming. I’m cumming,” I whispered before exploding into orgasmic pleasure.
A few moments later, he was pounding me faster and faster until he released. He pressed himself inside of me, going deep as he groaned. He slowed down and stopped. He held me against the wall as he let the pleasure go through him.
A few minutes later we got dressed and waited. Once again, my thoughts turned to the other woman. Who was this woman he had spoken of? Was I the other woman? Was I the one he was cheating with? I tried not to think about it, but what else could it be?
I looked over at him. He sat down next to me and was checking out his blaster gun. I looked at his long silver hair dangling over his broad shoulders. His purple eyes were beautiful, even in this dim light. This was ridiculous. I should just ask him. I opened my mouth, but nothing came out. I couldn't do it.
“What? What is it?” he asked as he looked at me. He had realized that I had been staring at him.
“Nothing. I’m just wondering how long we should wait,” I said.
“Let me check,” he said. He got up and moved to the front of the speeder toward the windshield.
“It is dark enough. We really should get going on this mission,” he said. “How do you feel? Are you ready?”
I took a deep breath. I had to switch gears. I had to remember the girls that were in there waiting for me to come back for them. I couldn’t let them down. I was so incredibly nervous. But I had to do this for them; I had to do it for my friends. If it had been any one of them that had escaped, I would expect them to come back for me, so I had to do this for them.
“Okay. Let’s do this. I am ready,” I said giving him one last kiss.
We crawled out of the speeder. Then I followed him quietly. He had his gun blaster in his hand. I felt my stomach turning. We slowly moved, hiding behind one object after another, until we came to a very tall building, the first one on the outskirts of the city.
“There are so many buildings; the city is massive. It's going to be hard to find out exactly where the prison cells are,” he said.
“That is true. But it is possible that they are with the leader, and the leader probably has the nicest digs here, wouldn't you think?” I said.
“That is a good point. Let's take a look around then. Follow me,” he said. I followed him from one building to another; we could hear the cyborgs, but so far, we had managed to hide from them. But I knew it wouldn't be long before they caught us. But I had a plan; my plan was to get caught on purpose. I didn't tell this to Elonu because I knew that he would not approve. But it was the only way that I would be taken to the women; then he could come for us.
“This way. Let’s get to that tall building. It’s the nicest looking one,” he whispered to me. I followed him, and as I did, I saw a group of cyborgs marching across the plaza. This was it. Elonu was keeping low running along the side of the wall. I followed him and then stopped. Then I went the other direction. I went straight along the wall to the plaza into the marching cyborgs.
“What are you doing out here, human? How did you get out?” a cyborg said to me.
“I got lost. I was being escorted back to the other humans and somehow got separated from my escort. I had bent down to tie my boot and when I looked up, he was gone. I don't know my way back,” I said.
“Stupid human females. I don't see what the leader sees in them. Take this one back to the others,” one cyborg said to the other.
“Yes, sir,” the cyborg said and then grab
bed my arm, leading me away. I paid attention to the architecture and colors of the buildings. I would need to report exactly what building I was into Elonu. Finally, we came to the door of a tall building with a pink hue to the concrete it was made out of. The top had two towers, one on each side; it reminded me of a castle. The cyborg pushed me inside. We went up five flights of stairs. I was quiet and said nothing. I didn't want to alert anyone to my presence. Then we walked down the hall of the top floor and came to a large door. There was a guard in front of the door.